August 2026

 Two trips across the pond!

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  Visited Serbia & Mensa Serbia’s office.
• Attended EMAG.
• Met with President of Montenegro.
• Gave interview for Montenegro national TV.
• Gave speech at Gala dinner (with no advance notice or preparation!)
• Appeared as guest on a 30 min video podcast.
• Moved an urgent motion through ExComm re Ombudsman at IBD.
• Responded to question from LinkedIn.
  
• Copied Awards spreadsheets from EC’s drive :-(
• Zoom w A re catch up, country reporting, priority setting.
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  Responded to member asking about awards for being recognized as the highest IQ.
• Responded to DB re presentation at IBD.
• Reviewed draft of employment contract and commented.
• Responded to IBD discussion regarding members’ behavior at SIG events.
• Responded to trademark attorney’s questions regarding several registrations by others and whether we should oppose or not.
• Moved along an email from Korea re advice for IBD 27 planning.
• Zoom w A re prep for staff interviews, IBD issues, Database progress, etc.
• Responded to US NatRep’s novel idea re adaptive test roadblocks.
• Responded to former GYC chair re MWJ submission guidelines.
• Forwarded pertinent social media links to AT.
• Responded to continued IBD bashing of ExComm.
• Contacted key people in BML to ask for an in-person meeting.
• Zoom w A & SG (DPO) re progress on database legalities.
• Prepped and sent Update from the DPO to the IBD.
• Kept up with developments re Pakistan’s website domain issues.
• Wrote long, researched response to Ombudsman asking for information.
• Drafted revision of the licensing income allocation part of Bylaw 15 and sent to JK for input.
• Informed ExComm that we don’t have time before the IBD meeting to deal with a drafted motion to thoroughly revise the Hearings Panel process.
• Directed trademark attorney to do nothing re request for POA from Honk Kong pending Ombudsman investigation.
• Updated Awards spreadsheet and nudged committee.
• Worked on motions re Bylaw 12.1.C.8.f  w DoD.
• Zoom w DoD re trademarks and licensing.
• Zoom w A re referendum timing and other issues.
• Booked travel for meeting w BML’s ExecDir.
• Zoom w A & Ben from Civica.
• Zoom interview with staff candidate.
• Discussed process and timing of Constitutional motions w IBD on Hub.
• Verified ID for MIL attorneys.
• Advised DoO and DoA on how to handle a complaint from a member.
• Requested MF and A to try to find old trademark correspondence for Mensa Korea.
• Zoom w A re prepping for staff interview and contract.
• Zoom interview with staff candidate.
• Worked on revision of Bylaw 15 and nudged N&L Comm for input.
• Responded to chair of Mensa Korea re progress on trademark issues.
• Zoom w JK re licensing issues.
• Wrote to AML’s ExecDir asking for any light she cashed on current licensing deals still in effect.
• Worked on Bylaw 15 revision to incorporate N&L rules approved by N&L Comm.
• Sent list to HP of key volunteers to be interviewed for Strategic Planning.
• Hours and hours working on IBD agenda.
• Zoom w A re staffing progress.
• Nudged ExComm to weigh in on staffing decision.
• Sorted a pile of emails into things I need to handle and things I simply need to stay aware of.
• Posted to AML’s forums a request from Chair of Mensa Macedonia for assistance.
• Reviewed and added a few more motions to the IBD agenda.
• Asked Ombudsman about her sections on the agenda.
• Asked Treasurer about her sections on the agenda.
• Worked on agenda and started plotting out timing.
• Nudged J&E re wording for 15.7.3.
• Responded to PEF re his proposed motions. 
• Worked on agenda.
• Discussed 15.7.3 with J, E, and S.
• Nudged Awards Comm again.
• Worked on income allocation section of revised Bylaw 15.
• Zoom w A re priorities for the next couple weeks.
• Reviewed legal stance regarding trademark registration in the EU.
• Emailed Chair of Netherlands to initiate a discussion about the conflicting overlap.
• Responded to Ombudsman re complaint from Hong Kong.
• Worked on annual report.
• Continued to review volunteer applications.
• Informed IMB that a proposed motion is unconstitutional and requested that the ISP include a statement in her annual report re remote testing.
• Zoom w J re trademark mysteries and other topics.Long Zoom w KR re trademark and other issues.
• Zoom w A re staffing and agenda.
• Finished first draft of annual report.
• Finished first pass at reviewing vol applications.
• Submitted annual report for Awards Comm.
• Long Zoom w A re many topics.
• Wrote 800 word article for anniversary issue of MWJ.
• Discussed licensing info with E.
• Flew to London (on my own dime) to meet in-person with BML’s ExecDir for four hours to discuss several brewing concerns.
•  Zoom w A re planning.
• Nudged Awards Comm to finalize decisions.
• Worked on agenda to fit in last-minute motions.
• Zoom w A re planning and ExComm concerns.
• Corresponded with several motion-proposers about compromised and priorities.
• Zoom w E re staffing.
• Sent stern message to ExComm re several topics.
• Sent zoom link for ExComm’s meeting re appointments.
• Sent draft of response to a disgruntled ex-member to several involved parties for input.
• Reviewed additional licensing information provided by DoD.
• Finished and added motion to replace Bylaw 15.
• Nudged J re annual raises.
• Zoom ExComm meeting for appointments.
• Drafted minutes and sent to DOO.
• Responded to a member on LinkedIn.
• Responded to attorney re trademark in Benelux.
• Nudged Ombudsman re agenda items.
• Reviewed three motions from former IBD member and confirmed that they will be handled after the October meeting.
• Requested additional information from the ISC regarding their presentation to the IBD.
• Reviewed a motion and explained to movers why I am declining to add it to the agenda.
• Worked on annual report.
• Worked on report of ExComm’s Activites.
• Gathered text of all ExComm motions passed since April Async.
• Semi-finalized decisions of the Awards Comm.
• Shared draft of agenda for AGM of MIL w Treasurer.
• Responded to IBD member’s question about not understanding what’s wrong with his motion.
• Responded to trademark attorney re China.
• Responded to Awards Comm question.
• Sent text of Sept MWJ column about what MIL actually does to BML’s ExecDir.
• Zoom w A re staffing and agenda formatting.
• Worked on formatting of agenda.
• Put my foot down re switching NatReps mid-meeting.
• Argued w AJ about why I’m not including his motion.
• Added motions that will be considered during the next year to the agenda appendix.
• Discussed IBD meeting arrangements with JK.
• Zoom w DoD re ExComm meeting agenda.