2026-06

This year’s AG theme is All Roads Lead to the AG — and every one of those roads eventually leads to volunteers.

Are you flummoxed by the new website? Does the process of logging in REALLY make you want to write (good) checks, find stamps, venture to the post office to pay your dues?

What a time we had! The cruise itself was 14 days long, and many of us added extra days before or after the sailing to explore even more of Southeast Asia.

Mind Games is a 4 day marathon of games, socializing, planning, snacking, food, and for some, sporadic sleep. MG used to be just a 3 days, starting Friday afternoon. We now start on Thursday—and that extra day makes the load of playing and assessing 30 games in just a few days.

We’re planning another fantastic suite this year!   We’d like the suite to be open from 6:00 pm – 1:00 am, or even later if people are hanging out and we have a volunteer willing to be in charge.

Your support helps keep the suite stocked with snacks, bevers, ribbons, laughs, late-night conversations, and all the little touches that turn the HELL’s M’s suite into a HELL’s M’s party.

I didn’t realize how much I missed taking care of Mensans. Leaving the staff at American Mensa was pretty jarring at first. Once the day-to-day responsibility disappeared, so did something else—something I hadn’t yet figured out.

If you are a connoisseur of fine wine who marvels in the bouquet of the cork, swirls vintage grapes in crystal stemware before savoring the complex flavor on your sophisticated pallet, this tasting is not for you.    

In February, we asked you to vote on new swag options in the Booteak! With about 20 people responding to our Facebook and website polls, our most-voted swag options were...

Last year, Long John Massura and Mary Lee Kemper, with Virginia Plottel, hosted PLAY in Sharonville, OH. We had space for 40 people. We played games of all kinds for 4.5 days. We had a BLAST! And now for PLAY AGAIN!