Greater New York Mensa
Directory of Special Interest Groups
February 1, 2007
Compiled by Marty Merado, GNYM SIGs Liaison Officer.
Note, for GNYM members only, a complete directory with contact information is available via the GNYM Members-Only Area.
Next edition: For the upcoming September, 2007 SIGs Directory (published in Sept. - Oct., 2007 Mphasis), all changes in SIG blurbs and blurbs for new SIGs must be received by July 22, 2007. Send to Marty Merado, merado@juno.com . The text for all blurbs must be 50 words or less. Thank you.
Please inform me of any changes or corrections. If a SIG becomes inactive, any member can volunteer to lead it.
The rules to start a new SIG are simple:
- The proposed SIG's activities must be lawful in the political jurisdiction in which its activities will take place.
- The proposed SIG cannot be entirely duplicative (of site and activities) of an existing SIG under another name.
- The SIG must be open to all interested M's, except for certain SIGs designated confidential.
- The name Mensa or the stylized M may not be used in a SIG's title.
- SIGs must have at least one Calendar item in Mphasis between semi-annual SIG listings, except for exceptions designated with the symbol *.
- In addition to other forms of contact, every SIG must list a telephone contact number for the SIGs Directory and all Calendar items.
- All contact persons listed in all SIG Calendar items must be current members of American Mensa.
If a SIG is a local chapter of a National SIG, dues may be collected if the national SIG assesses them. While other local SIGs do not have dues as such, all expenses incurred as a result of their activities must be borne entirely by their participants.
To volunteer to be a SIG leader, please call or write me. Be sure to give me your Mensa ID number. SIG leaders and co-leaders must be current members of American Mensa.
Note: Whether you participate in a National or local SIG, you should know the following: SIGs are voluntary associations of members of Mensa, which operate independently of Greater NY Mensa. Their financial activities and liabilities are entirely their own, and not those of Greater NY Mensa. Furthermore, no SIG leader may obligate GNYM in any way.
Just as SIGs' activities and liabilities are their own, so is the responsibility for disciplining SIG members where necessary. SIG leader(s) and/or the SIG membership have full authority to sanction any member of the SIG whom they deem has interfered with effective functioning of the SIG's activities.
Badminton in Brooklyn
BridgeSIG
Piri, piri@mindspring.com
Join us for some fun, non-competitive bridge, every Wednesday night. All skill levels are welcome, whether to play or kibitz. For more information, and to be placed on the e-mailing list, e-mail me.
Bronx Dining
Do you live or work in the Bronx? Come from the Bronx? Pass through the Bronx? Our group meets every month or so, usually at a restaurant in Riverdale. We have also gone to City Island and the Arthur Avenue area. Join us for reasonably priced food and stimulating conversation.
Dog Owners
Games
Join us for an afternoon of games, ranging from the very silly to relatively serious, and all degrees of silliness in between. Feel free to bring your own games, too. In the 70's. Please reserve by the Wednesday before. $2 for refreshments.
Gay And Lesbian
The Gay and Lesbian SIG is for sharing ideas and socializing among gay and lesbian members of GNYM, and is affiliated with the National GAY SIG. Meetings in members' homes or other gathering places are held occasionally. For further information, call ____.
Kosher Dining
Discussion group on various themes. Call ___ for exact restaurant location.
LIMENSIG
The only Long Island general interest group. Meet in various Nassau and Suffolk locations. Check Calendar.
NY Fine Dining/Opulent M
Our goal is to evoke incandescent joy from within your being. Luxuriate in the ambient splendor and culinary hedonism of Manhattan's most opulent restaurants. Abundant is the delight of evening's leisurely conversation with fine Mensan friends, over a sumptuous repast, in warmth and deep beauty. Our purpose is your ecstasy.
Parapsychology and Psychotronic SIG
Mainly lectures on the above. Parapsychology deals with UFOs, ghosts, unexplained phenomena, etc. Psychotronic deals with energy fields, whether through the mind, machines or any other factors.
Restaurant and Dining Lovers
To sample the variety of cuisines in the New York area.
Science Fiction & Fantasy
Sig X
For all GNYM twentysomethings interested in meeting their fellow Ms for good company and good times. We will plan gatherings at pubs, clubs, parks and other areas of interest around the city. We're open to suggestions, tell us what you like to do and we'll do it with you.
SingleSIG
Want to have fun while searching for a potential significant other? Or just hang out with a bunch of fun-loving unmarrieds? This group embarks on dining, cultural and other activities determined by the members. Don't just sit there waiting for the right person to be dropped into your lap! Contact ___.
(MENSA members only.) Contact Lesli Laffie at singlesig@aol.com if interested.
Smart Company (For Mensa Business Owners and Executives)
Smart Company is a forum where Mensa Business owners and executives and their non-M guests can improve their business knowledge, meet new friends, make new contacts, and give-and-take solutions to business problems. To keep it lively and worthwhile, all attendees are expected to participate and foster an open, noncompetitive environment.
Strategy Gaming
This games are won primarily by skill, planning, negotiation and management of limited resources or assets, rather than chance. Come put your competitive skills to work. First Sunday every month, location floats throughout chapter.
Turkey Shoot
More of an event, really. We get together periodically, sit together and watch terrible films. We laugh our heads off, like the characters in MST3K. Feel free to shout out your own putdowns. If someone else wants to host one, I'd be glad to bring some tapes or discs.
Bill Ross welcomes all questions at billrossvlogic@webtv.net .
Volunteer *
Two groups we could benefit are the School Volunteer Program and Recording for the Blind. A convenient two-hour a week time commitment follows initial training. SVP has day or evening programs near your work or home. RFTB needs people to record college level textbooks. For more information, call ___.
*Denotes confidential or informational SIG.
lapsed SIGs
The following SIGs are either 1) on hiatus, 2) temporarily unable to function, or 3) inactive. Please call the GNYM SIGs Liaison Officer to find out more about these SIGs or to volunteer in any leadership capacity:
Harold Berman Whistleblowers, Abe Cohen Memorial Law, Bill Miller Aerospace, Art Lovers, Baby Boomers, Brooklyn Great Books, Chess, Fitness, Hell's M's (the Party SIG), Menyou, Movie Lovers, Music Lovers, Orthodox Jewish, PC Applications and Enhancements, Philosophy and Social Issues, Poetry, Psychology, Publishing, Retired M, Rock Musicians Network, Sapph, Second Amendment, SignSIG, Spanish Conversation, Star Trek, Tai Chi Club, Travel, Veg, Westchester Dining, Westchester Lawyers & Business Professionals.
Past Events of the Movie Lovers' Sig
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