SMART SCIENCE SERIES: Theater Science

Join us at 7:00pm on Friday, May the 4th, 2012, at Franklin Community High School for our next Gifted Family Program event.  The feature presentation is going to be all about Theater Science.  Franklin recently hired a new stage director who has experience with WISH TV, Ball State, owns his own production company, and does some amazing things with lighting and performance effects.  We’ll get to learn all about robotic lighting, fog machines, and other stage science.  In the biology lab, we’ll be studying the anatomy of crayfish with a dissection lab.  Our third event will be some really fun team building exercises to put our brains to the test!  Want to do it all?  You can because we’ll have three groups rotating through these three activities.

For a pun bonus activity to honor the date, we’re going to have a “dress as your favorite pun” contest.  Winners in each age category (including adults) get a ThinkGeek.com gift certificate.  When we all meet in the auditorium at the beginning, participants will have a chance to come up on stage and announce what their pun is.

If you need some help coming up with pun ideas, Chicago Area Mensa has a lot of fun with the idea at their gathering in late October.  They have a costume contest. Creativity, especially puns, is encouraged.  Start at this link and explore the site for ideas.  http://chicago.us.mensa.org/weem/weem11/costumes/Pages/36.html

Only $5 per student

DATE: Friday, May 4, 2012 TIME: 7:00 P.M

LOCATION: Franklin Community High School (2600 Cumberland Drive, Franklin, IN 46131)

This event is open to any child or teen that has been identified as gifted/high ability.

May the 4th be with You!!!

Call David if you get lost: (317) 973-0258

What are we electing here in Central Indiana Mensa (CIM)?  We are electing the leadership of our group, the folks who will spend some time and effort making CIM a wonderful place to be a member of Mensa.  We are electing a LocSec (the Local Secretary – the British term chosen to designate the president of a local group such as ours) – the head of the ExCom, the most visible person to the membership and the community at large.  Then we are electing the ExCom (the Executive Committee), which is put in place to execute the wishes of the membership and fulfill the requirements of American Mensa Limited for a dependable and transparent governance of the local group.

Any member in good standing may run for office and we will probably have some returning officers that newcomers can rely upon, if they are hesitant to take the plunge.  If you are interested in being a candidate there are two methods: you may present yourself to the Nomination Committee (NomCom) for consideration or you may petition to be placed on the ballot.
The members of the NomCom are Alison Brown, Chair, Larry Marcus, and Petra Ritchie. All can be reached via the e-mail address SIGHT@indymensa.org or you may buttonhole a member at a meeting (the NomCom may also buttonhole you!).  The Committee members will be pleased to hear from you before June 5th if you wish to be considered.

If you wish to run for the ExCom and your name is not on the list created by the NomCom in June, you may still run as a petition candidate.  To be a petition candidate you need to meet the candidate qualifications (being a member in good standing in both American Mensa and Central Indiana Mensa as well as agreeing to serve if elected) and have a petition signed by ten (10) members and delivered to the NomCom chair no later than July 10^th.

Either way we hope to have a good choice of competent candidates to present to the CIM electorate in August, when candidate presentations occur and September when voting takes place. We wish to have more candidates than slots (9) so that there is real choice.

 OMG! Outdoor Mensa Gathering!
May 18, 19, 20, 2012
Versailles State Park, Indiana

Please join us for a laid-back weekend in the woods. If you’re thinking that you
aren’t the “out-doorsy” type, think again! You get food, lodging, scenery, and
more for only $50 per person! Saturday only is $30. Kids up to age 6 are $20,
and ages 6-12 are $35. There is also a per-car park entry fee. So grab your
sleeping bags and towels, and join us at Versailles State Park.

Our local group meets on the 2nd Friday of each month starting at 7:00pm.  A light dinner is provided.  A speaker enlightens us and broadens our horizons.  We spend the rest of the evening enjoying the company of other Mensans and playing games.

If you’re considering membership, please join us as our guest.  We’d love to get to know you and answer any questions you may have.  We’re a quirky group full of smart people just like you!

Check out the calendar page to find out which exciting topic will be presented this month.