News
We now have a members-only page which contains the unexpurgated newsletter. To access, use the
same member-id and password combination that you use on the American Mensa web site. These newsletters are accessed through the LaPlume index page.
We also now have a Facebook group, for all local members in good standing. You should be
able to do a group search for "New Orleans Mensa" and find it.
Interested in Joining Mensa?
You can join Mensa by taking a standardized intelligence test or a proctored exam
and score in the top 2% of the population.
The next MENSA Admission Test
has not been scheduled yet.
Please see
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Events
Recurring Interesting Community Events (RICEs)
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Scrabble Games
Mondays, 6:30 P.M.
Fair Grinds Cafe, 3133 Ponce De Leon, New Orleans.
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Pub Quiz
Mondays, 8:00 P.M.
Finn McCool's Irish Pub, 3701 Banks Street, New Orleans.
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NTN Buzztime Trivia
Tuesdays, 6:30 P.M.
Sideline's Bar & Grill, 1229 Veterans, Metairie
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Pub Quiz
Thursdays, 7:00 P.M.
Carrollton Station, 8140 Willow Street, New Orleans.
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Wargames
First Thursday of the Month
WWII Museum, 945 Magazine Street, New Orleans.Preregistration required. Send email to lt.burgoyne@nationalww2museum.org for info.
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Pub Quiz
Fridays, 9 P.M.
Chateau Pub, 3535 Chateau Blvd, Kenner. 504-466-7272 It is free to play and teams can win up to $40 in pub bucks. There are prizes for 1st, 2nd, and 3rd place as well as last place.
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Deutsches Haus - Trivia Night
4th Friday of the Month, 7:30 P.M.
Deutsches Haus, 1023 Ridgewood Drive, Metairie
No fees to play
Prizes for 1st, 2nd, 3rd and last place teams
Bring your team, come by and be a one person team, or join up with others to form a larger team.
There are 5 rounds of 10 questions with drink breaks between rounds.
Questions are projected on multiple TV/projection screens.
Food is available at a nominal price.
Any more interesting events on a regular basis? Send them to me at BJGeraci@aol.com
May
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MOVIE NIGHT AT CANAL PLACE
Sometime in May
Canal Place Theaters, 333 Canal Street (Canal Place Shopping Center, 3rd Floor)
If you have been to this venue it is a must (http://www.thetheatres.com/theatres/?page=The-Experience). Excellent food and drink with a movie. The Theatres don't post schedules and times this far in advance so all recommendations for times and movie choice will be considered. I would like to set up two movie events, one for all members, and one for all members under the age of 30. If there is not enough interested, the groups can be combined. Please RSVP to Joel Kurucar (jkurucar@gmail.com) for reservations.
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COFFEEHOUSE SIG
Thursday May 3rd, 7 P.M.
Chateau Coffee Cafe, 139 Robert E. Lee Blvd, New Orleans, LA.
Meet your fellow NOMs for coffee and conversation. Contact Claudia at daquinc@aol.com for more info.
Take the West End exit and continue straight toward the lake. You'll see the shopping center on the corner when you hit Robert E. Lee.
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EXCOM MEETING
Saturday May 12th, 6 P.M.
B's house.This meeting is to plan out the events for the chapter. This is a business meeting, not a social gathering. Nevertheless, any member in good standing may attend.
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NOM NIGHT
Saturday May 12th, 7 P.M.
Salsas Por El Lago, 124 Lake Marina Drive, 286-3057
Come and enjoy authentic Mexican Food and good conversations.
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CHESS EVENT
Sunday May 13th, 12 Noon
Lafayette Square, NOLA
(weather permitting)
At Noon I would like to invite everyone of all skill levels to a friendly chess event in Lafayette Square (http://g.co/maps/vp8e6), weather permitting. I will bring a few chairs, a table, and some chess boards. This casual, non-competitive event should be fun for all ages. If you wish to come out and enjoy a stimulating game and enjoy the beautiful city landscape, please RSVP to Joel Kurucar (jkurucar@gmail.com) so I can make sure to have enough chess sets.
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DINNER CLUB
Wednesday May 16th, 7 P.M.
Reginelli’s, 4529 Clearview Pkwy., Metairie
Contact Gerry at
gward15@cox.net to make reservations.
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NORGY COMMITTEE MEETING
Saturday, May 19th, 5 P.M.
B's house
Come help plan our first RG in many years!
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CELEBRATION SIG
Friday May 25th, 6 P.M.
Landmark Hotel, 2601 Severn Ave, Metairie, 1st floor Lounge
We will be celebrating the birthdays of Sumo Wrestlers, Tatsutoshi Goto and Hiro Saito.
Directions: From Causeway and Veterans, go west
on Veterans to next light (Severn). Turn left (south) on Severn and
proceed to the tall round hotel one block north of I-10 Service Rd.
Celebration is in the 1st floor bar. Look for an owl on the table.
June
July
NOM Web Site Pages
- US Mensa How to qualify, annual dues, and more about
U.S. Mensa.
- People
The people who keep the group running.
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New Orleans To find more information on New Orleans.
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NOM GenX The GenerationX group of New Orleans Mensa.
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La Plume The newsletter of New Orleans Mensa, including the award-winning cover art.
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Web Info Information on the web site itself.
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Lagniappe Anything else that didn't fit.
Links to Other Web Sites
- Baton Rouge Mensa is our neighbor and stretches from
North of New Orleans to the Texas state line.
- The 2012 U S Annual Gathering will
be in Reno, NV from July 4-8, 2012.
- The U S Mensa web site is located at www.us.mensa.org.
- The International Mensa web site is located at www.mensa.org.
- MERF stands for the Mensa
Education & Research Foundation, which is a charitable organization
that funds college scholarships and research, including research relating
to gifted children.
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and/or affiliated national Mensa organizations. Mensa does not hold any
opinion
or have, or express, any political or religious views.
