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 will be on Saturday March 13th.
Please see
this page for more information.
Events
March
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COFFEEHOUSE SIG
Thursday March 4th, 7 P.M.
CC's Coffeehouse, 701 Metairie Rd.
Contact Claudia at daquinc@aol.com for more info.
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NOM AFTERNOON
Sunday March 14th, 2 P.M.
(Different day / time)
at B's
Our monthly meeting, but in the afternoon on Sunday rather than
Saturday night. There is no cover charge this month; it will be mostly about goals
for the local group and plans for the year.
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DINNER CLUB
(No Dinner Club this month.)
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CELEBRATION SIG
Friday, March 26th, 6 P.M.
Landmark Hotel, 2601 Severn Ave, Metairie, 1st floor Lounge
Celebrating the 531st birthday of Vasili III, Great Prince of Moscow.
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.
April
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COFFEEHOUSE SIG
Thursday April 8th, 7 P.M.
(This is the 2nd Thursday of the month)
CC's Coffeehouse, 701 Metairie Rd.
Meet your fellow NOMs for coffee and conversation. Contact Claudia at daquinc@aol.com for more info.
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NOM NIGHT
Saturday April 10th, 7:00 PM
Salsas Por El Lago, 124 Lake Marina Avenue, Lakeview, New Orleans.
We're holding this meeting at a restaurant in Lakeview, specializing
in authentic Mexican food (plus some deli sandwiches).
For this meeting, we will not collect a fee. The restaurant will have an area for
us; everyone will order and pay separately.
For longtime residents, this is
where Ground Pati and Red Steer used to be. It is located one building just west of (or behind)
Wasabi.
Warning:
there is a lot of construction in the area, so please be prepared for detours.
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CULTUREQUEST
Sunday April 11th, 3:00-4:30 PM
Calling all trivia buffs to join our Mensa team, "Brains on Bourbon",
to compete against other Mensa teams around the country. It's a closed-book, 90 minute test
composed of hundreds of questions on a variety of topics. If you wish to join, contact
Bart Geraci at BJGeraci@aol.com.
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DINNER CLUB
Wednesday April 21st, 7:00 PM
Sid-Mar’s, 3322 N. Turnbull Dr., Metairie.
Seafood. We're happy to see them back, but we will miss the view they had when we could sit out on their porch over-looking Lake Pontchartrain.
Please reserve with Gerry at gward15@cox.net if you wish to attend.
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CELEBRATION SIG
Friday, April 30th, 6:00 PM
Landmark Hotel, 2601 Severn Ave, Metairie, 1st floor Lounge
Celebrating the 207th anniversary of the Louisiana Purchase and the 198th
anniversary of Louisiana statehood.
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.
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 2010 U S Annual Gathering will
be in Dearborn (Detroit) MI from June 30 to July 5, 2010. It will be the 50th anniversary
of Mensa in North America.
- 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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