Our Chicago Area in-person
Monthly Gatherings are open to the public.
The January Monthly Gathering will be held via Discord ; it will not be open to the public.
Anyone who has used our CAM
Discord server can simply open the Discord app. Those who haven’t can find an Invitation Link
on our Contacts page.
The gatherings are held each month, except for November.
Mensans, if you don’t have Discord already, here are the Discord setup instructions.
We recommend you sign up at least 30 minutes before the event; it’s free.
Also, check out the
CAM Discord FAQ.
especially about setting your push-to-talk key(s),
a requirement to speak in the MG Speaker channel.
If you’d like to play games with your fellow Mensans, follow the setup instructions for
Board Game Arena
a few days before the MG, and checkout the FAQ for the list of other games for which you must register.
Typical Monthly Gathering
4:00 PM
Mensa Admissions Test
(for anyone who wishes to become a member) —
Preregister
to reserve a space for
this session or for a different test location/date. To
see if any of your past tests qualify for membership, see
what you need to qualify.
Cancelled for January!!
5:00 PM
Business Meeting —
Our five board members and any other interested members discuss
various topics and issues. Members are welcome to attend and voice their opinions, but only the
Board of Directors can vote.
Find us in the Business Meeting channel.
The Discord Invitation Link,
needed only by new Discord members, is now available.
January Discord Event!!CAM Discord FAQ
7:00 PM
Socializing —
Join the Monthly Gathering event and experiment with interacting with other Mensans via Discord.
BYOB and
snacks .
There will be various voice channels
(aka rooms) so people can have conversations with a smaller group of
people (before and after the speaker presentation) and people can easily move themselves
from one channel to another channel and see who is in each of the channels.
Drop in any time to see how you like it. Open Discord app to join the fun. Mensans who
haven’t joined our CAM
Discord server yet will need the Invitation Link.
January Discord Event!!
7:30 PM
Officer Nominations — Nominations will be taken from the floor, in the MG Speaker channel, prior to the speaker presentation, so be sure to have your
push-to-talk key(s) defined.
~7:35 PM
Speaker Presentation for January
Science of Obesity
Anthony Auriemma, MD, will be speaking on the science behind obesity and weight loss.
He will cover topics such as how the hormones Leptin and Ghrelin affect appetite, why
the calorie in, calorie out model is broken; the role of gut health on weight loss; why
you cannot rely on exercise alone to help you lose weight; the ketogenic diet; and much
more.
Dr. Auriemma is board certified in Obesity Management; he provides a comprehensive approach
to chronic disease management that includes lifestyle changes. He emphasizes a medically
supervised weight management program that focuses on weight reduction to improve overall
health, especially for people with hypertension, diabetes, knee and back pain. He uses a
multidisciplinary team approach.
Speaker Presentation —
The gathering usually begins with announcements
from our Local Secretary (LocSec), followed by a guest who speaks on an
interesting topic for about an hour.
We meet in the MG Speaker channel.
The Discord Invitation Link,
needed only by new Discord members,
is now available.
January Discord Event!!
8:30 PM
More Socializing plus Games —
Converse or play games. Our featured Game of the Month — The Crew —
will be taught by Matt C.,
in a dedicated channel just after the speaker presentation ends.
It’s a coöperative game played online using Board Game
Arena . Our customized-version of Discord
offers great flexibility to move yourself between groups, plus much more.
People can play various games including using Board Game Arena
while talking with one another in Discord .
Visit the find-a-game
channel on our CAM
server for a list of the many other games for which you have to register in advance. See the setup instructions for
Board Game Arena.
The Discord Invitation Link,
needed only by new Discord members,
is now available.
January Discord Event!!
Instructions for
The JanuaryMonthly Gathering is being held via video
conference!
Before the MG:
The CAM
Discord Invitation Link,
needed only by new Discord users,
is available on
our website.
If you don't have Discord already, we recommend you download the app
and register at least 30 minutes before the event (see setup instructions);
it’s free. A large list of online games available can be found
here, including on which platform.
Visit our FAQ webpage to get an idea of what our
customized version of Discord offers, including a list of some of the online
game websites which require advance registration. For example, if you’re interested in
learning January’s game of the month The Crew or playing other online games using Board Game
Arena ,
the initial
setup is a simple process; please sign up
and add the CAM game hosts a day or two before the Monthly Gathering. After the setup, allow time to
practice to familiarize yourself with Board Game Arena
.
If you plan to attend the presentation and you wish to talk in the
MG Speaker channel,
follow the instructions to define your push-to-talk key(s).
2021 Chicago Mensa Election Nominations
Nominations for local officers will be taken from the floor just prior to the guest speaker at the Monthly Meeting.
Nominees do not need to be present and will be contacted afterward to determine whether they wish to become candidates.
Nomination by petition is also valid; check our Bylaws, or contact Deb J.
for the messy details.
Candidates’ statements for publication in the April ChiMe are to be no longer than 500 words and cannot include
any boldface, italic, or larger type; they should be sent directly to Casey C. via
e-mail. The deadline for the April issue of ChiMe is March 1st, so please get your statement to Casey well before that date.
Deb J. - Chairman, Election Procedures Committee
During the MG: At 7 PM you can
open the Discord app (new CAM
Discord users will need to use our
Invitation Link
to join the event) and start socializing in any of the voice channels listed under
Hospitality. At 7:30 PM join the
MG Speaker channel, listed under Events. Nominations will be taken followed by announcements of interest to the group.
Stay to listen to this month’s presentation (the Topic button above will provide the details).
After the presentation,
those interested in learning to play The Crew should move themselves into
the voice channel
Matt C. is in so you can hear his instructions. Otherwise people
can choose to move themselves into groups to any of the
voice channels
listed under Hospitality or Games.
Anyone more interested in playing games may want to start in the
find-a-game
channel to see the list and join the Find Game Partners
channel to find people interested in playing the same game they are interested in and then agreeing to join the
voice channel corresponding to the name of
the game to converse while playing.
It’s always an interesting experience and aren’t you ready to try something fun and new?
BYOB
and snacks .
Drop in any time to see how you like it and provide feedback.
The test is administered at 4 PM at every Monthly Gathering. Get more information about taking a
proctored test to join Mensa
including different dates and locations. You must preregister to take advantage of any special offers from
American Mensa.
Or check out if any of the tests you’ve taken in the past can be used as prior evidence to
join.
Cancelled for January!!
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