After all that unseasonable warmth, we're now having an actual winter in Delaware.  Punxsutawney Phil says it's almost over already, and I can't complain about that.  I couldn't believe my eyes when I was in Rehoboth for the Polar Bear Plunge and saw people walking around in bare feet and bathing suits as I was bundled up to my eyebrows.  Air temp was 29, water temp was 43, dollars raised for the Special Olympics were nearly half a million.

The January AMC meeting came and went, and by the time this column reaches you, it will be nearly time for the March meeting.  The GenX SIG's bid for the 2010 AG was unanimously approved by the AMC.  I made my first motion, which was to delay voting on the Local Group Charter Agreement until the March meeting.  We're still working on the document, and I hope we have something more satisfactory to the membership by then.  Be sure to check out the agenda online and let me know what you think of the issues we'll be talking about!  This meeting will be on the heels of the Colloquium in Chicago, March 23-25, titled "Aspects of Humor: The Art and Science of Laughter." 

Also in March, Central New Jersey Mensa will be hosting Snowball XXXIII, billed as American Mensa's longest running and best RG.  I'm partial to it myself, since it was my first RG, after which I was hooked for life.  They're in a new hotel this year, but with the same great 24/7 hospitality.  I'm told there will be a Meet The Candidates session, most likely on Saturday morning, for those of you who would like to come out and get to know those candidates in attendance who are running for office in the next national elections.

CultureQuest® XVIII approaches already.  You can register online at www.us.mensa.org/eventregistration and the deadline for registration is March 30, 2007.  If you saw the article about me in the Delaware News Journal a while back, you know I'm dismal when it comes to anything trivia-related, so I'm trusting that some of the rest of you will be the ones to make our region proud.

So far, we haven't had much feedback regarding or interest in the LDW planned for November 2007 in Virginia.  If you've ever wanted to take a more active role in Mensa (at any level), see a need for improvements in your group, or have ideas you'd like to share, now is the time to do it.  The forms can be obtained by emailing me directly at RVC2@us.mensa.org or Marc Lederman, the coordinator of this LDW, at Secretary@us.mensa.org.

Leah Kinder
RVC2