In September I participated in my second AMC meeting, this time going to Arlington, Texas, home of our National Office. While there I toured the office and met our staff.

On Friday the AMC and staff Directors met for an all day short term and long term planning session. Each of us had the opportunity to list anything we felt Mensa needed to work on over the next few years. The ideas were sorted first by category, then by duration (short term or long term). We then ranked the items and began assigning the high priority items. Several of these items will appear on the December AMC Meeting agenda.

On Saturday we had the AMC Meeting. The motion to require the National Office staff to handle advance registration processing, online registration, financial accounting, and oversight of onsite registration for all major AML events was soundly defeated, 16 to 1. The Communication Committee's Policy and Guidelines for Administrators of Internet Communication Services was approved. A motion was passed to strongly recommend that websites of local groups and websites of local/regional/national gatherings direct members to the site's "bulletin board" or "forum" area where members may make their event-specific ride-sharing or room-sharing needs known and thereby work out a mutually-agreeable arrangement, preferably "off line."

Two new committees are being formed - one to review the procedures for the Nominating Committee, and one to think about special events to celebrate American Mensa's 50th anniversary in 2010.

Plans are looking more favorable for a spring 2006 Leadership Development Workshop (LDW) in the King of Prussia, Pennsylvania area. Details haven't been finalized, but progress is being made. Please check the Region 2 website for the latest information on this event, or contact me directly.