I went poking around. There's a main Mensa page, which links to other pages by country. There US page has a spot for searching by zip code. That directed me to the "San Francisco Regional Mensa" site. All three sites dryly extoll the vague benefits of hanging out with other members, and refer you to offices that will administer a $40 test or accept various notarized equivalents. Absolutely not compelling.
Then I looked at the "calendar of events": http://www.sfmensa.org/events.html . 3/4 of these events are marked "NMPCW", which means essentially "non-members welcome". And I'll bet good money that if I were to show up to any one of these semi-organized gatherings, no one would ask me for any kind of official documentation or ID. It would simply be enough to introduce myself and say "I'm new around here."
To me, this demonstrates that Mensa should change its own policies to better reflect the apparent attitude of its own members: There should be NO compulsory testing to join. Simply exhibiting an interest in hanging with "other smarties" should be enough. (And if it isn't, then Fuck You, Mensa. Fuck You With A Big Rubber Cock.)
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Date: 2007-08-17 09:51 am (UTC)Then I looked at the "calendar of events": http://www.sfmensa.org/events.html . 3/4 of these events are marked "NMPCW", which means essentially "non-members welcome". And I'll bet good money that if I were to show up to any one of these semi-organized gatherings, no one would ask me for any kind of official documentation or ID. It would simply be enough to introduce myself and say "I'm new around here."
To me, this demonstrates that Mensa should change its own policies to better reflect the apparent attitude of its own members: There should be NO compulsory testing to join. Simply exhibiting an interest in hanging with "other smarties" should be enough. (And if it isn't, then Fuck You, Mensa. Fuck You With A Big Rubber Cock.)