Important Items to Note!

PTA (Phoenix Temperance Association) is still looking for a new co-ordinator for their meetings.  Show up at a meeting (every Wednesday evening) if you are interested in the job.

I hope to see some of you down at the Rocky Point Campout weekend the end of April.  Jim is looking forward to getting some fishing in.  I’m looking forward to sitting and talking, wandering the markets and practicing my Spanish, small as it is.

What’s that activity about?

Shoestring Gourmet - Get a group of people who like to eat well, but not spend a lot of money and you have the makings of Shoestring Gourmet.  Each month a different theme will be selected for the dinner.  Recipes will be provided if you don’t have one that fits the category.  You cook it up, you bring it over and you join your Mensa friends in gobbling it up.  That along with great conversation.  Groups are usually small, so this could be a great way for new members to get acquainted with others, without becoming overwhelmed. 

Games Night - another great way to get involved without getting overwhelmed.  A variety of games are provided for you to enjoy or you can bring one of your own.  Conversation can easily center around the game, so you don’t have to worry about getting tongue-tied or trying to think up something to say.  Don’t like playing games?  This evening is so casual, you can just come and sit and watch others play games or sit and chat with the others who don’t feel like playing games either.

Fold, Staple & Mutilate. - a great way to relieve stress as you take it out on the MAAM, which can’t talk back.  A small group of regulars and newcomers gathers once a month to put together the newsletter.  Get acquainted with your fellow Mensans.  Join in on one of the deep (or not so deep) discussions that always seem to come up.   Come join the fun.

The necessary stuff:

All MAAM submissions for the May 2001 issue must be received by 8 p.m. on Monday, April 12.  Submissions by e-mail need to be in plain text, not as an attached file.

Send Calendar entries to Joni Pourchot by one of the following means:

·           fetzmail@worldnet.att.net

·           602-279-9183 & dictate your entry 

·           Snail mail to 825 W. Osborn Rd., #1012, Phoenix, AZ  85013.

All other stuff (announcements, letters, articles, etc.) should be sent to Glenn Case.

·           typed or on an IBM-compatible disk

·           E-mailed to Glenn Case <gronjones@prodigy.net>

Have a great month,

Joni