Candidate Cameo: Allen Neuner

    Hello.  I’m Allen Neuner, past Ombudsman of American Mensa.  As you may already know, this is an election year for American Mensa.  This coming April, you will be asked to vote for those who, for the next two years, will be running our organization to the best of their abilities.  The decisions they make will affect not only you for right now but all Mensans and for years to come.  That’s why I’m urging you, when you receive your election materials in the April/May issue of the Mensa Bulletin, to read over the candidate statements, mark your ballots carefully, and mail in your vote.

    Why am I writing to you about this?  Partly because I believe in the responsibility of every member to cast his or her ballot and exercise his or her say in the running of Mensa.  And partly because I am running for the office of Chairman.  I believe it’s time to turn Mensa away from the business of mandating “one size fits all” solutions to the local groups and members, and away from the business of the explosive proliferation of rules and regulations.  It’s time to turn Mensa back towards the business of listening to the members’ concerns and utilizing the members’ intelligence and imagination to come up with workable responses to those concerns.  I believe that my 23 years in Mensa, which include terms as national Ombudsman, Local Secretary, proctor, and RG co-chairman, give me the experience and communication abilities needed to turn Mensa in this direction.  I would like your vote for Chairman.

    Mensa’s strengths have always been the diversity of its members and the power of their minds.  Mensa has always been whatever its members have conceived it to be.  Mensa...how do you imagine it?  Together, we can make your imaginings real.