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The SCAM logo designed by Keith Proud The Volume 31, No. 4 April, 2013 SPACE COAST AREA MENSA The Last Minute George Lebovitz, RecSec Website: www.spacecoast.us.mensa.org (All Area Codes are 321 except as noted) he ExComm met at the home of Wynn Rostek at 3456 Willis Drive, Ti‐ T tusville, FL 32796 on Wednesday, March 13th, 2013, called to order at 6:11 Recording Secretary pm. The meeng was originally scheduled for Wednesday, March 7th at the GEORGE LEBOVITZ Executive Committee 1649 PGA Blvd., Melbourne, FL 32935 home of Karen Freiberg at 876 Buxmont Ct., Rockledge, FL 32955, but LocSec [email protected] Wynn Rostek was not feeling well and the meeng was postponed one week. Just prior to the March 13th meeng, a plague descended upon the house of Member-At-Large Local Secretary Karen Freiberg of 876 Buxmont Ct., Rockledge, FL 32955 and the meeng was WYNN ROSTEK KAREN FREIBERG 3456 Willis Dr., Titusville, FL 32796 876 Buxmont Ct., Rockledge, FL 32955 hasly relocated to the house of Wynn Rostek at 3456 Willis Drive, Titusville, FL 267-9391 [email protected] 633-1636 [email protected] 32796 to avoid the potenal contaminaon of the enre ExComm. Assistant Local Secretary Treasurer Members Present: Wynn Rostek, Terry Valek, and George Lebovitz. TERRY VALEK DENNIS LOGAN Guests: none (technically, since Zanne Rostek of 3456 Willis Drive, Titusville, FL 626-8523 285 Tangelo St., Satellite Beach, FL 32937 [email protected] 501-7547 [email protected] 32796 lived there already). Officer/Commiee Reports (details may be found in the footnotes): RG Committee Chair Treasurer’s Report1. Treasurer Dennis Logan submied his report via email prior GEORGE LEBOVITZ SCAM Appointees to the meeng claiming he had to be in an all‐day meeng in Clearwater; how‐ ever, I believe this was a bald face lie to get him out of having to drive all the Proctor Coordinator SCAM Bylaws Committee way to Titusville from his home in Satellite Beach. HANK RHODES MICHAEL MOAKLEY 2 [email protected] [email protected] Tesng Coordinator, Hank Rhodes, reported via email . Membership Publicity Committee Chair A NomElCom composed of Joseph Smith, Art Belefant, and George Paer‐ GEORGE PATTERSON GEORGE PATTERSON son was formed and brought before the ExComm and unanimously passed. [email protected] [email protected] An Audit Commiee composed of Art Belefant, George Paerson, and S.I.G.H.T. Mediator Wynn Rostek was formed and brought before the ExComm and unanimously KAREN FREIBERG MICHAEL MOAKLEY passed. [email protected] [email protected] Wynn brought up the noon that we need a Gied Youth Coordinator in Editor Assembly/Circulation order to centralize issues pertaining to SCAM's involvement with gied children The SCAM MICHAEL MOAKLEY GEORGE PATTERSON in the Brevard area and to field any quesons which may arise. For reasons I'm 808 Wisteria Dr., Melbourne, FL 777-3721 not sure I understand, I (George Lebovitz, aka “The George”) volunteered to fill Editorial Staff 32901 [email protected] the posion. The next meeng was set for Wednesday, April 3rd, at the home of Karen Webmaster Calendar KAREN FREIBERG DOUG STARKE Freiberg, 876 Buxmont Ct., Rockledge, FL 32955 at 6:00 pm. and the meeng 633-1636 633-1636 was adjourned at 6:23 pm. [email protected] [email protected] _____________ MEL DAHL, RVC10 AMERICAN MENSA, LTD. 1. General Fund: $458.25, RG Fund: $1,630.74, Reserve Fund: $1,807.46, Total American [email protected] 1229 Corporate Drive West Assets: $3,896.45. Mensa Arlington, TX 76006-6103 (817) 607-0060 2. Contacted 19 candidates for the first me, 11 candidates for the second or third Ltd. [email protected] me; tested 0. Next test session is March 16, 2012 at the Central Brevard Library in Cocoa 2 Space Coast Area Mensa Space Coast Area Mensa 19 T T S Mel Dahl, RVC‐10 Vol. 31, No. 4 The April, 2013 t's an elecon year, and I'm doing something I've never done before: I Publicly urge all members of Region 10 not just to vote, but to vote for a parcular candidate for chair. I'm doing so because it's even more important All submissions must be received by the Editor before the 10th of the month preceding this year than ever before. American Mensa is at a crossroads, and this elec‐ publicaon. Please allow extra me for mailed submissions, which may be typed or on will determine which path the organizaon takes over the next two or legibly handwrien. Whenever possible, we prefer submissions via e‐mail. They may four years. The two candidates for chair could not be more different in both be in e‐mail text or any of most word processing formats. All submissions should be substance and style. I have served on the AMC with both of them, and I like sent to the Editor, whose contact informaon appears on Page 2. both of them personally. But they have very different views of where Mensa should go and how it should get there, and in my view, only one of them has Inside the Pocket Protector Mike Moakley, Editor the necessary policy vision and experience to effecvely lead us. There are two things a chair needs: Good ideas, and an understanding of his month, I have received numerous e‐mails from the various candi‐ how to implement them. The best of ideas are useless if the person offering T dates running for office in American Mensa. Each has asked me to pub‐ them is unable or unwilling to do the hard work of making them happen. Or‐ lish his or her campaign statement in The SCAM. Aer much consideraon, I ganizaonal leadership requires aenon to detail and the understanding have decided not to run these campaign statements. that stuff only gets done if leaders are willing to actually do the hard work of Why? First, they are running for Naonal office. Naonal already has an governance. excellent publicaon that is sent to every member: Mensa Bullen. Since these candidates must win all of their votes on a naonal basis to win Dan Burg has demonstrated over and over again that not only is he a office, it is my opinion that the Bullen is the appropriate medium. skilled leader with good ideas, but he is willing to master the details and shep‐ herd projects through to compleon. As RVC, and as a former member of the Second, The SCAM is a local group publicaon. Its primary purpose for Bylaws Commiee, I have seen him paently and thoroughly work with local exisng is to publish our local group acvies and official proceedings. Any‐ groups on bylaws issues. I have also been impressed at his mastery of finan‐ thing beyond that is generally reserved for those in our local group who cial, policy and constuonal facts and nuances in AMC meengs. No one has wish to contribute to our newsleer. ever been able to accuse him of lack of preparaon, on both major policy is‐ In my opinion, it is a total waste of our resources to publish material sues and relavely minor maers. In contrast, his opponent supported a ma‐ that is beer off published on a naonal basis. Our RVC for Region 10, jor policy iniave, and when the AMC debated it, candidly admied that he which consists of Florida, has a column in The SCAM, as he does in all of the had not thought it through, did not know any of the details about how it other Florida newsleers, because he is our link to Naonal. Please bear in would be implemented, and intended to leave those details to others. That is mind, however, that his column, like all others, merely reflect the author’s not the way to run a major organizaon. opinions. I have not always agreed with Dan on every policy maer that has ever Finally, a reminder. In next month’s issue, we will be asked to elect a come before the AMC, but I've never doubted his work ethic, his thorough‐ new ExComm. As in the past, a ballot will be enclosed. If, by chance, this ness, and his willingness to learn everything there is to know about whatever elecon is contested (6 or more candidates on the ballot), each ExComm issue we are discussing. I've spoken with him about his long term vision for candidate may submit a campaign statement for publicaon in the May the organizaon, and I like what I hear. So, I hope that all of you will not only issue of The SCAM.