To protect our members’ privacy, contact information has been
removed from this listing but isavailable on our website for members only.
Each of the CAM events has a link to the host’s RSVP information which
also takes you to this same information.
You must use the AM password reset which you can access by tapping/clicking
here.
If you forgot your id (e-mail address), contact the National Office.
Their phone number and e-mail address are at the bottom of AM login page.
Event E-Mails
CAM members will get periodic
e‑mails about upcoming events, including ones that did not make it into ChiMe,
or to get notified of any special events or last minute changes.
Illinois has once again loosened its restrictions a bit where
Indoor events are limited to 25 people in most areas.
Indoor and outdoor dining is allowed but at lower capacities and subject to an explicit
maximum number where no party exceeds 4 or 6 people respectively.
There is an indoor time limit of 2 hours.
Restaurants and bars are free to impose even stricter group or time
restrictions.
You must wear a mask except when seated, however, also during any interaction
with staff and anyone who is not part of your group.
RSVPs -
Always contact the
CAM event host
as specified in the event details —
e-mail ,phone , or
Meetup .
About Meetup
About the CAM Meetup Closed Group
Meetup often includes events that are not in the
March ChiMe (when it becomes available).
So consider
signing up
for this great tool — an active Mensa number will be requested to verify your
Mensa membership before you can be added to our CAM Meetup group.)
Meetup will have the same RSVP contact information that is on
our website
and in ChiMe.
RSVP, but you should always contact the CAM event coördinator
as specified. A few CAM event
coördinators are not members of Meetup, so for those events,
your RSVP there only lets other CAM Meetup members know you are attending,
plus you benefit by getting reminders.
It’s easy to use Meetup to add the
event info to your personal calendar.
Set up notifications and Meetup will e-mail you about
upcoming events. (You can adjust your Meetup e-mail
settings to limit notifications to one e-mail/day.)
Chicago Mensa Meetup -
All our events are listed; see who signed up, get notifications,
and add the event(s) to your personal calendar. Check out the
March calendar.
Facebook -
The following CAM area- and youth-related groups have their own closed Facebook
groups which may have events not listed here nor on Meetup
(contact them to join):
Meetup often includes events that are not in the
March ChiMe (when it becomes available).
So consider
signing up
for this great tool — an active Mensa number will be requested to verify your
Mensa membership before you can be added to our CAM Meetup group.)
Meetup will have the same RSVP contact information that is on
our website
and in ChiMe.
RSVP, but you should always contact the CAM event coördinator
as specified. A few CAM event
coördinators are not members of Meetup, so for those events,
your RSVP there only lets other CAM Meetup members know you are attending,
plus you benefit by getting reminders.
It’s easy to use Meetup to add the
event info to your personal calendar.
Set up notifications and Meetup will e-mail you about
upcoming events. (You can adjust your Meetup e-mail
settings to limit notifications to one e-mail/day.)
Chicago Mensa Meetup -
All our events are listed; see who signed up, get notifications,
and add the event(s) to your personal calendar. Check out the
March calendar.
Facebook -
The following CAM area- and youth-related groups have their own closed Facebook
groups which may have events not listed here nor on Meetup
(contact them to join):
The organizers of the events listed on this calendar have expressed willingness
for members elsewhere in the world to join in. Please don’t give them a
bigger crowd than they can handle, and do be careful about time zones.
The displayed time zone is GMT! If you add them to your own calendar,
the time zone should convert to your specified time zone.
To have your virtual event added to this calendar, contact Matt C., the CAM Morning Coffee contact.
CAM Discord Access and More
Already a member?
Simply open up the Discord app, look for the
CAM
icon on the very left, and tap/click on it.
New?
A day or two before the event, check out our FAQ for instructions
about getting the app and registering. Peruse the various questions and answers to familiarize
yourself with our customized version.
About three days prior to the event, the Invitation Link needed by new
CAM Discord users will be available as part of the event host’s contact info.
Tap/click on it and it will open the Discord app on your device. You must
"OK" the Code of Conduct that will be displayed to see all the rooms (aka
channels). Once you’ve done that, you’re in and won’t need an
Invitation Link again.
When you join a Discord event you won’t automatically
see all the participants like in Zoom when the host lets you in or you join a meeting
in progress. Instead you’ll scroll down and find the channel
specified as part of the event info. Unlike Zoom, you get to see the list of
names indicating who is in
the channel before you tap/click on it to join. And if there is someone
presenting, you’ll need to tap/click on the presenter’s
feed or double-click the live button next to the
presenter’s name to view it. And
when you leave, it’s immediate — none of that akwardness
that happens when you leave a Zoom event especially when in a breakout room.
It may feel weird at first but the learning curve is pretty short and
chances are you’ll like it better than Zoom.
CAM Morning Coffee 7 AM & 8 AM.
Both of these weekday online events are
not hosted which simply means when you join the Morning
Coffee channel (under Events) on our CAM Discord server, you may be the first — wait several minutes and give the
others a chance to join you. Attendance is spontaneous and can be sporadic
— no individual is present every day, some days there are
several people, but there are days when no one participates.
You can expect casual conversation on
any topic you and the others would like to explore.
On Thursdays, the 8 AM CAM Morning Coffee group joins the 8 AM Conversation
with London Mensans so use their access info
(on Meetup) rather than Discord.
In the mood for some interesting conversation?
It’s easy to check in any weekday and see who else is up for a chat.
Contact Matt C.
for general info. Both events will recur every weekday until further notice.
Discord Event!!
1/ Monday
ChiMe Activity Bulletin and Advertising Deadlines.
Last day for these submissions
to the April ChiMe.
Interested in organizing and hosting a virtual
or in-person event? Find out how by tapping/clicking here.
ChiMe Editorial Deadline.
Last day for editorial submissions
to the April ChiMe.
Please submit original articles, insights, puzzles,
brain teasers, or short poems. Your fellow Chicago Area Mensans
would love to hear from you.
Annual Gathering (AG) Rate Increase Alert!
Sunday, January 31st is the last day to register before the rates increase.
See the AML 2021 AG website
for details about the “Multifaceted Minds” AG held
Tuesday, August 24th through Sunday, August 29th
as Mensa celebrates its 75th anniversary in Houston, Texas.
And register now
for the Colloquium exploring “Advances in Food Science” presented on Monday, August 23rd.
4/ Thursday
Conversation
with London Mensans 8 AM.
Join a video chat with our kin from across the big pond
in London at 2 PM BST. I [Carey] participated previously, along with a few other CAM members, and had a very nice chat with some
of our “siblings” in the London area.
RSVP to receive the Zoom sign-in information
(via Meetup preferred).
The London host is Ian David Moseley.
Virtual Event!!
Virtual Downtown Lunch 1 PM.
Perhaps Mensa’s longest running event anywhere, Chicago’s
Downtown Lunch has gone virtual! Join us for conversation,
laughs, and attempts to define words you’ll never use again.
The Zoom access info is included as part of your host
Jon G.’s
contact information.
You may also RSVP via Meetup.
6/ Saturday
Games and Conversation 7:30 PM.
Join us at the (Virtual) WeissWard Home for Wayward Mensans (WWHfWM).
This will be an on-line event using CAM’s Discord server (see the
FAQ if new to Discord).
We’ll gather for conversation in the
Game Night Foyer
and then split into breakout rooms as desired for games. Recent games played have included
Welcome To, The Crew, 6 nimmt!, Code Names and
Incan Gold. For more information, contact
Beth W..
Join us.
Discord Event!!
Northern Exposure Dinner Cancelled.
Join us for dinner at a venue TBD in Lake County.
Please RSVP (no later than 10 AM) to our
North Suburban Coördinator
Michael B., so he can reserve a big enough table; also let
him know if you need to cancel, even if it’s last minute
(by texting),
so the restaurant can change the seating and doesn’t wait
until everyone shows up to take orders.
Event Cancelled Due to Coronavirus Concerns!!
Rockford Mensa Dinner 6:30 PM.
Join Dave and other Rockford-Area Mensans for dinner at
the Olive Garden Italian Kitchen,
located at 6367 E. State St. in Rockford
(on the south side of State St. between Mulford and Perryville).
To RSVP , for more information, or to
get on our e‑mail list,
contact Dave L.,
our Rockford-Area Coördinator.
The number of attendees is limited, so RSVPs are mandatory.
Do not RSVP via Meetup since Dave is not a member.
This event is usually recurs on the second Friday of the month. Illinois COVID-19 Group & Mask Restrictions Apply!!
Poetry Discussion 7:30 PM.
Our poetry group is now using Zoom for meetings.
Interested persons who are not currently members of the poetry group can
contact Joe D.
,
and he will e-mail the poems to be discussed and the Zoom information to them.
Do NOT RSVP via Meetup.
This event is usually held on evening of the second Friday of the month.
Virtual Event!!
SwAG Session Cancelled.
Please see the Southwest Area Group Facebook page to RSVP and for information about this
and other SwAG events; contact the
Southwest Area Coördinators
to find out how to join (Kevin’s contact information is also on
our website).
We’ve been meeting on the second Saturday of most months.
Event Cancelled Until Further Notice!!
14/ Sunday
Daylight Saving Time
starts. Remember to change your clocks by adding an hour
so you’re not late.
Futures & Fantasies
2 PM.
Despite losing her mom to a mysterious murder while in infancy, Miriam Beckstein loves her work —
reporting for a Boston tech magazine. But on discovering a money laundering scheme with story of the
year potential, she is fired, endures a mafia style death threat, and receives a knotwork locket of her
mother’s which transfers her to a parallel Earth and the kingdom of Gruinmarkt. Mounted knights
use automatic weapons, assassins transfer between worlds, and she is one of the six Clan families using
(or abusing) commercial and multiworld-transport power to maintain position and wealth in both universes.
Lionized as Countess Helge Thorold-Hjorth, she necessarily must master the social and political mores of
a Viking-esqe world with Soprano and Machiavellian ethics. Her sudden return inconveniences other
claimants to her mother’s power and rank, and some want her dead; new love Earl Roland may be too
faithful to her uncle Duke Angbard; and his intended, Baroness Olga, is anything but a mindless heiress
waiting for marriage. Twenty-first century tech enfolded in medieval to 19th Century customs and costumes
make delightful incongruities, but deeper secrets threaten everything Miriam has ever known.
Family Trade by Charles Stross is horrific, amusing and something Mensans can enjoy.
This reveiew is combined from reviews in Library Journal (2010), Publishers Weekly, and
Booklist (Roland Green Copyright 2004 Booklist).
See Steve’s detailed article in the February ChiMe.
If COVID is still an issue (and I [Steve] suspect it will be), we will meet via Zoom.
To RSVP , or for more information about this event and/or SIG,
contact Steve M.,
the SIG coördinator.
You may also RSVP on Chicago Mensa Meetup.
F&F usually meets on the second Sunday of most odd-numbered months.
Virtual Event!!
Beverly Area Saturday Salon (B.A.S.S.) ~Noon.
Spontaneous conversation in far SSW Chicago, approximate vicinity of
107th St. & Western Ave. Please
contact Rick E. the
Beverly Area Coördinator, for
this month’s location and the exact time as well as more
information; if e‑mailing, put “BASS” in the subject line.
This event usually recurs on the 3rd Saturday of the month, about midday.
Conservatives Lunch 1 PM.
Join other members of the Mensan cell of the Vast Right-Wing Conspiracy for lunch and
civilized Un-PC conversation. No forbidden questions, no unchallengeable answers.
This lunch happens on the third Saturday every month, but the
location changes and can’t always be determined in time
to make the ChiMe schedule. If you’re curious
about the location and the COVID restrictions
at this month’s meeting place, e-mail Jim Z.
the event coördinator.
You may also RSVP via Meetup.
Open to non-Mensans; bring a conservative friend.
Illinois COVID-19 Group & Mask Restrictions Apply!!
South Bend Mensa Dinner 6 PM.
Contact Gary L., the
South Bend Area Coördinator of Fort Wayne, Indiana Mensa,
for location information.
His contact information is also available in the
latest issue of ChiMe.
Do NOT RSVP via Meetup since Gary is not a member.
The February Monthly Gathering scheduled for February 27th will be a video conference event held via Discord.
AGOG will be held Feb. 26th-28th.
CAM March Monthly Gathering @Video Teleconference
27/ Saturday
Monthly Gathering (Held via Discord )
The March Monthly Gathering takes place via video
teleconference using Discord.
Join the group as we all experiment with a different way of interacting.
BYOB and snacks
.
In this age of social distancing, aren’t you ready to have some fun and to try something different?
Members, RSVP via Meetup
to let your friends know you’re going to be there.
The Deadline for Candidate’s Statements is Monday, February 22nd.
The statements for publication in the April ChiMe are to be no
longer than 500 words and cannot include any boldface, italic, or larger type;
they should be sent to Casey C. via
e-mail.
* * * * * Volunteer
Get involved! Chicago Mensa needs you.
We’re looking for volunteers to fill some of the open
positions listed both in the back of ChiMe or on the
List of Officers. You can view the
job descriptions
and the required
qualifications
for all the open positions and ones you may be interested in.
* * * * * Express Yourself
Try your hand at writing an article for ChiMe, submitting a photo,
or creating a puzzle; see our Submission Guidelines
for contact information and deadlines.
Host your own event or your own virtual event
using Discord!
Program Topic:
TBA
Members, see the full write-up in our
March ChiMe (when it becomes available).
Discord Event!!
Passover begins.
* * * * *
1 April/ Thursday
ChiMe Activity Bulletin and Advertising Deadlines.
Last day for these submissions
to the
May
ChiMe.
Interested in organizing and hosting a virtual
or in-person event? Find out how by tapping/clicking here.
ChiMe Editorial Deadline.
Last day for
editorial submissions to the
May
ChiMe. Please submit original articles, insights, puzzles,
brain teasers, photographs, or short poems. Your fellow Chicago Area Mensans
would love to hear from you.
CAM Election.
Once again, due to the continuing pandemic,
we will be holding our election remotely.
This year we will be offering electronic voting in addition to mail-in voting.
Electronic voting will be held using an online form. Ballots must be
submitted/received before 5 PM on Saturday, April 17th.
There will be a link to both ballot forms and instructions available to
members on our website no later than Thursday, April 1st.
We intend to also send the link and instructions via e-mail to members who have allowed their e-mail to be shared with the local group.
(If you get the weekly event e-mail, you have shared your e-mail).
Mail-in ballots will be published in the April ChiMe and available on this website.
In the case multiple ballots are received from a member, only
the most recently received ballot will count. For mailed ballots, the postmark will
be used as the date of submittal.
The candidates’ statements will be available on our website and in the April issue of ChiMe.
The results will be announced at 7:30 PM at the April Monthly Gathering.
If you have questions,
please
contact Deb Johnston, our Election Procedures Committee Chair.
Electronic & Mail-in Ballots Only This Year!
Annual Gathering (AG) Rate Increase Alert!
Sunday, January 31st is the last day to register before the rates increase.
See the AML 2021 AG website
for details about the “Multifaceted Minds” AG held
Tuesday, August 24th through Sunday, August 29th
as Mensa celebrates its 75th anniversary in Houston, Texas.
And register now
for the Colloquium exploring “Advances in Food Science” presented on Monday, August 23rd.
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