Mensa 75th anniversary special issue
An special issue to Mensa's 75th anniversary produced by MinD-Mag, the magazine of Mensa in Deutschland
An special issue to Mensa's 75th anniversary produced by MinD-Mag, the magazine of Mensa in Deutschland
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UMFRAGE<br />
Frankreich<br />
Few words about <strong>Mensa</strong> France:<br />
We are happy to start again a „normal“ life<br />
with lots of activities for members and also<br />
testing for candidates ;).<br />
We wish 2022 will be in the same direction<br />
as <strong>Mensa</strong> France will hold the EMAG in<br />
Strasbourg!<br />
We hope to see lots of foreign <strong>Mensa</strong>ns on<br />
it!<br />
Greg Vogel, President <strong>Mensa</strong> France<br />
Japan<br />
Covid-19 is a worldwide epidemic, and Japan<br />
is no exception, forcing people to restrict<br />
their outings and cancel events.<br />
MENSA is an organization which focuses<br />
on people-to-people exchanges, and Covid-19<br />
epidemic has paralyzed most of its<br />
activities. We have been holding some online<br />
events since the beginning of the pandemic,<br />
but they are not as exciting as in-person<br />
events.<br />
Having said that, it is fortunate that we<br />
can easily communicate with people overseas<br />
as the proliferation of online tools such<br />
as Zoom. We held a Twin Town Project with<br />
<strong>Mensa</strong> India a couple of weeks ago, which<br />
was well received.<br />
However, the main activities are still<br />
among domestic members. We, the Board<br />
members, need to make it easier for domestic<br />
members to interact with each other as<br />
we did before the pandemic. We have to understand<br />
that COVID-19 will not disappear<br />
completely, and our future goal is to create<br />
a new form of exchange.<br />
Kiyotaka Miyano,<br />
Chairman of <strong>Mensa</strong> Japan<br />
Indien<br />
Architect Sheetal Harpale: „It‘s easy to<br />
communicate when you are with like minded<br />
people ... after all it‘s difficult to find<br />
friends with same disorder.“<br />
Aman Chawla, Data Scientist: „<strong>Mensa</strong> has<br />
a very large and active network that‘s allowed<br />
me to meet and interact with some<br />
very interesting and like-minded people,<br />
all around the world.“<br />
Bela Raja, Child Guidance Counselor, Special<br />
Educator: „<strong>Mensa</strong> is a place where I can<br />
air my thoughts without the fear of being<br />
judged.“<br />
Komal Yadav, VP – <strong>Mensa</strong> Dhruv: „<strong>Mensa</strong><br />
has given wings to a lot of my dreams &<br />
aspirations. It has provided me a lot of opportunities<br />
I wouldn‘t have explored otherwise.“<br />
Ankush Goyal, Armed Forces: „The fact<br />
that <strong>Mensa</strong> provides a forum to the intelligentia<br />
to exchange views on diverse <strong>issue</strong>s<br />
makes it a unique organisation.“<br />
Rishi Nambair, Student: „Thanks to <strong>Mensa</strong>,<br />
I‘ve been able to meet a wide variety of people<br />
who share my interests and whom I can<br />
have intellectually stimulating conversations<br />
with. I like the variety of ideas that get<br />
shared amongst us members.“<br />
Megha Hegde, Student: „<strong>Mensa</strong> is an amazing<br />
platform to meet people from diverse<br />
backgrounds. I like how <strong>Mensa</strong> groups<br />
are active and enjoy the discussions. Sometimes<br />
it is about an ongoing <strong>issue</strong> and at<br />
other times it is something totally out-ofthe-box.<br />
During this pandemic, <strong>Mensa</strong> has<br />
been my primary platform for connecting<br />
with the outside world.“<br />
Vikash Agarwal, Chartered Accountant:<br />
„It is a great group to interact with people<br />
with high intellect. The Special Interest<br />
Groups are very impressive where one can<br />
actually spend quality time in his / her area<br />
of interest.“<br />
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