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Sunday, October 16, 2005
The Demise of Denver Mensa
Thinks are rotten in the chapter of Denver.—Hamlet (paraphrased)
I see that Mario is the only candidate for the position of LocSec for Denver Mensa. That’s interesting. Not in the idea that Mario is incompetent. Rather, it is interesting in light of the fact that no one other than Mario is interested in holding the position, not to mention a lack of interest in others holding things together. It apparently is to the point that Mario suggests doing away with the election process, as only he and some others are willing to do the jobs necessary to keep the operation going; one per office.
And it’s sad too. I was commenting to a fellow M from Denver a few weeks ago, when it was mentioned that thinks were going downhill up in Denver, that apathy was the root cause of the problem. I had published an issue of Matrix based on the concept of Apathy back while the editor of the monthly ‘newsletter’ there. The cover depicted an angel weeping, its head on a stone, face covered by its arms.
Alva has mentioned, many times, his concerns for young people. He would start up a theater operation and the young folk would show up expecting to be entertained. Not having a clue that it was expected of them to work in order to entertain other people.
This business is particularly interesting as I suspect that this is the way of empire. A lot of people, due to necessity, build up an organization, be it a company, a community, a nation. Then when things are working smoothly, their follow-ons, i.e., grand children, think everything is fine, just as it is. So they figure that society owes THEM everything. They have no concept of the necessity to work in order to maintain the status quo. Not to mention working harder, in order to improve things. And therein begins the back-slide into oblivion.
We seem to be watching this sort of back-sliding with regards to Denver Mensa, if not American Mensa, as a whole.
The question becomes, how does one reverse the process?
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Okay, Chuck, I thought I was pretty computer savvy, but for the life
of me I can’t figure out how to post other than making a comment on
something that is already out there.Anyhow, the only cure to apathy that I can think of is to do
something/anything. Now, maybe that sounds rather
simplistic, but think about it. It’s sort of like the saying that a
jouney of a thousand miles begins with a single step (or these days
getting into your car and turning it on). There’s also the Tom
Sawyer method… convience everyone that there is major fun going on;
even if you have to fake it till you make it.There… I’ve halled out all the cliches I can think up. As for the
election, I think so far that there are three candidates for Denver
Mensa LocSec. Also there are a couple of positions with nobody
running for there. Here’s a chance to do your part to stamp out
apathy. I’ll bet that if you can get 3 people to write in your name
that you will be elected to a Mensa office.That’s interesting. What if your name gets written in and you find
yourself elected? That leads me to a number of evil thoughts.Chuck, please tell us how to start an original entry. And don’t
make it sound too simple, otherwise I’ll resign and join Densa.on 10/17 at 11:18 PM