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Every Friday night at 6:00 PM we meet for
drinks and/or dinner.
- Friday, July 6th no M-Friends dinner.
Join us at the Birmingham AG.
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Friday, July 13 at 6:00 pm.
Dinner at Coletta's Italian Restaurant, 2850 Appling Way,
Memphis, TN 38133-5068. Coletta's is almost at the corner of Appling
and Highway 64 (Stage Rd.) RSVP to Trisha ( trisha@M-Friends.org) by
noon on the 13th if you plan on attending.
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Friday, July 20 at 6:00 PM.
Dinner at Saigon Le. This restaurant comes highly recommended.
51 N Cleveland St. RSVP to Trisha (Trisha@M-Friends.org) by noon on
the 20th if you plan on attending.
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Saturday, July 21 at 4:00 PM
Cookout & un-meeting. Burgers & hotdogs hot off the
grill. Bring a side item to share and whatever alcoholic beverage
you prefer. Soft drinks will be provided. If someone's got an ice
cream freezer (preferable electric) we'll do homemade ice cream too.
Hopefully at some point during the evening, the conversation can
turn to some planning for the Un-Gathering... or not. RSVP to
Trisha at trisha@M-Friends.org.
1832 Talisker Drive
Directions: take I-40 towards Nashville. Exit the
Bolivar/Summerville exit right (heading east) onto highway 64 (Stage
Rd.). Go approximately 2 miles to Canada Rd/Houston Levy Rd. Turn
right onto Houston Levy Rd. and go approximately 2 miles to Glen
Lakes Subdivision. Turn left into the subdivision onto Glen Lakes
Rd. Go to the end of the road and turn right onto Talisker. My house
is the third house on the left. There is a parking lot on the right
about 3 houses down if there’s no room on the street.
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Friday, July 27 at 6:00 PM.
Dinner at Cozymel's Mexican Restaurant
Great Mexican food at a reasonable price. 6450 Poplar Ave. RSVP to
Trisha (Trisha@M-Friends.org ) by noon on the 27th if you plan on
attending.
In case you
haven't heard, our dear friend Dial Bowen is in the hospital
again. Several of us went to his home on the Friday before we
left town to fix up his back yard and deck so he would have a
peaceful retreat to relax and visit with friends. Thanks to
Susan Hinson, David Norris, Jami Francis, Dick Shaw, Susan Hirsh
for the hard work and/or contributions.
We plan on returning in a couple of weeks to clean out the water
garden and plant flowers. If you'd like to join us and/or
contribute planting material please contact me at Trisha@M-Friends.org. |
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Happy July everyone!
You're receiving this newsletter late
because I've been in Birmingham since the end of June for the Birmingham
AG. You may have heard rumor that the AG had been taken over by AML and
that is true but in typical Mensa fashion, members rallied around the
Birmingham group and an alternative hospitality suite was created at the
Porter house. While those at the hotel feasted on prepackaged snack
foods and tried to grab some "hotel food" during a small
window of time, the hospitality suite at the Porter home had home-baked
goodies, grilled meats and about 20 different varieties of soup
available at all times.
Some of us did make it over to the hotel occasionally; several times to
run a shuttle service for those who wanted to come to the alternate
hospitality and once to attend the AMC meeting. Nick Sanford, our new
RVC, also asked Jami to attend an LDW Workshop on his behalf so Jami
made an appearance at the hotel for that but mostly we all hung out in
the alternate hospitality. I think just about everyone at the AG made it
to the alternate hospitality at one time or another, including Russ
Bakke (AML Chairman), Pam Donahoo (Executive Director) and a large
majority of the other AMC members.
We've been busy here in Memphis too, moving forward with plans
for the upcoming After AG Memphis Un-Gathering. We've got several
speakers lined up already and will have many more before the actual
event. Nick Sanford, the new RVC for our region is going to hold a rap
session with members so be sure to attend that and learn what Nick has
planned and let him know your thoughts. He's a great guy and wants to
hear from the members. We've got all night movies planned for Friday and
Saturday night (would love suggestions on what to show), a dance on
Saturday night, and a weekend long book sale with the proceeds being
donated to the Memphis Literacy Council. Oh, and don't forget the
24-hour game room and hospitality suites, chocked full of scrumptious
food and beverages and an on-going supply of stimulating conversation
from other Mensan's around the country.
You can register on-line for the UG at http://ungathering.m-friends.org/.
Or if you prefer, you can download the registration form and mal your
registration to the registrar. Just be sure to register. Memphis used to
have wonderful RG's, but that was many moons ago. Let's get this going
again!!!
Several months ago, M-Friends started sending
birthday postcards to members who have a birthday during that month. You
can redeem the postcard at any M-Friends dinner for a free dessert --
and you don't even have to wear a goofy party hat or hear the wait-staff
sing some variation of Happy Birthday! If you've recently had a birthday
and did not receive a postcard, it's because we don't have your birthday
on file. You can go to the national Mensa website and change your
preferences there to include the release of your birthday to the group
or you can send an e-mail with your name and birthday to me at Trisha@M-Friends.org.
Last month, we had several great events and when we weren't so
busy having fun that we forgot, we actually took pictures. You can check
out past events on the M-Friends website at http://M-Friends.org.
I hope to see you at an event soon. You can never have too many
M-Friends!
Trisha
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