PRP 2000

Donna Sommer, Chair

2000 PRINT AWARDS

Category/Newsletter	Editor(s)	Individual
*The Owl Award*
Large Group ChiMe, Chicago Area Mensa	Carol F Mason
Medium Group Menzia, New Mexico Mensa	Karen Elder
Small Group The 4M, Manasota Mensa	Edgar F Coudal
*Service*
Calendar MPHASIS, Greater New York Mensa	Richard Saepia
Forum InforMensa, Gulf Coast Mensa	Pat Spence
Reporting L.A. Mentary, Greater Los Angeles Area Mensa	Mary Kimball
Member Recognition L.A. Mentary, Greater Los Angeles Area Mensa	Mary Kimball
Membership Roster Mensagenda, Minnesota Mensa	Jane Gmur
Overall L.A. Mentary, Greater Los Angeles Area Mensa	Mary Kimball
*Entertainment*
Puzzles & Games Mensagenda, Minnesota Mensa	Jane Gmur
Humor M-Press, Coastal Carolina Mensa	Gill Krebs
Fiction The Oracle, Orange County Mensa	Linda A Kapiloff
Theme Issue Mensagenda, Minnesota Mensa	Jane Gmur
Poetry InforMensa, Gulf Coast Mensa	Pat Spence
Overall Mensagenda, Minnesota Mensa	Jane Gmur
*Presentation*
Blue Pencil Mensagenda, Minnesota Mensa	Jane Gmur
Layout InforMensa, Gulf Coast Mensa	Pat Spence
Artwork ChiMe, Chicago Area Mensa	Carol F Mason
Photography ChiMe, Chicago Area Mensa	Carol F Mason
Covers Graffiti, Cleveland Area Mensa	Corliss Beth Whitaker
Overall InforMensa, Gulf Coast Mensa	Pat Spence
*Individual Achievement*
Puzzles & Games Mensagenda, Minnesota Mensa	Jane Gmur	Donna Myhrer - "Donna's Diary"
Poetry MIND, Central Indiana Mensa	George Dunn	Basil Wentworth - "Basil"
Artwork ChiMe, Chicago Area Mensa	Carol F Mason	Rick Carpenter - untitled, covers
Photography Tampa Bay Sounding, Tampa Bay Mensa	Maxine Kushner	Shirley Denton - "Beach Bash '99"
Fiction Smokies Signals, Smoky Mountain Mensa	Tom Pritchard	Joan Gibson - "The Chase"
Humor M-Bassador, Borderline Mensa	Mel Coulter	Doug Miller - "Journals of an Insane Genius"
Essay The SCAM, Space Coast Area Mensa	J T Moran	Bob Tuck - "Bob-at-Large"
Continuing Item Redwood Mpire News, Redwood Empire Mensa		Sarah Weston - pilot stories
Editor’s Column M-Press, Coastal Carolina Mensa	Gill Krebs	Gill Krebs - "Gillosophy"
LocSec’s Column ChiMe, Chicago Area Mensa	Carol F Mason	Alan Baltis - "Al-literations"
*Special Mention Awards*
Best Tribute to a Mensa Friend — "A beautiful, moving tribute to a man who was obviously very special to not only the writer, but apparently to his whole Mensa family."
InforMensa, Gulf Coast Mensa	Pat Spence	Sam Phillips Beckerman - "Remembering Bill"
Most Educational — "Emphasis on science throughout, from feature articles through factoid fillers, all of it interesting."
M-Ark, Mensa Arkansas	Duke Heath
Most Unusual Details About Newsletter Content — "A clever takeoff on those familiar Nutrition Facts, it gives new meaning to Table of Contents."
MIND, Central Indiana Mensa	George Dunn	George Dunn - "Literary Facts"
Best Contributor Credits — "A clever way to give credit to contributors by connecting the faces to the names, while making their contributions more personal and appealing to the reader."
The Oracle, Orange County Mensa	Linda A. Kapiloff
Most Tree-, Time-, and-Postage-Saving Newsletter — "Eight pages and so much information on a single 8-1/2"x14" sheet!"
Palm-Mensa, Palm Beach County Mensa	Glen Moulder

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2000 WEB AWARDS

Category/Newsletter Webmaster(s) Individual

The Owl Award

Large Group
Gulf Coast Mensa
Lori Crews

Medium Group
Columbus Area Mensa
David Smith

Small Group
South Mississippi Mensa
Susan Burton

Use of Graphics
Chicago Area Mensa
Chicago Web Team

Use of Text
Gulf Coast Mensa
Lori Crews

Use of Links
Tucson Mensa
Scott Benjamin

Most Revisitable
Gulf Coast Mensa
Lori Crews

Local Group Representation
South Mississippi Mensa
Susan Burton

Special Mention Awards

Newsletter Cover Postcards — "A very novel and fun idea...the artwork
was neat..."; "A great way to get enjoyment out of the hard work that
goes into creating the newsletter covers"; "Very Internet."

Cleveland Area Mensa

Splash Page Featuring a Solar System o' Planets — "First impressions
are important, and this site makes a stunning one with the planets.
Very striking, intriguing first impression, a fancy graphic with
animation that doesn't take forever to load."

Columbus Area Mensa David Smith

Most Information About Mensa — "Beautifully organized and up-to-
date with national and international by-laws, election results,
great PRP site..."

Mensa of Eastern North Carolina Amy White

Pensapieces Game — "This online game adds a new piece every few
days to a picture of a local landmark, until the picture is revealed or
someone guesses what the landmark is"; I like the way this
encourages members to participate...excellent use of the Internet...
may draw in members who don't attend activities."

Northwest Florida Mensa Jim Fitzgerald

Deep Thoughts, by Jerry Ghigliotti — "Incredible amount of work
and it gets members involved. Questions on a wide variety of
topics, members contribute answers everyone else can read.";
"...random and interesting topics..."; "Perfectly representative
of how, given ten Mensans, you'll get 11 opinions."; "I love the
insight into how other Mensans think and feel about everything
from social issues to kissing techniques."

San Francisco Regional Mensa Peter Midnight

Category/Newsletter	Webmaster(s)	Individual
*The Owl Award*
Large Group Gulf Coast Mensa	Lori Crews
Medium Group Columbus Area Mensa	David Smith
Small Group South Mississippi Mensa	Susan Burton

Use of Graphics Chicago Area Mensa	Chicago Web Team
Use of Text Gulf Coast Mensa	Lori Crews
Use of Links Tucson Mensa	Scott Benjamin
Most Revisitable Gulf Coast Mensa	Lori Crews
Local Group Representation South Mississippi Mensa	Susan Burton
*Special Mention Awards*
Newsletter Cover Postcards — "A very novel and fun idea...the artwork was neat..."; "A great way to get enjoyment out of the hard work that goes into creating the newsletter covers"; "Very Internet."
Cleveland Area Mensa
Splash Page Featuring a Solar System o' Planets — "First impressions are important, and this site makes a stunning one with the planets. Very striking, intriguing first impression, a fancy graphic with animation that doesn't take forever to load."
Columbus Area Mensa	David Smith
Most Information About Mensa — "Beautifully organized and up-to- date with national and international by-laws, election results, great PRP site..."
Mensa of Eastern North Carolina	Amy White
Pensapieces Game — "This online game adds a new piece every few days to a picture of a local landmark, until the picture is revealed or someone guesses what the landmark is"; I like the way this encourages members to participate...excellent use of the Internet... may draw in members who don't attend activities."
Northwest Florida Mensa	Jim Fitzgerald
Deep Thoughts, by Jerry Ghigliotti — "Incredible amount of work and it gets members involved. Questions on a wide variety of topics, members contribute answers everyone else can read."; "...random and interesting topics..."; "Perfectly representative of how, given ten Mensans, you'll get 11 opinions."; "I love the insight into how other Mensans think and feel about everything from social issues to kissing techniques."
San Francisco Regional Mensa	Peter Midnight