Groups That I Belong To Now
Mensa® - member since 1963
    | American Mensa, Ltd. [est. 1960]   New Mexico Mensa® U.K. Mensa's Global Directory |
Pamela A. Moore is the current LocSec for New Mexico Mensa
Pam's new greeting card website
Mary O'Gara is a member of Albuquerque Mensa
Mary's new weblog [est. 1/2015]
Sharon Winters was a longtime member of Albuquerque Mensa who allowed me to coach her on getting her book
about China published; she moved to Arizona and after a couple years the book is published at last.
"Cutted Chicken In Shanghai" [2014] by Sharon Winters
Kindle Edition from Sharon Winters [4/2014] for $7.95
CreateSpace 9x6 pb [1/2014] for $13.46
Groups That I Used To Belong To
Greater Los Angeles [CA] Area Mensa
Ayn Rand Discussion egroup {no longer exists}
[public posts; open membership]
Los Angeles Mensa egroup
[private posts; proof of Mensa membership required]
Landmark Education graduates egroup {no longer exists}
[private posts; proof of course graduation required]
Southwest Manuscripters [est. 1949] of Torrance, CA
Southwest Manuscripters weblog [est. 1/2010] {last update 2013}
A.A.R.P. link & logo here were removed after the December 2003 Prescription Law
was passed by Congress with A.A.R.P.'s help & approval.
This drug bill caused major economic harm – my membership will not be renewed.
Dozens of Webrings That I Used To Belong To {and-or Used To Manage}
I quit managing about 25 rings in February 2009 and quit webring.com altogether in January 2012
the memberships included 69 rings for GEN & WM, and 139 rings for bookstore subjects
Groups / Honors That I Aspire To
Nobel Prize in Literature [est. 1895]
The MacArthur Foundation Fellows Program
The Pulitzer Prize [est. 1917]
American Academy of Arts & Letters, NYC [est. 1904]
Los Angeles Times Book Prize [est. 1981]
Inamori Foundation's Kyoto Prize in Philosophy [est. 1984]
John W. Kluge Prize in the Human Sciences [est. 2000]
Bastiat Prize for Journalism [est. 2002]
New Mexico-Arizona Book Awards [est. 2006]
The Eric Hoffer Awards [renamed 2007]
The Chautauqua Prize [est. 2012] of the Chautauqua Institution [est. 1874] - deadline at end of year
TED {Technology, Entertainment, Design} Conferences [est. 1984]
TED Prize [est. 2005] nomination page
Eleven Must-See TED Talks playlist (1/2015)
Aspen [CO] Ideas Festival [June-July 2013 = #9]
Purpose Prize: for seniors 60+ [est. 2005; deadline in March]
                   
Other Interesting Organizations
Buckminster Fuller Institute
Ballona Wetlands Foundation
The Nature Conservancy
Activism Page at Working Minds Philosophy website
Social Networking Dept.
Social Networking Page at Earl: The AddURL Expert
Family & Friends Dept.
singer-musician Anna Nordell of Sweden {inactive? 2014}
scifi-fantasy novels by family friend Michael Shea [1946-2014]
Mike Wood's SmarTech: Data Driven Solutions in Fresno/Clovis, California
books by long-ago next door neighbor Jim Galbraith
The Nordell Family Website
[est. August 2009 after the Asilomar Reunion]