Reconnecting with Lapsed Members: Local Group Outreach Examples

Sample Local Group Lapsed Member Contact Letter

SCM Letter

I’m the Membership Officer for Southern Connecticut Mensa. I noticed that you’ve decided not to renew your Mensa membership this year. We at SCM want you to know that you will be missed. While I understand you have reasons why you have chosen to let your membership lapse, I just wanted to take an opportunity to bring to your attention some of the upcoming events and benefits that you’ll be missing out on...

1.  The Annual Gathering, the largest yearly confab of Mensans anywhere, featuring dozens of speakers, games, tournaments, free around-the-clock hospitality, and the opportunity to meet fellow Mensans from across the country and the world.

2.  Mind Games®, the uniquely Mensan national games competition where Mensans can play and rank new games from around the world and select five as Mensa Select® winners. Previous winners such as Set™, Scattergories™, Taboo™ and Apples to Apples™ have become international best-sellers.

3.  A plethora of member discounts on goods and services such as hotel & travel, rental car, auto insurance, vision insurance, and electronics – some of which could more than pay for your annual membership dues! If you weren’t aware of these member discounts, see us.mensa.org/shop/benefits-and-services/ for more details.

4.  Perhaps most importantly, there are regular SCM events that provide you with an opportunity to meet people from this area who can understand your jokes and relate with your experiences. Recent events have included game nights, trivia events, speakers, escape rooms, dinners, and other random outbreaks of intelligence.

Mensa membership has much to offer. Should you change your mind and decide to renew your membership, you can simply go to us.mensa.org/renew to renew online or call the National Office at 817-607-0060 ext 199, if you have any questions or would prefer to renew by phone.

Thanks for being a member. It's people like you that make being a part of Mensa such a unique experience, and we hope that we’ll see you back with our group soon. If you have any questions or concerns that you’d like to discuss, please reach out to me at the email address below.

Best regards,

Larry Schwartz

SCM Membership Officer

statguylarry@gmail.com

SEMM Lapsed Letter

Dear _____,

I’m the Membership Officer for Southeast Michigan Mensa, and I noticed recently that you’ve decided not to renew your Mensa membership this year.  We at SEMM are saddened that you’ll no longer be a part of our group and want you to know that you will be greatly missed.  While I understand that there are probably many reasons why you might have chosen to let your membership lapse, I just wanted to take an opportunity to bring to your attention some of the great upcoming events and benefits that you’ll be missing out on.

Membership Benefits

1.   The Annual Gathering, the largest yearly confab of Mensans anywhere, featuring dozens of speakers, games, tournaments, free around-the-clock hospitality, and the opportunity to meet fellow Mensans from across the country and the world.

2.   Mind Games®, the uniquely Mensan national games competition where Mensans can play and rank new games from around the world and select five as Mensa Select® winners. Previous winners such as Scattergories™, Taboo™ and Apples to Apples™ have become international best-sellers.

3.   A plethora of member discounts on goods and services such as hotel & travel, rental car, auto insurance, vision insurance, and electronics – some of which could more than pay for your annual membership dues!  If you were not aware of these member discounts, please visit us.mensa.org/shop/benefits-and-services/ for more details.

4.   The SEMMantics Regional Gathering, our annual celebration of all things Mensa and the largest event organized by SEMM.  This event is modeled on and very similar to the Mensa Annual Gathering, except catering specifically to the SEMM community.

5.   The SEMMer & Winter Bashes, SEMM’s annual group parties that provide our members with a chance to eat, socialize, and play games (yes, if you haven’t guessed by now, we do like to party).

6.   Perhaps most importantly, there are numerous regular SEMM events that provide you with an opportunity to meet people from this area who can understand your jokes and relate with your experiences.  Recent events have included dinner outings, a monthly invited speaker event, movie and game nights, kids’ events, and other random outbreaks of intelligence.  Please let me know if you’d like a copy of the current events calendar.

I hope you agree that Mensa membership has a lot to offer.  Should you change your mind and decide to renew your membership, you can simply go to us.mensa.org/renew to renew online or call the National Office at (817) 607-0060, ext. 199, if you have any questions or would prefer to renew by phone.

Regardless of your decision, I would be grateful if you could take a moment to respond to the short survey below.  It shouldn’t take more than a minute or two and will help us to better serve our membership.

Thanks again for your membership this past year.  It is people like you that make being a part of Mensa such a unique experience, and we sincerely hope that we’ll see you back with our group soon.  If you have any questions or concerns that you’d like to discuss, please don’t hesitate to reach out to me at the email address below.

Best regards,

Tony Pak

SEMM Membership Officer

Central Indiana Lapsed Letter

July 2023

Dear Fellow “M”

Your Central Indiana Mensa ExCom has been advised that either you have forgotten, chosen, or in either case missed the deadline set for 2023 Renewal of your MENSA Membership.  

As your CIM Outreach Coordinator, I am reaching out to you and wondered if you might share with me, and with your local ExCom, the reasons you may have chosen not to renew? Or if your “check has crossed in the mail” I am happy to do the leg work to see that you get credit.

As a group, we are reentering social networking after the COVID Lockdown; our members are engaging and coming out in force in more gatherings than in the past as well as continuing what was occurring before “that Virus” so interrupted our socializing with each other.

If you have found that you would like other programs or activities, let’s talk about it.  Along with the other members of the ExCom and members of CIM, we are open to engaging more connections if we can arrange them.

Please feel free to contact me, CIM Outreach Coordinator, through email (barbarageorge.indy@gmail.com) or phone (317.291.0109 - text, voicemail, or talk) so that I can share your ideas and thoughts with fellow CIMers (anonomously if you desire).  We would really like to have you re-up and join us at the Monthly Gathering (2nd Friday of each month, hybrid in-person/Zoom meeting); our growing and varied Eating Out Gatherings (these are only in person for good food and good reason); Games and Get Together Socials; and even our monthly virtual ExCom (which is open to all members to attend).

Central Indiana Mensa values your input and company. Please reconsider renewing your membership.