The New Mensa International SIGHT MAP is here - https://thesightmap.org/ 

• FOR PRIVACY REASONS, only people who request it will be put on the SIGHT Map.

Mensa International SIGHT articles.

• September 2023 - Article from September 2023 Mensa International Newsletter

  • This article links to extra information here https://www.mensa.nl/en/SIGHT-en  (International SIGHT coordinator is Dutch)​

  • SIGHT Map tutorials are here. 

• January 2024 Mensa World Journal - article about the new SIGHT Map.  

• Mensa Hub discussion.  https://hub.mensa.org/s/sight/  

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Do you like making new Mensa friends? SIGHT can help you do that. 2/12/23 

19/12/23

• Are you a traveller? – use SIGHT to meet with or stay with or link up with Mensans locally, interstate or internationally.

• Regional Mensans, would you like Mensans living near you to be able to connect with you? If so, put yourself on the SIGHT map. 

• Do you like making new interstate or foreign Mensan friends? - be a SIGHT guide or SIGHT host - or just meet for coffee.

• You can log into the new Mensa International SIGHT Map https://thesightmap.org/  with either:

  • a Mensa vanity email address. Details on how to obtain a Mensa vanity email address are below.   OR​

  • with your the email address that you have registered with Mensa Australia, once the Mensa Australia SIGHT coordinator has added you onto the map.

    • If you want to be added to the new Mensa SIGHT Map, contact the SIGHT coordinator at sight@mensa.org.au   ​

• Do the following to add yourself to the new Mensa-private International SIGHT Map  https://thesightmap.org/​

  • Go to web address https://thesightmap.org/  ​

    • enter your Mensa International vanity email address (or your Australian Mensa vanity email address, though I have not tried logging in with an Australian Mensa vanity email address yet) and click on "send me a magic link". 

      • When the "magic link" has been emailed to you, click on it.​

      • Then click on the button "Create your host profile". Instantly, you will be on the new SIGHT Map.

    • To obtain a Mensa International vanity email address.

      • First apply for access to the Mensa International website here  

        • https://member.mensa.org/user/register  

        • Before Mensa International will grant you access to the Mensa International website, they will check (on Mensa International records) whether you are a current Mensa Australia member.  

      • Set up your profile on the Mensa International site here.  After you have logged into the Mensa International website, you can see your profile by hovering your mouse at the top right hand corner of your screen (if you are on a PC).    

      • On your Mensa International profile, you will see your Mensa International "Vanity email" address which will be of the format "firstname.lastname@member.Mensa.org"

    • To obtain your Australian Mensa vanity email address. (I have now requested one)

      • (According to TableAus 469 P3) Apply for your Australian vanity Mensa email address at this website 

        • ​https://www.mensa.org.au/member-centre/mensa-email-application   

        • The format of your Australian Mensa address will be yourname@member.mensa.org.au  

• The Mensa Australia SIGHT Coordinator ( sight@mensa.org.au ) can also give you login access to this map, using your normal email address that you have registered with Mensa.​

  • Would you like to be added to new Mensa SIGHT Map?​

• More details about SIGHT are here https://mensaaust.wixsite.com/value/sight  

 

Summary:

• “Mensa SIGHT is the address for traveling people, besides the regular travel agency, the local tourist office and the internet. SIGHT stands for Services for Information, Guidance and Hospitality to Travelers and mediates in contacts between traveling Mensans and Mensans who offer other Mensans facilities. Most of the about 50 national Mensa's in the world have a SIGHT coordinator.”

 

There is a lot of information about SIGHT on a range of Mensa web pages. Rather than repeat that information, this article is intended to provide you with links to almost everything your want or need to know about SIGHT. If you have any questions, please contact me at sight@mensa.org.au

 

Some benefits of using SIGHT:

• Meet Mensans on your travels. In my travels in July 2023, I contacted the SIGHT Coordinator in each of Sweden and Denmark, and joined local Mensa gatherings in those countries.

  • The country SIGHT coordinator gave be guidance on how to join the local Mensa Facebook groups to help me see which local events were happening, and to enable me to interact with locals.

  • I also was able to link up with a French Mensan travelling in Sweden via the SIGHT Facebook Group.

• Stay with Mensans on your travels. When Kymberley Wilson was travelling in Germany and Czech Republic last July, she stayed with SIGHT hosts. Accommodation can be available with some SIGHT hosts.

• With SIGHT, you can make friends with fellow Mensans interstate and around the world - anywhere you are travelling to.

• Henkhenk Broekhuizen, one of the international SIGHT coordinators gave a presentation on SIGHT at EMAG in Rotterdam in early August this year. That Powerpoint presentation is https://tinyurl.com/m2hdbpjx . Henkhenk said that he had made many wonderful Mensan friends around the world through SIGHT.

• The US SIGHT coordinator’s (Bill Zigo) latest SIGHT presentation is https://tinyurl.com/4ne3usf2 – LibreOffice or OpenOffice format.

 

Your travels can be much-enhanced if you take advantage of SIGHT. Please also consider volunteering as a SIGHT host, which is another great way to make new Mensa friends.

 

Important links:

• Link to the new Mensa International SIGHT map.

  • https://thesightmap.org/map  

• Mensa International SIGHT Guide. https://www.mensa.org/members/members-area/sight

  • Guide to visitors. https://www.mensa.org/members/members-area/sight/guide-visitors 

  • List of SIGHT hosts.  https://www.mensa.org/members/members-area/sight/list-hosts 

  • Guide for SIGHT Hosts.   https://www.mensa.org/members/members-area/sight/guide-hosts 

  • Volunteer to be a SIGHT Host.  https://www.mensa.org/webform/sight-host-details  

  • SIGHT FAQ and Map.  https://www.mensa.org/members/members-area/sight/faq-and-map

  • If you do not already have access to the Mensa International website, apply for access here https://www.mensa.org/user/register

    • International SIGHT coordinators will check your membership of Mensa before referring you on to local contacts. Therefore, it is important that you set up your profile on the Mensa International site, and ensure that Mensa Australia (email to memsec@mensa.org.au about this) has confirmed with Mensa International that you are a current member. Your Mensa International profile is found here https://www.mensa.org/user

• The Dutch INSIGHT page is also very helpful. https://www.mensa.nl/en/SIGHT-en

• Mensa SIGHT Program Facebook group  https://www.facebook.com/groups/176942022394979   

• Australian Mensa SIGHT web page https://www.mensa.org.au/resources/sight

• More SIGHT information https://mensaaust.wixsite.com/value/travel