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Local Group Owl Awards

In 1996, the American Mensa Committee voted to recognize Local Groups that displayed outstanding effort in the areas of membership growth and retention. Thus the Owl Awards were started.

The Innovative Owl award is presented to the group demonstrating the highest membership retention compared to its previous year's membership numbers. The Prolific Owl award is presented to the group earning the highest percentage of membership growth overall. The awards are officially announced each year at the Annual Gathering.

	Innovative Owl	Prolific Owl
2008	Permian Basin Mensa ^{(96% retention)}	Southern Illinois Mensa ^{(21% increase)}
2007	Fort Wayne Mensa ^{(92% retention)}	Piedmont Area Mensa ^{(20% increase)}
2006	North Alabama Mensa ^{(92% retention)}	Evansville Area Mensa ^{(21% increase)}
2005	Borderline Mensa ^{(92% retention)}	Mid-Michigan Mensa ^{(21% increase)}
2004	Fort Wayne Mensa ^{(94% retention)}	Gainesville Area Mensa ^{(27% increase)}
2003	Smoky Mountain Mensa ^{(90% retention)}	Columbia River Mensa ^{(26% increase)}
2002	Sangamon Valley Mensa ^{(96% retention)}	Sangamon Valley Mensa _{^{(25% increase)}}
2001	South Mississippi Mensa ^{(97% retention)}	North Dakota Mensa ^{(45% increase)}
2000	Upper East Tennessee Mensa ^{(95% retention)}	Central New York Mensa ^{(63% increase)}

Honorable Mentions

	Innovative Owl	Prolific Owl
2008	Wyoming Mountain Mensa Central Pennsylvania Mensa	Mensa of Jacksonville Montgomery/Wiregrass Mensa
2007	North Alabama Mensa North Dakota Mensa	Columbia River Mensa Montgomery/Wiregrass Mensa
2006	Wyoming Mountain Mensa Smoky Mountain Mensa	Illinois-Iowa Mensa Borderline Mensa
2005	Mensa Alaska Southern Illinois Mensa	North Dakota Mensa Southern Nevada Mensa
2004	Heart of Illinois Mensa Permian Basin Mensa	SW by South Florida Mensa Utah Mensa
2003	High Mountain Mensa Tallahassee Mensa	Delaware Mensa Western Michigan Mensa
2002	Mensa of Jacksonville Panhandle Mensa	High Mountain Mensa Wyoming Mountain Mensa
2001	Chattanooga Mensa Sangamon Valley Mensa	Manasota Mensa South Mississippi Mensa


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