Web Hosting for Groups

American Mensa offers Web hosting capabilities to Local Groups and Special Interest Groups, based on the following criteria:

1. The hosted group must be a recognized, active Local Group or Special Interest Group of American Mensa.

2. A Web Contact or SIG Coordinator must be listed with American Mensa's National Office to serve as the official contact for Web activity on behalf of the group. The Web Contact may or may not be the Webmaster for the site, but he or she must be a currently active member of American Mensa and approved by the group's LocSec or the AMC SIGs Officer. The National Office will verify the membership and approval of the Web Contact or SIG Coordinator prior to activating DNS service. If there is a vacancy in the office of Web Contact or SIG Coordinator, the Local Group or the AMC SIGs Officer will be notified so that another member can be approved.

3. Requests for Web services must be made by the Web Contact, Local Secretary or the national SIG Coordinator.

4. American Mensa will provide a Web address (URL) in the form group.us.mensa.org, where group is the official name or accepted nickname for that group.

5. Groups hosting on the AML server will be allocated an initial 40MB of disk space. Groups may request additional disk space provided that resources are available and that the additional allocation does not hinder the performance of the national Web site or other local or SIG Web sites.

6. The space provided must be for the group's Web site. No personal pages of any kind are allowed in this space. Links to personal pages are acceptable.

7. The Web Contact, SIG Coordinator or the group's designated Webmaster will be responsible for creating, uploading and maintaining the group's Web site.

8. Commercial ads that profit the group treasury (such as paid business ads, Amazon.com link, Local Group fund-raising events, etc.) are allowed; however, a notice must be apparent, stating that they are paid ads with a disclaimer that American Mensa, Ltd., does not endorse these products or services.

9. The group's site must conform to all Internet Service policies put forth by American Mensa and International Mensa, including the proper use of the Mensa logo and Mensa trade name.

10. Abuse of American Mensa's Web services may result in a discontinuation of services.  Reports of abuse should be made to onlineabuse@americanmensa.org.