The Oracle is the award-winning monthly newsletter of Orange County Mensa. You may select whether to receive a printed copy mailed to you OR an electronic copy emailed to you.
Mensa members only:
Click here to link to the current and past issues of the Oracle.
(For each, Mensa member login password required.)
A past Oracle cover
OC Mensa Members: How to Select Electronic or Print
We want to deliver the Oracle to you based on your personal preference. But we need you to tell us how you want to receive the Oracle. You need to do this on the American Mensa website in the MY MENSA section. (Mensa password required.)
Click here (then select My Membership Profile, then My Communication Preferences). Under Publication Preferences, click on Edit. For Local Group Newsletter, choose either PRINT (if you want a printed copy to be mailed to you) OR select ELECTRONIC (if you want a link to the electronic version emailed to you).
Note: If you elect to receive an electronic copy, be sure to update your email address. Likewise, if you select print, make sure your mailing address is up-to-date.
Look Up This Month’s (and Previous Months’) Issues of the Oracle Online
If you’re a member of American Mensa, please visit American Mensa’s local group newsletters webpage (Mensa password required.) This is also where you can read past issues of the Oracle, as well as the newsletters of many other Mensa local groups throughout the United States.
Subscriptions (printed Oracles) for Out-of-Area Members
If you’re a member of American Mensa (but not of Orange County Mensa), and you’d like to receive a snail-mailed copy of the Oracle for the next twelve months, please send your mailing address, and a $25 check (payable to Orange County Mensa), to our OCM Treasurer. Email treasurer@ocmensa.org for the mailing address.
Submitting Material
The Oracle welcomes submissions of material from any member of Orange County Mensa or other Mensa members.
- Submit articles to the Editor by 10 PM on the second Monday of the month by emailing editor@ocmensa.org. (See submission deadline, below.)
- Submit calendar events to the Calendar Editor by 10 PM on the second Monday of the month by emailing calendar@ocmensa.org. (See submission deadline, below.)
- Note: In November and December, the deadline may be earlier to avoid mailing during the holiday rush.
Proofing is on the following weekend. Printing and mailing occur the following week.
2023 -2024 Production Schedule
| For Issue | Submission Deadline | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Month | 2nd Monday 10 PM (except where indicated by *) | ||
| August 2024 | 7/8 | ||
| September 2024 | 8/12 | ||
| October 2024 | 9/9 | ||
| November 2024 | 10/14 | ||
| December 2024 | 11/11 | ||
| January 2025 | 12/9 | ||
| February 2025 | 1/13 | ||
| March 2025 | 2/10 | ||
| April 2025 | 3/10 | ||
| May 2025 | 4/14 | ||
| June 2025 | 5/12 | ||
| July 2025 | 6/9 | ||
*One week earlier than usual.
Advertising
Get your company’s message out to over 800 highly-intelligent people in Orange County!
Rates for Mensa members*:
| Size/Number-of-Insertions | 1/2 page | 1/4 page | Business Card Size (1/8 page) | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 Month | $40 | $24 | $13 | |
| 6 Months | $200 | $120 | $65 | |
| 12 Months | $360 | $216 | $117 | |
*If you are not a Mensa member, the above rates are doubled.
Please send an email to our Editor to discuss ad-copy formats. To coordinate payment, contact the Treasurer at treasurer@ocmensa.org.
Eblast
If you are a member of Orange County Mensa, and you have an email on file with American Mensa, you can receive a copy of our weekly email blast “This Week in OC Mensa.”
- It typically comes on Thursday or Friday.
- It gives you the next seven days of OC Mensa’s calendar of events.
- If you do not receive our “This Week in OC Mensa” email blast, then please see the inside back cover of the Oracle newsletter.
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