Mensa International, the body that administers the federation of national Mensa organisations, has chosen oomi to provide its new membership management system.
Founded in England in 1946, Mensa is a society that is non-political and free from all racial or religious distinctions and provides members with diverse and exciting opportunities for social, cultural, and intellectual interaction. Today, there are around 145,000 members, or Mensans, of all ages in roughly 90 countries throughout the world.
The decision has been made to create a global membership database that will allow, amongst other things, the worldwide membership to participate directly in international elections and referenda without the additional administrative involvement of the national Mensa organisations
”Because of the federated nature of the society, membership data has previously been held at the national level”, explained Michael Feenan, Executive Director of Mensa International: “The new system from oomi will also facilitate international verification of membership and allow members to participate in events in other countries more easily in the future.”
oomi will be implementing the oomi CRM and Membership modules to drive administration efficiencies and reduce manual intervention. Mailchimp API integration will be provided to assist with more personalised membership communications.
“With the help of an external consultancy we looked at several other solutions and also spoke with existing users and concluded that oomi was the best fit for us,“ said Feenan. “Mensa as an organisation has some non-typical features and oomi has been responsive to those and readily accommodated them.”
Joel Trotman, Director of Sales at oomi, remarked: “We’re proud to have such a renowned international organisation using our technology to manage their membership. It demonstrates how flexible our solutions are in meeting the demands of societies and associations. Our existing functional modules can be easily adapted to facilitate quicker implementation without the need for expensive bespoke development.”