Intertel is a high IQ society, specifically for people who test in the top one percent of IQ. Intertel believes that highly-intelligent people have special intellectual, emotional, and social needs which remain with them throughout life.^[1] Its theme is "participation and excellence" both within the organization and in public life. Intertel is a nonprofit, fraternal organization that seeks at all times to maintain an attitude which is strictly nonsectarian, nonracial and nonpartisan. The date of establishment or date of founding of an institution is the date on which that institution chooses to claim as its starting point. ... A website (alternatively, Web site or web site) is a collection of Web pages, images, videos and other digital assets that is hosted on one or several Web server(s), usually accessible via the Internet, cell phone or a LAN. A Web page is a document, typically written in HTML... A high IQ society is an organization that limits membership to people who are within a certain high percentile of Intelligence quotient (IQ) test results, theoretically representing the most intelligent people in the world. ... IQ redirects here; for other uses of that term, see IQ (disambiguation). ...

Background

Intertel is the second oldest and third largest high IQ society in the world. Intertel was founded by Ralph Haines in 1966. The original incorporation of the organization took place on November 23, 1966 and official activity began on February 1, 1967. Because of a trademark conflict in the United Kingdom, its European chapters were organized under the name "NOUS Society" rather than "Intertel". Intertel was originally an abbreviated form of "International Legion of Intelligence", which is the origin of the term "ILIans" sometimes used to describe members. Year 1966 (MCMLXVI) was a common year starting on Saturday (link will display full calendar) of the 1966 Gregorian calendar. ... November 23 is the 327th day of the year (328th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar, with 38 days remaining. ... Year 1966 (MCMLXVI) was a common year starting on Saturday (link will display full calendar) of the 1966 Gregorian calendar. ... is the 32nd day of the year in the Gregorian calendar. ... 1967 (MCMLXVII) was a common year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar (the link is to a full 1967 calendar). ...

Especially in its earliest times Intertel attempted to take itself more seriously than Mensa and operate with a higher degree of formality; officer titles included "Praetor" and "Quaestor" and there was a morals clause for members. Additionally and controversially members were originally required to be at least 21 years old. Mensa is the largest, oldest, and best-known high-IQ society in the world. ...

A number of internal battles have been fought among contending individuals and subgroups within Intertel as documented in detail by W. D. Stevens in The One Percent Solution which was published and sold by Intertel itself. At one point in the early 1970s there was a schism in which two different national offices claimed to represent the organization. The 1970s decade refers to the years from 1970 to 1979, also called The Seventies. ...

Membership

Since its founding in 1966 Intertel has grown to about 1,700 members in over thirty countries.^[2] Members of the society come from varied cultures and all walks of life; the single attribute they all share is high intellectual ability.

The society selects officers and regional directors who function as the Executive Board - the governing body of Intertel. Many local groups meet regularly.

Organization

Intertel is divided into the following geographic regions:

• Region I: Illinois, Indiana, Michigan, Ohio
• Region II: Connecticut, Maine, Massachusetts, New Hampshire, New Jersey, New York, Rhode Island, *Vermont Eastern Canada (Ontario East)
• Region III: Delaware, Kentucky, Maryland, Pennsylvania, Tennessee, Virginia, Washington DC, West *Virginia
• Region IV: Arizona, California, Hawaii, Nevada
• Region V: Alabama, Florida, Georgia, Mississippi, North Carolina, South Carolina
• Territory of Puerto Rico
• Region VI: International
• Region VII: Alaska, Colorado, Idaho, Iowa, Minnesota, Montana, Nebraska, North Dakota, Oregon, *South Dakota, Utah, Washington, Wisconsin, Wyoming
• Western Canada (Manitoba west)
• Region VIII: Arkansas, Kansas, Louisiana, Missouri, New Mexico, Oklahoma, Texas

Notable members

Ellen Muth Taibi Kahler Ellen Anna Muth[1] (born March 6, 1981) is an American actress, best known for her role as Georgia George Lass in Showtimes short-lived series Dead Like Me. ...

Goals

The society has three purposes:

• to encourage meaningful intellectual fellowship
• to foster an exchange of ideas on any and all subjects
• to assist in research relating to high intelligence

Sources and references

1. ^ Towers, Grady (04-1987). The Outsiders. Prometheus Society. Retrieved on 2006-08-05.
2. ^ About Intertel. Intertel. Retrieved on 2006-07-29.

• W.D. Stevens, The One Percent Solution: A History of Intertel 1966-1988 (a book published by Intertel in 1988)

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See also

• High IQ society

A high IQ society is an organization that limits membership to people who are within a certain high percentile of Intelligence quotient (IQ) test results, theoretically representing the most intelligent people in the world. ...

External links

• Intertel Home Page