In attendance: Louis Roman, Natalia Zapata, Lynn Chambers, Jan Brosnahan, Sandy Martin, Glen Okui and Dave McDougall (in close proximity, available for consultation, as he was teaching); absent: Mary Seggerman
Financials – The Club’s financials are doing better. The current cash balance shows an increase of about 10,000 pesos since last June and the trend of monthly losses has stopped.
Board positions for 2026 – Everyone currently serving on the board has agreed to maintain their current position for the following year, with slight tweaks to responsibilities. Glen will continue being Club Manager but cannot be an actual board member, given his role with the ACBL. Glen would like someone to take on the supply replenishment responsibilities, however. Jan volunteered to assist with these duties in the months while she is in town and we will ask others to assist in the other months. A decision was made to move the board meetings to later in the month, to enable time to receive month end financial information before the meeting.
Lease renewal – The building lease is up for renewal at the end of March or April. Most board members would like to maintain the current location. Mariana believes that there will not be any price change in the lease. Sandy has asked her to let us know right away if there are any changes. Board members were asked to communicate any other issues to Louie that we wish to have addressed in the lease renewal negotiations.
Sectional tournament – The Sectional Tournament, to be held between the two San Miguel bridge locations on February 12 – 14, is fast approaching. Flyers have been distributed at the Bordello and Mary Seggerman has announced the tournament at both locations, Syndi McDougall has posted partner sign-up sheets and encouraged members to post partner needs on WhatsApp. Mary Seggerman has arranged for tables to be taken over to the Bordello for the Friday session of the tournament. Mary needs to check with Barbe regarding adequacy of the number of chairs at the Bordello. Sandy needs to check that we can get into the gate of The Bridge Studio at 8:00 a.m. on Thursday morning, February 12th.
Annual General Meeting – is set for Wednesday, February 25, 2026 at 4:30 p.m. The agenda will include the following:
Financial update
Confirmation of Board of Director positions
Highlights of the year
Tournament reports
Intent to renew lease at current location
Monthly Social Gathering – will be held at the La Frontera Restaurant immediately after the Annual General Meeting on Wednesday, February 25th, estimated to begin ~ 5:30 p.m. Sign-up on the bulletin board at The Bridge Studio through Monday, February 23rd or email Lynn Chambers, Hospitality Chair, at lynnrchambers@gmail.com by Monday, February 23rd.
Regional tournament – Glen has been contact with Mexico City on details of this tournament which they chose to hold at MX San Miguel this year primarily due to rental cost considerations (MX was to charge Mexico City 95,000 pesos to rent vs. Hotel Real de Minas was to be 250,000 pesos – way too expensive for the tournament to be viable); Our hope is that local San Miguel players will find ways to car pool/rideshare to the MX hotel to still find ways to play in this fun regional tournament wherein players can win red and gold points.
ACBL lapsed memberships – The ACBL has indicated that we have some members with lapsed memberships. Sandy will make those members aware of their status and encourage them to renew.
Next board meeting – will be March 11th, at 11:30 a.m.