Lake Chapala Society

Special Notices

Bazaar, Bargains & Bar-B-Q Fiesta pictures

A BIG thanks to our volunteers who made this happen!

NOTE: For August only the US Consulate will not be at LCS.
A new Warden Message was posted 29 June 2010. See the text here.

UPDATE: On July 13, the cost of a U.S. passport for an adult will go from $100 to $135, including a $25 administrative fee. There are other increases as well and you can find a complete list of the fees is at http://www.travel.state.gov/passport/fees/fees_5079.html.

Regretfully Dayle Blake has had to return to Houston TX. Fortunately former Board Member, Tod Johnson has generously agreed to replace Dayle on the Board as a Senior Director. Picture and Bio to follow.

LCS and Have Hammers...Will Travel have teamed up to help support the School For The Deaf "Casi Nuevo" Thrift Shop. Click HERE to read more about this exciting new community project.

The Audit Committee Year End Report for 2009 has been posted. The Board is preparing a response that will also be posted (beneath this report) in the next month or so.

The Board of Directors has released a Financial Update including preliminary information on the status of the year end audit.

The Board of Directors usually meet on the 2nd Thursday at 10:30 am. There is a change this month only, and the next meeting will be held 22 July, 2010.

The minutes for the March Board meetings are posted now.

Great Books   If you are interested in being on a waiting list for a year around Great Books group, or interested in starting a snowbird/sunbird part time Great Books group, please sign up at the LCS Membership Desk.

Membership fees are now being prorated throughout the year. Check the Join Now page for a list of the new costs. We have volunteers on duty Mon-Sat from 10-2 in the LCS Services Office to help you.

NOTE If you pay with PayPal, you will need to come to LCS with your printed receipt, to get your picture taken and pick up your new card.

Check out the new titles in the LCS Library. And thanks to Claudette Stevenson and Tom Keane, we have a spiffy new page with the latest videos at the Video Library.

An announcement from the US Consulate in Guadalajara: New Law Makes Absentee Voting Easier for Overseas Americans.

Crime Survey available at LCS   A survey instrument produced by the Secretaria de Seguridad Publico Estado Jalisco, Department of Statistics and Crime Policy, entitled "Victimization Survey," is now available at LCS. Please turn them into the office. It is important for all victims of crime here at Lakeside fill out the survey.

The survey is also available here in PDF form. Print the PDF, and mail or have someone bring the completed form to the LCS office.
If you have trouble opening the PDF, click the reset button. That seems to work???

The automated version of Today's Schedule is taking a brief break. Until it comes back, please click here for the Daily Schedule, month long version. We have added a calendar for all of 2010 as well.

NEW - Photos and Blogs

We are in the process of adding a series of slide shows of photographs pertaining to LCS. They include activities, pictures of members and volunteers, plus pictures of the LCS facilities and grounds. CLICK HERE to see an ever increasing list of the available slideshows.

We have also added a Blogs page with links to some of the local Lakeside bloggers you might enjoy.

LCS Announces New Facility Use Fees

At the Nov. Board Meeting new rates were approved to lower fees for Not For Profit Groups using LCS Grounds and new fees were approved by the LCS Board for LCS members renting the grounds for Weddings, Holiday Parties and other Special Events! Click here for details.