The meeting was called to order at 9:40 a.m. Present were:
| Lilia Castelán de Lara, Fiscal | John Goold |
| Frederika Houtkooper | John Mac Gregor |
| Pilar Vitoria |
The minutes of the last meeting were read. John Goold moved that they be approved, Frederika Houtkooper seconded the motion, and they were approved unanimously.
The treasurer, Ria Houtkooper, reported that there is $2.875 and ¢82.113 in the ARNB accounts.
We have received a press release from the World Bridge Federation concerning the formation of the International Mind Sports Association (IMSA), formed by the World Bridge Federation, the International Chess Federation, the International Go Federation, and the International Checkers Federation. Pilar Vitoria moved to delegate Eduardo Piza to communicate with the Costa Rican Chess Federation that it should, with the ARNB, meet with the Minister of Youth Culture and Sports, with the intent of taking bridge and chess into Costa Rican schools. Also that the ARNB send a press release to the Costa Rican sports reporters to inform them of the formation of the International Mind Sports Association. John Mac Gregor seconded the motion and it was approved unanimously.
We have received a lot of e-mail messages congratulating the ARNB and the organizers of the CACBF tournament of the past May on that tournament.
John Mac Gregor proposed forming a committee composed of John Goold, Connie Almy, and Steve Allen to organize the 2005 National Teams Tournament, to be held the 27th and 28th of August, 2005. Frederika Houtkooper seconded the motion and it was approved unanimously.
John Goold requested a clarification of the deal made with the organizers of past May's CACBF tournament. John Mac Gregor informed him that the deal was that ARNB funds would not be touched, that the organizers, Ian McLennan and María Mellado, would collect the necessary funds, pay the expenses, assume all the risks, and would deliver a report to the ARNB Board of Directors. If there were funds remaining, they would deliver them to the ARNB. Pilar Vitoria moved to invite the organizers of this tournament to the next meeting of the Board of Directors, on Tuesday, June 28th at 9:30 a.m., to present their report and wind up this business. John Mac Gregor seconded the motion and it was approved unanimously.
The meeting concluded at 10:38 a.m.
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