Barbara Negrete, President
There will be no golf today due to course conditions because of all the rain we have had. Holes 1, 6 and 8 are reported to be underwater. We will attempt to cover our agenda rapidly so that members wishing to do so may still play golf. 

Pauline Lomelin, Vice Pres. / Monthly Tournament
Our next monthly tournament will be held on Wed. Jan. 21, the signup sheet is being passed around today. It will be a flighted tournament, with the game of the day being “choose your favorite 9 holes (of the entire 18 you play) minus 1⁄2 your handicap”. 

Christine Ramirez-Bustos, Secretary
Christine was unable to be with us today due to illness. Sharon Wertz will be taking minutes in her absence. 

Sharon Scott, Treasurer
Going forward, we would like to encourage everyone to pay us using ZELLE. We have our tag set up: MlarkWGC or you can use the Zelle email which is MlarkWGC@gmail.com. That will go directly to our Bank of America checking account. 

Carol Fresco, Membership
Carol announced that we have 69 members and welcomed our new member, Keiko Sekino. She announced that Sharon W. had given her the Membership book, which she will be reviewing in the coming days. Carol also encouraged everyone to invite their friends and acquaintances to join our wonderful welcoming club. 

Judy Schaad, Weekly Tournament
Since today was the first Club play day of the year, there was nothing yet to report on. 

Debbie Dakouzlian, Handicap/WPLGASC
Debbie encouraged everyone to post their hole-by-hole scores for all holes played, if you played 14 holes post the 14 individual scores on the day played.
Debbie also announced that she had received the WPLGASC check for our members’ winnings for the remainder of last year. Sharon Scott advised that she would take that check and obtain Meadowlark Gift Cards for all winners in the amount of their winnings. 

Dee Wright, Team Play
Dee could not be with us today, but has sent to everyone an email, requesting they respond if they are interested in playing on a MWGC B Team. Play will take place at El Dorado Park Golf Course in Long Beach, during March and April, 2026. Specific dates are included in Dee’s email. Please let her know if you are interested in representing the Club.  

Marian Rocchi, Social / Hospitality
Marian congratulated our two members present with January birthdays, Peggy Bachlor and Carol Thelander, and announced that they both would be receiving a gift certificate from the Course.
Marian also shared with the Club that Rodrigo’s, our fundraising partner last year, has not yet closed out the donations from last year to the Club, and that she is having trouble getting in contact with them. They are not returning her phone calls. 
Marian advised that she would be contacting California Pizza Kitchen in Bella Terra about joining us in the fundraising effort for 2026. Everyone agreed that this would be a good choice going forward. 

Sue Chung, Raffle
Sue handled the raffle exercise for the Club. 

Unfinished Business 
Barbara Negrete announced that the Board would be working on defining specifics regarding play from the yellow tees and the flights which would support that play. She indicated that we will hear more about this in the next couple of months. 

New Business 
Barbara Negrete announced that Meadowlark has advised us that they are implementing a price increase. The new prices will be $34 to walk and $48 to ride. These prices will take effect immediately and will be the cost for play on our Wednesday play days. 
Barbara Negrete led a discussion of the 2026 Holiday Luncheon which will be held on Dec. 9, 2026. She indicated that her preference is that the event continue to be held for 2026 in the upstairs hall at Meadowlark Golf Course, for convenience and goodwill with the course. She discussed the fact that prices for events like this are continuing to rise, and that many responses which she had received indicated that the quality of the food served was less than acceptable for the price we were charged. Some items we identified that the course provided at no cost to the club, like tables, chairs, linens, coffee/tea, etc, and use of the room/hall itself for 5+ hours. She shared that there are some minimums that the course requires to book the room, like $2100-$2200 for food, and a minimum of 50 persons guaranteed. Some suggestions were voiced by members to address these issues, like changing the menu from steak and turkey to Italian, or perhaps a hearty salad or perhaps heavy appetizers. Barbara indicated that the Board would at least book the room for Dec. 9, and will continue to work on ways to lessen the impact of the rising costs to our members. She also advised that the Club was not able to subsidize as much of the rising cost as they did in 2025, and advised our members to expect a cost more in the $50 range than the $25 they saw last year. A suggestion was made that maybe the Board could work on choosing 3 options of menu for XXX price, and allow the members to vote on the final choice for the Holiday Luncheon. 

Adjournment time: 8:36 am 

   MEADOWLARK WOMEN’S GOLF CLUB

​   General Meeting Minutes January 7, 2026