Personal Enrichment Program

Come and participate in the Lake Chapala Society's new Personal Enrichment Program (PEP) series. This is one response to our members call for more programs, both entertaining and fun.

Our next series of programs features highly qualified experts such as Rachel McMillen. Each program will present topics that will elucidate an understanding of yourself and Mexico.

The courses are easy to choose from and consist of 2 - 8 class sessions. The prices are very affordable, and the class sizes are small.

Please Note:

• The fee to participate in each Personal Enrichment Program is payable on-line via credit card. On-line payments are subject to a 7% surcharge to coverprocessing and foreign exchangefees.
• All Personal Enrichment Program courses are limited to Lake Chapala Society Members only. If you are not an LCS Member,you will be assessed a one Month Membership fee ($270 MXN), in addition to the course enrollment fee.
• Your LCS Membership must be active on the date of the course presentation. If your membership will expire before the selected course date,it must be renewed to attend the course.
• The LCS Office should be notified at least 3 days before the course begins if a cancellation is needed. There is no refund.
• A waiting list will be created for each course where member interest exceeds the maximum enrollment.

Need a driver's license?

Course Fee: $400 MXN
Min/Max Students required: 5/15
Course Dates - In-Person:
March 8, 2021
April 12, 2021
Course Time: 3:00 - 4:30 PM
Course Location: Art Mural Patio

Course Description: In the process of adapting and modernizing ourselves to the changes the world puts in front of us, we offer you the Driver's License class. The purpose of this class is to provide you with the necessary knowledge to obtain a new license or to renew it. It lasts an hour and a half and in it we will consider these topics:

** Documents and processing.
** Types of driver's license in Jalisco.
** Mexican Police
** Secretary of Transportation in Jalisco.
** Visual traffic signs
** Body language and sound of traffic agents.
** Chapala traffic regulations

All the necessary orientation to get your driver's license in your hands. Material will be sent over email prior to the class.

Enrollment ends: 1 day prior to Class.

Seminar Instructors

Alfredo Pérez Aldana

Contact: directoreducacion@lakechapalasociety.com

Lake Chapala Society Director of Education

March 8
April 12

How the Mexican Government Works in its Three Levels
and What to do if Intimidated by the Authorities

Course Fee: $400 MXN
Min/Max Students required: 6/10
Course Dates: March 26 and April 2, 2021
Course Time: Friday, 12:00 - 1:30 PM
Course Location: Neill James Veranda

Course Description: Moving to another country might be a very confusing experience when it comes about how the law works there. Our head gets full of questions and doubts. So that going to the experts will give us clarity of mind and power of decision.

This course is all about:

** The Mexican government is divided into three levels: Federal, State and Municipal. What activities and responsibilities they carry out, what happens with the collection of taxes and their application to the service of the communities. What procedures can/must I carry out with each government agency? How are these levels conformed, etc

** Intimidation by the authorities: When it's not all honey on the cake, we need to know how to defend ourselves from intimidation by authorities of any kind. Let's learn how to do that.

Let's clarify this for everyone. Come and learn. This is a 2 sessions class.

Enrollment ends: March 20.

Seminar Instructor

María de las Nieves Solbes


Lawyer graduated from the National Autonomous University of Mexico (UNAM). Throughout her professional career she has worked as a coordinator,strategist and executor of legal solutions in various institutions of the financial sector, mainly banks, bonding and insurancecompanies, also developing advisory and litigation functions at managerial levels, specializing in civil matters, commercial,contractual, and in judicial and extrajudicial collection. Thanks to her leadership skills and the in-depth study of the mattersentrusted to her, she has been able to develop strategic skills and strategic solution in complex litigation. She is currently ajudicial mediator, with a high percentage of conflict resolution.