SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA INTERGROUP OF NICOTINE ANONYMOUS
INTRODUCTIONS: George O. called the meeting to order at 10:18 AM with the Serenity Prayer followed by introductions.
WAS YOUR MEETING REPRESENTED?
A quorum was met. The following meetings were represented: 001, 012, 022, 023, 029, 047, 076, 185, 229, and 268.
TRADITIONS:
Tradition 1:
Our common welfare should come first; personal recovery depends on Nicotine Anonymous unity.
was read from the book of Nicotine Anonymous.
TREASURER REPORT
:
Beginning balance $132.08. Donations: Mtg #229 $198.59, Mtg #23 $17.00 (Thanks, Silverlake and Costa Mesa!), 7th tradition $17.00, Marathon Meeting November ($112.00) (total incoming $344.59). Expenses: Bank Fee $3.00, AT&T Long Distance $71.56, Secretary (Dec.) $33.75 (total outgoing $108.31).
Ending balance $368.36
. The report was moved and approved.
Registrar Report
:
Public Outreach commitment was filled by Asa A. Meeting 185: Meeting type updated to ‘Rotating Format’. No Meetings were added and no meetings were deleted in the past month. All meetings in the Directory except new Meeting 272 have USPS contact through the Secretary, the Representative, or both. 272 has neither Secretary or Representative contact information. No H&I Listings were added and none were deleted. 77 envelopes were printed.
COMMITTEE REPORTS
HOSPITALS AND INSTITUTIONS:
No report and we need a new H&I Chairperson. Please let us know if you can help with this responsibility.
COMMUNICATIONS:
Carol is operating our hotline and there are no reports or concerns.
LITERATURE:
We have a new literature form thanks to Rick. Brian will put it up on the website soon. We are in full stock on supplies.
WORLD SERVICES:
We get a charge for processing credit cards on ‘PayPal’ so there will be a note that there is an additional charge to use a credit card at the top of the page, to sign up for the conference. Brian set up a google website chat room to look for a roommate for the conference. We had an issue about going to the business meetings without paying the registration but we won’t be able to allow that. The workshops will be a step study, spirituality, outreach, social media, fund raising/donations and NRT nicotine replacement therapy. We need to check into sales tax for literature sales at the conference. Iran has a lot of meetings so we are adding a dead link for their website. All of their meetings are listed in Farsi. We are thinking about putting some literature on Kindle in Spanish. The next conference meeting will be held 2/10/13 at 1:00 pm in Long Beach. Anyone interested in helping please call George O. 562-310-0874.
EVENTS:
Our next event will be the World Services Conference in Long Beach in April. We hope to be able to have a retreat in June/July this year. The picnic will be the 3rd Sunday of September in Los Angeles.
NEW MEETINGS
. No new meetings.
PUBLIC OUTREACH/SPEAKERS BUREAU/BY-LAWS:
We still need Chairpersons for the following: By-Laws, Speakers Bureau, and Hospitals and Institutions (H&I), so please let us know if you can help . If interested please come to the Intergroup meeting. We are compiling a list of speakers. Please let us know if you are willing to be a speaker. Please think about being a sponsor to someone who only has access to on-line or phone meetings.
WEB CZAR:
As we move forward with the modernization - We can now have more information on our website. Brian K would like people to contribute and sign up to be contributors for the website. Now, Committee members can update and add information for their committees directly to the Website and to make sure that the information is the most current and up-to-date as possible. If you want to be a contributor to the website - Contact
quitnowla@gmail.com. Brian will put a note on the website that there is a fee for signing up online for the conference. There is a downloadable file that you can email to radio stations at
www.nicotine-anonymous.org We are looking for new ways to use technology for carry the message - Such as Sending the PSA to Radio Stations, Emailing Literature, signs and information to Doctors, etc. If you have ideas of ways to carry the message using the internet, please share with us your thoughts! And if you have not yet signed up for the Email list please go to the website -www.scina.org or www.quitnowla.com add yourself to the list!OLD BUSINESS:
No old business.
NEW BUSINESS:
No new business.
BIRTHDAYS:
Rick W. celebrates 15 years off nicotine this month.
SECRETARY REPORT:
The January report was read and approved.
CLOSING PRAYER: Brian K. led us in the Serenity Prayer at 11:22 AM.
