MINUTES - March 17, 2013

SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA INTERGROUP OF NICOTINE ANONYMOUS

INTRODUCTIONS:

Brian K called the meeting to order at 10:15 AM with the Serenity Prayer followed by introductions.

WAS YOUR MEETING REPRESENTED?  

A quorum was met.  The following meetings were represented:  001, 007, 023, 029, 047, 076, 084,185, and 268.

TRADITIONS:

Tradition

3:

“The only requirement for Nicotine Anonymous membership is a desire to stop using nicotine.”

 was read from the book of Nicotine Anonymous.


TREASURER REPORT

:

Beginning balance $551.45.  Donations: Mtg #012 $140.00, Mtg #229 $150.00; 7th tradition $XX.00 (total incoming $XXX).  Expenses:  Bank Fee $3.00, Secretary expenses $35.42, Registrar expenses. ($35.70); PO Box Renewal = $40.00  (total outgoing $114.12).  

Ending balance $XX

. The report was moved and approved.  


REGISTRAR REPORT

:

 No changes were made to the Administration List.  Meeting 022: Phone Contact and Representative information updated.  Meeting 231: Representative information added.  Meeting 257: Meeting night changed to Thursday, location changed to Mission Hospital, Basement, in Laguna Beach.  Meeting 272: Secretary Contact Information added.  No Meetings were added and no meetings were removed in the past month.  All meetings in the Directory have USPS contact through the Secretary, the Representative, or both.  No H&I Listings were added.  American Lung Association, Los Angeles was removed due to Undeliverable Address.  77 envelopes were addressed.


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:

 Everything is in stock.


WORLD SERVICES:  

The next conference meeting will be held 4/14/13 at 1:00 pm in Long Beach at the Golden Sails Hotel Golf and Conference Center for a final walk-through, 6285 E Pacific Coast Hwy, Long Beach, CA.  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.  We are discussing different locations and bringing attention to this event at the World Services Conference.  The picnic will be the 3rd Sunday of September in Los Angeles.  Jane is checking into Potential Dates for the Retreat in June or July .


NEW MEETINGS

.  No report.


PUBLIC OUTREACH:

 We received an invitation from Freedom Festival 10 to man a booth on Sunday, June 9, 2013 from 10am to 6pm.  Freedom Festival is a Sober music event and was created to celebrate life without alcohol, drugs or any mind-altering substances or addictive behaviors.  It is a family event.  Please contact Angela P. if you would like to attend and be of service at a booth (949) 302-8465.


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 so 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. If you want to be a contributor to the website - Contact

quitnowla@gmail.com

.  

Our Website in January had over 480 Pageviews and over time - we average about 257 views per month.  We currently have an average of 272 Views of our website per month - The most popular items are the home page of news and the meetings pages.  The Website is a great resource - and it is optimize for mobile! Check it out on your smart-phone and use this resource in your recovery.


If you have not yet signed up for the Email list please go to the website -

www.scina.org

 or

www.quitnowlaw.com

add yourself to the list!


OLD BUSINESS:

No old business.


NEW BUSINESS:  


BIRTHDAYS:

SECRETARY REPORT:

The March report was read and approved.

CLOSING PRAYER:  

 Jane H. led us in the Serenity Prayer at 11:21 AM.