Southern California Intergroup of Nicotine Anonymous
INTRODUCTIONS: John D. called the meeting to order at 10:03 AM with the Serenity Prayer followed by introductions.
WAS YOUR MEETING REPRESENTED? A quorum was met. The following meetings were represented: 023, 047, 076, 085, 185, 229, 231, and 273.
CHAIRPERSON REPORT: John is cleaning up our agenda to make it look a little more professional. He reminds everyone to be of service at the Intergroup level.
TRADITIONS: Tradition #1. “Our common welfare should come first; personal recovery depends upon Nicotine Anonymous unity” was read.
TREASURER REPORT: Beginning balance $377.71. Income: Donations: $100 from Long Beach Mtg #12; $10 from Costa Mesa Mtg #23; $131 from Costa Mesa Mtg #76; $50 from Fullerton meeting #84; $21 from Long Beach Mtg #231. Thanks! 7th Tradition from December meeting was $21. We found a misplaced envelope from the September picnic, and in it another $23. (Total incoming $356). Expenses: Bank Fee $19 (we deposited $3000 check in late December, so we won't have this fee in the future); Secretary expenses $25.92; Registrar expenses were $31.50; AT&T Long Distance $57.68. (Total outgoing $134.10.) Ending balance $599.61. A vote was moved and approved to donate $100 to World Services. The report was moved and approved.
REGISTRAR REPORT: Administration List: “Vee” K. accepted Hospitals and Institutions Chair. Meeting Information: Meeting #59, USPS address was added. No Meetings were added.
Meeting 276, Thursday at 7:00 pm, in El Segundo was removed. All Meetings except for #197 have USPS contact through their Secretary, their Representative, or e-mail. No H&I Listings were added. No H&I listings were removed. 56 envelopes were addressed, and 200 Directories were printed.
COMMITTEE REPORTS:
HOSPITALS AND INSTITUTIONS: Vee K. has been making calls and we hope to have an update from him soon with additions to our H&I list to send our meeting lists to. Please call (818) 660-3315 if you have a contact for him.
COMMUNICATIONS: No report.
LITERATURE: We received our large reorder of literature and are in full stock on all items. We have three of the new step study workbooks for purchase. We are going to set the cost at $16.00 each. Actual cost is $15.00 but we need to add postage costs to get it to us. We are in stock on chips. We will more than likely place an order this month to bring inventory levels up. Special thanks to Theresa in Dallas who reduced our freight costs.
WORLD SERVICES: Gary M. says No Report.
EVENTS: Our next event is the 2015 Retreat. Jane H. has reserved the weekend of June 27-28 so mark your calendars. Remember, we have free business cards at the Intergroup meetings. Come and get them. All events happen because of our volunteers who are of service to this program and to you. Please think about volunteering or going to some of these events this year. This is an excellent opportunity to get to know people from other meetings.
NEW MEETINGS: No new meetings per Gary M. Meetings are really dropping. We’re down to 36 states that have meetings. Please think about starting a new meeting. Please also work with Intergroup to help you get advertising out about your meeting. Call Angela at (949) 302-8465.
PUBLIC OUTREACH: January is Carry The Message Month, please ask your members to get the word out. Joseph W. was contacted by someone from SHARE! in Culver City which is a Self Help Center. They were planning a New Year’s Resolution Day Saturday, 1/17/15 and asked if we wanted to help by taking an hour to share our story and our program. They were having hour-long meetings on the hour 10am through 5pm except for a lunch break at noon. Local people were contacted in the NicA community and asked if they could help and a small group of us attended. Our speakers were Lamont and Joseph W. John D. also dropped off a bunch of flyers and business cards at the facility. Greg said he could no longer Chair the Public Outreach and John D. has offered to take over as Chair.
SPEAKERS BUREAU: Call Angela P. (949) 302-8465 if you would be like to join the speakers list.
BY-LAWS: No report.
WEB CZAR: No report.
OLD BUSINESS: An agreement was drafted and forwarded to SCINA Officers and Stephen F. for signature regarding Stephen’s loan/gift of $3,000 to SCINA to defray monthly Bank of America fees.
NEW BUSINESS: No new business.
BIRTHDAYS: Ian celebrates 12 years, Linda and Fran celebrate 13 years, and Estelle celebrates 6 years this month, all from Costa Mesa. Chris of the Fullerton mtg took 7 years this month. Christine C. of Long Beach celebrates 15 years this month. Congratulations!
SECRETARY REPORT: The December report was read and approved as we did have a quorum.
CLOSING PRAYER: Gary led us in the Serenity Prayer at 10:49 AM.
