SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA INTERGROUP OF NICOTINE ANONYMOUS
INTRODUCTIONS: John D. called the meeting to order at 10:11 AM with the Serenity Prayer followed by introductions.
WAS YOUR MEETING REPRESENTED? A quorum was met. The following meetings were represented: West Hollywood 001, Costa Mesa 023, Costa Mesa 076, Sherman Oaks 185, Silverlake 229, Long Beach 231, Bellflower 250, and Joshua Tree 266.
TRADITIONS: Tradition #6. “A Nicotine Anonymous group ought never endorse, finance, or lend the Nicotine Anonymous name to any related facility or outside enterprise, lest problems of money, property, and prestige divert us from our primary purpose.” was read.
CHAIRPERSON REPORT: Happy Father’s Day!
TREASURER REPORT: Our beginning balance was $608.77. Income: Donations: Meeting #280 Irvine closed, and left us with a $62 donation. Other donations: $50 from Meeting #250 Bellflower; $50 from Meeting #76 Costa Mesa; $10 from Meeting # 23 Costa Mesa. A 7th tradition of $28 collected at the May SCINA meeting. (Total incoming: $200) Expenses: $3 Bank imaging fee; Secretary expenses $23.24; Registrar expenses $31.27; Grasshopper phone service $31.58. (Total outgoing $89.09) Ending balance $719.68. A deposit of $360 has been paid to Joshua Tree Retreat Center and we have not yet received any money from any participants, so please send your checks in to Jane! The report was moved and approved.
REGISTRAR REPORT: No changes made to Administration List. Meeting 185: Room and Parking Directions were updated. Meeting 197: Phone Contact and Secretary information updated. Meetings 281 and 282 were added. Both meet at the UnUrban Coffee Shop in Santa Monica at 6:00 pm. 281 meets on Tuesday, and 282 meets on Wednesday. No Meetings were removed. All Meetings have USPS contact through their Secretary, their Representative, or e-mail. No H&I Listings were added, removed or updated. 200 Directories and 45 envelopes were printed.
COMMITTEE REPORTS:
HOSPITALS AND INSTITUTIONS: George O. attended the Coalition for Smoke-Free Long Beach. The new 21 and over law to purchase nicotine products is in effect Statewide and George offered Nicotine Anonymous as a resource.
COMMUNICATIONS: The phone lines are running smoothly. There are no concerns at this time.
LITERATURE: Halli reports he has purchased literature for a total of $553.91. The income which was in the literature account from previous literature person has not been tabulated.
WORLD SERVICES: Jeff who is Chair of World Services Public Outreach was able to report there is a new Worldwide List Meeting Coordinator, Joyce, who has started a new meeting in Carlsbad and would like to be included on our meeting list. Public Outreach has a teleconference meeting every month on the 3rd Saturday of the month. If you want to attend, call John D. at (818) 618-1501. The Outreach committee is looking at a national campaign for outreach in November. Checko is the new Board Chair so a lot is getting done and people are excited about being of service.
EVENTS: The retreat in Joshua Tree is scheduled for August 20-21. We have included a flyer with these minutes. Since we’ve heard from no one so far, please call Jane ASAP and let her know if you will be attending. All checks must be received prior to August 10th. A motion was made to move the August Intergroup meeting to the Joshua Tree retreat center on Sunday at 9:00 am and it was passed. Chips and Literature will be available for sale at the meeting. The picnic will be held at Rush Park in Rossmoor, CA on Sunday, September 18, with the Intergroup Meeting at 10:00 am and the potluck immediately following. Please mark your calendars. A flyer for the picnic will go out starting next month.
NEW MEETINGS: Gary reports there haven’t been any requests for new meeting material.
PUBLIC OUTREACH: (1) A motion was made and passed to approve spending $5.99/month to obtain the following five email addresses with our domain names: chairperson@scina.org, info@scina.org, registrar@scina.org, communications@scina.org, and literature@scina.org. (2) PSA from SCINA is going to be created for the City of Los Angeles’ city channel soon.
SPEAKERS LIST: No report.
BY-LAWS: No report.
Director of Web Operations: No report.
OLD BUSINESS: The August Intergroup meeting has been moved to the Joshua Retreat Center (see Events section).
NEW BUSINESS: Jeff from Joshua Tree wants to start a monthly email-only newsletter including a Step of the month and Tradition of the month, upcoming events, announcements, short stories, and anniversaries. He’s hoping he can start sending it out in July. Sign up with Jeff at jeffinjt@gmail.com.
BIRTHDAYS: Shea R. celebrates 11 years and Patty celebrates 4 years this month. Congratulations.
SECRETARY REPORT: The April, May and June reports were read and approved as we did have a quorum.
CLOSING PRAYER: Jeff led us in the Serenity Prayer at 11:43 AM.
