Southern California Intergroup of Nicotine Anonymous
INTRODUCTIONS: John D. called the meeting to order at 10:12 AM with the Serenity Prayer followed by introductions.
WAS YOUR MEETING REPRESENTED? A quorum was met. The following meetings were represented: 001, 007, 012, 023, 034, 047, 076, 084, 090, 185, 229, and 241.
TRADITIONS: Tradition #2. “For our group purpose there is but one ultimate authority - a loving God as He may express Himself in our group conscience. Our leaders are but trusted servants; they do not govern,” was read.
TREASURER REPORT: Beginning balance $722.34. Income: Donations this month: $20 from Meeting #1 West Hollywood; $100 from Meeting 229 Silverlake (via PayPal); $44.90 NicA members via PayPal; $19 January's 7th tradition SCINA meeting (total incoming $183.90). Expenses: Bank Fee $3.00; Registrar expenses, $32.66; Secretary expenses $39.86, AT&T Long Distance $32.24 (total outgoing $107.76). Ending balance $798.48. The report was moved and approved.
REGISTRAR REPORT: Administrative List: John D. has taken on the Bylaws Committee commitment. Angela our Secretary has a new email address. Meeting updates: Meeting 007: Phone Contact information updated, Meeting 023: Secretary email updated, Meeting 076: Secretary and Representative email address updated. Meeting 090: Phone Contact and Representative information updated, Meeting 273: Representative information updated. Meeting 274 in Arcadia was added. Meeting 272 has gone dark. All Meetings except Meetings 59, 229, 273 and 274 have USPS contact through their Secretary, their Representative, or both. No H&I Listings were added. No H&I listings were removed. 71 envelopes were addressed.
COMMITTEE REPORTS:
HOSPITALS AND INSTITUTIONS: No report.
COMMUNICATIONS: No report.
LITERATURE: Marty says we are in full stock on books and literature and will place an order soon.
WORLD SERVICES: The World Services Conference is going to be in April in New Jersey, if anyone wants to be a delegate that is attending, please come to the Intergroup meeting so we can vote to send you as a delegate.
EVENTS: The retreat this summer is hosted by Jane H and Alan C. We are also planning our annual picnic in September on the 3rd Sunday of that month where we will hold our regular Intergroup meeting and elect Officers for Intergroup. The picnic will be in Orange County this year. We also hope to be able to hold our Marathon Meeting in November hosted by the Tuesday night Bellflower group. All events happen because of our volunteers who are of service to this program and to you. Please think about volunteering for some of these events this year. Please also think about hosting an event.
NEW MEETINGS: No new meetings.
PUBLIC OUTREACH: No report.
SPEAKERS BUREAU: No additions have been made to the speakers list.
BY-LAWS: Pamphlet was put together to change the amount for a quorum since the Intergroup meetings have been poorly attended. The pamphlet will be sent out to all meeting secretaries with the February and March minutes so that we can have a vote on this change in April. We also discussed making the quorum the exact number of attendees at each meeting. We also discussed changing the committee list in the By-Laws to remove refreshments and correspondence. We will then do a reprint and mail it to all meeting secretaries.
WEB CZAR: As we move forward with the modernization - we can now have more information on our website. The Website is a great resource - and it is optimized 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.quitnowla.com, add yourself to the list!
OLD BUSINESS: We discussed changing the quorum due to lack of volunteers to come to the Intergroup meetings, we don’t have enough people to approve the minutes and conduct business. It was decided we would vote on changing it from 10 to 7. That flier is being sent out with the February and March minutes requesting attendance at the April meeting to approve the change.
NEW BUSINESS: It was discussed that there is not a printable meeting list on the website (in Adobe format) like the ones we send to the meeting secretaries each month, however, you can print the page that shows the meetings on the website, it’s just in a different format than the single sheet we send out each month. Please share that page if you can. Westwood and West Hollywood meetings both need support. Please be of service and visit a meeting you don’t normally go to.
BIRTHDAYS: Regina celebrates 4 years this month.
SECRETARY REPORT: The February report was read and approved. December and January minutes were approved also. Thank you everyone for attending.
CLOSING PRAYER: George led us in the Serenity Prayer at 11:48 AM.
