Southern California Intergroup of Nicotine Anonymous
INTRODUCTIONS: John D. called the meeting to order at 10:04 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, 047, 076, 185, 186, 229, 241, 268, 273, and 274.
TRADITIONS: Tradition #5. “Each group has but one primary purpose - to carry its message to the nicotine addict who still suffers” was read.
TREASURER REPORT: Beginning balance $1088.90. Income: Donations this month: $25 from Meeting #1; $10 from Meeting #227 Huntington Beach; $14 - 7th tradition April meeting (total incoming $49.00). Expenses: Bank Fee $3.00; Registrar expenses, $32.21; Secretary expenses $31.20; AT&T Long Distance $52.01. George O. made a motion that we reimburse $100 each to both Bill H. and Jeff M. as the delegates to the Conference. Jane seconded it, and it was passed. It was recently noticed we hadn’t made a donation to White Memorial for 2 years. Angela made a motion that we give $240 to White Memorial as a donation for using their conference room. Jane seconded that, and it was passed unanimously. (Total outgoing $558.42) Ending balance $579.48. We are tabling a discussion of a donation to World Services for next month.
REGISTRAR REPORT: Administration List: No changes. Meeting 059: Secretary address added. Meeting 186: Phone Contact and Secretary information updated. Meeting 271: Meeting Address and Meeting Time corrected. No Meetings were added. Meeting 90 in Culver City has gone dark, due to lack of participation. All Meetings except 274 have USPS contact through their Secretary, their Representative, or e-mail. Angela will send the information to Rick about the USPS contact for Mtg. 274. No H&I Listings were added and none were removed. 65 envelopes were addressed.
COMMITTEE REPORTS:
HOSPITALS AND INSTITUTIONS: Chuck told us he really can’t do the H&I Chair job as he is too busy. If anyone can help, please contact John D. at 818-618-1501.
COMMUNICATIONS: No report.
LITERATURE: We are in good shape for literature and chips, we do need to order a few things. Marty will place an order this month.
WORLD SERVICES: Bill H.’s report of Conference: The29th Annual Nicotine Anonymous World Services (NAWS) Conference was held April 25-27, 2014 in Ocean City, New Jersey. There were approximately 79 attendees. The weather was perfect and the location right on the beach and boardwalk was ideal. Chair, Michael B did a fantastic job of keeping the delegate business meetings moving along and staying on schedule. The biggest news coming out of the conference is that the Step Study Guide, although admittedly not perfect, has been approved for release as conference-approved literature. I felt it could use a lot of editing, but everybody wanted to get something out there with the hopes that this will get members without 12-step experience engaged in the fellowship. A proposed spirituality pamphlet found delegates locking horns, and was tabled until next year and sent back to the committee for retooling. An Outreach Committee chaired by SCINA’s Jeff M. has been formed to come up with ideas to increase NicA membership and participation. The Treasurer’s report showed NAWS donations were up this year, as was our overall balance.
In addition to the delegate meetings, there were marathon meetings, banquets, an ugly Hawaiian T-shirt contest, a scavenger hunt won by SCINA Treasurer Bill H., and a must-hear Sunday morning speaker John O. from New York. NAWS also reminded us about the “My Gift of Gratitude” program where members can donate $10/month online at nicotine-anonymous.org and receive a complimentary subscription to Seven Minutes.
Many thanks to Conference Co-chairs Annette A. and Joe F. The 30th Annual NAWS Conference will be held April 24-26, 2015 at the Best Western Plus Grosvenor Hotel in South San Francisco (hotel $99/night), and it was voted to have the 2016 conference in Ohio.
EVENTS: The retreat this summer is scheduled for the last weekend in July (26/27). Did you see the flyer? Jane H. says she is ready to accept checks so she can make payments to the caterer and retreat center. We are also planning our annual picnic in September on the 3rd Sunday of that month in Orange County this year, where we will hold our regular Intergroup meeting and elect Officers for Intergroup. 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 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.
PUBLIC OUTREACH: See attached Outreach Report 2014 submitted at World Services Conference 2014 by Jeff M. of Joshua Tree. There was discussion of voting the current SCINA Committee Chair out as there has been no communication for over 9 months. Please think about being of service in this position.
SPEAKERS BUREAU: No additions have been made to the speakers list.
BY-LAWS: John D. made a motion to change the quorum from 10 members to 7 members, it was seconded and the motion was passed unanimously. John D. made a motion to eliminate refreshments and correspondence from the Committees section of the By-Laws, it was seconded and passed unanimously.
WEB CZAR: No report.
OLD BUSINESS: Discussion on ordering business cards to give to people to give out for Carry The Message day in January. Angela got a quote from Staples for $72.99 for 5,000 cards. Angela made a motion that we authorize up to $100 to purchase the 5,000 cards through Staples. George O. seconded it and it was approved.
NEW BUSINESS: No new business.
BIRTHDAYS: No one celebrating a birthday this month.
SECRETARY REPORT: The May report was read and approved as we did have a quorum.
CLOSING PRAYER: Bill led us in the Serenity Prayer at 11:40 AM.
