George O. called the meeting to order at 10:15 am with the Serenity Prayer followed by introductions.
WAS YOUR MEETING REPRESENTED?
A quorum was met with 13 in attendance. Meetings represented were 012, 047, 084, 229, 250, 268.
Traditions: Tradition Nine “Nicotine Anonymous ought never be organized; but we may create service boards or committees directly responsible to those they serve” was read from the publication “The Twelve Traditions of Nicotine Anonymous”.
Secretary report: Susan C. read the minutes of the August 21, 2011 meeting. They were corrected and it was moved, seconded, and approved to accept them.
Treasurer report: Tomoko B. reported that in August we started with 266.69. We had meeting donations of $172 plus $35 Intergroup donations. Expenses totaled 89.63 leaving an ending balance of $384.06. It was moved, seconded and approved to accept the Treasurer’s report.
Registrar’s report: Rick W. reported that there were no meetings added or removed in the past month. Meeting 252 will probably be dropped from the next directory. Meeting 254 does not have a secretary listed but the representative address is accurate. There were no additions or deletions from the H&I listings.
Committee Reports
Hospitals & Institutions No concerns at this time. Gary M. and George O. are continuing to do the Kaiser panel in Downey.
Literature: Mike S. reported that he reordered literature so we are doing well on that. He also made Welcome Packets. Mike will reorder chips soon.
World Services Gary M. reported the next board meeting is next month in Oakland. Still getting World Wide Meeting list straightened out. If you notice any errors, please let Gary know. A registration form for the next conference will
be coming out soon. It will be in April in Albuquerque.
Events The next event is the marathon meeting in November. It will be in Bellflower at the Calvary Baptist Church. It will be held on Saturday, November 19th from 9am to 9pm. Please check the SCINA website for further information. Check out SCINA.org for more details. There was also discussion around restocking cards for Carry the Message Day in January.
New Meetings No new meetings.
ByLaws No concerns.
Public Outreach No report, no concerns.
Web Czar Brian K. was absent. He is updating SCINA’s meeting list on our site. Heads of committees can put information on the site. Just send the information to Brian. We do get repeat traffic on our site and so he would like to get new material up regularly.
Old Business A memorial was held for Jan F. last Saturday. Please keep her family in your prayers.
New Business Concerns about people on the phone lists who may no longer be members. Others have numbers that are discontinued. Each group is autonomous and can decide how to handle the situation.
Birthdays Susan C. is celebrating 2 years, Joseph W is celebrating 9 years and George R. is celebrating 5 years!!! Congratulations everyone!!
The meeting adjourned at 12:01pm with the Serenity prayer.
