MINUTES of Intergroup Meeting - February 21, 2016
SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA INTERGROUP OF NICOTINE ANONYMOUS
INTRODUCTIONS: Angela P. called the meeting to order at 10:17 AM with the Serenity Prayer followed by introductions.
WAS YOUR MEETING REPRESENTED? A quorum was met. The following meetings were represented: West Hollywood 001, Long Beach 012, Costa Mesa 023, Costa Mesa 076, Sherman Oaks 185, Silverlake 229, Duarte 274, and Irvine 280.
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.
CHAIRPERSON REPORT: John was sick and unable to attend the meeting. No formal Chairperson report was made at this meeting. Meeting was being led by Angela this month.
TREASURER REPORT: Our beginning balance was $816.63. Income: Donations: $50 from Bellflower Meeting #250. A 7th tradition of $14 was collected at the January SCINA meeting. (Total incoming: $64.) Expenses: $3 Bank imaging fee; Secretary expenses $26.15; Registrar expenses $31.14; Grasshopper phone service $31.40. Additionally, SCINA paid $64 to literature (Halli K.) for the 4 big books and 20 pamphlets that were raffled and given away during Carry the Message Month, and $136.07 was reimbursed to Angela P. for the business cards. (Total outgoing $291.76) Ending balance $588.87. The report was moved and approved.
REGISTRAR REPORT: No changes made to Administration List. Meeting 231: Meeting Location updated. No Meetings were added. Meeting 047 Chatsworth has folded. All Meetings have USPS contact through their Secretary, their Representative, or e-mail. No changes were made to the H&I List. 47 envelopes were addressed, and 200 Directories were printed.
COMMITTEE REPORTS:
HOSPITALS AND INSTITUTIONS: No report.
COMMUNICATIONS: The phone lines are running smoothly. There are no concerns at this time.
LITERATURE: Halli K. reported we need to order new literature. He has not gotten a response from the previous literature chair. As the new person in charge of literature, we need to set up the bank account. George O. and Halli will handle this very soon.
WORLD SERVICES: The conference is in Ohio April 29-May 1. Register at http://nicotine-anonymous.org/ Please sign up for two-way-talk on the Nicotine Anonymous website. Please give to the Gift of Gratitude program. If you make a $10 donation every month, you’ll get free issues of Seven Minutes mailed to you each quarter. If anyone is planning on going to the Conference, please contact John D. if you are interested in being a delegate and representing us. We need to notify World Services no later than March 20th.
EVENTS: The retreat in Joshua Tree is coming up in June or July. We will let you know as soon as we have a date.
NEW MEETINGS: Gary reports there haven’t been any requests for new meeting material.
PUBLIC OUTREACH: George O. has a friend who makes signs and made us a sign as a donation. Thank you George O. and Carlos C.
SPEAKERS BUREAU: No report. A new speakers list will go out to all the meeting Secretaries.
BY-LAWS: No report.
Director of Web Operations: We have had 2,101 visits to the web page in the past 12 months, our average number of visits per month was 175. Our average audience size is 146 people per month, we have a total audience size of 1,758 viewers to the website. 36% of visitors use a mobile phone to access the website. In the past month, 38% of visitors use the meeting list, 47% of visitors view the home page, 3% read the 12 Steps, 2.5% read the promises of NicA and 2.14% went to the Literature order form. Approximately 50% of our visitors search for the website before landing on the page, while the other half come to the website directly.
OLD BUSINESS: It was suggested at the December meeting that we purchase a nice table cloth with NicA’s logo to help draw attention to our table in the future. Everyone thought it was a good idea and John will have more information at the March meeting. After checking with Brian about creating email addresses with the domain @SCINA.org, there is a monthly cost for that so we will not move forward at this time. We will look into other options.
NEW BUSINESS: Delegate elections for the NAWS 31 Conference being held in Cleveland, Ohio will take place at the Intergroup meeting March 20, 2016. Please make sure you let one of the SCINA Officers know if you are going to the Conference and are willing to be a delegate to represent us. We must turn in our list of delegates no later than April 2nd.
BIRTHDAYS: Brian celebrates 8 years - Congrats!
SECRETARY REPORT: The February report was read and approved as we did have a quorum.
CLOSING PRAYER: Brian led us in the Serenity Prayer at 11:15 AM.
