SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA INTERGROUP OF NICOTINE ANONYMOUS
INTRODUCTIONS: Angela P. called the meeting to order at 10:05 AM with the Serenity Prayer followed by introductions.
WAS YOUR MEETING REPRESENTED? A quorum was not met. The following meetings were represented: Costa Mesa 023, Costa Mesa 076, Silverlake 229, and Irvine 280.
TRADITIONS: Tradition #4. “Each group should be autonomous except in matters affecting other groups or Nicotine Anonymous as a whole.” was read.
CHAIRPERSON REPORT: Happy Spring! Remember, the traditions are the group what the steps are for the individual. Thank you to all of those who sponsor people, are trusted servants, and others, who keep our traditions alive. We all depend on it.
TREASURER REPORT: Our beginning balance was $712.57. Income: Donations: $10 from Meeting #23 Costa Mesa and $10 from Meeting #76 Costa Mesa. Thanks to both meetings for being a great example that a small amount each month really adds up! A 7th tradition of $30 was collected at the March SCINA meeting. (Total incoming: $50.) Expenses: $3 Bank imaging fee; Secretary expenses $22.31; Registrar expenses $31.06; Grasshopper phone service $31.18; $0 parking for Literature Chair. (Total outgoing $87.55) Ending balance $669.02.
REGISTRAR REPORT: No changes made to Administration List. Meeting 231: Secretary Contact Information updated. No Meetings were added. No Meetings went dark. All Meetings except possibly 197 have USPS contact through their Secretary, their Representative, or e-mail. One contact at Hubert Humphrey Health Clinic was made ‘e-mail only’ and one e-mail contact was added at HHHC. 45 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 other concerns at this time.
LITERATURE: No Report.
WORLD SERVICES: The World Services Conference is going to cover: (A) a possible new pamphlet dealing with mental illness and nicotine. (B) Updating The Promises is going to be held over until the 2017 conference as it is still a work in progress. (C) A guideline is being put together to help coordinate how to perform a particular service. (D) There will be six workshops: (1) Outreach (2) Daily meditations--maybe a new book soon (3) Spanish literature Project to increase our number of pamphlets in Spanish (4) Addressing members with mental health issues. (5) Reviving and maintaining membership, and (6) Developing Sponsorship tools.
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: SCINA email addresses - We must pay for our domain name email address or we can use free email addresses from gmail, yahoo, etc, and make up names like publicoutreachscina@gmail.com. It costs $5.99/month for five email addresses, and $5 for each one after that. For example, it would be $10.99 for six email addresses. We are going to think about this more and discuss later. For now, we will continue to use our personal email addresses. Note: No other Nicotine Anonymous Intergroup in the United States of America has email addresses using their name as the domain name.
SPEAKERS LIST: No report
BY-LAWS: No report.
Director of Web Operations: No report..
OLD BUSINESS: We were contacted by Roger F. who informed us he was going to the Conference this year and would be able to represent SCINA. Our letter was sent to the NAWS Secretary informing them of our delegate.
NEW BUSINESS: No new business
BIRTHDAYS: No birthdays were reported to us. If you want to have your birthday recognized at SCINA Meetings, please let the secretary know.
SECRETARY REPORT: The April report was not read and approved as we did not have a quorum. Report was tabled until next month.
CLOSING PRAYER: Tomoko P. led us in the Serenity Prayer at 10:36 AM.
