SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA INTERGROUP OF NICOTINE ANONYMOUS
INTRODUCTIONS: John D. called the meeting to order at 10:19 AM with the Serenity Prayer followed by introductions.
WAS YOUR MEETING REPRESENTED? A quorum was not met. The following meetings were represented: West Hollywood 001, Costa Mesa 023, Costa Mesa 076, Sherman Oaks 185, Culver City 197 and Irvine 280.
TRADITIONS: Tradition #5. “Each group has but one primary purpose - to carry its message to the nicotine addict who still suffers.” was read.
CHAIRPERSON REPORT: SCINA is about to start a public outreach campaign with Public Service Announcements, ads, Facebook, Twitter, possible Nextdoor, and other types of outreach. Please remember to do your own outreach when you can by passing out SCINA business cards and putting your meeting on Craigslist, along with other means. Please let me or anyone at SCINA know if you have any questions or concerns.
TREASURER REPORT: Our beginning balance was $706.08. Income: Donations: $10 from Meeting #23 Costa Mesa and $10 from Meeting #76 Costa Mesa. No 7th tradition was collected at the April SCINA meeting. (Total incoming: $20) Expenses: $3 Bank imaging fee; Secretary expenses $20.93; Registrar expenses (April and May) $62.05; Grasshopper phone service $31.33. (Total outgoing $117.31) Ending balance $608.77. The report was not approved due to lack of quorum.
Revision to April’s 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 -- will report next month; Grasshopper phone service $31.18. (Total outgoing $56.49) Ending balance $706.08.
REGISTRAR REPORT: No changes made to Administration List. No Meeting updates were received. No Meetings were added. No Meetings went dark. All Meetings except possibly 197 have USPS contact through their Secretary, their Representative, or e-mail. 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: George O reported he and Halli met at Union Bank on May 4 to update the signature list and change the address on the account but their computer system was out for the day. They spoke with manager Christopher about changes to the account who wanted to run it by their legal department and called back to say they needed all Officers to sign the minutes and the minutes need to be worded as follows for the changes to be made: Mary P., Marty W., Michael S., and Susan C. are no longer authorized signers on the Union Bank account and need to be removed. George O. is still an authorized signer. Halli K. is the new Literature Chair and is to be added as an authorized signer.
Bill H. will look into opening a new account at Bank of America instead.
WORLD SERVICES: Gary reports this from the workshops at the Conference. (1) There is a work in progress to find a Spanish coordinator for Spanish meetings either for telephone meetings or online meetings. (2) The prospective mental health pamphlet has been tabled until next year; there were a lot of ideas presented. It might be titled “Challenged Nicotine Addicts.” (3) We are looking for new meditations to put in another meditation book. (4) There was talk about a possible new pamphlet in the future on sponsoring: how to be one and what to look for in a sponsor.
EVENTS: The retreat in Joshua Tree is scheduled for August 20-21. We have included a flyer with these minutes. The picnic will be held at Rush Park in Rossmoor, CA on Sunday, September 18, with the Intergroup Meeting at 10:00 am and the potluck immediately following. Please mark your calendars.
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 that end @scina.org or @QuitNowLA.com, and $5 for each one after that. We will know soon if we are able to use @QuitNowLA.com, but we aren’t sure yet. Action: Quorum wasn’t met so a vote to pay $5.99/month to authorize SCINA to obtain five email addresses with our domain name will take place next month.
SPEAKERS LIST: No report.
BY-LAWS: No report.
Director of Web Operations: No report.
OLD BUSINESS: No old business.
NEW BUSINESS: There was discussion about moving the August Intergroup meeting to the Joshua Tree Retreat since it overlaps. Due to lack of quorum no vote could be taken.
SAD NEWS: Long-time, good-standing friend and member of Nicotine Anonymous Long Beach Mtg. 012 Stephen Fisher passed away May 6. In accordance with family wishes, a service for him will be held in September. Prayers for his family are appreciated. He was an invaluable servant to Nicotine Anonymous Intergroup, his regular Monday night Long Beach Meeting #012 and a great friend.
BIRTHDAYS: Judi M. celebrates 5 years and William celebrates 33 years in May. Congratulations.
SECRETARY REPORT: The May report was read and not approved as we did not have a quorum.
CLOSING PRAYER: Jack R. led us in the Serenity Prayer at 11:34 AM.
