SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA INTERGROUP OF NICOTINE ANONYMOUS
INTRODUCTIONS: John called the meeting to order at 10:00 am with the Serenity Prayer followed by introductions.
WAS YOUR MEETING REPRESENTED? A quorum was met. The following meetings were represented: Costa Mesa 076, Sherman Oaks 185, Joshua Tree 266, and San Diego 284.
TRADITIONS: Tradition #4. “Each group should be autonomous except in matters affecting other groups or Nicotine Anonymous as a whole.” was read.
TREASURER REPORT: Our beginning balance was $147.75. Income: Donations: $200 from Meeting #220 Silverlake; $50 from Meeting #84 Fullerton; $45 from Meeting #76 Costa Mesa. A 7th tradition of $17 was collected at the March SCINA meeting. Also, we transferred $501 from our savings account to our checking account, so that our savings account prudent reserve would be $500 (in line with our bylaws) (Total incoming: $813) Expenses: $3 Bank fee; $7 parking fee paid at March meeting for literature chair; Secretary expenses $19.07; Registrar expenses of $30.27 for March and $0 for April; Grasshopper phone charges: $31.81; Culver City park rental fee $31 for Sept. picnic (Total outgoing $122.15) Ending balance $838.60. (We have an additional $3,000 in our checking account that Stephen donated to avoid the $18/mo. bank fee which we really can't touch.) The report was moved and approved.
REGISTRAR REPORT: No changes were made to Administration List. Meeting 197, Secretary phone and email address added. No meetings were added, and no meetings were deleted. All Meetings have USPS contact through their Secretary, their Representative, or e-mail. No H&I Listings were added, deleted or updated. No Directories or envelopes printed, due to conference call meeting.
COMMITTEE REPORTS:
HOSPITALS AND INSTITUTIONS: No report.
COMMUNICATIONS: Communications are running smoothly. There are no concerns at this time.
LITERATURE: No report. Please contact Halli for orders prior to the meeting. HalliK@sbcglobal.net. Please contact Halli if you would like to be of service for this position as he would be glad if someone could take it over for him.
WORLD SERVICES: Two workshops this year will be to look at service structure of World Services and also an outreach workshop covering the use of social media and develop contacts for that. Jeff M. will be attending as our Delegate this year. Jeff brought up the fact that we haven’t hosted the World Services Conference in several years and we should consider hosting.
EVENTS: The Joshua Tree Retreat has only received 4 registrations so far. Please RSVP ASAP. If you are interested in leading a workshop, yoga, or meditation class at the retreat, please contact Bill or Jane (phone numbers on flyer). SHARE! 6666 Green Valley Circle, Culver City, CA 90230 is having a Recovery Day Saturday, 4/29/17 and have invited Nicotine Anonymous to have a meeting. Please call Bill (818) 800-3449 if you are interested in attending. We have not yet reserved a room and time.
NEW MEETINGS: No report.
PUBLIC OUTREACH: Fullerton College Health Services invited Nicotine Anonymous to have a table at their Wed., 3/29/17 Spring Health Fair to educate their students. John and Angela attended from 10am to 1pm and handed out pamphlets and business cards as well as answered questions from the students. Nicotine Anonymous members will also be attending a Health Fair on 4/26/17 at Orange Coast College.
SPEAKERS LIST: Invite a speaker to your meeting. Call for a list (949) 302-8465.
BY-LAWS: No report.
Director of Web Operations: New addition to the website. We have a new section, The Original Meeting (Group 001) speaker shares available as downloads or streaming. They took a group conscience so speaker shares are recorded (with permission) and made available on the website as another resource to hear NicA members speak about their experience, strength, and hope. There are talks about Expanding the Recordings to be a “meeting on demand” to expand the value of the recordings.
OLD BUSINESS: A new letter was sent to the NAWS Secretary informing her of our 2 representatives attending the Conference in Ohio in April.
NEW BUSINESS: Officer elections will take place at the Intergroup prior to the picnic in September. Please think about offering to be of service as an Officer for Intergroup. Come to the Intergroup meetings and see what is involved.
BIRTHDAYS: Jeff - 8 years, George - 15 years. Congratulations!
SECRETARY REPORT: The April report was read and approved as we did have a quorum.
CLOSING PRAYER: Jeff M. led us in the Serenity Prayer at 10:59 AM.
