SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA INTERGROUP OF NICOTINE ANONYMOUS
INTRODUCTIONS: Angie B. 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 since we only had 6 attendees. The following meetings were represented: Costa Mesa 076, Fullerton 084, Sherman Oaks 185, Long Beach 231, and Bellflower 250.
TRADITIONS: Tradition #12, “Anonymity is the spiritual foundation of all our traditions, ever reminding us to place principles before personalities.” was read.
TREASURER REPORT: Our beginning balance was $427.55. Income: Marathon meeting $144.00, Donations: SCINA 7th tradition from October and November was $19.00, Group 247 ($15), Group 257 ($60), Group 231 ($100), total incoming $358.00. Outgoing expenses: Grasshopper $31.68, Secretary expenses $23.00, Registrar expense $31.02 - Total outgoing $85.72. Ending Balance: $699.83 (We have an additional $3,000 in our checking account that Stephen donated to avoid the $18/month Bank of America bank fee.) We also have $500.10 in our savings account as the prudent reserve.
REGISTRAR REPORT: John D. is Secretary and Angela P. has taken the H&I Chair position for SCINA. The 1st and 2nd Phone Contacts were added for Meeting 284. No Meetings were added, and no Meetings went dark. All Meetings have USPS contact through their Secretary, their Intergroup Representative, and/or e-mail. No H&I Listings were added, updated, or removed. 200 Directories and 44 envelopes were printed.
COMMITTEE REPORTS:
HOSPITALS AND INSTITUTIONS: Angela P. reports she was given an updated list of contacts that have dropped off of our mailing list over the years by Rick (Thank you Rick) and sent out a letter to the 6 asking them for a contact to send our meeting list to.
COMMUNICATIONS: The phone lines are running smoothly. No concerns at this time.
LITERATURE: This position is vacant. We need someone to be of service and fill this role. Literature was available at this meeting, but will not be available at future meetings unless someone takes the position.
WORLD SERVICES: Attached is a flyer and comments on a proposed update of Our Promises. This was presented by Checko at the VONR marathon meeting last Sunday (This was left out of last month’s mailing inadvertently). There is up-to-date internet guidelines posted online at the NicA site as well as an updated outreach booklet dealing with online social media, etc. There are service positions available for World Services. Particularly in need are volunteers to head a committee to catalog our Archives. Also, the Outreach Coordinator position will be available next month. There is a new NicA web servant who has replaced Sarah B just recently and her name is Jeannette S from the NY intergroup. Sign up for NicA News to receive the NAWS board minutes. You can sign up on the NicA Website. World Service is still looking for new meditations for a new book. Send them to DailyMeditations@nicotine-anonymous.org.
EVENTS: SCINA gave $10 worth of pamphlets to 6 Intergroup Reps, and 5 red books for Carry The Message in January, totalling $115. The annual Joshua Tree Retreat will be June 8-10, 2018. The 2018 Nicotine Anonymous World Services Conference will be held in New York April 20-22, 2018.
NEW MEETINGS: Gary reported he has not been contacted during the past month about any new meetings.
PUBLIC OUTREACH: No report.
SPEAKERS LIST: Invite a speaker to your meeting. Call for a list (949) 302-8465.
BYLAWS: No report.
SAN DIEGO OUTREACH AD HOC COMMITTEE: No report.
WORLD CONFERENCE AD HOC COMMITTEE: This committee held a phone meeting on November 26th. The committee is researching three locations (Long Beach - where the 2013 conference was held, Glendale, and one hotel near LAX). We are waiting to get quotes from each hotel.
Director of Web Operations: No report.
OLD BUSINESS: Gary M, John D, and Angie B went to Bank of America to have their names be assigned to the SCINA checking account since they are the three officers from SCINA. Thank you Angela being the Secretary for 5 years!
NEW BUSINESS: No new business.
BIRTHDAYS: Alan C. (17 years), Chad H. (4 years), and Emil (28 years).
SECRETARY REPORT: The SCINA meetings for April 2018 and June 2018 might be conference call meetings. A quorum was not met since we only had 6 members attend.
CLOSING PRAYER:Gary led us in the Serenity Prayer at 11:10 AM
