MINUTES of SCINA Meeting - Sunday, February 16, 2020

SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA INTERGROUP OF NICOTINE ANONYMOUS (SCINA)

INTRODUCTIONS:  George O. called the meeting to order at 10:21 am with the Serenity Prayer followed by introductions.

WAS YOUR MEETING REPRESENTED?  Quorum was met with 9 members in attendance.  The following meetings were represented:  Long Beach 012, Silverlake 229, Long Beach 231, Laguna Beach 257, Studio City 273, and Irvine 287.

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. 

TREASURER’S REPORT:

Treasurer’s report is tabled until next month due to the Treasurer not being present.  This is the preliminary report that was presented.

Donations (Meeting #12 - Long Beach)                                            +117.00

Grasshopper Phone Service                                                                  -31.96

Mail Box Express                                                                                 -55.00

Deposit for Joshua Tree Retreat                                                      -1,000.00

Current available balance                                                                *$900.26

*Additional $3,000 in the account is used to avoid $18/month bank fee that we do not touch.

REGISTRAR REPORT: No changes were made to the Administration List.  No meetings were added, updated or removed.  All Meetings have USPS contact through their Secretary, their Representative, or email. No H&I Listings were added, updated, or removed.  37 envelopes were addressed, and 90 Directories were printed.

COMMITTEE REPORTS:

HOSPITALS AND INSTITUTIONS:  Please send additional email contacts for our meeting list; ask your doctors and dentists.  For more information, or to be of service, call Angela P. at (949) 302-8465 or angela.socal9@gmail.com.

COMMUNICATIONS:  The phone lines are running smoothly.  No concerns at this time.   For more information, or to be of service, please call George O. at (562) 310-0874. 

LITERATURE:  We need a volunteer for the Literature position at SCINA.  Please consult your Higher Power, and if interested, please contact George O. at (562) 310-0874 or come to one of our Intergroup meetings.  The current balance in the literature account is $1,171.46. 

WORLD SERVICES:  Registration is now open for the Nicotine Anonymous 35th Annual World Services Conference to be held April 24-26, 2020 in Lancaster, PA. The theme for 2020 is “We Can See Clearly Now.” For information and to register, https://nicotine-anonymous.org/ 

Literature: Books will be going up by $1 and pamphlets by $0.05. Next NAWS board meeting 3/28/20 Sat 11 am to 1 pm est. Anyone can attend this meeting via zoom.  Minutes from recent board meetings will be on two-talk. Sign up at  http://nicotine-anonyous.org/nica-news-email-communications.html    NAWS Gift of Gratitude - http://nicotine-anonymous.org/gift-of-gratitude.html reminder for donations needed for NicA to be self-supporting. Donate $10 monthly and get a subscription of Seven Minutes mailed to you.      All delegates must be registered 30 days prior to the conference.  If you are interested in being a delegate, please contact George O. at (562) 310-0874 before March 15th for approval.  Delegates can attend the conference via zoom but they will have to pay registration.  $35 before March 25th and $45 after March 25th to register.

EVENTS:  The March meeting of the month is West Hollywood #001, Monday. See attached flyer.  SAVE THE DATE:  The 21st Annual Joshua Tree Retreat will be held June 12-14, 2020 at the JTRC Ding Le Mei house. A flyer will be distributed soon.  If your meeting is interested in hosting an event, please work with us so we can help advertise the event.

NEW MEETINGS: If you want to start a new meeting, you can find information and receive a free packet at www.nicotine-anonymous.org.  Call Gary M. with questions (310) 755-5582.

PUBLIC OUTREACH:  If anyone is willing to take on or share the Public Outreach position, please contact John D. at (818) 618-1501.  We need more help with Intergroup outreach.  Send your Meeting Representative to the Intergroup meetings to tell us how we can help you. The point of contact is needed.

SPEAKERS LIST:  Invite a speaker to your meeting.  Call (949) 302-8465 for a list.

BY LAWS:  A motion was made and approved to change the wording in the bylaws Article VI, Officers, Section C-10 of the Southern California Intergroup of Nicotine Anonymous Bylaws “Maintain a prudent cash reserve of six months expenses plus any identifiable non-recurring expenses and distribute any excess periodically to Nicotine Anonymous World Services.”

WEB OPERATIONS:  Rick W. is still working on the design of the web page.

OLD BUSINESS:  SCINA is looking into doing a SWOT analysis to see how we can update ourselves to do a better job for the Fellowship.  Please offer your input at our next meetings.

NEW BUSINESS:  JudiAh is looking into coordinating an outreach article in a 12-step magazine.

BIRTHDAYS:  Angie 3 years; Sparky 15 years; Rick 22 years.  Happy birthday!

SECRETARY REPORT:  February Minutes were read and corrected.  Motion was made to approve them as we did have a quorum.

CLOSING PRAYER:  Marlo led us in the Serenity Prayer at 11:37 am.