MINUTES of SCINA Meeting - Sunday, May 16, 2021
SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA INTERGROUP OF NICOTINE ANONYMOUS (SCINA)
INTRODUCTIONS: George O. called the meeting to order at 10:01 am with the Serenity Prayer followed by introductions.
WAS YOUR MEETING REPRESENTED? Quorum was met with 10 members in attendance. The following meetings were represented: West Hollywood 001, Silverlake 229, Laguna Beach 257, Studio City 273, San Diego 284, Palm Desert 286 and Palm Springs 288.
TRADITIONS: Tradition #5, “Each group has but one primary purpose - to carry its message to the nicotine addict who still suffers.” was read.
TREASURER’S REPORT:
Ending balance from March report $766.69
Paypal transfer +245.36
Secretary expense-postage (March & April) -36.50
Registrar expenses (March $14.74 & April $14.70) -29.44
Current available balance *$946.11
*Additional $3,000 in the account is used to avoid an $18/month bank fee that we do not touch. This fee structure might change, because B of A sent an alert to our account. However, John D. will visit B of A to see if any changes are happening. The alert said the fee would be $18/month unless a $5,000 balance was maintained.
REGISTRAR REPORT: No changes were made to the Administration List. No Meetings were added or removed. Meeting 229, Silverlake Friday Evening, Representative information updated. All Meetings have USPS contact through their Secretary, their Representative, or email. No H&I Listings were added, updated or removed. 35 envelopes were addressed, and 40 Directories were printed. When changes are required to the printed version of our meeting list, the deadline to submit corrections is the 10th each month.
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: No concerns at this time, any questions or concerns can be directed to SCINAinfo@gmail.com. We are now printing the NAWS 800 number on our meeting lists. 1-877-879-6422 or 1-877-TRY-NICA.
LITERATURE: No report. The current balance in the literature account is $721.77.
WORLD SERVICES: The new pamphlet “Freedom from Vaping Nicotine” can be read on https://www.nicotine-anonymous.org/pamphlets. To be informed about what is going on at World Services, you may subscribe for free to NicA News at this link: https://www.nicotine-anonymous.org/nica-news-email-communications
EVENTS: The virtual Joshua Tree event will be one day only, Sunday August 22, 2021 for $10 registration. Details coming soon.
Our picnic will be held September 18, 2021 and we will have Officer elections. Please consider being of service at the Intergroup level.
NEW MEETINGS: No report.
PUBLIC OUTREACH: No report at this time. 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. If your meeting has been interrupted due to the shutdown, please see our meeting list for meetings which are still getting together online and conference calls.
SPEAKERS LIST: Invite a speaker to your meeting. Call (949) 302-8465 for a list.
BYLAWS: No report.
WEB OPERATIONS: It was noted that www.SCINA.org domain name is not valid at this time, however SCINA.org will link directly to our www.QuitNowLA.com site.
We had 193 visitors, 179 unique visits, and 338 page views. The top pages viewed after the Welcome Page (111 views) were Meeting List (68), Google Calendar (47), and Virtual Meeting Quick Reference (47).
OLD BUSINESS: No old business.
NEW BUSINESS: Christian B. made a motion to have Bill H. assume the Treasurer position. Rick W. seconded. A vote was held and it was passed. Thank you Bill for volunteering. Thank you, John, for your service and good luck on your position with World Services.
Bill H. will check on using Venmo for donations. George O. will take over the ZOOM account from John D.
BIRTHDAYS: Terry S. 1 year, Reese N. 2 years; Stella E. 3 years; Peter H. 28 years; Ethlie V. 30 years; William 38 years. Celebrating 102 years smober.
SECRETARY REPORT: May minutes were read, corrected and approved.
CLOSING PRAYER: Bill H. led us in the Serenity Prayer at 10:49 am.
