MINUTES of SCINA Meeting - Sunday, July 17, 2022

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 8 members in attendance. The following meetings were represented: West Hollywood 001, Long Beach 012, Laguna Beach 257, Studio City 273, San Diego 284 & 285, Palm Springs 288, and First Saturday 289.

TRADITIONS: Tradition #7 “Every Nicotine Anonymous group ought to be fully self-supporting, declining outside contributions.” was read.

TREASURER’S REPORT:

Balance from June report *$1,091.10

Donations (xfer from PayPal) 283.23

Current available balance* $1,374.33

Thanks to West Hollywood Meeting #1 for the $100 donation! The rest of the donations are from many individuals who donate less than $5 a month – Thanks to you for sustaining SCINA and proving that every little bit helps! No registrar or H&I expenses this month.

*There is an additional $5,000 in checking account that we do not touch to avoid $18/month bank fee. Savings account (prudent reserve) balance = $1000.60. If you make a donation from your meeting via PayPal, please notify Treasurer Bill H at whca111@gmail.com so we can thank your group here!

REGISTRAR REPORT: No Changes were made to the Administration List. No Meetings were added. Meeting 229, Silverlake, Friday 6:30 pm meeting time adjusted to 6:00 to include ½ hour from removed Candle-light Fellowship. Meeting 266, Joshua Tree, Monday 5:30 pm, Meeting ID and Passcode updated. 4 Meetings were Removed: Meeting 229, Silverlake, Friday 6:00 pm, Candle-light removed due to duplicated information. Meeting 250, Bellflower, Tuesday 7:00 pm, closed due to extended Covid precautions. Meeting 268, Costa Mesa, removed due to extended temporary closure. Meeting 284, San Diego, Thursday 7:00 pm, due to extended Covid precautions. The Meeting information for the removed Meetings is stored in a temporary file, and can be easily restored to the main List. 29 envelopes were addressed, and 35 Directories were printed.

COMMITTEE REPORTS:

HOSPITALS AND INSTITUTIONS: Please send additional email contacts (which don’t increase our postage costs) 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 1-877-879-6422 or 1-877-TRY-NICA.

LITERATURE: The current balance is $813.77.

NICOTINE ANONYMOUS WORLD SERVICES (NAWS): The first quarter board meeting was held Saturday, July 16th. Nothing new to report at this time. Inform your new members that www.nicotine-anonymous.org posts worldwide meetings – many phone and online meetings are happening all the time, you just have to convert to your time zone.

EVENTS: The site of the September 18th Intergroup Meeting/Officer Elections/Picnic is still pending. We expect to do our annual Marathon Meeting virtually on Saturday, November 19th.

NEW MEETINGS: No new meetings. If interested in starting a new meeting, call Gary 310-755-5582 and leave a message.

PUBLIC OUTREACH: If you’re interested in being of service and taking on the commitment of Public Outreach Chair, please contact George O. at (562) 310-0874. Send your Meeting Representative to the Intergroup meetings to tell us how we can help you.

BYLAWS: No report.

WEB OPERATIONS: Directory, Calendar, and News pages have been updated. In the past month, we had 119 visitors and 135 page views. Visits from June 18 through July 17 are up 61%. The top page views after the Welcome Page (46 views) were Meeting List/Directory (24 views), Virtual Meeting Quick Reference (23 views), News and Updates (14 views), Google Calendar (11 views), In-Person and Meeting List (6 views).

OLD BUSINESS: Danielle was unable to attend the meeting today, so we will check with her for her email list of responses regarding current meetings for next month. The only meetings that we know of which are face-to-face are the Glendale meeting Monday at 3:30, the Long Beach meeting on Monday at 6:00 and the Fullerton meeting on the first Saturday of the month at 4:00 pm. Rob, Gary and Jane will make calls to the phone contacts on our meeting list to confirm they are still active before we delete them.

NEW BUSINESS: No new business.

BIRTHDAYS: Bonnie H. 25 years, Nicol S. 3 years, Star F. 25 years, Leslie W. 8 years, Danielle N. 5 years, Gary B. 3 years, Sean C. 2 years, Amalia M. 2 years, John H. 1 year. Big happy birthday!!

SECRETARY REPORT: June minutes were approved, July minutes were read, corrected, and approved.

CLOSING PRAYER: Bill H. led us in the Serenity Prayer at 11:16 am.