MINUTES of SCINA Meeting - Sunday, May 15, 2022

SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA INTERGROUP OF NICOTINE ANONYMOUS (SCINA)

INTRODUCTIONS: George O. called the meeting to order at 10:00 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 and Palm Springs 288, Nic at Night 289.

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:

Balance from March report* $168.63

Donation from Studio City 273 251.00

H&I Mailing – Mar & Apr -23.32

Registrar April -10.63

Current available balance** **$385.68

*No treasury report in April. **There is an additional $5,000 in our checking account that we do not touch to avoid $18/month bank fee. Savings account (prudent reserve) balance is $750.58.

Studio City Meeting #273 previously decided to remain permanently online only. Last week, they voted to stop collecting 7th Tradition since they have no expenses and donate what they had to SCINA Intergroup. Thank You!

REGISTRAR REPORT: No changes were made to the Administration List. Meeting 289, “Nic at Night”, First Saturday of the month at 8:00 pm on Video/Call-in Conference was added. No Meetings were updated or removed. All Meetings have USPS contact through their Secretary, their Representative, or email. No H&I Listings were added, updated or removed. 30 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: No concerns at this time. Current balance in the literature account is $765.77.

NICOTINE ANONYMOUS WORLD SERVICES (NAWS): The 2022 World Services Conference was held April 29-May 1, 2022 with several SCINA delegates Zooming in for this successful hybrid meeting. Bill H. attended in person (Little Rock, AR) for his last year on the NAWS Board. Nine motions were passed, including a NicA Meeting Etiquette Card, Group Inventory list, gender neutral revisions to existing literature (books and pamphlets), and a revised pamphlet “For Concerned Friends and Family of Nicotine Users,” which will replace “Are You Concerned About Someone Who Smokes or Chews Tobacco?” To receive minutes from the Board Meeting and Delegate meetings, subscribe to NicA News (free) at this link: https://www.nicotine-anonymous.org/nica-news-email-communications.

EVENTS: If a picnic is determined for September, George R. proposed Carlson Park in Culver City as a possible location. Danielle N. will find out if San Diego is interested in hosting the picnic this year (3rd Saturday of September).

The Joshua Tree Retreat Center has refunded our $1,000 deposit that we paid them in February 2020. Thanks to Jane H. for picking that up. We will deposit in our checking account this week and reflect that in next month’s treasury report.

NEW MEETINGS: Nic at Night (289) is now meeting on the 1st Saturday of every month from 8:30 pm to 10:00 pm.

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.

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

BYLAWS: No report.

WEB OPERATIONS: Directory, Calendar, and News pages have been updated. In the past month, we had 108 visitors, 104 unique visits, and 571 page views. Most of the views were from the United States (97), followed by Canada (10), and Great Britain (1). The top page views after the Welcome Page (55 views) were Virtual Meeting Quick Reference (18 views), Meeting List (16 views), News and Updates (10 views), The Original Meeting - Speaker Shares (9), and Google Calendar (8 views).

OLD BUSINESS: There was discussion regarding starting a new speaker meeting event in March 2023 (with food). There were concerns about hosting a meeting indoors. We will look for possible locations and discuss further next month.

NEW BUSINESS: John D. recommended that we volunteer to host the World Services Conference in 2025. The last times SCINA hosted the conference was in 2013 and 2019. We will vote at the June 2022 SCINA meeting about hosting the World Services Conference in 2025.

SAD NEWS: Carrie White and Barry Goldstein from the West Hollywood group have recently passed away. Carrie was a dynamic speaker and she is known for saying “You can’t get well with the same head that made you sick”. Barry was a long-time Nicotine Anonymous member and provided scholarships for the Joshua Tree Retreat every year. Our condolences go out to their family and friends.

BIRTHDAYS: Four anniversaries from the Wednesday Palm Spring Meeting: Stella E. (4 years), Reese N. (3 years), Terry S. (2 years), Jeff M. (1 year). Also, William of Huntington Beach celebrates 39 years off nicotine.

SECRETARY REPORT: May minutes were approved.

CLOSING PRAYER: Angela P. led us in the Serenity Prayer at 11:21 am.