MINUTES of SCINA Meeting - Sunday October 16, 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 7 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.

TRADITIONS: Tradition #10 “Nicotine Anonymous has no opinion on outside issues, hence the Nicotine Anonymous name ought never be drawn into public controversy.”

TREASURER’S REPORT:

Balance from September report $1,138.11

Donations 125.00

Zoom Renewal -157.40

H&I mailing (22 envelopes @ $0.57) -12.54

Registrar expenses – October -10.77

Current available balance* $1082.40

Donations: Received cash at the picnic - $100 from Monday 6 pm Long Beach meeting and $25 from the Tuesday Bellflower meeting. Thank You!

A motion was made and passed to donate $200 to NAWS and will be reflected in next month’s treasurer’s report.

*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 is $1000.63. If you make a donation for your meeting via PayPal, please notify me (Treasurer Bill H) at whca111@gmail.com so we can acknowledge your group here.

REGISTRAR REPORT: No Changes were made to the Administration List. Meeting 291, Pathfinders Alano Club, Los Angeles, Thursday 5:30 pm, was added. Meeting 275, Covina, Wednesday 6:30 pm, Meeting name, Phone Contact information and Video Conference Access information updated. Meeting 288, Palm Springs, Wednesday 5:30 pm, Video Conference Access information updated. No Meetings were removed. No H&I Listings were added, updated or removed. 33 Directories were printed and 27 envelopes addressed.

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. The current balance is $813.77.

NICOTINE ANONYMOUS WORLD SERVICES (NAWS): The quarterly NAWS Board meeting was held Friday, October 14th. NAWS will be recreating their website on WordPress and are looking for volunteers with experience to help keep the site maintained. NAWS will be releasing audiobook versions of The Book and Reflections on Freedom next year on Faraway Voices app. Volunteer opportunities include Archives Coordinator, Public Outreach Coordinator, and someone to lead up OnDemand Publishing so our literature can be printed overseas without incurring huge shipping costs. The 2023 World Services Conference will be hybrid April 21-23 in Baltimore, Maryland and on Zoom. There will be votes to update four areas of the bylaws this year. If you are interested in representing SCINA as a delegate, please come to our Intergroup meetings so we can get to know you. For more information, contact Chair-Emeritus Bill H. at whca111@gmail.com.

EVENTS: The annual picnic was held this year on September 18th with 15 members of the fellowship attending. We will be holding our annual Marathon Meeting virtually on Saturday, November 19th. The flier was approved and will be going out with the next mailing. If your group is willing to host a meeting please contact Angela at (949) 302-8465.

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.

John D. is in charge of the shared Zoom account for SCINA. Please contact him at (818) 618-1501 if you have any questions.

OLD BUSINESS: Discussion about the Speaker Meeting event in the Spring will continue.

NEW BUSINESS: The price for online attendance to the 2023 World Services Conference has increased to $55. A discussion was had about paying a portion of our delegate’s registration fee. Further discussion will be held closer to the conference.

BIRTHDAYS: Ken from Ottawa has 1 year, Hadi D. has 1 year, Paul F. has 2 years.

SECRETARY REPORT: October minutes were read and approved.

CLOSING PRAYER: Gary M. led us in the Serenity Prayer at 11:09 am.