MINUTES of SCINA Meeting - Sunday September 18, 2022

SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA INTERGROUP OF NICOTINE ANONYMOUS (SCINA)

INTRODUCTIONS: George O. called the meeting to order at 10:05 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: West Hollywood 001, Long Beach 012, Laguna Beach 257, Studio City 273, San Diego 284 & 285, Palm Springs 288., First Saturday (289).

TRADITIONS: Tradition #9 “Nicotine Anonymous as such ought never be organized; but we may create service boards or committees directly responsible to those they serve.”

TREASURER’S REPORT:

Balance from August report $1,160.86

Donation by check 25.00

Donations (xfer from PayPal) 111.93

Mailbox renewal (6 months) -120.00

GoDaddy domain name renewal -21.17

Registrar Expenses -5.97

H&I Mailing -12.54

Current available balance* $1,138.11

*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 $1000.62. 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 290, Westside Alano Club, Los Angeles, Wednesday 7:45 pm is added. Have not yet received requested Phone Contact and Secretary/Representative information. No Meetings have been updated and no Meetings have been removed. No H&I Listings were added, updated or removed. 27 envelopes were addressed, and 33 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: There is a new meditation book, “Reflections on Freedom” for sale at nicotine-anonymous.org. The current balance is $813.77.

NICOTINE ANONYMOUS WORLD SERVICES (NAWS): The person currently in charge of the NAWS website would like to step down. Anyone with experience who would like to step up is encouraged to do so. The next Board meeting is October 14th (Friday at 8 am PT). All are welcome to attend. For both matters, please contact Sharon C, chairperson@nicotine-anonymous.org.

EVENTS: The picnic will follow this meeting. The SCINA meeting and election of officers will be held first. We expect to do our annual Marathon Meeting virtually on Saturday, November 19th. Angela is going to work on a flyer for the Marathon Meeting.

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 69 visitors and 139 page views. The top page views after the Welcome Page (55 views) were Virtual Meeting Quick Reference (38 views), Meeting List/Directory (15 views), News and Updates (14 views), Google Calendar (14 views). 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: We discussed setting up a Speaker Meeting event in the Spring.

NEW BUSINESS: Another face-to-face meeting has been added on Wednesday at 7:45 (290) in Los Angeles at the Westside Alano Club. Joseph W. donated $25, chips and literature from 2 dark meetings, the Bell Flower and the Saturday Long Beach meeting. The current officers have agreed to continue, George O., Danielle N. and Bill H. Thank you for your service. We have several positions available at the intergroup level, please consider being of service.

BIRTHDAYS: Larry P. from the West Hollywood meeting has 21 years, Mary P. has 29 years.

SECRETARY REPORT: September minutes were read and approved.

CLOSING PRAYER: Mary P. led us in the Serenity Prayer at 11:08 am.