MINUTES of SCINA Meeting - Sunday, December 19, 2021

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 not met with 6 members in attendance.  The following meetings were represented: West Hollywood 001,  Laguna Beach 257, Studio City 273, San Diego 284 & 285 and Palm Springs 288.

TRADITIONS: Tradition #12, “Anonymity is the spiritual foundation of all our traditions, ever reminding us to place principles before personalities.” was read.

TREASURER’S REPORT:  

Balance from October report      *$206.42

Donation from West Hollywood Meeting #1       $100.00

Donations from individuals        $125.90

Hospitals & Institutions Nov. mailing                 -$11.66

Registrar December       -$10.66

Subtotal            $410.00

Transfer to Savings account       -$200.00

as we need to build back up our prudent reserve of $1000

Current available balance           *$210.00

Thank you to all the individuals who donated. It really adds up!

*There is an additional $5,000 in checking account to avoid $18/month bank fee that we do not touch.
Savings account (prudent reserve) balance is $750.54

REGISTRAR REPORT: No changes were made to the Administration List.  No Meetings were added, updated or removed. All Meetings have USPS contact through their Secretary, their Representative, or email. No H&I Listings were added, updated or removed.  31 envelopes were addressed, and 35 Directories were printed.

COMMITTEE REPORTS:

HOSPITALS AND INSTITUTIONS:  We lost a snail mail contact at Huntington Memorial Hospital in Pasadena so Angela contacted them and has added them to her email list. 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):  NAWS is looking for volunteers to return calls from West Coast individuals who call looking for information or support.  If interested in being of service, please contact Jorie at TeleserviceCoordinator@nicotine-anonymous.org. She will forward you their phone messages and you can answer at your convenience. 

EVENTS:  Our Annual Marathon Meeting was held virtually on the Saturday before Thanksgiving, 11/20/2021 from 8:00 am to 5:00 pm.

NEW MEETINGS:  No new meetings.

PUBLIC 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:   Directory, Calendar, and News pages have been updated. In the past month, we had 58 visitors, 51 unique visits, and 120 page views. The top pages viewed after the Welcome Page (39  views) were: Virtual Meeting Quick Reference (30 views), Google Calendar (19 views),  Meeting List (18 views), News and Updates, (7 views).

OLD BUSINESS: We discussed “Carry the Message” day and remembered that it was moved to November. We will plan starting next August for November. 

NEW BUSINESS: JudiAh brought to our attention that there have been an increase in “zoom-bombing” at virtual Nicotine Anonymous meetings. We are looking into creating a flyer with helpful tips for preventing “zoom-bombing”. We will discuss this further next month. 

SAD NEWS:  From Angela P:  I called an old friend from NicA, Emil Lovati, who helped me when I was trying to quit 17 years ago and found out he passed away last year.  He used to attend the Newport Beach meeting #023, which later moved to Costa Mesa.  He was also an active participant in SCINA and served as Intergroup Chair in 2003 and 2004.  He would have had 32 years off nicotine on Monday 12/20/21.  I just wanted to acknowledge his service to Nicotine Anonymous and to keep him in our prayers. 

BIRTHDAYS:  Alan C. 21 years.

SECRETARY REPORT: December minutes were read and corrected, but could not be approved due to lack of quorum.

CLOSING PRAYER:  George O. led us in the Serenity Prayer at 11:03 am.