MINUTES of SCINA Meeting - Sunday, October 17, 2021

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, 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.” was read.

TREASURER’S REPORT:  

Balance from September report                                              *$706.54

Deposit of money found in treasurer’s satchel                       +$84.00

Zoom annual fee (renewal period 9/21/21 - 9/21/22)             -$157.40

Registrar September                                                               -$13.92

GoDaddy Domain Renewal (repayment to literature acct.)   -$21.17

Subtotal                                                                                   $598.05

Transfer to Savings account                                                   $300.00

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

Current available balance                                                       *$298.05

*We have an additional $5,000 in checking account to avoid $18/month bank fee that we do not touch. 

Savings account balance is $350.54

REGISTRAR REPORT: On the Administration List, Danielle N. is Secretary, and Christian B. is Public Outreach Chair.  No Meetings were added or removed.  Meeting 275, Covina, USPS Mailing and e-mail contact information updated.  All Meetings have USPS contact through their Secretary, their Representative, or email. No H&I Listings were added or updated.  Harbor UCLA Medical Center, West Carson, Torrance was removed due to a returned envelope.  32 envelopes were addressed, and 35 Directories were printed.When changes are required to the printed version of our meeting list, the deadline to submit corrections is the 10th each month.

 

COMMITTEE REPORTS:

HOSPITALS AND INSTITUTIONS:  Please send additional email contacts 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.  We are now printing the NAWS 800 number on our meeting lists.  1-877-879-6422 or 1-877-TRY-NICA.

LITERATURE:  $21.17 was automatically deducted from the Literature account to renew our GoDaddy website.  SCINA has reimbursed the Literature account.  George O was able to change the GoDaddy payment method to the SCINA account for next year’s renewal.  Current balance in the literature account is $765.77.  The literature account is held at Union Bank, however George O. was notified that Union Bank was recently acquired by U.S. Bank.  Both banks are currently operating separately, but will transition to U.S. Bank within the next few months.

WORLD SERVICES:  The Nicotine Anonymous World Services (NAWS) second quarter officer’s board meeting was held Saturday, October 16th.  A new website improvement committee is being formed for www.nicotine-anonymous.org. If you would like an invite to the inaugural meeting, please contact chair-emeritus Bill H. @ whca111@gmail.com.  We are also looking for individuals with successful hybrid meeting experience to attend the NAWS World Services Conference (WSC) planning committee on the fourth Saturday of the month at 10 am PT.  WSC 2022 will be April 29-May 1 in Little Rock, Arkansas. If you are interested in serving as a SCINA delegate at next year’s WSC, even remotely, please attend the SCINA Intergroup meeting for more details. 

EVENTS:  Our Annual Marathon Meeting will be held virtually on the Saturday before Thanksgiving, 11/20/2021 from 9:00 am to 5:00 pm.  Please call Angela P. at (949) 302-8465 to volunteer to host one of the hours of the Marathon Meeting.  We hope to have a flyer soon.

NEW MEETINGS:  No report.

PUBLIC OUTREACH: Christian B. added posts to Twitter and Facebook. 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 76 visitors, 69 unique visits, and 175 page views. The top pages viewed after the Welcome Page (68 views) were : Meeting List (29), Virtual Meeting Quick Reference (27), Google Calendar (25), and News and Updates, (14).

OLD BUSINESS:   No old business.  

NEW BUSINESS:  No new business.

BIRTHDAYS:  Paul F. (1 year), Rob R. (1 year), Jim G. (12 years)

SECRETARY REPORT: October minutes were read, corrected and approved.

CLOSING PRAYER:  Angela P. led us in the Serenity Prayer at 11:02 am.