MINUTES of SCINA Meeting - Sunday, August 15, 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, Silverlake 229, Laguna Beach 257, Studio City 273, Palm Desert 286 and Palm Springs 288.

TRADITIONS: Tradition #8, “Nicotine Anonymous should remain forever non-professional, but our service centers may employ special workers.” was read.

TREASURER’S REPORT:  

On July 31, 2021, Bill H joined chair George O., secretary Angela P., and outgoing treasurer John D. at the Bank of America in Norwalk to be added to the account as incoming treasurer and to remove John from the account.

Ending balance from June report *$22.37

Paypal transfer (donations & Joshua tree registrations) +$140.12

Personal donations/Joshua Tree by check +$60.00

Squarespace annual fee -$216.00

To balance **+215.14

Current available balance *$221.63

*Additional $5,000 in the account is used to avoid an $18/month bank fee that we do not touch ($5,221.63). Savings account balance is $50.54

**The “current available balance” accurately reflects what is in our bank account. As I just took over, I can’t tell where the error is, but at least it is in our favor. Perhaps the Squarespace fee had previously been reported but not yet withdrawn from the bank. Bill H.

REGISTRAR REPORT: No changes were made to the Administration List.  Meeting 284, Thursday 7:00pm, Saint Paul’s Cathedral, San Diego was added.  Meeting 285, Tuesday 7:00pm, Video Conference, San Diego, Meeting number was revised. No Meetings were removed.  All Meetings have USPS contact through their Secretary, their Representative, or email. No H&I Listings were added, updated or removed.  34 envelopes were addressed, and 40 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:  No new changes this month.  Current balance in the literature account is $765.77.  Bill H. is currently storing the Literature and Chips.

WORLD SERVICES:  Active chair John D. has resigned for health reasons, and 2019 chair Sharon C. was appointed by NAWS board to be officer-at-large serving as active chair. The recently-approved new meditation book has been formatted by the graphic artist and a beautiful cover was selected. It will now go to the printer and should be available within a few months. To receive NAWS news, subscribe to “NicA News Email Communications” at www.nicotine-anonymous.org under the “Newsletter” tab. There have been many recent upgrades to the website, so check it out.

EVENTS:  The virtual Joshua Tree retreat will be next Sunday August 22, 2021 from 9 am to 

4 pm PT via Zoom.  $10 registration requested via SCINA PayPal Donation button; then email Bill H. at whca111@gmail.com to receive meeting id and password.  See attached flyer for details.

We are not having our annual face-to-face picnic but we are having elections next month. Please consider being of service at the Intergroup level and taking on one of the open positions, such as Committee Chairs, Treasurer, Secretary, or Chairperson.

NEW MEETINGS:  No report.

PUBLIC OUTREACH:  No report at this time. If anyone is willing to take on or share the Public Outreach position, please contact John D. at (818) 618-1501.  We need more help with Intergroup 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:   All links to the Website are working as designed.  Directory and Calendar have been updated.

In the past month, we had 117 visitors, 105 unique visits, and 250 page views. The top pages viewed after the Welcome Page (90 views) were , Meeting List (35), Virtual Meeting Quick Reference (35) and Google Calendar (33).

The GoDaddy account is scheduled to automatically renew from the Literature account this month.  It will be $20.99 for the year and will be reimbursed from the SCINA account.

OLD BUSINESS:   No old business.  

NEW BUSINESS:  Officer elections will be held September 19th at the Intergroup meeting.  Please consider being of service.  George O. is current Chairperson, Bill H. just took over as Treasurer 2 months ago, Angela P. will be stepping down as Secretary.  Also needed is someone for Public Outreach and ByLaws.
BIRTHDAYS:  Bill H. (22 years).SECRETARY REPORT:  August minutes were read, corrected and approved.
CLOSING PRAYER: Christian B. led us in the Serenity Prayer at 10:52 am.