MINUTES of SCINA Meeting - Sunday, February 20, 2022

SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA INTERGROUP OF NICOTINE ANONYMOUS (SCINA)

INTRODUCTIONS:  Bill H. called the meeting to order at 10:02 am with the Serenity Prayer followed by introductions.

WAS YOUR MEETING REPRESENTED?  Quorum was not met with 5 members in attendance.  The following meetings were represented: West Hollywood 001, Silver Lake 229, Laguna Beach 257, Studio City 273, San Diego 284 & 285 and Palm Springs 288.

TRADITIONS: Tradition #2, “For our group purpose there is but one ultimate authority-a loving God as He may express Himself in our group conscience. Our leaders are but trusted servants; they do not govern.” was read.

TREASURER’S REPORT:  

Balance from January report

Registrar January

Current available balance*

*$187.18

   -$10.63

  $176.55

Thanks to all the individuals who auto-debit monthly donations, whether it be $1, $5, or $10/month. 

*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 $750.55

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.  30 envelopes were addressed, and 35 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: No concerns at this time. Current balance in the literature account is $765.77.  

NICOTINE ANONYMOUS WORLD SERVICES (NAWS):  The 2022 World Services Conference will be held April 29-May 1, 2022. The planning committee is meeting today to make the final decision as to whether to move forward with the “in person” portion in Little Rock, Arkansas, or to keep it entirely virtual again this year. In either case, it will definitely be available at least online (via Zoom). Early bird registration through March 31st is $35 at this website: https://www.nicawsc2022.com/. For questions, contact conference registrar Brenda K at NicAWSC@gmail.com. If you are interested in serving as a delegate for SCINA at the “hybrid” World Services Conference please contact George O. at scinainfo@gmail.com. 

EVENTS:  No new news.

NEW MEETINGS:  No new meetings.

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.  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 68 visitors, 60 unique visits, and 122 page views. The top page views after the Welcome Page (40  views) were: Virtual Meeting Quick Reference (28 views), Google Calendar (21 views),  News and Updates, (13 views), Meeting List (6 views), including 1 visitor from New Zealand.

OLD BUSINESS: We discussed starting a new speaker meeting event in March 2023 (with food). Please come to the SCINA intergroup meetings to share your ideas. 

NEW BUSINESS: We need more delegates to represent Southern California in the upcoming World Services conference. 

BIRTHDAYS:  Christian B. 1 year, Jamie 1 year, Dylan 1 year, PeeDee 1 year, Rick W. 24 years

SECRETARY REPORT: February minutes were read and corrected, and were not approved due to lack of quorum.

CLOSING PRAYER:  Christian B. led us in the Serenity Prayer at 10:44 am.