MINUTES of SCINA Meeting - Sunday, September 19, 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 8 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 #9, “Nicotine Anonymous, as such, ought never be organized; but we may create service boards or committees directly responsible to those they serve.” was read.

TREASURER’S REPORT:  

Ending balance from August report *$221.63

Deposits (donations & Joshua tree registrations) +$574.92

Postage  (June, July & August)   -60.69

Registrar expenses (July & August)                                                     -29.32

Current available balance *$706.54

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

Savings account balance is $50.54

Many thanks to everyone for their generous donations the last few months. Several people gave extra when signing up for the Joshua Tree virtual retreat.  In total, we had 23 registrants ($230). Since June, we had donations from San Diego Meeting #285 (Tuesdays 7 pm) for $166.20 and $100 from Studio City Meeting #273.  I also want to thank Palm Springs Meeting #288 (Wednesday 5:30 pm) who intended to send SCINA $200, but inadvertently sent it to NAWS. I called the NAWS office manager, and he will be crediting SCINA for that donation. Bill H.

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 or updated.  Kaiser Permanente, Goldleaf Circle, Los Angeles was removed due to returned envelope.  33 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:  No new changes this month.  Current balance in the literature account is $765.77.  

WORLD SERVICES:  The 2nd quarter Nicotine Anonymous World Services (NAWS) officer’s board meeting will be Saturday, October 16th from 8:00 am - 1:30 pm PT.  All are welcome to attend. To receive an invite, email chairperson@nicotine-anonymous.org.  If you would like to become involved at the NAWS level or have any questions, please contact chair-emeritus Bill H. @ whca111@gmail.com. Note that there will be recommended changes to the bylaws at next year’s World Services Conference (WSC), which go out to delegates 90 days prior, so they will be requesting the SCINA delegate list by January.  If you are interested in serving as a delegate at next year’s WSC, please attend SCINA meeting for more details. Although the conference will be held April 29-May 1 in Little Rock, Arkansas, delegates may attend via Zoom.

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:  No report at this time.  Christian B. (323) 499-8122 has offered to take on this responsibility.  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 91 visitors, 80 unique visits, and 208 page views. The top pages viewed after the Welcome Page (78 views) were : Virtual Meeting Quick Reference (36), News and Updates, (24), Meeting List (24), and Google Calendar (19).

OLD BUSINESS:   No old business.  

NEW BUSINESS:  Officer elections were held September 19th at the Intergroup meeting.   George O. will continue as current Chairperson, Bill H. will continue as Treasurer,  Danielle N. was nominated and voted in as Secretary.  Christian B. (Morro Bay) has offered to take over Public Outreach. Also needed is someone for By Laws, and to accept the Chair-Elect commitment.  Thank you Officers & Chairpersons.  Please consider being of service. Thank you, Angela, for many years of dedicated service.

BIRTHDAYS:  Larry P. (20 years)

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

CLOSING PRAYER:  Danielle N. led us in the Serenity Prayer at 11:20 am.