MINUTES of SCINA Meeting - Sunday, July 16, 2023
SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA INTERGROUP OF NICOTINE ANONYMOUS (SCINA) 

INTRODUCTIONS:  George O. called the meeting to order at 10:01 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: Laguna Beach 257, Palm Springs 283 and 288.

TRADITIONS: Tradition #7, “Every Nicotine Anonymous group ought to be fully self-supporting, declining outside contributions.” was read.

TREASURER’S REPORT:

Balance from June report $1,154.40

Contributions Received 11.76

Contribution to NAWS -250.00

H&I mailing* -20.40
Registrar expenses (July) -10.60

Current available balance** 885.16

*H&I mailing should be $15.60 a month, but was paid $13.20 for the last two months. So $2.40 (May) + $2.40 (June) + $15.60 (July) = $20.40 bring us current.
**There is an additional $5,000 in the checking account that we do not touch to avoid $18/month bank fee. Savings account (prudent reserve) balance is $1000.72.  

REGISTRAR REPORT: The Administration List was updated to reflect Reese N. becoming Secretary.  No Meetings were added, updated or removed.  No H&I Listings were added, updated or removed.  30 Directories were printed and 26 envelopes addressed.

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. The current balance is $835.27.  The bank account has changed from Union Bank to US Bank and George still needs to visit to get a pin number for the bank card.

NICOTINE ANONYMOUS WORLD SERVICES (NAWS): The Voices of Nicotine Recovery (VONR) Intergroup is hosting marathon meetings from 6 am – 1 pm PT on Saturday July 22, titled “Journey through the 12 Steps.” The flier with log-in information is posted at https://voicesofnicotinerecovery.com/events. The NAWS Board meeting will be held July 29th at 8 am PT. Email chairperson@nicotine-anonymous.org for an invite.

EVENTS: We will not have a Joshua Tree Retreat this year, but hope to renew this annual event next year. The annual picnic will be September 17th and George O. will look for a park to host the picnic.  Details forthcoming!

NEW MEETINGS: If interested in starting a new meeting, call Gary 310-755-5582 and leave a message.

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. 

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 89 visitors and 145 page views.  The top sources of traffic were 85 direct contacts, 2 referred from publichealth.lacounty.gov, 1 from Google search, and 1 from TOR Exit Node.

John D. oversees the shared Zoom account for SCINA. Please contact him at (818) 618-1501 if you have any questions.

OLD BUSINESS: Reese N. will be taking over as Intergroup Secretary.  Due to lack of a quorum, the vote will be tabled to accept him until next month.

NEW BUSINESS: No new business.

SAD NEWS:  It is with heavy hearts that we report the passing of Matt Tierney who had about 30 years off nicotine.  He was a regular Intergroup attendee in 1992/3 representing the Newport Beach 015 meeting and was of service to our group many times before he moved to Florida.  He will be sorely missed.  Our prayers go out to all his family and friends.  Kenny Mac. provided the following link to Matt's last recorded share, 30 minutes long. https://fccdl.in/6mqedkhNY0  Rodger S. was his first sponsor and he said Mike M. who was Chairperson of SCINA in 1992 was also his sponsor.  Matt Tierney was pretty much pure SCINA.

BIRTHDAYS: Sean C. (3 years) Congratulations!            

SECRETARY REPORT: The July minutes were read, corrected and not approved as quorum was not met. Additionally, May and June minutes still need to be approved.

CLOSING PRAYER:  George O. led us in the Serenity Prayer at 10:46 am.