MINUTES of SCINA Meeting - Sunday March 19, 2023
SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA INTERGROUP OF NICOTINE ANONYMOUS (SCINA) 

INTRODUCTIONS:  George O. called the meeting to order at 10:24 am with the Serenity Prayer followed by introductions.

WAS YOUR MEETING REPRESENTED?  Quorum was met with 13 members in attendance. The following meetings were represented: West Hollywood 001, Long Beach 012, Laguna Beach 257, Studio City 273, Palm Springs 283, and Palm Springs 288.

TRADITIONS: Tradition #3, “The only requirement for Nicotine Anonymous membership is a desire to stop using nicotine.” was read.

TREASURER’S REPORT:

Balance from February report $902.54

Mailbox renewal (P.O. Box) -120.00

H&I mailing (22 envelopes @ $0.57) -12.54

Registrar expenses – March -5.83

Current available balance* 764.17

We have $46.55 still in PayPal, which is not reflected above. Thank you to the individual members who contribute each month.

*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 $1000.68. 

REGISTRAR REPORT: No Changes were made to the Administration List.   No Meetings were added. or updated or removed. No H&I Listings were added, updated or removed.  32 Directories were printed and 27 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 February balance was $820.27.  A deposit of $15 for chips and literature was made on 3/8/23 making the current balance $835.27. 

NICOTINE ANONYMOUS WORLD SERVICES (NAWS):  The 38th Annual NicA World Services Conference will be hybrid via Zoom and in person in Baltimore, Maryland on April 21-23, 2023.  A special one-hour workshop for delegates will be held Sunday March 26, 2023 via Zoom at 11 am PT to review this year’s workshops and answer any questions.  View fliers for both on the home page of www.nicotine-anonymous.org.  If you are curious to see the delegates packet and what is being voted on this year, you can read it on the 2023 NAWS Conference website https://nicawsc.com/.  Swag is also available for purchase.

EVENTS: The SCINA Spring Event at the Marina Pacifica Fellowship is happening right now! Thanks to all who attended. 

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 91 visitors and 173 page views. The top page views after the Welcome Page (48 views) were Virtual Meeting Quick Reference (41 views), Meeting List/Directory (36 views), Google Calendar (16 views), News and Updates (14 views), Intergroup Meeting (8 views), and In-Person Meeting Quick Reference (3 views).

In addition to 87 visitors within the United States, we had 2 visitors from Romania, 1 visitor each from Ireland and Russia

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

OLD BUSINESS: We are still looking for delegates for the World Services conference in April. The current volunteers are Danielle N. and George O. We have four spaces available. Please notify George O. if interested at (562) 310-0874. Just as a reminder SCINA agreed to reimburse $25 of the $55 registration fee for each delegate.

NEW BUSINESS: No new business.

BIRTHDAYS: Angela P. 19 years! Yay!

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

CLOSING PRAYER:  Jean L. led us in the Serenity Prayer at 11:15 am.