MINUTES of SCINA Meeting - Sunday November 20, 2022

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 not met with 5 members in attendance. The following meetings were represented: West Hollywood 001, Long Beach 012, Laguna Beach 257, San Diego 284 & 285.

TRADITIONS: Tradition #11 “Our public relations policy is based on attraction rather than promotion; we need always maintain personal anonymity at the level of press, radio, television, and films.”

TREASURER’S REPORT:

Balance from October report $1,082.40

Donations Received* 180.33

SCINA donation to World Services -200.00

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

Registrar expenses – November -10.77

Current available balance** 1,039.42

*Donations: I transferred $180.33 from our PayPal account to our bank account. These are mostly donations from individuals. Thank you to all who contributed! November is Gratitude month ~ consider making a personal donation to SCINA at scina.org

 **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 $1000.64. If you make a donation for your meeting via PayPal, please notify Treasurer Bill H at whca111@gmail.com so we can acknowledge your group here.

REGISTRAR REPORT: No Changes were made to the Administration List.  No Meetings were added.  Meeting 288, Palm Springs, Wednesday 5:30 pm, Video Conference Access information updated. Meeting 284, San Diego, Friday 7:00 pm, removed due to lack of support and participation.  No H&I Listings were added, updated or removed.  33 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 current balance is $820.27. 

NICOTINE ANONYMOUS WORLD SERVICES (NAWS):  The 2023 World Services Conference will be hybrid April 21-23 in Baltimore, Maryland and on Zoom. If you are interested in representing SCINA as a delegate, please come to our Intergroup meeting in December.

EVENTS: SCINA’s annual Marathon Meeting was held virtually on Saturday, November 19th. There were many attendees including local, national and international members.

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 105 visitors and 179 page views. The top page views after the Welcome Page (101 views), were Meeting List/Directory (21 views), Virtual Meeting Quick Reference (17 views), Google Calendar (16 views), News and Updates (10 views). In addition to the United States, we had visitors from Sweden, Japan, Italy, France, Spain and Finland.

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: Bill H is looking into a new SCINA event, perhaps a Speaker Meeting pizza party, to be held in the Spring, and will report back in December. 

The price for online attendance to the 2023 World Services Conference has increased to $55. Bill H suggests SCINA reimburses its seven allotted delegates a portion of the registration fee, perhaps $20 or $25.

NEW BUSINESS: No new business.

BIRTHDAYS: Jane H. 24 years and Gary M. 24 years.

SECRETARY REPORT: November minutes were read and corrected, but due to no quorum were not approved.

CLOSING PRAYER:  Gary M. led us in the Serenity Prayer at 10:43 am.