MINUTES - March 17, 2019

SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA INTERGROUP OF NICOTINE ANONYMOUS (SCINA)

INTRODUCTIONS:  George O. called the meeting to order at 10:11 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:  Costa Mesa 76, Fullerton 84, Studio City 273, Long Beach 231 and Laguna Beach 257.

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

Chairperson’s report:  SCINA will use the 7th tradition to provide food as long as we are having World Conference Committee meetings.

TREASURER REPORT:  

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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.    40 envelopes were addressed, and 100 Directories were printed.

COMMITTEE REPORTS:

HOSPITALS AND INSTITUTIONS:  No one has contacted us asking for a panel.  I haven’t received any new contacts to add to our H&I list.  If you have any hospitals or institutions we can add to our monthly email please let us know.  For more information, or to be of service, please call Angela P. at (949) 302-8465 or email angela.socal9@gmail.com.

COMMUNICATIONS:  The phone lines are running smoothly.  No concerns at this time.   For more information, or to be of service, please call George O. at (562) 310-0874.  City of Hope called and wanted to do an event in June and include Nicotine Anonymous.  It’s an event about promoting quitting smoking.

LITERATURE:  The current balance in the literature account is $670.54.  We are looking for someone to take over the literature commitment.  If interested, please contact George O. (562) 310-0874 or come to one of our intergroup meetings to learn more about the position.  We have a full inventory of all chips and literature now available at the SCINA meetings every month.

WORLD SERVICES:  No report.

EVENTS:  The World Conference will be May 3-5, 2019.  To register, please visit:  http://nicawsc.homestead.com/.  Please let one of us know if you can be of service at or before the Conference in some way, and/or you want to be a delegate at the conference.  Commitment cards have been sent out and a few people contacted us who are willing to be of service.  We still need many more to help volunteer.  Contact John D. at (818) 618-1501 if you can help.  The 2019 SCINA Joshua Tree Retreat will be July 12-14, 2019.  “Serenity Under The Stars” is the theme - contact Bill or Jane if you would like to lead a workshop.

NEW MEETINGS:  No new meetings.

PUBLIC OUTREACH:  If anyone is willing to take on or share the Public Outreach position, please contact John D. at (818) 618-1501.  We need more help with outreach.  The World Services Outreach Committee meets on the phone on the 2nd Wednesday of every month at 5 pm Pacific Time.  Contact Jeff M. for details at (760) 401-6503 or jeffinjt@gmail.com

SPEAKERS LIST:  Invite a speaker to your meeting.  Call (949) 302-8465 for a list.

BY LAWS:  No changes at this time.

Director of Web Operations:   No report.  Still looking for someone to take over for Brian K.  If interested, contact George O. at 562-310-0874

WORLD CONFERENCE AD HOC COMMITTEE:  Registration is now open!  Sign up before April 1st to get discounted rate.  Please see Minutes from World Service Ad Hoc Committee meeting (attached) that was held on Sunday, March 17th.  The committee meets at 11:30 am on the 3rd Sunday every month immediately following SCINA’s Regular Monthly Meeting.  We need your help in planning the World Conference.  Please contact the Chair of the World Conference Ad Hoc Committee, John D., at conferenceinfo2019@gmail.com or by phone at (818) 618-1501.  We need volunteers!  The Conference will be held May 3-5, 2019.

OLD BUSINESS:  We discussed moving the SCINA meeting to Sunday, July 14 at the Retreat in Joshua Tree instead of July 21st; decision was made to not move the meeting date.  John D. offered to bring chips and literature to sell at the retreat.  

NEW BUSINESS:  It was moved and approved to change the Intergroup meeting in April to the 2nd Sunday (Palm Sunday), April 14th due to the 3rd Sunday being Easter.  Motion was made and approved that the following delegates represent SCINA at the World Conference:  Michael U., George O., Angela P., Bill H., Mary P., Jeff M., and John D.  John D. will send letter to Secretary of NAWS confirming this.

BIRTHDAYS:  Angela P. 15 years.  John D. 6 years.  Robb 8 years.  Congratulations!

SECRETARY REPORT:  Motion was made and approved to accept the Minutes for the February and March SCINA meetings.

CLOSING PRAYER:   Angela P. led us in the Serenity Prayer at 11:35 am.

MINUTES - May 20, 2018

MINUTES of SCINA Meeting - May 20, 2018

SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA INTERGROUP OF NICOTINE ANONYMOUS (SCINA)

INTRODUCTIONS:  Angie B. called the meeting to order at 10:08 am with the Serenity Prayer followed by introductions.

WAS YOUR MEETING REPRESENTED? Quorum was met with 9 members in attendance.  The following meetings were represented (some members might represent more than one meeting):  Costa Mesa 76, Fullerton 84, Sherman Oaks 185, Silverlake 229, Long Beach 231, and San Diego 284.

TRADITIONS: Tradition #5, “Each group has but one primary purpose - to carry its message to the Nicotine addict who still suffers.” was read.

TREASURER REPORT:  Beginning balance $617.50, plus incoming 7th tradition to SCINA $16.00 equals $633.50.  Also received checks for retreat (Angela $185.00 and Bill H $285.00 equals $470.00).  This is set aside for the Retreat.  May Expenses: $500 Retreat deposit for the caterer, Grasshopper $32.34 and Registrar expense of $15.82 and Secretary expense of $30.00 is a total expense of $578.16. The Balance of $633.50 minus expenses of $578.16 equals $55.34 which is our beginning balance into June (our actual balance is $3,055.34, which includes $3,000 that Stephen donated to avoid the $18/month bank fee). 

REGISTRAR REPORT:   No changes were made on the Administration List.  No Meeting information was updated, and no meetings were added or removed.  All Meetings have USPS contact through their Secretary, their Representative, or email. No H&I Listings were updated, or removed.  American Cancer Society, Pasadena, was removed due to undeliverable address.  42 envelopes were addressed, and 100 Directories were printed.

COMMITTEE REPORTS:

HOSPITALS AND INSTITUTIONS:  Angela P. reports 2 people have offered to help with panel requests.  For more information or to be of service, please call Angela P. at (949) 302-8465.  Lucero Marquez of Long Beach Dept of Health & Human Services, Tobacco Education Program contacted me about adding the SCINA website and phone number to their flyers.  A motion was made, and approved unanimously, to donate monthly $4 of our literature (8 ea. of Introducing Nicotine Anonymous and Facing the Fatal Attraction) to them to be delivered by George O. who kindly agreed.

COMMUNICATIONS:  The phone lines are running smoothly.  No concerns at this time.

LITERATURE:  Brian K will meet with Halli this week to transfer the name on the Union Bank account.  The Northern California Intergroup has offered to sell chips to any member of Nicotine Anonymous.  For more information, please visit their website at:  http://www.nica-norcal.org/.  Their order form is with this link:  http://www.nica-norcal.org/chips-order-form.pdf.

WORLD SERVICES:   At the Nicotine Anonymous World Conference last month, there was a vote to continue the item to make changes to The Promises, so no changes have been made.  Allowing all members and delegates to vote was discussed.  This would require a change to the bylaws to make the change.  The NAWS Board is looking at how to open the conference remotely via computer (Web Ex or similar).  Grati-Grams were used as a fundraiser at the World Conference.

EVENTS:  The 19th annual SCINA Joshua Tree Retreat is in two weeks: June 8-10, 2018.  Nine people have paid, seven have RSVPed with a promise to pay.  We need at least nine more people to break even. Reminder: If you pay with credit card via PayPal, add $5 to cover the fee and email us as the system does not auto-notify.  We are hoping to deposit all checks before that weekend, as Bill is no longer treasurer. See flyer for details. Questions? Call Jane H. (442) 324-2373 or Bill H. (818) 800-3449.   George R. reserved Rush Park in Rossmore for our annual Picnic in September.  The annual picnic is Sunday, September 16.

NEW MEETINGS:  There are no new meetings.

PUBLIC OUTREACH:  No updates.

SPEAKERS LIST: Invite a speaker to your meeting.  Call (949) 302-8465 for a list.

BYLAWS:  No report.

SAN DIEGO OUTREACH AD HOC COMMITTEE:  San Diego has one meeting.  About 8 people usually attend.  This group has reached out to Kaiser and Sharp Second Breath to help do outreach for our program.  They have a San Diego hotline, and it’s been in existence for 15 years.  They receive a few calls every month.  The San Diego group also gets a few requests for information from SCINA’s 800 number every month.

WORLD CONFERENCE AD HOC COMMITTEE:  Save The Date flyer was created and brought to the World Conference.  Angie B., our current Chair of SCINA, was elected Secretary-Elect of NAWS.  Congratulations, Angie!  It was brought to our attention that the 2019 World Conference might have to be in early May, possibly May 3-5, 2019.  Passover is the last weekend in April, and this might make it so some members can’t attend.  We want to be as inclusive as possible.  This committee meets at 11:30 am on the 3rd Sunday every month immediately following SCINA’s Regular Monthly Meeting.  We need your help in planning the conference.  Please contact the Chair of the World Conference Ad Hoc Committee, John D., at johndarnell8@gmail.com or by phone at (818) 618-1501.

Director of Web Operations:   No report. 

OLD BUSINESS:  Chad from NAWS offered to host a Web Ex training for SCINA.  He is available next weekend, but we need to find a date and time where all interested can meet at the same time.  The webmaster presented to the intergroup some information on if we might want to update the website to a different host (wordpress.com) or at least transferring the domain hosting to the same host as our website - at Squarespace.

NEW BUSINESS:  No new business.

BIRTHDAYS:  William (35 years), Judi M. (7 years).

SECRETARY REPORT:  Motion was made and approved for this month’s minutes.

CLOSING PRAYER:  George O. led us in the Serenity Prayer at 11:25 AM.

MINUTES - April 15, 2018

MINUTES of SCINA Meeting - April 15, 2018

SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA INTERGROUP OF NICOTINE ANONYMOUS (SCINA)

INTRODUCTIONS:  John D. called the meeting to order at 10 am with the Serenity Prayer followed by introductions.

WAS YOUR MEETING REPRESENTED? Quorum was met with 9 members in attendance.  The following meetings were represented (some members might represent more than one meeting):  Costa Mesa 76, Sherman Oaks 185, Los Angeles (Silverlake) 229, and Joshua Tree 266.

TRADITIONS: Tradition #4, “Each group should be autonomous except in matters affecting other groups or Nicotine Anonymous as a whole.” was read.

TREASURER REPORT:  Beginning balance is $766.53.  INCOMING donations from Costa Mesa #76 $90, and 7th tradition donations for SCINA’s March meeting was $11.00.  Total incoming is $101.00. EXPENSES are Grasshopper telephone service $31.81, P.O. Box Rent $50, Registrar expense $26.36, GoDaddy.com website expenses are $75.85, and Secretary’s Expense $21.50.  TOTAL EXPENSES are $205.52. So with the $3000 that Stephen donated to avoid the $18 bank fee our true balance is $3617.50. Our savings account has a balance of $500.13.

REGISTRAR REPORT:   No changes were made on the Administration List.  No Meeting information was updated, and no meetings were added or removed.  All Meetings have USPS contact through their Secretary, their Representative, or email. No H&I Listings were updated, added, or removed.  43 envelopes were addressed, and 175 Directories were printed.

COMMITTEE REPORTS:

HOSPITALS AND INSTITUTIONS:  Angela P. reports she’s had no response from the fellowship on her request for volunteers for panels.  To be of service, please call Angela P. at (949) 302-8465.

COMMUNICATIONS:  The phone lines are running smoothly.  No concerns at this time.

LITERATURE:  No report.  Brian K will meet with Halli soon to go over duties and go to bank to transfer name on account.

WORLD SERVICES:   The World Conference is April 20-22nd.  There is talk of making it possible for members attend the NAWS board meetings and World Conferences via conference calling.  The new revision of The Promises pamphlet will possibly be voted on this year. Sign up for Nic A News and get up to date information via email alerts.  NAWS hosts their monthly Outreach Committee meeting the second Wednesday every month. Public Outreach and Bylaws Coordinator positions are vacant at NAWS.  New Intergroup in Minnesota is doing a lot of outreach, and will be part of a nicotine dependence conference soon with over 200 doctors from across the country (no date yet).  There is an effort through NAWS to have meetings that are not part of an Intergroup be represented by either an Intergroup or NAWS - possibly creating Service Areas across the U.S. and Canada.  There will be a workshop at this year’s World Conference to discuss this.

EVENTS:  The annual SCINA Joshua Tree Retreat will be held June 8-10, 2018. SCINA has paid a $380 deposit. So far we have received one full registration ($185) and one “event only” (no lodging) registration ($100) for a total of $285.  A deposit to the caterer is due soon, so please send in your registration now if you can. Details on attached flyer. Reminder that if you pay with credit card via PayPal, to please notify Jane H. or Bill H. via email as the system does not auto-notify them.  If you want to go but can’t pay now, let Jane H. know so we can reserve you a spot. George R. reserved Rush Park in Rossmore for our annual Picnic in September. The annual picnic is Saturday, September 16.

NEW MEETINGS:  There are no new meetings.

PUBLIC OUTREACH:  SHARE Recovery Center in Culver City is hosting a full day of marathon meetings for various fellowships on April 28th.  There are currently no Nic A meetings scheduled. If you are interested in hosting a 1-hour meeting that day, please contact Claudia at Claudia@shareselfhelp.org or 310.305.8878.  It is an opportunity to circulate the Nic A fellowship and expand awareness of our meetings.

SPEAKERS LIST: Invite a speaker to your meeting.  Call (949) 302-8465 for a list.

BYLAWS:  No report.

SAN DIEGO OUTREACH AD HOC COMMITTEE:  No report.

WORLD CONFERENCE AD HOC COMMITTEE:  Save The Date flyer was created and will be brought to the World Conference.  This committee meets at 11:30 am on the 3rd Sunday every month immediately following SCINA’s Regular Monthly Meeting.  We need your help in planning the conference. Please contact the Chair of the World Conference Ad Hoc Committee, John D., at johndarnell8@gmail.com or by phone at (818) 618-1501.

Director of Web Operations:   SCINA renewed the domain name with godaddy.com for five years.  Last month we had 191 unique visitors to the website - that was a 9.8% increase from the previous month, with 321 unique page views. Our most popular page last month was the Meeting list page. Last month we had at least one visit on every page of the website.  The webpage is a good source of outreach and information for members and those looking for information on quitting nicotine. The Website - which is separate from the domain - is due to renew on June 20, 2018. The Renewal Rate for that for one year is $192.00.    

OLD BUSINESS:  SCINA will contact NAWS to set up ability to use their WebEx.

NEW BUSINESS:  The webmaster presented to the intergroup some information on if we might want to update the website to a different host (wordpress.com) or at least transferring the domain hosting to the same host as our website - at Squarespace.

BIRTHDAYS:  Jeff M. (9 years),  Belated for Brian K (10 years in Feb.), George O. (16 years), Robert (19 years), Kay M. (9 years)

SECRETARY REPORT:  Motion was made and approved for this month’s minutes.

CLOSING PRAYER:  George O. led us in the Serenity Prayer at 11:17 AM.

MINUTES - February 16, 2014

  Southern California Intergroup of Nicotine Anonymous

INTRODUCTIONS: John D. called the meeting to order at 10:12 AM with the Serenity Prayer followed by introductions.

WAS YOUR MEETING REPRESENTED?  A quorum was met.  The following meetings were represented:  001, 007, 012, 023, 034, 047, 076, 084, 090, 185, 229, and 241.

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 REPORT:  Beginning balance $722.34.  Income:  Donations this month: $20 from Meeting #1 West Hollywood; $100 from Meeting 229 Silverlake (via PayPal); $44.90 NicA members via PayPal; $19 January's 7th tradition SCINA meeting (total incoming $183.90).  Expenses:  Bank Fee $3.00; Registrar expenses, $32.66; Secretary expenses $39.86, AT&T Long Distance $32.24 (total outgoing $107.76).  Ending balance $798.48. The report was moved and approved.

REGISTRAR REPORT: Administrative List: John D. has taken on the Bylaws Committee commitment. Angela our Secretary has a new email address.   Meeting updates: Meeting 007: Phone Contact information updated, Meeting 023: Secretary email updated, Meeting 076: Secretary and Representative email address updated.  Meeting 090: Phone Contact and Representative information updated, Meeting 273: Representative information updated. Meeting 274 in Arcadia was added.  Meeting 272 has gone dark.  All Meetings except Meetings 59, 229, 273 and 274 have USPS contact through their Secretary, their Representative, or both. No H&I Listings were added.  No H&I listings were removed.  71 envelopes were addressed.

COMMITTEE REPORTS:

HOSPITALS AND INSTITUTIONS:  No report.

COMMUNICATIONS:  No report.

LITERATURE: Marty says we are in full stock on books and literature and will place an order soon.  

WORLD SERVICES: The World Services Conference is going to be in April in New Jersey, if anyone wants to be a delegate that is attending, please come to the Intergroup meeting so we can vote to send you as a delegate.

EVENTS:  The retreat this summer is hosted by Jane H and Alan C. We are also planning our annual picnic in September on the 3rd Sunday of that month where we will hold our regular Intergroup meeting and elect Officers for Intergroup.  The picnic will be in Orange County this year.  We also hope to be able to hold our Marathon Meeting in November hosted by the Tuesday night Bellflower group.  All events happen because of our volunteers who are of service to this program and to you.  Please think about volunteering for some of these events this year.  Please also think about hosting an event.

NEW MEETINGS:  No new meetings.

PUBLIC OUTREACH:  No report.

SPEAKERS BUREAU:  No additions have been made to the speakers list.

BY-LAWS:  Pamphlet was put together to change the amount for a quorum since the Intergroup meetings have been poorly attended.  The pamphlet will be sent out to all meeting secretaries with the February and March minutes so that we can have a vote on this change in April. We also discussed making the quorum the exact number of attendees at each meeting. We also discussed changing the committee list in the By-Laws to remove refreshments and correspondence.  We will then do a reprint and mail it to all meeting secretaries.

WEB CZAR:  As we move forward with the modernization - we can now have more information on our website.  The Website is a great resource - and it is optimized for mobile! Check it out on your smart-phone and use this resource in your recovery. If you have not yet signed up for the Email list please go to the website - www.scina.org  or www.quitnowla.com, add yourself to the list!

OLD BUSINESS:   We discussed changing the quorum due to lack of volunteers to come to the Intergroup meetings, we don’t have enough people to approve  the minutes and conduct business.  It was decided we would vote on changing it from 10 to 7.  That flier is being sent out with the February and March minutes requesting attendance at the April meeting to approve the change.

NEW BUSINESS:   It was discussed that there is not a printable meeting list on the website (in Adobe format) like the ones we send to the meeting secretaries each month, however, you can print the page that shows the meetings on the website, it’s just in a different format than the single sheet we send out each month.  Please share that page if you can.  Westwood and West Hollywood meetings both need support.  Please be of service and visit a meeting you don’t normally go to.

BIRTHDAYS: Regina celebrates 4 years this month.

SECRETARY REPORT: The February report was read and approved.  December and January minutes were approved also.  Thank you everyone for attending.

CLOSING PRAYER:  George led us in the Serenity Prayer at 11:48 AM.

MINUTES - January 19, 2014

Southern California Intergroup of Nicotine Anonymous

INTRODUCTIONS: John D. called the meeting to order at 10:15 AM with the Serenity Prayer followed by introductions.

WAS YOUR MEETING REPRESENTED?  A quorum was not met.  The following meetings were represented:  007, 023, 034, 047, 076, 090, 185, 229, 231, and 250.

TRADITIONS:  Tradition #1. “Our common welfare should come first; personal recovery depends on Nicotine Anonymous unity,”  was read.

TREASURER REPORT:  Beginning balance $689.77.  Income:  Donations this month: $20 from Meeting #76 Costa Mesa, $40 from Meeting #84 Fullerton, $20 from Meeting 231 Long Beach, $50 from Meeting #257 Laguna Beach; $20 December’s 7th tradition SCINA meeting (total incoming $150.00).  Expenses:  Bank Fee $3.00; Registrar expenses, $32.55; Secretary expenses $32.66, PO Box Rental $45, AT&T Long Distance $4.22 (total outgoing $117.43).  Ending balance $722.34. The report could not be approved due to a lack of quorum.

REGISTRAR REPORT: Administrative List: No changes.  Meeting updates: 016 Secretary information updated, and Meeting 250, Representative information updated. No New Meetings added.  No Meeting was closed. All Meetings except Meetings 59, 229 and 273 have USPS contact through their Secretary, their Representative, or both. No H&I listings were added, corrected, or removed.  71 envelopes were addressed.

COMMITTEE REPORTS:

HOSPITALS AND INSTITUTIONS:  No report.

COMMUNICATIONS:  No report.

LITERATURE: Marty says we are in full stock on books and literature and the chip order is in.  He’s finished purchasing the extra material from the Conference.  

WORLD SERVICES: We showed a net profit of $12,246 and for the last few years we have been showing a net loss. Expenses were up but our contributions were way up. (2) The new website is still on hold. We need a website master and are having problems with PayPal. We had a web guy working on it but there has been no gain on what we need. We also have a committee working on the problem but have had no communication from them as of yet. (3) If anyone has the experience of being a web servant please contact NAWS at chairperson@nicotine-anonymous.org. (4) We have been looking for a chair elect person but now have given up on the idea as it's too late to train a chairperson. The position takes a lot out of you and is too much to ask someone to do two years in a row so it’s been proposed the current chair will delegate some of his responsibilities amongst the other board members. Now if we don’t get someone to run for chair elect this year in April, that will really cause a problem.  (5) Iran has about 300 meetings in their country and many want to come to the conference but are having trouble getting Visas. So it's a matter of a lot of letter writing to help them out. They have their own website, a dead link is on our NicA website. (6)  We are going to have six workshops: (a) The evolving role of a WSO Chair, (b) What is abstinence? (c) redoing the spirituality pamphlet, (d) the 12 Step Study Guide (e) Increasing membership and participation, (f) Private companies using the NicA name.  (7)  The spirituality pamphlet and the 12 step study guide will have the goal of getting the literature voted approved, we could have two more pieces of literature this year.  (8) The email and snail mail pen pal programs are doing well so far.  (9) Next year’s conference in 2015 will be in San Francisco at the Best Western Hotel. The rates will be $99 and is a mile and half from the SF airport.

EVENTS:  January is a fresh start for most people so that's Carry The Message Month.  We expect to see new faces in our meetings, and want to make them feel welcome.  We also want to get the word out as much as possible all year long.  Please think about purchasing some extra pamphlets or making extra copies of meeting lists and giving them to your personal doctor or dentist, asking that they put a few out each day for their clients. For this to truly work, please think about committing to stopping by their offices each month with updated information, new meeting lists, and/or pamphlets.  Tradition 5:  Each group has but one primary purpose - to carry its message to the nicotine addict who still suffers.

NEW MEETINGS:  No new meetings.

PUBLIC OUTREACH:  No report.  January is outreach month, please think about getting the word out about our meetings to local doctors, pharmacies, and such by visiting regularly and leaving meeting lists or business cards.  Please contact Marty if you need business cards or other literature at martywexler@verizon.net or call him at 714-536-0600.

SPEAKERS BUREAU:  No report.

BY-LAWS:  John D has offered to take on the By-Laws Chair.  Thank you.

WEB CZAR:  As we move forward with the modernization - we can now have more information on our website.  The Website is a great resource - and it is optimized for mobile! Check it out on your smart-phone and use this resource in your recovery. If you have not yet signed up for the Email list please go to the website - www.scina.org  or www.quitnowla.com, add yourself to the list!

OLD BUSINESS:   We discussed changing the quorum as we again didn’t have enough people at the Intergroup meeting to pass the minutes and conduct business.  We have 14 positions on the board so a majority would be 8.  We are looking into changing the quorum to 8.

NEW BUSINESS:   We need to get the meeting list on the www.QuitNowLA.com website so that people can print it.  Rick will look into this.  

BIRTHDAYS: No birthdays at the Intergroup meeting this month.

SECRETARY REPORT: The January report was read.

CLOSING PRAYER:  Marty led us in the Serenity Prayer at 11:11 AM.

MINUTES - December 15, 2013

Southern California Intergroup of Nicotine Anonymous

INTRODUCTIONS: John D. called the meeting to order at 10:20 AM with the Serenity Prayer followed by introductions.

WAS YOUR MEETING REPRESENTED?  A quorum was not met.  The following meetings were represented:  007, 012, 022, 047, 090, 185, 241, and 250.

TRADITIONS:  Tradition #12. “Anonymity is the spiritual foundation of all our traditions, ever reminding us to place principles before personalities,”  was read.

TREASURER REPORT:  Beginning balance $576.46.  Income:  Donations this month: $50 from Meeting #229 Silverlake, $20 from Meeting #1 West Hollywood, $20 from Meeting #12 Long Beach, $20 from Meeting #241 Glendale, $12.00 from Meeting #247 Huntington Beach; $21.00 was 7th tradition from November SCINA meeting; $144.00 from the Gratitude Marathon Meetings (thank you all!!!) (total incoming $287.00).  Expenses:  Bank Fee $3.00; Registrar expenses, $32.49; Secretary expenses $32.20;  PO Box fee $45.00; transfer $61.00 from checking to savings account so our prudent reserve would be an even $1,000.00 (total outgoing $173.69).  Ending balance $689.77.

REGISTRAR REPORT: Administrative List: No changes.  Meeting updates: No changes. New Meeting 273 was added.  No Meeting was closed. All Meetings except Meetings 59, 229 and 273 have USPS contact through their Secretary, their Representative, or both. No H&I listings were added, corrected, or removed.  71 envelopes were addressed.

COMMITTEE REPORTS:

HOSPITALS AND INSTITUTIONS:  Chuck reported that he has been personally going to hospitals and talking to doctors.  He’s also trying to go to H&I meetings for AA to see if he can get some help.

COMMUNICATIONS:  Carol is operating our hotline.

LITERATURE: Marty says we are in full stock on books and literature and he will be making a chip order very soon. 

WORLD SERVICES: We are still having problems filling the open Chair Elect position on NAWS which can be voted in by the board on NAWS and then approved by the conference delegates in April. This person would spend the next 2 years as Chairperson and Chair-emeritus.  Would you be interested in being a member of the board? Give it some thought. We are trying to work on transportation from the NJ airport to the hotel. It’s about 60 miles away from the hotel. We are considering renting a shuttle for three days in order to transport members back and forth. In either case we will get this problem solved. There have been a couple sites using the Smokers Anonymous name and saying they are Nicotine Anonymous. We are looking into this and will see what we can do to stop this infringement. Glenn K who has faithfully been recording our conferences over the years had to retire but we have someone else lined up who can do the job at a lesser expense. We will be having our quarterly board meeting online on Jan 18th.  Paypal is not working like it should and I think we will go up to PayPal premier as we have been losing sales because of this problem.  With any luck we should have our new website up and running sometime in January.

EVENTS:  January is a fresh start for most people so that's Carry The Message Month.  We expect to see new faces in our meetings, and want to make them feel welcome.  We also want to get the word out as much as possible all year long.  Please think about purchasing some extra pamphlets or making extra copies of meeting lists and giving them to your personal doctor or dentist, asking that they put a few out each day for their clients. For this to truly work, please think about committing to stopping by their offices each month with updated information, new meeting lists, and/or pamphlets.  Tradition 5:  Each group has but one primary purpose - to carry its message to the nicotine addict who still suffers.

The Fullerton meeting is not hosting the Holiday Dinner in January, 2014.

NEW MEETINGS:  No new meetings starting although we did hear about a new meeting starting in Arcadia but don’t have the details yet.

PUBLIC OUTREACH:  No report.  January is outreach month, please think about getting the word out about our meetings to local doctors, pharmacies, and such by visiting regularly and leaving meeting lists or business cards.  Please contact Marty if you need business cards or other literature at martywexler@verizon.net or call him at 714-536-0600.

SPEAKERS BUREAU:  No report.

BY-LAWS:  We still need a Chairperson for By-Laws so please let us know if you can help.  If interested please come to the Intergroup meeting.

WEB CZAR:  As we move forward with the modernization - we can now have more information on our website.  The Website is a great resource - and it is optimized for mobile! Check it out on your smart-phone and use this resource in your recovery. If you have not yet signed up for the Email list please go to the website - www.scina.org  or www.quitnowla.com, add yourself to the list!

OLD BUSINESS:   No old business.

NEW BUSINESS:   We need to discuss changing the quorum as we again didn’t have enough people at the Intergroup meeting to pass the minutes and conduct business.

BIRTHDAYS: No birthdays at the Intergroup meeting this month.

SECRETARY REPORT: The December report was read.

CLOSING PRAYER:  John D. led us in the Serenity Prayer at 11:13 AM.

MINUTES - November 21, 2013

Southern California Intergroup of Nicotine Anonymous

INTRODUCTIONS: George O. called the meeting to order at 10:18 AM with the Serenity Prayer followed by introductions.

WAS YOUR MEETING REPRESENTED?  A quorum was met.  The following meetings were represented:  001, 007, 012, 023, 047, 076, 185, 268, and 273.  Please think about being of service by attending the Intergroup meeting so we can approve the minutes.

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, TV, and films,”  was read.

TREASURER REPORT:  Beginning balance $587.85.  Income:  Donations this month: $25 from Meeting #1 West Hollywood, $6 from Meeting #37 Santa Monica, $16.50 from Meeting #231 Long Beach.  $9.00 was 7th tradition from October SCINA meeting (total incoming $56.50).  Expenses:  Bank Fee $3.00; Registrar expenses, $32.69; Secretary expenses $32.20;  (total outgoing $67.89).  Ending balance $576.46.

REGISTRAR REPORT: Administrative List Updates:  Chair address information added.  Angela P. is Speakers Bureau Chair.  Meeting updates: Meeting 007: Secretary Information Updated. Meeting 037: Phone Contact #2 added. Meeting 197: Secretary Address Information Updated. Meeting 226: Secretary Information Updated. No Meetings were added.  Meeting 163 closed due to lack of support. All Meetings except Meetings 59 and 229 have USPS contact through their Secretary, their Representative, or both. No H&I listings were added, corrected, or removed.  70 envelopes were addressed.

COMMITTEE REPORTS:

HOSPITALS AND INSTITUTIONS:  Chuck T. wasn’t able to attend the meeting.  No report.

COMMUNICATIONS:  Carol is operating our hotline.  Please try calling the 800-642-0666 number and leaving a message so someone can call you back.  Think about ways we can update our outgoing message in some way.  Please send your suggestions to Angela at apendergrass24@gmail.com.

LITERATURE: Marty says we are in full stock on books and literature and he will be making a chip order very soon.

WORLD SERVICES:  Gary was unable to attend. No report.

EVENTS:   The Marathon Meeting hosted by the Bellflower meeting is always the Saturday before Thanksgiving from 9:00 am to 9:00 pm.  Please call Joseph W. at (562) 644-5225 to volunteer to host an hour of the meetings.  This is the weekend following The Great American Smokeout every year (3rd Thursday of November) so we want to be of service to everyone who is willing. Please also see the telephone marathon meeting that same weekend.  Information is on our website, www.SCINA.org. Please try to support these meetings by attending or calling in.

NEW MEETINGS:  New meeting starting today at Unitarian Universalist Church, 12355 Moorpark Ave, Studio City, CA 91604 on Sundays upstairs at 4:30 pm.

PUBLIC OUTREACH: Michelle L. was unable to attend. No new report.  January is outreach month, please think about getting the word out about our meetings to local doctors, pharmacies, and such by visiting regularly and leaving meeting lists or business cards.  Please contact Marty if you need business cards or other literature at martywexler@verizon.net. 

SPEAKERS BUREAU:  Angela P. has offered to be the contact for Speakers Bureau.  Please let her know if you are willing to be on the speakers list by signing up on the www.SCINA.org or by calling her at (949) 302-8465 or email apendergrass24@gmail.com.

BY-LAWS:  We still need a Chairperson for By-Laws so please let us know if you can help.  If interested please come to the Intergroup meeting.

WEB CZAR:  As we move forward with the modernization - we can now have more information on our website.  The Website is a great resource - and it is optimized for mobile! Check it out on your smart-phone and use this resource in your recovery. If you have not yet signed up for the Email list please go to the website - www.scina.org  or www.quitnowla.com, add yourself to the list!

OLD BUSINESS:   No old business.

NEW BUSINESS:   No new business.

BIRTHDAYS: No birthdays at the Intergroup meeting this month.

SECRETARY REPORT: The November report was read and approved.

CLOSING PRAYER:  Andrew led us in the Serenity Prayer at 11:24 AM.

MINUTES - August 18, 2013

SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA INTERGROUP OF NICOTINE ANONYMOUS

INTRODUCTIONS: Brian K called the meeting to order at 10:14 AM with the Serenity Prayer followed by introductions.

WAS YOUR MEETING REPRESENTED?  A quorum was met.  The following meetings were represented:  001, 023, 029, 034, 047, 076, 185, and 231.

TRADITIONS: Tradition #8. Nicotine Anonymous should remain forever non-professional, but our service centers may employ special workers.

TREASURER REPORT:  Beginning balance $984.94.  Income:  Donations this month: $50.00 from meeting 1 West Hollywood, $20.00 from mtg 241 in Glendale.  Also deposited $28.44 personal donation from Angela P. and $12.50 from Mtg #231 Long Beach.  $13.00 was 7th tradition from June SCINA mtg.  (total incoming $123.94).  Expenses:  Bank Fee $3.00; Registrar expenses, $33.88; Secretary expenses $32.66; $93.05 AT&T Long Distance (two months) (total outgoing $162.59).  Ending balance $946.29. The report was moved and approved.

REGISTRAR REPORT: Administration List: Public Outreach contact information updated. Meeting with updates: 231: Phone Contact All meetings except 059 have USPS contact through the Secretary, the Representative, or both. No H&I Listings were added or removed.  70 envelopes were addressed.

COMMITTEE REPORTS:

HOSPITALS AND INSTITUTIONS:  No report.

COMMUNICATIONS:  Carol is operating our hotline.

LITERATURE:  Everything is running fine, we are fully stocked with all literature and chips - Please contact Mary for all your literature needs at the Monthly Intergroup meeting.

WORLD SERVICES:  Our new website is up temporarily.  You can pay by PayPal now.  Board meeting was in July.  Donations are up.  We are going to update our Bank CDs to 35 months to get more interest.  We need an outreach coordinator, contact info@nicotine-anonymous.org if you can help.  The person would plan all the ideas and delegate certain jobs to others who want to be of help.  We also need a Web Servant for our main website.  We have our two-way talk program if you want to get an email several times per year to hear what’s going on.  We got a letter from someone in Iran, they have their own Intergroup and are trying to coordinate with us.  They can’t put their mtgs on our website because they would be in Farsi, they have between 150-200 mtgs.  The ‘Gift of Gratitude’ program asks at least 200 people to donate $10 per month and that would cover our costs every year.  Glenn K. might not be doing the recording at the conferences each year.  Jeff M. is trying to find a better way to do that for us.  Gary is coordinator of the snail mail/pen pal program and he has about 14 people helping with that.  Contact Gary 310-755-5582 or garynica@att.net if you would like to help.

EVENTS:   The picnic in the park will be September 15th from 10 a.m.- 4 p.m. in Culver City   in Veteran’s Park at 4117 Overland Avenue, Culver City, 90232

NEW MEETINGS:  Everyone should think about starting a new meeting.

PUBLIC OUTREACH: Michelle wants to make a form letter email to send out to radio stations along with the PSA which is available on the www.nicotine-anonymous.org website.  Michelle suggests each meeting make a flier to leave in the meeting room to advertise their meeting.  Angela brought a flier to send out to all the secretaries of the meetings regarding posting a free online ad on pennysaverusa.com to advertise their meeting.

SPEAKERS BUREAU/BY-LAWS:  We still need Chairpersons for By-Laws and Speakers Bureau, so please let us know if you can help.  If interested please come to the Intergroup meeting.

WEB CZAR:  As we move forward with the modernization - We can now have more information on our website.  We currently have an average of 310 views of our website per month - the most popular items are the home page of news and the meetings pages.  The Website is a great resource - and it is optimized for mobile! Check it out on your smart-phone and use this resource in your recovery. If you have not yet signed up for the Email list please go to the website - www.scina.org  or quitnowla@gmail.com, add yourself to the list!

OLD BUSINESS: Remaining conference t-shirts will be available for sale at the picnic for $5.

We discussed what our monthly balance was so that we can talk about contributing to World Services on an on-going basis.  We decided to send $200 to World Services and look at this monthly.

NEW BUSINESS: None.

BIRTHDAYS: Bill H. will celebrate 14 years this month.

SECRETARY REPORT: The August report was read and approved.

CLOSING PRAYER:  Brian led us in the Serenity Prayer at 11:03 AM.

MINUTES - July 21, 2013

SCINA cannot be of service to your meeting if your representative doesn’t show up at the Intergroup meetings. A quorum was NOT met. NO BUSINESS WAS CONDUCTED.

MINUTES - May 19, 2013

SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA INTERGROUP OF NICOTINE ANONYMOUS

INTRODUCTIONS: Brian K called the meeting to order at 10:14 AM with the Serenity Prayer followed by introductions.

WAS YOUR MEETING REPRESENTED?  A quorum was met.  The following meetings were represented:  001,  012, 022, 023, 029, 047, 076, 163, 186, 231 and 268.

TRADITIONS: Tradition #5. “ Each group has but one primary purpose-to carry its message to the nicotine addict who still suffers.”  was read from the book of Nicotine Anonymous.

TREASURER REPORT:  Beginning balance $840.12 -- Balance correction (During February's copy and paste of spreadsheet, Silverlake Meeting's January donation of $198.59 was inadvertently repeated in February).  Revised beginning balance:  $641.53.  Two meetings brought donations for SCINA to the World Conference:  West Hollywood meeting #1 donated $26 and Yucca Valley Meeting #266 donated $150.00.  Thank You!  Additional donations this month: $20 from Costa Mesa Mtg. #076 and $25 from Mtg #1 (Thank You!), (total incoming $221.00).  Expenses:  Bank Fee $3.00; Registrar expenses, $35.54; Secretary expenses (March and April) $76.40; Business Cards $87.20; AT&T Long Distance $46.66 (for two months);  (total outgoing $248.80).  Ending balance $613.73. The report was moved and approved.

REGISTRAR REPORT: No changes were made to the Administration List. Meeting #016 updated Phone Contact, Secretary and Representative. Meeting #034 updated Phone Contact. Meeting #047 updated Secretary. No meetings were added and no meetings were removed in the past month.  All meetings except #059 have USPS contact through the Secretary, the Representative, or both. No H&I Listings were added. Kaiser Orange was deleted, undeliverable address. 73 envelopes were addressed.

COMMITTEE REPORTS

HOSPITALS AND INSTITUTIONS:  Chuck T. (714) 995-8845 is the new Chairperson, Jane H. will help.   Please let us know if you can help with this responsibility. We’ve lost approximately 21 contacts at local hospitals that we send meeting lists to each month.  Please mention this at your meetings.

COMMUNICATIONS:  Carol is operating our hotline, the phone lines are down so please use the internet until we can get it working again.

LITERATURE:  Marty says we were in full stock on books and chips.  Gary said there was some literature left over from the Conference and Intergroup will purchase that from him. Business cards have arrived and are available at the Intergroup meetings.

WORLD SERVICES:  The Conference went really well and George thanks everyone who contributed.  Thank you Shannon, Ray, Frank, Joseph, Marlo, Bill, Kim, Angela, Judi, Mary, Jane, Alan, Jack R. and George. Going into the conference we were operating at a loss of $4,500 but donations put us at a loss of approximately $500.

EVENTS:   We are having a retreat on the last weekend of June this year.  Please call Jane H. (323) 852-1518 right away if you can commit to coming.  Jane will need a deposit from Intergroup to the retreat center for $750 to reserve the date.  Jane requested some books to be loaned for sale at the retreat.  The picnic will be the 3rd Sunday of September in Los Angeles.  George R. reserved Veteran’s Park on Overland Avenue in Culver City. The cost for the park is $124 and we will get a flier out for this soon.

NEW MEETINGS.  Jane H. is thinking about starting a Sunday meeting in Hollywood, probably the Drug and Alcohol Center or maybe the Tropical Cafe perhaps in the Fall.

PUBLIC OUTREACH/SPEAKERS BUREAU/BY-LAWS:  We still need Chairpersons for  By-Laws and Speakers Bureau, so please let us know if you can help.  If interested please come to the Intergroup meeting.  We are compiling a list of speakers.  Please sign up on the website form to add your name to the list or contact the webmaster for a list of people who can come to your meeting to speak.  Please think about being a sponsor to someone who only has access to on-line or phone meetings.

WEB CZAR:  As we move forward with the modernization - We can now have more information on our website.  We currently have an average of 447 Views of our website per month - The most popular items are the home page of news and the meetings pages.  The Website is a great resource - and it is optimized for mobile! Check it out on your smart-phone and use this resource in your recovery. We did a minute man lesson on how to post to the website!  If you want to be a contributor to the website - Contact quitnowla@gmail.com.

If you have not yet signed up for the Email list please go to the website - www.scina.org  or quitnowla@gmail.com add yourself to the list!

OLD BUSINESS: We received an invitation from Freedom Festival 10 to man a booth on Sunday, June 9, 2013 from 10am to 6pm.  Freedom Festival is a Sober music event and was created to celebrate life without alcohol, drugs or any mind-altering substances or addictive behaviors.  It is a family event.  Angela P. received a couple of commitments to help so please come and join us if you can attend and be of service at a booth (949) 302-8465. Conference t-shirts are now available for sale at the Intergroup meetings for $10.

NEW BUSINESS:  Our thoughts and prayers go out to the family of Jack Parmeter who passed away recently.

BIRTHDAYS: No birthdays this month.

SECRETARY REPORT: The May report was read and approved.

CLOSING PRAYER:  Chuck T. led us in the Serenity Prayer at 11:40 AM.

MINUTES - April 21, 2013

SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA INTERGROUP OF NICOTINE ANONYMOUS

INTRODUCTIONS: Brian K called the meeting to order at 10:15 AM with the Serenity Prayer followed by introductions.

WAS YOUR MEETING REPRESENTED?  A quorum was met.  The following meetings were represented:  001, 012, 023, 029, 047, 076, 084, 090, 185, 231 and 268.

TRADITIONS: Tradition #4. “ Each group should be autonomous except in matters affecting other groups or Nicotine Anonymous as a whole.”  was read from the book of Nicotine Anonymous.

TREASURER REPORT:  Beginning balance $745.33.  Donations: Mtg #1 West Hollywood $25.00, Mtg #76 Costa Mesa $21.00, Mtg. #23 Costa Mesa $9.00, Mtg. #257 San Juan Capistrano $60.00, Mtg #84 Fullerton $21.00, Mtg #16 Anaheim $20.00 (Thank You!), 7th Tradition $20.00 (total incoming $176.00).  Expenses:  Bank Fee $3.00, Registrar expenses, $35.55; ATT Long Distance $22.66, $20.00 donation from SCINA to Freedom Festival (free pamphlets)  (total outgoing $81.21).  Ending balance $840.12. The report was moved and approved.

REGISTRAR REPORT:  No changes were made to the Administration List.  Meetings 001 and 047 Phone contact information updated. Meeting 059 Secretary mail address removed, returned by USPS.  No meetings were added and no meetings were removed in the past month.  All meetings in the Directory except 059  have USPS contact through the Secretary, the Representative, or both.  No H&I Listings were added and none were deleted. 75 envelopes were addressed.

COMMITTEE REPORTS

HOSPITALS AND INSTITUTIONS:  No report and we need a new H& I Chairperson.  Please let us know if you can help with this responsibility.  Please mention this at your meetings

COMMUNICATIONS:  Carol is operating our hotline and there are no reports or concerns.

LITERATURE:  Marty says we are in full stock on books and chips.  Brian is ordering business cards this week.

WORLD SERVICES:  The World Services Conference is next weekend at the Golden Sails Hotel on 4/26-28 in Long Beach, CA.  The literature has been received for the conference.  There is talk that we might only have a World Services Conference every other year because it is a big expense.  Six workshops are going on at the conference, see attachment. Jane H and Jack R. will be speakers.

EVENTS:  Our next event will be the World Services Conference in Long Beach in April.  We need volunteers to “man” the Literature and Registration tables, and also monitor the Hospitality Room at the Conference.  If you are able to sign up for a three-hour shift, please contact Bill H. at (818) 800-3449.  We hope to be able to have a retreat on the last weekend of June this year.  Please call Jane H. (323) 852-1518 right away if you can commit to coming.  We need 25 people to commit to attend the retreat in order for the event to occur. We are discussing different locations and bringing attention to this event at the World Services Conference.  The picnic will be the 3rd Sunday of September in Los Angeles.  

NEW MEETINGS.  No report.

PUBLIC OUTREACH/SPEAKERS BUREAU/BY-LAWS:  We still need Chairpersons for the following:  By-Laws, Speakers Bureau, and Hospitals and Institutions (H&I), so please let us know if you can help .  If interested please come to the Intergroup meeting.  We are compiling a list of speakers.  Please sign up on the website form to add your name to the list and contact the webmaster for a list of people who can come to your meeting and speak.  Please let us know if you are willing to be a speaker. Please think about being a sponsor to someone who only has access to on-line or phone meetings.

WEB CZAR:  As we move forward with the modernization - We can now have more information on our website. If you want to be a contributor to the website - Contact quitnowla@gmail.com.  We currently have an average of 248 Views of our website per month - The most popular items are the home page of news and the meetings pages.  The Website is a great resource - and it is optimize for mobile! Check it out on your smart-phone and use this resource in your recovery.

If you have not yet signed up for the Email list please go to the website - www.scina.org  or quitnowla@gmail.com add yourself to the list!

OLD BUSINESS: We received an invitation from Freedom Festival 10 to man a booth on Sunday, June 9, 2013 from 10am to 6pm.  Freedom Festival is a Sober music event and was created to celebrate life without alcohol, drugs or any mind-altering substances or addictive behaviors.  It is a family event.  Angela P. received a couple of commitments to help so please come and join us if you can attend and be of service at a booth (949) 302-8465.

NEW BUSINESS:  Angela would like to request a donation of $180 worth of literature to bring to the Freedom Festival event.  This would be $20 worth of pamphlets to give away and $160 worth of books to sell.  She will bring the money and unsold books back.

BIRTHDAYS: George O. 11 Years

SECRETARY REPORT: The April report was read and approved.

CLOSING PRAYER:   Mary Led  us in the Serenity Prayer at 11:05 AM.

MINUTES - March 17, 2013

SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA INTERGROUP OF NICOTINE ANONYMOUS

INTRODUCTIONS:

Brian K called the meeting to order at 10:15 AM with the Serenity Prayer followed by introductions.

WAS YOUR MEETING REPRESENTED?  

A quorum was met.  The following meetings were represented:  001, 007, 023, 029, 047, 076, 084,185, and 268.

TRADITIONS:

Tradition

3:

“The only requirement for Nicotine Anonymous membership is a desire to stop using nicotine.”

 was read from the book of Nicotine Anonymous.

TREASURER REPORT

:

Beginning balance $551.45.  Donations: Mtg #012 $140.00, Mtg #229 $150.00; 7th tradition $XX.00 (total incoming $XXX).  Expenses:  Bank Fee $3.00, Secretary expenses $35.42, Registrar expenses. ($35.70); PO Box Renewal = $40.00  (total outgoing $114.12).  

Ending balance $XX

. The report was moved and approved.  

REGISTRAR REPORT

:

 No changes were made to the Administration List.  Meeting 022: Phone Contact and Representative information updated.  Meeting 231: Representative information added.  Meeting 257: Meeting night changed to Thursday, location changed to Mission Hospital, Basement, in Laguna Beach.  Meeting 272: Secretary Contact Information added.  No Meetings were added and no meetings were removed in the past month.  All meetings in the Directory have USPS contact through the Secretary, the Representative, or both.  No H&I Listings were added.  American Lung Association, Los Angeles was removed due to Undeliverable Address.  77 envelopes were addressed.

COMMITTEE REPORTS

HOSPITALS AND INSTITUTIONS:  

No report and we need a new H&I Chairperson.  Please let us know if you can help with this responsibility.

COMMUNICATIONS:

 Carol is operating our hotline and there are no reports or concerns.

LITERATURE:

 Everything is in stock.

WORLD SERVICES:  

The next conference meeting will be held 4/14/13 at 1:00 pm in Long Beach at the Golden Sails Hotel Golf and Conference Center for a final walk-through, 6285 E Pacific Coast Hwy, Long Beach, CA.  Anyone interested in helping please call George O. 562-310-0874.

EVENTS:

 Our next event will be the World Services Conference in Long Beach in April.  We hope to be able to have a retreat in June/July this year.  We are discussing different locations and bringing attention to this event at the World Services Conference.  The picnic will be the 3rd Sunday of September in Los Angeles.  Jane is checking into Potential Dates for the Retreat in June or July .

NEW MEETINGS

.  No report.

PUBLIC OUTREACH:

 We received an invitation from Freedom Festival 10 to man a booth on Sunday, June 9, 2013 from 10am to 6pm.  Freedom Festival is a Sober music event and was created to celebrate life without alcohol, drugs or any mind-altering substances or addictive behaviors.  It is a family event.  Please contact Angela P. if you would like to attend and be of service at a booth (949) 302-8465.

SPEAKERS BUREAU/BY-LAWS:  

We still need Chairpersons for the following:  By-Laws, Speakers Bureau, and Hospitals and Institutions (H&I), so please let us know if you can help .  If interested please come to the Intergroup meeting.  We are compiling a list of speakers so please let us know if you are willing to be a speaker. Please think about being a sponsor to someone who only has access to on-line or phone meetings.

WEB CZAR:  

As we move forward with the modernization - We can now have more information on our website. If you want to be a contributor to the website - Contact

quitnowla@gmail.com

.  

Our Website in January had over 480 Pageviews and over time - we average about 257 views per month.  We currently have an average of 272 Views of our website per month - The most popular items are the home page of news and the meetings pages.  The Website is a great resource - and it is optimize for mobile! Check it out on your smart-phone and use this resource in your recovery.

If you have not yet signed up for the Email list please go to the website -

www.scina.org

 or

www.quitnowlaw.com

add yourself to the list!

OLD BUSINESS:

No old business.

NEW BUSINESS:  

BIRTHDAYS:

SECRETARY REPORT:

The March report was read and approved.

CLOSING PRAYER:  

 Jane H. led us in the Serenity Prayer at 11:21 AM.

MINUTES - February 17, 2013

SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA INTERGROUP OF NICOTINE ANONYMOUS

INTRODUCTIONS:

Brian K called the meeting to order at 10:20 AM with the Serenity Prayer followed by introductions.

WAS YOUR MEETING REPRESENTED?  

A quorum was met.  The following meetings were represented:  001, 007, 023, 029, 047, 076,  084,185, and 268.

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 from the book of Nicotine Anonymous.

TREASURER REPORT

:

Beginning balance $369.36.  Donations: Mtg #001 $30.00, Mtg #076 $50.00, Mtg #229 $198.59; 7th tradition $18.00 (total incoming $296.59).  Expenses:  Bank Fee $3.00, Secretary expenses  (Jan.) $34.50, Registrar expenses Jan. ($38.43) & Feb. ($38.57) = $77.00  (total outgoing $114.50).  

Ending balance $551.45

. The report was moved and approved.  

REGISTRAR REPORT

:

 No changes were made to the Administration List.  Meeting 022: Phone Contact and Representative information updated.  Meeting 231: Representative information added.  Meeting 257: Meeting night changed to Thursday, location changed to Mission Hospital, Basement, in Laguna Beach.  Meeting 272: Secretary Contact Information added.  No Meetings were added and no meetings were removed in the past month.  All meetings in the Directory have USPS contact through the Secretary, the Representative, or both.  No H&I Listings were added.  American Lung Association, Los Angeles was removed due to Undeliverable Address.  77 envelopes were addressed.

COMMITTEE REPORTS

HOSPITALS AND INSTITUTIONS:  

No report and we need a new H& I Chairperson.  Please let us know if you can help with this responsibility.

COMMUNICATIONS:

 Carol is operating our hotline and there are no reports or concerns.

LITERATURE:

 Marty needs to place an order for red books and chips.

WORLD SERVICES:  

The next conference meeting will be held 3/10/13 at 1:00 pm in Long Beach.  Anyone interested in helping please call George O. 562-310-0874.

EVENTS:

 Our next event will be the World Services Conference in Long Beach in April.  We hope to be able to have a retreat in June/July this year.  We are discussing different locations and bringing attention to this event at the World Services Conference.  The picnic will be the 3rd Sunday of September in Los Angeles.  

NEW MEETINGS

.  No report.

PUBLIC OUTREACH/SPEAKERS BUREAU/BY-LAWS:  

We still need Chairpersons for the following:  By-Laws, Speakers Bureau, and Hospitals and Institutions (H&I), so please let us know if you can help .  If interested please come to the Intergroup meeting.  We are compiling a list of speakers.  Please let us know if you are willing to be a speaker. Please think about being a sponsor to someone who only has access to on-line or phone meetings.

WEB CZAR:  

As we move forward with the modernization - We can now have more information on our website. If you want to be a contributor to the website - Contact

quitnowla@gmail.com

.  

Our Website in January had over 480 Pageviews and over time - we average about 257 views per month.

The webservice we use, Squarespace, has begun offering an online store component.  Discussion about the possibility of adding on online store for our literature and chips was had at the meeting. It was decided that at this time it would be more work than help.

If you have not yet signed up for the Email list please go to the website -

www.scina.org

 or

www.quitnowlaw.com

add yourself to the list!

OLD BUSINESS:

No old business.

NEW BUSINESS:  

We received an invitation from Freedom Festival 10 to man a booth on Sunday, June 9, 2013 from 10am to 6pm.  Freedom Festival is a Sober music event and was created to celebrate life without alcohol, drugs or any mind-altering substances or addictive behaviors.  It is a family event.  Please contact Angela P. if you would like to attend and be of service at a booth (949) 302-8465.

BIRTHDAYS:

Brian K. celebrates 5 years and Angela P. celebrates 9 years off nicotine this month.

SECRETARY REPORT:

The February report was read and approved.

CLOSING PRAYER:  

 Jane H. led us in the Serenity Prayer at 11:21 AM.

Minutes - January 20, 2013

SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA INTERGROUP OF NICOTINE ANONYMOUS

INTRODUCTIONS: George O. called the meeting to order at 10:18 AM with the Serenity Prayer followed by introductions.

WAS YOUR MEETING REPRESENTED?  

A quorum was met.  The following meetings were represented:  001, 012, 022, 023, 029, 047, 076, 185, 229, and 268.

TRADITIONS:

Tradition 1:  

Our common welfare should come first; personal recovery depends on Nicotine Anonymous unity.

was read from the book of Nicotine Anonymous.

TREASURER REPORT

:

Beginning balance $132.08.  Donations: Mtg #229 $198.59, Mtg #23 $17.00 (Thanks, Silverlake and Costa Mesa!), 7th tradition $17.00, Marathon Meeting November ($112.00)  (total incoming $344.59).  Expenses:  Bank Fee $3.00, AT&T Long Distance $71.56, Secretary (Dec.) $33.75 (total outgoing $108.31).  

Ending balance $368.36

. The report was moved and approved.  

Registrar Report

:

 Public Outreach commitment was filled by Asa A.  Meeting 185: Meeting type updated to ‘Rotating Format’.  No Meetings were added and no meetings were deleted in the past month. All meetings in the Directory except new Meeting 272 have USPS contact through the Secretary, the Representative, or both.  272 has neither Secretary or Representative contact information.  No H&I Listings were added and none were deleted.  77 envelopes were printed.

COMMITTEE REPORTS

HOSPITALS AND INSTITUTIONS:  

No report and we need a new H&I Chairperson.  Please let us know if you can help with this responsibility.

COMMUNICATIONS:

 Carol is operating our hotline and there are no reports or concerns.

LITERATURE:

 We have a new literature form thanks to Rick.  Brian will put it up on the website soon.  We are in full stock on supplies.

WORLD SERVICES:  

We get a charge for processing credit cards on ‘PayPal’  so there will be a note that there is an additional charge to use a credit card at the top of the page, to sign up for the conference.  Brian set up a google website chat room to look for a roommate for the conference.  We had an issue about going to the business meetings without paying the registration but we won’t be able to allow that.  The workshops will be a step study, spirituality, outreach, social media, fund raising/donations and NRT nicotine replacement therapy.  We need to check into sales tax for literature sales at the conference.  Iran has a lot of meetings so we are adding a dead link for their website.  All of their meetings are listed in Farsi.  We are thinking about putting some literature on Kindle in Spanish.  The next conference meeting will be held 2/10/13 at 1:00 pm in Long Beach.  Anyone interested in helping please call George O. 562-310-0874.

EVENTS:

 Our next event will be the World Services Conference in Long Beach in April.  We hope to be able to have a retreat in June/July this year.  The picnic will be the 3rd Sunday of September in Los Angeles.  

NEW MEETINGS

.  No new meetings.

PUBLIC OUTREACH/SPEAKERS BUREAU/BY-LAWS:  

We still need Chairpersons for the following:  By-Laws, Speakers Bureau, and Hospitals and Institutions (H&I), so please let us know if you can help .  If interested please come to the Intergroup meeting.  We are compiling a list of speakers.  Please let us know if you are willing to be a speaker. Please think about being a sponsor to someone who only has access to on-line or phone meetings.

WEB CZAR:  

As we move forward with the modernization - We can now have more information on our website. Brian K would like people to contribute and sign up to be contributors for the website.   Now, Committee members can update and add information for their committees directly to the Website and to make sure that the information is the most current and up-to-date as possible. If you want to be a contributor to the website - Contact

quitnowla@gmail.com

.  Brian will put a note on the website that there is a fee for signing up online for the conference.  There is a downloadable file that you can email to radio stations at

www.nicotine-anonymous.org We are looking for new ways to use technology for carry the message - Such as Sending the PSA to Radio Stations, Emailing Literature, signs and information to Doctors, etc.  If you have ideas of ways to carry the message using the internet, please share with us your thoughts!   And if you have not yet signed up for the Email list please go to the website -www.scina.org or www.quitnowla.com add yourself to the list!

OLD BUSINESS:

No old business.

NEW BUSINESS:  

No new business.

BIRTHDAYS:

Rick W. celebrates 15 years off nicotine this month.

SECRETARY REPORT:

The January report was read and approved.

CLOSING PRAYER:   Brian K. led us in the Serenity Prayer at 11:22 AM.

MINUTES - October 21, 2012

SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA INTERGROUP OF NICOTINE ANONYMOUS

INTRODUCTIONS:  Brian K. called the meeting to order at 10:22 AM with the Serenity Prayer followed by introductions.

WAS YOUR MEETING REPRESENTED?  A quorum was met.  The following meetings were represented:  001 012, 023, 047, 076, 084, 185, 209, 229, 268.

TRADITIONS: Tradition 10:  Nicotine Anonymous has no opinion on outside issues; hence the Nicotine Anonymous name ought never be drawn into public controversy was read from the book Nicotine Anonymous.

TREASURER REPORT: September 2012 Report

Beginning balance $416.26.  Donations: Mtg #84 $75, Balance Adjustment $136.08 7th tradition $20 (total $231.08).  Expenses:  Bank Fee $3, Picnic $167, Registrar $38.49, Web Site $17, Secretary $58,  (total $280.49) Ending balance $366.85. The Treasurer’s report was moved and approved.

Registrar Report:  Registrar’s Report: Acting Chair, Secretary, and Treasurer positions were updated. Meeting Contact Information was updated on 5 meetings. In the past month no Meetings were added and no Meetings have gone dark. All meetings in the Directory have USPS contact through either the Secretary, the Representative, or both. No H&I Listings were added or deleted.

COMMITTEE REPORTS

HOSPITALS AND INSTITUTIONS:  

No report and we need a new H&I  Chairman.  Please let us know if you can help with this responsibility.

COMMUNICATIONS:  

No reports, no concerns.

LITERATURE:

 We are in full stock on supplies. Based on suggestions, we now have various colors for chips and are fully stocked with the new colored chips.

WORLD SERVICES:  

Board meeting next month 10/27-29/12 in Oakland.  They will be discussing the website.  Newcomer booklet will be printed towards the end of the year.  We need to determine how many copies, color, size, etc., and right now you can read it online for free under ‘What’s New.’  The registration form for the World Services Conference in April is on the  www.SCINA.org website, please pass out at your meetings.

EVENTS:

 The picnic was wonderful and new officers were elected.  The Marathon Meeting flier is on the website.  There are 3 slots left at this time if your group wants to  take one of them.  Please call Joseph W. at 562-644-5225 to reserve a spot or if you need more information.

NEW MEETINGS:

None

PUBLIC OUTREACH/SPEAKERS BUREAU/BY-LAWS:  

Jeff resigned from By-Laws so please let us know if you can help with this committee.  We will print a list of speakers who are available and mail that out next month.  Please let us know if you are willing to be a speaker.

WEB SITE:  

As we move Forward with the modernization - We can now have more information on our website. Brian K would like  people to contribute and sign up to be contributors for the website.   Now, Committee members can update and add information for their committees directly to the Website and to make sure that the information is the most current and up to date as possible. If you want to be a contributor to the website - Contact  quitnowla@gmail.com  Brian K. shared the website activity reports.

OLD BUSINESS:

New officers need to meet at the bank sometime on Saturday  the 10th to sign signature cards.

NEW BUSINESS:  

We want to thank George O, Susan C., Tomoko B., and Jeff M.  for their service as Officers and Committee Chairs of Intergroup for many years.  We are grateful for new officers  who  have stepped up for these jobs.

BIRTHDAYS:

No birthdays this month!!!

SECRETARY REPORT:

The October report was read and approved.

CLOSING PRAYER:  Brian K. led us in the Serenity Prayer at 11:33 AM.

MINUTES - August 19, 2012

MINUTES August 19, 2012                                                                      

SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA INTERGROUP OF NICOTINE ANONYMOUS

INTRODUCTIONS:

Mary P. called the meeting to order at 10:09 AM with the Serenity Prayer followed by introductions.

WAS YOUR MEETING REPRESENTED?  

A quorum was met.  The following meetings were represented:  1, 12, 22, 23, 47, 76, 84, 185, 186, 227, 229, 231, 250, 270

TRADITIONS:

Tradition 8:  Nicotine Anonymous should remain forever non-professional, but our service centers may employ special workers ,was read from the book Nicotine Anonymous.

TREASURER REPORT

 July Report

Beginning balance $528.24.  Donations: Mtg#1 $100, 7th tradition $11 (total $111).  Expenses:  Bank Fee $3, Retreat $220, Registrar $80.81, Web Site $192 (total $495.11) Ending balance $144.13. The Treasurer’s report was moved and approved.

Registrar Report

No changes or corrections were made to the Administration Service List.  No

Meetings were added.

No Meetings were removed. All meetings in the Directory have USPS contact through the Secretary, the Representative, or both. No H&I Listings were added. Kaiser Permanente Dept of Addiction Medicine was removed, due to “unknown address” returned mail.

COMMITTEE REPORTS

HOSPITALS AND INSTITUTIONS:  

No report. The mail was returned from Kaiser Permanente in Orange, CA, so we have lost the contact at that hospital.

COMMUNICATIONS:

No reports, no concerns

LITERATURE:

We are in full stock on supplies. Based on suggestions, we now have various colors for chips and are fully stocked with the new colored chips.

WORLD SERVICES:  

The Meditation CD was sent back to redo the music. The music has been changed and the Meditation CD will be available soon. The website will be changed soon. The Adobe pdf of

7 Minutes

is now available for free on the website.

EVENTS:

The retreat was held in Joshua Tree on June 23-June 24. The event was very successful, with 22 people sleeping over, and 10 day participants. All the bills related to this event have been settled. George R. has reserved Rush Park in Rossmoor for the annual picnic on the third Sunday in September. Mary designed a wonderful flyer with details about the picnic to be posted on the website. Please remind your members that this is our Annual Election of Officers Meeting.  If you are interested in serving the membership at the Intergroup level, please attend. Directions to the park are printed on the August Directory. After the Annual picnic, the Marathon Meeting in November will be the next event.

NEW MEETINGS:

None

PUBLIC OUTREACH/SPEAKERS BUREAU/BY-LAWS:  

No report.There was discussion about the bylaws. It was recommended that we change the quorum from 10 to 7 people. This change will be made when we republish the bylaws. We will revise the bylaws to reflect our current committee structure. If interested in volunteering for outreach activities, please contact Jeff at

jeffinjt@gmail.com

.WEB CZAR:  

The Website has been updated to Square space 6 - This allows some exciting new changes to the website - like new Multiple Contributors for the website.  Now, Committee members can update and add information for their committees directly to the Website and to make sure that the information is the most current and up to date as possible. If you want to be a contributor to the website - Contact quitnowla@gmail.com.

OLD BUSINESS:

Brian K. will donate a $100 Google offer that he received to set up a simple Google Ad designed to direct people to the SCINA.org website.Also we are still in need of volunteers for the following Intergroup Positions: Chairperson, Secretary and Treasurer. Those interested are encouraged to contact George O. 562-310-0874.

NEW BUSINESS:  

No new business

BIRTHDAYS:

Bill H. celebrated 13 years! Awesome!!!

SECRETARY REPORT:

The August report was read and approved.

CLOSING PRAYER:  

Brian K. led us in the Serenity Prayer at 11:26PM.