Southern California Intergroup of Nicotine Anonymous
INTRODUCTIONS: George O. called the meeting to order at 10:14 AM with the Sereity Prayer followed by introductions.
WAS YOUR MEETING REPRESENTED? Yes, a quorum was met.
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 Nicotine Anonymous.
TREASURER REPORT: We started with $399.99 in Feb. We had $309.00 in donations ($50 from meeting #1 West Hollywood, $45 from meeting #84 Fullerton, $149 from meeting #229 Silverlake, $25 from meeting 241 Glendale, and $40 from meeting 250 Bellflower) and $12.00 for our 7th tradition. Our expenses were $18.97 for outreach. $43.68 for secretary, $43.82 for registrar and ended with $614.52.
REGISTRAR’S REPORT: Rick W reports no changes were made on the Administration List. Meeting 059 Phone Contact and Secretary information was updated. Meeting 271, Long Beach Alano Club, Friday 6:00pm, was added. Meeting 089 in San Bernardino was removed, by request of Mike, the Meeting Secretary. This month, all meetings have USPS contact through either a Secretary, a Representative, or both. The H&I Listings are stable, with none added and none removed. 5 envelopes were printed to Secretaries, 18 to Representatives, and 5 to Administrators for a total of 48 envelopes addressed to those serving the Membership, and 37 envelopes were addressed to H&I organizations. Total number printed is 84.
COMMITTEE REPORTS
HOSPITALS AND INSTITUTIONS: No report. No concerns.
COMMUNICATIONS: No reports, no concerns
LITERATURE: We received our big literature order. We still need to order some 10 minute chips. We can get multi-colored chips from Crossroads. A check bounced from one of the groups - Marty will follow up. A donation was deposited into the literature account, and Marty will transfer the $50 to the Intergroup account.
WORLD SERVICES: Our reserve is fine. The conference is coming up this weekend in Albuquerque, NM. There may be some people who cannot attend because of the high altitude and economic conditions. The surveys regarding Gender Neutrality was recommended not to be brought up for a vote, however, the 11th tradition may be brought to a vote at the conference. We finally got the Newcomers booklet on line at this time in PDF format on nicotine-anonymous.org. World Services will also have a CD meditation. That will be voted upon in the near future. We will have 6 workshops coming up at the conference. World Services is working on PayPal issues. Gary put a motion in to add email to the online store so people can contact World Services. We have 2 delegates for this year’s conference. As far as next year’s conference is concerned, George O. got some estimates for hotel accommodations.
EVENTS: Jane is working on the annual retreat in Joshua Tree. There have been quite a few people who are interested this year. We have about 12 people who have committed so far, but we need 20 people to commit or we will have to cancel the retreat. Please contact Jane H. at (323) 852-1518 if you are interested in attending.
George O. will contact George R. who is working on organizing the annual picnic in September but he can’t reserve it until April. Here is your chance to become an OFFICER FOR INTERGROUP! Freedom Festival will be held in Costa Mesa on June 10, 2012. NicA has been invited to participate. More information will be included in next month’s minutes.
NEW MEETINGS: No new meetings.
BYLAWS: No report, no concerns.
PUBLIC OUTREACH: No concerns.
WEB CZAR: Brian K. would like people to send information regarding meetings or committees to him at QUITNOWLA@gmail.com. He is continually updating the Website to include the current Intergroup Meeting minutes and any Committee reports. If your meeting has any updates that you would like included, please send them to the quitnowla@gmail.com.
OLD BUSINESS: We are 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: George O. celebrated 10 years!!! CONGRATULATIONS GEORGE!!!
SECRETARY REPORT: The April report was read and approved.
CLOSING PRAYER: Kim H. led us in the Serenity Prayer at 11:42AM
