ALCOHOLICS ANONYMOUS / AREA 93 / DISTRICT 17
Monthly District Meeting /May 2, 2005 / Meeting Minutes
Jeff J. called meeting to order.
A Moment of Silence followed by the serenity prayer
12 Concepts read by Erin
GSRs in attendance 16
3.5 New GSRs - Scott, Whitney, Bill and temp Anthony (OTO for Steve M.)
Minutes from April Meeting were approved as submitted.
DCM Report - Jeff J. was pleased to announce that our area 93 Alternate Delegate, Debbie was visiting our meeting. The Area officers have a working schedule through out their two-year commitment to visit each district.
Jeff gave the following Area Committee meeting report:
Val, the Archive chair, said the Archive storage facility was no longer available and they are again looking for a permanent location to store the Area 93 archives.
Ken, our Area Treasure has hired a new CPA and they are working toward a resolution for cleaning up our "Non-Profit tax status problem. He will have a full report at the upcoming assembly. For those serving on the Area Standing Committees, the budget-setting meeting is scheduled for June 12th. If the requests for the upcoming year are not in by the deadline of June 1st, no guarantee that you’ll receive the same budget as this year.
Peggy our Area Registrar is really impressed with GSO. They have really stepped up their game and turned around some group requests for service numbers in record time. This affects us because a number of our groups were given temporary numbers and I have been given your permanent group number. A reminder to your group treasurer to included on all donation checks to the Area your GSO#/Area#/District#.
Because the Grapevine/La Vina committee is now two separate entities, Alberto our Area Chair will be seeking to appoint a Grapevine Standing Committee Chair. Along with this news, John Michael our area Registration Committee chair has had to step down and Alberto is seeking to replace him as well.
At the ACM Jeff met with each of the co-hosting districts for "Live from New York. He has added his or her alt. DCMs to his email list and will have a small meeting to determine everyone’s involvement at the event from each district. He also asked each district registrar to contact him regarding the "Does your group have GSR? table. Each district will have a volunteer to assist with this registration inquiry. Our hope is that out of it we will learn about groups that are either not registered with GSO or just not represented at the district/area level. Next month on June 6th, Jeff invited our Area registrar to visit district 17 and possibly share any tips or insights into how to make this a successful endeavor. Our operating budget as of April 17th is between $200 - $240. This includes food, soft drinks, coffee & water, along with the distribution of flyers. Each district (1,11,16,17) will share this expense between $50 - $60 each.
PRAASA planning committee has now voiced a need for two additional committee chairs: Alternate housing chair & AA meeting coordinating chair. Please attend the next PRAASA ’06 planning meeting for more details: May 14, 2005 10AM Ventura Central Office 321 Aviador St. Camarillo, CA 93010.
Finally, the discussion about changing the Area Assemblies & Committee meetings from five per year to four per year has produced a motion and the G&P Chair will draft a motion to be presented to the Assembly this coming Assembly on May 15th in Sylmar.
ALCOHOLICS ANONYMOUS / AREA 93 / DISTRICT 17
Monthly District Meeting /May 2, 2005 / Meeting Minutes
Alt DCM Report - Chris welcomed the new GSR’s Scott, Whitney and Bill
Treasurer Report - Melanie B. distributed the financial statement for April. Report was approved as submitted.
Area Standing Committee Reports:
Archives: N/R.
CPC/Treatment Facilities: N/R
Finance: N/R
Grapevine/LA Vina: N/R
Guidelines and Policies: N/R
Literature/Audio Visual/Newsletter: N/A
Public Information / Accessibility/ Website: N/R
Registration: N/R
H&I liaison: N/R
SFV Intergroup liaison: Richard W. The 3rd annual Almost Free Almost Memorial Day picnic is scheduled for Sunday, May 22nd at Woodly Park, Picnic Area #2, Japanese Garden Entrance, 11AM- 3PM. Jeff went to Central Office and spoke with Bob to better the communication with District 17. They will add GSR information as well as mention our "Live From NY delegates day in the upcoming Recovery Times.
Newcomer packets - N/A
Old business:
1. Report Ad Hoc Committee - Melanie: Five people attended the meeting. Melanie will produce a one-sheet, which describes the Cri Help Parolee Program that we will be able to take back to meetings for volunteers to participate.
2 The following will chair these areas for the "Live from NY event:
Registration Table - Ian and Laura will
Set-Up - Richard will Chair
Greeters - Mark will Chair
2. There was much discussion, both pro and con, on the motion to change the number of Area Assemblies & Committee Meetings held each year in Area 93. Everyone was encouraged to attend the next assembly to participate in the area discussion and vote on this motion.
ALCOHOLICS ANONYMOUS / AREA 93 / DISTRICT 17
Monthly District Meeting /May 2, 2005 / Meeting Minutes
New Business:
1 Jeff asked if we would like to have a District 17 web site. We all agreed that we wanted a District 17 web site. Scott volunteered to be the Web Master for District 17 and possibly aid Dave Ward on the Area 93 web site. We will discuss this further at next District meeting.
2 We were honored to have Debbie, our Area 93 Alternate Delegate, speak to us. She gave a brief description on the role of Area Delegate. She said at the New York Conference it was passed that the "AA Group pamphlet will now include H&I services. Debbie also spoke to us about money and spirituality and the role we play in informing our meetings of the importance of contributions and how that money is allocated to help other alcoholics, even in other countries. Debbie gave out pamphlets for meeting treasurers, which includes the proper division of the contributions. She also said it’s important to let our groups know that it’s their voice that should be heard and if they fund the GSR/DCM the person with the "purse strings has the loudest voice. Debbie also stated in Area 93 there are 27 districts with 880 groups and only 10-20% are represented at the Area/District level.
Good and Welfare:
Birthday’s in May - Area 93 will be 5 on May 5th.
7:47 pm Meeting adjourned with responsibility declaration.
Submitted and prepared by Maureen M.
Thank you for letting me be of service to District 17.