GTOASCNA Minutes
March 16, 2014
Opened with Prayer
12 Traditions Read
12 Concepts Read
Living in the Solution: yes
No Pain, No Gain: yes
Another Chance to Live: yes
Another Way: no
Together We Can: yes
Not High Noon: yes
Clean Possibilities: yes
Hope Turns to Faith: no
Hope without Dope: yes
Process of Discovery: yes
Progress not Perfection: yes
Hope through Surrender: yes
God’s Will Candlelight: yes
Freedom from Self: yes
High on Life: yes
Crossroads: yes
Serenityville: no
Trust the Process: yes
QUORUM ESTABLISHED
Minutes read and approved by
Wes R
RCM REPORT: none
TREASURER’S REPORT:
GTOASCNA
Treasurer’s Report
03-16-14
Activity
recorded 02-16-14 through 03-15-14
Regular Account
Beginning
Balance $162.34
Income
02-16-14 Living In the Solution $ 60.00
Together We Can $ 30.00
Progress Not Perfection $ 20.00
Trust the Process $ 20.00
Activities Returned $ 618.79
Total income
$748.79
Expenses
02-16-14 Tony T. for Activities ck# 464 $100.00
02-16-14 Cabell Co. Pub. Lib. ASC ck# 467 $
15.00
02-26-14 Cab. Co. Pub. Lib. ASC
For April and May ck#468 $ 30.00
Total Expenses $145.00
Internal Xfer to
Activities
$400.00
Internal Xfer to
PR
$ 93.21
Ending Balance
$110.58
Public Relations
Reserve
Beginning
Balance $235.00
Income
02-16-14 Internal Xfer from Reg. Acct. $ 93.21
Expenses
02-16-14 Tom M. Reimburse Lit. Order ck#466 $ 25.21
02-16-14 Bo V. for Schedules ck# 465 $ 3.00
Ending Balance $300.00
Prudent Reserve
Beginning
Balance $100.00
Income
Total Income
$ 0.00
Expenses
Total Expenses
$ 0.00
Ending Balance
$100.00
Activities
Reserve
Beginning
Balance
$ 0.00
Income
02-16-14 Return from In Loving Service $400.00
Total Income $400.00
Expenses
02-16-14 Tony T. for Campout ck# 464 $400.00
Total Expenses $400.00
Ending
Balance $ 0.00
As of 03-15-14 the total of all 4
accounts is $510.58
Nick L. – ASC Treasurer
ACTIVITIES :
Activities March 2014
Campsites to be reserved
today. 2 sights for Thursday and the
rest for Friday and Saturday. To be reported next month once finalized
Nominations for Speakers for
Friday and Saturday. Tom M suggests one out of region and one out of area. Ryan
D suggest one male and one female. The group as decided to send it back out for
a month and get more suggestions and make sure willingness is available for
nominees.
Voted on one male and female
speakers. 10 for 0 against
Voted on one out of region and
one out of area. 10 for and 0 against.
Asking home groups for male and
female speaker nominations. Will be voted on next activites subcommittee.
Tom M has a suggestion to do a
morning exercise possibly a jog then have a meditation. Or possibly a yoga and
morning meditation Saturday and Sunday morning.
Becky has suggested a karaoke
session at the campout. Group discussed having it in the afternoon.
Voted to have karaoke 10 for 0
against.
Na auction and clean time
countdown on Saturday evening.
Tom M suggested having
workshops. The group discussed having 2 workshops. Discussed what time to have
workshops. Saturday seems to be the best day to have workshops.
More ideas to be pooled and
brought back next month where the itinerary will be solidified.
PUBLIC RELATIONS:
Public Relations Subcommittee
Minutes for 3-16-14
Attendance: Sean H. Richard S.
Bo V. Becki V. Ryan D. Elijah C. Nick L. Tasha W. Dalmus C. Tom M.
Twelve tradition read –Bo V.
Twelve Concepts read-Sean H.
Schedule distribution
report-Elijah C. and Ryan have been busy in Wayne County contacts made wirh
Wayne County drug court, Day report, Home confinement, Parole office Health
Det. Valley Health, Probation office, and Golden Girls group home, contacts and
phone numbers obtained for all stated facilities except health Dept. They met
with Donna B. at Prestera in Wayne as well. The only NA meeting in town is Tues
at 6pm at Prestera. All contacts were very receptive and want to see NA grow in
the town. Schedules also obtained for habitat for humanity on the community
information board. Also WVDOC at DMV building contacts were built ant the PO
officers already sent there parolees to our meetings. I had 100 regional and 75
area meeting schedules at minutemen press. Schedule coordination will focus
back on Cabell County until next PR subcommittee.
Grateful to serve Ryan D.
Web servant Report-Greetings
from cyberspace. Everything Is going great, the meeting schedule is up to date
and all emailed announcements or meeting changes should be emailed to gtowebservant@gmail.com We want to thank everyone for announcing the website and
for you continued support. I met with Jason L. and Tony T. webservant 2 to
review how to update the website and post blogs.
Grateful to serve Dalmus C.
Elijah C. discussed attending a meeting where all
community outreach programs met to obtain information to whether it would be
something thee PR committee would be interested in. Elijah is to contact Donna B. to obtain more
information regarding committee meeting..
Dalmus C. requested help
obtaining a copy of the H N I policy to put on the website.
Michelle L. has been unable to
meet with the library and will try to schedule and meet before next
subcommittee.
Deeidra G. and Sean H. went to
CCSAP to speak with Laura Gilliam but she was in a meeting . We left name
number and email and requested information on upcoming health fairs or summits.
Subcommittee discussed Shell
center residents not receiving IP’s that were dropped off.
Tasha W. is going to schedule a
flyer day in order for Bo and Becki V. to get some experience to have a flyer
day in Louisa.
Next Loved Ones Group is
Tuesday March 18th.
H AND I:
Hospitals and Institutions Subcommittee Minutes for 3-14-14
Attendance: Nick C. Amber B. Carrie G. Erika P. Nick P.
James C. Nick L. Richard S. Bo V. beckie V. Sergio Dave H. Jamie Jenny Brittany
O. Kristin Sean H. Ryan D.
Twelve Concepts
read-Nick C.
Twelve traditions read- Ryan D.
Group reports-
Riverpark short term- Hello from Riverpark 3 west, All is well the meeting is
starting and ending on time. Average
client attendance has been 3. Willingness in the fellowship is fantastic. Again
I want to thank Dalmus c. for continuing his commitment to go in with me each
time until I reach clean time requirements. Grateful to be of service to the
fellowship –Ryan D.
Greetings form Riverpark longterm the meeting is going well.
Weve had a little trouble getting started on time due staff having to bring
client from different areas of the building. Willingness to be panel members is
good. The message of NA is being shared. –Grateful to serve Deeidra G.
Riverpark adolescence is doing great Deeidra G. substituted
for my week I spoke in Louisa KY. Otherwise, we arrive and leave on time the
average panel members I take in are 2-4.-Grateful to serve Brittany O.
Riverpark Adult Unit- Our meeting seems to be going well.
Thank you to Bo V. and Becki V. Jenni H. Richard S. and Joe B. for their
willingness to show up and participate in the meeting. We are still doing a
panel discussion meeting. The facility does have current meeting schedules. We
did meet on March 3rd 2014 at the facilities request due to weather.
I have spoke with Bo V. about possibly having current willingness to fill the
co position I have currently been filling in for . He did express that he would
be able to make the commitment. I know that the subcommittee has must elect
someone to take the position and there maybe others that have the willingness
but I feel as though Bo V. would do a great job sharing the panel with me. He
has been with me every week since he took the H N I workshop accept for the
cancellation by the facilty on the third I apologize I was unable to attend the
subcommittee meeting due to work commitment.- Grateful to serve Paul M.
Pinecrest Thursday Night-Greetings from Pinecrest Thursday
night meeting of H N I. All is well. The willingness from the fellowship has
been exceptional. However the facility is not always opening the doors on time.
The message is being carried and the clients are responding very well.
Unfortunately I have to step down as panel leader due to myi new job. Thank you
for letting me be of service.- grateful to serve Carrie G.
Greetings, The Thursday H N I panel at Pinecrest is going
smoothly. We are arriving on time and starting on time. We successfully carry
the NA message and close on time. The addicts there are responsive and take
part by offering an abundance of recovery topics to be shared on. I have been
met with much willingness from our fellows to carry the msg. and am always
booked two panels ahead of time. I would like to request schedules at this time.-
Grateful to serve Elijah C.
Pressley Ridge- Our Monday night H N I meeting at Pressley
Ridge is going great. The clients seem to be opening up to us more each time
were there. As they are getting more comfortable we have begun to share less
and open the floor longer for them to share. Willingness among members is great
as usual. We are entering and exiting on time. The message of hope is definetly
being carried.- Grateful to serve Nick C.
Western Regional Jail - Erika P. went in last month and is
waiting for approval of two women to go into the meeting. The message of NA is
being shared- Grateful to serve Erika P.
Old
business
See minutes for 2-14-14
New Business
Brittany O. discussed willingness for members to go into the
H & I meeting at Karen’s Place due to the present panel having limited
willingness due to the travel time to attend.
Ryan D. and Elijah C. discussed interest from Golden Girls
group home requesting a H & I meeting.
Erika P discussed Lillys place requesting a H & I
meeting if members believed it was something that was possible within in H
& I policy and guidelines.
Tom F. discussed the present H& I panel leader and
members being stretched very thin due to the recent start of three new minutes
and suggested the new meeting request be tabled to later date.
Carrie G. informed the subcommittee that due to her new job
she will be unable to keep her commitment as panel leader for the Thursday
night H & I meeting. She stated that Sean H. has willingness to take her
panel.
Subcommittee voted and all were in favor to have Sean H. as
the new panel member for the Thursday night H & I at Pinecrest.
Bo V. expressed willingness to be panel leader for the
alternating week at Riverpark Shortterm.
Subcommittee agreed that Lillys place would be more of
something that the PR subcommittee should look into.
Pinecrest has also expressed willingness for additional H N
I meeting due to the upcoming changes in which clients will not be attending
outside meetings. Members discussed that they are already receiving the message
of NA as well as having staff members in the fellowship having NA knowledge and
believed we should focus on places that have had little or no contact with NA
first.
The next H&I workshop will be held on Saturday April 5th
6pm at the Barnett center and requested members begin announcing in meetings.
Motion to adjourn meeting
Closed with hug and prayer- Grateful to serve Deeidra G.
GROUP REPORTS:
Greetings
from Not High Noon group of NA. The
meeting is going well. The doors are
being opened and the message is being carried.
Our average attendance is approximately 20 addicts. We have at least one copy of all NA
literature available. We are happy to be
capable of donating $20.00 to area this month.
Grateful to serve, Elijah C.
Greetings
from the Clean Possibilities Group.
Literature on the table, coffee being made, recovery message being
carried. Average of 20 people a meeting. No donation at this time. Grateful to serve, Erica B.
Greetings
from Trust the Process. We now have six
home group members (hope I’m not leaving anyone out.) Our needs are met, rent paid, lit order
made. We changed the format to make more
sharing time by having announcements at the end of the meeting. It appears to be effective. Our average attendance is 75 addicts seeking
recovery. Thanks for letting us
serve. Trust the Process. P.S. sorry,
no donation this month.
Greetings
from Together We Can. Our doors are open
on time, welcoming the new comer, message is being carried, our coffee is
flowing, literature on the table. We are
averaging 35 to 40 addicts. We have no
donation for area at this time. Grateful
to serve, Ed H.
Greetings
from the Crossroads Group of Narcotics Anonymous. All is going well. The doors are being opened on time, coffee is
being made, literature is on the table and the life saving message is being
carried. Average attendance per week is
18. We did move the meeting upstairs to
a bigger room on March 14. We have a
$15.00 donation for area at this time.
Grateful to serve, Tanner W.
Greetings from the Freedom From
Self homegroup,
The message of NA is being successfully
carried to the addict that still
suffers. Doors are open on time
and the meeting is starting and ending as
scheduled. The coffee is strong
and hot, literature stocked and we have an
average meeting attendance of
45 addicts. We have been having some issues the
past few weeks with keeping
keytags stocked due to the fact many of yhr first
three keytags are given out since
we meet in a treatment facility but the funds
haven't been coming in to
replace them in a timely mannerafter rent is paid and
other supplies are purchased.
We have placed an order for tags so the issue
should be eliviated shortly. We
would like to thank the area for their continued
support and helping bring the
message to those who normally would have.no
exposure to the fellowship. We
are reminded weekly how much the clients
appreciate the meeting as well
as their fronds and familymembers who aare
addicts that are beginning to
attend regularly. Our basic text study is this
Thursday and we would
appreciate everyone's help in announcing it at meetings.
Grateful to Serve,
Richard S.
All is well with the Hope
Through Surrender group of Narcotics Anonymous. The
doors are open, literature is
on the table, coffee in the pot and most
importantly the message of
recovery is being shared. We average about 15 people
per week and have no donation
to area at this time.
Grateful to serve,
Tasha W.
All is
well at the Hope Without Dope group of Narcotics Anonymous. The doors are open
on time, literature is on the table, and the life saving message of recovery is
being carried. We have 60-70 in attendance every Wednesday and Sunday. We have
no donation for area this month. Recently Elizabeth H. resigned as GSR and
Jason L. was voted in as GSR with Carrie G. as alternate. Grateful to
serve Carrie G.
GODS WILL CANDLE LIGHT MEETING
March 2014
Greetings, all is well with the Gods Will Candlelight Meeting of
Narcotics Anonymous with the doors open on time each week, coffee made,
literature on display and the life saving message of recovery being shared. Our
attendance averages 25 to 45 per week and we have a speaker on the third
Thursday of each month. We would like to thank Missi C in February
for sharing his experience, strength and hope as we look forward to our next
speaker Allen L on March 20th.. Our group has a $20 donation to area this
month.
Grateful to serve, Thomas F
Another Chance to Live
Salutations from Another Chance
to Live group. All meetings have occurred this month on time and the message is
being shared openly and freely. Rent is current, our group has ordered
literature and key tags. We have 3 new home group members Kristin A, Sharon M
and Trent J. Our group has decided to sponsor sending a member to convention,
open to suggestions from members. We have a 30 dollar donation at this time.
Grateful to be of service
Ryan D
Salutations from
Progress Not Perfection. All is well. Doors are open on time, literature is on
the table, and the message is being carried. We are still reading out of Living
Clean. We are averaging about 30-40 people in attendance each Wednesday. We
have a $50 donation for area.
Grateful to serve,
Nick C.
OLD BUSINESS:
Discussion concerning trouble
in the past with getting nominations and elections done in May and June due to
other activities during that time.
Several options were brought to discussion as a way to find a solution that
works for us. This discussion will be
continued at a later time due to not wanting to rush a decision. Input is appreciated.
RCM Alt nominations are needed
from the home groups at next area. The
RCM position will be filled by Nick L to complete the remaining term that Tyler
M is unable to fulfill.
Motions
Activities subcommittee made a
motion requesting the $400.00 from activities reserve plus an additional $100
to help in prepaying for campsites and supplies for the upcoming campout. 13 for, 0 against, 0 abstain
Motion from the Hope Without
Dope group for the area to contact Christina C for the CAR workshop information
to see when she is able to facilitate.
11 for
PR Subcommittee had 2 motions
1.)
Request of $25.21 to cover the remaining
balance for our order of 2 Basic Texts and a Literature Rack. 11 for
2.)
Request of $3.00 to purchase schedules to
be distributed to facilities in Louisa, KY.
11 for
Motion from Gods Will
Candlelight to move the area service this year to the 2nd Sunday in
the months of April & May 2014. This
will give us the dates of April 13 & May 11. 11 for.
NEW BUSINESS:
Subcommittee Motions:
PR subcommittee
motion for $24.94.
Group Motions:
Motion for $120.00 to
send Nick L to the Regional Committee Meeting.
Motion and second to
nominate Tom M for RCM alt. This
nomination will discussed by the home groups which will return with a vote in
April.
The GTO area will
return a vote to the Regional Committee supporting the change in regional
Policy allowing only the RCMs/ASRs to vote during the RSC. 9 for; 0 against; 6 abstaining.
OPEN FORUM:
The need for NA
meetings in Wayne County was discussed.
There will be an H
and I workshop on April 5th at the Barnett Center. The workshop will begin at 6:00 PM.
The ASC will meet on
April the 13th next month. This
is the second Sunday and not the third upon which it is normally held.
CLOSED WITH A PRAYER.
