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Wednesday, January 28, 2015
In Loving Service - Saturday, 2/7/15
Monday, January 12, 2015
Meeting Cancellation - Out of the Dark and Into the Light of the Rainbow - 7pm, Saturday, 2/7/15
The "Out of the Dark and Into the Light of the Rainbow" meeting, which meets Saturdays at 7pm at 619 6th Ave. in Huntington, will be closed on February 7 to promote area unity due the "In Loving Service" area function that day.
Area Minutes - December 2014
GTOASCNA- Minutes December 2014
Opened with prayer
Twelve concept read Missy C.
Twelve traditions read John M.
Minutes for November read
Groups in Attendance:
Sunday
Living in the Solution-Y
Hope without Dope-Y
No Pain No Gain-Y
Monday
Another Chance to Live-Y
Another Way-N
Together We Can-Y
Tuesday
Not High Noon-Y
Clean Possibilities-Y
Hope Turns to Faith-Y
Wednesday
Process of Discovery-N
Women in Na-Y
Progress not Perfection-Y
Thursday
Against All Odd’s-Y
Hope through Surrender-Y
God’s Will Candlelight-Y
Freedom from Self-Y
Friday
Choose to Live-Y
High on Life-Y
Another Look-Y
Crossroads-Y
Saturday
Serenityville-N
Trust the Process-Y
Out of the Darkness-Y
Making Amends-Y
Quorum established 20 out of 25 groups represented
Treasurer's Report:
12-21-2014
Activity recorded 11-16-2014 through 12-20-2014
Regular Account
Beginning Balance $
0.00
Income
10-27-14 Another Way $
20.00
11-16-14 Hope Turns to Faith $ 20.00
11-16-14 Another Look $
10.00
11-16-14 Progress Thru Perfection $ 30.00
11-16-14 Activities-from Halloween $485.00
11-16-14 H&I workshop returned funds $ 6.51
Total income $571.51
Expenses
11-03-14 1and1.com for website-check card $ 14.99
12-20-14 Cabell Co Public Lib-Oct ASC ck# 498 $ 30.00
12-20-14 Internal X-fer to Activities Reserve $500.00
12-20-14 Internal X-fer to Prudent Reserve $ 25.00
12-20-14 Internal X-fer to Public Relations Reserve $ 1.52
Total Expenses $571.51
Ending Balance $
0.00
Public Relations Reserve
Beginning Balance $209.23
Income
Total Income $ 1.52
Expenses
11-16-14 Ryan D –Schedules & Flyers ck# 497 $ 49.49
Total Expenses $
49.49
Ending Balance $161.26
Prudent Reserve
Beginning Balance $
75.00
12-20-14 Internal X-fer from Reg Acct $ 25.00
Expenses
Total Expenses $
0.00
Ending Balance $100.00
Activities Reserve
Beginning Balance
$ 0.00
Income Internal X-fer from Reg Acct $500.00
Ending Balance $500.00
As of 12-20-2014 the total of all 4 accounts is $ 761.26
Terri M – ASC Treasurer
RCM REPORT:
Greetings family!
First off, the next Regional Subcommittee Meeting is going to be
January 10th-11th and I will be
going. The Hope Out The Holler Group will be hosting their
Holidays Up The Holler event on
December 22nd in Sissonville and there is a flyer available on
our regions webpage (mrscna.org).
Also, the Metro Area is having their annual New Years Eve
function on December 31st at 1414
Myers Ave. in Dunbar, and January 24th 2015, the North
Central Area of Narcotics
Anonymous is having a spaghetti dinner at Christ Episcopal Church
405 9th Street in Fairmont, WV.
The regions PR/Combined PR/Phone
line/H&I/Web Servant Subcommittee is still
needing a phoneline vice chair.
Anyone with willingness to serve would be greatly appreciated.
The next Zonal Forum is going to
be held in the Chesapeake and Potomac Region January 31st, 2015 from 9:00 am to 11:00 pm at
Saint Francis de Sales Catholic Church in Washington, DC. If anyone is interested, there is a
flyer with more information about the event on that regions website.
In Loving Service,Nick L.
SUBCOMMITTEE REPORTS:
Public Relations Report:
Open with prayer
Attendance: Liz H;
Nick L; Josh B; Tanner W; Elijah C; Kristen A; Sal C; Billy P; Tasha W;
Brittany O; Rachel N
12 traditions: Kristen
A
12 concepts: Tanner W
Group reports:
Web servant: Greetings
from the web. Everything is going great - both the web and print versions of
the area meeting schedule are up to date, region has been notified of all area
meeting information changes, and all received announcements have been posted to
the blog. Any upcoming announcements, activities, or meeting changes should be
emailed togtowebservant@gmail.com. If
you have any questions, please let me know.
-Grateful to serve, Jason L.
Schedule day: Greetings
from the schedule day coordinator. Things are going great. Schedules went out
to our Huntington contact and some of the contacts have changed. There is an
updated list coming from the communication specialist. I will be going to drop
off schedules to our wayne county contacts in the next week or two.
Grateful to serve. Tanner W
Communication follow
up: Greetings from communications. Our cabell county contacts were called
and we are in good standings with them all. We have made a few new contacts and
a couple different names. I will be making adjustments and updating our
contacts list. Also will be calling our wayne county contacts in the next week
or so. Grateful to serve. Rachel N
Library liaison:
Schedule
guru: Greeting from the schedule
"guru". All is going well. Most all of the home groups have not been getting ahold of
me for their allotted amount of monthly schedules. There is roughly around 200
schedules left over from last month that are outdated and needed changes
applied to
them. Grateful to serve, Ryan B.
Old business: flyer
day coordinator position has not been filled.
Very few home groups
have gone to Ryan B for their allotted schedules so there is quite a few left
over out of date.
New business: We voted
on making the changes ourselves on all the 200+ old schedules and just hand-writing updates. Or discarding all schedules and having more schedules printed.
As a group it was unanimous and more cost efficient to make the changes
ourselves and using those schedules for our wayne county contacts.
And print new
schedules for the extra 150 to the huntington city mission.
That vote was also
unanimous.
Our next loved ones
group will be taken in on March 3, 2015.
Library liaison wants
to try to expand and get out of our cabell county libraries. And have
realized it would also be cost efficient if we could get used literature for
other areas.
We still have a
position on our pr sub committee. So we will be taking nominations for
flyer day coordinator.
Closed with prayer
Grateful to serve
Rachel N
Activities
Subcommittee Report:
Open with prayer.
12 concepts: Nick L
Attendance: Brittany O; Billy P; Tasha W;
Tanner W; Brandon S; Ara S; Josh B; Nick L; Tony T; Sal C; Rachel N;
Old business:
New business: We have the facility reserved
for in loving service. February
7 2015. Starting at 4:00 pm.
We are looking for willingness to have a
speaker.
There will be food, hni workshop, phone line
workshop, auction and a speaker.
All is going well and more will be decided and announced.
Grateful
to serve, Rachel N
Hospitals and
Institutions Subcommittee Report:
Concepts read
Twelve Traditions read
Group reports given
Old business read
New business:
Subcommittee voted on new panel leaders: Pressley ridge- Sal
C. Cassie C., Pinecrest- Ed H. Nate H.
St. Marys- Elijah C. Nick C., Riverpark-Brian C. James H.-
Adult short-term April P. adolescent short-term,
Kristin A. Jason H. adolescent longterm
H and I workshop was scheduled on 12-19-14
Meeting adjourned
Closed with Prayer
Grateful to serve Deeidra G.
OLD BUSINESS:
Motion #01 -11-14
Maker: Hope turns to
faith
Motion: Per our 11th concept our home group would like to a
make a motion to change, the
Activities reserve back to $400
Intent: to use the excess money for a more practical purpose
Rationale: Our home group felt that the funds were being
mismanaged
Seconded: Ryan D.
For 4
Against 14
Abstained 2
Motion denied Activity
Reserve remains at $500
Motion #03-11-14
Maker: Trust the Process
Motion: To provide $75 a piece to the RCM and alternate to
attend each RSC meeting. If only
one of them can attend only one stipend will be provided.
Intent: To provide financial support to our trusted servants
to cover the costs of their service.
Rationale: the current funding is $120 which likely does not
cover their costs, also so that all
the funding doesn’t go to one person in the absence of the
other.
Seconded: John M.
For 16
Against 2
Abstained 2
Motion passed RCM and RCM
alt. to receive $75 stipend to attend RSC meeting.
GROUP REPORTS:
Living in the Solution
Greetings
from the Living in the Solution home group. We would like to welcome new
home group members Amy B, Christa S, Kanita W, & Chelsey F. The
door is being open & the message is being carried. Our average
attendance has grown to about 30 addicts per meeting. Our group conscious
was held today and our votes are as follows: we vote in favor of the RCM &
RCM Alt stipend increase & against the activity budget decrease. We
have a $50 donation & no motions to bring fourth @ this time. In Loving
Service,
Missi C.
Missi C.
No pain No gain
Greetings from the No pain No gain Home group of Narcotics
Anonymous. We are averaging 20-30 addicts each week, the doors are opened on
time, coffee is being made, there is literature on the table, and the message
is being carried. We do not have a donation to area at this time.
Grateful to serve Kristin S.
Another Chance to Live
Meeting is going well. Rent paid.
Literature on table nothing really to report at this time. Old Robbie c.
Together We Can
The Monday night “Together We Can” meeting is doing well.
The doors are open on time, rent is paid, literature is on the table, and the
life-saving message of NA is being shared. Our average attendance is 35. We a home
group member celebrating 4years on January 5th and we have John David from the
grass roots area sharing his experience, strength and hope.
Grateful to serve Wayne M.
Not High Noon
Greetings from the Not High Noon, Our home group is going
strong. The remaining members are consistently Elijah C. and Brittany O. Elijah
C. was elected GSR, our meeting has moved from 18th and Artisan, Young’s
Chapel to Baptist Temple on 9th and 21st starting
immediately due to changes within the Young’s Chapel infrastructure @ no fault
of Not High Noon. Our Not High Noon luncheon function went well. We had a nice
turnout for that. We have agreed to abstain from voting for the new area
service position and agreed to vote to keep existing budget. We have a $10
donation to area at this time.
Grateful to serve Elijah C.
Clean Possibilities
Greetings from clean possibilities. All is well. Meeting
starting and ending on time. Coffee is made, literature on the table, and the lifesaving
message of narcotics anonymous is being carried. Our average attendance is
around 15 to 20 members weekly. We have a 20 dollar donation to area at this
time.
Grateful to serve,
Ryan B.
Hope turns to Faith
All is well at the Hope turns to faith Homegroup. The coffee
is hot and the message of recovery is being shared. We have elected new trusted
servants. Our next speaker meeting is Dec. 30, Mike P. will be our speaker. Our
average meeting attendance is 70.
Grateful to serve Brandon G.
Women in NA
Greetings from women in NA, we are averaging 9 people per
week. We have four homegroup members currently. Coffee is being made,
literature is on the table doors are being open on time and the life-saving
message of NA is being shared. We have no current donation to area at this
time.
Grateful to serve Sue C.
Progress not Perfection
Seasons greetings from the Progress Not Perfection group! We are
experiencing a slight decline in attendance recently but still averaging about
60 addicts per meeting. We are progressing through the Living Clean book still
with positive feedback resulting. Rent is paid. Our doors are opening on time
with coffee and literature ready for the taking. We will be open New Year's Eve
and Christmas Eve. We have a 1 year celebration the following week on Jan. 7 with April P. speaking! We have a $20 donation to area this month.
Thanks!
Gratefully, Nick C.
Against all Odds
Greetings from “Against all Odds” homegroup, our homegroup
meets at Missio Dei church Pullman Square, Huntington, WV. We are a men’s
meeting looking for new members and looking to get more. Doors have been open
and coffee made, consistently, as our spiritual recovery continues to be
shared. Literature is available and the message is being carried. Meeting
attendance has been average with the addition of two new homegroup members, we
usually have a dozen addicts in attendance. We are unfortunately unable to
donate to area at this time. We vote no on the first motion and yes on the
third.
Grateful to serve John M.
Hope thru Surrender
Greetings,
All is well with the Hope Through Surrender
group of Narcotics Anonymous. Rent is paid, doors are open on time, literature
is on the table, coffee in the pot, and most importantly the message of
recovery is being shared. We average about 15 to 20 people per meeting. We have
decided to make the switch from Styrofoam cups to real coffee mugs, so
donations are welcome! We have a new home group member, Gary F. We will also
have the doors open on Christmas day. We have a $20 donation to area at this
time.
Grateful to serve, Tasha W.
God’s Will Candlelight
Greeting from God’s will candlelight meeting. All is well,
the doors are open on time, literature is stocked and coffee is hot. Our
average meeting attendance is about 40. We would like to thank Erica P. and
David H. for coming to share their experience, strength and hope. We have no
donation to area at this time.
Grateful to serve Ali S.
Freedom from Self
Greetings from Freedom from Self group. Coffee is made and
doors are opened. Literature is stocked. We have no money for area this month,
average attendance is around 30.
Grateful to serve Chris W.
Crossroads
Greetings from the Crossroads group of Narcotics Anonymous. On January the 23rd we will have an addict celebrating four years
there will be cake and refreshments. There is coffee in the pot
literature on the table and the life-saving message of Narcotics Anonymous is
being shared. We have a new GSR Jason h. We have no donation to area at this
time.
Grateful
to serve, Jason H.
Choose to Live
Salutations to our NA family, from the choose to live group.
The doors are open on time, literature is on the table, coffee is hot and the
NA message is being carried. We have a $30 donation for area. We’d also like to
welcome our new member Justin E. Motion votes No to motion 1 and yes to motion
3.
Grateful to serve, Miles
High on Life
Meeting has been open every week on time with coffee made
literature on the table and the message of hope and freedom is being shared.
Attendance averages around 30-35 addicts in attendance weekly. We would like to
welcome two new homegroup members Tim and Samatha and as always could use more
help and support. We will be having a two year celebration on the 23rd
of January and would like to welcome any and all to come out and celebrate with
us. We are grateful to have been able to clear-up an issue we had with unpaid
rent to the facility and are paid up in full till the first of the year. We
have placed a desperately needed order for keytags and thus have no donation to
area at this time.
Grateful to serve James H.
Another Look
Hey family, Another Look group still meets regularly Tues
@700 South Point and 6:30 Friday. The Groups could use some support. We have
$10 donation to area.
ILS John M.
Trust the Process
Attendance continues to be in the 60-70 range. We are making
a large literature order so we have no ASC donation. We have a new homegroup
member. All our needs are met to further our primary purpose.
Thank you for the opportunity to further our primary purpose,
T the P
Out of the Darkness
The Out of the Darkness into the light of the Rainbow
homegroup of Narcotics Anonymous is doing very well, the meeting is open on
time every week with literature to sell, we have 6 active homegroup members and
the lifesaving message is shared with approximately 15-16 addicts a week. We
have no donation to area this month. No to motion 1 and yes to motion 3
Grateful and Blessed Tyler B.
Making Amends
Hello Everyone, Sat Morning 10:00 A.M. group meeting finds the doors open and
recovery going on. This is an open meeting. Addicts are finding their way to
our meeting since being put on Area schedule. We ar still a very small meeting,
but grateful to have our meeting place at First Presbyterian Church of
Huntington located at 1015 5th Ave. Huntington, WV 25701. Entry is
in back of church where plenty of parking is available. Need to ring bell if
arriving after 10am, so you can be let in. Literature is available pamphlets at
no cost and NA book for a donation to group. We are about to make another order
of NA materials if anyone would like to add to our order let us know. We have
never gotten a copy of min. form the Oct. meeting. We somehow gout our Sunday’s
crossed and missed Nov. meeting Sorry. We tried to pay rent for the use of the
building, but were told that they had never accepted money from NA even when
Brown Building was in place, and the missionary board was not going to start
now. So we try to donate time to them like cleaning and loading seasonal item.
They do have a group called Charlie’s boys that go around and help the less
fortunate at their home. If anyone would like to participate with them they
meet the 2nd Sat of each month and spend that Sat. helping others
please let me know.
Group members are glad to be part of Area, and at this time
have no donation. We do not have to pay rent and at this time do not collect
the 7th tradition money. Since joining area we will start observing
the 7th tradition so that we might be able to donate to Area. We do
collect money for special NA events so that we can send addicts to Sate Conference.
Although the money that was given to addicts to go for some reason
they never made it and we have not seen them again. We are changing that policy
to make sure funds do not go to waste and will discuss with other how this
might be done.
Want to wish everyone a Merry Christmas in recovery The
Making Amends Group
Grateful to serve Mark G.
NEW BUSINESS:
Homegroup members brought forth nominations for Policy
Subcommittee Chair
Crossroads- John M
Choose to live- Jason H.
Hope thru surrender- Erika P.
Together We Can- Paul M.
Back to Homegroups for vote
Motion #01-12-21
Motion: Activities subcommittee is requesting $500 for the
In Loving Service function for Feb. 7, 2015
Intent: to further the NA message
For 20
Against 0
Abstained 0
Motion Passed
ASC discussed the wording of the motion for RCM to take to
the region and was agreed on as follows:
Motion: Make all NA literature
accessible and cost effective dealing with members with all accessible needs
Intent: in order to meet the needs of all members
Rationale: to carry the message without prejudice
Motion has already been voted on; RCM will be taking area
motion to region
Motion to adjourn
Meeting closed with Prayer
Grateful to serve Deeidra G.
Area Minutes - November 2014
GTOASCNA Minutes - November 2014
GROUPS IN ATTENDANCE:
SundayLiving in the Solution-N
Hope without Dope-N
No Pain No Gain-N
Monday
Another Chance to Live-N
Another Way-Y
Together We Can-Y
Tuesday
Not High Noon-Y
Clean Possibilities-Y
Hope Turns to Faith-Y
Another Look-Y
Wednesday
Process of Discovery-N
Women in Na-Y
Progress not Perfection-Y
Thursday
Against All Odd’s-Y
Small Town Big Recovery-N
Hope through Surrender-Y
God’s Will Candlelight-Y
Freedom from Self-Y
Friday
Choose to Live-Y
High on Life-Y
Another Look-Y
Crossroads-Y
Saturday
Serenityville-N
Trust the Process-Y
Out of the Darkness-Y
Quorum established - 17 out of 25 groups represented
TREASURER’S REPORT:
GTOASCNA Treasurer’s Report11-16-2014
Activity recorded 10-19-2014 through 11-15-2014
Regular Account
Beginning Balance $ 0.00
Income
10-19-14 High on Life $ 20.00
10-19-14 Living in the Solution $ 20.00
10-19-14 Choose to Live $ 30.00
10-19-14 Trust the Process $ 20.00
10-23-14 Internal x-fer from Prudent Reserve $ 25.00
Total income $ 115.00
Expenses
10-19-14 Cabell Co Public Lib-Oct ASC ck# 493 $ 15.00
10-23-14 USPS Rent for PO BOX 1yr –check card $ 80.00
11-11-14 City of Hgtn Foundation—ck# 496 $ 20.00
Total Expenses $ 115.00
Ending Balance $ 0.00
(paid until 10/31/15)
Public Relations Reserve
Beginning Balance $238.23Income
Total Income $ 0.00
Expenses
10-19-14 Ryan D –Schedule Day & White Books ck# 494 $ 29.00
Total Expenses $ 29.00
Ending Balance $209.23
Prudent Reserve
Beginning Balance $100.00Expenses
10-23-14 Internal x-fer to Reg Acct $ 25.00
Total Expenses $ 25.00
Ending Balance $ 75.00
Activities Reserve
Beginning Balance $ 0.00Ending Balance $ 0.00
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As of 11-15-2014 the total of all 4 accounts is $ 284.23
Terri M – ASC Treasurer
RCM REPORT:
Greetings family! The minutes from this
most recent Regional Service meeting are
available on the regions website
(mrscna.org). If anyone is interested in reading them please
check it out. Of course, there are
multiple events taking place this month and they’re geared
toward Thanksgiving. The New Beginnings
Group in Fairmont, WV are having their annual
Thanksgiving Day dinner on November 20th
at 410 Morgantown Ave. The flyer is available on
the regions website if anyone would like
to print a few off for their home group. Also, the
NANA area will be having their 22nd
annual “We Keep What We Have By Thanksgiving It
Away” dinner in Cross Lanes, WV at 5320
Frontier Dr. There is also a flyer on the regions
webpage for this event as well.
Last month our area made a motion to be
taken to region to see about getting literature
made for addicts with special needs
(blind, hearing impaired, etc.). I have spoken many times
with our RD and she has made contact
with members in NAWS to see what, if anything, is
available. At one point in time NAWS
made an attempt to produce mass copies of the Basic Text in braille. The
translation resulted in boxes of pages and was deemed impractical. (I have an
email and text conversation that I will include in this report and read at Area
Service). I did some searching of my own and have found copies of the Basic
Text in braille from other regions literature committees. I don’t know how old
these catalogs are so I don’t know if any of them are still available. However,
this is the only literature that has been translated during some point in time.
There are no It Works: How and Why or Just For Todays in braille. I have been
told by our RD that just because this project was abandoned, doesn’t mean that
our area shouldn’t purse it further. She also told me that at least two other
regions are interested in doing the same thing.
The following is the email and text
conversation I had with our RD:
-This is the response from our RD in a
text conversation I had with her:
“I do know that once upon a time they
started a project, translating the Basic Text into
Braille. But it was impractical because
it was literally boxes of pages due to how Braille
translates. There is the white booklet
on DVD in sign language for our deaf members who
want to see the literature in sign
language. And I believe there are audio versions available as
well. See if y’all can brainstorm
exactly what type of accessible literature you are hoping to
see have available.”
-This is the email
our RD sent to NAWS:
“Hello! I have a member from one of our areas who is asking
about accessible NA literature for the blind/deaf. I let him know about the
audio literature available from our website and about the white booklet on DVD
in ASL. I know that area is thinking about bringing a proposal to region
regarding this topic. I told him that I recalled a conversation from the
conference floor regarding some history about the Basic Text being translated
into braille, but that it was simply way too long. Can you please refresh my
memory about this so I may pass the info along to this area and give them some
history on this? Also, any other resources I may be missing would be great too.
Thanks so much for your service! –Kristina C.”
-This is the response NAWS sent
to our RD:
“Hello Kristina. Thanks for writing to NA World Services. In
response, the needs of hearing impaired and visually impaired members are
meaningfully different, as you might expect. Visually impaired members have the
ability to attend and participate in NA meetings without too much trouble. They
are typically able to access our literature via PDF readers. We provide a PDF
copy of our literature to anyone with that needs that lets us know they need
it. Regarding braille, with the increase in use of PDF readers and other
changes in the technology associated with braille, the production resources
that we used to make braille copies stopped. Additionally, requests for braille
have really diminished. And yes, the braille Basic Text was over a box of
computer paper per copy. We no longer have any remaining copies. Regarding
hearing impaired, the ASL version of the white booklet is our primary resource
for the deaf. We also offer ASL interpreters at our main meetings at WCNA, as
do many local conventions. A few NA groups attempt to offer ASL as a part of
their regular meetings. This can be quite a challenge, considering the cost of
providing that service. We continue to look for opportunities to serve this
segment of our Fellowship. We encourage your area to send along any ideas you
might have. –Steve R. Fellowship Service Team Leader| NA World Services”
-This is
the email our RD sent to me after getting the response from NAWS:
“Nick:I got a response from NAWS
regarding info on current available resources for the visual and hearing
impaired. I encourage you to review it and share it with members of you Area as
you continue to work on the proposal and decide what direction you would like
to go in and what you would like to see from NAWS. As always, I’m here to
answer any questions. –Kristina C.”
In Loving Service, Nick L. RCM
SUBCOMMITTEE REPORTS:
Activities Subcommittee Report
Open with prayer
Attn: Tanner W; Bruce; Ara S; Ryan
B; Robbie C; Tim W; Andrew C; Nick L; Jason H; Rufus; Tony T; Erica P; Rachel N
12 concepts: Ryan B
12 traditions: Jason H
Old business
Halloween extravaganza went well.
There was roughly 24 in attendance for the h&i workshop. This is a
break-down of our expenses for the Halloween extravaganza:
$75.00- rent facility
$100.00- d.j
$2.43- hobby lobby
$20.33- dollar tree
$89.42- walmart
$10.00- living clean
$6.00- ice
=$303.68
Brought in
$161.00 auction
$103.00 door donation
$24.00 basket
=$288.00
$197.00 left over
Returned to area =$485.00
New business
Next activities function will be in
loving service and we have set that date forFebruary 7, 2015. We discussed
having and h&i workshop a phone line workshop. And we will be looking for
willingness for speaker that night.
Closed with prayer.
Grateful to serve
Rachel N.
H & I Subcommittee Report
Attendance:
Dee Dee G., Carrie G., Tom F.,
Nate H., Ara S., Rachel N., Tanner W., James C., James H., Dalmas C., Ali S.,
Chris W., Cassie C., Brian C., Jenni H., Elijah C., Kristen A., Ryan D.,
Andrew, Sergio, Miles, Nick C.
Opened with prayer.
12 concepts read by Nate H.
12 Traditions read by Ara S.
Reports read.
Happy November and TGIF
Subcommittee members! Our Monday night boys' panel at Pressley Ridge is moving
along just fine. The clients are receptive to the message and willingness among
our members to be of service is high. We are entering and exiting together and
on time with the message of hope being clearly conveyed. We are now going in on
the 1st and 3rd Mondays of each month. This panel has been a pleasure to lead
over the last year - in the spirit of rotation, I look forward
to allowing someone else to experience it.
In loving service, Nick C.
The meeting is going great. I am taking in the meeting weekly due to Bo V.'s work schedule changing. I do not have his set of readings or format but I do have a copy of my own. Brian C. Will be taking in the meeting for me on November 24th due to a work conflict.
Grateful to Serve, Paul M.
Greetings,
Grateful to Serve, Elijah C.
All is well at my Pinecrest
Thursday night H&I meeting at Pinecrest. The message is being carried. We
have had no issues.
Grateful to serve, Nate H.
Greetings,
All is well at RP 3 North with the
meetings starting and stopping on time and the lifesaving message is being carried.
I am grateful to all those that continue to go in and carry the message and
will miss the unit whenever the time comes for change.
Old Business:
A panel leader is needed for St
Mary's meeting and an exact time and date needs to be set.
New Business:
The day for the St Mary's meeting
has been set for Tuesdays instead of Saturdays.
Ryan D made the suggestion to make
a PDF file to give to newcomers with interest in h&i that has name and
numbers for panel leaders.
Nominations were made for new
panel leaders. Nominations are as follows.
Pinecrest
Nate H, Carrie G, Ed H, Dalmas C.
Presley Ridge
Cassie C, Nick L, Brian C.
River Park Longterm Adolescents
Jason H, Kristin A, Tom F.
River Park Short Term Adolescents
April P, Liz H.
River Park Short Term Adults
Brian C, Sergio.
St Mary's
Kristen A, Nick C, Eli C, Nate H.
It has come to my attention that
not all the reports were e mailed to me or given to me in written form so
therefore not all of the reports are included.
Very Grateful To Serve, Carrie G.
PR Subcommittee Report
Officer reports:
Greetings from
communications. Everything is going well and will be in contact with our
cabell county contacts. I have already made contact with the huntington city
mission and they are wanting the extra 150 schedules for the facility. Grateful
to serve
Rachel N
Greetings
from the web. Everything is going great - both the web and print versions of
the area meeting schedule are up to date, region has been notified of all area
meeting information changes, and all received announcements have been posted to
the blog. Any upcoming announcements, activities, or meeting changes should be
emailed to gtowebservant@gmail.com.
If
you have any questions, please let me know.
-Grateful
to serve, Jason L.
Greetings from the
schedule day coordinator things are going well and schedules are going out to
our cabell county contacts this friday November 21st. Thanks to ryan d for
going and getting them printed for us. Grateful to serve, Tanner W.
Flyer Day Coordinator
position is still up for grabs. The clean time requirement is 90 days and must
have willingness to be active in service. Any members with willingness or
interest please Ryan D or come to the next PR subcommittee. The last Flyer Day was on 11-15-14, there were 25 members
who participated. Ironton, Barboursville, Huntington (east end, downtown, west
end), Chesapeake and South Point were targeted. A special thanks to all those
that participated and attended.
New Business:
-50 white booklets
were delivered to St Marys Psych Unit.
- motion to rescind
service position for Loved Ones group brought forward by Ryan D, seconded by
Tanner W. 6 for 0 against 0 abstaining. Position removed from PR.
-Ryan D and Wes
R (NaNa) attended and set up PR booth at Job Fair at Western regional on
11-12-14. 63 inmates attended and willingly took NA literature.
-New service position
(title to be determined) duties will be to print, hold and distribute current
meeting schedules to Area, subcommittees, homegroups. Ryan B has willingness,
voted for and elected.
-Reimbursement for 600
schedules 100 flyers 45.00 and flyer supplies 4.49 total of 49.49
Thanks for the
opportunity to serve.
Ryan D.
OLD BUSINESS:
Motion: To allow area webmaster to immediately
add new meeting of existing groups to be added to the meeting schedule without
to attend next ASC meeting.
For 11
Against 0
Abstained 6
Motion passed
Motion: To implement standing policy
subcommittee
For 12
Against 0
Abstained 5
Motion passed
Motion: Area to have service workshop
for all trusted servants.
For 13
Against 1
Abstained 4
Motion passed
GROUP REPORTS:
Hope without Dope
All is well at the Hope Without Dope
group of Narcotics Anonymous. The doors are open on time, literature is on the
table, coffee is hot and the NA message is being carred. We have 40-50 in
attendance every Sunday. We have no donation to area this month.
Our votes on current motions are as
follows:
Yes on the motion brought by the Hope
Turns to Faith group to change language in policy to reflect the need for new
meetings to attend one (1) are service committee meeting in order to be added
to the schedule.
Yes on the motion brought by Trust the
Process for the area to add language the
area schedule immediately without a wait’ing period.
No on the motion brought forth to hold
area workshop.
-Grateful to serve, Jason L.
Another Way
The Another Way group
is carrying the NA message of recovery. Our attendance is around 12 per
week. Coffee is being made, literature is on the table, and the doors are
opened on time. We have a new home group member, Kelly, who we would like
to welcome. We have a donation to Area of $20.
Grateful to
serve, Sarah K.
Together We Can
The Monday night “Together We Can” group
is doing well. The door is open on time, the rent is paid, literature is made
available and the lifesaving message of NA is being shared. Meeting attendance
is an average of 35. We have a new homegroup member Tommy R. and tomorrow night
we have a homegroup member celebrating one year. At this time no donation to
area.
Grateful to serve, Wayne M.
Not High Noon
All is going well in the Not High Noon
meeting. The doors are being opened and the message is being carried. We have a
decent supply of literature available and our needs are met, however we do not
have a donation to arear at this time. We are holding a function on Dec. 2nd,
The Not High Noon Luncheon Function. It is a seasonal theme. There will be a
speaker, seasonal treats and a secret santa gift exchange. We have received
updated schedules from our newly appointed schedule distributor.
Grateful to serve, Elijah C.
Clean Possibilities
Greetings from clean possibilities. All
is well the meeting is starting on time, coffee is in the pot, literature is on
the table and the lifesaving message of recovery is being carried. Our weekly
attendance is around fifteen addicts. We have no donation to area at this time.
Grateful to serve, Ryan B.
Hope turns to Faith
Greetings from hope turns to faith,
The meeting is going well. The coffee is
hot, literature is on the table and the message of NA is being shared. The
meeting is starting and ending on time. 70 to 80 addicts in attendance weekly.
We have a $20 donation to area at this time.
Grateful to serve, Sean H.
Women in NA
Greetings from Women in Na,
Our meeting is going well. We have four
homegroup members. The doors are opening and closing on time. Literature is on
the table, coffee is hot and the message of NA is being shared. Average
attendance is nine. We could use support from women in the fellowship.
Grateful to serve, Sue C.
Progress not Perfection
Hello from Progress not Perfection
Group,
Everything is well, the doors are open,
coffee is made and literature is available. We have an average of $25 to $30
for the 7th tradition. An average of 70-80 in attendance. We do not
have any upcoming celebrations. We would like to welcome our new homegroup
members: Alan E. and Jessie K. We have a $30 donation to area at this time. We
are also voting yes to motion 2 for standing policy subcommittee and yes to
motion 3 for the special needs literature.
Thank You for letting me be of Service, Davey H.
Against All Odds
Greetings my name is Rufus, I am
presenting the Wednesday against all odds men’s group. The attendance is
anywhere from 10-12 guys joined together to discuss recovery and related
issues. We gained 2 new homegroup members. The doors are open on time, coffee
is served, literature on the table. Rent is paid. No concerns or donations to
area at this time.
Grateful to serve, Rufus N.
Hope through Surrender
God’s Will Candlelight
Greetings from Gods will candlelight
group. The doors are open on time, coffee is made and the message is being
carried. Average meeting attendance is 40 Literature is on the table.
Grateful to serve,
Ali S.
Freedom from Self
Greetings from the Freedom from Self
group, the doors have been opening on time, literature is stocked and the
message is being carried. Our average attendance is around 40. This coming week
we will be celebrating our one year birthday!! Thanks to area for the support
in helping us start our meeting.
Grateful to serve,
Chris W.
Choose To Live
Good day to my NA family, from the
choose to live homegroup. Our meetings are going well, we were closed this past
Friday the way 14th as the facility as the facility was being used
for a church function. We brought literature and keytags at convention for our
group and had a good year celebration on the 7th We do not have a
donation to area at this time.
Motion votes from group conscience
1.
Immediately add-
abstain
2.
Policy
subcommittee- for
3.
3. Service
workshop- for
4.
Special needs
literature-for
Grateful to serve, Ryan D.
High on Life
Greetings from High on Life the
Homegroup has been opened on time every Friday night with coffee made, literature
on the tables and a message of hope is being shared. We would like to welcome a
new homegroup member Becca and as always we could use more support. Attendance
has hovered just above 30 and we have no donation to area at this time.
Grateful to serve, James A.
Another Look
Hey Family, Another Look is moving forward. We are
still having meetings Tuesday @7 and Friday @ 6:30. We would appreciate some
support for meetings. Group concerns: distribution of literature in public
libraries. We would like to ask PR to develop plan to a more cost effective
means to fulfil commitment to all libraries in the GTO area. We have a $10
donation to area.
In Loving Service, John M.
Crossroads
Out of the Darkness
We are pleased to report meeting is
going well. Attendance is growing weekly. Meeting is done by candlelight which
presents an atmosphere of peace. A good clear message of Narcotics Anonymous is
being shared. We would like to welcome three new homegroup members David H.
Jason C. and John M. with a total of six members Yahoo! Rent is paid and
literature on the table, no problems to report at this time.
In Loving Service, Robbie C.
Trust the Process
The meeting is going well. Aug
attendance is down to 65. Meetings are running fairly smoothly. The noise issue
continues to be tolerable. Our day to day needs are met but we can’t do an area
donation this month. We have a motion regarding RCM funding to attend DRSC’s.
We have 3-4 new members 2 of them attended the business meeting.
Thanks for the opportunity to serve, T the P
NEW BUSINESS:
Motion #01 -11-14
Maker:
Hope turns to faith
Motion: Per our 11th concept our home group would
like to a make a motion to change, the activities reserve back to $400
Intent: to use the excess money for a more practical purpose
Rationale: Our homegroup felt that the funds were being
mismanaged
Seconded: Ryan D.
Back to homegroup for vote
Motion #02-11-14
Maker: Public Relations
Motion: To be reimbursed for 600 schedules/100 flyers and
flyer day supplies(receipts attached) Ryan D.
Intent: to further carry the message of Narcotics Anonymous
Rationale:
Motion passed
Motion #03-11-14
Maker:
Trust the Process
Motion: To provide $75 a piece to the
RCM and alternate to attend each RSC meeting. If only one of them can attend
only one stipend will be provided.
Intent: To provide financial support to our trusted servants
to cover the costs of their service.
Rationale: the current funding is $120 which likely does not
cover their costs, also so that all the funding doesn’t go to one person in the
absence of the other.
Seconded: John M.
Back to homegroup for vote
OPEN FORUM:
All homegroups are requested to bring
back nominations for Policy Subcommittee chair. Our new schedule
distributor-Ryan B. would like any homegroup needing schedules to contact him
by phone to get schedules as quickly as possible his number is (304) 360-4774
Motion to adjourn
Grateful to serve Deeidra G.
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