GREATER THAN OURSELVES AREA INVENTORY MINUTES
JUNE 5, 2016
Opened with Serenity Prayer
Groups represented:
Progress Not Perfection, Choose
to Live, Against All Odds, Hope thru Surrender, A New Day,
Trust The Process, Another Way,
Clean Possibilities
How
well has the area served local groups this year?
1. How well does the area communicate with local
groups? Scored
3- Discussion of what we would like to
see in the future involved more timely distribution of minutes, full detail
minutes(when discussions of pros/cons of motions, ideas, etc)
2. How well does the area respond to the needs of local
groups? Scored
3
3. How well is the area managing its donation and area
treasury? Scored
2- Would like to see more paying it forward/upward with donations to support
other bodies of service.
4. How effectively does the area demonstrate
responsibility and accountability?
Scored 2-
Education/Training of all participants is much needed across the board.
5. How fully does the area train and support members
who serve on the area service committee? Scored 2- Possibility of
scheduling training right after officer elections. Learning days for all service positions.
6. How well does the area service committee foster an
atmosphere of courtesy and mutual respect? Scored 2- Time restraints put a
restriction on allowing for the amount of discussion wanted by members.
Training, Training, Training. Roberts Rules of Order could be
adopted/integrated to suit our needs while keeping to agenda.
7. How completely does the area provide opportunities
for communication about committee concerns to the local members and groups? Scored 3- Concept 9. Communication and mutual respect. Line of
communication between groups and the ASC—possibly a blog, chat room, etc.
8. How well is a sense of unity fostered within the
area service body? Scored
2-Negative talk and attitudes when announcing and discussing ASC. Feeding the “rumor mill”.
9. How positively is a sense of unity shown within
local groups? Scored
4- Unity within local groups seems to be strong. Would benefit from having an Outreach
Subcommittee?
10. What is the area’s experience with trusted servants?
Scored
3- Mostly positive. Majority of negative
experiences involve lack of training/knowledge/experience.
11. How well has the area fostered the willingness of
the local fellowship to volunteer for service positions? Scored 3- This
goes back to the negative talk/image portrayed and the actions of a couple vs.
the bigger picture of the unity that is fostered when we work together instead
of “competing”.
12. How well does the area practice continuity and
rotation? Scored
3- Continuity not so well with the lack of order set in precedence. Rotation, lacking in activities subcommittee
but the rest seems to be very good.
13. How well does the area function in maintaining a
full complement of trusted servants, with no open commitments? Scored 3- Fairly
well. Appointing those without
willingness or experience can sometimes cause more issues than allowing it to
work itself out.
14. How fully does the area create an environment where
the conscience of the body guides the decisions and direction of the area? Scored 2- Changes
are taking place to make the policy better suited to meet the needs of the
groups as we are growing tremendously and the old policy is not as up to date
as it needs to be for a larger body.
Policy subcommittee was formed and has updated a lot of the motions that
were already voted on but never added/updated/removed from the document.
How
well has the area done this year in making NA’s message more widely known in
the larger community?
15. How well is the area communicating with those in the
community who interact with addicts? Scored 4
16. How completely does the area respond to the needs of
the larger community?
Scored 4
17. How well is the area using human and financial
resources to carry NA’s message of recovery in an efficient and effective way? Scored 4
18. How fully trained and supported are the trusted
servants who interact with members of the community? Scored 3
19. How well has the area built cooperative
relationships with those in the larger community? Scored 3
20. How easily can those in the larger community reach
an NA member who is in a position to respond to their questions or requests? Scored 3- Would
like to see the panel members/chair/vice-chair have better
contact/communication with our facilities where H&I is done. This is something we lost site of at some
point in time and action is being taken in the subcommittee to get it back to
the “norm”.
How
well has the area cooperated and collaborated with the region and NA World
Services this year?
21. How effectively does the area communicate with the
region and with NA World Services? Scored 2- More follow up would be nice
as in communication between service bodies.
22. How well does the area respond to requests from the
region and from NA World Services? How fully does the area share its needs and
concerns with the region and NA World Services? Scored 2
23. How reliably does the area forward funds to the
region and/or NA World Services?
Scored 2- Lacking
tremendously due to the negative attitudes presented toward other bodies or
service. We can work on this by doing
our research and seeing all of the services provided by region and World to
carry the message to those less fortunate than us in this area.
24. How effectively does the area use resources (such as
written materials or experience from other trusted servants) that are available
through the region and/or NA World Services? Scored 2
25. How fully has the area formed a cooperative
relationship with the region and NA World Services? Scored 2- This
relationship was formed at one point but we have lacked in maintaining it. Involved, committed, experienced individuals
needed.
26. How well is the area creating a sense of unity with
the region and NA World Services? Scored 2- Not very.
Is
there any particular area of service and/or area function that you perceive is
outstanding? Please identify: PR,
H&I
Is
there any particular area of service and/or area function that you perceive
would need improvement? Please identify: Funding, Communication, Dishonesty
with spending, Time management.
