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November GTOASCNA Minutes
GTOASCNA
Minutes November 2017
1. Opened
with Serenity Prayer
2. Twelve
Traditions read
3. Twelve
Concepts read
4. October
ASC minutes read
·
Trust the Process GSR objected to the
minutes being accepted
·
A motion will be drafted to amend the
minutes
5. 17
of 26 Home Groups were present—Quorum was established
6. Group Reports
Another
Way November 2017 Group Report
Greetings from the Another Way Group.
Things are still going fairly well for us. Our meeting continues to remain
intimate and our meeting attendance is increasing. New members continue to show
up at our door, and for that we are grateful. We’ve paid rent all the way
through December and will use some of the home group funds to purchase a couple
more Basic Texts. What we have left will go to our “Convention Reserve” so that
we can send someone to the spring convention who isn’t able to pay their own
way.
Our
home group discussed getting a second key made for the facility, just in case
one of us is not able to make it to open the doors. With the temperature
dropping and risk of snowfall in the future, we believed this would be a valid
concern to discuss with the meeting facility. They seem reluctant, but assured
us someone would unlock the doors to the facility if our key holder could not
make it. We have had a candlelight meeting the first Monday of each month
(sometimes), but discussed if we wanted to keep that going. More will be
revealed on this at a later time.
We have our votes for the motions that were
sent back to the groups and will deliver them when the time comes. Our group
had a long discussion about the proposal our ASC Treasurer mentioned concerning
the two signatures for our checks. We don’t believe that it would be a good use
of our area’s funds to spend almost $200 just so that we can have this type of
failsafe. We wanted to suggest having monthly, or quarterly, treasury reviews.
We believe this would be a really effective way to make sure all of our money
is being well taken care of. Another suggestion we had, was to have the
Treasurer bring copies of our bank statements and require the ASC to review
these statements each month.
We are grateful to be a part of the
process.
In
Loving Service,
-Another
Way Group
Trust
the Process
The Trust the Process group of NA is alive and doing
well. The doors are open coffee is made and lit is set out on the table for the
addict seeking recovery. We have no needs from area at this time.
Grateful to serve
GSR.
Hope
Through Surrender
Hope Through Surrender meets at 901 Jefferson Ave on
Thursday from 12pm to 1pm. Our meetings are going really good. We are about 22
people a meeting. We are currently holding a literature study of the Basic Text
which seems to be working very well. We have 8 active home group members. Our
rent is paid and we gave a $58.28 donation to Area. We have a home group member
celebrating one year December 14th with a speaker. Thank you for
allowing us to serve.
-Chad W.
7. Treasurer’s Report
·
The Treasurer’s Report will be attached
to the minutes in a PDF file. The report had some issues merging on the Minutes
document.
8. RCM Report
·
No RCM Report was given.
9. H&I
Meeting was
called to order at 2pm.
Traditions and
Concepts were read.
Panel Leader Reports:
Thursday Pinecrest Panel (Female)
Greetings,
The ladies short term H&I panel at pinecrest on Thursday is going well. We have willingness for panel members each week and the ladies in the facility are very attentive and receptive to the message of NA being shared. I am in need of pamphlets and schedules. Thanks. Very grateful to be of service,
Hayley B.
The ladies short term H&I panel at pinecrest on Thursday is going well. We have willingness for panel members each week and the ladies in the facility are very attentive and receptive to the message of NA being shared. I am in need of pamphlets and schedules. Thanks. Very grateful to be of service,
Hayley B.
Thursday Pinecrest Panel (Female)
Greetings from
the Pinecrest female panel. Everything is going well. We meet every other
Thursday at 7:30pm. We arrive on time and leave on time. A clear message of
narcotics anonymous is being carried. All of the women are usually very
receptive and always stay for a few minutes afterwards to ask questions or just
to talk.
Grateful to serve.
Heather W.
St. Mary’s Panel
The Tuesday evening H&I panel that meets at St. Mary's
is doing very well. Plenty of willingness. A clear message of Narcotics
Anonymous is delivered, followed by expressed interest in the fellowship by
participants. I'm grateful to be of service.
Sierra C
River Park Long Term
Greetings from the Wednesday night, river park adolescent
panel. Everything is going great. Starting on time, give or take 5-10 minutes.
Willingness has been steady and a clear NA message is being shared.
Grateful
to serve,
Liz k.
River Park Long Term
Greetings from the river park long term adolescent panel.
All is well. Meeting is going in on time and ending on time. I had to have
deebo k take the panel in on Nov 15th. No problems to report. Still very much a
need for this panel. Willingness is rock solid
Grateful to be of service, Josh A.
Thursday
Pinecrest Panel (Male)
Hello hoomans,
Things have gone well with the Thursday panel at
Pinecrest. There hasn’t been much of any difficulty getting people to go in and
share a message. From what the residents have told us, they are only going to
one meeting a week, if that. They seem to enjoy having us come in and talking
with them. There have been several people come to meetings in our area after
getting out of that secure environment, so that’s been a positive.
The residents have asked us for literature.
Basic Texts, IP’s, anything we can bring in for them to read. I’m going to ask
the subcommittee to see what we can do about getting literature in there to
them. Our Regional H&I chair, normally, can send Basic Texts to any
facility that needs them, so long as they meet the shipping requirements. Some
facilities, like jails and prisons, require literature to be shipped directly
from the manufacturer. If the subcommittee sees fit, I would like to see if we
can get some money to purchase some IP’s to take to the residents. Not just in
Pinecrest, but to all our panels. The panel was taken in on Thanksgiving and
the residents were happy to see us. I’m incredibly grateful to the members that
went in.
In Loving Service,
-Nick L.
Old
Business:
We are having some difficulty with willingness. Recently there were no panel leaders
attending subcommittee. Nominations for panel leaders are coming up. If you are
interested must be present at subcommittee. Also, it has been
discussed that some panels may have to close if there is no willingness for
panel leaders. Some panels leaders have switched temporarily until nominations
next month. The following are now the panel leaders for those panels.
John G.- Nick C.
Jason R.-Nick C.
Gary M.-Christa S.
Robbie C.- Chad F.
Andrew V.-Nick L.
New Business:
Western Regional
panel is not going in. Cassie C. is being contacted about where to go from here
as far as getting panel members approved. Willingness in panel members is still
low. Anyone interested in becoming a panel leader must be present in December
subcommittee/ASC for nomination elections in December. The following are
nominations that were present at November subcommittee.
Riverpark:
Mondays @ 10:30
1.
Kesha
B.
2.
Chris
G.
St. Marys:
Tuesdays @ 7:00 pm
1.
Isaac
J.
2.
Terri
P.
Riverpark
Adolescents: Wednesdays @ 7:00pm
1.
Amber
F.
2.
April
P.
3.
Deebo
K.
Pinecrest:
Thursdays @ 7:30pm
1.
Nick
L.
2.
Deebo
K.
3.
Amber
F.
10.
Public
Relations
Greetings from PR,
Things are coming together in pr. Flyer day was held
on Nov 18th. Willingness was terrible. We had 4 people show up. We are going to
bring up, during open forum at asc, the idea of having home groups carry out
flyer day on a home group level. We need to see which home groups discussed
this and have the others to please take this back and let us know. We, as a
subcommittee, would live for this idea to be carried out. We filled open
service positions this month. April P was voted in as vice chair and Ryan E was
voted in as schedule day coordinator/communicator. We are still at a stand
still on replenishment of literature at facilities because of literature on
back order. Hopefully we will get it today. More will be revealed.
Grateful to be of service,
Josh A
11.
Literature
Greetings
from the literature supply subcommittee. We did not meet in October 2017 due to
schedule conflict. Literature was for sale outside of ASC and those receipts
and funds have been turned into the treasurer. We have 2 emotions to present to
ASC for vote today. The first motion is to nominate Terri P as the new
literature supplies sub- committee chair. Britt Q., the current subcommittee
chair, is moving and leaving a GTO area. The subcommittee has nominated Terri P
to take on those duties. Sarah W., Current subcommittee vice chair will be
unable to take on these duties at this time For personal reasons. The second
motion is for monetary support in the amount of ($$$) for the purpose of
purchasing literature for sale at ASC.
Since last ASC, the literature supply sub committee has Greetings from
PR, sold literature in the amount of ($$$).
Thank
you for allowing me to serve. I will miss the GTO ASC greatly.
-Britt Q.
12.
Activities
GTOANA-ASC-Activities
Subcommittee Report, October 2017
Greetings ASC!
Old
business
In our October meeting of the Activities
Subcommittee, we reviewed our most recent event, the annual Halloween
Extravaganza and discussed how it could be improved in the future. We also
reviewed the final budget information, included herewith, and provide the
following report to the GTOASC:
Report from Halloween Extravaganza
This annual event was a tremendous success. By
hearing suggestions from others, as well as the hard work of the members of the
Activities Subcommittee, the number of people attending the event as well as
the activities we planned were all well received.
Our Chili Cookoff had four entries with winners
chosen for first, second, and third place. Ribbons were awarded to them. Judges
were Corey W and Chase T. For the costume contest, with several people
entering, winners were also chosen for first, second, and third place. They
were also awarded ribbons. Judges were Corey W., Brad P., and Justin C.
Homegroups helped with items such as sour cream,
crackers, ice, bowls, drinks, etc., for the event. This is greatly appreciated
and all needed items were donated, helping keep GTO Area expenses down.
As suggested, we had several ways in which we were
able to help pay for the costs to put on the event, allowing us to return all
up-front funds and other expenses to the GTO Area treasury, and deposit
additional funds to further our efforts to help addicts who are still sick and
suffering.
Here is the detailed budget for the annual GTO
Halloween Extravaganza for 2017:
INCOME
Wristband sales $12.00
7th Tradition (meeting basket and table
bucket) $43.00
50/50 raffle drawing (total $219 – prize $110) $109.00
Auction $433.00
TOTAL BROUGHT IN $707.00
50/50 raffle drawing (total $219 – prize $110) $109.00
Auction $433.00
TOTAL BROUGHT IN $707.00
EXPENSES (all receipts attached to this report)
INITIAL OUTLAY (checks written)
Trinity Church (rent) $125.00
Tom Freeman (ACME Sound – DJ services) $150.00
Tom Freeman (ACME Sound – DJ services) $150.00
CASH REIMBURSEMENT FOR PURCHASED ITEMS
Fruth Pharmacy (prize ribbons) $11.97
Dollar Tree (decorations) $7.49
TOTAL EXPENSES $294.46
Dollar Tree (decorations) $7.49
TOTAL EXPENSES $294.46
Money given to GTO treasury for deposit (after cash
reimbursements) $687.54
Funds, after all event expenses accounted for, added
to Area treasury for future service $412.54
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New
Business
In new business, the subcommittee discussed the
upcoming New Year's Eve event. Subcommittee members are researching various
possible venues and their costs for hosting the event. Members will report to
the subcommittee members before the next area so we can book the venue as soon
as possible. We will also contact Tom F. to check availability for professional
DJ services at the event. If available, we will go ahead and book him.
The subcommittee decided we will only provide drinks
for the event, including water and soft drinks. We will ask homegroups and
members to bring finger foods, desserts, and any other food they wish to bring.
We also decided to not have another auction quite so
close to the recent one, rather we will try the door charge (with no addict
turned away). We will ask for $2 per person which will pay for entry and for a
chance at a door prize. If the person cannot pay the $2 they will still be
admitted to the event. We will also have a 50/50 raffle.
The tentative schedule for the event is as follows:
Facility open for preparation 7 p.m.
Doors open 8 p.m.
H&I workshop 8:15 – 9:15 p.m.
New Years Gratitude and Resolution Meeting
w/ 7th Tradition basket 9:30 – 10:30 p.m.
10:45 p.m. Dance begins
11:55 p.m. countdown to New Year
Midnight: HAPPY NEW YEAR
12:30 a.m. Dance over
1 a.m., out of facility
H&I workshop 8:15 – 9:15 p.m.
New Years Gratitude and Resolution Meeting
w/ 7th Tradition basket 9:30 – 10:30 p.m.
10:45 p.m. Dance begins
11:55 p.m. countdown to New Year
Midnight: HAPPY NEW YEAR
12:30 a.m. Dance over
1 a.m., out of facility
Plans for the New Year's Eve party will be finalized
and funds requested at the December ASC meeting.
The final item of new business is for the
subcommittee to request funds to purchase two new wheeled coolers for use at
our various activities. We will seek two, equaling the size of the cooler we
have been using (it's cracked now and leaks so must be replaced). We believe
the two coolers will be easier to maneuver at events as well as to transport.
The pricing we will request is for a quick bit of research on Amazon where we
found Coleman 75-quart Xtreme 5-day wheeled coolers for $69.61, with free
shipping. We will explore other locations locally to see if they have the same
or similar item for this price or lower. We will then request a check for
exactly that amount to the vendor.
As always, an honor to serve.
In loving service,
Jeff S.,
Chair, GTOANA Activities Subcommittee
13.
OLD
BUSINESS
·
Motion #5 from the Trust the Process
group from back in September, which concerned itself with changing the details
in our ASC policy concerning ad-hoc’s
11 for; 5 against; 1 abstention—Motion passes
·
Motion #4 from the Another Way group
from October, which concerned itself with re-establishing a Policy Subcommittee.
--Trust
the Process asked about making an amendment that the subcommittee meet
quarterly.
--A
majority of GSR’s abstained so the motion was tabled back to the home groups
--The maker of the motion withdrew the motion
·
Motion #5 from the Another Way Group
from October, which concerned itself with the Area purchasing a PO Box in West
Huntington for one year
Motion passed by consensus
14.
**********************NEW
BUSINESS***********************
Motion
#1 from: Literature Supply
Motion: Request $769.63 to purchase
literature from NA world services
Intent: To purchase literature to
provide to area
Rationale: You know literature
For 16 Against 0
Abstaining 1 MOTION CARRIED
Motion
#2 from: Activities
Motion: For funds from the
activities subcommittee be made available for the purchase of 2 coolers to
replace a single cooler that has become damaged and is leaking. We have decided
2 coolers would be easier to transport and maneuver at activities. The size of
the 2 coolers (75qt) equals the size of the one we have been using.
Additionally the damaged one was donated by Nick P and did not belong to GTO. A
quick online survey found on Amazon, a Coleman 75-qt xtreme 5 day wheeled cooler
for $69.61 w/free shipping.
Intent: To have 2 coolers available
for activities to replace single damaged one
Rationale: Coolers used for
activities. 2 coolers will provide ability for easier transport, plus ability
to have separate types of drinks, for example, water in one, soft drinks in
another.
For: 12 Against: 4 Abstaining: 2 MOTION
CARRIED
Motion
#3 from: Activities
Motion: That any subcommittee that
brings in funds, after reconciling budget; making reimbursements, paying bills
due, etc. All funds immediately be given to the GTO Treasurer for deposit to GTO
account without delay, creating policy
under VII. E. 3. D
Intent: To have funds put in safe
keeping as quickly as possible
Rationale: The longer funds aren’t
in the bank, the more opportunity there is for something to happen to the funds
TABLED TO HOMEGROUPS
Motion
#4 from: Literature Supply
Motion: To nominate and approve
Terri p as the new Chair of the Literature Supply subcommittee
Intent: Continuity of committee
service
Rationale: Current Chair Britt Q is
moving to the LACNA Area of NA and will no longer be available at the GTO Area
Service, new chair is required
For 17 Against 0 Abstaining 0 Motion
Carries
Motion#5
from: Trust the Process
Motion: To amend the minutes for
October
Amendments are: -Sept Literature Supply not available
-Motion
4 and 5 no vote counts
-No
homegroup reports
-list
of GSR for Quorum
-Motion
#4 seconded by Ryan E
Intent: for minutes to reflect
current ASC business
For 15 Against 0
Abstaining 1 Motion Carries
Motion#6
from: Trust the Process; seconded by Ryan E
Motion: The completed area minutes
are posted on www.gtoana.org
only after being read and approved by the area conscious
Intent: To provide accurate
information on a site that is open to the public to access
Rationale: To provide accurate,
undisputed information
TABLED TO HOMEGROUPS
Motion
#7 from: She do Recover; seconded by Another way Nick
L
Motion: To amend the previously
submitted motion of 2 signature checks to instead consist of a quarterly audit
to be conducted by ASC officers and can be attended by any member of GTO
Intent: To manage funds responsibly
Rationale: To prevent further loss
and misuse of NA funds
TABLED TO HOMEGROUPS
Motion#8 from: Choose to live; seconded by Not High
Noon
Motion: to send Region
$100.00
For 11 Against 0
Abstaining 3 Motion Carries
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