CHICAGOLAND GA INTERGROUP MINUTES FOR September 12, 2017

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1 Chicagoland Intergroup Chairs: CHICAGOLAND INTERGROUP MINUTES FOR September 12, 2017 Chairperson Sandy M Present 1 st Chair Bob D Present 2 nd Chair Jim G Present Secretary Shari H Present Co-Secretary Eileen Z Not Present The meeting was called to order by Sandy M. at 7:34 p.m. Sandy read a draft of the IG meeting guidelines. Readings: Unity Program Yellow Book Unity Step #9 Red Book One Day-at-a-Time (Sept 12) Meetings Present Indicated by X": 23 of 66 rooms represented. Paul A Greg P Joe L 1 Sun Champaign-Urbana 7:00 PM 37 Thur Burbank 7:30 PM X 2 Sun Chicago Hts. 6:00 PM 38 Thur Chicago Loop Noon X 3 Sun Elgin 6:00 PM X 39 Thur Downers Grove 10:00 AM X 4 Sun Elk Grove 5:00 PM 40 Thur Elk Grove 7:30 PM X 5 Sun Evanston 7:00 PM 41 Thur Gurnee 6:00 PM 6 Sun Naperville 6:00 PM X 42 Thur Hammond, IN 7:00 PM 7 Sun South Beloit 6:00 PM 43 Thur Kankakee 7:00 PM 8 Mon Arlington Hts. 7:00 PM X 44 Thur Lisle 7:00 PM 9 Mon Aurora 7:00 PM X 45 Thur Mayfair-St. John s 7:30 PM X 10 Mon Chicago - St. Mary's 6:30 PM 46 Thur Orland Park 7:30 PM 11 Mon Highland, IN 7:00 PM 47 Thur Peoria 7:00 PM 12 Mon Joliet 7:00 PM 48 Thur St. Charles 7:00 PM 13 Mon Lisle 7:00 PM 49 Fri Bolingbrook 7:30 PM X 14 Mon Morris 7:00 PM 50 Fri Buffalo Grove 7:00 PM X Mon Norridge Mon Oak Lawn 7:00 PM 7:30 PM X X Fri Dyer, IN Fri Forest Park 7:00 PM 7:00 PM 17 Mon Peoria 7:00 PM 53 Fri Hinsdale 6:30 AM X 18 Mon Silvis 6:00 PM 54 Fri Joliet 6:30 PM 19 Tues Algonquin 7:30 PM X 55 Fri Silvis 5:30 PM 20 Tues Bloomingdale 7:30 PM X 56 Fri St. Tarcissus 12:30 PM 21 Tues Chicago Loop Noon 57 Fri Chgo. S. - Willa Rawls 6:30 PM X 22 Tues Chgo. S. Willa Rawls 7:00 PM 58 Sat Chicago 10:30 AM 23 Tues Edison Park 7:00 PM X 59 Sat Cherry Valley 9:00 AM X 24 Tues Lansing, IL 7:00 PM 60 Sat Downers Grove 9:00 AM X 25 Tues Normal 6:00 PM 61 Sat Elmhurst 7:00 PM X Tues Schaumburg Tues South Holland 11:00 AM 10:00 AM Sat Hinsdale Sat La Porte, IN 2:00 PM 11:30 AM 28 Wed Aurora 7:00 PM X 64 Sat Merrillville, IN 9:00 AM 29 Wed Burbank 10:00 AM 65 Sat Oak Park 9:30 AM 30 Wed - Deerfield 7:30 PM X 66 Sat Schaumburg 9:00 AM 31 Wed Downers Grove 7:00 PM 32 Wed Highland, IN 7:00 PM 33 Wed Hoffman Est. 7:00 PM 34 Wed Joliet Spanish 6:30 PM 35 Wed Oak Park 7:30 PM 36 Wed Park Ridge 7:30 PM

2 Area 8 Trustees Trustee Present Not Present Pam E x Debbie M x Dave M x Linda S Minutes from Last Intergroup meeting: Joe G I made a motion to approve the minutes, Joe G II seconded motion. Motion passed. New Intergroup Reps Acknowledged: Name Meeting City John E Saturday 9am Downers Grove Joe L Wednesday 7:30pm Deerfield Greg P Friday 6:30pm Willis Rawls Chgo X Old/Unfinished Business: All candy money for the ISO walk a thon is due before the next Intergroup. Thank you for your support. New Business: ISO sent a letter explaining that in 2011 a motion was made to designate the week in which September 13 th appears to be Gambler s Anonymous Gratitude week with all meetings in the world donating a percentage of their collection to G.A.I.S.O. (Amount to be determined by group conscience with 50% suggested.) In 2017 the week is September 10, 2017 to September 16, Please send your donations to: G.A.I.S.O. P.O. Box Los Angeles, CA USA Committee Reports Pinnings Dianna R (Sandy M reporting) Please looks at what is posted on the website, not just the pinning list handed out at intergroup. Dianna often gets updates and changes after intergroup. To schedule a pinning, please call or Dianna R at pinnings@gachicago.org or call o Important: To ensure that the Supplies Chair(s) are aware of pins that need to be ordered, please advise the Pinning Chair if you need to order a pin(s) at least 6 weeks in advance to ensure they are received in time for your pinning. o When you submit information for a pinning by please include (meeting room/location, date, and if you need a pin(s) in your ). Please ensure you include a phone number when submitting pinning requests in case of questions. Date Day Time Location Name Years Sept 25 Monday In Room 7:00 p.m. Norridge Salvation Army Building Debbie M 20 Yrs Sept 28 Thursday 7:00 Chicago Robert

3 Oct 19 Thursday Oct 21 Saturday Nov 11 Saturday p.m. Early Start 7:00 p.m. 9:00 a.m. 9:00 a.m. Chicagoland Pinning Scheduling Guidelines: St John s Lutheran Church Lisle Trinity Lutheran Church Food First Cafeteria Schaumburg St John Evangelical Lutheran Church Cherry Valley United Methodist Church A Judy B Dennis K Allen H Stan C Rob D Robert L Angelo C Bob H 25 Yrs 25 Yrs 5 Yrs 15 Yrs For a pinning event to be added to the pinning list, it requires submission to the Pinning Chairperson-Dianna R at least 30 days prior to the pinning date and preferably at least one day prior to the Intergroup meeting. Intergroup Reps can do this by ing or calling a submission to the Pinning Chairperson.. It is recommended that no meeting schedule more than 1 pinning event in a 30 day period. This is done in order to prevent pinning events being scheduled on the same date in different meeting locations. Chicagoland Intergroup will pay for the pin once the pinnee has qualified to be added to the pinning list. The Intergroup Rep will be asked if the member requesting a pinning, by their own admission, has met all following requirement s to qualify. To be eligible to be pinned, a member must have (Per the Gamblers Anonymous Guidance Code, Article VII, Section 4 stating): Abstinence from gambling and regular attendance of at least thirty-nine (39) Gamblers Anonymous meetings (exceptions can be made, via group conscience decisions, for medical reasons and military stationed overseas) in the prior 12 months, by the member s own admission, is required for pinnings and for all successive anniversaries. Date of abstinence starts from your first meeting after your last bet. Pinning Format General Guidelines: Announce at beginning of pinning that As this is a program of anonymity, we ask that Family & Friends be mindful of this and ask before taking pictures. This is also why we provide first name and last initial only for members when introducing them. Announce prior to a collection begin taken that: Donations will be accepted only from members. While we appreciate contributions offered, our organization is self-supporting. (See Unity step 7 regarding declining outside contributions.) Activities Luke W & Reba L For information about upcoming events please contact activites@gachicago.org or phone/text

4 o Luke W (630) Anniversaries Donna M (Donna M reporting) 7 anniversaries for have been submitted for Sept and there were 8 anniversaries submitted for October. You can provide information to anniversaries@gachicago.org or bring your information to intergroup. When submitting names please indicate the first name, last initial, meeting room, clean date and how many years. Budget Doug K and Peggy S (No report) Please Doug K or Frank H with budget questions or suggestions at budget@gachicago.org. Chicagoland Website Doug K (Doug K reporting) Doug K is looking for someone to volunteer to take over the website. He will be more than happy to assist someone with learning the format and guide them through the process. Please see him if you would be interested in helping with this very important role. Joys, Cares & Concerns Pat F (Pat F reporting) John X suffered a mini stroke and is unable to drive. Please keep him in your thoughts and prayers. Pat F passed out cards to rooms. **Please keep all in your thoughts and prayers** As a reminder, please donate cards for use by Joys, Cares & Concerns. Meetings Paul A (Paul A reporting) Meetings needing support: o Monday Norridge 7:00 pm o Wednesday Joliet (Spanish) 6:30 pm o Wednesday Highland, IN 7:00 pm o Friday, South Chicago, Willa Rawls 6:30pm o Friday, Dyer, Indiana 7:00 pm o Saturday-Hinsdale 2:00pm to 3:15pm o Sunday Elk Grove Village 5pm Phone Service Ellen Z & Peggy S 35 calls from 8/1/17 8/31/17: 12 - Accepted 13 -Missed 2 - Voic 8 - Meeting Info We are always looking for volunteers for the hours you are open. 6 months clean time is required. Information is on the website on how to be of service answering hotline calls. Please communicate any questions or concerns with the phone service to Ellen Z or Peggy S at Pressure Relief Mark M (Mark M reporting) No Pressure Reliefs to report Mark M requested all members of to please complete a super brief survey to help him better help

5 the members of with Pressure Reliefs and info regarding pressure reliefs. Please take surveys to your rooms and return them at the next intergroup. Mark also clarified that the Blue covered packets titled Gambler s Anonymous Pressure Relief Group Meeting Handbook Printed 03/2016 are NOT to be used. The green covered packets titled The Pressure Relief Group Meeting Handbook printed 08/2011 ARE to be used currently. Please notify Mark M if you would like him to speak at your meeting about the different types of Pressure Relief programs and how they work. You can text or call Mark M with your name, room and date you would like him to come to your meeting. Mark can be reached at or by prgm@gachicago.org Public Relations Brian B & Allen H (Allen H reporting) No report If you are interested in volunteering for public relations, please contact Brian B at or Allen H at or Public Relations at publicrelations@gachicago.org. Trustees Reports Dave M Any comments or concerns regarding the agenda items for this year s Fall Conference please send them to Dave M. Debbie M The Agenda items for the Fall Conference are on the trusteewebsite.org and she is also available for any comments or concerns anyone may have regarding these items. Pam E There are 65 items on the agenda for the Fall Conference please read over them and voice your opinions to any of the trustees. & Gam-Anon Spring Conference 2018 Cindy M, Verna B, Bob D and Mary W (Cindy M reporting) 2018 Spring Conference will be held at the Hyatt Lisle, Il on April 6,7 & 8 1 st planning meeting will be held in September 14, 2017 at 7pm at the Hyatt Picnic (2017) Joe G & Shari H (Joe G reporting) The picnic was a great time and enjoyed by all who attended. There were 85 in attendance with 64 adults and 21 children. Expenses for the event were $ with a total income of $ this created a $ loss for the picnic. There will be further discussion next year prior to the picnic on ways to possibly raise attendance numbers. Spirituality Conference 2018 Anthony M & Leticia P No report Supplies Mary W & Elsa S No report. For now, Dianna R advises that you order directly from Mary. Intergroup reps please follow-up to see if someone in your room is passing pins down to someone. Mary places a pin order the Monday immediately following each intergroup meetings. The pin(s) will then be available the following intergroup meeting. All orders have been filled. A supply report was provided. Some rooms owe money. Please let Mary know if you have any questions. Reminder: Your room will need to place a Supply order for the pin(s) far enough ahead of time to ensure it is available for the pinning event. (Your room will not be charged for the pin this is a CIG expense). Please tell Pinning chairperson (Dianna R) if you need a pin and let a Supply chairperson (Mary W or Elsa S) know, as well.

6 Treasurers Phil S & Tom H (Fred L) During Intergroup, please ensure room contributions are submitted as soon as possible, contributions received after 8:00 p.m. do not allow for the treasury report to be completed before the end of the meeting. The following financial reports were made available to intergroup members in order to keep finances as transparent as possible. o Checking Account Balance A monthly hand written report that includes every check issued, receipts deposited and funds held in trust As of September 11, 2017 we have available funds for CIG of $24, (this figure is the checking account balance less funds held in trust). o Contribution Report (Listed by Room) - Documents details by room for ISO and CIG contributions and Supply purchases. Receipts are available if you bring in cash or if your room wants a receipt; otherwise they will be posted on the following month s handout. Please check the Contributions Report that is handed out at Intergroup. Reps are responsible for ensuring it is correct. o o Pinning report A hand out was provided for rooms with pinning funds. This report details pinning funds held in trust for rooms that have CIG holding their pinning money. Report dated 09/11/17 shows there is currently $ pinning funds held in trust. Reps are responsible for ensuring pinning funds held in trust for their rooms are correct. *Please only take a copy if your room has CIG holding your pinning fund. Monthly Financial Transactions Summarizes MTD and YTD CIG costs and allocations of funds. o 09/12/2017 Intergroup Collections today are $ o Details were as follows: CIG Donations $ CIG Total $ Intergroup in room collection for CIG $ Intergroup in room collection for ISO $ ISO Total $ ISO Donations $ Pinning Funds in Trust $ Supplies $ Other (Picnic) $ Other (Bowling) $ Other (Walk A Thon) $ Other (Holiday Party) $ TOTAL Pending Deposit as of 09/12/2017 $ Miscellaneous: Joe G made a motion to adjourn the meeting. Doug K seconded the motion. Motion passed. Sandy M adjourned the meeting at 8:42 p.m. All members joined hands and recited the Serenity Prayer.

CHICAGOLAND GA INTERGROUP MINUTES for October 10, 2017

Chicagoland GA Intergroup Chairs: CHICAGOLAND GA INTERGROUP MINUTES for October 10, 2017 Chairperson Sandy M Present 1 st Chair Bob D Present 2 nd Chair Jim G Present Secretary Shari H Not Present Co-Secretary