CHICAGOLAND GA INTERGROUP MINUTES FOR FEBRUARY 13, 2018

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1 Chicagoland GA Intergroup Officers: CHICAGOLAND GA INTERGROUP MINUTES FOR FEBRUARY 13, 2018 Chairperson Bob D Present 1 st Chair Mark M Present 2 nd Chair Sharyn E Present Secretary Eileen Z Present Co-Secretary Kevin O Present Co-Treasurer Phil S Present Co-Treasurer Tom H Present Area 8 Trustees Pam E Debbie M Dave M Linda S Trustee Present Not Present Meetings Present Indicated by ": 30 of 65 rooms represented. 1 Sun Champaign-Urbana 7:00 PM 34 Wed Joliet Spanish 6:30 PM 2 Sun Chicago Hts. 6:00 PM 35 Wed Oak Park 7:30 PM 3 Sun Elgin 6:00 PM 36 Wed Park Ridge 7:30 PM 4 Sun Elk Grove 5:00 PM 37 Thur Burbank 7:30 PM 5 Sun Evanston 7:00 PM 38 Thur Downers Grove 10:00 AM 6 Sun Naperville 6:00 PM 39 Thur Elk Grove 7:30 PM 7 Mon Arlington Hts. 7:00 PM 40 Thur Gurnee 6:00 PM 8 Mon Aurora 7:00 PM 41 Thur Hammond, IN 7:00 PM 9 Mon Chicago - St. Mary's 6:30 PM 42 Thur Kankakee 7:00 PM 10 Mon Highland, IN 7:00 PM 43 Thur Lisle 7:00 PM 11 Mon Joliet 7:00 PM 44 Thur Mayfair-St. John s 7:30 PM 12 Mon Lisle 7:00 PM 45 Thur Orland Park 7:30 PM 13 Mon Morris 7:00 PM 46 Thur Peoria 7:00 PM 14 Mon Norridge 7:00 PM 47 Thur St. Charles 7:00 PM 15 Mon Oak Lawn 7:30 PM 48 Fri Bolingbrook 7:30 PM 16 Mon Peoria 7:00 PM 49 Fri Buffalo Grove 7:00 PM 17 Mon Silvis 6:00 PM 50 Fri Dyer, IN 7:00 PM 18 Tues Algonquin 7:30 PM 51 Fri Forest Park 7:00 PM 19 Tues Bloomingdale 7:30 PM 52 Fri Hinsdale 6:30 AM 20 Tues Chicago Loop Noon 53 Fri Joliet 6:30 PM 21 Tues Chgo. S. Willa Rawls 7:00 PM 54 Fri Silvis 5:30 PM 22 Tues Edison Park 7:00 PM 55 Fri St. Tarcissus 12:30 PM 23 Tues Lansing, IL 7:00 PM 56 Fri Chgo. S. - Willa Rawls 6:30 PM 24 Tues Normal 6:00 PM 57 Sat - Park Ridge 8:00 AM 25 Tues Schaumburg 11:00 AM 58 Sat Cherry Valley 9:00 AM

2 26 Tues South Holland 10:00 AM 59 Sat Downers Grove 9:00 AM 27 Tues - Romeoville 7:00 PM 60 Sat Elmhurst 7:00 PM 28 Wed Aurora 7:00 PM 61 Sat Hinsdale 2:00 PM 29 Wed Burbank 10:00 AM 62 Sat La Porte, IN 11:30 AM 30 Wed - Deerfield 7:30 PM 63 Sat Merrillville, IN 9:00 AM 31 Wed Downers Grove 7:00 PM 64 Sat Oak Park 9:30 AM 32 Wed Highland, IN 7:00 PM 65 Sat Schaumburg 9:00 AM 33 Wed Hoffman Est. 7:00 PM Meeting was called to order at 7:32 pm by Bob D - Chairperson. Unity Steps and Day at a Time were read as indicated below. Readings: Unity Program Yellow Book Unity Step #2 Red Book One Day-at-a-Time (Feb 13) Minutes from Last Intergroup meeting: Darryl M Senga R Dan B December minutes were approved with correction as noted by Linda S. Motion made by Diane R. second by Kevin O. January minutes were approved with correction as noted by Eileen Z.- Motion made by Linda S second by Bob C. December correction: Trustee report by Linda S Change 2 years to 4 years January correction: Unity Step #9 changed to Step #1 New Intergroup Reps Acknowledged: Name Meeting Time Location Sue J. Thursday Night St. Charles Unfinished Business: Allen H. audited the books found in good condition and is passing the books onto Mark M. to audit separately. New Business: No new business Committee Reports Pinnings Dianna R 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.

3 Date Day Time Location Name Years Larry M 5 yrs GA Orland Park Mar 8 Thursday 7:30 pm Dan P 10 yrs GA Presbyterian Church Tim D 15 yrs GA 7:00 pm Highland, IN Mar 12 Monday Fred B 1 yr. GA In Room First Presbyterian Church Apr 16 Monday 7:00 pm May 21 Monday 7:00 pm Chicagoland GA Pinning Scheduling Guidelines: Joliet First Presbyterian Church Norridge Salvation Army Cindy F Liz R Al A 20 Yrs GA 10 Yrs GA 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 within 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 requirements 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: 5 Yrs. GA 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 GA members when introducing them. Announce prior to a collection being taken that: Donations will be accepted only from GA members. While we appreciate contributions offered, our organization is selfsupporting. (See Unity step 7 regarding declining outside contributions.) GA & Gam-Anon Spring Conference 2018 Cindy M, Verna B, Bob D and Mary W Mary D reporting 2018 Spring Conference will be held at the Hyatt Lisle on April 6,7 & 8 Flyers were available for registration, workshops and all related events Next planning meeting will be held Thursday, March 22 nd, 7pm at the Hyatt Peggy S talked about the fundraiser. Had packages of 10 bars in a bag and requested rooms to take them on credit. Will take back any unsold bars. Friday pre-conference events will be a golf outing and bowling. Golf will be pay at the course; not obligated to the course for any dollar amount Cindi M. put together shirts for the conference. Lots of colors, styles and imprints. Link can be found on gachicago.org. Saturday night will be Howl at the Moon Dueling Pianos lots of fun, music from 20 s to current. Event will start after dinner and is available to all conference attendees. Scholarships are available; turn into sponsor, room rep for validation and turn into Betty H. and Paul H. Scholarship Chairs. Reminded committees that flyers for events are welcome to be included in the giveaways

4 Fred L promoted workshops said they need people to do workshops; have about a dozen and need a dozen more. Workshops are the heart of the conference and are REALLY IMPORTANT. Encouraged reps to talk to their rooms and encourage people to do a workshop. 63 registered with 2 scholarships as of Intergroup; does not include registrations turned in at Intergroup. Only ONE more Intergroup meeting before the conference TALK IT UP IN YOUR ROOMS!! Send any communication/ideas to: springconference18@gachicago.org Activities Luke W Saturday, March 10 th at 5:30 pm at The Patio 2780 S. Highland Avenue in Lombard GA and Gam-Anon informal dinner and fellowship. Winter Warm Up Sunday, February 25 th at The Park at Rosemont, 5501 Park Place, Rosemont at 3 pm. Come for the activity of your choice. No RSVP or prepayment is necessary just hang with GA friends; There is ice skating, movie theatre, bowling, indoor skydiving, comedy club lots of restaurants. Meet at the AMC Movie Theatre at 3 pm. Parking is available and validated at establishments. For information or suggestions about upcoming events please contact activites@gachicago.org or phone/text Luke W (630) Anniversaries Donna M 12 anniversaries were submitted in January for the February bulletin 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 Peggy S with budget questions or suggestions at budget@gachicago.org. GA Chicagoland Website Doug K, Sandy M. and Cindy M. No report Joys, Cares & Concerns Pat F and Bette M Bette M reporting Card were distributed to rooms with pinnings and a sympathy card for Jake P A Memorial Service is being held for Jake P at the Bloomingdale Church on Saturday, February 17 th at 1:30 pm details can be found on the website. Reba L reported that Roz L s brother passed away Allen H reported that his oldest daughter is expecting her first baby on March 4th **Please keep all in your thoughts and prayers** As a reminder, please donate cards for use by Joys, Cares & Concerns. Meetings Paul A and Bob C Bob C reporting Bob attended Oak Park, Buffalo Grove, Forest Park, Highland, IN, and Hinsdale Saturday Recommended people add directions to phone list on how to get to meetings if not easy to find. Romeoville, Tuesday night, restarted with in attendance; meeting format is TBD; keeping at reading and therapies at this point. Recovery House of Chicago sent an asking if we d like to start a GA meeting at their location at 4849 W Irving Park Ave. If someone would be interested in starting a GA meeting they would like to offer their location. Allen H took the information.

5 Meetings needing support: 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 5 pm Phone Service Ellen Z & Peggy S2 Peggy S2 reporting 81 Calls 42 Accepted 19 Missed 18 Meeting Information 2 Voice Mails Numbers are for two months 12/01/17 1/31/18 Two new volunteers signed up. We are always looking for volunteers for the hours you are available. 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 and Bob C - Mark M reporting One pressure relief was performed at Saturday, Downers Grove in the last month. Mark will be doing a workshop at the conference on Pressure Relief Blue is Bad; Green is Good!! 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 pressurerelief@gachicago.org Public Relations Sandy M and Dianna R No report Trustees Reports Dave M There are two weeks left for agenda items to be submitted for the next Board of Trustee meeting. Information is available on the trustee website at trusteewebsite.com. He went to pinnings at St. Charles and Arlington Heights Pam E Board Of Regents is having a discussion about allowing International Conference Hosts to share in the profits. If you make a loss, ISO does not contribute. It was a large profit when we hosted in Only one conference in recent history took a loss which appeared to be due to inexperience by the committee in dealing with the contracts. It will be voted on in the February BOR meeting. ISO Gratitude Week continues to take contributions and has received $12, at this point. Attended a couple of pinnings; one member suggested that they appreciate what is done for supplies but requested to be notified when supplies will not be available at Intergroup; some make the trip just to get supplies. Deb M Absent

6 Linda S Also attended pinnings Holiday Party Pat F. and Linda S. Linda S reporting Has been working on holiday party. Has been checking out other places. Gave many details about the research. It was recommended that the committee come up with a couple of recommendations and bring to the next Intergroup meeting for discussion. Take feed back from Intergroup and bring back proposal with options next month. Picnic (2018) Joe G & Stan N. Stan N reporting Save the Date Sunday, July 29 th at Bemis Woods, Grove 5 Spirituality Conference 2018 Jim G & Leticia P - Jim G reporting 94 people paid; 88 attended; 39 walkups;11 paid no shows. Revenues $1, Expenses $1, Loss ($ ) Feedback was very positive from those in attendance. Supplies Mary D & Elsa S - Mary D reporting Free supplies of $50 per room were distributed It was discussed about how to notify if supplies would not be at the meeting; it was suggested that the secretary send out an blast if that were to be the case. 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. Treasurers Phil S & Tom H (Tom H) 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. Checking Account Balance A monthly handwritten report was provided that includes every check issued, receipts deposited and funds held in trust As of Feb 10, 2018 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 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 shows there is currently $3, 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. o Monthly Financial Transactions Summarizes MTD and YTD CIG costs and allocations of

7 funds. o 02/13/18 Intergroup Collections today were $7, o Details were as follows: Intergroup Meeting Collection Donations Total CIG Donations $ $ 1, CIG Total $ ISO Donations $ $ ISO Total $ Pinning Funds in Trust $ $ Supplies $ $ Other (Spring Conference) $ $ 2, Other (Spirituality) $ $ Other (Bowling) $ $ Other (Fundraiser ) $ $ TOTAL Pending Deposit as of 09/12/2017 $ $ 7, Miscellaneous: Donna M made a motion to adjourn the meeting Pam E seconded the motion. Motion passed. Bob D adjourned the meeting. All members joined hands and recited the Serenity Prayer.

CHICAGOLAND GA INTERGROUP MINUTES FOR September 12, 2017

CHICAGOLAND GA INTERGROUP MINUTES FOR September 12, 2017 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