Anchorage Area Service Committee Meeting Minutes Monday, February 6, 2012

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1 Anchorage Area Service Committee Meeting Minutes Monday, February 6, 2012 MEETING OPENED: READING: ROLL CALL: NEW GROUPS: MINUTES FROM JAN: AMENDMENTS TO AGENDA: 6:30 pm, Josh W., with a moment of silence and the Serenity Prayer Service Prayer (Charlotte D.), Decorum Statement (Tami M.), Twelve Traditions (Dave P.), and Twelve Concepts (DJ R.) 13/19 eligible GSRs in attendance Recovery Connection was in attendance and asking for readmission, voted on as housekeeping and readmitted making 14/20 GSR s in attendance. Accepted Isaac H. will be replacing Susan S for 2 nd Tradition presentation. ADMINISTRATIVE COMMITTEE REPORTS (Full, Written Reports on File) Chair: Vice Chair: (Josh W.) I'm glad to be back in the saddle after missing two Area meetings. We have, among other 1) Nominations for AASC subcommittee service positions should be brought to the March meeting. Nominees must be present with written qualifications. Voting is in April. Let's keep our service structure strong! 2) The Area guidelines can only be amended on a periodic basis. Please bring motions for those changes in March to be voted on in April. 3) Volunteers are greatly appreciated to share on the concepts and traditions. In Loving Service, Josh W. (Alan M.) Thank you again for allowing me to be of service to the groups it continues to be a humbling experience and I am learning a lot about the application of the concepts and traditions to service. In keeping with the responsibilities of vice chair I continue to be available one hour before or I can stay after any of the area meetings (regular or special) to meet with the sub committee chairs. I m also available by phone if anyone needs to arrange a different time to meet or has any questions. I would like to thank Chris and the rest of the literature sub committee for taking the time to have literature available at the birthday dinner and speaker meeting and to Jack and the P.I. committee for setting up the literature rack. The food was excellent and Rob and a lot of support from the fellowship helped make it a success. A couple of members brought concerns about H.and I. to my attention and I spoke to Terry, she assured me that all the panel leaders meet the clean time requirements however a few had not had H. and I. orientations. We agreed this would be a good way to address any issues and to that end the H and I subcommittee had an orientation after their last meeting and have schedule another for this month so that they can announce it and encourage participation. Motions for guideline changes and nominations for all sub committees are due at the March meeting. The essay on the forth concept for NA service states that effective leadership is highly valued in NA, the forth concept speaks of the qualities we should consider when selecting leaders for ourselves. However, we should remember that the fulfillment of many service responsibilities requires nothing more than the willingness to serve. Other responsibilities, while requiring certain specific skills, depend for their fulfillment far more on the trusted servants spiritual maturity and personal integrity. Willingness, Spiritual depth, and trustworthiness are strong demonstrations of the kind of leadership valued most highly in Narcotics Anonymous. In loving Service, Alan M. Page1

2 Secretary: (Tami M.) If you are not receiving Area Minutes, please make sure I have your address. Also, any correspondence should be sent to aascnasecretary@gmail.com report. ILS, Tami M. Treasurer: (Terri B.) (Please see paper copy handed out at area for the complete accounting.) Bank Balance Available: $1, Amount Available for Expenditures: $ The Anchorage Area Service Committee spent $ more that it brought in during the month of January I have mail for the PI Sub Committee and Area Financial Forms for any of the Sub Committees that may need them. ILS, Terri B. GROUP REPORTS Secretary received written reports from the following groups (unless otherwise noted): (Full written reports are on file, as space is limited here; meeting times and dates are on schedule.) Back to Basics Burning Desire Clean and Serene Dynamite Thursday Night Eagle River Group Frozen Chozen Gong Show Lifesavers Little Girls Grow Up Steady addicts. No Area Donation. Would like to get our Thursday night meeting changed in the schedule to a book study. ILS, Isaac H addicts, with about 4 6 Newcomers; Rent is paid; $10.00 to donate. Burning Desire is now meeting Saturdays as well as Friday from 11pm 12:15am. ILS, Ash A addicts; we have $80.00 to donate to Area. ILS. Attendance averages 12 or more addicts. Area Donation $ The Area Guideline Discussion meetings have concluded and is now in final editing. The DTN H&I rep requested information from that subcommittee and are in anticipation of receiving the information so that we may fulfill our commitment to service. ILS, Alan B. Averaging 8 10 addicts, 2 4 newcomers a month. Our speaker meetings continue to be well attended. Our rent is paid. Area Donation $ ILS, Bob S. Not in attendance, no written report. Average attendance is addicts. Strong number of newcomers. Unable to donate to Area. Speaker meeting went well. Thank you, Peter P. Our average attendance is addicts, we are financially solvent, and we are donating $20.00 to AASC. ILS, Bob R. Doing well, but could use more support from women in recovery. We are discussing a name change. We did change our business meeting to the first Saturday after area at 9:30 am.area Donation $ ILS, Us Morning After We have returned to the Sunrise Grill. All is well, we have $ to donate to area. ILS, Charlotte D. NA at the VA No More Bent Blinds Not in attendance, no written report. We have 7 homegroup members and are fully self supporting. Rent is paid, nothing to donate. Ready to vote. ILS, Eileen R. Nothing in the Windows Not in attendance, no written report. (New name: 907 RECOVERY) Out and About Not in attendance, no written report. Recovery Connection We average 8 addicts and a newcomer each meeting and have 2 homegroup members. Rent is paid; we have a $25.00 donation for area. Page2

3 Roundabout Saturday Night Live Soul to Soul The NA Way Walk Your Talk Our numbers have been down. Area Donation $ We have changed our business meeting to the last Wednesday of the month before area. We are donating 2 basic texts to Clithroe this month. ILS, Debbie S. No Written Report No GSR Attending Soul to Soul is considering various format changes. The group is meeting twice a week on Monday and Wednesday. No donation to area. ILS, Lou Ann P. No GSR attending, report e mailed. Our average attendance is addicts, we are financially solvent, and we are donating $30.00 to AASC. ILS, Susan S. Our attendance has been growing steadily. We will now be doing keytags and hugs at every meeting! We are sending $75.00 to WSC, and have $75.00 for the AASC. ILS, Sam SUBCOMMITTEE REPORTS (Full written reports are on file, as space here is limited; meeting dates and times are on schedule) Newsletter Newsletter Subcommittee meets Sundays at noon, upstairs at the Alano Club. We are rethinking the subcommittee meetings date and time due to various subcommittees meeting at approximately the same time. There is no clean time requirement to be on the subcommittee and everyone is welcome. Some service positions you can do: Help distribute newsletters to various groups Announce newsletter info at meetings Bring your home groups news to the subcommittee Announce and bring a list of NA birthdays to the subcommittee meeting Write articles/poems/recovery related topics Participate! Also, Newsletter Subcommittee is asking for a $10 increase in order to print off more copies. This means rather than $20 budget, we are asking for a $30 monthly budget. ILS, Amber Public Information At the January meeting there were 7 members present. We decided on a flyer for our flyer campaign. There have been a few placed at some of the shelters so far. Due to a miscommunication there were no extra schedules printed for this month. Please accept my sincerest apologies. Our human services presentations continue to go well. We did another presentation at Clithroe last month. There were 4 addicts who went and it was well received request reimbursement in the amount of $87.12 for the printing of schedules last month. March is the month for nominations for sub committee chairs. I would just like it known that I will not be accepting any nominations to serve again. While this has been an incredible learning experience, I have personal and recovery issues that I need to take care of. The next PI meeting will be held on February 12 th here at Peggy s at 6:30pm and will be a business meeting. Everyone is welcome to attend. ILS, Jack Hospitals and Institutions Our last business meeting was on January 26th with approximately 10 persons in attendance. Our next business meeting will be on February 23 rd. We currently have a balance of $98. All facilities are doing well. We have been ramping up with Orientations and will continue to do so the following month. Also with a group conscious decided to move forward to carrying the message to the youth at McLaughlin so we are at the ground work stages to get that going. H&I business meeting the last Thursday of the month at Westmark 7pm. We welcome all to be a part of H&I or even to step in / step up to be a speaker to one of the facilities. Thanks to everyone for the support of H&I. It truly is necessary to carry the NA message into these facilities and I am grateful to be a part of. Report has been ed to Tami.In Loving Service,Terry H. Activities Area Activities still meets at Kaladi Brother s on Brayton every 2nd and 4th Wednesday of the month from 6:00 to 7:00pm. The New Year s 7th tradition was $50.15 of which we are donating $50.00 for rent space to Freedom Frog. The NA Birthday was a success, we are keeping $ for seed money and forwarding $ to Area. Lou Anne won the registration package for the upcoming convention, we need to get Page3

4 her the official paperwork. Activities is requesting that the groups send a representative to the Area Activities meeting. ILS, Rob T. Literature Not in attendance. This report summarizes Area Literature Subcommittee activity for the period January 9, 2012 to present. My report is submitted to the AASCNA Secretary via because I must travel for my job hence; cannot attend Anchorage Area Service Committee in person. RSC REPRESENTATIVES REPORTS Sales: Sales for the reporting period totaled $ as outlined below. (the following amounts are supposed to be in a single column, the formatting did not carry over.) Nothing in the Window: $ Back to the Basics: $ 4.80 Out and About: $ Burning Desire: $ Lifesavers: $ AASC Activities Subcommittee: $ Individual Sales: $ 9.70 Gong Show: $ The Morning After: $ Little Girls Grow Up: $ Total: $ Service Committees: On January 15, 2012 I provided literature to the Hospitals and Institutions Subcommittee (H&I) in the amount of $ No literature was requested by or provided to the Public Information Subcommittee (PI) in January. Please note that I do not collect cash from H&I or from PI. Their orders are not reflected in my sales revenue or cash deposits. Instead, these orders are supported with funds managed by AASC s Treasurer, who pays NA World Services for my literature orders. New Orders: Sales in January 2012 were slower than usual so I have not placed and order for new literature during this reporting period. I will place an order this week. Books, booklets, public information pamphlets, clean time key tags and medallions are available for purchase. Deposits: I made a bank deposit in the amount of $ on February 4, I have $ cash on hand from sales on February 4 and 5, Submitted In Loving Service, Chris M. RCM The Alaska regional meeting was held on There was only 1 other area participating, Golden Heart, therefore we did not have quorum. I was still able to present our nominations and our motion. I did announce that we now have a web servant position and told Anne, the PI chair, that we would be in touch when we get the details ironed out. I announced Rick as the convention chair. I also asked about awarding the 2013 convention so that the hosting area has a better opportunity to plan. Just a reminder that there are open positions at the regional level. They are H&I, Secretary, and Vice Chair. Dave P. was pro temmed in as secretary but the position is still open for a nomination. Page4

5 Region is funding an assembly that will probably be held on March 31st. This assembly will be held to discuss the upcoming World conference agenda, motions, and the service system project. Region is sending a delegate to carry Alaska s voice and vote to the world conference in April. It would be possible to have a workshop before the assembly to further discuss these topics. I will be handing out a list of these motions to all GSR s.the next regional meeting will be held this month on the 21st at 7:30.Ellsworth Reg. Convention Chair The Convention Committee has met three times since our last Area meeting. All is going well. We have all the subcommittee chair positions filled and we have had about 25 people attending regularly. We will meet once a month on the last Sunday before Area at 2pm at Peggy s Café. Our first Fundraiser is Friday 2/10/12 at St. Patrick s Church. We will have the subcommittee chairs introduced and they will give a brief outline of what their committee is responsible for then a speaker, Cajun food and live music. The dance will be kicked off with Sweet Home Alabama. $15.00 at the door. We will start meeting once a week the last two months before the convention. We hope to be able to announce a date and venue next month. More will be revealed. ILS, Rick M. TRADITION AND CONCEPT MINI PRESENTATION 2 nd Tradition Isaac H. 2 nd Concept Alan B. SHARING SESSION Review of Sharing Session: Catelyn S. reported that Convention Entertainment has the following dates reserved for fundraisers: 2/10/12, 3/10/12, 4/13/12, 5/19/12, 6/23/12, 7/14,12 and 8/11/12. Doug P. is having a workshop to go over service structure. OLD BUSINESS Motions None Nominations None NEW BUSINESS Presentations for next month: 3 rd Tradition: Debbie S. 3 rd Concept: Joe C. Housekeeping: Recovery Connection was readmitted to AASCNA Motions: Lifesavers brings a motion that AASC Cancel the ACS Help Line Phone Service and Utilize the Toll Free, Statewide Help Line Phone Service Provided by SwitchBoard Alaska and Funded by ARSC. Joe C. moved to table this motion until more research was done, motion to table passed. Nominations: Dave P for Regional Secretary, Qualifications: Clean date of February 16th, Actively working steps with my sponsor. Actively participate in my home group s activities. Willing to give my all to the position. Willing to ask for help, take direction and apply the Traditions of Narcotics Anonymous. Above all else, I am of the belief that I need to give back what was so freely given to me. Past Service: GSR for: Gong Show, Clean & Serene, Eagle River Group Coffee Maker for: Gong Show, Clean & Serene, Eagle River Group, Fast Group, Walk Your Talk Page5

6 Set up and Clean up for: Gong Show, Clean & Serene, Eagle River Group, Fast Group, Walk Your Talk Key Holder for: Fast Group, Eagle River Group Alan M. for Regional Vice Chair, Qualifications: ACTION ITEMS My clean date is ; I have a home group and a service position in that group. I have a sponsor and work a program. I have a working knowledge of the NA traditions and concepts. Service has been and continues to be a cornerstone of my recovery. I have served groups as a coffee maker, ash tray cleaner, secretary, treasurer, alternate GSR and GSR. I have served the Anchorage area as Vice Chair, RCM, alternate RCM; I have also participated in activities, PI (envelope stuffing and PI presentations), HI as a participant and chair of panel meetings and the newsletter. I have participated in various ad hoc committees such as an area inventory, re writing the AASC guidelines and CAR reviews. I have served the Alaska Region as Chair, Anchorage area RCM and the regional convention activities sub committee chair. In Loving service, Alan McQueen Motions None. Nominations Dave P. for Regional Secretary. Alan M. for Regional Vice Chair. Vacancies Regional H&I Subcommittee Chair Regional Vice Chair Regional Secretary Regional Alternate Treasurer Anchorage Area Alternate Treasurer *** Nominations are due in March for all AASCNA Subcommittee Chairs (Activities, Hospitals and Institutions, Public Information, Newsletter and Literature.) MOTION TO ADJOURN 8:00pm and seconded ANNOUNCEMENTS It has been requested that we take back to the groups the need for an increase to the 7 th tradition donations. Every NA group ought to be fully self supporting, declining outside contributions. Speaker Meeting and Potluck. 907 RECOVERY, formerly known as Nothing in the Windows February 26 th and March 25 th 4:00 to 5:00pm Service System Workshop Saturday, March 3, :00 pm Freedom Frog 325 E 3rd Ave., #200 (3rd and Cordova) Everyone is invited. GSR's strongly encouraged to attend. This is preparation for GSR assembly For more info, contact Doug at Comedy Show and Adult Game Show For ARCNA XXVIII Convention Friday, March 10, 2012 St. Patrick s Church 2211 Muldoon Road Doors open at 6:00 pm, $15.00 at the door Adults Only Childcare available if needed $5.00 per family For more info, call Catelyn at or Melissa at Page6

7 Save the Date!!! GSR Assembly is March 31. No venue selected at this time. Page7