Origins, Introduction, and Overview to the Action Plan

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1 Origins, Introduction, and Overview to the Action Plan The following Action Plan provides direction for regional services in the cycle. The May 2014 meeting of the Northern California Regional Services Committee (NCRSC) developed nearly all of the first draft based on their understanding of internal and external issues affecting the fellowship and their observations about our collective needs. The H&I/PR Leadership Team edited items related to their work. The outgoing NCRSC Fellowship Service Team (FST) edited other items, added the goals and objectives carried forward from the previous year, placed key items on the attached RSC calendar, and presented a draft for the NCRSC s consideration in June This action plan will require significant financial and human resources. Some elements of the plan align with the regular duties of specific positions and will be funded as part of routine expenses for the RSC. Others require the formation of working groups and/or the use of discretionary funds. These will come before the body as project proposals. The RSC will have the opportunity to review project proposals and allocate discretionary funds for the purpose of fulfilling these objectives throughout the cycle. Members of the FST unanimously believe that this action plan represents the priorities of the NCRSC and provides an ambitious but realistic plan for fulfilling services aligned with obtainable objectives. We are inspired to fulfill this vision and will measure our progress in the year ahead against these benchmarks set by the RSC. 1

2 Goals and Objectives for Cycle Environmental Scanning from May 2014 (post-its) Goals & Objectives How to Achieve County jail not clearing felon AB109 local prison sentences H&I involvement in jail clearance Increasing trouble getting H&I volunteers into county jails & juvenile hall GOAL: Improve NAs relationship with local criminal justice systems. a. Increase numbers of NA members cleared to serve. b. Identify key stakeholders in county justice systems. c. Develop a working group within the sharing forum of H&I/PR members to share their experience and successes on volunteer clearance issues within local communities. d. Develop communication and presentation materials for use with local officials. Project Proposal: PR/H&I Working Group Materials & Supplies: $100 Travel/Meeting costs: $1,200 Total Budget Proposal: $1,300 GSRs not being properly trained Recruiting new area officers People not wanting to hear regional report at Area Cliques / social groups Conflicts in meetings Violent behavior becoming more of an issue Disrespect in meetings Double triple dipping Playing on phone in meeting GOAL: To develop resources for training of GSRs and Area Trusted Servants a. Provide resource support for areas in the form of trainings and presentations. b. Create GSR training presentation with slides. c. Present materials to areas when requested. Project Proposals: Working Group for points a. and b. Travel/Meetings Costs: $200 For point c. travel requests as submitted 2

3 Environmental Scanning from May 2014 (post-its) Goals & Objectives How to Achieve Lack of mentorship Service not being promoted through sponsorship Attract new members Welcoming/positive GOAL: To create resources for mentorship and modeling of effective leadership. a. Identify tools and best practices for mentorship b. Use of online sharing forums for communication and document collection and distribution. Materials & Supplies: $100 Travel/Meeting costs: $300 Total Budget: $400 Service burnout Lack of trusted servants Unfilled positions People not stepping up for service People don t want to do service Lack of service especially PR & the H of H&I How do we interface with harm reduction programs? Progression in service, how to go from ASC to RSC. GOAL: Increase the number of members willing and able to be of service. a. Develop and share tools for a more inclusive, civil environment in service meetings b. Collect and share data of members willing to serve c. Find a way to share the resource pool of trusted servants with areas. Consensus Oriented Training Tools and Facilitation Training Workshop Project Total Budget: $1,000 3

4 Environmental Scanning from May 2014 (post-its) Goals & Objectives How to Achieve How do we make addicts with children feel more welcome? Increasing the number of baby boomers: Are there older groups of addicts we re not reaching? Children a definitive solution Old-timers not attending meetings Some meetings not getting newcomers Low meeting attendance Not getting enough info to newcomers Not giving too much info to newcomers (scaring them away) In big cities sometimes there is not unity between groups in the inner city and the suburbs Electronic isolation the new addiction Newcomer and knowing NA lingo GOAL: To better serve our fellowship by seeking to understand the demographics of our Region and that of the general population to assist in fellowship development. a. Building a resource tool for understanding the diverse needs of our regional communities. b. For collecting and analyzing the demographic data for Northern California Region. Materials & Supplies: $1,000 Travel Budget: $500 Total Budget: $1,500 Traditions violation Breaking traditions Personalities vs. principles Principles before personalities Trusted servants accusing other trusted servants of placing personalities before principles Financial accountability Hatred animosity of AA Disunity in our Area Funding moving to product sales as opposed the 7 th tradition Misappropriation of funds NA funds being absconded Fund flow GOAL: To bring increased awareness to and understanding of the traditions a. Create an online tool for a tradition-amonth discussion. b. Gather regional/area input for the traditions workbook project. c. Create more attractive ways to bring tradition discussions into service meetings on a regular basis. No costs should be associated here. For Point b. via travel request 4

5 June 2014 June 2015 NCRSC Calendar RSC Business at 6/14/14 Meeting: Elections; Review/Approve Action Plan; Review & Table NCRSC Budget; Working Groups: WSLD, July 2014 January 2015 w RSC Business at 7/12/14 Meeting ü Approve NCRSC Budget ü Open Forum: GSR & ASC training, Online Trads forum ü Project Proposals for NCCNA Fellowship Development Tract, Local Corrections Outreach w Q3/Q4 & Year- End Audit (date ) w H&I/PR Sharing Forum: 7/26/14 w Schedule FST Mid- Year Review for November 2014 w RSC Business at 1/10/15 w 2 nd Quarter Treasury Audit w H&I/PR Sharing Forum: 1/24/15 w Schedule FST Meeting for May (after 5/10 RSC) August 2014 w RSC Business at 8/9/14 Meeting ü Treasury Report on Fiscal Year ü Open Forum: NCCNA Newcomer designation/fund February 2015 NO RSC Meeting w NA 101 SERVICE JAM September 2014 NO RSC Meeting March 2015 w H&I/PR Sharing Forum: 9/27/14 w RSC Business at 3/14/15 Meeting w Environmental Scanning Workshop in preparation for Action Plan w H&I/PR Sharing Forum: 3/28/15 October 2014 w RSC Business at 10/11/14 Meeting w Working Groups: WSLD, Webhosting, WSLD, NA101 Service Jam, w 1 st Quarter Treasury Audit April NO RSC Meeting NCCNA: 4/02/15-4/05/15 w 3 rd Quarter Treasury Audit November 2014 May 2015 w RSC Business at 11/08/14 w H&I/PR Sharing Forum: 11/22/14 w FST Mid- Year Review December NO RSC Meeting June 2015 Working Groups: Webhosting, NA101 Service Jam, w RSC Business at 5/9/15 Meeting ü Draft Action Plan w FST Meeting (date ) ü Prepare Action Plan for RSC Review ü Budget w H&I/PR Sharing Forum: 5/23/15 w RSC Business at 6/13/15 Meeting ü RSC Meeting: Elections, Review/Approve Action Plan, Review NCRSC Budget 5