CENTRAL
CALIFORNIA AREA ASSEMBLY
OF
ALCOHOLICS ANONYMOUS – AREA 93
CCAA
Chairman Vicki B called the meeting to order at 9:00 A.M. led with the Serenity
Prayer.
John
read the 12 Concepts in English and Jose read them in Spanish.
Eligibility rules for voting were read by the Secretary and the roll call taken:
DCMs/Alternates
15
DCMCs/Alternates
4
Committee Chairs/Alts
14
CCAA Officers
6
Past Delegates
3
Total
38
We also had 8 guests our Sound Dude and his alternate and a Spanish translator.
Districts without representation were 12, 16, 20, 21, 23, 31, 32, 50, 53,
59, 60. We certainly hope to see
you at our next Area Committee Meeting here in Santa Barbara on September 23,
2001 at 9:00 A.M.
The minutes for the February 18, 2001 Area Committee
Meeting were submitted for approval. A
motion was made and carried to accept the minutes with the following changes;
page 5 – 1st
paragraph – last sentence “So
we had a donation to pay for the sign language interpreter.”
Should read – “So we had a donation of $200.00 to be used towards
paying the sign language interpreter.”
Registrar
– Stephanie S:
Stephanie reminded everyone to sign in.
She is working hard to learn and use the access program.
There are 830 Groups in our Area and she has a roster available to anyone
who would like one. Just place your
request on the Request Sheet at the Registration Table.
Stephanie also introduced the Chairman of the Registration Committee;
Edgardo Castillo.
Treasurer
– Debbie B:
Second quarter reports are available at the handout table.
She asked that the DCMs be sure to take one and make copies for all of
their GSRs. There may be a shortage
of Mileage Reimbursement forms today. Please
feel free to use the General Reimbursement form if you need to just this time.
Contributions are great at this time and she thanked all the Groups for
their support. There will be a
budget setting meeting after our regular Area Committee Meeting.
Chairperson
– Vicki B: Most of
Vicki’s report is in the 93 News, which she added is looking really good.
Regarding the goal of getting our Guidelines published and brought to
this Committee Meeting…they are here. If
you have not picked up your copy of the Guidelines, please see Bill Ransom and
sign for them. We will be working on these for the next year and a half to
get them all in line with everything that’s going on with this Area…so it is
very important that you get your copy and care for them. We will be passing these on to the next DCM…it will help us
financially be self-supporting
Alternate
Delegate - Jeanine R:
Jeanine represented Area 93 at the Mid Southern California – Area 9
Hispanic Foro of General Services on July 8.
Our Area Secretary Bertie, as well as two members of the Spanish-Speaking
meeting she attends was also in attendance.
It was nice to attend another Area’s Foro and see how differently
organized it is from our own. Jeanine
also attended the Planning Committee Meeting for Area 93’s Foro, which will be
held in October. It appears they
would like help from the Area in the way of a Liaison from the Area to the Foro
Committee and would like to talk about it later today.
She also continues to attend the Southern California H&I Meetings on
the 4th Sunday of each month.
Delegate
– Steve H:
Steve has presented 7 Delegate reports so far.
Steve has put together a “GSR Report Highlight” (Summer Edition). Please be sure to make copies for the GSRs in your District.
While not much is happening insofar as next year’s Conference, the
General Service Office is quite busy:
·
The 4th
Edition of the Big Book, in hard cover, soft covers, and large print formats are
scheduled to be shipped out the 3rd week in November.
Order forms for the new editions will be distributed around September 15th.
·
“Can AA
Help Me Too?” the new pamphlet for the Black/African-American alcoholic will
be available in September.
·
The
2001-2002 edition of the Service Manual is de to be available in English in
mid-September and about 2 weeks later in Spanish.
·
The 2001
General Service Conference reports will be available in English the 1st
week of August and, again, about 2 weeks later in Spanish.
·
The
revised Spanish translation of Living Sober is now available.
·
Julio E
is the new GSO employee who is replacing Danny M..
Julio will begin his work as the Correctional Facilities coordinator and
add the Spanish language services next year.
·
There are
vacancies for two nontrustee Director positions on the AA World Services Board.
The positions will be for a 4-year term,
beginning after the Conference next April.
Some of the qualifications the Board is looking for are:
1.
Sound
business or professional background in such areas as finance, management, or
communications relevant to AAWS work.
2.
Leadership
qualities and the ability to work with others.
3.
Activity
in AA service.
4.
A minimum
7 years’ sobriety in AA.
5.
Availability
to attend numerous Board and service meetings as well as the General Service
Conference each year.
·
For those
who were impressed by the General Service Office’s itinerary for 2000 (8
countries), Eva S. recently told me
that 2001’s travel plans are even more ambitious.
So far this year, she and other staff members and trustees have visited
general service offices in Panama, Romania, Cuba, Finland, Latvia, France,
India, Lithuania, and Portugal. Still
on the list for the year are Vienna, Hungary, Turkey, Peoples Republic of China,
and Japan. Staff members will also
be attending AA General Service World Zonal Meetings in Korea, Columbia and
Germany in October.
·
There is
one vacancy for a Class A (non-alcoholic) trustee, effective after the
conference next April. No specific
qualifications are required other than an interest in serving AA but Class A’s
generally bring professional experience in fields related to alcoholism and
recovery. Let me know if you know
someone who might be interested.
·
Finally,
we will be electing our candidate for the Pacific Regional Trustee position at
the Area Assembly in October. Our
candidate will be added to the list of other Pacific Region Areas’ candidates
for election during the General Service Conference next April.
(As chair of the Conference Committee on Trustees, I will be responsible
for running that election.) If you
are interested, please see me for an application and have it submitted to me at
least one week before the Assembly so I can have copies printed for distribution
before the election.
Nelson
R, DCMC – Spanish Speaking Districts: The United Hispanic Districts continue to meet on the first Friday of
each month with the DCMs to study the service manual, the committees meet on the
1st and 3rd Saturdays. Delegate Day was held on June 24th.
They also had the opportunity to attend the Interdistrict meeting with
Area 5 and on July 14 had the opportunity to share on the structure of the
conference with District 54 in Sacramento.
At that time, there was some discussion concerning the need for
professional Spanish-speaking translators at the next PRAASA, which will be held
in Fresno. The Chairman of
the 1st Annual Foro has also advised that they are in need of an
insurance certificate for the hall, which is being rented.
Nelson advised that his email address is nelsonr@acninc.com
Ray
R, DCMC – Districts 11, 16 & 27: The 3 Districts are currently breaking down lists of all Groups in the
Districts to specify Groups without GSRs – with GSRs not active – with no
Group contact listed. They are
attempting to get a volunteer from each Group to compile a Group history for
inclusion in Archives and have located an audio tape of long timers discussing
the beginnings of many of the Groups in the San Fernando Valley.
They are still attempting to find a 3-District registrar to assist
Stephanie. They are also discussing
with those Groups who are making purchases of the 4th Edition for
their Big Book Meetings to donate the 3rd Edition copies to GSO for
“care about” projects, distribution to libraries, fledgling Groups, recovery
homes, etc. Steve gave his 1st
Delegate report to the 3 Districts in the San Fernando Valley.
Ken
S, DCM - District 29 - also
representing Gold Coast Districts 12, 29, 31, & 32 in Mary Ann’s absence: The
Gold Coast Districts has several project in the works but nothing firm to report
on. There is good feedback with
regards to the Secretaries Handbook. Mary
Ann has it on a disc if you would like to get it reproduced. They are slowly growing in participation and have 3 DCMs
instead of 1. They need to motivate
District 12 into getting a DCM.
Jack
L, DCM – District 1:
CPC is doing very well with the monthly meetings at the LA Schools.
They have a Big Book project to the local libraries.
Unfortunately participation has been very poor in the District and the
Area. The movie night is currently
on hold as a result of not locating a suitable site.
The District has many goals including increased attendance of GSRs to the
District meeting; a “Grid Plan” to get new GSRs from meetings currently not
represented and; increased cooperation with Central Office Intergroup.
The District plans on being “The most Improved” District by the next
Area Committee Meeting.
Jay
R, DCM – District 11:
The District now has its very own Treasurer and are currently working on a
project to place Big Books in libraries. Jay
has created a service talk for the Groups and plans on visiting as many of the
Groups in the District as possible as they would like to get more GSRs involved
in the service structure.
Barbara
G, Alt DCM – District 16:
The District continues their efforts in placing Big Books in libraries.
There are no other major projects but the Groups are being asked if they
should extend this into Hotels. The
general feeling is no. .
They are also trying to locate Groups, which have no representation at
the District or no longer exist.
Theresa
D DCM – District 22:
One of our Groups recently did a Group inventory. The GSR Report forms are very helpful. There is an individual who is requesting a video on
Sponsorship, which was discussed at the District Meeting.
They asked that we bring it to this Committee for further discussion.
The adhoc committee for redistricting is waiting for the area
questionnaire to come back to the District before they start making any
recommendations. The District
finally has a secretary and the treasury appears to be healthy.
Public Information committee has PSAs on local stations and has been
visiting schools in the area. The
Grapevine committee has sent out letters to Groups for Grapevine Reps at the
Group level. Steve gave his
Delegate’s report and afterwards there was an old-timer meeting and potluck
with a no-talent talent show. Theresa
has been keeping busy visiting Groups and getting a lot of questions about the
redistricting.
Rhonna
W, DCM – District 23:
The District has been very busy the past couple of months.
They had their Delegate Day in conjunction with District 52 along with a
Concepts Workshop. The District is also putting together a service day with
H&I. For the first time in a
long time, the District has a bank account with money in it and planning some
projects for the District/AA community.
Jose
E, Alt DCM – District 34:
They currently have 20 GSRs attending the District meeting on a regular basis
and meet four times per month because there is a great need for Service.
The District is very united and has wonderful trusted servants.
At the last meeting we had a very warm discussion concerning
contributions. While the Spanish
speaking Districts have always made contributions to the Central Office, the
National and State Conventions, the Districts, GSO and now the 1st
Annual Foro for Area 93, they are stressing the importance of making the Area
self-supporting and how important it is to contribute to Area 93.
Eddie
D, DCM – District 48:
The Antelope Valley had a very successful Delegate’s Day in June and
appreciated Steve’s efforts. The
District is currently planning to have a workshop in the Antelope Valley on the
Circle of Love & Service and also planning a movie night. Someone moving into the area contacted one of the GSRs by
phone to get some information. This
is a result of being registered and Eddie reiterated the importance of
registration and the continued progress of Group registrations in the District.
They had 10 members in attendance at the last District meeting, 3 of
which were alternate GSRs.
John
M, DCM – District 52:
They had a wonderful Delegate day in conjunction with Santa Barbara.
They are continuing to place literature in schools and have started a
project to place directories in motels. The
Groups in the area have started having Secretary workshops as a result of the
Secretaries WorkBook, which was produced by the Gold Coast Districts.
The District hopes to host an Assembly in the near future.
They are also working on H&I participation throughout the District.
Sergio
V DCM – District 54:
They continue to visit three days a week. GSRs
currently meet on the 2nd and 4th Saturday of each month.
They will be celebrating their 10th Anniversary on September
2, 2001 with the following topics: “The
District History”, “The functions of a GSR”, “Concepts 3, 4 & 5”,
and “The 12 Steps, 12 Traditions, and 12 Concepts”.
We have had visits from several of the Area Officers as well as our Past
Delegate, Marita Hagen. Steve give
his Delegate report with Jeannine translating the report.
John
T – DCM, District 60: They
are including a service speaker at their District meetings as District 51 is
having some success with it. Also
planned is a Unity Day picnic and potluck, which will be held at Hart Park on
Saturday October 13. They look
forward to seeing everyone at the “No Host” Dinner on Saturday night,
October 20th at 5:30 p.m., which is the evening prior to our next
Assembly in Bakersfield.
Jesus,
Chairman of the 1stAnnual General Service Foro for Area 93: On February 2, 2001 there was a meeting held to
elect the Organizing Committee for the 1st Annual General Service
Foro. The Chairman is Jesus E.,
Secretary Silvano L., and Treasurer Miguel D.
The Sub-committee Chair is Javier S., Secretary Reynaldo L., and
Treasurer Roque R. They had a
meeting on March 4, 2001 wherein they decided that they would have monthly
meetings on the 1st Sunday of each month from 10 a.m. to noon and
that they would rotate among the Spanish-speaking Districts.
On April 2nd they met and decided the event would be held on
Sunday, October 14th in Santa Paula.
In the months since then, the committees have chosen their topics as well
as a theme, which is “Our responsibility is to protect these principles.” Juan A. from Bakersfield volunteered to design the banner. At
the July 1st meeting there was a question as to whether or not the
committee had received the $300.00 budgeted from the Area.
The Organizing Committee had another meeting on July 11th, at
which time there was a report from the treasurer indicating that they had
received $1,977.01 in contributions and had spent $1,762.02.
To date, the hall has been paid for as well as the fliers and some other
expenses.
Vicki
advised that the next Area Committee Meeting is scheduled for September 16th
cannot be held here in Santa Barbara – or at least not at St. Francis
Hospital. We can either have it the
prior Sunday, which is September 9th or the following Sunday which is
September 23rd. A
motion was made by Eddie D., that we cancel the Area Committee meeting, as he
did not see a need. The motion was
seconded. After much loving
discussion A vote was taken and it was agreed that we would have an Area
Committee Meeting on Sunday, September 23rd at 9:00 a.m.
The
following was added to the agenda: 7) Election of the Pacific Regional Trustee;
8) Adding a Liaison to the Spanish Foro planning meeting from the Area; 9)
Special topic for our next Area Committee Meeting, perhaps an inventory or
something else; 10) That the Assembly take a vote as to whether or not they want
a video developed by GSO on Sponsorship. A
motion was made and seconded that the agenda be accepted as corrected.
Motion passed
The question of redistricting was opened for discussion. While there was not much discussion concerning this matter, it was brought to the attention of the Committee that we should start thinking about the fact that we will have to at least work on changing our District numbers. Perhaps while we are thinking about changing our numbers we can start looking at changing our District structure and we should keep the discussion open. Another thought was that working on our Group registration would be a good start but not absolutely necessary in the redistricting process.
Marita explained that historically, Area 5 Officers attended and participated in the DCM Sharing Session. It was thought that perhaps this would be a good time to set tradition since this is our first 4-Area Sharing Session. The question was put out “Do you want your Area Officers to attend the event and participate, attend and not participate; or just stay home. A motion was made by Jay R. that Area Officers be invited to attend the 4-Area DCM Sharing Session and seconded. After much discussion it was agreed that the Officers would not be invited to participate.
An adhoc committee was formed to find out information regarding the financial feasibility of a PRAASA Bus. In other words – renting a bus for the trip. District 11, Jay R.; District 48, Peggy D.; District 52, John M volunteered his alternate DCM; and Spanish-speaking Districts, Nelson R. Vicki will give the Committee some information she already has and asked that they be prepared to report back at the next Area Committee Meeting with their findings.
Guidelines and Policies Chair, Bill R., gave a presentation on the Archives Policies. The following recommendation was made for changes to the Area Guidelines:
2.a. The C.C.A.A. Archives Committee’s purpose is to:
Gather and preserve material and historical data about A.A., emphasizing Central California, for use by interested people; display historical material at conventions, C.C.A.A. meetings and other appropriate functions; and assist and receive reports from the archivist.
2.b. The C.C.A.A. Archivist
is separate from the committee and is responsible for both the physical and intellectual integrity of the archives collection. The archivist position is an appointed, non-rotating position to be reviewed every two years. The Archives committee chairman shall make a recommendation to the Area chairman, who, with the approval of the Area officers, will appoint the archivist.
A motion was made and seconded that the above language
be presented to the Area Assembly for a first vote at the next Area Assembly. The motion was passed with more than a two-thirds majority.
Assembly
bids were accepted for the January 2002 Assembly. A bid to host the Assembly in Santa Paula was made by Sergio
from District 54. John M. from
District 52 made a bid to host the Assembly in the Lompoc/Santa Maria/Solvang
area. A vote was taken and
two-thirds of those present agreed District 54 would host in Santa Paula. Bids will be accepted at the October Assembly for the 2-day
Pre-Conference Assembly as well as the other Assemblies to be held in 2002.
Please be sure to discuss this with your Districts before making the
commitment.
The
Assembly bid form was discussed at length.
Included in the discussion was housing, reservations, costs, handicapped
accessible and time of year? Also
discussed were sites – schools versus community centers.
Steve H. made a motion that Districts submit a bid form when they
propose to host an Area Assembly. The motion was seconded and opened for discussion.
Bill R. advised that there is an 8-page document in the Guidelines and
Policies for Area 93. Included as Appendix H, is the Assembly Bid form.
Joe V. thought that perhaps the bid form needed some clarification, and
should be reviewed by our Chairperson but agreed that the motion needed an
amendment as to extenuating circumstances.
After discussing the possibility of last minute changes, i.e., a problem
with the next host District not being able to hold the Assembly, the motion was
amended as follows: Bids forms for Area Assemblies will be required at
least two (2) Assembly dates prior to the Assembly.
However, the Chairperson will have the discretion to waive this
requirement in special circumstances. The motion was seconded and passed. Theresa D. spoke for the minority and stated that the forms
should be “suggested” or “recommended” since the only requirement for
membership in Alcoholics Anonymous is a desire to stop drinking.
No one from the prevailing side wished to change their vote.
Concerns
about the calendar for the Area was brought up for discussion including the
length of time between the May and October Assembly as well as the possibility
of our 2-day Assembly being held closer to the Conference date.
Suggestions included changing the months to adding an additional month.
On behalf of the GSRs, Steve H. felt that it would be best if we got
feedback directly from the GSRs as they are the ones most affected by the
current calendar. Would they be
better able to do their job if they had another Assembly somewhere in the middle
of the May and October Assembly. Give
them the information so they are informed, and then ask them what their needs
are. Jay R. made the suggestion of
a GSR Sharing Session (similar to the 4-Area DCM Sharing session) sometime in
August, just for GSRs. Sean thought
that it would be best to leave our calendar as is and give it a chance.
Joe V. brought up the scheduling of the Assemblies in conjunction with
the Conference process and perhaps trying to work with the preliminary agenda
items. Robin asked that this be
placed on the next Area Assembly Agenda for discussion.
Since there is still another Area Committee Meeting prior to the next
Assembly, we can continue this discussion and still have time to place it on the
Area Assembly Agenda. A
motion was made by Jeanine R. to table the discussion until September. Motion was
seconded and passed.
Discussion
was opened concerning sending a representative from our Area to the Special
Spanish Forum in Austin, Texas in December.
Steve gave the Committee a brief background on this event.
Steve advised that during our Pre-Conference Assembly, we had 5 of the 6
Delegates of the California Areas in attendance.
At that time they got together and made a request of the General Service
Office that they sponsor a Special Regional Forum, an informational Forum, for
Spanish speakers in California. The General Service Office schedules and
finances special Forums every two years in each region.
They also have in their budget, money and personnel, to sponsor special
Forums for special topics at the rate of just two Forums per year.
These special Forums are on remote communities; this happened in Table
Rock some two years ago, and sometimes in new Areas when they are trying to get
rejuvenated and they feel that just the Area would be appropriate.
In this case it was felt that we have enough participation in our
Spanish-speaking General Service Community, in the California Area, that we
would benefit by having the opportunity for our members to focus on the problems
in General Service for the Spanish-speaking community.
This may have to do with interpreters, translation, the way that their
Group structure may differ from the English-speaking Groups – things like
this. We have since had our 6th
Delegate Area come on board and our Regional Trustee put in the request for a
Special Forum for Spanish-speakers for the year 2003. Bakersfield was chosen as the site since it is the most
centrally “transportation-wise” city. The
impression is that we will get this in the year 2003.
If not, it would be 2004. The
Area Officers agreed that it would be a good idea to send someone to the Special
Forum in Texas so that this person could then be a leader, someone who is
certainly informed, when we put together the planning for our Special
Spanish-speaking Forum. Steve felt
that if we could afford it, it would certainly be to our benefit to have someone
attend in Texas. Rough numbers as
far as costs were addressed. A
motion was made by Steve S. to present to the Area Assembly that a
representative from Area 93 be sent to the Special Spanish-speaking Forum in
Austin, Texas at a cost of approximately $600.00 for airfare, room, meals, and
pertinent miscellaneous expenses which would be fully reimbursable. The motion was seconded and opened for discussion.
Seeing no discussion, the motion passed and will be put on the Area Assembly
Agenda in October for a vote.
A motion was made by Susan C. that our Alternate
Delegate Jeanine R. be sent, with the Area Assembly approval, as our
representative to the Special Spanish Forum in Austin, Texas from Area 93 since
she is our Alternate Delegate and also speaks Spanish. The
motion was seconded and passed.
A motion was made by Vicki B. that the election of our
Pacific Regional Trustee nominee be placed on the Area Assembly Agenda in
October.
The motion was seconded and passed.
Jeanine
R. discussed a request from the Spanish Foro Committee with regards to a Liaison
from the Area as a means of guidance. The
costs would be travel/mileage expense. A motion was made that the Area pays the mileage for a
representative to attend the Spanish Foro Planning Committee Meeting. The motion was seconded and passed. Jeanine volunteered to attend.
Item
number 9 was removed from the Agenda as it was an error.
District
22 has suggested that we bring to the Area Assembly the suggestion on a video on
sponsorship. This would then be taken to the General Service Conference as an
item for discussion. In other
words, we are asking the Area Assembly for an endorsement to take this to New
York. Theresa D. gave a brief
presentation of how this discussion came about. It all started with a GSR asking the question about whether
or not there was a video on Sponsorship at which time the discussion was brought
to the Assembly. There was some
discussion regarding guidelines at which point it was decided that New York
would know what they needed to do. Marita
asked that the Literature Committee looks into this and gets something a little
more focused. Then after it is
looked at there, it needs to go to the Assembly for feedback in October.
It really needs to be done by October or else we won’t make the
deadline for the Conference this year. It
might be a good idea to put it on the Assembly Agenda in October, but have it go
through the Literature Committee first. Vicki
B. asked Theresa to go to the Area Literature Committee regarding this item and
Vicki will put it on the Area Committee Agenda in September for further
discussion. Steve H. asked Theresa
to put it the ideas down in writing so that the Literature Committee could have
it in this form for discussion. He
also stated that it would carry more weight this way with the Conference.
Dawn
L. brought up the question about Committee Chairs meeting with the Area Chair at
the beginning of the Area Assembly. She
stated that if this was the case, she wanted to see if we could make some
changes as she really missed going to the GSR Sharing Session in the morning.
She felt she got a lot out of it and wanted to continue doing it.
Vicki stated she would see what she could do to move things around.
Jay
R. asked about a video for GSR orientations.
Joe V. advised that the GSO Video would show how the structure works and
could be used for GSR orientations. Joe
also asked about the possibility of taking about 20 minutes of an Assembly for
the purpose of a presentation on a Concept and then having some discussion about
it. He felt this would be very
beneficial for everyone concerned.
John
M. advised that they are attempting to produce a bilingual web site and that
this would be a wonderful opportunity for someone to be of service.
Bertie
thanked our Spanish-speaking translator and stressed the need for everyone to
speak slowly and if at all possible, to make a second copy of reports for the
translator to follow from. In the
future, the Secretary will try to have “carbon-paper” for everybody’s
convenience. (If they still
make such an animal).
Robin
brought up the decision that was made at this Committee concerning self-support.
Robin stated that she was so concerned that she wrote to GSO.
In that letter, she discussed the fact that this Area Committee was not
being self-supporting because we were not paying rent here at St. Francis
because St. Francis would not accept our rent.
Robin believed there should be some way in which the Area Committee could
be self-supporting by either donating goods or some sort of service.
GSO responded in return that “If the facility in which an AA Group
meets cannot accept rent, such as a Federal or State building, what can be done
in accordance with our tradition of self-support?”
A Group can usually contribute in some other way.
For example the Group might furnish equipment or furnishings to the
facility. Our experience is very
similar to yours. Some AA members
think there is no problem in accepting free rent, others do not agree.
The reason is to make token, in-kind payment would set an example to both
AA members and the hospital of AA’s long tradition of self-support and
self-responsibility. At the General
Service Office we have heard of some Groups actually cleaning up grounds,
gardening, painting a room, purchasing chairs, etc.
As always, this decision would be based on our 2nd Tradition
after discussion by an informed Group conscience. “
The reason Robin brought this back up is because she feels that this
information may not have been presented like this before during our previous
discussion and now wanted to inform everyone.
Vicki
advised that there had been discussion concerning the donation of Big Books to
the Hospital but had not discussed it with the proper person as yet and that she
would do so.
Rhonna
advised that there is a tatoo removal program, a separate program from the
Hospital, for gang members. This
program is in conjunction with St. Francis Hospital. It is not St. Francis Hospital. Dawn L. advised that the Hospital has a
Foundation, which not only helps to run different programs within the Hospital,
but funds programs within the community that are related to the Hospital.
This is where her Group sends the 7th Tradition money.
Eddie
D. asked if we would be sending money to the Foundation.
Vicki stated she would discuss this with Julie and get the information
necessary for this donation. She would bring this back to the Area Committee
Meeting in September.
Susan
C. advised of some situations within the jails wherein Big Books are tossed in
the trash after a situation has occurred with the jail walls, i.e., stabbing,
shakedowns, etc. SF Valley H&I
and Santa Clarita H&I currently are having a drive to put Big Books in the
jail libraries. If anyone were
looking to do a project within their District, this would be a good project as
they will be permanent fixtures in the libraries and not get tossed after a
shakedown.
Armando
asked that perhaps the Standing Committees could send invitations to the
District Committees inviting them to the Area Assembly.
It seems that they would get more participation at the Area.
Armando also asked about the mileage expense for the Chairman to the Foro
Planning Committee. He was advised
that only Jeanine, as an Area Officer was being reimbursed, not the Chairman of
the Foro.
Motion to adjourn. Seconded. Meeting was adjourned with the Responsibility Pledge.
Respectfully submitted,
Bertie D
Area Secretary
Sound Dude,
Robert H.
(THANKS
AGAIN!)