Saginaw bay area service committee

Bryan and I work on contacting the inactive home groups to verify the meeting is continuing; the location is the same; a contact person with phone number and email; to bring the meeting list up-to-date. We are looking for contact information (name, phone number and email address) and verify group is continuing to meet as stated in meeting list.

In loving service, Mike M.

Our previous balance was $1,767.55 with a monthly income of $342.00. Our monthly expenditures were $454.81. This leaves us with a ending balance of $1,654.74 for September 2012. The detailed report will be included in area minutes and was electronically sent to the secretary. The mail was not received before area and the groups agreed that payments could be made to Century Link and King Communications. George obtained the mail and delivered it to my house with a donation from Willing to Make the Effort of $50.00. A check was written to Century Link for $9.19 and a check was written to King Communications for $56.80.

In Loving service, Tammy R.
Subcommittee Reports:

Ad hoc—Guidelines:

The ad hoc Guidelines Committee has had three meetings since the last area meeting, one which was held today. We are in the process of reviewing and revising the area guideline quite extensively.

We have moved through and completed revisions through the following sections:

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  Name and Meeting time
  
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  Purpose, Function, and Responsibilities of ASC
  
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  Voting Participants
  

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  Decision Making
  
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  Consensus Procedure
  
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  Discussion limits
  

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  Help us to move more swiftly through our meetings
  
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  Encourage NA members to become more involved in Area
  
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  Give more members the opportunity to have a say at Area
  
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  Make our decision making, not a win/lose, but a way to work together as a Problem-solving cooperative.
  

Today you are going to receive a two page hand out that explains what Consensus Decision making is and how it differs from using Roberts Rules of Order. Please understand that when the guidelines have been completely revised, and you have the opportunity to review them, you will see that we are not saying that there should never be voting by our Area Groups or at our ASC meetings. We are only trying to offer our Area a smoother less cumbersome way of moving through its decisions.

Lastly, remember that all the Ad hoc Guideline Committee meetings are open to any and all NA members that would like to be involved.

The meeting time and location: Monday, October 29^th at 5:30 p.m. at Unity NA group meeting location in Bay City.

ILS, George S., Committee Chair

Hi everyone!

First, I wan to apologize for not being here. I just had surgery and am recovering at home. The “Home group Olympics” in September was a hit, although participation and profit was low. This was unexpected because we have approximately fifty home groups in this Area and only five participated. We still consider it a success because homeless members found home groups which was our intent and hope, The committee has met twice to plan the Halloween Fearless Thriller October 27^th. We will meet on the 24^th to finalize plans. I have spent $353.46 on this event. I also spent $9.00 on the three totes for storage of activity inventory. Therefore, I am asking for a total reimbursement of $362.46. Please take a flyer to your home group so that this area gets the support it deserves. The revised reimbursement request is $272.08.

We are also planning a card party and bake sale on December 1^st. More will be revealed.

In loving service, Tina G. Activity Chair

Literature:

Next subcommittee meeting: October 27^th at 10:00 a.m. at St Alban’s Church in Bay City.

I am submitting an invoice of the actual order sent out (with receipts) as well as a book receipt from Lou for three used books. I am asking to be reimbursed for the kits I have reassembled. The reimbursement cost was $82.97. We now have two kits as well as an extra book available.

Our present committee is going over the GSR pamphlet we were presented with in September. There are a great deal of changes that need to be made and we expect to be able to present our findings at the December meeting. We are going to have more literature committee meetings: November 3^rd and 17^th at 10 a.m. at St Alban’s Church in Bay City prior to the meeting for anyone who would like to join. Feel free to come and give us some support.

Sandy R. Literature Chair

November 13^th at 6:00 p.m. at Survival NA group meeting place in Saginaw.

The Retreat Committee is moving along at a very steady pace and we are right on target to reach our timeline goals. We have decided on the theme and design. Some final touches are being done to the design, which will be completed and approved at our next meeting.

Theme:

We have received the contact from the DNR Center, which will be completed at our next meeting and returned with our deposit obligation of $1,672.00.

Positions filled since last ASC meeting: Secretary—Karen P; and Program—Tina G.

Open positions: Co-chair, Co-treasurer

We have begun to plan our fund rising for the financially impaired. First event will be a Card Party to take place on January 12^th in Bay City. Flyers will be out in early December. We have a second Card party planned for February 15^th in Saginaw, location still to be confirmed. We have discussed having a Dance in March, which is still in the discussion stage.

ILS, George S., Retreat Chair

1. Area Inventory. I would like to thank all those that circulated the Area Inventory Sheets at their home group. However, there are many Groups within our Area that have not completed or even seen the Inventory Sheets due to the low attendance at last month area. I will collect what sheets you have brought today and start a spread sheet accumulating the information. I would also like to have the project run one more month to give more groups to offer their input through the inventory sheets included in the minutes this month in an effort to reach as many groups as possible.

ILS, George S., Area Inventory Project Chair

2. Area calendar. It is available to post your events. Also it was suggested to print in Word. Many had difficulty opening it with Publisher. (The calendar was not found after the meeting, so no calendar this month. We will continue to work on this effort.)

1. George suggested to the Activity Committee to consider having workshops on “home groups” and “sponsorship”.

2. It was suggested that Area have a Face Book page. Discussion followed. Many were concernsed about privacy issues with the Fellowship and the community. The issue was referred to the P&A committee.

Open Floor:

1. Phil asked a question about the MRCNA budget.

Respectfully submitted in loving service.

Mike M., Secretary
Roll Call

2012

Trusted Servants Groups	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sept	Oct	Nov	Dec
Chair	P	P	P	P	P	A	A
Co-Chair	A	A	P	O	O	O	P
Secretary	P	P	P	R	P	P	P
Co-Secretary	O	O	O	O	P	A	P
Treasurer	P	P	P	P	P	P	P
Co-Treasurer	P	P	P	P	P	A	P
RCM	P	P	P	P	O	O	O
Alt RCM	A	P	P	P	O	O	O
Sub-Committee
Activities Chair	P	O	O	P	P	P	R
H&I Chair	O	O	O	O	O	O	O
Literature Chair	O	O	O	P	R	R	P
PR Chair	P	R	P	R	O	O	O
Retreat Chair	P	R	R	P	O	P	P
Home Groups
12 Steps Forward	P	R	A	A	I	I	I
12 Steps to Freedom	I	I	I	R	R	A	A
A Gathering of Men and Women	R	P	P	R	R	P	P
Alano Club Mt Pleasant	P	A	P	A	A	I	I
Attitude of Gratitude	P	P	P	P	P	R	P
Bad Axe: Never Alone, Never Again--Coop						R	A
Clean & Serene	I	I	I	I	I	I	I
Common Desires	A	P	R	P	A	P	R
Common Ground	I	I	I	I	I	I	I
Common Welfare	P	R	R	P	P	R	P
Conscious Contact	P	P	P	R	P	P	P
Desire to Change	I	P	A	A	I	I	I
East Side	I	I	I	I	I	I	I
Easy Does It	P	P	R	R	Co-op	R	A
Fishing for Recovery	I	I	I	I	I	I	I
Freedom Group	I	I	I	I	I	I	I
Graciously Forgiven	P	A	A	I	I	I	I
H.O.W.	P	P	R	A	R	A	R
How It Works	P	P	P	R	P	P	P
H.O.W. We Recover	I	P	P	P	A	A	I
Hugs, Not Drugs	A	A	I	I	P	P	A
I Can’t, We Can	I	I	I	R	A	A	I
If You Want What We Have	P	P	R	A	P	P	P
In the Solution	P	P	P	P	P	P	P
It Works, How and Why	P	A	A	I	I	I	P
It Works When You Work It	P	A	P	A	A	I	I
Just For Today	I	I	I	I	I	I	I
Keep It Simple	A	A	I	I	I	I	I
Learning To Live	P	P	P	A	P	P	P
Let Go, Let God	A	A	I	I	I	P	P
Light of Hope--Coop	I	R	A	P	Co-op	R	A
Living the Dream	A	R	A	A	I	I	I
Never Alone	A	A	I	I	I	I	I
New Attitudes	I	I	I	I	I	I	I
New Awakenings	R	P	R	P	P	R	P
New Beginnings	I	I	I	I	I	I	I
New Way of Living	I	I	I	I	I	I	I
No Fear	P	P	P	P	P	R	P
No Matter What	P	P	P	P	A	A	P
PB&J Lunch Bunch			P	P	P	R	P
Primary Purpose	P	P	P	A	P	P	P
Recovery Zone	P	R	A	A	I	I	I
Restored to Sanity--Coop						R	A
Sarah B.’s Meeting	I	I	I	I	I	I	I
Starting Over--Coop						R	A
Step It Up						A	P
Steppin Straight	P	P	P	P	P	A	P
Stepping Up				P	A	A	I
Sunday Serenity	I	I	I	I	I	I	I
Surrender Group—Coop	I	R	A	R	Co-op	R	A
Surrender to Win						P	A
Survival	P	A	A	P	R	P	P
The Ties That Bind				A	A	P	A
Together, We Can Do It	I	R	A	A	I	I	I
Unity	P	P	P	P	P	P	P
Walk the Talk	P	A	P	A	A	I	I
We Are Not Unique	A	R	P	A	A	P	P
What Ever it Takes	A	I	I	I	I	I	I
Willing to Make the Effort	P	A	P	P	R	A	P