Area E Minutes – November 2017

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Alcoholics Anonymous Area E Committee

Minutes of Meeting: Monday 6th November 2017 @ 7:30 PM
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Chair:             Andrew I (RtR Kirribilli Fri PM)

Attendance:

 

Andrew I Area Chair RtR Kirribilli Fri PM Present
Rosemary P Area Secretary RtR North Syd Tue PM Present
John B Area Delegate Seaforth Tue PM Present
Anna S Area Alternate Delegate Dee Why Thu PM Apology
Michael S Area Treasurer RtR Kirribilli Tue PM Present
Area Group Liaison Vacant
Area Public Information Coordinator Vacant
Lachlan B Area Webmaster Royal North Shore Thu PM MIA
The Mixer Editor North Sydney Mon PM Vacant
Christopher H GSR RtR Kirribilli Fri PM Apology
Mary GSR Alternate RtR North Syd Tue PM Present
Garry T GSR Gordon Mon PM Apology
David C GSR Epping Mon PM & Thu PM MIA
Rowena R GSR Seaforth Tue PM & Dee Why B’fast Present
Pam GSR Alternate Seaforth Tue PM & Dee Why B’fast MIA
Tina S GSR Mona Vale Sun AM Apology
David P GSR Chatswood Sun AM Present
Peter T GSR Long Reef Tue AM MIA
Steve GSR Cremorne Mon PM MIA
Jean J GSR Kirribilli Sat AM MIA
Meg GSR Telopea Wed PM Apology
Trevor GSR Lanecove Mon PM Present

 

Meeting Opened:               07:30pm

12 Traditions Read By:                 Michael S

Previous Minutes:              Accepted

 

Action Items:

Note: A motion was carried in the November 2016 that if an action item is open for 4 months and not completed it can be automatically closed.

Action Item Description Owner Due Status
20170406.01 Discuss having 2 signatories on Area bank accounts

Contacted Peter.  The only 2 signatories at present are Peter and Michael.

20170704 – It was decided the chairman and treasurer of Area E should be the 2 signatories.  Michael to organise.

 Peter, Michael S 20171205 In progress
20170406.03 email Susan authorising the printing of the Concepts banner in the short form on calico.

20170704 – CSO have decided to put the ordering of the banners on hold for 6 months.

20170704 – CSO to advise what the minimum orders are.

20170802 – Received from printer quotes for order quantities.

Ø  CSO literature checking to see if GSO will print and fund banners.

Ø  171106 – GSO will have them printed at the same time they print the steps banners. A timeline was not provided.

 Garry T

John B

 20171205 In progress
20170605.02 Purchase a projector to the limit of $500.

Will be at next Area Assembly Oct 29

 Andrew I 20171006 Completed
20161202.04 AA 30 Sec Commercial at movies: at 2017 year end look at having the commercial screened at Warringah Mall for 1 movie for 3 weeks over the Christmas period.  It will be screened 25 times a week for a total cost of approx. $1000.

Also review commercial screenings as part of the new unity project, possibly raising special contributions from meetings.

 Rose P 20170109 Hold

 

NOTE: It was agreed that the November 2016 motion be amended by inserting after automatically closed “unless retention of an item is approved at an Area E committee meeting”.

  

Chairman’s Report: Andrew I

Andrew I tabled the report highlighting:

 

  • The success of the Area Assembly held in October. All the topics submitted to conference this year were reviewed and each person in attendance spoke on service.  Andrew also thanked Michael, John and Anna for all their hard work.

 

PI Report: Position Vacant

A report was not tabled.

 

Treasurer’s Report: Michael S

Michael S tabled the report highlighting:

 

  • The Area E total current funds balance is $97

Delegate’s Report: John B

John B tabled the report highlighting:

 

  • The Annual General Service Conference was held from Thursday 2/11/17 to 5/11/2017
    • Structure Review workshop – Topic 0001/2017 was discussed re each area’s response to problems of unity and structure, structural problems, how the proposed plan was received in each area and if some form of the proposed plan was approved, how the GSC would ensure it had the endorsement of the Fellowship as a whole to successfully execute.
    • Topic Outcomes:
      • 001 – Recommended undertaking an inventory of the Service Structure and produce a simple plan to achieve this.
      • 016 – Referred to Conference for further direction. Agreed to refer proposed amendments to Delegates for further consideration.
      • 006 – Rejected: Suggested putting up two topics at another Conference; one a Guideline and secondly a paragraph for the Group Handbook.
      • 002, 015, 018, 010, 011, 005, 019, 007, 013 – Rejected
      • 008, 004, 017, 003, 012, 014, 009 – Accepted

 

  • So far over 2000 responses to the national survey have been received and the deadline for responses is being extended till April next year.

 

  • 53rd Australian National Convention of AA 2018 will be held in Perth.

 

  • At the last Area E Assembly suggestions for the number and format of the 2018 Assemblies were discussed. Anna S presented along the lines of having 4 Assemblies a year and not having the monthly meetings. This is to be discussed further at the AGM after everyone has taken it back to their meetings to discuss.

 

 

Alternate Delegate Report: Anna S

 

A report was not tabled.

 

Group Liaison Report: Role Vacant

A report was not tabled.

         

Web Master Report: Lachlan B

Area E Website http://areaeeraa.info

A report was not tabled.

 

GSR Reports:

 

GSR Meeting Overview
Garry T Gordon

Mon PM

 ·       Attendance approx. 20 to 30 people.

·       Serving hot food after meeting and finding members stay on.

·       Consistently getting lots of visitors to meeting.

STATUS UPDATE:
Anna S Dee Why

Thu PM

 ·       Leaves pamphlets at a Centrelink and Police and find the ‘Message to the Teenager’ is a popular one.

STATUS UPDATE:
Christopher L / Mary RtR Kirribilli

Tue & Fri PM

 ·       Approx. 35 members over the 2 meetings.

STATUS UPDATE:

·       H&I initiative at Northside and Herbert St has generated many more people attending the meeting.

·       The group has a PI initiative where members are to contact the therapists/doctors who initially tried to help them before they came to AA.  They are to inform them how they found a solution at AA and if they have other similar patients to pass on the good news.

·       Attendance has been good but lost a few women lately.
David C Epping

Mon PM & Thu PM

 ·       20 members at the recent GSC.

·       20 to 30 people attend on Mon night & 15 to 20 on Thu night.

STATUS UPDATE:
Rowena R / Pam Seaforth

Tue PM

 

Dee Why

B’fast

 ·       Both groups going well.

·       South Pacific bring their clients to the Curl Curl and Seaforth meetings which attracts a lot of visitors.

STATUS UPDATE:

·       Marryam C is researching PI activities for their group.

·       Rowena is looking at building more awareness re the concepts in the group.

·       They have generated a group specific birthday card.

·       Dee Why has a meeting 6 days of the week, each with a separate secretary.  Each meeting the secretary chooses a Chair for the meeting and they are encouraged to choose an older sober member.

·       Another group at St Joseph has been started by some of the members.

·       At the meetings they hang a list of the meetings in the area so that at the meeting when it is time for announcements they ask for General Service announcements and not time and day of other meetings.
Tina S Mona Vale

Sun AM

 ·       Approx 15 members.

STATUS UPDATE:
David P Chatswood Sun AM ·       Meeting is healthy with 20 to 30 attending each week with a good mix of sobriety.

STATUS UPDATE:

 

·       A GSC has been organised where David hopes to talk about the 3 legacies in an effort to have people more interested about the traditions.

·       The group rotates the GSR every 2 years.
John G Narrabeen Sun PM STATUS UPDATE:
Peter T Long Reef

Tue AM

 ·       Core attendance of approx 20.

·       Service positions spread thinly across a small number of members.

·       GSC and finances are healthy.

·       Would appreciate more active members

STATUS UPDATE:
Steve Cremorne

Mon PM

 ·       Approx 10 members.

STATUS UPDATE:
Jean Kirribilli

Sat AM

 ·       Approx 10 members.

·       Attendance can be 50+

·       Standing room only however looking for a bigger room

·       Once a month they have a morning tea so people can socialise.

·       They have a lot of newcomers attending.

STATUS UPDATE:
Meg Telopea

Wed PM

 ·       20 to 30 attend

·       Quite often have visitors who come from the Central coast.

·       Regularly have 10 speakers

STATUS UPDATE:
Trevor Lanecove

Mon PM

 STATUS UPDATE:

·       They have strong attendance, 30 people with a good mix of sobriety

·       They hold their GSC every 14 weeks.

 

General Business:

  • None

NEXT MEETING:  Tuesday 5th December at 07:30

 

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