District 9 Minutes
2 December 2007

ATTENDANCE: DCM – Sheryl F.; Alt. DCM – Carrie C.; Treasurer – Georgette W.; Archives – Mary Ann P.; Corrections – Johnny G.; CPC – Marty G.; Grapevine – Park M.; Literature – Mary Beth P.; PI – JoAnn -N.; Treatment – Leo Y.; Intergroup Liaison – Lisa W.; Secretary – Pat J. Groups Present: Central Discussion – Colleen M.; DeWitt – Dennis B.; Foxhall – Dianna Y..; Marquette – Jamey C.; North Scott – Neil B.; Northwest – Celeste N.
Secretary’s minutes were approved.
TREASURER’S REPORT: Beginning balance - $2,457.00; Income - $1,039.02; Total Expenses - $931.88; Operating Balance - $2,564.14.
REPORTS:
DCM: This past month I have worked on a letter that I am sending to groups that do not have a GSR attending the district meetings letting them know what is happening at district and what our chairs are doing. I will also be sending them copies of our minutes so that they are kept current. I also need to inform the district that our Treatment Chair resigned from her position. I and the Alt DCM decided to ask someone to step into this position because we have had difficulties this past year. I have invited Leo Y to step in and become our treatment chair. He has accepted. I would also like to thank all those who have volunteered this past month and next month to make sure that all meetings are covered. I have been informed by the Treasurer that I have exceeded my budget so I will be asking for approval of more money in new business. Also to remind all chairs that next month will be the start of a new year so please be prepared to submit your budgets to the district.
Dates to remember for 2008:
January 12-13 Marshalltown – Area Committee Meeting (Service Weekend)-10-12 pm GSR’s sharing session and afternoon area service chairs sharing sessions.
March 29-30 Marshalltown, IA – Area Committee Meeting – General Service Weekend- To go over General Service Agenda Items
June 13-15 Spring Conference – Sioux Center IA
August 10^th – Marshalltown, IA Area Committee Meeting
October 10-12 Marshalltown Area 24 Fall Conference
Alt DCM: The numbers of hits on the web site for November 2007 were 403. Our web site is  www.aaquadcities.com.
Archives: The archives committee is planning on an upcoming meeting December 9, 2007. We are planning on a trip to Michaels craft store to purchase stencils and markers to enhance our Archives display. Our future plans include finishing our display, and also reorganizing all archival material granting easier access to such items as district minutes, flyers, and past group histories. As of right now all materials have been semi-organized, but we are going to arrange for each tub to consist of only certain materials. I am still requesting materials from GSR’s to archive for District 9.
Corrections: We will be looking for an approved male to take over the meeting on Monday nights at 7:00.  Still no final word on when the new jail will be open.  As soon as this happens we have several women in place to start meetings. The Monday men's meeting is not going very well.  We have had reports of little and no attendance by the inmates.  I am trying to contact the program coordinator at the jail to see what if anything we could be doing better and/or different.  Have not had contact with either Heather or Jennifer (coordinators) to date. The jail had scheduled an additional orientation just before the Thanksgiving holiday.  I am not sure how many AA members were orientated and approved at this point.  (Again no contact with the coordinators).
CPC: The CPC committee could not meet today (1 December 2007) due to inclement weather conditions. We did communicate via phone and have been working with the District PI and are developing plans on a joint presentation, possibly to the Annie Wittenmeyer facility.  Date and time to be announced.   We received a set of slides, which we can modify as we deem appropriate, from the Area CPC for use in future presentations.
Grapevine: I am currently talking with Johnny G., Corrections Chair, about the possibility of donating five subscriptions of the Grapevine to the jail. I will be stepping down as Grapevine Chair. My last meeting will be January 6, 2008.
PI: I will be forming a new committee for the upcoming year. If anyone is interested, you may contact me at 563-508-3833.
Treatment: First I would like to thank you for allowing me to serve as your treatment chair. All meetings are covered for December and will be contacting people to help out for next year.
Intergroup Liaison: Intergroup met on Nov. 5, 2007.  The treasurer reported that income for the month was $3725.55 and expenses were $2380.81.  The balance left in general and savings accounts after subtracting liabilities and the amount budgeted for December expenses is $6653.66. The call counts for October were 19 12-step calls, 204 information, 4 Alanon/Alateen, and 61 visitors.  We now have shelves to organize our flyers, and also now have the Grapevine book “In Our Own Words” which has stories about young people who are alcoholic.  We occasionally need volunteers to work mornings from 9-12:30 at the office.  We also need volunteers for the afternoons of December 7, 10, 13, 14, and 17.  Please call the office if you can help. The newsletter chair reported that all is going well.  Please continue turning in AA birthdays for the newsletter.  Also, any flyers you would like printed need to be received by the 15th of the previous month, with a cost of $5 per month for a full page.  A motion was passed to give the office manager a 25 cent per hour raise.  An update was given on the IRS letter, and a complete report is available at the office.  Ben D. was elected to the position of alternate chairperson.  A motion was passed to continue to pay 1/3 of the cost for website renewal.
Bettendorf: Bettendorf’s business meeting was held November 28, 2007 with election of officers. Discussion was held on public service announcements at district level.  The group approved support of psa's in the quad city times. The group also approved support of district 9 making a bid for the area 24 spring assembly to be held in 2009.
Central Discussion: All is going well with the 4 non-smoking morning meetings that were started in the last year. Wishes to all to have a safe and grateful holiday session.
Foxhall: We held our elections on November 13^th. All positions were filled for the coming year. I will be Foxhall GSR for the year 2008.
Marquette: All is going well. There will be all night meetings from 8 PM Christmas Eve until 8 PM Christmas Day. There is a midnight meeting on Christmas Eve that is well attended and a lot of fun.

Please announce to your groups that we have a Grapevine position open for 2008 and if someone is interested, have them come to our next District meeting.

OLD BUSINESS: A motion was made to run an ad in the GO section of the QC Times for 3 months. The cost will not exceed $100/month or $300 for 3 months. Discussion followed and a friendly amendment was made to have the ad read: “If you want to drink, that’s your business. If you want to stop, that’s ours. Call Alcoholics Anonymous at 309-764-1016 www.aaquadcities.com” The motion passed. A motion was made to run an ad in the Leader for $35 a week for 3 months. The cost not to exceed $420 for the 3 months. Motion failed with no second.
A motion was made that District 9 place a bid for Area 24 Spring Conference in 2009. After discussion, the motion was rescinded and it was decided that Jamey C. will get information from local hotels, etc. on whether we should put in a bid. More discussion will be held next month with that info.
Jamey will be our District 9 Chair for the mini-conference in February 2008.
New Business: It was voted to increase Alt. DCM & DCM budget by $550.63; and Literature by $70.
Carrie suggested we review our “over-budget process” next month.

Meeting adjourned at 4:25pm.

Next meeting will be held January 6^th at 3:30 at Central Discussion.