District 9 Minutes
3 February 2008
ATTENDANCE: DCM – Sheryl F.; Alt DCM – Carrie C.; Treasurer – Georgette W.; Archives – Mary Ann P.; Corrections – Johnny G.; CPC – Martie G.; Grapevine – Park M.; Literature – Mary Beth P.; PI – JoAnn N.; Treatment – Leo Y.; Secretary – Pat J. Groups Present – Bettendorf – Gail B.; Central Discussion – Colleen M.; DeWitt – Dennis B.; Foxhall – Dianna Y.; Marquette – Jamey C.; North Scott – Neil B.; Northwest – Celeste N.; Language of the Heart – Rick D.
Secretary’s minutes were approved.
TREASURER’S REPORT: Beginning balance - $2,010.19; Total Income - $412.00; Total Expenses - $188.96; Operating Balance - $2,233.23.
REPORTS:
DCM: I attended the Area 24 Service weekend in Marshalltown. On Saturday I attended the DCM Sharing session which was lead by our Delegate Mike M along with Past Delegate Terry C and Area Corrections chair Rick C. Terry went over the duties of a DCM as written from our Service Manuel. We also talked about the importance of communicating information back to the GSR’s. I also attended some of the other workshops that were scheduled that day. On Sunday we had our Area 24 Business meeting. The Delegate handed out the 2008 General Service Conference Committee’s Preliminary Items. He reported that he should finalize agenda items sometime mid-February. He also submitted our Area’s request to the Grapevine Board to have the “Alcoholism at Large” pages reconsidered. He also sent a request for the report and charter committee to review some of the wording in the service manual. The treasurer reported an opening balance of $7260.14; expenses were $6,729.27 and income was $9,665.50 with an ending balance of $10,196.37 plus prudent reserve of $3000.00; total $13,196.37. Under old Business- The committee to study forming a Spanish Speaking District will bring us a report at our March Meeting and have a final report at our Spring Conference. We had 3 bids for our 2009 spring conference and it was given to District 14 Clear Lake, Iowa. Under New Business a proposed budget was approved. A motion was made and passed to form a committee to go over our conference guidelines and have a final report in June. A motion was made and passed that we reimburse Alt Delegate $100.0 to change her Airline ticket so that she may attend the Past and Present Delegates meeting at the West Regional Service Conference. A motion was made that the Secretary change the SOP for the Alt Delegate the 4th and 5th Bullet stating that she or he attend the regional conferences on Thursday.( The delegates meeting) . I will also pass out Group Contributions to Area 24 from October to December 2007. I also have the contributions to GSO.
Alt DCM: The number of hits on the web site for January 2008 were 532. Our web site is www.aaquadcities.com. I have been in contact with the District Committee Members who will participate in the planning of the Cluster Meeting on the Concepts. A new suggested date was May 24, 2008, as a result of the availability of Mike M., the Delegate for Area 24. In discussing this potential date with the other persons involved we believe another date would be recommended due to the 24th being the first day of a holiday weekend. We will firm up a date and report back to our districts to begin planning.
Archives: The Archives Committee met on January 19th and made much progress on our Archives display. We will have one more meeting before the District 9 mini-event in which we will put a few finishing touches on the display.
Corrections: All is going well with the Men’s meeting on Wednesdays at 7:00 pm. We are currently looking to add one more Men’s meeting starting in February. This will be a daytime meeting. We still have no word on a start date for the Ladies’ meeting or additional evening Men’s meetings. Corrections will have applications for people who wish to participate in carrying the message into the Scott County Jail at the Mini Event on February the 16th or…. you can see Johnny G. anytime.
CPC - The CPC Committee met on Saturday, Feb 2, 2008. We welcome our new member Lynn. We brainstormed ideas for future service work. We also worked on a set of PowerPoint slides for presentation at the mini-event and future workshops. We are looking forward to the mini-event and future CPC activities.
Grapevine - Four subscriptions of the Grapevine have been donated to the Scott County jail. Grapevine information and literature will be displayed at the District 9 Mini-Event. I will be giving a brief presentation.
PI - I will be taking some Spanish literature to Country Oaks. I will be attending the mini-conference on Feb. 16, 2008. I will have a display and plan to have a service talk. I will be asking for a $500 budget for 2008.
Literature - I was informed that the Literature Chair rack was out at Country Oaks. I went out to Country Oaks and spoke with them. They wanted more Spanish literature so I am checking into that. I will be attending the mini-conference in February.
Treatment - Mailing letters to groups asking for contacts for new comers coming from treatment. If you would like to be a part of or know anyone that does, please contact me at yeringtonld@q.com or 563-322-5620.
Int. Liaison - The office manager reported that call counts for December were 2 12-step, 204 information, 2 Alanon/Alateen, and 71 visitors. Our building has a new owner so the rent and utility payment has been raised from $380 per month to $395 per month. Thanks to all the volunteers who took care of the office during the office manager’s absence in December. We need new volunteers to occasionally fill in at the office. The new 4-in-1 printer is being well used. We will be able to fax schedules and other items as well as print in-house. The cost for the printer was $350 with an additional $70 spent for a two-year warranty. The e-mail address for Intergroup is lowaintergroup@qconline.com. The treasurer reported that the balance in our general checking and savings accounts as of Dec. 31 2007 was $9723.15; of this balance, liabilities total $1634.01 and $2000.00 is budgeted for January, leaving a remaining balance of $6, 089.15. The events chair reported that the DJ is in place and tickets will be available next month for the 34th annual Intergroup event to be held April 19 at the American Legion in Moline. Coffee is at 5, dinner at 6, a meeting at 7:45 and a dance to follow. Primary Purpose has a new meeting on Sundays, featuring 20 minutes of discussion by pulling tickets followed by a 30-minute speaker. The North Scott Anniversary is Feb. 22 at 5:30 in Parkview, Iowa. A motion was passed to hire Oeterich and Associates to help with tax issues.
Bettendorf: Several dates were set for upcoming events. Our Group Anniversary Dinner will be held on April 5, 2008. The Group Picnic will be held on September 7, 2008. More information will be made available at a later date regarding these events. Our Group Inventory/Conscience will be held on February 9, 2008 at 11:30 a.m. at the Bettendorf Group. I attended the the GSR Sharing Session in Marshalltown on January 12th.
Central: Greetings from Central Discussion. I attended the GSR sharing session in Marshalltown in January and found the session very informative. We had our quarterly business meeting in January. Our meetings are doing well. No new business to report. I will be attending the District 9 mini-event in Bettendorf on Feb. 16th.
Marquette: Tues & Thurs 8pm meetings have changed to 7pm. If attendance doesn’t increase at the Women’s Sunday noon meeting, it will change to an open discussion meeting. Our anniversary will be April 12th at the Lulac Club. Speakers at 8pm from Waukesha, Wisconsin with a dance to follow. More details to follow.
North Scott: 27th Anniversary is 22 Feb 08. Doors open @ 5:30, food @ 6:00, Speaker @ 7:00. Beverage, meat and cheese platter provided. Speakers - Jan & Daina. Page Grub is in Hospice at Clarissa Cook, Tech drive in Bettendorf and would like visitors.
Northwest: Just got a big packet from GSO I believe. Haven’t opened all of it yet but looks very useful. Have our Alt. GSR, Heidi, here today. Attendance going well. May be some minor changes within our format and such but sill the basic good group it’s been.
OLD BUSINESS: A motion was passed that the Treasurer document a process of contributing factors in determining a budget for the Chairs to utilize in the future.
NEW BUSINESS: Will discuss putting 2008 budget amounts in our minutes.
Meeting adjourned at 4:20 pm. Next meeting will be held March 2, 2008 @ 3:30 at Central Discussion.