District 9 Minutes

6 June 2010

ATTENDANCE: DCM - Carrie C. Alt. DCM - Pat J.;  Grapevine – Kate S;  Literature – Excused..; PI – Park M.; Secretary – Mary Ann P; Archives - Excused.; Treasurer - Cathy G.;Treatment - Brenda M.; CPC - Excused; Corrections - Colleen M.

Groups Present: Courage to Change – Clark J.; Sisters in Sobriety - Cheryl K. Blandine Group - Donna S.; Bettendorf - Gary J.; Central - Pat S.; Dewitt - Elle H.; West End - Laura M., Clinton - Harry O.P.; Diversity Group - Lee G.; Big Book Study - Jim E.

Treasurer's Report May: Beginning balance - $1,627.01; Total Income - $2,844.51; Total Expenses - $275.12; Operating Balance - $2,569.39

Treasurer's Report June: Beginning balance - $2,569.39; Total Income - $610.48; Total Expenses - $213.55; Operating Balance - $3,566.32

Secretary’s minutes were approved.

DCM: Greetings to all.  I do not have a lot to report today.  All committees and groups seem

to be doing quite well. I hope everyone who is able attends the Spring Conference in Storm Lake, Iowa, on June 11, 12, and 13^th.  I have sign up sheets available.  In the information I received from various people from the Area committee you will find a wealth of information regarding the Area’s SOPs and new Conference Guidelines.  Also, I have a proposed Agenda for the Spring Conference Business Meeting.

We will be scheduling our District Inventory today.  Also, we will decide if we want to revise our SOPs. 

Please, all chair persons provide an updated report about your most recent activities.  See you in Storm Lake.  Thank you all again or all you do.

Alt DCM: The number of hits on our website, aaquadcities.com, for the month of May was 415.  I plan on attending the Spring Conference in Storm Lake, Ia. 

PI: I have ordered and received more of our “business cards” so our campaign will resume. 

I will be attending the Conference in Storm Lake.

CPC: The CPC Committee meeting will be June 23rd at 7pm.

Corrections: The  Wed. night meeting for the women at the scott county jail started on June 2nd. We now have 3 weekly women's meetings. The next orientation at the jail will be sometime in August.

Literature: The Literature Committee is going to read through the pamphlets that were up as agenda items for the 2010 General Service Conference.  It is our hope that in doing so, we will generate a better understanding of the necessity of such extensive revisions of our service litrerature.  We will then, of couse, pass this information along to the groups in our District.

Treatment: All meetings are going well.  The Hope DVD has been distributed to Country Oaks.  We are holding a committee meeting today at 4:30pm.  I am attending the Spring Conference in Storm Lake, IA.

Fall Conference Committee: I have brought some flyers for all the GSR's to take and post at their respective groups.  Some flyers will also be taken to the Intergroup and go into the newsletter in August and September.  We are finalizing the Program and should get that completed in the next month or two.  As a reminder, the Fall Conference will be held 8-9-10 October at the RiverCenter.

Grapevine: I will be attending the Spring Conference in Storm Lake.

Archives: I am meeting with Karla from the Bettendorf Group after the Spring Conference to determine future actions for the Archives Committee.

Courage to Change: 1. New meeting start time of 6:30 begins 6/8/2010 with the Call-up format remaining the same and the last Tuesday of every month still being a 10 and 30 minute speaker.

Blandine Group: The Anniversary Celebration: Oldtimers Meeting Saturday June 19th @ 10am. Charlie G. to speak.  Sunday June 20th @ 11am, Raffle and Cake.  Our Group is supporting my attendance at the Spring Conference in Storm Lake.  All is well - Attendance is good.

Bettendorf: Meetings are being well attended at the Bettendorf Group.  The Bettendorf Group has started a new meeting on Friday night.  The meeting is a closed discussion meeting, and is being held at 10pm every Friday night.

DeWitt: Meetings are going great. Attendance has been up!! I do plan to attend the Spring Conference in Storm Lake, IA.

Amendment from May Minutes: Attendance Clinton: Harry O.P.

Old Business: The District Inventory is scheduled for November District Business Meeting. 

New Business:

Colleen makes a motion to accept both May and June Treasurer's Report.  Kate seconds that motion.

Next meeting will be held at Central Discussion on July 11th at 3:30 pm. All are welcomed and encouraged to attend.