District 9 Minutes
6 March 2011
ATTENDANCE: DCM – Pat J.; Alt. DCM – Mary Ann P.; Treasurer: Park P.; Literature – Tim G.; Secretary – Beth F.; Treatment – Donna S.; CPC – Davi M.; Corrections – Ellie H.; Grapevine: Cathy G.
Groups Present: Bettendorf – Erica S.; Blandine – Ken A.; Central Discussion – Laura M.; Clinton – Troy S.; Courage to Change – Clark J.; Dewitt – Phyllis H.; Diversity – Susanne R.; Marquette – Lauri K.; North Scott - Neil B.; West End – Laura M.;
Secretary’s minutes were approved.
Treasurer’s Report: Beginning Balance - $6,763.60; Total Income - $810.00; Total Expenses - $402.05; Operating Balance - $7,171.55; Ending Balance - $7,771.55.
DCM: For anyone who missed our mini-event last night, it was a good time. We had a great turnout and had people there who don't normally attend these things which gave us a chance to present to our Groups, what District does. The Chairs did a nice job, along with Park and the Committee, and of course the skit was a huge success. Thank you all for your help in making this a successful event. I have not gotten my information packet from GSO yet so you probably haven't received yours either. Hopefully we will see this arrive this month. I attended the North Scott Anniversary and enjoyed the food and fellowship there. Our next meeting in Marshalltown is the 19th of this month. Hopefully all the GSRs and Chairs can attend. This is where the Area 24 Chairs review the Agenda Items and explain what the issues are. This is also where GSRs and ultimately your group can have a voice to our Delegate who will be going to New York to discuss and/or vote on these things. We will be discussing how we approach the Agenda Items from GSO later in the meeting. Once again, please try to car pool if you can when traveling to Marshalltown. Again, thank you everyone for the job you did last night.
Alt DCM: The number of hits on our website, aaquadcities.com, for the month of February was 375.
Archives: Absent
Corrections: In Feb. we did have a committee meeting, in which we discussed/reviewed some of our policies/procedures and Scott county Jail's policies/procedures. Minutes of the mtg have been distributed to the committee. Also, the committee should have all received one another's contact information and rotation schedules.
There were 4 women oriented into the Scott county Jail. I will be making contact with them to see if/when they obtain their badges. Then, I will contact committee members to have them "trained" into the mtgs. From there, they can be "fit" into the rotation. I attended the Offender Resource Fair last week and was able to hand out mtg schedules and a few other pieces of literature. I have had conversation with Jennifer Rice, coordinator @ Scott county Jail, in reference to bringing literature into the jail for inmates. I will also, look into "pink can" funds to see how all that works. I am in receipt of some inmates leaving facilities in our area who wish to be contacted. I will confer with our treatment chair in reference to this. I attended the District 9 Mini-event this past weekend. Good times, good times! YEAH for Bettendorf! I did make contact with Dana @ RCF/605 Main and offered our services there. I am asking that the GSR's please take down the envelopes on their bulletin boards that state "completed" jail applications, as these applications contain requests for personal information. I will come next month with more apps and will come up with a solution to getting these apps to the jail. There is an address on the app. that an applicant could mail them into. I will be attending Service Day in Marshalltown, March 19th.
CPC: The CPC Committee met on February 27, 2011 to discuss a recent request from the Rock Island Arsenal EAP. As the RIA is physically located in Illinois, I passed this information onto the District 90 CPC Chair with the promise that District 9 would be willing to collaborate, as employees come from both sides of the river. As we’re waiting to hear back from District 90, the group conscience decided to pursue a contact at Genesis West in the meantime, to see if they would be willing to have a presentation in the workplace or if they continue to need literature materials. Our Area CPC Chair will be contacting me in a couple of weeks so my committee can assist her with her project at the Area level. This would probably involve helping her generate a comprehensive list of physicians for our District. Our next meeting is tentatively scheduled for March 27, 2011 @ Central Discussion, 10:15 a.m.
Grapevine: I have received the most current information packet from the New York headquarters. The current price of the Grapevine magazine is $26.75 for a year’s subscription/12 issues. It is now staple free and can be taken into correctional facilities. I turned over some of last year’s Grapevines to our Treatment Chair and will be attending other groups to pick up any donations they may have. I have personally subscribed to the Grapevine and will make it available at the District 9 meeting. Assembled Grapevine Representative info to give to 2 local AA groups that
have requested it. Contacted our Area 24 Grapevine Rep, Roger R. and will follow up after hearing from him. So far, I have one other committee member and we will soon meet. I was able to attend the D9 MiniEvent with a display and a short talk about what I do as a GSR. Please feel free to contact me with any questions/issues regarding Grapevine.
Literature: Sent letter to GSO for a copy of the conference-approved literature catalog. Continuing to review AA approved literature & audio visual materials. Attended the district mini-event and briefly described duties as district literature chair.
Treatment: I have with me today sign up sheets for Bridging the Gap Contact Persons for GSRs to take back to their home group in effort to add and update to the current Bridging the Gap Contact list. Please be sure and post the “Guidelines for Contact Volunteers” so individual AA Members will know what they are committing to. I have planned a Treatment Committee Meeting for Sunday April 10th @ 12:30 – Tentative Location is Blandine Group 117 – ½ Perry Street, Davenport. (I will contact the committee directly to confirm the location. I received a couple stacks of slightly used Grapevines and will be distributing them to the Treatment Centers we are currently serving at – Thanks Cathy and GSRs for collecting them for Treatment!
Bettendorf: We had a group inventory of February – went very well. Attendance is great, so much so that we are looking at options to provide benches to the meeting room. Our 40th Anniversary is Saturday April 2nd – coffee at 6pm, dinner at 6:45pm, meeting at 8pm at the Bettendorf Community Center, upstairs from the meeting room. Beverages, meat and cake provided. Please bring a dish to share.
Big Book Study Group: We are enjoying continued constant attendance of 10 – 12 on a weekly basis. Happy to have any and all who have a desire to grow to come see us on Tuesday at 6pm at Community of Joy Church in Bettendorf. We had a wonderful 10th anniversary celebration the last Tuesday of February. Many new friends and lots of good food. Our service positions are not completely filled but we are still having business meetings and are committed to contributing to the various service structures of AA, no matter the size of the contribution.
Blandine: No report.
Central Discussion: Central Discussion has not met since our last District meeting. We did, however, donate a basket for the District 9 Mini Event that was held March 5. Our next business meeting is April 17th.
Clinton: No report.
Courage to Change: We had a business meeting on 2/22/2011. We have three new home group members. We discussed or up coming Anniversary. It was decided to have it on the 7th of June. Mark N. from Marshalltown will be our speaker. One of the books raffled this year will be a Reprint 1st Addition Big Book. More details along with a flyer soon. We also voted to change slightly our quarterly distributions of funds to Inner group, District, Area, and GSO.
Dewitt: No report.
Diversity: No report.
North Scott: Attendance at the anniversary meeting totaled 57 (as an aside, I thought there were more than 57) per Charles G.
North West: No report.
West End: Last Saturday of the month pot luck at 6:30pm, speaker meeting at 8pm.
Old Business:
March 19-20th General Service Weekend in Marshalltown. Discussion of agenda items for the General Service Conference. GSRs who attend will bring information back to their groups. Chairs will bring info back to April District meeting to present.
New Business:
Area 24 delegate will not be able to present on General Service Conference prior to Spring Assembly as the May District meeting happens at the same time as the General Service Conference.
Next District meeting will be held at Central Discussion on April 3rd at 3:30pm. All are welcomed and encouraged to attend.