District 9 Minutes
7 October 2007

ATTENDANCE: DCM – Sheryl F.; Alt DCM – Carrie C.; Archives – Mary Ann P.; Corrections – Cissi L. (sub for Johnny G.); CPC – Marty G.; Grapevine – Park M.; Literature – Mary Beth P.; PI – JoAnn N.; Secretary – Pat J. Groups Present: Bettendorf – Mark S.; Clinton – Jeff B.; DeWitt – Dennis B.; Foxhall – Vicki V.; Marquette – Jamey C.; North Scott – Neil B.; Northwest – Celeste N; West End – Kim M.
Secretary’s minutes were approved.
TREASURER’S REPORT: Beginning Balance - $2,600.68; Income - $70.00; Total Expenses - $87.68; Operating Balance - $2,583.00
REPORTS:
DCM: As I reported in September, I will be attending the Area 24 Fall Conference in Sioux City that includes the DCM sharing session on Friday and the Assembly on Saturday, October 20. In addition to voting in new Area officers for Newsletter and CPC, we will be voting on the proposed changes to the reimbursement for Area Officers and Chairs for all forums and conference. All GSRs should plan to attend. I am passing out the proposed agenda today. I also have copies of the Area 24 SOP’S if anyone would like to see them. I received some calls this past month from two different treatment Centers that meetings were not being done because no one was showing up. I have contacted the treatment chair with their concerns.
ALT DCM: I will be attending the Fall Conference in Sioux City on October 19 through October 21st. I look forward to obtaining new information at the conference. The numbers of hits on the web site for September 2007 were 434. Our web site is www.aaquadcities.com. I have received no input from the other districts regarding the cluster meeting on the concepts to date.
ARCHIVES: The Archives Committee members met on September 30th to discuss further duties for the committee. We archived materials collected thus far, including district minutes, group flyers, inter-group newsletters, and the Archives Newsletter, AA Markings. We’ve decided our project for upcoming months will be to create a new archives display. We plan to have this finished in time for the District Mini-Event in February. Our next archive meeting will be October 21, at 3:00pm. I am unable to attend the Fall Conference in Sioux City but Mary Beth will be attending the Archive’s meeting in my absence. I am sending my report with her.
CORRECTIONS: Current meetings are going well. Two more email volunteers are in the process of getting clearance through Scott County jail. I spoke to Jennifer Rice and she predicts we can begin taking meetings into the female inmates around Thanksgiving.
CPC: The CPC committee met 7 Oct 07.  We worked on our CPC display.  We discussed ideas for our next project, and hopefully we will have more to announce at the next district meeting.  I will be attending the Area Conference in Sioux City the weekend of 19 Oct.
GRAPEVINE: I continue to encourage the reading of the Grapevine. I will not be attending the Fall Conference in Sioux City due to family obligations.
LITERATURE: I will be attending the fall conference for the District. All is going well for Literature.
PI: We will be participating in a Family Health Fair. The date is Nov. 2, 2007 from 2:00 pm – 6:00 pm at Mississippi Bend Area Education Agency. We are looking for someone to volunteer to man the display. If interested, contact JoAnn at 563-508-3833. I will be adding to new business a request to discuss District 9’s opinion on local AA phone numbers and their placements in the area phone books. I have looked at two phone books: Dex and Yellowbook. In the white pages of the Dex phonebook, our 24-hour phone line is the 15th or last number listed. It is listed 5th out of 22 in the yellow pages. Dex will be starting on its next phone book in Jan 2008. In the Yellowbook’s white pages, we are the 17th listing and in the yellow pages we are the 13th out of 35. They will be starting on the new book soon. We also have area groups and clubs numbers in the books. I would like to discuss options for District 9 to make it easier for the still suffering alcoholic to contact AA.
INTERGROUP LAISON: The treasurer reported that August income was 2,045.62.  Balance in general checking and savings for August 21, 2007 was 9,295.85.  Liabilities totaled $1,666.58 and $2,000.00 is budgeted for September, leaving a remaining balance of $ 7, 295.85. Call counts for August were eight 12-step, 178 information, four Alanon/Alateen, and sixty-five visitors.   Gift certificates for merchandise at Intergroup are available for any amount.  We need volunteers to work Thursdays from 9-12:30 at the office.  A volunteer, Christine P., washed the windows.  Misty K. donated a TV for the office. The telephone chair wants a co-chair.  Vonage is now our telephone provider. Softball tournament was held on Sept. 15. A yearly budget discussed but any decisions were tabled until next month when more information is available. New business---discussed giving the office manager a raise to $9.00/hr.
Bettendorf: Group is getting pricing on new kitchen cabinets. A motion was carried to have Intergroup announcements read at meetings in addition to posting when required. The current lease is up and we’re working on continuation of same.
Foxhall: Foxhall is an open speaker meeting at 7:30 pm on Tuesday nights. Doors open at 7:00 pm for fellowship. Attendance has been well and all are welcome to come and participate.
Marquette: Marquette may be cancelling 5:30 and 8:00 pm meetings on Mondays, Wednesdays and Thursdays if participation doesn’t increase.
Northwest: Attendance is decent for move. Our Thursday 8:00 PM moved this month (October) to Wed. at 5:30 PM. Flyers were sent to almost all QC area groups listed in our schedule. Please announce at your meetings or groups so we don’t have people show up at the old day of the week (hopefully).

Sheryl wanted to remind everyone of a past action in that as an Officer, if you miss three consecutive meetings, whether excused or not, even if there is a substitute, you will be asked to step down. Substitutes don’t have the authority to vote and as elected trusted servants, we need to attend the District meetings.

OLD BUSINESS: A motion was made to also add the names of GSRs from each group in our minutes with first name and last initial as we currently do with Officers along with any guests who may be attending. Discussion followed and the motion passed. The minority then spoke and as a result of that discussion a friendly amendment was made to remove the guests who may be attending from the motion and that was passed.
NEW BUSINESS: Discussion on phone books and our 24-hour number as mentioned in the PI report; District 9’s past action about if you miss three consecutive meetings you will be asked to step down. DCM and Alt. DCM will review past actions for clarification on this issue.

Meeting adjourned at 4:20. Next meeting will be held on November 4th at 3:30 PM at Central Discussion.