Approved Minutes from October 29, 2011 Meeting

District 63 Meeting Minutes

October 29, 2011
At Randi's home in Tustin

Minutes respectfully submitted: Kim LeBouton, secretary

Meeting began at 9:17am with Serenity Prayer

Introductions: DR, ADR, Secretary, GR’s – 15; Guests-3 and Alateen Liaison for a total of 22 in attendance

Readings:
Traditions – Elaine (Al-Anon Alateen Service Manual 2010-2013)
Daily Reader – Vicki (One Day at a Time)
Concept 12 – Sarah (Al-Anon Alateen Service Manual 2010-2013)
7th Tradition: Judy passed the basket - $63 Collected

Reports:
Secretary: Kim read 7-23-2011

Motion to approve minutes as amended (a few spelling errors only) put forth by Sarah & Cathy seconded. Unanimous approval.

Treasurer: Detailed review, including hand-outs, of the last three years of transactions prepared and presented by Judy

Motion to approve $75 to support Alateen Startup put forth by Joe; seconded.  11 yea/1 no/2 abstain.  Motion passes.

Hospitality: Randi/Michelle Passed around list
District Rep: Bob provided hand outs for Area Safety & Behaviorial Requirements for Alateen.  Will discuss under business.  Area 4 Representative was invited, but schedule wouldn't accomdate our meeting.  Elaine attended 8/20/11 Committee Meeting.  Los Alamitos Alateen Meeting is happening.  Reminded meeting of email sent on 9/5/2011 titled SCWS Area Information.  Thank You to everyone for the last 3 years of services.
Alternate District Rep: Elaine discussed 8/20/2011 Committee Meeting.  She put forth a report of District 63 activities.
Alateen Liaison: Jim put forth that he is willing to give up his position.
Intergroup WS Liaison: Not present

Business:
Area Safety & Behavioral Requirements for Alateen
New DR/ADR Elections
  • DR-Judy
  • ADR-Gwen
  • January 2012 Meeting: 1/28/2012 (see Quarterly Meetings to the right)
  • Treasurer-Joe
  • Temp Secretary-Kim
Reaching out to meetings without a GR in District 63
Year: Q4,Q3,Q2,Q1
2011: 22, 18, 14, 16
2010: 10, 17, 14, 15
2009: 10, 16, 16, 16

Questions

Approved Minutes from July 23, 2011 Meeting

District 63 Meeting Minutes
July 23, 2011
At Bob and Michelle’s home in Huntington Beach

Minutes respectfully submitted: Elaine Dauncey, ADR

Meeting began at 9:15 AM with Serenity Prayer

Introductions: DR, ADR, 13 GR’s, 2 visitors and Alateen Liaison for a total of 18 in attendance

Readings:

Traditions – Sarah S. (Al-Anon Alateen Service Manual 2010-2013)

Daily Reader – Gwen (One Day at a Time)

Concept 8 – Ammo (Al-Anon Alateen Service Manual 2010-2013)

7th Tradition: Judy passed the basket -- $54 Collected; total amount in treasury $309.53.

Reports:

Bob read report for Judy; Amended—Joe read Treasurer Report, not Bob.

Motion to approve Minutes as amended put forth by Randi, seconded by Sarah G., and unanimously approved.

Treasurer: Judy read report.

Hospitality: Co-Chairs Randi and Michelle; a new sign-up list was passed around.

District Rep: Bob provided two handouts, and will report during Business agenda.

Alternate District Rep: Elaine thanked Lisa, Joe and their committee for work on the lst District 63 Alateen Workshop which was a success. Elaine also wrote up a review of the workshop for the “Bulletin” publication.

Alateen Liaison: Jim reported on the SCAC 2011 event which he attended. He provided a written report on money donated by District 63 meetings to the SCAC scholarship fund, which was a total of $1,579.00. All Alateens who requested assistance were served, and a deposit to Redlands was also made for the 2012 conference. There were 358 Alateens present at SCAC and everyone who registered was able to go.

Motion was made by Shannon to fund the Alateen Liaison fund with $140.00 since the $140 was used this year for the SCAC Liaison registration fee at SCAC; Cathy seconded the motion. It was approved unanimously.

Business

Lisa and Joe, Co-Chairs of the May 14th Alateen Workshop held in Costa Mesa gave reports. Lisa thanked committee members Judy and Randi, as well as the District Board members and others who helped organize the setup. The event was well attended, the room worked out well, parking was plentiful, and the agenda with Alateen speakers and sponsors was very informative on how Alateen meetings work. There was a session on how to start an Alateen meeting and two people expressed interest in starting a meeting. The budget allotted for the event was $275.00, and $300.00 was the actual cost.

Motion was made by Michelle to use $75.00 from the District 63 Alateen fund to help Los Alamitos start up their Alateen meeting. It was seconded by Lisa. Approval was unanimous.

Bob updated the list of District 63 meetings without GR’s, after checking Kathi’s L.’s input.

Bob discussed “hot topics” for the August 20th Assembly meeting. Our group chose the following: “How to Handle Outside Issues”, “What Does a Healthy Meeting Look Like?”, and “Rotation of Leadership.”

Discussion was held on whether the Monday night 7:00 PM Seal Beach Meeting is in District 57 or 63, and it was determined by their meeting that it is in District 63.

Motion was made by Gwen to invite Sandi E. (Area 4 Delegate) to our next meeting; it was seconded by Sarah S. Motion was approved unanimously.

The next District 63 meeting is to be held on October 29th in Tustin at Randi’s home.

Approved Minutes from April 30, 2011 Meeting

District 63 Meeting Minutes
April 30, 2011
At Randi's home in Tustin

Minutes respectfully submitted: Kim LeBouton, secretary
Meeting began at 9:13am with Serenity Prayer

Introductions: DR, ADR, Secretary, GR’s – 9; Visitor and Alateen Liaison for a total of 14 in attendance

Readings:
Traditions – Sarah (Al-Anon Alateen Service Manual 2010-2013)
Daily Reader – Elaine (One Day at a Time)
Concept 4 – Michelle (Al-Anon Alateen Service Manual 2010-2013)

7th Tradition: Judy passed the basket - $45 Collected.

Reports:
Secretary: Kim read 10- 16-2010.

Motion to approve minutes as amended put forth by Sarah & Cathy seconded. Unanimous approval.

Treasurer: Joe read report for Judy

Hospitality:  Randi/Michelle  Passed around list

District Rep:  Bob provided four hand-outs

Alternate District Rep:  Elaine discussed AFG Conference and shared her program.

Alateen Liaison:  Jim explained upcoming SCAC 2011 Event 

Intergroup WS Liaison:  Not Present

Business

Alateen Workshop Coordination: 
Lisa provided a report:  $75 for space donation.  Joe discussed related finances to event.

Motion to approve $275 for workshop put forth by Lisa & Sarah G seconded. Unanimous approval.

Maybe a special collection for hardcover Alateen books?  Lisa suggested use from $225 allocated in previous meeting. 

How to collect SCAC Money New Rules: 
Provide donations to Jim or Bob for District 63.

Reaching out to meetings without a GR in District 63:
27 meetings/13 active/14 don't have a GR

Approved Minutes from January 29, 2011 Meeting

District 63 Meeting Minutes
January 29, 2011
At the home of Bob’s home in Huntington Beach

Minutes respectfully submitted: Kim LeBouton, secretary
Meeting began at about 9:10 am with Serenity Prayer

Introductions: DR, ADR, Secretary, GR’s – 12; and Alateen Liaison for a total of 16 in attendance

Readings:
Traditions – Joe (Al-Anon Alateen Service Manual 2010-2013)
Daily Reader – Gwyn (One Day at a Time)
Concept 2 – Randi (Al-Anon Alateen Service Manual 2010-2013)

7th Tradition: Judy passed the basket - $48 Collected.

Reports:
Secretary: Kim read 10- 16-2010.
Motion to approve minutes put forth by Sarah & Lisa seconded. Unanimous approval.

Treasurer: Judy read the report.
Motion to raise SCAC support for Alateen Liaison to $140 put forth by Lisa & Judy seconded. Unanimous approval.

Hospitality: List passed for 4/30/2011. Will continue pattern of house swaps for 2011: 4/30 Randi; 7/23 for Bob; 10/29 for Randi.

Alternate District Rep: Elaine provided an overview of the SOS Meeting (1-15-2011). Four trustees from Virginia Beach attended and discussed their individual contributions. A trustee attends four meetings a year and has been a member of Al-Anon for at least five to seven years. A trustee commits to five to eight hours of volunteer work per week. Michelle also provided her insights and was very impressed. Knowledge Based Decision Making was also discussed.

Alateen Liaison: Jim discussed SCAC 2011 (7-8-2011 to 7-10-2011). Click here for registration details. Info on attending SCAC as an adult was discussed. All adults pay, including guests.

Please consider being a Alateen Sponsor.

Intergroup WS Liaison: Not present

Business:
Reach out to different meetings without a GR in District 63: Bob and Elaine got together. Detailed documents provided.

How to collect SCAC Money New Rules for District 63: KBDM was used to arrive at the following decision outside of a motion. Our district has discussed that we want Alateen Liaison to accept money. Reporting of donations will be discussed at April 2011 meeting.

Alateen Workshop: Survey Questions. Tentative date-June 4th (now changed to May 14th) Looking for location. Still fine tuning topic.

Motion $225 of General Fund will be used to support Alateen Workshop put forth by Lisa & Cathy seconded. Unanimous approval.