District 4

March Minutes

March 10, 2007

Note: This was a “Reaching Out” meeting held at St. Thomas Episcopal Church in Dallas, Oregon.

Bill B. opened with the Serenity Prayer. The 12 Concepts and the GSR Statements were read. There were 22 people in attendance.

The following items were added to the agenda: updating of contact list, discussion of purchasing PRASSA tapes, and reviewing the updated motion to Area from the Way Home Group. The February minutes were approved.

Treasurer’s Report: Monica W. reported that checking and saving accounts combined balance is $1,941.20, less the prudent reserve of $2,830.00 leaves District with a negative total of unassigned funds: $(888.80). There were no contributions from groups in the last month.

Archives Report: Billy M. is working on a spreadsheet for tracking group histories. Billy took part in an Archives panel at the Eugene Assembly and there was discussion of revising/updating the Archives Manual.

CPC Report: Keary D. is putting together a website with the help of Dave S. He may model it after the website done by Washing District 72. GSO is putting together a video directed to professionals and it will be available on the A. A. website.

PI Report: Bj has put together a list of retirement homes in the Salem area; she will follow up with letters and phone calls. A Speaker Training (for speaking outside of A. A.) will take place on May 5th at Morningside Church from 2:00 – 4:00 p.m. Bj needs help with food and coffee and would like us to take this request to our groups. Ginger will create flyers. Bj also brought and passed out Service Forms for people to fill out if interested. Bj will attend a hazard planning meeting at DHS on the 14th with Paula, Fred, and Keary.

Intergroup Report: No report.

H & I Report: Paula reported that the Big Books that have been purchased for the Bridgeway program will be distributed to clients as Bridgeway sees fit. There is an opening for Secretary for the H & I Committee. Maria has resigned as coordinator for the Bridgeway program.

Alternate DCM REport: Fred passed around Acronyms & Glossary so that newer people could become familiar with the terminology at these meetings. Fred also reported that the Mill Creek Group has been meeting since 1944 and they have their own newsletter. The federal prison in Sheridan has just opened to new volunteers. If anyone is interested in being of service, please see Fred.

Alternate DCM Report: Paula has H& I cans for anyone who is interested in having one for their group. She enjoyed the PRASSA assembly and listening to trustees share experiences. An interesting fact surfaced: in Canada, 90% of groups donate to GSO; in the U.S., 43% of groups donate to GSO. Contributions to GSO make us a part of World Service.

DCM Report: Area 58 Delegate Eric K. will carry our voice to New York. Bill B. And Billy M. attended the Archives panel at PRASSA.

Old Business:

GSR School: Set for April 21st (at St. Paul’s, 5:00 – 8:00 p.m.) with Dave A. Attendees will receive the same training they would receive at an Area Assembly. This will be a potluck and the troops need be assembled. Spread the word. A motion to order 12 Service Manuals from GSO was approved.

Post Conference Report/Picnic: Eric will be available August 5th at the Keizer Gazebo. Again, the troops need be assembled.

Exploratory PNC: Bill B. and Bob M. will draft a procedure to be followed for bidding on the 2011 event.

District Party (with Intergroup): Please take the suggestion to groups to get a feel for what is desired along this order (potluck? dance?).

Area Corrections Presentation: Jack will be at St. Paul’s on April 12th for this.

New Business:

Area Presentations for Year: April: Jack from Area Corrections; June: Grapevine Representative (Gus?); August: PI Chair Neil (August 9th); October: Access Committee Chair (tentative).

God bless Katie A! She has agreed to be Alternate Secretary for District 4! Yeah!

There was much talk encouraging Paula to enjoy a trip to Alaska. 

Tabled Motions from Area Assembly: Billy M. is overseeing the Motion to Establish a Standing Committee for Spanish Speaking Members for discussion at District meetings. Lisa E. is overseeing the Motion to Form 2 Districts from District 23 for our discussion. We are encouraged to make mention of these tabled motions within our groups and get a consensus of their feedback ( information is available at Area website).

The contact list has been updated.

Tabled business:

Fred’s PRASSA CD request was tabled.

The meeting was closed with the Responsibility Pledge.

Respectfully submitted,

Cori P.