District 13 GSR Meeting Minutes

In attendance we had 31 people plus 2 guest speakers. Rich P. our Area 43 Delegate and Cheryl L. our Area 43 Alternate Delegate.

The meeting began at 7:03pm and was opened by our DCM Jeanne L. and introduced Cheryl L.

Cheryl said she had 2 things she wanted to talk about:

1. She explained to the committee that every 2 years Area 43 has an inventory. It will be held Saturday November 20th, 2010 at The Grove Center in North Conway. All are welcome. She stressed the importance of attendance. She gave an example of questions that would be asked during inventory. Are we providing the services needed to the membership?
2. Cheryl also spoke of the NH Area Convention happening on April 8th and 9th, . The theme this year is “Pass it on”. She also mentioned that raffle tickets for the convention are being circulated and sold. They should be turned in December at the next Area Assembly meeting.

Rich P. Area Delegate for Area 43 Panel 46 re-iterated the Area 43 inventory. He strongly encourages Officer’s and GSR’S to attend the area inventory. He mentioned that one of the things coming out of our area was a motion to print The Alcoholics Anonymous preamble in The Big Book of Alcoholics Anonymous. That idea came from a member of alcoholics anonymous.
He gave us a little history about the preamble. It was copyrighted to The Grapevine. Also The Concepts and Traditions were introduced thru The Grapevine and that The Grapevine had been around since 1946.
He gave us some early news that The Grapevine is going digital in January 2011. The membership will be able to download a copy of The Grapevine for $19.95 a month instead of the hard copy price of $27.00.
Because our newsletter representative asked, Rich also provided us with his experience of service in Alcoholic’s Anonymous.

Our regular district meeting began with The Preamble of Alcoholics Anonymous, followed by the 11th Tradition which were read by Jeanne L. our DCM

Liz W. read Concept 11

Minutes from the last meeting there were none.

Treasurer’s report was given by David
Motion to accept by Ken
Seconded by Garrett

DCM report given by Jeanne L.
Motion to accept by Paul
Seconded by Reggie

No one from the Alcathon committee present

Function Chair Ron spoke about the upcoming workshop on November 27th, 2010 at the Universal Unitarian Church from 1 to 4 pm on the corner of Lowell and Canal street the topic is Trigger’s and Gratitude.
Mention of a Holiday Get Together at the same location on December 19th, 2010 from 1 to 5 pm, games and fellowship.

Newsletter chair John spoke about two featured articles that they are service related.

Hotline Chair Bob mentioned that someone could not find the Wednesday morning meeting in Hudson. But overall things are going well.

Webmaster chair Tim said the web page is coming along well. The calendar has been updated. He is working on the Admin page example being able to go to the calendar and edit a meeting or calendar. He is working on a banner contest still.

Corrections we have no chair but Jeanne knows that Bill B. takes a meeting every Tuesday to Concord and that the B & M Honesty Group takes 2 commitments a month to the MOP program

Treatment no chair

Registrar Jeanne is still wearing many hats!

Old business no old business

New business Liz W. was elected new secretary for the district, but for only a 1-year term. Motion by Jeanne Seconded by Lorraine

New business Lorraine G. was elected our new Grapevine Rep. For the district Motion by Jeanne Seconded by Liz W

Last note our treasurer David wanted to mention to committee’s to start thinking about their budgets as the New Year approaches.

Motion to end the meeting was made by Bert
Seconded by David

Meeting ended at 8:13pm

In love and Service,
Liz W.