March 6, 2010

Intergroup Meeting Minutes

Attending:

Teresa R. – Chairperson

Ann T. – Co-chair

Barb McG. – Webmaster, Sunday 9:30

Eric R – Treasurer

Lindsay L. – Secretary

Rick W. – Monday Tiffin Group

Miriam V. – Midwest Group

Jenny T. – Visitor

Ray F. – Visitor

Andrew S. –Saturday Noon Group

Gayle N. – Blue Noon

Jerry I. – Sunday AGBT

Leah K. – Thursday By The Book

Mark H. – Together we can make it

Jill – Friday Women’s Step Meeting

Andrew – Saturday Noon Group

Secretary’s Report:

January minutes were read and approved.

Treasurer’s Report:

Avail. Bal. 2/22/10   $1,647.66

Outstanding Checks:       

#1082 Our Redeemer 50.00

#1086 Paetec 114.68

Total : 164.68

March 6, 201 Balance 1,270.39

Webmaster Report:

The Winter Games flier is not down yet but will be taken down soon

The March Amana meeting flier is up

Everything else is going well.

Group Reports:

Jill – Friday Women’s Step Meeting

· No Retreat this fall because no cabins were available

· Meeting is going well

Mark – Together we can make it

· Meeting is well attended

· The meeting schedule given on the pager voicemail is out of date

Andrew – Saturday Noon Meeting

· Meeting is going well and has childcare

Gail – Blue Noon

· Lots of people attending- about 42

Jerry – AGBT

· Attendance is around 20

· There have been some minor format changes

Rick – Monday Tiffin Group

· Group conscience Monday night

· Meeting going well

Leah – Thursday By the Book

· Attendance has been good

· Things are going well

Miriam – Midwest Group

· Attendance around 20

· Rewriting current meeting protocol

· Creating newcomer packets

· Still working on getting anniversary chips

· Winter games went well

Old Business:

1. 12 step calls/ pager

a. Andrew volunteers to take the 12 step list to Friday men’s group to pass around

b. Ann suggests whoever takes the pager can circulate the list at their meeting

c. Pager checklist should be kept with pager

d. Whoever has the pager can sign others up

e. Jerry I suggests we get about 30 – 40 people on the list

f. Gail asked question about how the list works

g. Men’s list needs updating

h. Voicemail needs updating

i. Ann offers to call someone from the N. Liberty group to correct the problem

i. Goups are needed to sign up to take the pager

i. Sunday morning meeting will take it in April

ii. Friday Men’s group will take it in May

2. Banquet Committee

a. Catering versus grocery list discussed

i. Dinner ticket sales discussed- tickets are for the dinner, not for attendance at the event

b. Concerns about having a fundraiser since the intergroup office no longer exists

i. The banquet has been more of a social event since the IG office shut down

c. Venue

i. Mercy: Free, but may not be available on May 1,

ii. Zion: alternative option, would be better if we were cooking ourselves

d. Alternatives to the traditional auction discussed

i. Andrew will look into a karaoke machine

e. Date – May 1, or September

i. Motion passed that if Mercy is not available May 1 that we move the date to the first weekend in September

ii. Motion passed that if May 1 is available dinner tickets will be sold for $10

f. Discussion about prudent reserve tabled until next month

New Business:

1. Ray asks whether or not we should reconsider having an intergroup office again

a. Jerry suggests it may not be necessary because of technology that can serve the same purpose the office did

b. It has been difficult in the past to recruit volunteers

c. Blue Noon group provides literature and has more or less taken over the function of the office

d. Motion passed that discussion of this matter be tabled until next month

2. Ann is looking for a contact person for the Monday night meeting

3. Yellow Pages sent a form asking if we would like to keep information the same in the upcoming edition

a. Motion passed that reply should be sent with current info

Meeting adjourned by a unanimous vote

Next meeting will be held on April 3, 2010 at Uptown Bill’s at 10:30 am