March 28th, 2016

District 17 Newsletter

 

     The district monthly GSR meeting was held Monday, March 28th, 2015 at the Iron Mountain, Mi. Alano Club.  In attendance were: Norm F., John R., Cliff W., Mary C., Debbie G., Roxie M., Bruce L., Patty R., Betty S., Matt S., Bruce T., Torv T., Dave G., Jim B., Richard A., and Linda P. The next meeting is scheduled for April 25th, 2016 at 6:00pm at the Alano Club.

 

DCM Report:

·        Upcoming Event: May conference in Ashland, WI at the American Inn 5/20/16

Report was motioned and accepted

 

Secretary Report:

·        Linda P. was absent

·        Report was read from the previous month by Roxie M.

Report was motioned and accepted

 

Financial Report:

·        Dave G., the new treasurer, gave report

·        Statement went to Debbie G. for the Intergroup

·        Donations given personally to Dave G.

Report was motioned and accepted

 

Corrections Report:

·        All is copasetic

·        4 months women’s schedule is coming out

·        Jim B. has volunteered to go to Men’s Corrections Meetings with Bruce T.

·        Nominations for the Correction’s chair has been filled

·        We need an updated card for jail

·        Men’s Corrections meeting will alternate with NA

·        Coffee was discussed

Report was motioned and accepted

 

Webmaster Report:

   

     Have continued being active to keep the district 17 website updated as well as the website at Hostek Web Host site for District 17.  This has been performed in my home office.

     On Saturday, March 5 at my home office gave Jerry P. an initial session of operation of District website and a tour of Hostek Web Host site.

     On Friday, March 11 reported to the District office as the AA 0900 Hotline was off due to the District computer being in demand in requesting a new password.  Along with help from Jerry G. was able to determine that every 42 days the computer needed to reset for a new password even so we do not even use a password in operating the district computer.  After a couple of hours of research was able to reset that password function from every 42 days back to zero.

     On Thursday, March 24 established a new account for domain district17a74.org at Hostek webhost site under a fictitious name (Douglas March) and fictitious email (dmarch46@live.com) at a cost of $63.69 to have the domain transferred from Cliff W account. The reasoning for the fictitious name and email is for the fact he will never die.  By Friday, March 25 the domain was transferred.  All copies of Hostek files are stored in red folder in district office.

     On Monday, March 28 was at district office to update options #8 & #9 of the 0900 AA Hotline, update webmaster report and to attend the monthly GSR meeting at 6 p.m.
   
 The District 17 Office has _950_ meeting cards in drawer.
     The 0900 AA Hotline registered _18_ calls in the past month including 1 call with option 8 and 8 calls with no option pressed.
     The District website recorded _243_ hits this past month with the counter at 12,887 total hits.  With research at district office I discovered that each time a user links to a page on site and returns to Home Page the counter adds up.  No matter what, the traffic on district website increasingly has become heavier and is a true asset to people recovery.

   
Any member of the fellowship with sobriety can become a contact on the option #8 contact listing for a 3-month period.  This listing should periodically be updated, especially for those who are about to take a 3-month turn with their listing on option #8.
     As a regular monthly reminder, must train people (female/male) the operation as coordinator of the 0900 AA Hotline and as webmaster of the district website.  Anyone interested in getting involved with being webmaster or coordinator for 0900 AA Hotline please contact a District 17 committee member, or show up at the monthly GSR district meeting the last Monday of each month at 6 p.m. at District 17 Office at Alano Club Iron Mountain.

     Living my life 1-day at a time,

     Cliff W.

Report was motioned and accepted

 

Old business:

·        Archivist needed

·        $61.34 for meeting cards has been paid

Old Business report was motioned and accepted.

 

New Business:

·        Discussion on future workshop “The Family Afterward”

·        Need panel of AA, Alanon, Volunteers, food, advertising, and possible date in May was discussed

New Business was accepted.

 

Special Report:

·        Given by Debbie G. pertaining to Intergroup, 4/9/16, Western Theme

·        Next year, Intergroup will be held at The First Evangelical Lutheran Church in Iron Mountain, MI for saving of $200.00

Report voted on, motioned, and accepted.

 

When anyone anywhere reaches out I want the hand of AA always to be there and for that I am responsible. 

 

Respectfully; Linda Submitted by Linda P. with Roxie M.