April 25th, 2016

District 17 Newsletter

 

     The district monthly GSR meeting was held Monday, March 25th, 2015 at the Iron Mountain, Mi. Alano Club.  In attendance were: Norm F., John R., Mary C., Debbie G., Roxie M., Patty R., Bruce T., Dave G., Jim B., Richard A., Sandy,  and Linda P. The next meeting is scheduled for Jun 27, 2016 at 6:00pm at the Alano Club.

 

DCM Report:

 

Secretary Report:

·        March District 17 Newsletter

Report was motioned and accepted

 

Financial Report:

 

·        FINANCIAL REPORT

 

Report was motioned and accepted

 

Corrections Report:

·        As of 4/25/16, the Women's Corrections is running smoothly. A schedule has been completed with Karen back on the schedule and Mary and Linda rotating every other week, going in with Debbie, Betty, Sandy or Karen until they feel comfortable going alone, probably in the fall.

The only concern is the coffee supply. Dennis always took care of supplying coffee through donations from groups. We discussed this last month and I have informed Bruce T. that there was no more coffee in the jail. Who will take care of this?

Respectfully submitted.....Debbie G.

 

Jim B. Reported on Men’s Corrections

·        Men’s Corrections has three AA Volunteers

·        Meetings: Every other Wednesday night at 8pm

·        Meetings will be alternating with NA

·        Jim will call Dennis in regards to coffee

·        Roxie will donate 1 can of coffee and drop it off to DCSD

Report was motioned and accepted

 

Webmaster Report:

Cliff absent, report emailed in abstention.   

     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 Tuesday, April 26 was at district office to update options #8 & #9 of the 0900 AA Hotline and update webmaster report for April district newsletter emailed to district secretary.

     The District 17 Office has _850_ meeting cards in drawer.
     The 0900 AA Hotline registered _66_ calls in the past month including 3 calls with option 8 and 12 calls with no option pressed.
     The District website recorded _344_ hits this past month with the counter at 13,231 total hits.

    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.

 

Old business:

·        Archivist and alternate DCM Still needed

·        District 17 Intergroup report given by Debbie G. and Sandy

§         All went well

§         113 people signed in/approx. 135 attended

§         Will do again next year and groom new volunteers for next 2-year term

§         Will need to purchase a new coffee maker

·        Discussion on future workshop “The Family Afterward”

·        Need panel of AA, Alanon, Volunteers, food, advertising,

·        Proposed date of October 1, 2016 at First Evangelical Lutheran Church

·        Linda P. to check on dates and price for Church Hall.

Old Business report was motioned and accepted.

 

New Business:

·        Intergroup 2017

§         First Evangelical Lutheran Church has open dates in April of 2017

§         Price of $200.00 donation with deposit one-week prior

§         New date of April 8th 2017 at new venue motioned and accepted

§         Linda P. to reserve the date at the Church hall

·        Alano Club: New Trustees of the Alano Club were elected on April 24th 2016

New Business was accepted.

 

 

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

 

Respectfully;

 Linda P. Secretary district 17