DISTRICT 17 NEWSLETTER
February 24th, 2009
The District monthly GSR meeting was held on Tuesday, February 24th, at the District 17 Central Office, located at 373 Woodward Ave. in Kingsford. The meeting opened with the Serenity Prayer. In attendance were Cliff W, Bruce L, Joanne B, John R, Jen J, & Dave G.
Newsletter: The District Newsletter had a mistake in the financial statement. Treasury report was not approved & will be checked on the website to be sure it is correct there.
Financial Chair Report: Attached February Financial Report provided by District 17 Treasurer, Bruce L. The corrected January report is also attached
.Corrections Chair Report: Dennis was not present so there was no corrections report.
2009 Spring Conference: On Saturday (Feb 21) Cliff participated in a Conference Call with regional Trustee (Bob M.), Delegate (Dodie A.), alt-Delegate (Terry M.), & three DCM's of Area74. (The planning committee to organize a Area74 Inventory). They discussed making the Area Spring Assembly, April 4th, in Three Lakes a two day affair, with a 3 to 4 hour Area74 Inventory conducted Friday night, April 3rd. This motion was not approved. They then discussed about conducting an Area74 Inventory on some open Saturday, to set a date, time, & place. This motion was not approved.
Then the discussion moved to the Area74 Spring Conference to be held the weekend May 15-17 in Iron Mountain. Looking at the Conference worksheet, Cliff found that Friday night had free time to hold the Area74 Inventory. After further discussion, it was agreed by all participants to hold the Area74 Inventory on Friday night (May 15th) from 7:30 to 10:30 p.m. in either the Alpine or Spruce room with a two-mike setup at the Pine Mountain Resort in Iron Mountain. This will be discussed further at the next 2009 Spring Conference planning meeting to be held Saturday, February 28th, at Alano Club, 105 W Flesheim Street, Iron Mountain at 11:30 AM. PLEASE TRY TO ATTEND. For more information, call Jennifer 906-396-2668. Remember this is an Area-wide function, & we need support from everyone!
2009 April Intergroup update: The next Intergroup planning meeting is to be held Tuesday, March 10th at Alano Club, 105 W Flesheim Street, Iron Mountain at 7:30 PM. The District 17 Intergroup will be held Saturday, April 11th, at K of C Hall in Kingsford. Attached flyer
The next Traveling Intergroup is to be held on Saturday, March 14th, 2009 - Delta Area (Gladstone/Escanaba) - Memorial United Methodist Church, 1920 Lake Shore Drive (between McDonald's & the Armory) Corrections 4:00, GSR 5:00, Dinner 6:00, Speakers 7:00 EST with a dance at the Alano Club (601 Michigan Avenue) to follow. Raffle & door prizes
Old business: Still need a cartridge for the Lexmark Z12 printer.
0900 AA Hotline update: Hotline had 49 hits this past month … 12 possible telemarketers … A woman’s voice should also be on the 0900 # & Cliff is willing to train them to do this.
District 17 website update: The site recorded 118 total hits in the past month. All information has been updated by the webmaster.
District 17 Meeting Cards update: The District Central Office has ~ 300 meeting cards on hand as Cliff continues to manually update changes. Contact a district officer if your group needs meeting cards. Our new batch will be printed in the spring (Before Intergroup & Conference).
NEW BUSINESS:
DCM report: Delegate workshop on March 14th in Wausau WI., but Cliff will not be there. Spring assembly Saturday, April 4th, 9:00 AM … Cliff WILL be there.
New Archives Chair: John R. from Iron River is the new archives chair for District 17. Cliff will get him a key ASAP so he can start organizing our records.
Our district has no Public Information committee chair. If you are interested PLEASE come to our next District meeting & we can discuss the responsibilities involved.
The meeting closed with The Lord’s Prayer
Respectfully,
Jen J., District secretary.
Website: Our website can be viewed at http://district17a74.org. Please check it out for important announcements. Visit the Area website at http://area74.org to stay up to date with all area business.
Announcements: Please see District Website and Area Website.
Group Change Forms: If you have changes to your groups as far as times, meeting format, GSR’s, etc. please mail to the district at: P.O. Box 415, Iron Mountain, MI 49801
Our next GSR meeting will be Tuesday, March 31st, 2009 at 6:30 p.m. at the District Central Office in Kingsford.