District 17 Newsletter June 2010

The district monthly GSR meeting was held on Tuesday, June 30, 2010 at the District 17 Central Office, located at 373 Woodward Ave. in Kingsford.  The meeting opened with a moment of silence followed by the Serenity Prayer.  In attendance were Debbie G., James B., Cliff W., Joanne B., John L., Aaron H., John R., Kevin J., Marion H., Joe L., Bruce L, Dennis S., Ken W., Dave G.,  and Erica H.

If you want to receive the monthly GSR district minutes, please send Erica H. your e-mail address… (muchomarleylove@live.com)

Financial Report:  

Treasurer report read and accepted.

 Balance from May 2010 report        $1,025.91

 Deposits:

    Monday Night Iron Mtn.                     50.00

    Iron Mtn. Early Bird                           20.00

Withdrawals:

    5/24/10 ck #1254 Bruce Lange

        Spring conf. expenses                 155.91

    6/17/10 ck #1255 CSAS

        Rent July, Aug. & Sept.                 90.00

    6/17/10 ck #1256 AT&T

        Phone                                          34.13

Balance June 2010                          $815.87

We are self-supporting through our own contributions.

Joanne B., Treas. Dist. 17

 Corrections Report:

Dennis shared he has seven cans of coffee left.  James B. was cleared and came on board to Florence jail meeting.  Ken W. stated he still wants a corrections workbook.

Webmaster/0900 Report:

On Friday, May 28, added the monthly district newsletter. On Tuesday, June 29 made changes to the website adding the announcements of next Traveling Intergroup and the Area74 Fall Conference. Made changes to the meeting list as the Sunday Amasa closed AA meeting at 6 pm will now be held in Crystal Falls at United Lutheran Church. Also made changes to the AA 0900 Hotline concerning the meeting changes and the #9 option announcements.

 The District Central Office has ____120______ meeting cards in drawer.

The 0900 AA Hotline ___78____ hits, including ___17___ calls w/no option pressed.

The District website ___65___ hits the past month.   email to: dcm@district17a74.org

 On Tuesday, Jun 29 received a quote from Standard Printing located at 100 West F Street in Iron Mountain of $193.34 for the printing of 2,000 meeting cards and a cost of $182.57 for the first 1,000 cards.

(After a lengthy discussion on meeting cards, this topic's moved to new business that in turn tabled meeting cards to next meeting in July).

Continue to work with the HP (Hewlett Packard) PSC 1350 all-in-one Printer/Scanner.

I must train people (female/male) the operation as coordinator of the 0900 AA Hotline and as webmaster of the district website, because what happens when I leave??

 Living my life 1-day at a time,

Cliff W. (Webmaster/coordinator, District17)

 Archives Report:

John R. filed last month’s meeting & written cabinet it up to date.  Still looking for group histories. 

Public Information:

The second meeting of  James’ committee will be held on July 16^th.  He viewed the movies Hope and Surely Beats Sitting in a Cell.  These videos are available if any group wants to view them. 

James ordered a PI/CPC workbook so everyone can make sure to be on the same page when doing PI work.  The checking account that was opened has signature clearance from James B. and Marion H.

There is a need for someone to start an open meeting in Florence or maybe an existing closed meeting could change to open.

 Just a reminder there is a beginner’s meeting on Thursday and an outreach meeting Monday in Crystal Falls. 

DCM Report:

Bruce is going to Area to help district and is asking the question how is the area helping the district. 

July 10 Intergroup is in L’Anse at the VFW.

Other News:

 Making new meeting cards was tabled until next meeting.

The meeting closed with the Lord’s Prayer.

 Respectfully submitted by:

 Erica H. your district 17 secretary.