AUGUST

District 17 Newsletter

     August 16, 2013

     Meeting began with moment of silence followed by the Serenity Prayer. Attending were--Jaeme C., Joanne B., Debbie G., Kathy M., Gordie., Betty S., Bruce L., Ed., __?., and Mark S.

     SECRETARY’S REPORT:


     Bruce motioned to forgo a reading of July 2013 minutes and accept--all in favor--


     TREASURER’S REPORT:

                                                  AREA 74 DISTRICT 17                                                              Financial Report August 2013


      Balance from July report............................................................................... $831.84


     Deposits:
                          Iron River KISS Group................................................................. $75.00
                         Tues. Nt. Step Grp. I. Mtn..............................................................$ 50.00
                        Wed. Group Pembine..................................................................... $25.00
                         Early Fri. Nt. Grp. Kingsford........................................................ $70.00


      Withdrawals:
                             Ck1334 Alano Club. Addtl $ due for Internet hookup for July, Aug. & Sept. .......................................................................................................................................$90.00
                             Ck1335 AT&T phone.................................................................. $48.32

 
      Balance August 2013...................................................................................... $913.52


     We are self supporting through our own contributions
                                                                        Joanne B. Treas. District 17


     Treasury report read--all in favor--a question was raised as to what was current rent and internet bill--Kathy said would get statement of that as well as statement of current balance to treasurer.


     CORRECTIONS REPORT:


     Per Deb, of late meetings have fluctuated between 3-10 individuals attending. Have had a couple of women regularly attending. Karen on schedule until end of September.
Per Gordy only one regularly attending meetings in Florence, he comes for the coffee and is not an alcoholic.
Need to ask James and Brad if still doing meetings.
OK for books on hand. Per Betty New Hope just gave out about 6 Daily Reflections.
Bruce motioned to accepts--all in favor


     WEBMASTER REPORT:


     No report read, Cliff not in attendance.


     (Webmaster report received by email 08-28-13)


     Webmaster Report: 8-26-13
     On Friday, August 2 was notified that the sound card for the EZvoice3.4 software was installed and that the 0900 AA Hotline was back on line. Called the Hotline and the recorded main message was indeed announced with no connection/transfer to any numbered mailbox.
     On Tuesday, August 6 was able to get to the district office and discovered that Ed B had indeed recorded a main message to activate the 0900 AA Hotline but had not recorded the messages for the nine mailboxes (1-meetings Mon, 2-meetings Tues, 3-meetings Wed, etc., 8-listing live contact #’s and 9-local AA info and events. Spent the time to record messages for main and all mailboxes. As reported by Ed B at monthly GSR meeting on Monday, July 29 the 3 district office computers were stripped to make one computer for the district office. However, all original files were missing or had been deleted.
     At home called AA Hotline 0900 with answer and transfer intact. A second call made later resulted in a busy signal. A third call much later or next day resulted in no answer.
     On Thursday, August 8 reported to the district office to find computer turned on however in a sleep mode that maybe prevents the EZvoice software from performing (my guess).
     The EZvoice software looks to be good and in operative mode however the district computer has a mind of its own that only Ed B can operate. I’m at total loss with the computer.
     As for the district website during the month able to update the files at home base making all if any changes to schedule and events. On August 26 received invoice notification from Hostek.com that our annual charge of $70.93 webhost service will be taken from our debit card charge as of September 7, 2013.
     Unable to make monthly GSR meeting on Monday, August 26 because of other commitments and emailed this report to Mark S.

     The District 17 Office has _650_meeting cards in drawer.
The 0900 AA Hotline had _0_hits the past month including a total of _0_ calls w/no option pressed and _0_ calls option #8 pressed.  The District website _87_hits the past month.


     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 Tuesday of each month at 6 p.m. at District 17 Office in Kingsford.

 
     Living my life 1-day at a time,
                                           Cliff W. (Webmaster/coordinator, District 17)


     Per Bruce, 900 is not working. Kathy said she had had success with dialing 900. Gordy tried dialing at meeting with no success--per Ed this is an ongoing issue with which requires constant maintenance--Ed was able to get the 900 back up and running during meeting.
     Per Ed, recent back surgery has put him behind for the last two weeks.

     Per Ed, spent $14.73 for 2 refurbished ink cartridges. He will submit receipts for.
Meeting change from Masonic to First Lutheran has still not been uploaded to district site.

     Ed was voted to position as webmaster. Cliff will no longer be webmaster.

     PPICPP REPORT:


     Cliff has mentioned an individual with an interest in this, however this person is not ready to for the responsibility at this present time.
     Per Jaeme, has been in a series of union meetings and they have been voting on getting brochure holders for AA-related literature--there is still one more meeting to go for final "yes" vote, which will be next meeting, the third Thursday of next month. Jaeme stated that this is only on the union side and expressed hope that companies will pick up the same type of outreach as a potential preventative solution to substance issues. She mentioned that out of the last 2 drug test, 4 employees dropped dirty and there has been 2 separate incidents where individuals were involved in substance-related issues.


     DCM REPORT:


     Per Bruce, has not been able to put together--has a conference call with Wednesday with DCM


     NEW BUSINESS:


     *Bruce will be retiring as DCM in October after serving as such for the last six years--treasurer will also be retiring--discussed bringing up open positions at regular meetings--per Deb, also mentioned approaching personally individuals who's abilities may be brought to positions and who may be interested--per Bruce, it is extremely important that a replacement DCM be found, as the district will be "dark" without a DCM (without representation or voice in AA).

     Bruce requested that acting secretary send an email to each person on the current email address list as a means of making the list current. In addition Bruce asked that each person on the address list be asked which meeting they considered their home group. This was done and the current address list being used to BCC meeting minutes is based on the responses.

     2013 INTERGROUP SCHEDULE
     Next Intergroup Saturday October 12, 2013 in Newberry
 

     Meeting closed w/Lord's prayer.

     District 17 Sec,

     Mark S.