JANUARY NEWSLETTER

                             District 17 Area 74

1-27-14

     The monthly District 17 GSR meeting was held on Monday, January 27, 2014. In attendance were Jaeme C, Betty S, Debbie G, Kathy M, and Cliff W who chaired the meeting.

     The November minutes were reviewed and accepted
     The financial report was read by Betty S and accepted.
DISTRICT 17
Financial Report
December 2013 - January 2014
 
          Balance from November report:                                    $ 766.05
          Deposits:
                               Friday TGIF Iron Mountain                            $ 76.35
                              New Hope Group Iron Mountain                  $ 60.00
          Withdrawals:
                                   AT & T Phone 2-mos *                              $ 119.02
                                   Alano Club Rent (Jan - Mar)                    $ 180.00
          Balance January 2014 balance forwarded:                 $ 603.38

 

     * (Because I forgot to check the district P. O. Box in a timely manner, there were 2 phone bills with one being overdue an added charge of $15 late fee. I promise to be more diligent checking the district P. O. Box in the future)
     We are self-sufficient through our own contributions
                                   Betty S., Treasurer District 17

 

CORRECTIONS:
Debbie stated that all is going great with all the jail meetings.

 

Webmaster Report:

 

     In the whole month of January the district website has been updated as for any changes to meetings and events. The latest Intergroup GSR minutes and District 17 newsletter for November had been added. This has been performed in my home office and will only be considered done anonymous to date.
     On Wednesday, January 15 received call from Steve S who stated that he had spent hours at the district 17 office updating the office computer into corrected operation and activation to the Internet. He further stated that there are issues with the operation of the EZVoice 3.4 software used for the AA Hotline 0900 number. To my recollection the AA Hotline 0900 has been inoperative for now 7 months and receiving calls are hearing no main message with a period of silence and then an animated Please press a number.
     On Monday, January 27 proceeded to the Iron Mountain Daily News to update AA and Al-Anon meeting’s list for printing in the newspaper.
     Reported to the District 17 office before the start of the monthly district GSR meeting to perform duties concerning the EZVoice software 3.4 for the 0900 AA Hotline. Deleted the EZVoice 3.4 software from the computer and was able to upload a new version of EZVoice 3.4 and install using the new license # provided back in July 2013. Recorded the main message on setup and the 9 mailboxes used. The result was still having the same issues. The computer is operative and the Internet is activated with no issues. (Maybe the problem is with the mike on recording or something to do with the computer sound card).

 

The District 17 Office has _250_meeting cards in drawer.

The 0900 AA Hotline had _35_hits from 1-15 to1-27 even so the caller may not have received information as the messages, if pressed, sounded as coming from 100 miles away.

The District website _80 to 100_hits the past month with the counter at 8,308 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. Email to:  dcm@district17a74.org.
     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.

 

     District 17 has no DCM or alternate DCM, no webmaster or 0900 Hotline coordinator entering the month of February 2014 with the next scheduled monthly district GSR meeting set for Monday, February 24 at 6 p.m. at the Alano Club Iron Mountain.

 

     This meeting closed with the Serenity Prayer.

                  Mark S, District 17 Sec