OASC met at 618 Jackson in Joplin, MO on February 16, 2003.
Wendy A. opened the meeting with the “We Version” of the Serenity Prayer. Pam M. read the Twelve Traditions and Alan F. read The Twelve Concepts of Service
Roll Call:
Officers present: Chair (Wendy A.), Treasurer (Jackee C.), Secretary (Lori H.), RCM (Vacant) RCM-Alt (Steve H.), Literature Review (Darlene L.), HOLP 2003 (Doug B.), PI (Pam M.).
Groups represented: Blood, Sweat & Tears, But Do It, 5th Tradition, Miracles, Set Free, Spiritual Principles, We Do Recover, Survivors, High Noon, Never Alone, Just For Today, Butterflies are Free, Inner Freedom.
Wendy A. thanked Survivors Group for the use of the building. Basket passed.
Last month’s minutes were approved as written.
The Reports are as follows:
Chair
Wendy A.
Hello Ozark Area,
Jackee and I have been in contact about signatures on the Area bank account. She informed me, we had to fill out a new card. It will be taken care of today. I have talked to another addict from Nevada and their group is struggling from lack of unity. I feel as Area chair to mention this because every group in the Ozark Area is important and that we work together. I feel every group needs support and I learned this from my experience at Area
ILS, Wendy A.
Vice-Chair
Dale S. (Absent)
Treasurer
Jackee C.
Ozark Area Treasurer's Report
FEBRUARY
(Meeting February 16, 2003)
Balance.................$ 313.92 Balance ending January 26, 2003 area report (see previous report)
Total Deposits......$ 748.43 Donations and credits given in
January 26, 2003 meeting.
Total Expenses.....$ 178.18 Expenses since January 26, 2003
report and last meeting.
Current Balance...$ 884.17 Sub Total
Error Adjustment $ -.04 Check 1216 was changed by .04
increase at time of payment.
Current Balance….$ 884.13 Balance as of February 16, 2003
meeting.
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BREAKDOWNS
DONATIONS EXPENSES
But Do It..........................$ 33.00 $ 7.12 Lori H. (Reim. Exp.) #1222
Survivor's........................$ 68.00 $ 20.71 So. Western Bell #1223
Blood, Sweat & Tears…..$ 10.00 $ 90.00 Joplin Answering Ser. #1224
Set Free…………………..$ 10.00 $ 42.60 Joplin Globe #1225
How It Works & Why….$ 10.00 $ 16.75 A T & T #1226
Miracles Group………… $ 40.00 $ 1.00 Mo. Service Charge
Against All Odds………...$ 5.00
We Do Recover………….$ 192.73 $ 178.18 TOTAL EXPENSES
Just For Today…………..$ 15.00
Spiritual Principles……...$ 50.00
GROUP DONATIONS….$ 433.73
AWAM…………………...$314.70
TOTAL DONATIOS……$748.4
Fund collected at January 26, 2003 area meeting were $16.00 and given to We Do Recover for hosting area. In Loving Service,
Jackee Clark
Ozark Area Treasurer
Accidentally deposited the Area money into personal account. Reversed it back to Area account. The bank is to mail the deposit slip and it will be produced next month.
HOLP Statement is here and balanced. The balance is $1321.11
Discussion: Dale on bank account, RCM is no longer on the bank account according to the Guidelines.
Secretary
Lori H.
(No Report)
RCM
(Vacant) (Reported by Darlene L.)
Last Month & Motions
Hello Ozark Area. Thanks again for sending me to the Show-Me Regional service committee meeting. Events of the weekend were Sat. morning the Regional Delegate reported her feedback on Regions and being 501c3 incorporated the response was minimal, but there were two Regions that were unincorporated and the only reason being is they just hadn’t got around to it.
Also she reported the SZF in Nov. was terrific. There was a PI and Phoneline presentation by Nicole, Jim and Pam from the Show-Me Region. The SZF Representative is currently working with the SEMO Area to coordinate the April/May 2003 SZF in the Show-ME Region. What the SZF needs prior to the Feb. meeting is a T-shirt design, and a flyer with information with the dates and location of the April/May SZF. Since the SZF has been such a hot topic in our Region she hopes as many as possible will attend.
Area report highlights, SWMO Area reports all was well, and the Pig Roast is the 2nd weekend in May. MO-KAN is having a Speaker Jam on Feb 22, in St. Joseph, MO and M.K.A.C.N.A. is may 2, 3, and 4th in Atchinson KS. St. Louis will be having and Area Convention the 3rd weekend in Oct.
We also took care of old business on Sat. Sorry I didn’t write the names down but all were elected including Cindy ?, for Campvention and John M. for Vice Chair the other guy won. The motions: Motion 1 failed, Motion 2 passed, and Steve should have a report on the open forum.
Sun. in subcommittee reports H&I and Outreach were not present the RSO reported that sales were over $200,000 up from $190,000 from last Quarter they also have 3 positions open.
SMRCNA coffee cups pre-reg by 4-1-03
WSR needs support: Sec, V.C., and people to show up – only 3 people were there. They have Info pack now on disc.
Motion 0118031 – to include Campvention in the guidelines as a subcommittee
Motion 0118032 – That the chair appoint and ad hoc committee to set up a Regional phoneline
Motion 0118033 – Ad hoc appointed to further work on Regional phone line. We meet at Cabin Fever.
Passed – Motion 0118034 – The Regional PI Chair be in charge of a Regional directory website
Passed – Motion 0118035 RSC Chair, RD, Sec, Treas. & RCM organize all material including corp. of papers into a packet of 501c3 not for profit corporation including possible guidelines and who to serve as board members present to RSC in April.
Passed – Motion to remove Linda C. as Outreach Chair.
Motion 0118036 – To have activity committee be a standing committee of the RSC again.
Passed – Motion 0118038 – Campvention to create guidelines 1st draft to be brought to April RSC for review and input by RCM’s at that time. Final version to be presented at the July RSC for vote by groups.
Motion 01180311 – Requests $200 for SEMO to host dance for Zonal Forum.
RCM-Alt
Steve H.
(Nothing to Report, have not received Regional Minutes)
AWAM
Rob G. (Absent)
H & I
Kenny C.
February 15, 2003
Hello Ozark Area,
My Vice-Chair wanted to get his feet wet in the area, so he was kind enough to let me work at home today. Thank you Allen for your loving service.
H & I is doing well in our area. We are still holding 14 meetings in 5 facilities.
H & I N.A. presentations per month are below:
Jasper County Jail - 4 meetings (2 female and 2 male)
Newton County Jail - 2 meetings
Ozark Center - 4 meetings
Lafayette House - 2 meetings
House Of Hope - 2 meetings
House of Hope has already jumped from 1 meeting a month to 2 meetings a month. The meeting went very well and had good support.
We also are looking at bringing back the other 2 meetings at Lafayette House that we had to drop last year due to lack of support. Things have changed and we have a lot of females wanting to support these meetings. Thank you ladies. I am proud to be part of H & I and thank you to everyone for their support in H & I. It's a we program and we cannot do it alone.
In Loving Service,
Kenny C.
Literature Review
Darlene L.
Greetings,
Due to personal business and business of those in the subcommittee, we were unable to attend the Interim workshop. I’ve been in touch with the Regional Chair and He will e-mail me a report. Ozark Area subcommittee is interested in putting on the next interim in May. I’ve been in touch with our AWAM Chair regarding this.
The review for the I.P., Outline and 1st chapter of Sponsorship book have been sent in. There was a tremendous response to our workshop at Cabin Fever – It was a success. Very different opinions, there were no bad ideas, and our Higher Power was definitely in command. It was awesome.
We meet again next Sunday – WDR at 2:30 pm. We plan to review traditions 9 & 10. Those interested please attend.
In Loving Service,
Darlene L.
PI
Pam M.
The Public Information Subcommittee of Ozark Area Narcotics Anonymous met at 2:00pm, February 15, 2003. The meeting was held at 1330 Wall in Joplin, MO. We opened the meeting with the Serenity Prayer. Bill read the 12 Traditions of Narcotics Anonymous and Tammy read the 12 Concepts of Service in N.A. We went over what had happened at ASC in January. Survivor's Group asked P.I. to look into an area website. The Ozark Area voted to do this. A website has been set up by Debra B., who is also willing to be webmaster for the next 2 years if the area wants. Debra is the person who formats and updates our area meeting schedules and has them printed for us at a considerable discount through her work. The website she has put together for the Area to look at will be presented at this ASC. I had also told the Ozark Area I would update our meeting schedules at the na.org website. After looking at the paperwork I have, I became reluctant to do this. The Web Contact is a new service position set up by world for their update information. If the Area would like me to fill that Web Contact position, I will be glad to do so. I did not want to go into the world website and get a code by which to change our information without being the Ozark Area's Web Contact. We went over the phoneline problems. The local # has been fixed and rings directly to the answering service. Jan at Joplin Answering Service was contacted and the problems with calls where addicts wanted to talk to another addict were passed on to her. The P.I. Subcommittee as a whole will be placing calls at the end of next week to test this change of behavior by the answering service. They have been putting people on hold and not getting back to them or promising a call back and never calling back. So, if you are a phoneline volunteer and get a call from someone you know in the area, we are just testing the answering service's work. Russ had PSA scripts retyped and will get them to Renita this week to fax to the radio stations. Fliers will be reprinted. Schedules were printed and some given to H&I. Handouts were given to people interested in being involved in presentations. The handouts were briefly gone over. Definite contacts will be made with the Jasper County Juvenile Office, Probation and Parole, Division of Family Services, and the Joplin High School Guidance office. If dates are set up with these offices, we will practice presentations. New people interested in doing the panels are Craig, Renita, Tammy, Shelley, and Sandee. The next P.I. meeting is 2pm, Saturday, March 15, 2003 at 1330 Wall, Joplin, MO. Respectfully submitted, Pam Mueller, P.I. Chair, Ozark Area, 119 S. Connor, Joplin, MO 417-782-1467 mueller_pam@hotmail.com
HOLP2003
Doug B.
Everything is up to speed and moving forward. Have sold some sweatshirts and are getting more plus long sleeve tees, white & black, black & gold, pocket and no pocket.
Linda Q. is heading up the coffee cup and hat artwork, so if you have input, put it in.
Collected $700 to date, all is accounted for.
Next subcommittee meeting is March 15, 3:30pm at We Do Recover 1330 Wall in Joplin, MO.
ILS, Doug B.
15 min. Break (View proposed Area website during break)
Reopen with the Serenity Prayer
Presentation by Debra B. about the website. Yahoo mail account opened to access Internet for the website, since the e-mail shouldn’t be individually owned. 6M free for website. Debra willing to be webmaster for 2 years. Debra read from NA World Services – Public Information Resource Paper on PI and the World Wide Web (April 1998).
Discussion: Concerns regarding communications between PI and the webmaster. Who will webmaster the site, what they are accountable for and what we want on the site.
Moved-2nded-Passed to leave website up for now.
It can be viewed at http://www.geocities.com/ozark_area
Group Reports:
Blood, Sweat and Tears
Hello Ozark Area,
I’m Kelvin and I’m an addict. We are doing well. Our attendance is 6 to 13 addicts. We are presently not meeting expenses but are managing well and are having 2-3 newcomers at each meeting. We at Blood, Sweat & Tears offer 5.00 donation.
In Loving Service,
Kelvin S. - GSR
But Do It
Hello Area, our group continues to have steady attendance at around 8-12 addicts. 6:30 Wednesdays building 2 Oak Meadows Apartments. We have a $48.00 donation to Area.
ILS, Mike S.
5th Tradition
Hello Ozark Area,
We have changed our meeting times back to 6:30pm Tues. – Thurs. and 8:00pm of Fri. Our attendance has been about 5-7.
Everyone is still invited to our Sock Hop Step Hop on April 12th, I’ve been told flyers will be out soon. Also apologies to Pam for all that she’s doing.
In Loving Service, Neil H.
Miracles
Hello Ozark Area,
Miracles Group meets once a week on Friday nights at 6:30 p.m. Our meeting is located at the First United Methodist Church, 401 West 4th , Joplin, MO, Room #106.Our meeting attendance is very steady and we are fully self supporting. Due to our business meeting being on the 3rd Friday of the month we do not have a Area donation this month so we will catch you next time.
I.L.S., David B.
Set Free Group
Hello Ozark Area,
I’m Ed R and I’m an addict. I’m the Alternate GSR/Acting GSR for the Set Free group. We have been averaging 5-7 people in attendance at our meetings. The meetings have been going well but we lost our GSR and will be electing one next month. We would like to Donate $10.00 to the Area.
Sincerely, Ed R.
Ed Reed, 1805 N. Cedar St. Nevada, MO 64772, Ph. 417-549-6873
We Do Recover
Hello Area,
We Do Recover meets Mon-Sun at 8pm and Midnight on Fri and Sat.
Our meeting attendance has stayed high and we are still getting several newcomers. We have an Area donation of $14
We are having We Do Recover’s Group Birthday, Mar 22 at Galena Senior Citizens Center. Speaker at 8:00, dance and raffle to follow.
In Loving Service,
Renita G.
Survivors Group
Hello Area,
Survivors meets Mon-Sat at noon. Our business meetings are the Saturday before Area at 1pm. Our attendance is good. Our rent is paid. Saturday, Feb 22nd Shavett G. will be speaking at 7pm in Galena, KS at the Senior Citizens Center. We invite you all to join us and listen to his story. Edward D. will DJ the dance shortly after Shavett Speaks.
We have a donation today of $75. Thank you for allowing us to host this month’s Area meeting. Help yourself to the food in the corner.
Shelie V.
Just For Today Group of Neosho
Ozark Area Report
Just For Today Group of Neosho
February 16, 2003
Just For Today meets in the Building at 201 South Jefferson Street (parking on Main Street next to the Municipal Auditorium, come in the North door) we meet on Mondays which is a CLOSED open discussion meeting. And Fridays which are OPEN literature/discussion meetings. We meet from Noon to 1:00 P.M. The meeting is non-smoking. We need your support.
We had one motions this month:
2/02/03
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To change the address in the Area schedule to read Bldg. At South East corner of Jefferson and Main, Neosho |
YES |
It was amended to read:
Building
201 South Jefferson
(parking on Main St. next to the Municipal Auditorium, come in the North door)
Neosho
This was done by the group in keeping with the Traditions.
We have a $5.00 donation to Area this month.
Brain F.
Never Alone Group
Good Afternoon Area 02-11-03
The Never Alone Group is doing very well, we are located on the corner of 7th & Cole St. 405 7th in Monett. We hold our meetings in the Basement of the St. Lawrence Catholic Church on Tuesdays at 8:00pm, we are handicapped accessible. Our meetings are non-smoking. We are quite pleased to say that our attendance at the meetings have increased from roughly 5 addicts per meeting last month, to almost 16 addicts per meeting our attendance has almost tripled in the last month. We also have addicts wanting to help Chair meetings.
We also went from worrying about paying rent in just 4 weeks, to being able to pay our rent for April, May and June in advance, ordering very much needed literature, and having condiments for coffee, providing their GSR $6.12 for gas to get to Area and yes we even have a donation to Area, as small as it may be, it’s a donation of $3.00. Regretfully that’s all we can afford to donate because as of now our balance is $0. we are doing the best we can, we see dome groups donating $65.00 or more at a time, sorry we just cannot afford to do it right now.
G.S.R for Never Alone - Danny Hensley
PO Box 974, Monett, MO 65708-0974, 417-442-3706
Butterflies are Free
GSR Allen L. Alt. Jimmy Q.
Anderson Housing Authority Thur. 8:00pm-9pm 5-7
5.00 for Area
Need a speaker for this month.
Inner Freedom
Hello Ozark Area,
Our group is doing good. We are continuing to build a prudent reserve. Rent is being paid. We have no Area donation this month. We could use some extra support at our meetings. They are open meetings, please feel free to join us for a meeting at any time. Our group meets at 6:30p on Sundays at 20th & Porter.
ILS,
Christina C.
Discussion: Groups missing from the roster; Cherokee Group and Point of Turning. It was determined that the Point of Turning group belongs on the roster and they currently have 2 absences. That the Primary Purpose Group of Cherokee, KS had not yet been adopted into the Area.
15 min. Break
Reopen with the Service Prayer
The basket donation of $16.00 was given to Survivors for use of the building.
Sharing Session:
Discussion regarding lack of unity in our Area. Suggestions included attending other meetings.
Old Business:
No old business
New Business:
Steve H. nominated for RCM – Accepted. Steve explained his health concerns surrounding accepting the position.
Discussion regarding finding an RCM-Alt. quickly.
Resume for Steve:
Clean date: 8/28/93
RCM-Alt. Ozark Area – Current
GSR – We Do Recover
GSR – B.A.N.A.N.A Group – Broken Arrow, OK (2-terms)
GSR – Spiritual Principles Group – Tulsa, OK
GSR – Milwaukee, WI (didn’t complete term, moved to OK)
PI Chair – Wausau, WI (didn’t complete term, moved to Milwaukee)
GSR – Wausau, WI
I have an NA Sponsor and work NA Steps.
Moved & 2nded – Amend Guidelines to insert – 7.5(g) RCM to be a cosignatory on the OASC bank account.
Discussion: It was omitted from the new guidelines, but the RCM has been on the bank account. September minutes assume RCM is a signatory on the account.
What should the treasurer do for now? Turn in signature card with the treasurer and chair and get a new card if we need to change it.
Moved & 2nded to tabled to groups.
Moved-2nded-Passed - P.I. Chairperson be the OASC contact for World Services.
(Web Contact to na.org)
Motion to table (PI Chairperson motion) to groups – failed.
Moved & 2nded to remove AWAM Chair from position for two consecutive absences according to our guidelines 6.6 b & c.
Discussion regarding quorum.
Moved-2nded-Passed that business in New Business – up to this point – be covered under 5.5.
Moved-2nded-Failed to enact 5.5 for vote on removal of AWAM Chair.
Moved & 2nded to table motion, to remove AWAM Chair, to groups.
Discussion regarding removing Trusted Servants from office.
Discussion regarding duties and guidelines of subcommittees. Description of Vice-Chair’s duties, Vice Chair is not an Alternate.
Nominations are open for the following positions:
RCM
Outreach Chair
We Do Recover to host next month’s OASC meeting at 1330 Wall, Joplin, MO, on March 16, 2003 at 2:00pm.
(2 blocks west of Main St. at the intersection of Wall and 14th St. on the NW corner - Main St. is Exit 6 on Highway 44, go north and turn left at 14th St.)
Motion to close and 2nded. Shelie closed with the 3rd Step Prayer.