OASC met at 1330 Wall in Joplin, MO on January 26, 2003.
Wendy A. opened the meeting with the “We Version” of the Serenity Prayer. Christina read the Twelve Traditions and Tanya read The Twelve Concepts of Service
Roll Call:
Officers present: Chair (Wendy A.), Vice Chair (Dale S.), Treasurer (Jackee C.), Secretary (Lori H.), RCM (Vacant) RCM-Alt (Steve H.), H&I (Kenny C.) PI (Pam M.).
Groups represented: Blood, Sweat & Tears, But Do It, 5th Tradition, Against All Odds, How It Works and Why, Miracles, Set Free, Spiritual Principles, We Do Recover, Survivors, High Noon, Never Alone.
High Noon and Never Alone Groups returned to active status.
New Groups: Butterflies are Free Group, Anderson, MO. which meets at the Anderson Housing Authority on Thursdays at 8pm. and Inner Freedom Group, Joplin, MO. which meets at Porterhouse Sundays at 6:30pm.
Moved-2nded-Pass to adopt Butterflies are Free Group into Area.
Moved-2nded-Pass to adopt Inner Freedom Group into Area.
Wendy A. thanked We Do Recover 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.
(No Report)
Vice-Chair
Dale S.
No written report. Attended the subcommittee meetings.
Treasurer
Jackee C.
Ozark Area Treasurer's Report
JANUARY
(Meeting January 26, 2003)
Balance.................$ 750.65 Balance ending December 15, 2002 area report (see previous report)
Total Deposits......$ 198.39 Donations and credits given in
December 15, 2002 meeting.
Total Expenses.....$ 635.12 Expenses since December 15, 2002
report and last meeting.
Current Balance...$ 313.92 Balance as of January 26, 2003
meeting.
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BREAKDOWNS
DONATIONS EXPENSES
But Do It..........................$ 25.00 $ 7.38 Lori H. #1213 (Postage Reim)
5th Tradition……………..$ 10.00 $ 200.00 Rob G. #1214 (AWAM Function)
Survivor's........................$ 65.00 $ 9.00 Pam M. #1215 (Printing Reim)
Blood, Sweat & Tears…..$ 5.00 $ 240.28 Best Western #1216 (Reg. Rms)
Set Free…………………..$ 10.00 $ 20.71 So. Western Bell #1217
How It Works & Why….$ 10.00 $ 90.00 Joplin Answering Ser. #1218
Miracles Group………… $ 30.00 $ 42.60 Joplin Globe #1219
Against All Odds………...$ 25.00 $ 16.75 A T & T #1220
We Do Recover………….$ 18.39 $ 7.40 Jackee C. #1221 (Stamp Reim) $ 1.00 Mo. Service Charge
TOTAL DONATIONS….$ 198.39 $ 635.12 TOTAL EXPENSES
Fund collected at December 15, 2002 area meeting were $19.99 and given to How It Works & Why for hosting area.
In Loving Service,
Jackee Clark
Ozark Area Treasurer
Treasurer has the HOLP Statements and is balancing them.
Secretary
Lori H.
December 15, 2002
Hello OASC,
I apologize that the minutes were late this month. My son was in the hospital just before Christmas and with the holidays it took me a little too long to get motivated again. The cost for printing & envelopes was $2.97 and postage was $4.15 for a total of $7.12.
In Loving Service,
Lori H.
RCM
Dale S.
(Written report not received)
RCM-Alt
Steve H.
Hello OASC,
The information from Open Forum is as follows:
Quincy is struggling with apathy of members and needs to know ways to get them involved.
SEMO suggested one on one contact with members and bringing members to region to see the involvement there.
Jim suggested they have PI learning days (“Bring food and they will come”) he would be happy to go anyplace and help them with that, with advanced notice, of course.
Mindy suggested to have Regional Assemblies in different Areas especially struggling Areas.
Outreach was discussed because there has been no Regional Outreach chair for awhile. The general consensus is that we need one and anybody willing to do this can get involved at a Regional level as Outreach chair. Questions were raised about how to do Outreach and Larry from KC Area said they visit and support struggling groups and they go by the Handbook and it works for them.
The $250,000 embezzled from the WSO was recovered through insurance they have.
Long discussion regarding an Area that had about $800 embezzled and how to proceed in light of the fact that the 10-year statute of limitations is nearing.
In Loving Service,
Steve H.
AWAM
Rob G. (Absent - Reported by Sandee A.)
Hello Area, I’m Sandee,
I attended the function at Galena. The function went well. Rob could not be here due to a sick child. I am standing in for AWAMs Chairperson.
I have the money raised from the function. The building has been paid, the expenses, I believe have been taken out. We have a ten dollar donation for Area.
In Loving Service,
Sandee A.
Hospitality Chair
Discussion: About carrying around so much cash for so long. The function was held New Year’s eve.
Discussion: Where do motions to Region go now that Dale is no longer RCM? Determined that they go to the RCM-Alt.
H & I
(Kenny C.)
January 26, 2003
Hello Area,
Things are going very well for H & I. We had our sub-committee meeting
yesterday and we had approximately 13 addicts attending...Thank you everyone
for attending.
We are still holding 10 NA meetings at 3 facilities: 4 meetings a month at
Ozark Center,2 meetings a month at Lafayette House and 4 jail meetings
(2 meetings at Jasper County Jail and 2 meetings at jail facility in Neosho).
We do have some additions and changes to H & I:
Jackee C., after chairing jail meeting for over a year has stepped down as chair and Renita G. is taking over jail meeting starting March 8th. Renita will be giving her position at Lafayette and we have someone who has taken over the chair position. Thank you Jackee for past chair responsibility and thanks to Renita for taking the position of chair.
We have a new meeting starting Feb. 6th at "House Of Hope" in Grove. House of Hope is a in house 28 day treatment facility that has no NA support. H & I's NA presentation will be starting once a month and chaired and supported by Dave B, Dale S. and Doug B.
If meetings are successful these meetings may increase. Thank you Steve for asking H & I to carry the message into your facility and thank you to Dave, Dale and Doug for stepping up and making this meeting possible.
We have quite a few women who are now involved in H & I and hopefully we may be able to once again increase Lafayette House's meeting to 4 times a month instead 2 meetings a month.
I am very proud to be part of our area's H & I sub-committee.
Love & Service,
Kenny C.
Literature Review
Darlene L. (Absent)
PI
Pam M.
The Ozark Area Public Information Subcommittee met Jan. 25, 2003. A report was given about Regional PI work. The RSC has asked for reports from both tech companies regarding phone systems for a Reg. Phone line. Reg. PI Chair, Jim C. has contacted a website builder about a Reg. Website. We discussed what we would like to see on the site.
Ozark Area PSA taskforce continuing formatting announcements and fazing radio stations. Renita will be helping Russ.
More addresses and suggested guests were compiled for the Community NA PI Seminar. The chair will compile list, to date. Discussed pre-calling or calling those invited a few days after invitations are sent - no decision was made. People interested in presenting on the panel include Tammy B., Sandee A., Russ W., Bridget B., Craig B., Linda Q., and David B., David D. offered to be a back up. The panel presentation can be expanded to include four people, with both a man and a woman briefly telling their story. Copies of the presentation outline will be made by the chair and given to those interested. Wendy and myself may be meeting with Freeman Hospital this week to set a date.
The local phoneline number is messed up, it plays a recording. SW Bell is working on it. Craig and Russ agreed to place calls to the answering service posing as addicts making calls to see what kind of service they get. Meeting closed. Next meeting 2/15/03 2:00pm.
HOLP2003
Doug B. (acting Chair)
Had our subcommittee meeting on the 25th, firmed up the picnic menu, had preliminary discussion about speaker selection, fine-tuned the artwork for the shirts, and gave the green light to ordering hooded sweatshirts.
We have 230 dollars in the shirt find to date. Expenses have been 8 dollars for printing 1000+ pre-registration flyers.
Next subcommittee mtg. Saturday Feb. 15, 3:30pm at WDR.
ILS, Doug B.
15 min. Break
Reopen with the Service Prayer
Group Reports:
Blood, Sweat and Tears
Hello Ozark Area,
Blood, Sweat and Tears Group of Narcotics Anonymous still meets Thursdays and Fridays at 8:00 pm. Donations are meeting expenses and attendance is slowly improving. Our attendance is mostly newcomers. I apologize for not attending the subcommittee meetings as planned on the 29th. I believe participation is important and that there will be other opportunities for me to participate. Our group offers $10.00 donation this month.
In Loving Service,
Kelvin S. - GSR
But Do It
Hello Area, my name is Mike, an addict serving as “But Do It” group’s new GSR. But Do It meets Wednesdays at 6:30 in the basement of Building 2 in the Oak Meadows Apartments. We have a donation to Area for $33.00.
ILS, Mike S.
5th Tradition
Greetings Ozark Area,
Everything is still pretty much the same; still meeting at 618 Jackson Tues-Thur. At 6:30pm and at 8:00pm on Fri. but we will change back to 8:00pm on Tues-Thurs Starting February 1st.
We are hosting a Sock Hop Step Hop on April 12th and everyone is invite so tell everyone to look forward to these will be out later.
In Loving Service, Neil H.
Against All Odds
Hi Area,
The Against All Odds group of Narcotics Anonymous meets 3 times a week – Sunday at 6:30pm, Tuesday & Wednesday at 8:00pm. Tuesday’s meeting is a candlelight and all of our meetings are open, handicapped accessible and non-smoking. This evening we hold our birthday celebration. We are a small group with about 5 core members but occasionally get visited by the treatment center in Girard and get weekly visits by the Women’s recovery house in Pittsburg. Our attendance ranges from 5 to 30. Thanks to flyers and correspondence form the PI subcommittee we have seen an increase of “walk-in” addicts. Our thanks to the subcommittee. I have a contribution of $5.00 for Area.
In Grateful Service,
Scott J.
How It Works and Why
Hello Ozark Area, 1-26-03
I’m Cara and I’m an Addict,
Our GSR Dee has resigned and I have been voted in to serve as GSR until election on March 4th. How It Works and Why meets 3 times a week Sunday & Tuesday at 8pm book studys and Friday at 9:30pm Candlelight meeting. The book study meetings have been changed to an hour long. Our attendance is averaging 8-14 addicts. We have a $10 donation for Area.
In Loving Service,
Cara D.
Miracles
Hello Ozark Area,
Miracles Group meets on Fridays at 6:30 p.m., located at the First United Methodist Church, 501 West 4th , Joplin, MO, Room #106. Are meeting attendance is steady with 15-20 addicts per meeting. This coming Friday is our monthly Birthday/Speaker meeting and Kenny C. will be sharing and picking up his 6 year medallion. We have a $40.00 area donation.
I.L.S., David B.
miracles_group@hotmail.com 417-626-8171
Set Free Group
Hello Ozark Area,
My name is Ed Reed. I’m the Alternate GSR. Eddie M. is our new GSR. The Set Free Group meets at 427 N. Cedar in Nevada on Mondays and Wednesdays at 8:00pm and Saturdays at 9:00. Our group attendance has been 10-15 addicts per meeting. We have a $10.00 this month.
Thank You,
ILS, Ed R.
Spiritual Principles
Hello Area,
My name is Lee and I’m an addict. My home group is Spiritual Principles and we meet at 9:30 AM Sunday morning at 618 Jackson, Joplin, MO. Our group is donating $50.00 this month.
Thank you for letting me be of service.
Lee Foster
We Do Recover
(Reported by Bruce A.)
Hello Area,
We Do Recover meets 7 nights a week at 8pm at 1330 Wall in Joplin, MO, and at midnight on Fri. & Sat. Meeting Attendance has been really high. We had over 100 addicts at 1 meeting this month and between 70 to 90 on average at most of the 8pm meetings. A lot of newcomers from the treatment centers and Recovery houses.
Our Birthday might will be January 31st and we have 5 addicts picking up a year. 1 addict picking up 2 years. 1 addict picking up 3 years. 2 addicts picking up 5 years. Addicts are staying clean. Yeah!
We have an Area Donation of $192.73.
In Loving Service, Renita G. (or Bruce A.)
Survivors Group
Hello Fellow Addicts,
Survivors meets Mon-Sat at noon. Our business meetings are the Saturday before Area meets directly following our noon meeting. We welcome everyone to attend. Our average meeting attendance. For December was 35 addicts. Our highest attendance for the moth was 58.
Since our change in formats, our Book Study meetings are going much better. We would like to express our gratitude to everyone who has visited our meetings and shared in recovery with us. We welcome the support of all addicts.
Yesterday at our business meeting we planned for our February 22nd Function. Shavett G. will speak at the Senior Citizens Center in Galena, KS at 7pm. We will be selling nachos, chili, hot dogs, chili dogs, Frito Pie and Soda. Tammy M. is our new secretary and Tanya L. has been nominated as our Alternate GSR.
Last month my group sent me to Area five tasks. I completed 3/5. Two I failed to accomplish.
#1) I am to ask when OASC Chair will be added to our bank account.
#2) I am to task the OASC to create a website with an online schedule of our meeting.
We have $68.00 donation for the Area.
Grateful to be of Service, Shelie Vaughan 1-25
Discussion: Region is in the process of getting a website up for the Areas to use. Discussion tabled to new business.
High Noon
Just for Today Group of Neosho
January 26, 2003
Greetings Ozark Area,
What’s new in Neosho?
Our Group Name is new; effective December 6, 2002 a motion was made and passed. The new group name is registered with World.
The Just for Today Group meets at the First Baptist Church in Neosho, 201 Jefferson, Neosho Mo., at Noon. Mondays are a closed discussion meeting. Fridays are an Open literature study/or discussion. Both meetings are non-smoking.
Slowly our meetings are getting back on track. From zero attendance every Friday to 4-6 in attendance. Mondays continue with 8 to 12 in attendance.
More improvement too with the group finances; we’ve come from a zero balance with no prudent reserve and behind in our rent in September, to having very small balances with our prudent reserve restored and the rent caught up and paid through Feb. 2003. We have a $15.00 donation for Ozark Area today.
Respectfully Submitted
Brian F. G.S.R., JFT Group of Neosho
Never Alone Group
Good Afternoon Area 1-23-03
The Never Alone group is doing pretty good, we are located at 405 7th St., which is on the corner of 7th and Cole St., in Monett. We meet in the basement of the St. Lawrence Catholic Church on Tuesdays at 8:00pm, we are a non-smoking meeting and we are handicapped accessible for that with that need. Normally we have our group business meeting the 1st Tuesday of the month after the regular meeting it was postponed until January 14, I wish I could say the I come to Area prepared but regrettably that has not happened, I did not notice the item about Rob G. for AWAM in time to discuss with the entire group. I was only able to contact 6 members of the group prior to Area. They were surprised to see someone take a position without NA members seeing a resume, we hope that Rob G. can do the job but the voice of the other 6 addicts told me that I am partly responsible for this, and I agree with them; they said I should have been here even though I wasn’t feeling well. I am responsible and should have been here because I neglected that, their voice was not heard. I let them down and I let myself sown. We would have also like to have voted on Vice-Chair also, even though we all know Dale.
In Loving Service for Narcotics Anonymous,
Never Alone G.S.R. Danny Hensley
PO Box 974, Monett, MO 65708-0974, 417-442-3706
Note The Monett Library and Monett High School really did appreciate the books from Public Information. The School said that they would be interested in speakers some time in the future.
Butterflies are Free
GSR Allen L.
Thur. 8:00pm-9pm
B-Day last Thur. Every month; Bus. Meet. 3 thur. Every month
Mailing Add.
518 McQuarry; Neosho, M 64850; Message ph# 845-6414
8-12 addicts per meetings
Jimmy Q. alt. GSR.
Inner Freedom
Ozark Area: 01-26-03
I am Christina serving as GSR for Inner Freedom. We hold our meetings at 6:30pm every Sunday. We have an average of 5-15 addicts every meeting. Our rent is paid. We’re building a prudent reserve and working on purchasing some key tags. We will be holding our business meetings the 1st Sunday of the month after the regular meeting. This is an open/non-smoking meeting.
In Loving Service,
Christina C.
The basket donation of $15.00 was given to We Do Recover for use of the building.
Sharing Session:
Bank account discussion. It will be taken care of.
Website discussion. Appropriate to task PI with putting together area website. PI knows nothing about building web sites. Should we put together HTML? Questioned if groups are interested. PI will get meeting list added to the World Website and compile information about putting together an Area website. Since Region is planning a website should we “jump the gun” ?
Letter from Kristy C. of the Utah Region Campvention Committee read by Dale S.
Discussion about the process in which Rob G. was elected AWAM Chair. Monett wanted a record of what happened.
Old Business:
No new nominations for HOLP2003 Chair.
Moved-2nded-Passed to close nominations and vote.
Doug B. elected as HOLP2003 Chair
Moved and 2nded - to task the PI Subcommittee to work on compiling information concerning getting Ozark Area meetings posted on a website.
Moved-2nded-passed to table to groups.
(Take back to groups for Vote)
New Business:
No new business
Nominations are open for the following positions:
Outreach Chair
Survivor’s Group to host next month’s OASC meeting at 618 Jackson, Joplin, MO, February 16, 2003 at 2:00pm.
(West of Main St. at the intersection of 7th & Jackson St. on the NW corner – behind the Laundromat - Main St. is Exit 6 on Highway 44, go north and turn left at 7h St.)
Motion to close and 2nded. Pam closed with the Gratitude Prayer.