OASC June 2004
Ozark Area met at 618 Jackson, Joplin, Mo. June 27, 2004
Meeting opened at 2:00pm with Serenity Prayer. Twelve Traditions and Twelve concepts read.
Roll Call:
Officers present: Chair (Dale S.), Treasurer (Jackee C.), Secretary (Kelly Y.),
Offices Vacant: Alt RCM, RCM
Subcommittee Chairs present: H&I (Chrys B.), HOLP (Nancy M.), AWAM ( Tommy.),
Subcommittee Chairs vacant: AWAM, Outreach, PI, Literature review.
Groups represented: Survivors, Together in Unity, We Do Recover, But Do It, Butterflies are Free, 5th Tradition, Miracles, Never Alone, and Spiritual Principles. Groups absent: Serenity Group
Quorum established: 9 of 10 groups represented.
Administrative Reports:
Chair – No written report
Vice-Chair – Not present
Secretary- I Will be giving the current Area Guidlines At the next Area meeting have a nice July off !!!!!!!!!
Treasurer ----------------------------------------------- Ozark Area Treasurer's Report
JUNE
(Meeting of May 23, 2004)
Balance.................$ 1,068.22 Balance ending May 23rd, 2004 area report (see previous report)
Total Deposits......$ 91.67 Donations and credits given in
May 23rd ’s meeting.
Total Expenses.....$ 413.42 Expenses since May 23rd ’s
report and last meeting
Current Balance..$ 746.47 Balance as of June 27 , 2004
meeting.
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BREAKDOWNS
DONATIONS EXPENSES
Miracles………………...$ 38.00 $ 30.00 Debra B./printing/#1338
But Do It………………..$ 28.67 $ 79.95 Dale S./Phoneline/#1339
Spiritual Principles…….$ 25.00 $ 46.80 Joplin Globe/#1340
$ 90.00 Joplin Ans./May Bill/#1341 $ 20.71 So. Western Bell/May Bill/#1342
Total Group Donations.....$ 91.67 $ 19.68 AT&T/May Bill/#1343
$ 125.28 RSO (H &I Lit)/#1344
$ 1.00 Bank Ser. Chg.
$ 413.42 TOTAL EXPENSES
Note: A) Check#1339 for $79.95 was for $54.95 (1 mo. service) and $25.00 deposit.
Dale put on credit card and this is reimbursement for set up costs.
B) Phone line has been set up and running…thank you David and Dale.
C) South Western Bell will refer recording to new number and new recording
has been recorded by town of meetings.
Monthly cost will be $54.95 (Area savings of $75.44 a month)
B) May bills for Joplin Answering Service, So. Western Bell, and AT&T are
above. These needed to still be paid. All companies will send me final bill
and I am asking for credit since phone line was not working properly.
B) Joplin Globe has been notified of new telephone number for ad.
C) Debra B. has provided new meeting schedules with new phone number.
Thank you Debra.
B) Check was not issued for regional rooms because we have no representatives
attending regional.
Funds of $24.00 were collected at area meeting for Never Alone.
Thank you Never Alone Group for hosting area meeting and the lunch you provided for the OASC members.
In Loving Service, Jackee Clark
Ozark Area Treasurer
RCM – Vacant
Subcommittee Reports:
AWAM – Hello AWAM was unable to have this months service meeting do to HOLP meeting going over 30 min. so on 6-31-04 AWAM will have there meeting at 7:15 P.M. Before the WDR meeting Please be there. Need to talk about the D.J. Food and the hook up to World? AWAM will be having a function on 7-10-04 Doors will be open at 3:00 P.M. >> (addition from secretary of Area): this function was canceled due to world not hooking phone line up at this time
Hospitals and Institutions – Hello Ozark Area, The H&I Subcommittee met yesterday at We Do Recover at 4:00 P.M. We discussed the workshop that we are having at the HOLP. All our commitments to the treatment centers and jails are going well. We are still taking meetings into Jasper county jail, McDonald county jail, Ozark center, House of hope, and Lafayette house. We do however need some female support at the subcommittee meetings. We also have a nomination for the H&I chair. Renita G. I have turned in a literature order to the treasurer for H&I, which is well within our budget. ILS Chrys B.
Literature Review – vacant
Public Information –vacant
HOLP – Hello Ozark Area, We accomplished a lot yesterday at the subcommittee meeting. The banner will be ordered next week and the programs, name tags, and food will soon be taken care of. We had 6 briskets donated and are in need of two more, So if a group or individual wants to donate, please let me or Linda Q. know. We now have tank tops for sale. You can still Register but the cut off date is July 4th. We would appreciate it if anyone is still willing to help at the picnic. On a side note I would like to apologize for not sending a written report last month. I understand the reason that was sent back to groups but it seems to me that is why subcommittees have Vice chairs. Area wonders why addicts with clean time don't want to participate in service- it is my belief that the focus for the love of doing service is skewed and is made difficult not to get into the politics. I did the picnic for the love of NA and I volunteered my time. Recovery has taught me to have a life outside of meetings and things in life do happen so therefore, sometimes it is imperative to take care of lives matters even if it means missing a service meeting and sending a representative. I am so glad that I have done enough service work where my love for NA has been enhanced and not jaded. My concern is for those who are scared to be involved because of the controversy we bring on ourselves. Thank you for letting me be a part of Narcotics Anonymous. ILS Nancy S.
Group Reports:
But Do It – Hello Ozark Area, But Do It is doing well and our attendance remains constantly at 10-12 people. We meet at 1502 Michigan on Wed. at 6:30 p.m. We have a 45.00 donation for Area. ILS Ray T.
Butterflies are Free – Hello Ozark Area, The butterflies Are Free Group is an open meeting, smoker friendly group we meet Thursday nights at 8pm C.S.T. Anderson Mo. The last Thursday of the month is birthday/ speaker meeting. The 3rd Thursday is our business meeting. Plans for our function are going well! All are invited to come and enjoy our 3rd annual Hillbilly Smoke Out on July 31st. It's pot luck please bring a side dish if you can. We ask that each group donate raffle and auction items please. camping is available all weekend. We do not have an Area Donation at this time. Your trusted servant and group GSR Glenn (Sonny) P.
Fifth Tradition – Hello Area, My name is Don C. I'm GSR for fifth trad. . all is well. We meet at 6:30pm on Tue. at the High on life club on 618 Jackson and we do not have a donation for Area this month so come and support the oldest surviving group in Mo. Sincerely ILS Don C.
Miracles – Hello Ozark Area, Miracles meets at 4th and Byers. We meet on Tue. at 8pm this is a closed meeting and Fri. at 6:30pm this is an open meeting. We also have a service Edu. meeting at 6:00pm on the 1st and 3rd Tue. of the month. Our business meeting is the 3rd Friday of the month at 7:45pm. Our birthday/ speaker night is the last Fri. of the month. We had 3 birthdays this month. We have an Area donation of 19.32. We will be having our 2nd annual campout on Sept. 17-18 in Pineville. Tom S. is our new Alt GSR
Never Alone – Good afternoon Area, The Never Alone Group is located at 405 7th st. Monett Mo. Our meetings are held in the basement of the St. Lawrence Catholic Church. We meet at 8pm on Tue. Our meetings are closed except the last Tue of each month, this meeting is open and we celebrate Group members NA birthdays with cake and ice cream. This month we have one member Tedd H. who is celebrating 11 yrs. clean and serene. Our group business meeting is the first Tue. of each month. at 7:30pm. Our attendance is between 8-12 addicts per meeting. Our meetings are non smoking and handicapped accessible. Respectively Danny H filling in for GSR Bill W. P.S. The never Alone Group, we would really like to thank Area for the literature pack!
Spiritual Principles – Hello Ozark Area, Spiritual Principles is doing well. We have meetings on Sunday at 9:30 A.M. and Wednesdays at 8:00 A.M. We are located at 618 Jackson. We still have a meeting attendance of 30 addicts on Sun. and 5-10 on Wed. We have no donation today our treasurer had to work. We have a birthday meeting on the last Sunday of the month. This Sunday we celebrated 3 birthdays. John W. with 18 years, Kevin F. with 14 years, and Brandy F. with 1 year. INS, Chrys
B. 417-529-2227
Survivors – Hello Ozark Area Survivors meets Monday through Saturday at noon and Friday night at 8:00pm Meetings are going well. No donation at this time. We are planning to have a dance/ fundraiser in August. We will have more info. and flyers at next area meeting. ILS Jimmy N.
Together in Unity – Together In Unity, Our present meeting place is closing so we have obtained a different meeting place at East Grand ( Nevada Housing Authority - Fairgrounds Estates). We have reduced the number of meetings to 3 at 8:00pm on Sunday, Monday, and Wednesday. ILS Stephen R Schultz, Temp. Alt GSR
We Do Recover – Hello Area ,We Do Recover meets at 1330 Wall in Joplin 7 nights a week at 8pm. These are open and smoking meetings. Our speaker night is the 2nd Fri. of the month at 8pm this meeting is non smoking. Our birthday is the last Friday of the month at 8pm and it is non smoking. We will be having a function on July 3rd. I have a flyer for each group. We have an Area donation of 10.00. Sincerely Bruce Addict.
Serenity - not present
Sharing Session:
-Discussed if we want to keep the plaques going: We decided to keep it as it is.
-Discussed the phone line and new number: New # is on the new meeting schedules, David got new phone line and service for
a much lower price
- Nancy asked that if anyone has extra tents or food for the newcomer table for HOLP function please help it would be appreciated
-Discussed GSRs getting people to go to the subcommittee meetings by announcing them at regular meetings
-Glenn announced a new meeting in Neosho Mo. Monday nights at 7:00pm Called The Neosho Group of Narcotics Anonymous located at 1794 Ridgewood,(at the Community of Christ Church Bldg.).
-Discussed what to do incase of someone using on the meeting premises and the importance of protecting the meeting place and the people in it.
Old Business:
-Voted: Linda Q in for HOLP Chair-Passed // Voted: Kelly Y. in for Area Secretary- Passed
-Voted: 10-2.F- to state that chairs must be present at all Area meetings or provide a written report of why they were unable to attend Passed
-Motion: To put #s on the meeting schedule for H&I contacts- failed.
-Motion: To combine AWAM and HOLP to be AAS- Passed.
- Area opened nominations for the AAS now instead of in Sept. and they will be open until Sept.
-Nominations: Linda Q for AAS Chair // Jackee C for Area Treasurer
New Business:
-Nomination: Renita G. for H&I Chair
-Motion: To order 300 schedules for 2 months then go back to 200 schedules- amended
-Motion: That 100 schedules be given to H&I for the next 2 months with it being a total of 300 schedules- Passed
-Motion: To give just for today key tags to the New group in Neosho to help them get started- Passed
-Motion: To make Jackee Liaison to update info on the website- Passed
-Motion: To post approved only Minutes on the website- Passed
-Motion: To cancel Area in July due to commitment conflicts- Passed
*******There will be no Area meeting in July******
Next Area meeting is in Anderson at the Housing Authority on Tatum Drive, August 15th 2004 at 2:00pm