OASC June 2005
Ozark Area met at The High on Life Club, 618 Jackson, Joplin, Mo. June 19, 2005 – Hosted by Survivors.
Meeting opened at 2:00pm with Serenity Prayer. Twelve Traditions and Twelve concepts read.
Roll Call:
Officers present: Chair (Mike S.), Vice-Chair (Chrys B.), Treasurer (Jackee C.), RCM Alternate (Becky M.).
Officers absent: None
Offices vacant: Secretary, RCM.
Subcommittee Chairs present: AASC (Linda Q.), H&I (Renita G.).
Subcommittee Chairs absent: PI (Bruce A.).
Subcommittee Chairs vacant: Outreach, Literature review.
Groups present: Survivors, We Do Recover, Butterflies are Free, Miracles, Spiritual Principles.
Groups absent: But Do It, 5th Tradition.
Groups inactive: Serenity Group, Together in Unity.
Quorum: 5 of 7 active groups present. Quorum established.
Recognition of new Groups: None
Additions or corrections to last month’s minutes: None. Motion to approve. Seconded. Passed.
Additions or corrections to the Agenda: It was noted that Regional votes needed to be added to Old Business.
Administrative Reports:
Chair: No written report
Vice-Chair: Hello Area, I attended the Area subcommittees on June 18, 2005. Not many addicts in attendance. PI – 7 in attendance. Worked on HOLP workshop. Need people who have sat in on PI presentations. AASC – 9 in attendance. Do not have a hospitality chair. Need people at picnic to help out. H&I – 10 in attendance. Several meetings dropped due to lack of support. No more House of Hope meetings. Lafayette House has dropped to two meetings a month. All subcommittees need support right now. ILS, Chrys B.
Secretary: Vacant
Treasurer: --------------------------------------------------- Ozark Area Treasurer's Report
June 2005
(Meeting of May 15, 2005)
Balance................. $483.74 Balance ending May 15th, 2005 area report (see previous report).
Total Deposits...... $ 10.00 Donations and credits given in
May 15th’s meeting.
Total Expenses..... $102.75 Expenses since May 15th’s
report and last meeting.
Current Balance... $390.99 Balance as of June 19, 2005
meeting.
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BREAKDOWNS
DONATIONS EXPENSES
5th Tradition………………...$ 10.00 $ 46.80 Joplin Globe/ ck #1396
$ 54.95 Freedom Voice/ ck #1337
$ 1.00 Bank service charge
Total Group Donations........$ 10.00
$ 102.75 Total expenses
Funds of $10.00 were collected at area meeting for 5th Tradition. Thank you 5th Tradition Group for hosting Area meeting.
In Loving Service, Jackee Clark, Ozark Area Treasurer
RCM: Vacant
RCM Alternate: Hello Ozark Area, I would like to thank the area for allowing me to serve as your Alternate RCM. If I am chosen to represent the Ozark Area as RCM I will be attending the Regional Business Meeting the 2nd week of July. At that time I will carry this Area’s votes for trusted servant positions (the resumes should have been in last month’s minutes). I will also need your group’s votes regarding the phone line motion and the guidelines. I also received information from the Area literature chairperson. The literature committee is willing to do workshops. There was some discussion about the HOLP in the subcommittee meeting. If the committee is interested in having a workshop put on, I will be happy to pass on contact information. In grateful service, Becky M., Outgoing Alternate RCM.
Subcommittee Reports:
Hospitals and Institutions: H&I subcommittee report 6/20/05. H&I met Saturday 6/19 at We Do Recover. We discussed the need of a new chair person and we have brought a nomination to ASC to submit. I will continue my duties as H&I Chair until this Area reviews and votes on our nominee. We have exciting news. We are finally back in the multi-purpose room doing H&I presentations at the Jasper County Jail. Myself and Alan F. will continue to chair their meetings for a couple of months to make sure everything stays smooth before we send someone else in. At this point we haven’t had any problems. The only other change is the time. We’ve had to change the time to 6 pm instead of 7 pm. Once again “good work Alan F.” We’ve discussed questions about McDonald County jail meetings. We haven’t heard anything from the liaison in 3 months. I will continue to try to make contact. We do not know if the meetings are being taken in or not, or what kind of message is going in, since none of our members have been contacted to help with the meeting. We have cut Lafayette House back to twice a month due to lack of support. Lafayette meetings will now be the first and third Thursday at 7:30. Kenny C. has been taking meetings to House of Hope. House of Hope is under new supervision and they do not seem to want us there. The H&I Subcommittee has voted to discontinue these presentations, if this is ok with the OASC. Ozark Center is going well as always. We discussed the possibility of a presentation to Newton County jail to see about taking presentations into the jail into the future. At this time we would like to get a new Chair in place and focus on Jasper County Jail. We are staying open to a possible meeting with Newton County Jail. I will represent Ozark Area H&I at Regionals in July. In loving service, Renita G., P.S. I have submitted a literature order for $42.00 plus shipping.
Public Information: (Written report sent to be read into the record) Hello Ozark Area, PI met yesterday at WDR. There were six addicts in attendance. Everything is going well. We are working on the workshop presentation for the High on Life picnic. I apologize for being able to attend Area today. That’s it for now. Thanks. Sincerely, Bruce A.
AASC: Hello Ozark Area, I attended the Regional Activities Subcommittee meeting on June 11th at the Clarion Hotel in Springfield. The committee discussed the problems of Areas not getting the fliers or minutes and how to remedy that situation. We also discussed the Regional Activities calendar. Any group or area wishing to have an activity on the calendar must include the following information: date, location, hosting area/group, and the contact person, including a phone number. I will include with this report a sign up sheet for the Regional Speaker pool. If the Groups could return these sheets to me by July 7th, I will take them to Region. Any submissions after that will need to be e-mailed to Jim or Kellie at the addresses at the bottom (see below). The AASC met on June 18th at WDR at 2:30. The bandanas will be available for sale this week. We currently have 29 pre-registrations in. The bank account has a balance of $877.50; $677.50 of this is in the picnic portion, and $200.00 in the activities portion. All is going well. We have a need of volunteers for hospitality at the picnic. I will pass out sign up sheets to the Groups for that purpose. Your help and your services are appreciated. Our next meeting will be July 16th at WDR at 2:30. In grateful service, Linda Q.
Literature Review: Vacant
Outreach: Vacant
Group Reports:
But Do It: Absent
Butterflies are Free: Butterflies are Free Group meets at the Anderson Housing Authority. Meetings are going well. Attendance was low this past month, but we have had a few new comers. No donation at this time. I.L.S. Eddie M.
Fifth Tradition: Absent
Miracles: Dear Ozark Area, Miracles meets at 4th and Byers. We meet on Tue. at 8pm and this is a closed meeting and Fri. at 6:30pm this is an open meeting. We also have a business meeting the 2nd Friday at 7:45 p.m., and our birthday/ speaker night is the last Friday of the month. ILS, Marianne M.
Spiritual Principles: Greetings Ozark Area, Spiritual Principles continues to do well. Meetings are held at 618 Jackson in Joplin on Sunday and Wednesday at 9:30 A.M. Our second Annual Old Time Campout went well, all expenses were covered and it was lots of fun for those who attended. We have a $50 donation for Area this month. ILS, Kevin F
Survivors: Hello Area, Survivors meets Monday through Saturday at noon and Friday night at 8:00pm Meetings are going well. We have no donation at this time. ILS, Jimmy N.
We Do Recover: Freedom Day Celebration 7/2/05 at 2 pm. Hello Ozark Area, My name is Russ W. I am the GSR recently elected by We Do Recover. WDR still has 7-8 pm meetings a week. We also have 2 midnight meetings on Fri and Sat. All of our meetings are open smoking meetings except for birthday and speaker night which are open non-smoking meetings. Ready to be of service, NDATT, Russ W.
Together in Unity: Inactive
Serenity Group: Inactive
shareing session:
Discussion: How many rooms would be needed and for how many nights for those attending the Regional Business Meeting. It was decided that 1 room would be needed for Friday and 2 rooms would be needed for Saturday.
15 minute break:
Old business:
Motion: Change to the Guidelines. Article 7: Responsibilities of certain Trusted Servants. 7.1 The Chair of the Ozark Area Service Committee. Vote to add (k) Approved guideline changes will be recorded by the Chair, and distributed to the GSRs in the form of an addendum, to be added to copies of the approved Ozark Area Guidelines. The addendum shall be supplied to the GSRs at or before the next scheduled meeting of the OASC, and (l) Annually, in October, the Chair will incorporate any addendums from the previous year into the Ozark Area Guidelines and shall submit the updated guidelines to the Groups for approval. Passed.
Motion: Becky M. for RCM. Passed.
Votes: Becky M. was given votes from the Groups for Regional positions to take to the Regional Business Meeting.
Inventory: Groups were unprepared to answer Area Inventory questions. Some groups had not seen them.
Motion: Table Area Inventory until July and include questions in the June minutes. Seconded. No discussion. Passed.
Questions:
1. How well does our monthly committee meeting (ASC) meet the needs of our groups?
a. What works? b. What doesn’t work? c. Suggestions for improvement.
2. How well do our Area subcommittees serve the groups?
a. What works? b. What doesn’t work? c. Suggestions for improvement.
How well do they serve the community?
a. What works? b. What doesn’t work? c. Suggestions for improvement.
3. How well does our area support our Region? a. Suggestions for improvement.
How well does our Area support the World? a. Suggestions for improvement.
4. What are the top five things that our Area could focus on in order to improve?
New business:
Motion: Nominate Mark J. for H&I Chair. Seconded. No discussion. Tabled to Groups.