SEPTEMBER 2004 OASC

SEPTEMBER 2004 OASC

OASC met in Joplin, Mo at 618 Jackson September12^th 2004. Hosted by Survivors

Meeting opened at 2:00 pm with Serenity Prayer. Twelve Traditions and Twelve concepts read.

Roll Call:

Officers present: Chair (Dale S.), Vice Chair (Mike S.), Secretary (Kelly Y.), Treasurer (Jackee C.).

Subcommittees present: H&I, HOLP,

Groups present: Spiritual Principles, Survivors, WDR, But Do It, Butterflies are Free, Miracles

6 of 8 active groups present

Administrative Reports:

Chair - no written report

Vice-Chair - Hello Ozark Area, I have updated the Area guidelines and believe that all of the changes through Aug. of 2004 have been included. Please check them over with your Groups and make sure they are ready for approval. I also have obtained copies of all of the minutes for 2002, 2003, and so far for 2004, with a few exceptions. I cannot locate copies of April or May 2002. If you have a copy of those minutes let me know so we can scan them and get them to the Area’s web master. ILS Mike

Secretary - my apologies to Jackee and to Area for the misprints. The minutes you received last month that said June 2004 Are August 2004 minutes it was a misprint that I did not catch until after the minutes were sent out

Treasurer - Ozark Area Treasurer's Report

SEPTEMBER

(Meeting of August 15, 2004)

Balance.................$ 807.50 Balance ending August 15, 2004

area report (see previous report)

Total Deposits......$ 411.81 Donations and credits given in

August 15^th’s meeting.

Total Expenses.....$ 273.58 Expenses since August 15^th’s

report and last meeting

Current Balance..$ 945.73 Balance as of September 12, 2004

meeting.

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BREAKDOWNS

DONATIONS EXPENSES

Miracles………………...$ 15.00 $ 5.00 Alan L. #1350/AWAM Printing

But Do It………………..$ 40.64 $ 30.00 Galena Sen. Cit./#1351/Hall Rental

Butterflies Are Free $ 75.00 $ 40.00 Tommy H./#1352/AWAM Supplies

Spiritual Principles……$ 30.00 $ 55.38 Freedom Voice/#1353

Survivor’s……………...$ 25.00 $ 46.80 Joplin Globe #1354

$ 95.40 iPowerWeb/#1355/Web Site-1 Yr.

$ 1.00 Bank Service Charge

Total Group Donations...$ 185.64

AWAM. Unity Day……..$ 226.17 $ 273.58 Total Expenses

TOTAL DEPOSITS……$ 411.81

AWAM Breakdown: $319.11 Door Funds

- 92.94 Supplies/Cash Spent

$226.17 Deposited Cash

-30.00 Bldg. Rental/Check Area

-40.00 Supplies/Check Area

$156.17 AWAM Actually Made At Function.

Funds of $20.34 were collected at area meeting for We Do Recover.

Thank you We Do Recover Group for hosting area meeting and the lunch you provided for the OASC members. In Loving service, Jackee C. Ozark Area Treasurer

RCM -Vacant

Regional Nominations: Pam M. For RCM

Subcommittee Reports:

H&I –Hello Ozark Area, H&I met Sept 11^th 2004 at 1:30 p.m. at WDR. There were 12 addicts present. H&I presentations at Ozark Center have been going well. All panel chair positions are filled at this time. H&I presentations at LH are going well and all chair positions are filled. McDonald Co. Jail meeting have all been covered and are going well. Bill W. has more than completed his commitment at the House of Hop. Bill will no longer be taking meetings to House of Hope after September. We need some men to step up and take this commitment. We decided it would be easier if 3 men would each take one of the weeks instead of one person trying to do it all. In the last month, no meetings have gone in to Jasper Co. jail. On the 4^th Sat. of Aug. The Chair of the men’s meeting forgot . I will be calling him to remind him from this point on. I am the chair for the 4^th Sat. women’s meeting. After contacting 32 women and not being able to find anyone to go, I called the jail and told them we wouldn’t be coming. The 2^nd Sat Jasper Co. wasn’t letting any meetings come in, However, before we found out jail wasn’t going to let us in, we had the same problem as before, we couldn’t find any women to support the meeting. After much discussion at the Sub Committee meeting to do a group conscience on discontinuing the Jasper Co. Jail women’s meetings. We will all pray about this and talk to our sponsors and other addicts and make a decision at the next Subcommittee meeting which will be at 1:30 on the Sat. before Area. I truly hope that we will fin a solution and not have to drop the jail meeting. I would greatly appreciate it if the GSR’s would let their groups be aware of our need for support. I also need to know when Regionals are. I’ve asked everyone I can think of and my sponsor tried to look it up on the NA.org and nothing was posted anywhere about Reg. or SLACNA I need this info ASAP so I can Put in a request for time off. We elected Kevin F. as Vice Chair. At this time we still need a Secretary. If you have anyone in mind please send them to the next Subcommittee meeting. People for the1^st and 3^rd Thursday for house of hope needed .Thank You, ILS, Renita G.

Literature Review – vacant

Public Information – vacant

HOLP –Hello Ozark Area, The HOLP Subcommittee met Sept. 11^th at 2:30pmat WDR. I am happy to report that all positions are filled with the addition of Jackee C. as Treasurer / cashier and Mark B. as Hug patrol. We went over our timeline and should have that finished by next month. The theme and Art contest is still open. We have four entries to date and will be selecting a winner at our meeting on Oct. 16^th at 3:00pm at WDR. All entries need to be turned in by then. In grateful service Linda Q.

Group Reports:

Never Alone - absent

Spiritual Principles - Hello Ozark Area, Spiritual Principles group is doing good. We meet at 618 Jackson on Sundays and Wednesdays at 9:30 am. We still need support for our Wednesday meetings and have good support for Sundays. Our birthday meetings are the last Sunday of the month. This is my last month as GSR of my home group. The new GSR is Kevin F. and Alt-GSR is Steve P. It has been -an honor to serve my home group. I do however want to thank everyone at area for this learning experience and a chance to grow in my recovery. ILS Chrys B.

Survivors - Survivors meets Mon.-Sat at noon and Fri. at 8pm at 618 Jackson in Joplin Mo. Meetings are going well. Rent is paid. At our business meeting yesterday we spent all the money that we made at the function on literature and then some. We have a $20.00 donation to Area ILS- Shelie V.

Together in Unity - absent

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 night is the last Fri. of the month and is also non-smoking. No area donation this mono due to our group being into our prudent reserve. In loving service Mark B.

But Do It - Hello Area But Do It Group meets at 1502 Michigan at 6:30 pm on Wed. night. Attendance is good and we have a $43.25 donation for Area. In Service Ray

Butterflies are Free -Hello Area the Butterflies are Free Group is still held on Thurs. at 8:00pm still at the Anderson Housing Authority. They are open smoking Meetings everyone is welcome to attend. We have a speaking meeting at the end of each month. Anyone interested in sharing how they found recovery is welcome to speak. We also have a need for female support down this way. My name is Allen I was voted in as the new GSR for our group effective as of this month. We are planning a fall festival consisting of a hay ride and hot dog roast. We will have a date for that after I find out the dates of all other functions going on in Oct.. We have a $30.00 donation for Area this month. Thank you, James Allen

Fifth Tradition - absent

Serenity Group- absent

Miracles Group - Hello Ozark Area, Miracles meets at 4^th & Byers. We meet Tuesday at 8pm and this is a closed meeting and Friday at 6:30pm this is an open meeting. The 2^nd Friday of the month is our business meeting at 7:45pm and the last Friday of the month is our birthday night. Our 2^nd annual campout is Sept 17^th-18^th at Pineville. We do not have an Area donation this month. Thank you, ILS Mark J.

Corrections to August 2004 Minutes: The August minutes were improperly dated, the month was suppose to be AugOASC2004for approval, not June. Jackee again was misrepresented The position should have read Treasurer not Secretary

Sharing Session:

Discussed: Ray suggested that the functions in this Are not be scheduled during the 3^rd weekend because it conflicts with the scheduled Area meeting.

Old Business:

Motion: to table HOLP fund changes failed

Motion: to increase HOLP funds from $500.00 to $1000.00 passed

**Treasurer will transfer $2063.54 to the Area account which will leave $1000.00 in the HOLP account for 2005

Vote: Bruce for P.I. Interim until next month passed

*****Closed Nominations:

Voted: Linda Q. AAS Chair passed

Voted: Jackee C. Area Treasurer passed

Voted: Mike S. Area Chair passed

Voted: Chrys B. Area Vice Chair passed

New Business:

Motion: To change AAS to AASC so it sounds like ask instead of ass tabled

Motion: To allow the HOLP Subcommittee the responsibilities of AWAM Subcommittee until the AAS goes into effect for the purpose pre event responsibilities of the chili cook off passed

Motion: To eliminate smoking breaks to help limit time of business meeting to 2 hours Failed

Motion: To get 300 schedules for groups plus 100 for H&I and 100 for P.I. passed

Question: can a vice chair P.I. Can go to Regionals in place of Chair and still have a room paid for answer yes

- The Meeting that will be held at WDR on Sept 25^th at 1:00pm is to put together the P.I. Subcommittee

- Pam M. and Renita will Go to Regionals so there will be a need for a male room and a female room for Saturday totaling 2 rooms for one night for the next Regional

- WDR has voted to take Fri. & Sat. midnight meetings off the schedule due to lack of consistency in attendance.

Nomination: Pam M. for RCM (Pam accepted nomination) 2nded

The next Area meeting will be held at We Do Recover October 17^th , 2004 at 2:00 p.m. ILS Kelly Y.