Minutes to be Approved by the Steering Committee July 21, 2018
Attendees:
Ben G., Tony C., John R., John K., Nancy A., Teri F., Jim S., Kyle C.
Meeting was called to order at 10:00 a.m. with the Serenity Prayer.
Actions items:
- John R will send Nancy the link for the Accessibility survey by
- Nancy will respond to the survey for Accessibility and report back to the group.
- John R will contact Rebecca to see if she wants to continue as H&I
- Two distributions lists will be created. One will be the core committee members and one will be the attendees to the
- John R will put the Language of the Heart Woman’s conference in the Laurel Recovery
Chairs Report – John R. – The May minutes were approved as written.
Vice Chair’s Report — It was suggested that the core Steering Committee members have the closet combination. There are times when the black cabinet is out of supplies and no one is available to access the extra supplies. John R. is often at Laurel Recovery and will take the responsibility to monitor the coffee and supplies so there will be enough for the next meetings. It was decided that the people who currently have the combination will be the ones who maintain the combination – Clark, Sharron, David, Lynnell, Nancy and John R. All present agreed on this resolution.
Treasurer’s Report – The March, April and May treasurer’s reports had been distributed via email. The treasurers reports were approved by unanimous vote.
John K gave a report on the dance. The tickets sales totaled $2,378. The total cost of the dance was $3,399. The deficit of $1021 will be split between Rock Bottom group and Laurel Recovery. Rock Bottom group will be giving us $510.50
GSR Report – Ben G.
- WAGSA is creating an area newsletter for groups to stay connected and to provide Ben distributed the motion to crate the newsletter and the criteria for it.
- Ben gave the Secretary the GSR Kit for the records and the 2017 annual
- The General Service Assembly will be at Holy Cross. The delegate is reporting for theGSO
- Fall assembly elections will be held October 20 at 10:00 a.m. at Holy
- The Gratitude Breakfast will be 18 at the College Park Marriott.
- The Greenbelt Step Club anniversary meeting will be June 30 from 6pm to
- There will be no WAGSA in
Go to the website 60th.icypaa.org to volunteer or sign up for the for ICYPAA which will be held at the Baltimore Hilton from August 30-Sept. 2, 2018.
WAIA Report – Ben G.
- Saturday morning Step Group Breakfast and meeting will be held on July 28 in C.
- WAIA requested each group respond to a survey about accessibility for special John R has no interest in responding to the survey and Nancy volunteered. He will send Nancy the link so she can respond.
H&I Report – Rebecca Not present – John announced that Rebecca has not attended the Steering Committee meetings for more than three meetings. John will call Rebecca to see if she is still interested in being on the Steering Committee. If she is not, a notice will be put in the book making an announcement for another H & I Chair.
Supplies – Sharron O. Not present
Supplies are good and stocked.
Chips & Literature – Clark H. Not present. The chips and literature are all stocked. He is going to check to insure we have all chips.
Secretary Coordinator – Deanna Not present – All the meetings are filled. One meeting was changed to a “Came to Believe” meeting by group conscience.
Website – John R.
All is well with the website. A report was electronically sent to all members and will be attached to the minutes. There have been a lot of hits this month probably due to Sessions.
12-Step Chair – Brien B. Not present – Brien has not heard from WAIA. He is prepared to go forward if he hears from them.
Old Business
- Inventory was reviewed and all books replaced
- Nancy will complete the temp sponsor lists as quickly as
- John K has reserved the Laurel Lakes pavilion for September 22 from 10am to 5pm for the Laurel Recovery picnic. John R will be responsible for the key to the pavilion. Parking will be down the hill, bathrooms will be locked. There will be paddle boats available to rent. Nancy made a motion that we have a speaker at the end of the picnic to provide a meeting for the picnic. There was discussion about this and the motion did not
New Business
Nancy announced the AA International Woman’s Conference “Language of the Heart” will be held in Los Angeles from Feb. 7-10, 2019. She has flyers if anyone is interested. The website is http://internationalwomensconference.org. She asked if this information could be put on the Laurel Recovery website and John R will put it in.
Kyle and Teri are meeting secretaries attending the Steering Committee. The question was raised about why are secretaries encouraged to attend the meeting. A decision was made to provide time for secretaries to bring any individual meeting business to the committee and those issues will be put into the minutes.
Nancy asked about the distribution list for the Laurel Recovery minutes. Since different people attend each meeting, she was not sure who should be getting the minutes each month. A motion was made that two lists be created. One list will have the core committee members and the other list will be other attendees and will be continuing with new additions added to this list. The motion carried.
NEXT MEETING WILL BE July 21, 2018.
The meeting was adjourned.