Steering Committee Minutes

LAUREL RECOVERY STEERING COMMITTEE MINUTES August 17th, 2019

Minutes Approved by the Steering Committee October 19, 2019

Steering Cmte Minutes August 2019

Attendees: Nancy A., John R., Nettie T., John K., Deanna C., Jeanne O., Jerry D., Lynnell M., Matt H., Marta C.

Meeting was called to order at 10:00 a.m. with the Serenity Prayer.

Action Items

  • John K. Will follow up with St. Mary’s Church about the $200 deposit from the
  • John R. Will text David M. About the status of the Can it be fixed or painted?

Chair’s Report — Motion was made to accept the July minutes as written. Motion was seconded and unanimously passed.

Sponsorship workshop went very well and there was positive feedback.

Picnic will be held on September 21 from 11:00 a.m.-3:00 p.m.. John will get flyers for the picnic and it will be announced at meetings.

Vice Chair’s Report — No Report

Treasurer’s Report – Laurel Recovery is doing very well financially. Lynnell reviewed the report with the group. A motion was made to accept the Treasurer’s Report as submitted. The motion carried.

GSR Report – No report

WAIA Report – There was no WAIA meeting therefore, no report.h

H&I Report – No Report

Supplies – Supplies are good and staying within budget. Picnic supplies will be purchased about a week before the picnic. Rough cost estimate is approximately $300.

Secretary Coordinator – Meetings are covered and all is fine. How do we send a group text to secretaries? Deanna wants to text the secretaries to be mindful about their time commitment.

Meetings should have a group conscience to determine if it time for a new secretary. A reminder can be sent out every six months about the time commitment for secretaries, although it is in the secretary guidelines.

Website — John R. Sent out the stats yesterday. We have had an influx of newcomers and 703 users.

12-Step Chair —No Report

Secretaries – No Report

New Business —

A question was raised about the banister in the stairwell. Can it be cleaned or painted? The landlord is supposed to be fixing it. John R. Will text David M.

Matt brought up the topic about profanity in the meetings. He is strongly against allowing profanity. There was extensive discussion about whether the statement made from the Steering Committee at the beginning of the meeting is sufficient and if It was decided to keep the statement as is. “Try to refrain from the use of profanity for the comfort of all.”

The meeting was adjourned.