Minutes Approved by the Steering Committee November 16, 2019

Steering Cmte Minutes October 19 2019

Attendees: Nancy A., John R., Marta C., Margaret M., Mike D., Lynnell M., John K., Nettie T., Jeanne O.

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

Action Items

• John R will talk with David M to see if the banister in the stairwell can be fixed, cleaned and/or painted
• Next year action item- discuss the suggestion of increasing the prudent reserve.
• John R. will address the claim that there are incorrect times for Laurel Recovery meetings on the WAIA website.
• John K. Will contact his friend and look into getting cakes made for Laurel Recovery.
• Lynnell M. Will be the new cake person and Will send her pictures of the anniversary board when there is a one year anniversary listed.

Chair’s Report — John R.

• John K. Followed up with st. Mary’s church and received the dance $200 deposit.
• The item about the cleaning or painting the banister in stairwell is still outstanding.
• Motion was made by Lynnell to accept the August minutes as written. Motion was seconded by John and unanimously passed.
• The sponsorship workshop will be held again on November 2. Karen C., Lynnell M., Kevin L. And Jim C. Will be the panel participants.
• The picnic was well received. A cooler was purchased. The supplies budget stayed within $300.

Vice Chair’s Report — Jerry

No Report

Treasurer’s Report – Lynnell M.

•  The August report was reviewed. A motion was made and seconded to accept the August Treasurer’s report and the motion carried.
• The September report was reviewed. A motion was made and seconded to accept the September Treasurer’s report and the motion carried.
• A suggestion was made to increase the prudent reserve. It was decided that topic will be discussed after the end of the year report is complete and budget comparisons are made, which will allow for more appropriate recommendations.

GSR Report – No report

WAIA Report – Margaret
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Margaret attended the September meeting and will put minutes on the WAIA bulletin board.
• WAIA needs volunteers to answer phones.
• An Outreach Committee Chair is needed to make people aware of WAIA.
• Rules committee chair is needed on how to interpret the bylaws.
• Executive Committee election will be held in December.
• Contributions are down.
• An Old timers meeting will be held on November 8. Need volunteers.
• Interesting things are happening with technology.
• WAIA is cooperating with the professional community
• Public Service Announcements are being pushed through I-Heart Radio.

H&I Report – Barrett G.
There is a new commitment at the Hope House every Wednesday at 7PM. Barrett is working on establishing commitments at jails and other institutions.

Supplies – Marta C.

Supplies are good – fully stocked.

Secretary Coordinator – Deanna

Noon on Monday meeting is in need of a Secretary. The meetings are rotating through new people for secretaries of meetings. A question was raised about providing cakes for anniversary meetings. This will be discussed in “new business”.

Website — John R.

The traditions are posted on the website through a new Laurel Recovery YouTube channel. A question was raised about whether content for the website should be run through the Steering Committee. It was stated by the Chair that the webmaster has the discretion of putting things on the website and that other positions are not micro-managed. The Steering Committee can veto the content afterwards, if it is deemed inappropriate.

12-Step Chair —No Report

Secretaries – 

A secretary was told that there are meetings missing or times are wrong on the WAIA  website for Laurel Recovery. John will look into that.

New Business —

It has been requested that Laurel Recovery provide cakes for anniversaries. There was discussion. Lynnell volunteered to be the cake person. John R. will take a picture of the anniversary board when there is a one year anniversary listed and send the picture to Lynnell. John K. Will check with his friend about making the cakes. He will send an email to the committee about what he finds out. A motion was made and seconded to provide cakes for people with one year anniversaries. The motion carried.

The meeting was adjourned.

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.

Minutes Approved by the Steering Committee August 17, 2019

Steering Cmte Minutes July 19 2019

Attendees: Nancy A., John R., Marta C., Margaret M., Larry L., Julia H., Jerry D., Mike N., Jessica C., Theresa O.

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

Action Items

John R.will recommend to Barrett to contact WAIA for recommendation of an H&I commitment for Laurel Recovery.

Chair’s Report — Motion was made by John R. to accept the June minutes as written. Motion was seconded by Margaret and unanimously passed.

Marta was asked to research prices for buying paper cups instead of styrofoam cups. Laurel Recovery will not buy paper cups due to the cost. No report was given.

The dance went well. Laurel Recovery had to pay $900 to support the dance. John suggested that we might need to charge more per ticket or do something else to supplement the cost of the dance.

The picnic will be held on September 21, 2019 at Laurel Lakes.

Vice Chair’s Report — No Report

Treasurer’s Report – No Report

Checks were distributed to Marta, Larry and Mike.

GSR Report – No report

WAIA Report – Margaret M.

July WAIA Meeting Minutes

Margaret attended the July meeting and will put minutes on the WAIA bulletin board. .

• The newsletter “The New Reporter” needs support of
• The Tech Committee has implemented a new program for non-profits.
• The Finance Committee is discussing next year’s
• The Accessibility Committee is introducing a Big Book Video for ASL needs. Anyone interested, they are making the video available on August
• The Archives Committee is making MP3’s from
• The H & I Committee announced there is service
• There will be a Sponsorship Conference on Sept 14th from 8am-6pm in Tacoma
• There will be an Old Tier’s Day on November 8, 2019
• There will be a Gratitude Breakfast on November 17, from 8-11am in Tacoma

H&I Report – No Report

John R will talk with Barrett to contact WAIA about service commitments that Laurel Recovery might be able to tap into.

Supplies – Marta C.

Supplies are good. Two of each creamer and sugar containers are in the black cabinet.

Secretary Coordinator – No Report

Website

The number of visits are higher in June and there were 31 hits for Sessions registrations.

12-Step Chair

Brien sent the 12-step list to WAIA. They have been sending out emails to those on the list. They are checking with each person to see if they want to be available for the Gateway project.

Secretaries – No Report

New Business

Theresa is putting on a Sponsorship Workshop on July 27th at 10:30 a.m. She will have four panelists and Margaret was suggested as the fourth. The topics will be as follows:

• Am I Good Enough to be a Sponsor?
• Setting Boundaries.
• How to explain the AA program to your
• How do I know if the time is right to sponsor?

John R. Has put together a “how to” for the dance and the picnic which will allow other people to put on these events.

The meeting was adjourned.

Minutes Approved by the Steering Committee July 20, 2019

Steering Committe Minutes June 15 2019

Attendees: Nancy A., John R., Nettie T.,Jeanne O., Brien B., Julia H., Deanna C., Earl H., Wayne M., Theresa O.D., Lynnell M., Stacey R., Jessica C., Jerry D.

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

Action Items
• Marta will be asked to research prices for buying paper cups instead of styrofoam cups for Laurel Recovery.
• Jessica will organize a Sponsorship Workshop on July 27, 2019.
• John will approach Laurel Lakes to see if Sept. 21 or 28th is available for a Laurel Recovery picnic and will get the permit when the date is set.

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

Dance: Tickets for the dance are selling. Orders for dinners will be accepted through June 26th. Ticket sales are low. There will be a 50/50 and a countdown. Volunteers are needed. The raffle will have three winners. 3rd place raffle will be the book Stools & Bottles, 2nd place raffle will be Twenty-Four Hours A Day book, and first place will be half of the money collected. There will be bottled water, canned sodas and coffee.

Back to Basics in May was a success.

The Laurel Recovery room has been painted and it looks clean and fresh.

Vice Chair’s Report — No Report

Treasurer’s Report – Lynnell M.
Laurel Recovery is doing very well financially. We paid $1,500 for the painting. Contributions are up. The Fire Marshall inspected in April and after repairs were made, we passed inspection. The landlord deducted the cost of repairs from the rent. Rock Bottom group gave L.R. $900. The Treasurers report for April and May was submitted. A motion was made to accept, motion seconded and unanimously carried to accept the Treasurer Reports.

GSR Report – No report

WAIA Report – Margaret M.
Margaret did not attend the WAIA meeting so had no report. Minutes for that meeting will be posted on line.
June 2019 WAIA Meeting Minutes

H&I Report – No Report
Barrett is working on finding an H & I commitment for L.R.

Supplies – No Report
Someone suggested that we provide an extra canister of creamer and sugar in the cabinet so the meetings can have enough available. The supplies person will be sure to provide that.

Secretary Coordinator – Deanna C.
Bruce is going to be co-secretary with Diana at the 5:30 Saturday meeting.

Website
We have had 808 visitors this month. Most hits have been on Sessions, the Dance, the Meeting Schedule and putting their dinner choices.

12-Step Chair
There is a new program called Bridging the Gap through WAIA. When people are released from rehab, people who are interested will meet them on their first day out. The people who provided their names to do 12-step calls are being asked to participate in Bridging the Gap. Carrie at WAIA will contact everyone who provided their names to see if they are interested. The person can decline if they choose to. In the email people will receive, the responsibilities will be spelled out.

New Business
There was discussion about using paper cups. This topic has been discussed in the past and L.R. never had the budget to buy the more expensive paper cups. Marta will be asked to research for prices for eco-friendly paper cups rather than styrofoam cups.

Jessica would like to have a Sponsorship workshop, which will acquaint people about the roles and responsibilities of sponsorship. We could have an overview with a panel of four people focusing on different area of sponsorship and then have a question and answer period. A motion was made and seconded that the sponsorship workshop take place on July 27, 2019 from 10:00-11:30 a.m. The motion carried.

Nancy made an announcement that she is not continuing as Secretary next year. She has new service commitments that will take a lot of her time, so she won’t be able to devote time to the Secretary commitment.

John would like Laurel Recovery to have a picnic. September 21 and 28th were suggested. The picnic was held at Laurel Lakes last year and it was a nice place. He will try to get it again and see which date is available. A motion was made for John to approach Laurel Lakes to see if Sept. 21 or 28th is available and he will get the permit when the date is set. The motion was seconded and carried.

The meeting adjourned.