District 13
Meeting Minutes – 07/20/2021
Next
District Meeting 8/17/2021
Attendance & Introductions: meeting was hybrid (video
conference & in-person)
Zoom: Bre, Debbie, Phil, Randall
In-Person: Brian K, Paul, Jim W, Steve B, Ashley, Tom,
Marilyn, Scott, Mark, John, George, Jimmy, Steve, Bob,
Jim W opened the District Meeting and Jim chaired the
Meeting. The meeting was opened with a quiet time followed by the Serenity
Prayer and Responsibility Statement.
Paul - Read Traditions 1, 2, 9 and 12.
1.
Our common welfare should come first; personal recovery
depends upon AA Unity.
2.
For our group purpose there is but one ultimate
authority – a loving God as He may express himself in our group
conscience. Our leaders are but trusted
servants; they do not govern.
9. A.A., as such,
ought never be organized; but we may create service boards directly responsible
to those they serve.
12. Anonymity is
the spiritual foundation of all our traditions, ever reminding us to place
principles before personalities.
Concepts 1 and 12 were read by Steve
1. Final responsibility and ultimate authority for AA
World Service should always reside in the collective conscience of our
fellowship.
12. The conference
shall observe the spirit of the AA tradition taking care that it never becomes
the seat of perilous wealth or power; that sufficient operating funds and
reserve be its prudent financial principle; that it place none of its members
in a position of unqualified authority over others; that it reach all important
decisions by discussion, vote, and whenever possible substantial unanimity;
that its actions never be personally punitive nor an incitement to public
controversy; that it never perform acts of government; that, like the society
it serves, it will always remain democratic in thought and action.
Introductions: meeting was hybrid (Zoom and in Person)
Jim W asked everyone to review minutes.
Paul motioned, everyone approved Jim W went over the agenda. Steve motioned,
Mark C second, passed.
REPORTS:
Treasurer’s Report – Dan C. (absent) but report emailed out
● Collected
$613.40.
Paid out $704.55 (Amazon web services, cell phone, yearly zoom account,
yearly liability insurance, Phil M corrections TB test) . Op funds 1037.17
● Pink
Can total: $810.15 (hasn’t moved in a while). Going to leave it alone for now.
Zoom Committee- Tom D
● Tu,
Th, Sat meeting still going on
● Brian
mentioned donations very light in those meetings
Finance Committee – Steve B.
● July
8th
meeting – o
Lake Forest account closed o
Motion to pay for archives copyright
Correctional Facilities Committee – Phil M.
● Phil
went to Joliet and updated his info and TB test
● Share??? will start letting people in—have to fill
out 12 page form.
● 4th annual
national corrections conference coming up Nov 12th-14th –
looking to have us sponsor his visit there.
Directory and Literature Committee – Vacant
Workshop Committee – Tom filling in for Brian K.
● Shooting
for a September date
Picnic Committee: Ashley
●
Public Information
Committee/Cooperation with Professional Community Committee – Vacant AA
Grapevine Committee – John S.
● NEED
MORE SUBSCRIBERS!! Down to 60K subscribers from 100K.
● Both
Grapevine and LaViña are live on Instagram o @alcoholicsanonymous_gv o @alcoholicosanonimos_lv
● This
month’s Grapevine featured section is “Annual Prison Issue” AA members inside
and out of prison walls share powerful stories about getting sober and helping
one another. Also included are stories of hope by members during the current
COVID-19 crisis.
● Submit
your stories for upcoming issues: Adversity in Sobriety - Tell us how you got
through a tough time in sobriety. What AA tools did you use? How did your
sponsor, the fellowship or prayer help? Share how you got through it. (due Aug
15)
● Important:
We’re looking for stories of experience with each Step and each Tradition!
(Pick a Step or pick a Tradition and write about your experience!)Grapevine
looking for stories, photos, illustrations. Visit www.aagrapevine.org/share to
learn more about how you can share with Grapevine.
● This
month’s
LaViña
Special
Section
is
“La
Viña’s
25th
Anniversary”
● Submit
your
Spanish-language
stories
for:
Acceptance
(due July 30); Newcomer issue
(due Sep 30); The Three Legacies (due Oct 17)
● La
Viña is always looking for stories on individual steps and traditions
● Want
to
Help
Another
Alcoholic?
Carry
The
Message
Project 2021 gives three easy ways to share Grapevine & LaViña’s great twelve step tools! Learn more at www.aagrapevine.org/carry-the-message or visit
the
Grapevine YouTube channel
● Grapevine
has a Youtube channel! And can record your story www.youtube.com/aagrapevine
Hospitals and Treatment Facilities Committee. – Mike R
● Meetings
continue at Share and we need Soft Cover Big Books again for the Meeting Tub!
● Amita
meeting continues with an average attendance of 6! The challenge is that their
management continue to be guarded against IOP and Detox patient participation!
Also they must have an Amita member present at the meeting. So if Father Jim
cannot be present, the meeting is cancelled! This happened today! Father Jim is
looking for a back up person in the program!
● The
CASA HTF committee is finalizing the Sign Up Sheet for Patients in Hospitals
and Treatment Facilites to seek Temporary Guidance through the Bridging The Gap
Program! More details next month!
Special Accessibilities Committee
– Randall
● Talking
about meetings going into homes--insurance concerns with that. Looking more
into that. Ultimate goal is to help others who can’t get out of their homes.
Want to figure out how many people would actually use this service.
● Closed
captioning now available for free in Zoom
Committee on Conferences – Vacant
Technology Committee- Vacant
Website Administrator – Nazar Z & John (absent)
● Minutes
a little behind but Jim will see about getting it updated. Remove picnic info
● Nazar
looking for help on the website. Please announce at your meetings! If anyone
has web development or design skills, we could really use the help!
Secretary’s Report – Bre M
● Send
updated contact info if you have it!
Alternate District Chair Report – Debbie F.
● No
report
District Chair Report – Jim W
● Attended
sharing session and will share that when he gets the minutes from it.
New Business
● New
meeting: Principles Before Personalities. Literature meeting. Starting with
stories in the back of the Big Book. First meeting July 27th St.
Peter’s at 8pm ● Picnic was super
successful!
o
Income $4038 o Over $1000 left over for the
raffle – new record!
o
Seed money was returned to Dan C by Mary Jane
● Appreciation
Dinner thought – instead of sending 14 people at $35 a ticket we just buy
whoever is on the committee to get a pizza dinner!
● This bullet point is still relevant from
last meeting but I need to send the edited directories (see below) to Group
Services before the end of July===>Help
needed to seek out those groups who appear to be inactive but may want to be
included in the meetings database. https://drive.google.com/file/d/12eF9FxlGJOVSHWk4uespbMKEd_PgkXjH/view?usp=drivesdk
● Annual
Corrections Conference coming up in Nov. Phil proposed District 13 pay for half
of it and split it with District 23. Phil proposed the expense.
Old Business
● Need
alternate to read traditions at All Chicago Open – Marilyn volunteered.
● Next
Casa is July 24th
● 7th tradition
Motion to Close – Jim W
Responsibility Statement
Lord’s Prayer
Meeting Adjourned
