August 4, 2007 10:30 am

Intergroup Meeting Minutes

Attending:

Brian B. – Chair

Susan H. – Secretary

Edward M.—Treasurer

Sean W.—Monday Night Big Book

Barb M.—Sunday Morning Together We Can Make It Group

Annie—Sunday Night Midwest Group

Larry F.—Melrose Group

Chris W.—Blue Noon Group

Becky—

Brian chaired the meeting. Brought donuts to share.

July minutes were read, revised, and then approved.

Treasurer’s Report:

Submitted by Edward M.

Iowa City Intergroup Treasurer's report 7/7/07 - 8/4/07
Balance  7/07   1265.58
Debit    7/07     20.00           Monthly Intergroup Meeting rent
Deposit  7/11     50.00           University Hospital Group
Debit    7/20     99.43 12-Step Workshop pizza
Debit    8/03     26.00            PO Box 487 fee 6 months
Debit    8/03    113.62 McLeod-338-9111
Deposit  8/04    331.20 300-Blue Noon, 31.20 Midwest group
Balance  8/04     1382.73      
Prudent Reserve (350.00)
Balance              1032.73

Ed also reported that he needs to order more checks, and will get Brian authorized as the second signature.

District Report:

Submitted by Sean W.

The district meeting was at 511 Melrose. There were twelve GSRs present at the meeting. Tracy, our DCM, will attend the Regional Fall Conference which is September 17^th in Omaha. There is an upcoming Fall workshop about sponsorship at Hills Community Building on November 3^rd. Newsletter and archives positions are open for service opportunities. The beginning balance for July was $780 dollars and with 124 dollars in expenses as well as $114 in donations, the ending balance was $568 excluding the $200 prudent reserve. The expenses were a $98 dollar reimbursement to Tracy for travel to the Area conference and Beth received $24 for renewing the Grapevine subscription. The next District meeting is on August 26^th at 212 Walnut.

Web Page Report:

Submitted by Barb M.

Barb received an email sent to the webmaster from Tom C. with a copy sent to Erin B. stating that the Mapquest links on the schedule do not work. Suggested using Google maps instead. Barb made the change this morning. Barb reminded everyone to let her know if you ever see anything that is not right on the website.

Old Business:

· Edward stated that the $20 per month rent we approved in last month’s meeting was excessive for one hour per month. Asked that we reconsider this amount and suggested $5 per month. After discussion, Barb made a motion to pay $10 per month rent to Uptown Bill’s. Annie seconded, and motion carried.

· Voice mail: Checked for messages two weeks ago. The recorded schedule on the voice mail has not been updated. Sean will compare the current schedule with the voice mail recording, and update as necessary. He will also change the recording to answer the call “Alcoholics Anonymous” rather than “District 13 Intergroup” since it may confuse callers when they expect to get AA.

· 12^th Step Call List: Annie has not completed the updating. Since she is moving to Ames, Barb volunteered to update the women’s list. Tim H. was updating the men’s list and the status of that is unknown.

· 12^th Step Panel Workshop: About 15 attendees. Went a little over two hours. Collected $14 in the basket, which did not cover the expenses but is okay since Intergroup’s intent was to provide the training opportunity. If the workshop is held again, recommend three panelists and allow more time. Annie made a motion to contribute $20 to Uptown Bill’s for the use of the space during the workshop. Barb seconded, and the motion carried.

· Pager: Men’s Group has it for another week; Scott is carrying it. Sean will take it for the following week. Sean thought August could be covered with various individuals but suggested that we ask our groups to start rotating months, noting in particular the Saturday Wild Bill’s, Blue Noon, and the Friday Women’s Step Groups.

· Archives: Sean said nothing has been done.

New Business:

· Larry said that Rick W. in his position as District Corrections Chair is actively seeking volunteers and making sure the jails and prison meetings are covered.

· Brian reminded the group that the Monday 8:00 p.m. MECCA meeting needs support as well.

· Annie invited all to spread the word about her going away potluck at City Park August 12 from 2:00-7:00 p.m.

· The Monday Night Big Book Group is looking at starting another meeting—perhaps a 12 & 12 Step Meeting.

· Brian reminded the group that New Year’s Eve is 4½ months away. Start thinking about it.

The meeting adjourned at 11:30.m.

Respectfully submitted by Susan H.

Next Meeting

Saturday, September 1, 2007

Uptown Bill’s

10:30 a.m.