DISTRICT 3 MINUTES

District 3, Area 35 - P.O. Box 931 - Detroit Lakes, MN 56502

www.district3aa.org

 

Meeting Date: November 18, 2007

 

Opened meeting with a moment of silence and the Serenity Prayer.

 

SECRETARY REPORT: Submitted by: Erik

·         Read minutes from last months meeting.  There was one correction:  October’s minutes should have stated Charlie C as the Area 35 Regional Trustee Nominee.

·         I met with Sue B., the incoming district 3 secretary to discuss the service duties.

Ψ       Motion to accept minutes by: George

Ψ       Motion seconded by: Bill

Ψ       Motion carries.

TREASURY REPORT: Submitted by: George                               

·         Current balance: $1238.08

·         Had some expenses for DCM.

·         Received contribution from Battle Lake.

·         Discussed the fact that contributions have been dropping.

Ψ       Motion to accept treasury report by: Ed

Ψ       Motion seconded by: Greg

Ψ       Motion carries.

D.C.M. REPORT: Submitted by: Tim

·         Welcomed new members and announced that he will be attending the Area 35 committee meeting in December, where new action committee chairs will be approved.

·         Area 35 elections were as follows:

Regional Trustee Nominee -               Charlie C.

Delegate -                                              Joann N.

AlternateDelegate  -                            Dan H.

Area Chair-                                            Jay A.

Secretary  -                                            Jenny A

Treasurer -                                             Beth E.

·         FYI – Ed (Alternate DCM) will be running the District 3 meeting in December.

 

    Yours in service, Tim Powers

 District 3 DCM

ACTION COMMITTEE REPORTS:

·         Public Information/Group Records Report: Submitted by: Tim

o        Melvin emailed Tim and will be absent, but wanted to know about group’s interest in a literature chair position.

o        Discussed the literature chair to possible have medallions available too.

o        Karen reported that she and Melvin will be meeting to discuss position.

o        Adding a new meeting in Barnesville

·         Webmaster Report: Submitted by: Ed

o        252 unique visitors, calendar was #1 page (119 hits), meeting search was #2 (70 hits)

o        The group inventory sheet has been downloaded 12 times, and we’ve had 33 bookmarks.

o        Still on search engines sending the following numbers: Google – 51, Area 35 – 15, Agape – 6, Alcoholism.about.com – 3.

·         Treatment Chair Report: Submitted by: David

o        Looking thru and sorting information for this position.  Karen offered assistance in sorting.

·         CPC (Cooperation w/Professional Community) Report: Submitted by: Bev

o        Organized all materials to pass on to Dave (new CPC Chair)

·         Corrections Chair Report: Submitted by: Position Open.

o        Discussed position.

o        Discussed Wadena group wanting information about Jail meetings.

·         Round Robin (RR) Chair Report: Submitted by: Ed

o        Nothing to report

o        Discussed contacting groups.

Ψ       Motion to accept action committee reports by: Karen

Ψ       Motion seconded by: Sue

Ψ       Motion carries.

G.S.R. REPORTS:

·         Bill D – Perham – Group is strong with many active members.  NA is still @ Perham alano also

·         David – Friday noon – First Lutheran, Detroit Lakes.  Full table every Friday – Healthy Group

·         Steve – Underwood AA – Monday 8pm. Going strong with 15-20 members.  Not much new, lots of good sobriety

·         Dave – Elizabeth AA.  Has been slow with 2 members attending for Joe and Charlie Tapes.

·         Sue – Fergus Falls Weekenders.  Group is for having a literature chair.

·         Erik – Suit up and Show up group – Immanuel Lutheran – Wadena – 8pm Sundays.  5-7 attend, sticking to Big book and AA related topics.  Focusing on solutions.

·         Jeff – Pelican Rapids – Sunday 8 am.  Doing group inventory.  Getting Thursday meeting up and running.

OLD BUSINESS:

·         Area Paper Online – Area 35 will be adding a name protected version of the Northern Lights (Area 35’s newspaper) to their websight: Area35.org.

·         Area 35 and 36 website was approved at area 35.

NEW BUSINESS:

·         Reviewed handouts and flyers and discussed.

·         Colleen was nominated and approved to be the alternate PI Chair for district 3 – Thanks Colleen!

·         Open house –Heard the following from the incoming District Committee Chairs:

o        Bill D. – DCM – would like to have more committees that communicate effectively.  Also would like to get out to groups to inform them of district.

o        Erik M. – Alt. DCM – would like to go to meetings and find people interested in service.

o        George P. – Treasurer – would like to visit meetings to discuss contributions.

o        Sue B. – Secretary – will work to make accurate notes.  Has new computer and will do her best.

o        Karen S. – PI Chair – will be meeting with Melvin and Colleen.  Wants to make sure that AA info is out there and available.

o        David S. – CPC Chair – need to get out there and let people know about us.

o        Steve W. – Round Robin Chair – would like to go to groups to organize Round Robins.

o        Colleen – Alt. PI Chair – dealt with public before and have spoken in jails.  Looking forward to working with the public.

·         New Budgets – District committee chairs need to submit a budget to George.

·         January Service Workshop – Bill and Erik are unable to attend.  Ed volunteered to give a report to be provided by Bill and Erik

·         Change in District 3 Meeting Dates – The January, February, and March 2008 meetings

Ψ       Motion to move the  January, February, and March 2008 District 3 meetings up one week, to the 2nd Sunday of the month by: Erik

Ψ       Motion seconded by: Ed

Ψ       Motion carries.

 

Next Meeting Date: December 16, 2007

 

Closed meeting with the Lord’s Prayer.