DISTRICT 3 MINUTES

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

www.district3aa.org

MEETING DATE: April 20, 2008

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

SECRETARY REPORT: Read by Sue

No corrections or additions

*Motion to accept minutes by: George

*Motion seconded by: Steve

*Motion carries

TREASURY REPORT: Submitted by George

Beginning Balance: $1293.88

Expenses (191.45)

Dep./Cr. 913.08

$2015.51

George recapped and explained the report

*Motion to accept treasury report by: Karen

*Motion seconded by: Jeff

*Motion carries

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

*Thanked all who took care of business while he was away

*Re Spring Assembly, 120 registered

*Bill attended CPC workshop

*Yours in Service,

District 3 DCM

ACTION COMMITTEE REPORTS:

Public Information/Group Records Report: Sumitted by: Karen

*Contacted local libraries, they all carry the Big Book

*Talked to Lake Counseling regarding pamphlets

*Bring to attention of schools and hospital e.r.'s

*Will figure out budget amount after finding out how many of what expenses

are involved

Treatment Chair Report: Submitted by: Gloria

*At assembly she was given a list of treatment centers

*Regarding Fergus, she wants to have steering committee meeting before

district 3 meeting

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

*There is a workshop in Alexandria in July

*Otherwise, no new news

Corrections Chair Report: Submitted by: Jeff

*Otter Tail County youth probation group - they want Corrections Chair to

set up orientation for parents and inmates

*Got minimum security call, they are interested. Will continue calling people on list

*There was some discussion regarding mileage, reimbursement for attending meetings

Round Robin (RR) Chair Report: Submitted by: Steve

*Explanation of Round Robin: it is an open meeting where all groups come together,

Patti said it is similar to an open house. when a decision is made about where and when it is to be, consistency is needed

*Steve said there was no further activity. District 4 holds the district meeting just before the Round Robin - that's one idea

Webmaster Report: Submitted by: Gary

*He has nothing to report at this time

*Bill said he would like to get the calendar going

*Ed would like the e-mail relating to the webmaster chair to be sent to Gary rather

than him (Ed)

*Motion to accept action committee reports by: George

*Motion seconded by: Bill

*Motion carries

G.S.R. REPORTS:

*Danny Wilson, Fergus Falls Men's Meeting, Sunday, 1:00

1st meeting - 3, 2nd meeting - 6, 3rd meeting - 8, 4th meeting 11. Promoting

group in two men's halfway houses

*Keith Ziemer, Fergus Falls Out to Lunch Bunch, Tue & Thurs noon

Just opened checking account, average 10 - 15 people, topic driven, use

24 Hour Book and Daily Reflections

*Jeff, Pelican Rapids. There is a meeting on May 28, 6:30, at the Perham Alano Club

to work out orientation at the Otter Tail County youth probation

*Steve W., Underwood, Monday night, 8:00

15 - 25 people, topic driven, use Daily Reflections, 24 Hour Book, As Bill Sees It

*Dave S., Elizabeth, Thurs, 8:00, Community Center

~2 - 3 people, use Joe & Charlie tapes, right now tapes of Phil Hansen (clergy who

was director of treatment center at Abbott-Northwestern in Mpls.)

~ Battle Lake First Luthern Church, Friday, 8:00, 10 - 12 people, use Big Book and

Joe & Charlie tapes

*Gloria Waddington, Detroit Lakes, Farmers Group, every day and Mon thru Sat

twice a day, use Grapevine, topics, Beginners, Big Book

Numbers have grown to high 500's (total) noon meetings are still the heaviest. Have

meetings at the municipal jail on Sunday at 6:30 P.M. for men and women and a

men's meeting at the minimum jail on Monday night. Dick from Farmers Group

had the information. Have an open birthday meeting 2nd Saturday of each month

*Erik M., Wadena, Suit Up and Show Up, Sunday, 8:00

6 - 12 attend topic driven meeting., 2 - 3 young newcomers. Gave them Big Books

and lined them up with sponsors

*Sue B., Fergus Falls, The Grapevine, Wednesday, 10:00, Alano Club

4 - 5 people, volunteer picks topic, story from The Grapevine as topic for the

next meeting

*Patti D., Perham, Perham Solutions Group

~Mon., 8:00, topic meetings, about 34 people, excellent

~Tues., 5:00, Joe & Charlie tapes and discussion, small - 6 people

~Wed., 7:00, Big Book study, 30 people including Stepping Stones (women) and

Rewind (men) halfway houses in attendance. Taking steps to get people from the

halfway houses more involved in the discussion.

~Thurs., noon, women's topic-study, well attended, about 16 women, quality of topics

for discussion has improved

~Sat., 9:30, topic, well attended (about 20 people), mostly from Big Book

OLD BUSINIESS

*George asked for budget amounts from those who have not yet submitted them

*Bill passed on to the GSO the way the group, at the last meeting, decided on each

issue

*Bill also stated that the budget handed in from each chair is usually increased by about

15% to cover price increases and incidentals

*Karen brought up the subject of the Red River Valley county fair booth, with PPI and

Correctional chairs combined. After some discussion, Ed stated that with the charge for the booth itself and the insurance costs, it was probably not really a good idea

to pursue the idea at this time and it was so agreed

*Re: visiting meetings around the district, those remaining were divided up by George,

Bill, Dave, Steve, Jeff, Patty, Gloria, and Erik

NEW BUSINESS:

*Jeff talked about orientation for youth, will be ordering materials and wants to

consolidate orders, to get minimum to save on postage. George stated there is a

basic delivery charge of $15.00. Ed will call Northern Lights to see how much is

available there. Jeff will check around, maybe going back to Perham.

*Discussion re having a telephone number for callers to contact district office, Ed

volunteered to get infrormation on the different possibilities nd bring to the next

meeting. Karen will check into getting things set up.

NEXT MEETING DATE: May 18, 2008, 10:00 A.M., Perham Alano Club, open house and

meeting

Perham Alano Club is located on County Hwy 34

Closed meeting with the Lord's Prayer