District 29 – March 2012
March 13, 2012
Opened at 6:32 pm.
Traditions were read by: Matt C.
4 Officers Were Present
DCM – Albert S.
Intergroup – Matt C.
Secretary – Sheila H.
Treasurer – Luke F.
2 Meetings/Committee’s were Present
Friday Night Eagle Group
Lincoln Foxhall Group
Secretary’s Report:
February 1, 2012 Minutes were read and approved
Treasurer’s Report: Luke F. Balance $286.48
- EIN number has been obtained for District 29.
- New bank account set up.
- $286.18 from the old account has been deposited into the new account.
- New Balance $528.18
- Check Disbursement:
- $21.00 for new checks for the new checking account
- $211.12 DCM Area Trips (November, January and March)
- $10.50 Rent until May
- Contributions received
- $49.00 Belmont Group
- PO Box is $48.00 per year and will be set up by Treasurer when time permits.
Intergroup Report: No Report
DCM Report: See Attachment A
District 29 DCM Report (Attachment A)
Area Report
Public Information Committee
- State Fair – Shane has sent ½ of the $600.00 rent for the rental booth at the State Fair.
- This will be a table with literature on it. No one will be manning the booth.
- Hotline – Since January the Area Hotline has received 63 calls.
- 30 were from women
- 26 from men
- 5 wanted to talk to someone
- 1 Hispanic caller was patched to Omaha because the Hotline is not equipped to handle Spanish speaking callers.
- Labels – we ordered 1000 colored labels at a cost of $45-$52. To be used by Area or the groups to label material for public use.
General Service Conference Committee Agenda items:
- Agenda
- Protecting AA Future
- Cooperation with the Professional Community
- To replace their DVD with a new one would cost about $1,350.00
- Corrections
- To remake the “It Sure Beats Sitting In A Cell” would cost ^60,000.00 – $80,000.00
- Finance
- Increase the conference delegate fee to $1,200.00 – $1,500.00.
- Area already contributes $1,500.00 and has since they wanted to increase it years ago.
- Also some of the money the groups send to GSO goes toward this cost
- Grapevine
- Sunset proposal
- Material that is not a popular item will be saved in 1 format (Book or Digital)
- If someone wants a copy they will be able to purchase it at an increased cost ($50 vs. $10)
- Report and Charter
- Treatment/Special Needs-Accessibilities
- Trustees
- Archives
- Literature
- Policy/Admissions
- Public Information
- International Conventions/Regional Forums
Area Vote (41 Eligible Voters were Present)
- Agenda item 2012-01-21 Lancaster County New Boundaries for Districts 3, 21, 22, 29 and 32.
- Item passed 36 – 0
- Agenda item 2012-03-10 003 Host for the 2013 Area Reunion.
Discussion: At first there were no bids. Questions regarding why we have the Reunion and how many people it takes to put on the event were brought forward.
Bids came from Districts: 21 & 22, 14, and 23
The bids went for a show of hands and the District with the most votes got the bid.
District 23 (Omaha) 4 Votes
District 21 & 22 (Lincoln) 11 Votes
District 14 (Valentine) wins the bid with 21 Votes
Old Business:
Continue to talk to groups that District 29 is still seeking people to serve as Alternate DCM and Alternate Intergroup representative.
Mike E. ~ attending District meetings and groups seeking financial and physical support for a proposed Grapevine workshop.
District 29 voted for a donation in the amount of $15.00 to the Grapevine workshop to assist with Raffle items. Check was made to District 22 who is the bank for this workshop.
New Business: Discussion regarding the Grapevine issues.
Group Reports:
Friday Night Eagle Group – _Eric H(Friday 8:00PM ~ Eagle)
- The meeting continues to have 13-14 people in attendance. No recent new members to the meeting. And had a good speaker meeting.
Lincoln Foxhall Group – Sheila H. (Monday 7:30PM ~ Lincoln)
- Lincoln Foxhall is now part of District 3
Closed at 7:25 pm. With the serenity prayer.
Next Meeting will be held April 10, 2012 at 28th and “S” streets 2nd floor at 6:30 pm.