Intergroup MINUTES
November 20, 2005

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November 20, 2005

Opened with Serenity prayers at 12:30
Minutes from last meeting were taken by Kate who isn’t here.

Treasurer’s report by Larry:  For a two month period.

Paid
Champaign Telephone Co:                           $164.00
Champaign Telephone Co:                           $162.32
SBC Ameritech for                                      $58.36
SBC Ameritech for                                      $71.87
Total Expenses of                                      $456.75

Donations from:
Thursday night step group for                      $80.00
ISCYPAA                                                   $150.00
Joy of Living                                                $92.00
Urbana Monday Nite group                          $100.00
HOW group                                                $100.00
Bondville Group                                          $100.00
Unity Service & Recovery                            $100.00
Total Inflow of                                           $722.00

Treasurer’s report accepted as read.

Meeting list report by Frank:  October meeting list is out and available.  Still get some calls for directions to meeting and tries to direct people to our website and google maps on our website.

Next meeting list will come out Jan 06.

Answering service by Larry:  We got a 20% discount for this month.   We get a detailed list of people that call and when they call and for why.  Still questionable why the calls are taking so long.  Larry thinks there is a bug in the program and that the call times are long which is why we got a 20% discount.

We have a six month trial period to decide if we want to stay with them.  Decision to be reviewed in January.

Stanley made motion to up the minutes for the phone service to 400 minutes.
Frank seconds the motion
Unanimous vote in favor.

Literature by TJ: 
          Beginning Balance:                               $7.14
          Oct & Nov deposit                             $283.05
          Total Balance:                                     $290.19

Orders AA World Service:                           $1,150.00
Private Funds (donated by TJ):                     $552.80
Balance Total for Order:                               $1,602.80

 

Merchandise Sold (Soberfest):                      $32.75

Reimbursed Noon Bird Funds for Sales:       $141.00
Total Sales:                                                  $173.75
Current Balance in Checking Account: $149.19

Current Inventory Retail Sales Books:           $2.057.75
Current Inventory Pamphlet Retail:                $27.18
Total Inventory on Hand Retail Value: $2,084.93

Expenses:
Soberfest registration fee:                    $5.00
Office Supplies and Copies:                         $25.00
US Post Office:                                           $7.40
Total:                                                           $37.40

Average monthly sales for Jan thru Nov:  $211.39

Discussion on prices and inventory of literature.
Motion for TJ to bring us a proposal for amount of books and for amount of ready cash needed to run effectively.
Second by Melanie
Unanimous in favor

Newsletter by Jay:  Kay has started work on it but lots of room for plenty of other stuff.  To be put together by Hector, Jay & Kay.  Discussed that we might go to once a month.

One suggestion is sobriety anniversaries.   There is a letter that explains that we want to publish once a month and a chart to list members names & sobriety dates and asking groups to let us know of any special happenings, events etc.  to be included in newsletter.

Other help needed!  Melanie volunteered to interview oldtimers for newsletter. 

Website by Jay:  Traffic continues to increased.
September
313 visitors
579 visits
11,283 hits
October
343 visitors
680 visits
13,221 hits
November as of today
229 visitors
423 visits
7,953 hits.

Links to buy Soberfest tapes
Blog is up too.

Corrections by Stan:  Corrections budget from district and than private donations.  They are broke!  Women’s prison meeting especially needs literature.  Please give donations to Stan and he buys books and divies them up between the meetings.  Wants to set up meeting for everyone involved with Corrections to get everyone on the same page.  Downtown meeting is down numbers wise, but satellite and women’s are up.  Paxton and Douglas county are still active also. 

Soberfest by Jay:

 

 

 

 

 

New business
Judy asked for money/books for women’s corrections for right now. 
T.J. asked who would do the buying and selling for literature for corrections
Stan said he was.
Jay motioned for Intergroup to donate 4 big books to women’s groups.  Cost was $22.40.
Melanie seconded
Unanimous in favor

Chris N. came to ask for literature for Spring Conference on consignment.  As in, we give them the books and they pay us from what they sell and give us the rest of the literature back.

Frank motioned
Larry second
All in favor.

Larry motioned that we disburse $750.00 of Soberfest funds back to Intergroup to cover seed money that was given to us several years ago.
Jay second
All in favor

Old Business:
Intergroup reps
Stan:  Friends of Bill and Sat. nooner are staying where they currently are.
Richie:  Tuesday night Newcomers group is going very well.  Between 40 and up to 70 people.
Jay:  Thursday One Step at a Time group has decided to donate more money to Intergroup and scale back a bit for now, to district.

Closed at 1:50

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