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Santa Cruz County Intergroup Newsletter October 2015

Monthly Local Calendar 2

Legacies of AA for October 2

Service Opportunities 3

Step 10 Nightly Review 3

Chair’s Corner 4

Grape-SCCIN Notice 4

Big Book on Step 10 4

General Service Connection 5

What Matters After 30 Years 6

Intergroup Financials 7

Council Meeting Minutes 9

Donations for Treasurers 10

Meeting Needs Help 10

Your Meeting’s History 10

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Marty W Oct 11, 1978 Nancy N Oct 13, 1980 Vanessa S Oct 21, 1981 Ken C Oct 12, 1986 Lee J Oct 30, 1988 Briana K Oct 26, 1991 Barbara H Oct 13, 1992 Denise R Oct 14, 1994 Tim M Oct 28, 1994 Tim E Oct 2, 2000 John S Oct 20, 2002 Brigid F Oct 1, 2006

In this issue

BIRTHDAY SPEAKER MEETING Sunday, October 25, 7pm

Host: Sunday Morning Spiritual 1080 Emeline Ave Bldg D in Santa Cruz

Thanks to Sunday Morning Spiritual for hosting the September meeting.

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Casey L Oct 1 2007 Kathy D Oct 4, 2007 Colleen C Oct 1, 2010 Christine R Oct 26, 2012 Gary H Oct 17, 2013 Rose T Oct 15, 2014

SEPTEMBER BIRTHDAYS

Santa Cruz County Intergroup Newsletter

October 2015

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Monthly Local Calendar October 2015

Sunday Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday Saturday

4 5 6 7 7:30PM Intergroup Council Meeting Aptos Village Park

8 9 10 10:00AM 4th Step Workshop Ben Lomond Fellowship

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14 7:30PM General Service Meeting Aptos Village Park

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20 6:00PM Bylaws Committee Central Office

21 7:30PM Steering Committee Central Office GrapeSCCIN Deadline

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25 7:00PM Birthday Speaker Meeting 1080 Emeline Ave Bldg D

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27 7:10PM Watsonville Bday Dinner & Meeting 939 Lincoln St

28 7:00PM H&I Meeting Central Office

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10th Step Continued to take personal inventory and when we were wrong promptly admitted it.

10th Concept Every service responsibility should be matched by an equal service authority, with the scope of such authority well defined.

RECOVERY UNITY SERVICE 10th Tradition

Alcoholics Anonymous has no opinion on outside issues; hence the A.A. name ought never be drawn into public

Do you have a local AA event to share? Email it to [email protected]


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SERVICE OPPORTUNITIES Archives Volunteer Day! Join Archivist Barbara at Central Office the first Wednesday of each month 5:30-7:30 to help organize while learning about local AA history. AAers only, please.

Bridging the Gap Service positions available. If interested, please contact Jesse C at 331-5287.

Hospitals & Institutions Recording Secretary for Monthly H&I Meeting – One year sobriety requirement. Meeting Secretaries and Coordinators – An H&I Secretary conducts a meeting in a facility once a month. The secretary selects a chair, and H&I provides the format. A facility coordinator liaisons between the facility and the monthly secretaries. Gemma Day Program - Thursday @ 3:30pm, needs a Coordinator and Secretaries (Female, 1 year sobriety requirement, clearance required) El Dorado Center - Saturday or Sunday @ 6pm, needs a Coordinator and Secretaries (Male or Female, 6 month sobriety requirement) Janus Perinatal - Saturday or Sunday @ 6pm, needs Secretaries (Female, 6 month sobriety requirement) For H&I service opportunities, contact Sabrina at 840-0362.

Share to update AA literature To broaden the representation of AA experiences, General Service is updating AA literature and requesting stories of experience, strength and hope from 1) members within the LGBT community, 2) women (especially single mothers), and 3) members with mental health issues or who sponsor such members. (Note: the trustees' Literature Committee requested that, whenever gathering sharing, consideration be given to stories from disabled veterans and atheists/agnostics.) Manuscripts should be 500-800 words and be double-spaced in a 12-point font. Include “AA and the Gay/Lesbian Alcoholic” or “AA for the Woman” or “the alcoholic with mental health issues” in the subject line and email your story to [email protected] or send it by post to Literature Coordinator General Service Office, Box 459 Grand Central Station New York, NY 10163 Deadline: October 15, 2015.

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Where was I resentful, selfish, dishonest or afraid?

Do I owe an apology?

Have I kept something to myself which should be discussed with another person at once?

Was I kind and loving toward all?

Step 10 Nightly Review from the Big Book

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What could I have done better?

Was I thinking of myself most of the time? Or was I thinking of what I could do for others, of what I could pack into the stream of life?

What corrective measures should be taken?


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Chair’s Corner Succeeding in many aspects of my life can not be achieved on my own. Asking for, and accepting help is a key component in living a happy healthy life for me. Whether it be at home in my personal life, out in the business world or in the rooms of recovery one of the greatest

assets I have is the incredible group of people that surround me. If anything I constantly underestimate the impact they really have on me. It doesn’t have to be a life threatening situation. It could be as simple as asking me how I’m doing and then really listening after I go on a little passed the generic “Fine” answer. Those little moments add up over time and become the constant reminders in my life that allow me in dire times of need that I need to swallow some pride and reach out my hand to the support that is there waiting on me. That, for myself, is one of the things that I have to consistently keep working on. I must always remember that these wonderful people, these tools that my higher power has gifted me, are of no use to me if I don’t do my part and ask for the help when I really need it. Left to my own devices, without the support of those of you out there that continue to amaze and humble me with your generosity and love I would surely have never made it this far. If I want to continue on and to have any chance I must always remember that I am not in this alone and that when I am ready to reach out there is always a hand reaching back. Thank all of you for your help so far and I hope I can give back at least a small fraction of what I have been gifted.

You may notice the Grape-SCCIN is down-sizing to the bare basics: birthdays, monthly calendar (which can also be found online), any submitted service positions or events, and the Intergroup Council Meeting Minutes and Financials. Additional columns and items will be included, as they are submitted – and they are always warmly welcomed. If you have any AA-related announcements you would like included, please send them to [email protected].

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The Big Book on Step 10

This thought brings us to Step Ten, which suggests we continue to take personal inventory and continue to set right any new mistakes as we go along. (p 84)

Continue to watch for selfishness, dishonesty, resentment, and fear. When these crop up, we ask God at once to remove them. We discuss them with someone immediately and make amends quickly if we have harmed anyone. Then we resolutely turn our thoughts to someone we can help. (p 84)

It would be easy to be vague about this matter. Yet, we believe we can make some definite and valuable suggestions. (p 85)

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When we retire at night, we constructively review our day. Were we resentful, selfish, dishonest or afraid? Do we owe an apology? Have we kept something to ourselves which should be discussed with another person at once? Were we kind and loving toward all? What could we have done better? Were we thinking of ourselves most of the time? Or were we thinking of what we could do for others, of what we could pack into the stream of life? But we must be careful not to drift into worry, remorse or morbid reflection, for that would diminish our usefulness to others. After making our review we ask God's forgiveness and inquire what corrective measures should be taken. (p 86)


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General Service Connection: Serving our fellowship in the digital age

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Hello Fellow Trusted Servants,

Earlier this year Santa Cruz County General Service formed an ad hoc website committee to make some recommendations to the district about rebuilding our general service website. After several meetings and countless hours of service, our committee made a number of recommendations and presented a proposal to create a website to better serve our district’s needs. I want to express my gratitude toward, and admiration for, the committee members for the attention and deep consideration they have given this project over the course of the past six months.

As we progress into the 21st century it is becoming more evident day by day that conducting our business and communication in the district through emails, printouts, newsletters and the like is becoming increasingly difficult, time consuming and costly. As I type this column I can’t help but think of the considerable amount of time the Grape SCCIN chair will spend proofreading, compiling, and doing page layout to publish this article for those of you readers enjoying it. A labor of love to say the least!

The proposition from our committee is certainly revolutionary. To create a portal where all district business can be conducted electronically. Without compromising the anonymity of any of our individual members. The task requires much thought, thorough discussion and input from members and guidance from the General Service Office in New York. As prudence would have it we soon discovered not only is this a topic we are discussing here in Santa Cruz but members, groups, districts, areas, and AA World Services as a whole are very much engaged in this very same conversation. How can we embrace Internet technology to better serve the fellowship of Alcoholics Anonymous?

After a series of motions at our district we decided to send someone from our web committee to the second annual National Alcoholics Anonymous

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Technology Workshop (NAATW) in St. Louis in early October. According to the NAATW website, “There seems to be a growing realization that Alcoholics Anonymous is somehow moving into a technological age, but we are not sure what form that we might, or ought to take. We are here to communicate our experiences and to inform ourselves about our needs and our experiences when using technology in our service work…Our hope is to share the message of Alcoholics Anonymous through technology to help the next alcoholic.” I invite anyone who is interested in learning more to visit www.naatw.org.

I want to thank all the GSRs, DCMs and District Chairs who participated in the process over these past few months. Coming to decisions about our digital destiny has not been an easy or straightforward process. It is only through our loving servants’ dedication and willingness to learn that we as a district have progressed. Reviewing reports, participating in discussions, listening to recordings from the International Convention, some members even went so far as to consult the General Service Office in New York. These are the lengths your representatives are willing to go to in order to come to an informed group conscience. Throughout the process, our guiding principles have been to use the Internet to adhere to our Traditions and carry our vital message to the still suffering alcoholic-- enabling us, in turn, to do more service work.

We look forward to hearing a report from our web committee after the workshop, and discovering what they learned. We’ll be sure keep you posted on any potential web site creation that is discussed in the future.

In love and service,

Jeff W. DCMC


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Ten thousand nine hundred and fifty-seven days That's 30 years sober with no whiskey or wine What matters isn't how much time in the program It's how much program you put in the time If you ask how I did it, I will say: "It did me!" It works when you let it be simple and free I don't mean random or solely by chance When you practice the Steps, to Trudge is to dance Now rigorous honesty doesn't come easy Tell me to list my amends; I get queasy Just telling The Truth will lighten the load There's no secret handshake; no special code. What matters isn't how much time in the program It's how much program you put in the time I will say with certainty sooner or later I came to believe in a power that's greater I've learned to turn over my will and my life (This doesn't apply to my bills and ex-wife) For times when the slogans I can't understand My dog taught me five simple one-word

commands: Come! is the first and the meaning is clear Sit! listen up! have a laugh, shed a tear Speak! From your heart and let go of the fear Heal ! As resentment and lies disappear Stay ! You've arrived, you are home, you are here Well so much for canine sobriety tricks The point is I'm willing to grow, that's the fix Had I taken suggestions, growth might have been

quicker Some of us slow and some of us sicker

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The Old-Timer slips and painfully pays He had too many years and not enough days More is revealed when I open my mind This is more than just Drinking Abatement I am learning a new way of life in these rooms Summarized in the following statement: The Steps and the Groups help me Be In The

Now Which is powerful, healthy and mellow But the singular purpose of all of this work Is to come to the aid of my fellow What matters isn't how much time in the

Program It's how much Program you put in the time.

Terry M., Santa Cruz

What Matters After 30 Years


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SANTA CRUZ COUNTY INTERGROUP TREASURER'S REPORT AUGUST, 2015(Revision July-2015)

OPERATING ACCOUNT DETAILS MONTHLY ACCOUNT SUMMARIES

Aug. F.Yr. Totals Aug. F.Yr. TotalsBEGINNING CASH = 10,164.40$ OPERATING ACCOUNTINCOME: BEGINNING CASH = 10,164.40$ Fiscal Year F.Yr. to Date

INCOME: Budget % of BudgetGroup Donations 1,181.71$ 5,601.64$ Group Donations 1,181.71$ 5,601.64$ #DIV/0!Birthday Meeting 241.93$ 506.50$ Birthday Meeting 241.93$ 506.50$ #DIV/0!Activities -$ Activities -$ -$ #DIV/0!Anonymous 86.00$ 86.00$ Other 118.00$ 439.00$ #DIV/0!Birthday Club 29.00$ subtotal = 1,541.64$ 6,547.14$ Gen'l Service Committee -$ Income from Literature Acct. -$ -$ #DIV/0!H&I Committee -$ Total Income = 1,541.64$ 6,547.14$ -$ #DIV/0!Intergroup Council 51.00$ Memorials -$ EXPENSES:Newsletter Subscriptions -$ Rent 650.00$ 1,950.00$ #DIV/0!Other Donations 32.00$ 123.00$ Salary Exp. 915.40$ 3,099.54$ #DIV/0!Refunds 150.00$ Office 488.16$ 814.01$ #DIV/0!Returned Check Redeposit -$ Printing 210.73$ 431.06$ #DIV/0! subtotal = 1,541.64$ 6,547.14$ Postage -$ -$ #DIV/0!from Literature Account -$ Other 200.00$ 200.00$ #DIV/0!

Total Expenses = 2,464.29$ 6,494.61$ -$ #DIV/0!TOTAL INCOME = 1,541.64$ 6,547.14$

move to Prudent Reserve -$ -$ EXPENSES: move from Prudent Reserve -$ -$ RENT: loaned to Literature Account -$ -$ Central Office 650.00$ 1,950.00$ repaid from Literature Account 3,000.00$ 3,000.00$ Birthday Meeting -$ Intergroup Council -$

RENT subtotal= 650.00$ 1,950.00$ ENDING CASH = 9,241.75$

SALARY EXPENSES: ALLOCATED FUNDS: Net Salary 915.40$ 1,830.80$ Activities ($500) 500.00$ Payroll Taxes 937.68$ Liability Ins. ($200/mo) Workers Comp. 331.06$ Payroll Taxes ($650/mo)

SALARY subtotal= 915.40$ 3,099.54$ Vacation Accrual Workers Comp. ($50/mo)

OFFICE EXPENSES: Total Allocated = 500.00$ Office Supplies 291.15$ 432.60$ PG&E 75.80$ 143.18$ AVAILABLE CASH= 8,741.75$ Telephone 121.21$ 238.23$ Other -$

OFFICE subtotal= 488.16$ 814.01$ LITERATURE ACCOUNT

PRINTING: In-house Printing 210.73$ 431.06$ BEGINNING CASH = 9,601.12$ Other -$

PRINTING subtotal= 210.73$ 431.06$ Total Cash Receipts 2,817.68$ 5,854.28$ Sales Receipts Portion 2,578.18$ 5,356.67$

POSTAGE: Sales Tax Portion 239.50$ 497.61$ Newsletter -$ Returned Check Amends -$ Office -$ subtotal = 12,418.80$ Other -$

POSTAGE subtotal= -$ -$ Operating Acct. Loan

OTHER EXPENSES: Purchases & Costs 581.06$ 2,984.26$ Activities 200.00$ 200.00$ Bank Fees -$ Birthday Meeting Supplies -$ Sales Tax Paid 502.00$ Conferences & Travel -$ Returned (Bounced) Checks -$ Liability Insurance -$ subtotal = 581.06$ Other -$

OTHER EXP. subtotal= 200.00$ 200.00$ move to Operating Account 3,000.00$

TOTAL EXPENSES = 2,464.29$ 6,494.61$ ENDING CASH = 8,837.74$

move to Prudent Reserve -$ Sales & Use Tax Allocation:move from Prudent Reserve -$ Carried overloaned to Literature Account -$ This Month's Sales Tax 239.50$ repaid from Literature Account 3,000.00$ 3,000.00$ This Month's Use Tax

Quarter To Date 239.50$ ENDING CASH = 12241,75 9,643.85$ AVAILABLE CASH = 8,598.24$

Month's Gain or Loss = 2,077.35$ PRUDENT RESERVE

BIRTHDAY SPEAKER MEETING DETAILS7th Tradition - 241.93$ 506.50$ BEGINNING CASH = -$

Expenses (rent, supplies, etc.) - -$ -$ to Operating Acc't -$ -$ BALANCE - 241.93$ 506.50$ from Operating Acc't -$ -$

Interest -$ Fees -$ ENDING CASH = -$

GENERAL NOTES:- We use the CASH accounting method, used by most people in recording their checking account: Income is reported when deposited and an expense is recorded when the check is written.- Our FISCAL YEAR (FY 2014 - 2015) begins July 1, and ends June 30.

Submitted by

Intergroup Financials for August 2015


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TOTALS FOR THE MONTH OF AUGUST,

AUG. Submitted by TOTAL DONATIONS= 2,115.91$

Groups Contributing this Month- 13Groups Contributing this Year-

Number of Listed Groups- 109Percent of groups contributing this month- 12%

Percent of groups contributing this year-

Aug. F.Yr. Totals Aug.11th$Step$MeditatioGroup$(Sun.) -$ Mattison$Lane$Group12$X$12$$(Tue.) -$ Make$My$Day12$Paces$at$Noon -$ Mattison$Lane$Group5:30$Group,$The -$ Medically$Supported$Recovery$(Thu.)AA$Sober$Slugs -$ Men's$Basic$Step$Study$GroupAcceptance$Group$(Boulder$Creek) 75.30$ 75.30$ Men's$Cross$TalkersAltered$Attitude$Group 105.71$ 105.71$ Mud$Flats$GroupAlternative$Group -$ Nifty$Ladies$on$Park$GroupAptos$Women's$Serenity$Group 83.50$ 83.50$ No$Frills$SobrietyAromas$Group -$ Ocean$View$GroupAwareness$Group -$ On$the$Beach$(Sat.) 78.00$ Back$to$Basics$Group$(Fri.) -$ On$the$Beach,$Too$(Sun.)Bay$Group,$The -$ Once$a$Drunk$WBeach$Combers,$The$$(LaSelva$Discussion) 60.00$ 120.00$ One$O'clock$Step$Study$GroupBen$Lomond$Fellowship$$(S.$L.$Valley) -$ Out$of$the$BlueBig$Book$and$Step$Study$Group$(Fri.) -$ Out$of$the$TrenchesBook$&$Step$Study$(Davenport) 72.00$ Pleasure$Point$GroupBoulder$Creek$Group -$ Roxas$GroupBox of Chocolates -$ Santa$Cruz$FellowshipBrown$Baggers$Group -$ Santa$Cruz$Speakers$(Fri.)B.Y.O.B.$Group$(Mon.) 50.00$ 90.00$ Saturday$Night$Live$OakCandlelight$Group$(Fri.) -$ Saved$by$Grace$GroupConscious$Contact$Meditation$Meeting -$ Scotts$Valley$Happy$Destiny$(Wed.)Courage$to$Change -$ Share$Today$GroupDMV$Meetings$(Consolidated) 524.40$ 1,275.40$ Shivering$DenizensDoYNut$Meeting -$ Sisters$in$Sobriety$Group 22.03$ Double$Winners$By$Grace 190.49$ Skyland$GroupEarly$Morning$Spiritual 110.40$ Sobriety$&$GratitudeEarly$Risers 775.97$ 1,177.49$ Solutions$in$the$Sand$GroupEnd$of$the$Line$Discussion$Group -$ Soquel$Acceptance$Group$(Fri.)Eyes$on$the$Prize -$ Soquel$Acceptance$Group$(Wed.)Felton$Group 186.00$ 186.00$ Soquel$Step$StudyFirehouse$Group -$ Sought$Through$Meditation 100.00$ Friday$Night$Group$(Emeline) -$ Sought$Through$PrayerFriday$Nite$Lights$(Frederick$St.) -$ Stag$12:12$Group 40.00$ From$the$Heart -$ Stag$Eleven$GroupFuente$De$Vida -$ Step$and$Traditions$Study$for$WomenGay$Men$Living$Sober -$ Sunday$Morning$SpiritualGay$Women's$Meeting$(Sun.) -$ Sunday$Night$Candle$Light$GroupGrateful$&$Gay$Group -$ Sunshine$Group$(Sun.)Grupo$Alborado -$ T.G.I.W.Grupo$Alfa$Y$Omega -$ There$is$a$Solution$Big$Book$StudyGrupo$Fin$y$Principio -$ Thumpers$Big$Book$StudyGrupo$Libertad$Y$Plaza$Vigil -$ Today's$Women's$Step$StudyGrupo$Nuevo$Amanceer -$ Trudgers$Women's$Big$Book$StudyGrupo$Nuevo$Luz -$ Twisted$Sisters$Book$StudyGrupo$Santa$Cruz -$ Valley$Girls$4$X$a$WinnerHappy$Destiny -$ Valley$Sunday$Group$(Scotts$Valley)H.O.W.$Group -$ Watsonville$FellowshipIn$The$Woods 114.00$ We$AgnosticsIn$the$Dark$Group -$ We$Are$Not$SaintsIn$the$Hat$Group -$ Westside$Group$(Tues.)Junta$De$Mujeres -$ Westside$Men's$Big$Book$Study$(Mon.)Keep$It$Simple -$ Westside$Men's$Step$Study$Group$(Thu.)Kids$R$Welcome -$ Womens$5$&$10$GroupLive$on$Friday$Night$(Soquel$Ave.) -$ Young$People's$Big$Book$StudyLSB$Men's$Meeting -$ Young$People$at$Louden$NelsonMake$My$Day -$ Young$People's$Underground$Group

This year's new groups added below: Unknown / Unidentifiable Group Donations:Come as You Are Group 15.00$ 30.00$

-$ -$ -$ -$ -$ -$

SANTA CRUZ COUNTY INTERGROUP, INC.

TREASURER'S REPORTGROUP DONATIONS DETAIL

Notes: Groups are named the same way as in the Meeting Schedule. New groups started during the year (July to June) are added at the bottom. Our Fiscal Year (F.Yr.) is from July through the following June.


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Intergroup Council Meeting Minutes for September 2015

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SANTA CRUZ COUNTY INTERGROUP, INC. 5732 Soquel Drive, Soquel, CA 95073 Intergroup Council Meeting Minutes for September 2, 2015

Today’s agenda, August Minutes and final Treasurer’s report, and various other reports and notices were distributed before the meeting.

CALLED to ORDER at 7:30 PM and opened with recitation of Serenity Prayer, Preamble & Twelve Traditions. Sign-in sheet and 7th tradition were passed around while introductions were made.

Birthdays of the Month announced: Rick A - 14 yrs

Minutes for the August 5th meeting were approved without correction.

REPORTS

Telephone Diverter Committee: Jude W - Open diverter shift fliers disseminated – There are many open shifts, please take to meetings. Diverter Volunteers appreciation BBQ went very well, 45 to 50 showed up. The system seems to be performing well, min spite of many glitches in the comcast setup.

Chair: Steve N – Absent, Rick A reporting. Everything is going great.

Vice Chair: James C. – Welcomed new meeting reps to group orientation. Reminded Area reps to call all group reps to remind them of the council meeting. He suggested using a group text, that seems to work fairly well. The August BSM went well, The September BSM will be on the 27th.. “Sunday Morning Spiritual” hosting. Please keep announcing the BSM’s at all meetings. There is a position opening up for a coffee person for the BSM starting in October. It’s a very important commitment, please contact James if interested. “What is Intergroup” flyers have been made available, please take them back to your meetings. An ad-hoc group has been formed to look into finding a new venue and night for the BSM. Please see James if interested. The group will meet 1 hr before the next council meeting.

Treasurer: Angie R – Had a gain for the month of $2,277.35.

Office Manager: Bob S. – Central office has an open shifts; Fri. 1-5. 1 yr sobriety requirement and please have a sponsor. Bob noted that expenses are higher on the financial report due to a transfer of $3,000 to the operating account to cover office cleaning, painting supplies. Office painting is almost finished, if anyone is interested in helping, please call Bob at the Central Office.

Bylaws Committee: Joe. - Had meeting August 2nd, good dins. Met quorum. The By-laws were discussed. Next meeting Tues., September 15th at 6pm central office

Activities Committee: Amber B. – Absent, no report.

Newsletter Committee: Clarissa B. - Absent, no report

Website Committee: Louis D – Website doing well, needs no extra help at this time.

Delegate-at-large: Rick A. - Made it to assist the steering committee and by-laws meetings. Got a host for the September BSM. Going to try and get the “Thumpers” meeting to host the October BSM.

General Service Liaison: Jeff W- Reported the General Service is going to create a website. Expecting lively discussion at next months meeting.


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I’m a treasurer… Where do I send my donations?

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H&I Liaison: Sandra. – H and I financial report/open position flyers are available to take back to your meetings. There are many openings, H&I needs lots of help.

OLD BUSINESS: No old business

NEW BUSINESS: No new business.

AREA REPRESENTATIVES

Area 1 Watsonville, Rich G – Got some new reps coming. Nothing else to report.

Area 2 La Selva Beach, Seascape, Louis D – Nothing to report.

Area 3 Aptos, Mick H – Some groups are very full. Trying to get reps to step up.

Area 4 Capitola, Judi D – Nothing to report.

Area 5 Soquel, Glenna H – Nothing to report

Area 6 E Santa Cruz, Gary H. – Position open.

Area 7 Morrissey, Terren D. – Nothing to report.

Area 8 Santa Cruz Downtown, Steve G. – Absent, no report.

Area 9 Emeline, - Position open.

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Area 10 West Side Santa Cruz, Position open

Area 11 Scotts Valley and San Lorenzo Valley, Mark G – Absent, no report

Announcements to take back to your groups – Jude announced that she will be stepping down from the position of Diverter Chair in February. Please see Jude if interested. This position is a serious commitment and she would like to start prepping someone to step up as soon as possible. BLFAA picnic on Labor Day at Covered Bridge park in Felton. By-laws meeting on the 15th. BSM ad-hoc group meeting 1hr before next council meeting.

Treats for next council meeting

Next Council Meeting: October 7th. Next Steering Committee meeting: September 16th.

CLOSING CIRCLE

Volunteers to help clean up and volunteer to help set up next month – thank you!!! Motion to close all, meeting adjourned at 8:05 pm with customary closing circle.

Respectfully submitted, L Brett W, Recording Secretary

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Suggested: 60% / Check payable to: Santa Cruz Intergroup Central Office 5732 Soquel Drive Soquel CA 95073-2811

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Suggested: 30% / payable to: General Service Board, NY The General Service Office Grand Central Station P.O. Box 459 New York, NY 10164-0423

Suggested: 5% / payable to: General Service, SC General Service, SC County P.O. Box 854 Aptos CA 95001-0854

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Suggested: 5% / payable to: Treasurer, CNCA California Northern Coastal Area P.O. Box 884222 San Francisco CA 94188-4222

H&I “pink” can (100%) payable to: Santa Cruz H&I H & I Committee P.O. Box 5131 Santa Cruz CA 95063-5131

…a meeting that could use some support: Women in the Woods, Saturday 10:15am, Henry Cowell Park, Hwy. 9, Felton.

Record your group ’s history!

Group History Forms are available at Central Office so you can interview your group about

the history of it and its members.


Santa Cruz County Intergroup

5732 Soquel Drive n Soquel, CA 95073

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