Nicole opened the April 2, 2014 H&I Steering Committee at 7:00 PM with a Moment of Silence followed by the Serenity Prayer.
Robert read the long for of Tradition 4.
Aaron B. made amends regarding the e-mail that was sent and asked what he could do to make it right. It was said that the Steering Committee e-mail needs to be for Steering Committee & AA business. Any personal issues have to be handled personally.
The FUNdraiser that was scheduled for April 19, 2014 has been cancelled. Abby gave specific reasons for this and said that Nicole supported her for doing this. An idea that has been given as far as a FUNdraiser is to do an H&I Monthly Big Book Drive. We are looking for any literature that can be used to take into treatment centers or jails. Any literature that is collected can be taken to the Business Meeting on the 2nd Wednesday of each month or to contact Abby for arrangements.
Craig brought up a question as to who is to be the point of contact. We voted Matt in as being a Service Liaison however it appears as though it is not being followed through. Tracey said that she would contact Matt to see if he was still on board for this and to make sure that the Steering Committee expects him to be at the Steering Committee Meetings also. We will not do anything regarding this till next month. Craig also said that he would be able to handle this if the Committee would like.
Craig also would like to have Mike Glassman attend our next Steering Committee to bring us a presentation of the Early H&I background. We agreed that we would allow him to go first at the next Steering Committee Meeting.
At this time that we still have Halfway Houses on the Website that we need to remove. Abby was going to send an e-mail to Dan regarding this.
On the website can be allow people to donate? This was tabled for a month in order to be able to gather information that we will need for this.
One of the items that Nicole wanted to cover if we are ready to move forward with a flyer to go to the home groups in order for us at request home group participation/awareness. We will be getting the forms from EVI and SRI and to tailor it for what we need. This was tabled and we will review next month.
One of the things that we want to get a handle on is how many books are going into a facility. Aaron is requesting help on this. Starting on Wednesday Nicole is going to let the Coordinators know that we are going to start this process and that we will be needing help in support for this. Nichole said that she would talk to Eddie regarding support.
Bridge the Gap Tracey brought up how we go about electing a person for this committee. Does it need to be from a Member that attends both meetings? What was said is that it is a part of H&I however it would be best if they attended both meetings. If they have a person that is interested in this position to let us know and we would nominate them and have an election. This will not be tabled till next month.
At the last H&I Business Meeting Tracey was given all the information from the Ad Hoc Committee Meeting. Tracey then gave it to Nicole to be able to scan and send the information to the committee.
The meeting was closed at 8:15 PM with the Responsibility Pledge.
Yours in Service
Tracey M
Valley wide H&I Secretary