NY UA INTERGROUP
July 13, 2013 Meeting Minutes
In Attendance:
- Anna
- Annie
- Chris W (ISR, Sat Path)
- Ed W (GSR/ISR, Friday Brooklyn)
- Jean M
- Lisa V (Treasurer, ISR Friday HOW)
- Melvin (ISR, Sat Seeds)
- Mike M (Chair)
- Peter S (Secretary, GSR/ISR, Weds Steps)
- Sam G (Intergroup ISR)
- Wayne (ISR, Weds Park)
Minutes of Last Meeting
Treasury Report
| Opening Balance |
$2,748.45 |
|
| WSC Stipend |
$500.00 |
Towards cost of airfare & incidentals |
| Flyers for retreat |
$41.00 |
|
| UA pamphlets |
$60.00 |
Literature stock |
| Meeting lists |
$54.00 |
|
| Space rental |
$50.00 |
For August Share-a-Day |
| Closing Balance |
$2,043.45 |
Meeting Reports
- Mon BOSS: well attended.
- Tues Brooklyn: packed.
- Tues Hudson: no report.
- Tues HOW: thriving, a lot of newcomers, looking for bigger space.
- Weds Norwalk: no report.
- Weds Steps: well attended.
- Weds Park Ave: doing well in temporary space, much nicer, but more expensive.
- Weds Dobbs Ferry: no report.
- Weds UA Anon: no report.
- Thurs Steps: well attended.
- Thurs Westport: no report.
- Thurs Emotions: full room, struggling with rent, a lot of newcomers.
- Friday HOW: Lisa ISR.
- Friday UA Anon (women’s): no report.
- Friday Brooklyn: 12-15 people, lots of newcomers.
- Friday Nyack: no report.
- Sat Norwalk: 4 people.
- Sat Woodstock: no report.
- Sat Path: doing well, around 20 people, Chris ISR.
- Sat Seeds: going well, Melvin ISR
- Prosperity Sat: full room, keeps losing chairs.
- actions on group inventory.
- Sun HOW: 6 people at first meeting.
- Sun UA Anon: meeting moved to 520 Eighth Avenue.
Old Business
Passed motions in bold.
Statement For Meetings
- The following statement will be inserted on the meeting lists: “UA NY Intergroup serves Tri-State area meetings, including organizing area events, helping set up new groups, and distributing meeting lists. All tri-State area meetings are encouraged to send Intergroup Representatives to our meetings, which are held 1:00-2:30pm on the second Saturday of every month, upstairs at Zaro’s, Broadway & 21st Street, Manhattan. Individuals and groups should send contributions to UA NY Intergroup, P.O. Box 1287, New York, New York, 10276.”
ISR Deposit for WSC
- Lisa will send a check to the WSCC for $70 to cover the remainder of the registration fee.
- Sam has a balance of $109 to be applied to incidentals including transfers.
August Share-A-Day
- Keynote speakers were selected: Laura (alternate Peggy), and Frank (alternates Matt & Mike).
- A suitable registration system has not been found, so there will be no advance registration this time.
- Anna will research speaker systems; the entertainment committee was authorized to spend up to $150.
- A tip of $50 will be given to the porter.
- Five $10 scholarships will be offered on a first come, first served basis; application for scholarships must be made prior to the event—none will be handed out on the day. If there is a demand for more, the committee will consider increasing this amount by email.
- Flyers were distributed to the ISRs present to hand out at meetings.
Web Site
- Wayne will be reimbursed $15 for registering the domain name ua-nyc.org (the registration will need to be renewed in a year’s time).
- Peter will provide a simple landing page for this domain with information about the Share-a-Day.
Meeting Lists
- Peter will continue to print 200 meeting lists every other month, and distribute them to ISRs at Intergroup meetings, and ad hoc at regular meetings.
October Share-A-Day
- The Share-A-Day committee will identify alternate venues and costs prior to the next Intergroup meeting.
November Retreat
- The Retreat Committee consists of Mike M & Dion—both are wiling to organize a low-key event similar to last year’s. Mike will also contact some of the regional ISRs to see if they are interested in helping.
Next Meeting
- The next meeting will be the second Saturday in August, August 10, upstairs at Zaro’s, Broadway and 21st Street.
- The following topics were not addressed at this meeting, and will be carried over to the agenda for the next meeting:
- NY Intergroup website (purpose, content, etc.)
- Liability insurance (currently paid by the Park Avenue group)
- Support for group inventories
- Intergroup by-laws
- Business meeting formats
- Please contact Peter S. with any additional items for the agenda.