Chairperson Melissa M. opened the meeting with a moment of silence followed by the serenity prayer. Russ K. read the 12 traditions of N.A. Mark W. read the 12 concepts of N.A. Melissa M. read the group’s purpose.

Roll call: Present = (P), Absent = (A), Open Position = (O)

Chairperson: (P) Melissa M.                                         Vice Chairperson: (P) Russ K.

Secretary: (P) Jim A. proxy for Cecilia H.                     Treasurer: (P) Jim A.

RCM: (P) Mark W.                                                      Alternate RCM: (P) Rocky S.

Literature Chair: (P) Jason G.                                        H&I Chair: (P) Rod G.

Activities Chair: (P) Jim A. for Dustin W.                      Public Info. Chair: (P) Dagwood C.

Tuesday GSR: (P) Wendy H. proxy for Mandy K.        Monday GSR: (P) Matt R.

Wednesday GSR: (P) Tim R.                                        Thursday GSR: (O) Open

Saturday GSR: (O) Sean B. (acting)                              Sunday 7pm GSR: (O) Open

WHNA GSR: (P) James G.                                          O’Neill GSR: (P) Katie J.

Easy Rider GSR: (P) Jed P.                                          Foundations GSR: (P) Rocky S.

Wayne GSR: (P) Dustin S.

Esteemed Guests: Adam M., Jess K., Jennie P., Jerry P.

Reports:

There was a motion to approve last month’s secretary’s report, which was seconded, and passed, with one addendum, which was a written Policy subcommittee report from July. This addendum is included in this month’s report, so everyone can get a look.

Treasurers Report: See attached report. - TFLMS, Jim. (Note, I handed out an incorrect report at the meeting, the included report is the corrected report, reflecting a check to the activities account for $278.30, not $250.00 as was printed. Sorry for the error.)

RCM Report: See attached report. – TFLMS, Mark W.

Alternate RCM Report: No additional report from Rocky, as he collaborated with Mark on the RCM report.

Literature Report: We will need to put in an order soon for books, medallions, and key tags, along with various white booklets and IP’s. Let me know if you need anything. There are no more special edition basic texts, but a gift edition has been released for $25.00. That’s pretty cool. – ILS, Jason.

Activities Report: Activities bank account has $501.00 balance, which should enable us to carry out the next few functions. Demo versions of three fliers (Day in the Park, Men’s Retreat, and Women’s Day in the Park) were presented to service body for editing, corrections, and additions, as well as approval. – Jim for Dustin W.

Public Information Report: We have new business cards. I am going to do a flier drive in two weeks. I would like some help for that. – Thanks, Dagwood. Also, radio stations released the dollar amounts of the PSA’s they are doing for us. WJAG’s amount was $1,820.50, and KEXL’s was $194.40. (These are free for N.A., by the way.)

Policy Report: Not much news on the policy front. I have nominated Casey for Policy subcommittee chair, and she has accepted. By the time the position is open, she will have a year clean. – Melissa.

H&I Report: All is well with us. Had much discussion about establishing a six month moratorium on new H & I commitments, after starting a new H & I meeting. Melissa will bring us a written guideline nest month for the subcommittee to discuss and vote on. – TFLMS, Rod.

Monday GSR Report: Meeting is running well, and it has gotten bigger, I think. – Thank you, Matt.

Tuesday GSR Report: All is well. All is fine. – ILS, Wendy, proxy for Mandy K.

Wednesday GSR Report: Meetings are growing, averaging 25+ recovering addicts. Good topics with lots of solution based discussions. I am going to continue serving as the GSR for the time being, as our alternate GSR has school commitments. – ILS, Tim R.

Thursday GSR Report: Our GSR has respectfully tendered her resignation, as there is a schedule conflict, preventing her attendance. Nominations are now open for a new GSR of the Hug Up Group. We hope to have this position filled by the next area business meeting. – TFLMS, Jim A., chairperson.

Saturday GSR Report: Hello all, attendance has been an average of 8 to 12. Last Saturday we had 21 and one newcomer. Meetings are full of experience, strength, and hope. Many solutions are being given in recovery. – TFLMS, Sean B, chairperson.

Sunday 8pm (WHNA) GSR Report: Meetings seem to be staying strong. We celebrated clean time recently, which had support from all groups. We were asked to host the hospitality room at close encounters convention for an hour. We would like other area groups to be involved also. Talk to your home groups and let me know if you are interested. – James G.

Sunday 7pm (Wild Bunch) GSR Report: No report, no GSR. Casey C. has indicated willingness to serve, but that is not officially a nomination, as of this time.

O’Neill GSR Report: All well, all fine. (Note; O’Neill meetings are in the same place, 8 p.m. on Monday, Wednesday, and Fridays.)

Easy Rider GSR Report: All is well. Meetings during the week are well attended. Weekends need more people to show up and support them. We have elected new chairpersons on August 7^th. All positions are now filled. – TFLMS, Jed.

Foundations GSR Report: Addict named Rocky, All is well with great participation from all. Attendance is up, not just from Sunrise Place, but individual addicts as well. – TFLMS, Rocky.

Nominations and Elections: Rocky S. was nominated for RCM. James G. was nominated for alternate RCM. Melissa M. and Cecilia H. were nominated for area secretary. Russ K. was nominated for area chairperson. Wendy H. was nominated for area vice-chairperson. Jim A. was nominated for area treasurer. Get back to your groups and get more nominations for these positions.

Also, Regional positions are still open. Policy, Chairperson, and Vice-Chairperson are open for nomination at the Regional level. Brent L. from our area has been nominated for Regional chairperson.

Old Business: Saturday 9:30 p.m. meeting has a chairperson now, and the Easyrider group is working on support of the meeting.

Some discussion about the women’s retreat. It is officially cancelled for August of 2009, but rescheduled for April 2010. The women’s Day in the Park, Scheduled for September 19^th, 2009, is to be a fundraiser for the newly re-scheduled women’s retreat. A flier will go out later this week. All monies collected for cabin deposits will be offered back to those that paid in. It will be their individual choices to accept a refund or to continue to allow our area to hold their deposits.

New Business: Some discussion about service commitments. We all need to follow through, and give serious consideration to what the word commitment means. This means me, as well!

Our Literature chair discussed leaving all of the textbooks our area orders in the closet at Trinity. Ultimately, that is up to him. It was noted that the Easyrider clubhouse has literature available for sale as well. Contact Wes at the Anchor House if you need something, and no one is available to open the closet at Trinity.

There was some discussion about the new book project for World, Living Clean, which is available for individual submission on na.org. We will be putting a link or info on our area’s website.

There was some discussion about possibly combining the H & I and PI subcommittees. No one would lose their service position, but it would be an official recognition of the joint (sorry!) effort of both of these committees in many of the institutions our area currently serves. It would also allow the PI subcommittee to recruit more people to get active in flier drives, presentations, and the like. (Note: World services has already recommended this, reflected in the new service literature under the Public Relations (PR) heading. We are letting home group members know about this, and any ideas that individual addicts in our area might have would be welcomed at the next business meeting, which will be on Sunday, September 13^th, from 3pm – 5pm in the Trinity Church basement.

Motion to close, seconded, passed.

Closed the meeting with prayer, fellowship and love.

My yearly present to Cece. Love ya, sis!

Reports:

Oasis Panel:  Our next panel is September 21.  If you are interested in sharing, contact me ASAP (note, panel is now full)  ILS, Wendy H.

Yankton Work Group: Mark, Russ and Jason shared their ESH with about 25 inmates.  Soft cover books, white booklets and meeting schedules were dropped off with Dr. Pierce for approval.  Rocky, Dave P and Keith have been approved to go in.  Just need to give them a date for the next panel.  Thanks, Dagwood.

NRC:  Things:  I believe there was a report, but it flew out of the window of my car.  I apologize and will do better to safeguard reports in the future.  Melissa.

Old Business:  Still working on books for Yankton.  Still waiting for literature approval and a date to go in. 

New business:  on the 1^st and 3^rd Saturday, there will be HIPPA training at the regional center in Norfolk for those wishing to help with the meeting there.

Tim R. is stepping down as chair for Pierce County Jail meeting.

Rocky looking for men to help with the SRP meeting on Friday nights.

Jim suggest we get a plaque for Dave P for all his service work.

Notes were limited due to a windy condition in my vehicle, and I believe I lost them to the wind God who carried them away.  Perhaps there was a reason, yet to be revealed, that the Gods needed our notes.  I apologize.

EVANA Business Meeting December 13, 2009

Melissa opened the meeting with a moment of silence followed by the serenity prayer. Andrew read the twelve traditions, and Rocky read the twelve concepts.

Roll Call: Present = (P), Absent = (A), Open Position = (O)

Chairperson: Melissa M. (P)                                                        Vice-Chairperson: Russ K. (P)

Secretary: Jim A. proxy for Cecilia H. (P)                                               Treasurer: Jim A. (P)

RCM: Mark W. (A)                                                                            Alternate RCM: Rocky S. (P)

Literature: Jason G. (P)                                                                  Activities: Andrew D. (P)

Public Relations: Dagwood C. (P)                                             Policy: Melissa M. (P)

Monday GSR: Russ K. (P)                                                               Tuesday GSR: June L. (P)

Wednesday GSR: Tim R. (P)                                                         Thursday GSR: Jace B. (P)

Saturday GSR: Andrew D. proxy for Jess R. (P)                    Wild Bunch GSR: Angie M. (P)

WHNA GSR: Erin M. (P)                                                                  Easyrider GSR: Jed P. (P)

O’Neill GSR: Katie (A)                                                                    Wayne GSR: Dustin S. (P)

Foundations GSR: Rocky S. (P)

Secretary’s Report: Approval with no corrections of last month’s meeting minutes.

Treasurer’s Report: Surplus of Literature and Prepaid Rent, so the money situation is not as bad as it looks. WHNA and Easyriders groups are going to be making area donations in the near future. – TFLMS, James A.

RCM Report: No report.

Alternate RCM Report: Addict named Rocky. Mark W. has asked me to inform everyone that BHS is closing Sunrise Place and will be opening this facility as a sister treatment center to SOS in Columbus. At this time, they don’t have a clear timeline as to reopening, staffing, and client intake. There will probably be in-house meetings available and the possibility for another panel. We as an area need to be respectful and patient for them to get up and running. I will keep you informed of information (J) as it becomes available. It has been a great honor and a privilege to serve as chair for the Friday night in-house meeting at Sunrise Place, and I would like to extend a special thanks to all the guys who supported this meeting. I am looking forward to serving as your RCM and pray that God will direct me in all I do. – TFLMS, Rocky.

Literature Report: All is well. Stock is still pretty good; we will probably not be ordering anything else this year, but still let me know if you need anything. Just about have a short (but sweet) newsletter ready to print, any new ideas are welcome. – ILS, Jason G.

Activities Report: As of December 13^th, 2009, we have come up with a new function which is called “The Heart of N.A. Beats”. This function was founded by Wendy H. and our activities co-chair, Jess. This function will entail set-up at noon, an H&I workshop at 1:30 p.m., phone line training at 3:00 p.m., a potluck dinner at 5:00 p.m., a speaker at 7:00 p.m., a raffle and auction at 8:00 p.m., with a dance to follow. DEA Entertainment will host the dance. All of this is to take place at the Knights of Columbus Hall on February 6^th, 2010. For the auction, we are asking all G.S.R.’s to please inform their groups that we need to have raffle items brought to the basement of Trinity Church and placed in a box in the closet. We are also in need of decorations that fit the Valentine’s Day theme of the dance. We are still looking for a person or persons to lead the H&I workshop. – TFLMS, Andrew D. (Roo)

Addendum (Women’s Retreat): Many women attended our planning day (December 5^th, 2009). Thanks to Columbus and newcomers for attending. The itinerary was finalized and discussion was held about activities we have planned. Kids activities, breakfast and food were discussed. Crafts were made for fund-raising. We raised $28, of which $25 was donated to the Rodeway Inn for their services. – ILS, Wendy

Public Relations Report: Hello family, During the PR meeting we discussed many things. Sunrise Place, getting fliers out and getting in touch with the local school district. More will be discussed about Sunrise Place/Seekers of Serenity II as we get more information as to what we will be doing. This will include the Thursday Foundations group. I have asked that everyone help out with getting fliers and business cards, let me know and I will get you the stuff you need. Finally, Wendy and I will be contacting the school board to see what we can do to get some information to the schools and possibly a presentation for teachers, students, and any others. – Thanks, and ILS, Dagwood.

Policy Report: Hello all. The policy has been updated as of 12-12-09, and was e-mailed to all on my e-mail list. I asked that it be forwarded to anyone you have on your lists… anyone, that is, who you think might be interested. A new copy will be placed in the 3 ring binder for our new fearless leader to be elected at the December ASC meeting. New copies can be printed in January to update GSR resource books, so I ask that all GSR’s in possession of a GSR resource handbook bring them to the January meeting for the updates. – Public Relations: I formulated a preliminary guideline for EVANA R and e-mailed it as well. I asked for any revisions, but being as I only e-mailed it yesterday, I have not received any feedback. I also asked that it be forwarded to anyone who might be interested in it. Current H&I guidelines will remain, as that covers the H&I portion of the PR subcommittee. Addendums were added (J) to the current EVANA policy. – New Policy subcommittee chairperson: I e-mailed the nominee all pertinent policy stuff. I thank her in advance for her service. I would also like to thank the ASC for allowing me to be of service for these years, and know that I will continue to be of service to guide and mentor our new policy subcommittee chairperson in fulfilling her duties. – ILS, Melissa.

Monday GSR Report: Don’t have votes for today. Not enough home group members. Meeting is small and semi-quiet, but with the weather being as it is, that is to be expected. – Russ K.

Tuesday GSR Report: Hello family, all is going well in the meeting. Meeting attendance had been about 30 to 35. We are staying on solutions and newcomers have been coming back. – TFLMS, June Bug L.

Wednesday GSR Report: Greetings family, our Wednesday night candlelight meetings have blossomed into truly spiritual events that are filled with caring, sharing, and fellowship. We have elected Doug P. as our new GSR, effective January 1^st. It has been a blessing in my recovery to be of service these past several months. Thanks to Wendy H. for filling in when I was gone. – Tim R.

Thursday GSR Report: Hey family, we’ve been having a great month. Excellent topics, great membership, and awesome recovery. Dustin S. had been doing very well as the new chairperson. Karen K. was an awesome speaker this month, with many more awesome speakers to come. – Thanks, love you all, Jace B.

Saturday GSR Report: All is fine and well. Thanks for letting me serve. – Jess R. (delivered by Andrew D.)

Wild Bunch GSR Report: Thanks for the opportunity to serve. I look forward to learning more about the fellowship and all of its members and processes. The 7:00 p.m. meeting at the W.E.L.L. house is lacking in attendance. This is a good meeting, as are all of the meetings. I strongly encourage all female addicts to attend and give this meeting a chance. Once again, thanks for the opportunity. – Angie M.

Easyrider GSR Report: The meeting at 9:30 p.m. on Saturday needs a chair. Meetings average about 5 to 6 addicts, with some of the meetings doing much better (16 on Thursday at noon). Donations of about $2-$3 per meeting. Otherwise all is well. Good recovery at meetings. Thanks to June for covering for me while my work schedule had changed. – Peace, Jed.

WHNA GSR Report: Meetings are going good. Attendance has been down the last couple of weeks. As a group, we decided to change our format (of the meeting). We decided to switch the Just for Todays around, reading the book at the end of the meeting, and the reading at the beginning. – Thanks, Erin.

O’Neill GSR Report: Absent, no report.

Wayne GSR Report: In the big town of Wayne we have been doing okay. We would like to see more addicts as all groups would. We are still carrying the message to the addicts that are suffering. We are small, but strong. Meetings are going well, with an average of six addicts every Monday. Thanks for believing in me. – In Service, Dustin

Foundations GSR Report: This group was initially formed for the clients of BHS. It was an open meeting, supported by clients from Sunrise place. With Sunrise Place closing its doors on December 22^nd of 2009, and with only one or two members left, a group conscience was taken, and we have decided to attend the Thursday night Hug-Up-Group. There is an extensive list of people who have supported this meeting from its inception, and I would like to extend thanks to all of them. I would like to especially thank Wendy H. for her devotion in getting this meeting off of the ground, and to Doug P. for the excellent job he has done in chairing this meeting. It has been an honor and a privilege to serve as GSR. – TFLMS, Rocky.

Nominations and elections: Regional issues: 1. To Change the convention chair from a one year to a two year position (from the time the bid opens until after the books are closed and audited – Area voted yes. 2. To deliver the Regional minutes by e-mail whenever possible (financial impact would save about half of the Regional secretary’s budget) – Area voted yes. 3. To create an Information Technology subcommittee with a chair to be at Regional Business meetings (this would insure that all have access to the webmaster. Jason G. would be nominated if this passes) – Area voted yes. 4. To form an ad-hoc subcommittee to gather and organize regional archives. – Area voted yes.

Note from our outgoing Chairperson – I would like to take a moment to thank you for allowing me to be of service these past 2 ½ years. You have allowed me room to grow, and I have had the pleasure of watching EVANA grow and flourish as an area. I pray that I have served you well. You all have been, and will continue to be, an integral part of my recovery. I would also like to rescind my nomination for Alternate RCM. I have given this much thought, talked with my God and others in recovery. I feel that it is very important to allow room for others to be of service, especially when they are so willing and able to serve. I know what service work has done, and continues to do for me, and I feel that it will do the same for others. James will make an excellent Alternate RCM and he will be a great asset to our area as a trusted servant in that position. I will continue to be of service in our area and do my part in carrying the message of hope in recovery. With much love and gratitude, Melissa D.

Treasurer – Jim A., Secretary – Cecilia H., Policy – Kris B., Vice-Chair person– Jed P., Chairperson – Rod G., Public Relations – Dagwood C. and Rod G. (co-chairs), Literature – Jason G., Alternate RCM – James G., RCM – Rocky S. Thanks to all who have served and will serve in the future. For those who did not get a chance to serve, do not be discouraged, there will be numerous opportunities to serve in the future.

Old Business:

Discussion about the function, “The Heart of N.A. beats”, which will occur on February 6^th at Knights of Columbus Hall in Norfolk.

Discussion about the combination of H&I and P.I. subcommittees into the Public Relations (PR) committee.

Discussion about cleaning the meeting hall. Much better effort by many groups to clean up after ourselves.

New Business:

No real issues were brought up at the time.

Open discussion:

7^th tradition donations were discussed. There is nothing that can really be done about this, just trying to raise some awareness. Our financial situation isn’t as bad as it looks, we have a lot of literature in stock, and our rent is paid. Also service was discussed, as in pouring coffee and cleaning up.

Discussion about having co-chairs for the PR subcommittee. One member thought that having co-chairs possibly violated the concept of having a single point of accountability in the duties of PR chairperson.

Discussion about the Confrence Agenda Report at the Plains States Zonal forum meeting in Wichita Kansas. Discussion about some friction between the N.A. World board and individual regions, who feel their voices are not being heard. Discussion about Zonal’s lack of resources.

It was suggested that we could do a joint function with Columbus and Fremont to address the new Confrence Agenda Report issues. Dagwood will discuss with our Regional Delegate, Mary R.

Discussion about 7^th tradition collection at the W.E.L.L. (women’s halfway house) meeting. That is entirely up to the group. We have agreed that the Foundations GSR resource guide would go to the W.E.L.L. so that its residents could have a guide to local service. Also, Tuesday GSR did not have their resource book.

Columbus function on January 16^th, 2010 at St. Joe’s. H&I learning day, other fun stuff. Be there.

Discussion about a GSR newsletter, regarding announcements. Jason will provide, e-mail, etc.

Discussion about an area convention. I don’t even want to go there, but it is a pretty good idea.

Discussion about the New Years thing at Dagwoods. Not an official N.A. function, but all are welcome.

Discussion and handing out of area inventory. Please discuss in your homegroup with your fellow homegroup members. Respond by February 1^st. Bring it to area business meeting.

Motion to close, second, passed.

Esteemed Guests:  Adam, Larry and Dustin

Oasis Panel:  Nothing to report.  Our next panel is January 18^th at 6pm.  If you are interested in sharing, let me know.  ILS, Wendy H.

NRC:  Hi family.  Addict named Jim.  NRC meetings are going well.  There are several names of area men that we are waiting on approval of, to help carry the message to the addicts in this institution.  Hopefully by the end of January, at least some of them will be approved to serve.  There was no meeting January 2^nd, due to the lace of staff at the institution over holiday weekend, but we will be going again January 16^th and 30^th, as scheduled.  TFLMS, Jim.

Yankton:  No report for now, Dagwood.  Renny will be going in next month.

SOS II:  Opening on the 18^th.  They will have a meeting, but it will be an open meeting.  Will be at the same time the SRP meeting was.  Small parking lot, please car pool, until they expand parking lot.  It will be a separate group.  Possible doing a panel or having a speaker meeting once a month.  It will no longer be an H&I meeting.  Our area will help with getting the meeting going, and being a resource for them to get the meeting going.  Discussion about it still being an H&I meeting if we bring a panel meeting in.  There would be a panel once monthly, but a regularly scheduled, regular NA meeting.  Still up in the air, play it by ear and roll with it, per Dagwood.

Old Business:

Sioux City will be helping with Yankton Work Group

PR guidelines:  please review for inclusion in EVANA policy; basically changing of wording in the guidelines to say “PR”

Presentation that Dagwood and Jason did with BHS

Mark informed Dagwood about doing a panel/presentation with staff at SOS II about what it was like before we came into recovery for staff to better understand addicts, and what the staff will have to be dealing with when new patients come in.  Possibly get Brent, or a woman to go in to do the presentation.  Nothing is set up as of yet.  This would be for staff presentation only. 

Supplies:  Dagwood still has a stash of supplies, but will be ordering more.  Looking into getting more business cards.  Will take BHS meeting off and adding SOS II meeting.

Discussion of “Behind the Wall”, but inaudible on recorder.

Activities:  February 6^th function:  Mark B.  will be coming to function to his part of H&I of presentation.  Brian cannot make it, but Whitney from Salina, KS will be coming to share with us.  Donations for the auction are in the closet.

Flyer drive:  Dagwood asked if there is a place where we need to hang fliers, let him know.

There is an individual that is handing out business cards with his/her number on them, that is not what they are for.  Please use them for addicts who don’t know where we are at.

Schools:  letter to schools and counselors, waiting until after break.  Get a hold of Bianca or her father to help with this effort.  Others at regional meeting discussed taking presentations into schools.  They expressed their ESH and difficulties getting the presentations going.  Jim talked about a non-profit organization; however, it was difficult to hear his part of the discussion.  Discussion about doing this type of presentation during the week, and focusing on only one interest at a time (only schools, only hospitals etc.) Discussion was made about how it is difficult in Norfolk because people don’t want to be associated with addicts, and it creates a barrier for sharing our message; the stigma of being an addict, and being associated with addicts makes this effort difficult at times.  Will be better to go to them, instead of asking them to come to us.  This will be something we work on.

New Business:

Jace:  Hard to hear, however, something about someone borrowing something.  There are order forms available, and “they” ordered literature.  Ah, I believe it was about key tags.  Dagwood discussed having them order them, but we will give them some to get them started until they are established. 

Rod:  Has Basic Text from book drive.  Discussion with Brent:  letting the jails in our area, with a letter and letting them know that the literature is available for their institution, and getting the books distributed.  Also send them meeting lists and NA information to their inmates.  James:  issues with hardbound books…discussion most jail institutions prefer soft cover books.  Discussion with Rod/Jim, inaudible. 

Jason:  discussion about addicts in jail asking him to work the steps with them.  Discussion, hard to hear on the tape.  Concern about doing this.  Dagwood:  in sponsorship book, many addicts have first met their sponsor in an H&I meeting and doing steps via the mail.  It is often discouraged because of showing favoritism.  But this isn’t always the case, and not a violation of the guidelines as long as it doesn’t affect the other members of the group.  More inaudible discussion…however, most was related to ways we can help the addicts and keep within the guidelines for our PR work, as to not violate rules.  Talk about using your best judgment. 

Motion to close.  Seconded.  Meeting adjourned with love.

EVANA Business Meeting January 10, 2010

Rod opened the meeting with a moment of silence followed by the serenity prayer. Andrew read the twelve traditions, and June read the twelve concepts. Rod also read the intro to Robert’s Rules of Order and the EVANA service board

Roll Call: Present = (P), Absent = (A), Open Position = (O)

Chairperson: Rod G. (P)                                                                                Vice-Chairperson:  Jed P.(P)

Secretary: Jim A. proxy for Cecilia H. (P)                                               Treasurer: Jim A. (P)

RCM: Rocky S. (P)                                                                             Alternate RCM: James G. (P)

Literature: Jason G. (P)                                                                  Activities: Andrew D. (P)

Public Relations: Dagwood C. (P)                                             Policy: Kris B. (P)

Monday GSR: Jason G. proxy for Russ K. (P)                         Tuesday GSR: June L. (P)

Wednesday GSR: Jace B. proxy for Doug P. (P)                   Thursday GSR: Jace B. (P)

Saturday GSR: Andrew D. proxy for Jess R. (P)                    Wild Bunch GSR: Open Position. (O)

WHNA GSR: Wendy H. proxy for Erin M. (P)                         Easyrider GSR: Jed P. (P)

O’Neill GSR: Katie (A)                                                                    Wayne GSR: Dustin S. (P)

Guests: Chris C., Adam M., Ken (Newman Grove), and Casey (Newman Grove)

Secretary’s Report: Accepted with no revisions.

Treasurer’s Report: Accepted with no revisions.

RCM Report: Addict named Rocky. First of all I would like to thank everyone for the honor and privilege of serving as your RCM. I attended the Regional business meeting yesterday. The general assembly topic was “Convention Guidelines Review and Discussion”, about half or better went under review and changes. This will be completed at the next Region in general assembly and I will make it available to our area after that. Regional Service Committee elections were held yesterday and congratulations go out to; Brent L. (Norfolk) for Chairperson, Wanda G. (Columbus) for Vice-Chairperson, Susan S. (Giltner) for Secretary, Kevin C. for Treasurer, Jerry W. (Ceresco) for H&I Chairperson, Gary D. (Malcom) for Outreach Chairperson, Dagwood C. (Norfolk) for Public Information Chairperson, and John K. (Creston) for Policy Chairperson. We are currently taking nominations for Regional Delegate and Alternate Regional Delegate. These nominations will be open until next Regional meeting. Requirements are 8 years clean, 2 years N.A. service, willingness to travel and participate in Zonal and Regional learning days. This is a two year commitment. Pat W. is our current alternate Regional Delegate and is nominated for Regional Delegate. I would like to thank everyone who helped me collect votes for Regional service positions. There are currently 14 motions in the Conference Agenda Report from N.A. world that need to be voted on. I am working with Diane B. from Columbus to get a function on the second weekend in March in Platte Center to handle this. I will have more information as it becomes available. Open floor discussion covered Regional meeting schedules and the shortages that some areas have. No real resolutions for this problem was reached, however several good ideas were given and should be taken into consideration. Can we as an area make some if needed, or turn them down at Region if we don’t need them? Your input would be greatly appreciated. I have a large stack of these meeting schedules. Take what you need and will use and leave the rest for others. I have two motions that I need your votes on for the next RSC meeting; (1) Give $100.00 budget, $25.00 per quarter to the RSC Treasurer for expenses (Checks, paper, printer ink and such). (2) Adopt pages 49-61 of the PR handbook as RSC H&I guidelines, with the intent to update RSC policy – nor financial impact. The next Regional Service Committee meeting is tentatively set for April 10^th in Kearney. General Assembly topic will be to finish the “Convention Guidelines” and get them back to groups to be voted into policy. I have a whole stack of flyers for events and functions going on in our Region so please feel free to check out our bulletin board for fun things to do outside our area. Thanks to your participation EVANA was able to bring home the newcomer in attendance trophy from Region. Great job! Again thank you all for your support. – ILS, Rocky.

Alternate RCM Report: None submitted.

Literature Report: Still have plenty of books, checking on keytags and medallions today. All good, all fine. – ILS, Jason. Also IP’s and possibly a gift edition for someone?

Activities Report: Function is still on for February 6^th at noon. Flyer is on cork board in basement of Trinity church. – TFLMS, Andrew D. Jess’ mother for a speaker, Mark B. for the PR workshop. Flyers will be coming out soon.

Public Relations Report: Hello family, First PR meeting went well. Talked about talking with school board and new SRP meeting. Looking forward to getting that started. Region was okay. Same things were discussed, as usual. Also the webmaster was established and nominations were opened. Also there needs to be clean time requirements established as well. We will nominate Jason G. and will need a bio from him as well, to take back to region. Also talked about getting basic texts to jails in surrounding areas. – Thanks, ILS, Dagwood.

Policy Report: Hello Recovering Family, I am still unsure of the parameters of this role, but so far there has been no cause to call on EVANA policy guidelines, also there are no new policy changes. PR guidelines are still under construction by previous policy chair. – ILS, Kris B.

Monday GSR Report: Meetings are good, will be attending more when the weather permits. – Jason for Russ.

Tuesday GSR Report: Hello family, all is going well. Topics have been staying on solutions. Newcomers have been coming back and asking questions and using phone numbers. Yeah, recovery! Attendance has been staying between 30-35 addicts. We did have a home group meeting and discussed the issues and solutions and made a decision to wait until this month’s home group meeting to write so other home group members had a chance to be there. Thank you for letting me serve. – In loving service, June Bug.

Wednesday GSR Report: Meetings have been full of hope and solutions. We have been averaging 20 addicts a meeting. – ILS, Doug.

Thursday GSR Report: Hello family. We have been having good meeting attendance despite the weather. Solid topics and great recovery. Sadly, we could not have our speaker meeting due to road conditions. Thank you for letting me serve – Jace B.

Saturday GSR Report: All is well. About 20 addict average attendance. – Andrew, proxy for Jess.

Wild Bunch GSR Report: No report, open position.

Easyrider GSR Report: Attendance is up. Need some chair people. Good recovery. Lots of input from members. Some newcomers. GSR needs to get his shit together. – Thanks, Jed.

WHNA GSR Report: WHNA will be donating funds to area within the next week or so. Our meetings are great and recovery oriented. Lots of newcomers and birthdays being celebrated this last month. Attendance is averaging 30. – ILS, Wendy, proxy for Erin M.

O’Neill GSR Report: Absent, no report.

Wayne Reflections GSR Report: Hi family. Wayne is having fun with our meetings, solution bound. Our meetings are getting better, clean time is growing, and addicts are not talking about horror stories anymore, and are learning how to share their hope and strengths. This meeting is growing in a positive way, it has come a long ways from where it was a year ago when the meeting opened again. – Thanks, Dustin.

Nominations and elections:

Old Business: No real issues from last month.

New Business: Some discussion about a “tri-area” function with Fremont and Columbus. Possibly including Fremont In the C.A.R. event on or around March 6^th or 13^th. Contact will be made with Burt from Fremont and Columbus.

Some discussion about GSR announcement sheet. I have to admit that I dropped the ball on that one. Sorry!

Some discussion about the area inventory. This will be addressed in depth at the next area business meeting.

Some discussion about changing the phone service. Wal-Mart has deals for $30 per month for 1000 minutes, 1000 texts, or unlimited for $45 per month. Only problem is monthly renewal. We will find out if they can withdraw from checking account and if we can keep our number. We are done with our contract, we can actually opt out at any time. We have the cheapest service US Cellular offers. We would have to buy a new phone, though.

Some discussion about the Regional meeting schedules. The format of the meeting schedules is designed for photocopying ability. We can do this, so we only really need one copy each time they publish a new one.

Some discussion about EVANA hosting a Region, possibly in July, but it was thought that Grand Island usually did their street dance/fundraiser at that time, so it was tabled, for the time being. Possibly October, in conjunction with the Masquerade Ball, possibly October 10^th, 2010.

Some discussion about decorations for the Valentine’s dance function. Just need to set up a time to shop for the stuff.

Open discussion: Pretty much the same as old business.

Motion to close, second, passed.

EVANA Business Meeting March 14, 2010

Rod opened the meeting with a moment of silence followed by the serenity prayer. Dagwood read the twelve traditions, and Jed read the twelve concepts. Rod read the group’s purpose.

Roll Call: Present = (P), Absent = (A), Open Position = (O)

Chairperson: Rod G. (P)                                                                                Vice-Chairperson:  Jed P. (P)

Secretary: Jim A. proxy for Cecilia H. (P)                                               Treasurer: Jim A. (P)

RCM: Rocky S. (P)                                                                             Alternate RCM: James G. (A)

Literature: Jason G. (P)                                                                  Activities: Dagwood C. proxy for Jess R. (P)

Public Relations: Dagwood C. (P)                                             Policy: Tim R. proxy for Kris B. (P)

Monday GSR: Jason G. proxy for Russ K. (P)                         Tuesday GSR:  Dagwood C. proxy for June L. (P)

Wednesday GSR: Tim R. proxy for Doug P. (P)                    Thursday GSR: Jim A. proxy for Jace B. (P)

Saturday GSR: Jess R. (A)                                                              WHNA GSR: Wendy H. proxy for Erin M. (P) Easyrider GSR: Jed P. (P)                                                                                Just 4 2day GSR: Kenny (P)

O’Neill GSR: Katie (P)                                                                    Wayne GSR: Dustin S. (P)

Guests: Angie

Secretary’s Report: Accepted with no revisions.

Treasurer’s Report: Accepted with no revisions. Looking better to make rent in May.

RCM Report: Addict named Rocky, Hello everyone. Myself and three other addicts from EVANA attended the C.A.R. workshop last weekend. I was a little disappointed in the turnout and am wondering if we as a service body did enough to stress the importance of voting on motions the motions before the world conference. Be that as it may, the votes were cast. There is a list of the motions on the bulletin board, and the word pass or fail before each one, so you can know how we voted. Our next regional business meeting is on April 10^th in Kearney. This is also their annual casino night and NRCNA fundraiser. – TFLMS, Rocky

Alternate RCM Report: Absent. No written report submitted.

Literature Report: We will be putting in an order, FINALLY. We need it. I talked to area 12 about hosting their website, but they are still up in the air about it. – ILS, Jason – This could save us up to $120 per year. – Note: any information that needs to be on the E.V.A.N.A. website can be mailed directly to Jason at gooodelljj@cableone.net.

Activities Report: No written report submitted. – Dagwood reported that Elkhorn Cabin at Ta-Ha-Zouka park is reserved for Day in the Park (August 28^th). Still trying to get a hold of Lower Elkhorn NRD for the Midnight Madness Campout (Maskenthine Recreation Area, east of Norfolk) in July. Cannot get the Knights of Columbus Hall for Region in October, but could get the Elkhorn Cabin for October 9^th. Jess had been doing some good work! Women’s Retreat (April  16-18) has 42 registrations so far and a balance of $799.95 in its bank account.

Public Relations Report: Hello family. Rod got a response from Dixon County for literature and would like to start a meeting. I will contact Rennie in South Sioux City to see if they can help. Also, Madison is asking for more Basic Texts. Rod will get those to Jason. All panels went well, but always can use more support. I will be making new newcomer packets for men and women, so GSR’s need to make sure that the proper packets get into the right hands. These new packets have gender specific phone lists. Also, please encourage the newcomers to get other phone numbers. – Thanks, ILS, Dagwood

Policy Report: No written report submitted. Nothing new to report, all is well. – ILS, Kris.

Monday GSR Report: All is well at Monday. We had a record attendance the other day, which was awesome. - RK

Tuesday GSR Report: Hello family. Everything is good. We have a new chairperson, Mandy. – Thanks, ILS, Dagwood.

Wednesday GSR Report: Meetings have been averaging 25 people and have been full of solutions and hope. – TFLMS, Doug

Thursday GSR Report: Hello family. Meetings are going well. Thanks to Burt M. for sharing his message of recovery in March. Next speaker is Alicia T. from Grand Island, on April 1^st. Thanks to Dustin S. for service work and great recovery topics. Hug-Up group has t-shirts available for $10 each, see Dustin or Benny. Thanks to Dustin and Benny for taking care of that for us. Hug-Up Group has a bank account, current balance of $33.45. We are trying to set up a homegroup meeting to discuss having a monthly function, possibly a dinner where homegroup members (and others) get together in fellowship. – TFLMS, Jim, as a proxy for Jace. – Possibly our “group” function will be occurring before the speaker meeting each month.

Saturday GSR Report: No written report submitted.

Just 4 2Day GSR Report: Attendance for meeting on March 1^st was one addict. Attendance for meeting on March 8^th was six addicts. Total 7^th tradition donations $15.38. Total expenses ($5 donation to area, $4.82 for flyers). Attendance is low, but this is expected. Recovery message is strong and attendance is picking up. I expect this meeting to grow and it is essential for our area. Would like someone to make contact with Madison and Boone county jails and courts and let them know we have meetings here. Need to talk to church to make some sort of rent donation to stay within NA traditions. Could use more literature, advice on how to donate to area, phone lists for both men and women. Right now I am acting as all group positions. We have no bank account, but have flyers for the taking. – Thanks, Kenny. (Secretary’s note: WOW! Thank you, Kenny!)

Easyrider GSR Report: Hello everyone. Meetings are going well. Attendance is up. Midnight meetings need support. We need chairpersons to be responsible for opening their meetings. We are working on a list of who chairs what meeting, and who has keys to the clubhouse. Thursdays at 6:00 p.m. there is a new GA meeting in the clubhouse. Thanks, Jed. P.S., we need a new coffee pot and coffee maker. – No news about a spring function. Easy rider group does have hoodies for sale.

WHNA GSR Report: We will be donating $200 to area. Our meetings are still recovery oriented. We are making some changes to our meeting. Our attendance is very low, but still going strong. – ILS, Wendy H.

O’Neill GSR Report: Mondays and Fridays are good, Wednesdays are pretty slow. We would appreciate any and all shows of support and encouragement. – Katie.

Wayne Reflections GSR Report: Wayne group of Narcotics Anonymous is still looking good. Could always use some outside help to come put a new light on some meetings. Thanks for letting me serve, Dustin.

Nominations and elections: No nominations or elections to report this month.

A lot of discussion about the phone lists. The basic focus of the discussion is that we are trying something different, and that may or may not work out. We will see how it works out. One important distinction about the new lists is that they are gender specific, and that needs to be paid attention to.

Some discussion about the Young Person’s Meeting. World Services sent a starter packet for the meeting. This meeting is located at the Kensington, the northeast corner of 4^th and Norfolk Avenue, at 5:30 p.m. on Thursdays.

Only one group had their votes into our RCM for April Regional business meeting. Get on that!

Some discussion about clarity statements included in readings before the meetings. This is a group issue, to be determined by each group, due to their autonomy.

Sunrise Place treatment facility (900 East Norfolk Avenue) meeting needs support. This meeting is an open Narcotics Anonymous meeting, occurring weekly at 6:30 p.m. on Friday.

Wayne and Newman Grove meetings need support, as well.

Our area has decided that seventh tradition funds will not be purchasing sugar and creamer anymore. Some suggestions were made, most of which involved group or individual donations.

Some discussion about RCM gas reimbursement, discussion was tabled until next area business meeting, with our RCM agreeing to donate his gas expenditure for his travel to the next Region. Thanks, Rocky!

It was determined that members of our area had bought and donated 5 cans of coffee in the previous week, and there was nothing left by the end of the week. It seems that someone is appropriating our coffee and possibly other supplies. We are locking up some of the supplies, and are looking into additional methods to keep our supplies from disappearing like that in the future.

The secretary of the church called an area service representative and reported that an empty vodka bottle was discovered in one of the downstairs bathrooms sometime in the past week. It will be up to members of the various groups that meet at Trinity to be vigilant and keep their eyes open.

The activities fund balance stood at $829.07 (I had to look that up) as of March 14, 2010. It was agreed that anything over $500.00 needed to go back to area. A check for $329.07 was donated back to E.V.A.N.A. Area Fund.

Short discussion of the usual clean-up issues.

Motion to close, second, passed. Closed with prayer, fellowship, and love.