REGION_MINUTES_11_20

Regional Minutes 11/20/04

The Buffalo Area will host he next Regional meeting on January 15, 2005. It will be held in Cheektowaga. From the (N.F) Take the I90 to the 98 to the 33 expressway take right onto Harlem Rd turn left onto Indian Church Road. The address is 49 Indian Church Rd.

1. Open Mtg @ 12:45 w/ Serenity Prayer
12 Traditions - Gretchen V
12 Concepts-
xvi Text Prayer- Mark T
11. Roll call/Quorum
Chair - P, V.C - abs, Treasurer - P,
RD Buffalo -abs Alt RD Buffalo - Abs
RCM Buffalo -P, RCM Alt Buffalo Abs
N.F RCM -abs RCM Alt N.F. Abs
AL Chaut RCM -P, Al Chaut RCM Alt P
Subcommittees
Website- report given (Mark T) Abs
Literature- Abs
H&I- Abs
PI- Abs
Activities- Abs
Convention Chair-P
Quorum-require simple majority Executive Co
Regional Trusted Servants 2/3%
50% of ASC
A) Buffalo Area 1/15/05.
42 Indian Church RD
Treasurer opening balance is $1,851.59.
iv. Mail distribution
1) Correspondence from World for RD Guide To World Service 2004-06 Discussion Issues
2) H&I Letters
* New Niagara Falls RCM -Reggie D
*Correspondence from IRS regarding tax return/file
Treasure will send form back with (not required status) documenting the exempt status with proper forms.
Nominations
Literature-no nominations
Convention Chair-committee recommendation James W.
Nominee not present-nominations still open
Elections
Activities nominated Chaionte not present
H&I-accepted by Rodney M, he will be stepping down due to health he'll be present in January with final rpt & recommendation.
RPTS
Treasure
$3356.00 opening balance $1851.59
H&I not present no rpt
Activities - not present
Convention Chair-present no rpt gave a verbal rpt regarding (one sided contract, management changed 4 times right up until day before convention & lack of commitment from Convention Committee members). Returned back check for $4500.00.
Chair addressed an unpaid bill of $363.76 (convention package) bill was given to treasure to pay.
Q- How much in $ value was left in merchandise? A- unknown.
Adhoc website-rpt read by Mark T.
Q- what is the price of hosting? $193.86.
Is this something we should be doing or should we look for something else?
A-We pay the amount & we have one year to find something else with same quality of service.
Area
Nile -not present
N.F. not present made $50.00 donation received
Chautauqua -present rpt attached
Buffalo-present
Old Business
1. On line expense $193.86
2. Misappropriation of funds by Donald A (in treasure rpt)
3. MARLICNA Budgetary request not present by-laws require them to submit budget by January meeting.
New Business
Rpts RD & Literature read by Chair
Website host. Done
Convention bill. Done
Rent for today $10.00
P.O. Box $58.00 Paid for 1 year.
Closing balance $ 5835.30
Send money to World in January
Motion to adjourn Mark T. Adjourned @ 2:45
Treasury Report for 11-20-2004

Bank account balance as of 9-18-2004 was $3,356.00 (some checks have not been cashed yet). I made a $343.59 deposit on 9-23-2004 which came from the September meeting. I also made a deposit of 59.33 on 9-28-2004, which was from a NI-O donation that was sitting in the post office box? The $343.59 deposit will be reflected in the opening balance and the $59.33 deposit will show as a credit at this meeting because it came in after the closing balance from our Sept. meeting.

I ordered and received new checks. They have 2 signature lines on them and say 2 signatures required.

Cedric and I went to the Buffalo Police Dept. and filled out an arrest report against Donald. There is a warrant out for his arrest.

I have not followed up with Charter One regarding the replacement of funds because after reviewing the most recent bank statements (I didn't get them until after our last meeting), it appears that all the misappropriated funds were replaced but it is still illegal to write corporate checks without permission and to cash dual signature checks with only one signature payable to oneself.

Opening balance today is $1851.59

In Service,
Dave M.
10-20-04

To: W.N.Y.R.S.C.N.A.
From: Michael B., Trusted Servant
Ad-hoc web site committee
W.N.Y.R.S.C.N.A.
Subject: 10-20-04-web site report

Hello family:

The WNY regional web site continues to be up and running. Updates have been made as they become available. If you have any information your area needs posted to the site please fill out the forms provided.

We are requesting $193.86 to pay our bill with CI host (our hosting company), which is due in January. (Mark continues with the administrative duties. Please issue the check to him.) We are current with them until 1-18-05. Our domain name (nawny.org) is ours until 1-30-08. The company called Verisign handles this. We sent them a check on 11-16-02 for 95.00 dollars and this keeps us good until 1-30-08.

Submitted in loving service,

Michael B.

CASC RCM REPORT 11-20-04

The CASCNA met on 9-26-04 in Dunkirk NY and 10-24-04 at the Immanuel Lutheran church on East Second Street in Jamestown. The next CASCNA meeting will be 11-28-04 in Dunkirk New York.

The 12 traditions and 12 concepts were read. Concepts 3 and 4 were read in their entirety.

The groups that were in attendance gave group reports. We had 6/6 groups present at the Dunkirk meeting and 4/6 present at the Jamestown meeting. We have had the good fortune of having a secretary for the past 3 meetings. The minutes have been approved with minor corrections. Unfortunately, our current secretary resigned last week and the position is again open.

Nominations for the upcoming year will open in November. Nominations will be accepted at meetings in November and December. Nominations will close in December. Voting will be in January. All positions are open except Literature and RCM. These 2 positions have a 2 year commitment and the current servants have one year remaining on their commitment.

Sub-committee reports:

Phone line:

All is well. No issues or concerns.

Public Information:

Not present at either meeting. Position is open.

Literature:

The committee is doing well. There is a good supply of literature and we have literature on had for those groups that need it. The committee will be placing an order this month. Current treasury balance is approximately 10.00 dollars. He has approximately 1200.00 in literature.

Activities:

The committee has elected a new chair, Bob P. He will be present later today and with some luck he will have some light food for us. Our activities sub-committee transferred 160.00 dollars to the ASC treasury in July. The current treasury balance for this sub-committee is 109.19.

RCM:

No report. He was unable to attend the RSC meeting in September.

Treasurer:

In July, our activities sub-committee turned over a check for 160.00 to our treasurer to help pay our bills. Our current treasury balance is 341.36. We have one phone bill that needs to be paid. The Chautuaqua area is hoping to make a regional donation at the RSC meeting in January.

H&I:

Something good seems to be happening. There is a good influx of addicts from the rehab into the rooms. Attendance is growing at all or our groups and donations seem to be increasing. Many of the newcomers are willing to serve. We continue to send a strong NA message at the meeting and there is good support from the outside.

Old Business: None

New Business: None

Submitted in loving service
Mark T.