PPG Group Conscience Minutes
PPG - Group Conscience Meeting Minutes
1/14/2020
Chad opened the meeting with the Serenity Prayer.
Steve gives GSR report: Reports GSR Assembly is coming up. States that we are well represented at the district level
John gives Treasurers Report: Hands out spread sheet.
Mike gives Intergroup Report: Talks about Old-Timers Banquet and how the committee is trying to get attendance up. States it will most likely be held in April. PPG will man the Intergroup Hot Line February 21st – 23rd. Elected a new board – Bruce E. Super Bowl Sunday chili cook-off is announced.
Tanya gives Service Coordinator Report: Reports there has been an overwhelming response to service positions available and needing to be filled. Tanya states she will try to remember to make an announcement each week at the beginning of the meeting. New center Sage Recovery needing service positions filled.
Zach gives Webmasters Report: All is going well, nothing to report. Continuing to do email list.
Nimai gives Literature Report: Reports on what literature we have in stock and that we have sold a lot of literature.
Mitch gives Hospitality Report: States nothing new to report. Wants to thank everyone who comes early to help set up. It’s a great opportunity for new comers because they set up and then go for dinner and fellowship before coming back to the meeting.
Positions Elections:
Nominations for new GSR. Needs to be available first Sunday of each month for meeting from 2:00 – 4:00 PM. Term is 2-year commitment. Steve has served as our GSR for past two years and has done an outstanding job. Ashley has stepped up expressing her desire to fill the position. The group unanimously votes in Ashley as our new GSR. Many thanks to Ashley for stepping up.
Matt steps up willing to fill the position of alternate GSR. The group unanimously votes in Matt as the new alternate GSR. Many thanks to Matt for stepping up.
Nimai completes her 1- year term as Literature Chair. Shea steps up willing to fill the positon. The group unanimously votes in Shea as the new Literature Chair. Yay Shea! Many thanks for stepping up, and thank you Nimai for an outstanding job.
Mike completes his 2-year term as Intergroup Rep. Jon steps up to fill the position. The group unanimously votes in Jon as the new Intergroup Rep. Group also votes in Amit as the alternate Intergroup Rep unanimously. Mike states that the Intergroup Reps meet 2nd Monday of every month from 7:00 PM – 8:00 PM at Allendale.
Coffee Committee needs new volunteers – for 3-month term. Thanks to all the following for stepping up……. remembering the coffee ZAR’S never get drunk.
Lauren
Lea
Andrea
Chloe
Greg
Kat
Evan
Old Business:
Ashely speaks about VINMO. She says she has everything ready to get us set up and running. She has purchased a burner flip phone that will work for VINMO start up purposes. Discussion about how we will inform the fellowship they now have the option to use VINMO. It is suggested we place a VINMO instruction card in the basket for people who are not familiar with using VINMO, and make an announcement to the group once we get it up and operating. Discussion about VINMO fees, and it is determined there should not be any fees to the group based on how we will be using it. By unanimous vote, it is finally agreed we will offer VINMO as a payment option for our fellowship. Hallelujah!
Chad brings up topic brought up when we did our group inventory regarding how much money PPG keeps in its account. Is it the appropriate amount? Discussion about what we keep in prudent reserves, catching up on paying money to the four AA service organizations that we have not paid in a while. Reserving enough money for our annual PPG Anniversary BBQ, and possibly spending money on new chairs and tables for the group.
Someone mentions we need to talk about the speakers for the PPG Anniversary. Discussion about cost of BBQ. It’s decided we spend around $900.00 - $1,000.00.
Steve suggest we could consider sending both GSR and alternate to assembly meeting. Point is made that that could get pretty expensive.
John suggest we should spend money on things we need here for the meeting.
Discussion about doing a PPG group training for the Foundation meeting so that we have plenty of people trained and rotating for the meeting each week. It’s suggested that we could do the training on a Tuesday during our regular meeting time. It is suggested and agreed that we will do the training on Tuesday February 4th. It is suggested and agreed that the PPG Anniversary BBQ will be on April 7th.
Chad asks if anyone else has any other business. The meeting is adjourned and we close with the Serenity Prayer.
1/14/2020
Chad opened the meeting with the Serenity Prayer.
Steve gives GSR report: Reports GSR Assembly is coming up. States that we are well represented at the district level
John gives Treasurers Report: Hands out spread sheet.
Mike gives Intergroup Report: Talks about Old-Timers Banquet and how the committee is trying to get attendance up. States it will most likely be held in April. PPG will man the Intergroup Hot Line February 21st – 23rd. Elected a new board – Bruce E. Super Bowl Sunday chili cook-off is announced.
Tanya gives Service Coordinator Report: Reports there has been an overwhelming response to service positions available and needing to be filled. Tanya states she will try to remember to make an announcement each week at the beginning of the meeting. New center Sage Recovery needing service positions filled.
Zach gives Webmasters Report: All is going well, nothing to report. Continuing to do email list.
Nimai gives Literature Report: Reports on what literature we have in stock and that we have sold a lot of literature.
Mitch gives Hospitality Report: States nothing new to report. Wants to thank everyone who comes early to help set up. It’s a great opportunity for new comers because they set up and then go for dinner and fellowship before coming back to the meeting.
Positions Elections:
Nominations for new GSR. Needs to be available first Sunday of each month for meeting from 2:00 – 4:00 PM. Term is 2-year commitment. Steve has served as our GSR for past two years and has done an outstanding job. Ashley has stepped up expressing her desire to fill the position. The group unanimously votes in Ashley as our new GSR. Many thanks to Ashley for stepping up.
Matt steps up willing to fill the position of alternate GSR. The group unanimously votes in Matt as the new alternate GSR. Many thanks to Matt for stepping up.
Nimai completes her 1- year term as Literature Chair. Shea steps up willing to fill the positon. The group unanimously votes in Shea as the new Literature Chair. Yay Shea! Many thanks for stepping up, and thank you Nimai for an outstanding job.
Mike completes his 2-year term as Intergroup Rep. Jon steps up to fill the position. The group unanimously votes in Jon as the new Intergroup Rep. Group also votes in Amit as the alternate Intergroup Rep unanimously. Mike states that the Intergroup Reps meet 2nd Monday of every month from 7:00 PM – 8:00 PM at Allendale.
Coffee Committee needs new volunteers – for 3-month term. Thanks to all the following for stepping up……. remembering the coffee ZAR’S never get drunk.
Lauren
Lea
Andrea
Chloe
Greg
Kat
Evan
Old Business:
Ashely speaks about VINMO. She says she has everything ready to get us set up and running. She has purchased a burner flip phone that will work for VINMO start up purposes. Discussion about how we will inform the fellowship they now have the option to use VINMO. It is suggested we place a VINMO instruction card in the basket for people who are not familiar with using VINMO, and make an announcement to the group once we get it up and operating. Discussion about VINMO fees, and it is determined there should not be any fees to the group based on how we will be using it. By unanimous vote, it is finally agreed we will offer VINMO as a payment option for our fellowship. Hallelujah!
Chad brings up topic brought up when we did our group inventory regarding how much money PPG keeps in its account. Is it the appropriate amount? Discussion about what we keep in prudent reserves, catching up on paying money to the four AA service organizations that we have not paid in a while. Reserving enough money for our annual PPG Anniversary BBQ, and possibly spending money on new chairs and tables for the group.
Someone mentions we need to talk about the speakers for the PPG Anniversary. Discussion about cost of BBQ. It’s decided we spend around $900.00 - $1,000.00.
Steve suggest we could consider sending both GSR and alternate to assembly meeting. Point is made that that could get pretty expensive.
John suggest we should spend money on things we need here for the meeting.
Discussion about doing a PPG group training for the Foundation meeting so that we have plenty of people trained and rotating for the meeting each week. It’s suggested that we could do the training on a Tuesday during our regular meeting time. It is suggested and agreed that we will do the training on Tuesday February 4th. It is suggested and agreed that the PPG Anniversary BBQ will be on April 7th.
Chad asks if anyone else has any other business. The meeting is adjourned and we close with the Serenity Prayer.
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Group Conscience Minutes
GSR Report
Group Conscience Agenda
Speaker Downloads
Weekly Update
The above links are provided for your convenience. They can also be found on our PPG Resources page.
