The Quarterly South Florida Intergroup Conscience Meeting

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the next face-to-face meeting of the SFI is scheduled for Sunday, April 27th, 2008, from 4 pm to 5:30 pm

why:
Every SLAA service body should have a way for the group conscience, composed of any interested SLAA group members within the population represented, to govern service policy with "substantial unanimity". Such a service body then acts on behalf of and for the good of the represented membership.

current organization and policy:
The SFI has a structure and policy that can be changed through expressions of Intergroup Conscience at quarterly or special meetings.

when:
usually the 4th Sunday of January, April, July and October from 4 PM to 5:30 PM

location:
Nicholas Episcopal Church
Room 7 (2nd floor behind the courtyard)
1111 E Sample Road
Pompano Beach, Florida

directions:
Take I-95 to Pompano Beach. Take exit 39, the Sample Road exit. Turn left to head east if you were on I-95 south. Turn right to head east if you were on I-95 north. The building is one mile east of I-95 on the left (north) side of Sample Road. Walk up one of the rear external stairways to the second floor to find room 7. Click here for a map.

contact:
Use the SFI General Correspondence Form

agenda, 2nd quarter 2008 sfi meeting

• start (4 pm)
  • we-version of the Serenity Prayer
  • brief getting current
  • passing contact information sheet
  • selection of person to take minutes
  • celebration of the 7th tradition for SFI
• group feedback and needs
• minutes from the last meeting (read, adjust, and motion to adopt)
• any reports from inquiry representatives (respond to phone calls)
  • need another female correspondant?
• any reports from group service correspondant (stays in contact with individual groups and conveys information in both directions)
• notification secretary (contacts people by phone and paper mail for sfi meetings, newsletters, and events)
• intergroup conscience chairperson (coordinates and facilitates quarterly meetings, edits sfi newsletter, provides financial reports)
  • financial report
  • results of the first annual step retreat
  • results of twelve and twelve writing session
  • list of local recovery periodicals for outreach representative
• fws liason (interacts with fws and the sfi, attends the a.b.m.)
  • report of this month’s international a.b.m.
  • member retention information that might benefit the sfi or the groups directly
• yahoo groupmaster (maintains yahoo group)
• webmaster (maintains web site, manages contact data, forwards incoming requests, and handles bulk emails)
  • over 40 visitors per day, mostly through google or link from fws
  • some in program, some looking for love
  • schedule most common
  • averaging two day turnaround for meeting updates
  • access to retreat and round up flyers, computer cleaning software, and maps also common
  • contact list updated and ready for officers
• public information chairperson
  • to professionals
  • through the recovery community
  • to treatment facilities (revision of letter to professionals to target clergy)
  • to clergy (revision of letter to professionals to target clergy)
  • directly to people hitting bottom (list the SFI web site in local recovery periodicals and free public service listings - motion adopted 2Q 2006)
• old business
  • opening any vacated service positions (motions to replace absent members followed by nominations)
  • additional inquiry representatives?
  • new archivist?
• special agenda
• planing structure, choice of material, dates, and locations of future Step Retreats (Dade locations options?)
• content of, funding of, and delegation of work for this year's public information mail-out to clergy and treatment centers
• support of the Florida Round Up in October (meeting schedules, sfi newsletter, retreat flyers, fws information, signs for each)
• optional agenda
• traditions workshop at the round up in 2008
• increasing the level and perception of safety in the rooms of SLAA
• logo for the sfi
• end (5:30 pm)
  • we-version of the serenity prayer
  • some attendees go for dinner together - others stay for the s.l.a.a. anorexia meeting held in the same room at 6 pm
    

agenda, 3rd quarter 2007 sfi meeting

• start (4 pm)
  • we-version of the Serenity Prayer
  • brief getting current
  • passing contact information sheet
  • selection of person to take minutes
  • brief approval of 4 pm timeslot and movement to 4th Sunday in January, April, July, and October
  • celebration of the 7th tradition for SFI
• group feedback and needs
• minutes from the last meeting (read, adjust, and motion to adopt)
• any reports from inquiry representatives (respond to phone calls)
  • need another female correspondant?
• any reports from group service correspondant (stays in contact with individual groups and conveys information in both directions)
• notification secretary (contacts people by phone and paper mail for sfi meetings, newsletters, and events)
• intergroup conscience chairperson (coordinates and facilitates quarterly meetings, edits sfi newsletter, provides financial reports)
  • financial report
  • results of the first annual step retreat
  • results of twelve and twelve writing session
  • list of local recovery periodicals for outreach representative
• fws liason (interacts with fws and the sfi, attends the a.b.m.)
  • report of this month’s international a.b.m.
  • member retention information that might benefit the sfi or the groups directly
• yahoo groupmaster (maintains yahoo group)
• webmaster (maintains web site, manages contact data, forwards incoming requests, and handles bulk emails)
  • over 40 visitors per day, mostly through google or link from fws
  • some in program, some looking for love
  • schedule most common
  • averaging two day turnaround for meeting updates
  • access to retreat and round up flyers, computer cleaning software, and maps also common
  • contact list updated and ready for officers
• public information chairperson
  • to professionals
  • through the recovery community
  • to treatment facilities (revision of letter to professionals to target clergy)
  • to clergy (revision of letter to professionals to target clergy)
  • directly to people hitting bottom (list the SFI web site in local recovery periodicals and free public service listings - motion adopted 2Q 2006)
• old business
  • opening any vacated service positions (motions to replace absent members followed by nominations)
  • additional inquiry representatives?
  • new archivist?
• special agenda
• planing structure, choice of material, dates, and locations of future Step Retreats (Dade locations options?)
• content of, funding of, and delegation of work for this year's public information mail-out to clergy and treatment centers
• support of the Florida Round Up in October (meeting schedules, sfi newsletter, retreat flyers, fws information, signs for each)
• optional agenda
• traditions workshop at the round up in 2008
• increasing the level and perception of safety in the rooms of SLAA
• logo for the sfi
• end (5:30 pm)
  • we-version of the serenity prayer
  • some attendees go for dinner together - others stay for the s.l.a.a. anorexia meeting held in the same room at 6 pm
    

minutes, 2nd quarter 2007 sfi meeting

meeting commenced at 3:00 PM on Sunday, April 15th, 2007

six members in attendance, three officers and three Group Service Representatives
three counties represented: Dade, Broward and Palm Beach

motions

• to use the a draft of the non-conference-approved sex and love step material at the annual SFI step retreat - adopted (4-1).
  • minority opinion: "the step material in the basic text is approved and could be used"
  • response to minority opinion: "the gentle path is not approved and is commonly used for step workshops and retreats"
  • vote retaken - adopted (4-1)
• to allow the use of sfi funds to make up to a $100 deposit to the venue for the step retreat - adopted (5-0).
• to use the contact list developed by sfi (no round up data) as appropriate to notify members of s.l.a.a. events and maintain contact, with a note indicating how to be removed from the list - adopted (5-0)
• to hold the next quarterly meeting after the a.b.m. so that the intergroup can get a report of proceedings

group feedback

• need more connection between the groups and the intergroup - all agreed

outreach

• no report this quarter

budgetary

• no income or expenses or income since 4th quarter 2006 meeting
  

meeting adjourned at 4:30 PM.

minutes, 1nd quarter 2007 sfi meeting

cancelled

minutes, 4th quarter 2006 sfi meeting

meeting commenced at 3:05 PM on Sunday, October 8th, 2006

three counties represented: Dade, Broward and Palm Beach

• Harriette
• Dan R.
• Mark J.
• Barry
• Brian
• Douglas

discussed the success of the 2006 Round Up

elections

• Barry elected new Notification Secretary

fws liason

• Brian gave a report
  • FWS needs money
  • Round Up gave FWS several thousand from the auction
  • FWS is rolling out the new web site that provides a web page for every group and intergroup worldwide

motions

• to generate a one-page flyer for club houses - adopted (5-0).
• to begin planning for the first annual SFI international twelve step retreat and workshop - adopted (5-0).

outreach

• Mark to revise letters to professionals to target clergy
• Douglas to organize list of local recovery periodicals generated by his secretary and give to Mark
• Mark to list the SFI web site in local recovery periodicals and free public service listings (motion adopted 2nd Q)

women's safety and interests

• discussed women's safety
• discussed effect of discussing masturbation at meetings
• discussed effect of sex-alogs at meetings
• discussed the possibility of recommending to groups to have a getting current for women only
• discussed the need to get survey results from Karen
• Brian to talk with Karen to get survey results

budgetary

• current balance of $266.00
• no expenses or income since last report
  

meeting adjourned (early) at 4:15 PM.

minutes, 3rd quarter 2006 sfi meeting

meeting commenced at 3:05 PM

role call

• Mark J excused - in Vermont
• Brian R excused - doing Round Up service work
• Dan R excused - doing Round Up service work
• Reed O called to alert us to his absence
• Two new attendees were present

discussed support of the 2006 Round Up

• to get flyers out to meetings - copies taken to groups
• to query groups about what they want on the tables

motions

• to ask permission of the Round Up committee to have a table in the foyer - adopted.
• to have schedules on the SFI table - adopted.
• to have something from each meeting represented on the SFI table - rejected.
• to have available meeting maps on the SFI table - adopted.
• to have archive meeting lists on the SFI table - adopted.
• to allow meetings to send or deliver flyers for their home group for display - adopted.
• to list the SFI web site in local recovery periodicals and free public service listings - adopted.
• to do a mailing to treatment facilities - tabled.
• to table business related to expenditures (Preferred Motion) - adopted.

discussed outreach.

• through recovery periodicals
• through treatment facilities

discussed treasury

• current balance of $266.00
• the 60/40 rule
• disbursement
• past mailings
• future mailings
  

meeting adjourned (early) at 4:15 PM.

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