Chinook Area Service Committee Meeting – MinutesFebruary 28, 2015

1. OPENED THE MEETING:

Bill. K opened the meeting at 1:05pm

2. READINGS:

12 Traditions: Wayne.T12 Concepts: KyleBasic Text Reading pg. xxvi: Pat. L

Quorm: 12 voting GSR’s 1:20

1. ADOPTION OF Jan 23/15 MINUTES

January 23,2015, ASC Meeting Minutes were accepted with amendments.Brydon - Motioned to adoptPat – Second

2. INTRODUCTIONS:Name Group/PositionBrydon Beltline Serenity – CalgaryAl. D Sowing the Seed - CalgaryKurt Okotoks GSR - OkotoksDave. C Welcome Home Group GSR – CochraneKyle New Beginners Group - LethbridgeFred. M Fresh Start – CalgaryLea. L MIR – CalgaryLea. L Inner Peace (carrying proxy)Lorne G Stepping into Recovery – CalgaryJeff. L More Will be Revealed - CalgaryRavenmoon Conscience ContactDave R Just for Today – Calgary

Area AdminDave R Area TreasurerPat L Regional Committee MemberMarla. J Outgoing Vice ChairWayne. B HOPE ChairPat. L RCM

Bill. K ChairDave. R Treasurer

Sub-committeesCharli H Acting Activities ChairWayne B HOPELiterature Depot Operator Lorne G

Interested MembersPaul. CBrian. Y

3. CHANGE ORDER OF THE DAY:4. -ELECTIONS

Wayne. B – Elected for HOPE ChairBarb.S – Elected for HOPE TreasurerPaul. C – Elected for Convention Chair

5. NOMINATIONS

Jeff. L Nominated for the Area Vice ChairLea. L Nominated for Secretary

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6. SUB-COMMITTEE REPORTSHOPE Chair - Wayne B Written report (Attached)Convention Chair – Written Report (Attached)

7. ADMIN REPORTSAdmin Report-Bill. K (verbal)Chair – Bill. K (Verbal)Vice-Chair – Marla J (attached below)Treasurer – Dave R. (attached)Secretary – VacantRCM – Pat L (attached below)Literature Report – Lorne. G

GROUP REPORTSBrydon Beltline Serenity – CalgaryAl D Sowing the Seed - CalgaryCurt Okotoks GSR - OkotoksDave. C Welcome Home Group GSR – Cochrane

Kyle New Beginners Group - LethbridgeFred Fresh Start – CalgaryLea MIR – CalgaryLea Inner Peace (carrying proxy)Lorne G Stepping into Recovery – CalgaryJeff L More Will be Revealed - CalgaryRavenmoon Conscience ContactDave R Just for Today - Calgary

8. OPEN FORUM/DISCUSSION

1. Status of the Activity Subcommittee2. Having the policy 5.3.5 be removed from the P&P3. How to help struggling groups

9. OLD BUSINESS

Please note the following motions are not numbered because they were ruled outof order at the last ASC.

Not Numbered – 2015-01-24Moved By: Miracles in RecoverySeconded By: Just for TodayMotion: To use the remainder of the allocated office funds of $1,128.00 to payfor one year’s worth of rent on the ASC meeting rentals. Any excess funds are tobe placed in a prudent reserve fund for future office expenses (inclusiveIntent: This will enable us to further our primary purpose.Ruled out of order – P&P states rent is paid out of literature

Not Numbered – 2015-01-24Moved By: Miracles in RecoverySeconded By: Big Rock OkotoksMotion: To use the allocated office funds of $2,928.00 to pay for one year’s worth ofrent on the Manse at 513-13 Ave, SW, totaling $1,80.00Intent: This will house Literature, as well as new groups and further our primarypurpose.Ruled out of order – we only have a month to month lease on the house

Not Numbered – 2015-01-24Moved By: Inner PeaceSeconded By: Just for TodayMotion: To amend Motion forwarded on November 22, 29014, to change the ASC Pand P 4.3.1., regarding the prudent reserve for the ASC. It is presently set at$2,000.00 and the Motion wished to change it to $3,000.00.After reviewing the history of income and expenses provided on the Chinook Area ofNA Treasurer’s report, dated November 22, 2014, it was suggested that the motion veamended from the prudent reserve for the ASC ve changed to $2,200.00 rather than$3,000.00Intent: Changing the prudent reserve to $2,200.00 rather than $3,000.00 would allowfor general inflation and would also cover the actual expenses per month incurred bythe ASC for a period of two months.Ruled out of order – 239 was defeated

Not Numbered – 2015-01-24Moved By: Stepping into RecoverySeconded By: Beltline SerenityMotion: to move the $2,928.00 being held for an NA office to our general accountIntent: to release these funds for useRuled out of order – money is already included in prudent

10. NEW BUSINESS244 – 2015-02-28Moved By: Stepping Into RecoverySeconded By: Fresh Start GroupMotion: To remove 5.3.4 that we pay in US DollarsIntent: N.A.W.S. Gives Canadians lit orders at par. That is a 28% break on orders.Sent back to groups

245 – 2015-02-28Moved By: Just for Today (Area Treasurer)Seconded By: Stepping into RecoveryMotion: To remove P&P 4.3.3 “That the area treasurer, every month, reimburses theLiterature purchases for that month”.Intent: Remove what appears to be a redundant and unnecessary policy as understoodby the Area Treasurer and the literature depot operator.Sent back to groups

246 – 2015-02-28Moved By: Stepping into RecoverySeconded By: Welcome HomeMotion: To remove policy 5.3.5 from Chinook Area P&PIntent: Reduce monies begin passed back and forth between ASC and LiteratureSent back to groups

11. ANNOUNCEMENTSJeremy B takes three years March 27, 2015 at Beltline SerenityLea. L takes 18 months March 10, 2015 at Miracles in Recovery

Roller Skating March 21, 5 pm to 9 pm at Lloyd's 7520 Macleod Trail SE for more info call James. Phone @ 860.5687

REPORTS

ASC Admin – Verbal

Chair – Verbal

Vice-Chair – Hello my name is Marla and I am an addict, this will be my last report as I am moving toKelowna at the end of March. I walked through the doors of the ASC at six months clean and three and a halfyears later I have not left. Service has helped keep me clean and has taught me so much about myself andothers. I have made countless friends while doing service (I even met my amazing sponsor) and I will missyou all greatly. I will not say goodbye, but see you soon. I love the Chinook Area and look forward tocoming back for visits. Until then PEACE, BITCHES!!!!

Treasurer - Report attached

Activities Sub-Committee - Report and Financial Statement attached

RCM – Verbal

HOPE Meeting Minutes - Attached

HOPE Committee ReportHello everyone, I am an addict called Wayne. Here is the Hope report to the groups.GENERAL HOPE UPDATE-Barb S has been nominated for Treasurer, there will be an election at today’s ASC.-William S has been elected for another term as Hope Literature coordinator-Hope is currently looking for men’s and ladies’ remand panel leaders, David Lander panel leader,Hope chair, Newsletter coordinator and web servant.-Hope is also looking for additional panel leaders for Renfrew and Sunrise-Total literature moved was $245.10. $87.90 of this was to PLH to clear Hope’s rent debt with thefacility. The remaining balance was for literature finding its way into H&I venues.-Hope bank balance at the time of the meeting was $197.-Hope will have a credit of $144.09 from Rogers, our previous phone line provider.-Ron S (Secretary) has updated the Resource pool list. Please keep him apprised of any changes.-Al D (Hope vice-chair) is currently updating our P&P-PR committee meets at 10am before the regular Hope meeting-Outreach meets at 10am before the regular Hope meeting-Next Hope meeting is at 11am on Saturday March 14th. There will be an orientation workshop at10am.H&I-Bill K is the H&I coordinatorAventa- Joanne N is current panel leader. Presents every second Wed @ 6:30pm. Venue is beingserved.David Lander Centre- Dan Y has finished his term. Bill K and Jeff L (PR coordinator) met with thefacility liaison. They are happy with our efforts. Presents every second Tuesday @ 8pm. Venue is beingserved but needs a panel leader.Renfrew detox-Addison D is current panel leader. Presents every Friday @ 7pm. This venue is beingserved but needs another panel leader.-Ladies Remand- No panel leader currently. Clearance required. Status unknown at the time of thisreport. Normally presents every third Wednesday of the month.Sunrise Native Addictions- Bill K is current panel leader. Presents every second Thursday at 8pm.Venue is being served well. Could use one more panel leader.

-CYOC- Wayne B is current panel leader. Presents on any scheduled Thursday at 3pm.-Men’s remand- no panel leader. Not being served at this time.H&I is looking to be in communication with the Salvation Army and men’s remand to see where we canbest serve those facilities, if possible. The coordinator would also like to standardize all the venuepreambles. A draft will be presented to the Hope table for approval.Public Relations-Jeff L is the current coordinatorPR distributed 2 sign language DVD’s of the little white book to Deaf Alberta. They also contacted theAlberta Deaf society but received no answer back.Our contact information has been updated with Alberta Family Wellness as a resource in thecommunity. There were several addictions students inquiring about NA meetings. Info was given andthere was also an invite given to a PR presentation.Our meeting info is now updated on the CANA and NAWS websites. Jeff L is now the primary contactwith world services. Their database is linked directly to the mobile meeting APP.A PR banner, some posters and some literature will be making its way down to Lethbridge for theupcoming Project Homeless Connect at the end of March.The phone line received 69 calls in the last period. The majority of them were for meeting info. Thankyou Pierre D for your service.780 meeting lists were printed for February at a cost of $113.60. 200 of these lists were for outside ofCalgary. There was a mail out fee of $18.01. Thank you Dave R for your service.Our website domain name has been renewed for 2 years at a cost of $47.98.The website received a total of 4568 visit.OUTREACH-Fred M is the current coordinatorOutreach went on 3 trips. Firstly, to Medicine Hat and the Lifesavers group. There were 15 membersand 3 from Outreach present. They requested continued support and also another fellowship day. Costof the trip was $59. Secondly, they went to Brooks and the No Name group. There were 6 members and3 from Outreach present. They also requested continued support. Cost of the trip was $38. Lastly,Outreach was in Canmore at the Pirates of the Valley group. There were 11 members and 6 fromOutreach. It was a B-day celebration and a good time was had by all. Cost of this trip was $21 and anadditional $21 done in the name of service.Outreach is looking for speakers and workshop facilitators for the upcoming fellowship days inMedicine Hat and Lethbridge. Bank balance at the time of the meeting was $51. Upcoming Outreachtrips are as follows.THURSDAY MARCH 5 – LETHBRIDGENEW BEGINNERS (7:00PM)

FRIDAY MARCH 20 – DRUMHELLERSPREADING YOUR WINGS (8:00PM)

FRIDAY MARCH 27 – OKOTOKSBIG ROCK NEWCOMERS (7:00PM)

SUNDAY APRIL 12 – MEDICINE HATCOURAGE TO CHANGE (7:00PM)

SUNDAY APRIL 26 – BROOKSNO NAME GROUP (8:00PM)**JUST A REMINDER THAT ALL OF THE COORDINATORS REPORTS ARE AVAILABLE IN THEIRENTIRETY IN THE HOPE MINUTES. ALSO ONLINE AT CHINOOKNA.ORGHOPE BUSINESSMotion: Add the new IP, “An Introduction To NA Meetings #29”, to the literature that HOPE providesto facilities that H&I services.Intent: This IP gives a newcomer (or someone who hasn’t yet attended an NA meeting) an idea what toexpect to see at a recovery meeting.

Discussion: Around the table and consensus was to provide this pamphlet to the facilities.

Motion: To provide 30 Little White Books to Lethbridge to be used for the Public Relations events.

Intent -To have literature available to the local Lethbridge Fellowship for their Public Relationships

events.

Discussion: Around the table and approved by consensusMotion: To adopt P.R. Co-ordinator proposal to move website host as outlined in February P.R. report.Intent: To have a new, secure, less expensive site host. To reduce/eliminate the potential “hacking” ofour site.Proposal to move CHINOOKNA.ORG to Canadian Web Hosting ServiceFebruary 2015 - Jeff Lamb - Public Relations Coordinator

As directed by the H.O.P.E. committee in January 2015, I have been researching the various options formoving our current web hosting to a resource which offers better email solutions (reduced spam).

The investigation took a more important aspect when it was announced that the CANA site would soonbe changing the backend code to secure it from hackers. This change in the code will purportedly breakthe code on the various areas who use it, websites.I have been in contact with the Vancouver Area Web servant, who has just recently redesigned theirsite. The Vancouver area is willing to give us a copy of their base template to use for our design at nocost. The site has a modern look/feel which includes a storefront for literature sales, if we find that is adesire for our literature committeeI am proposing that we establish a new site, using the VASC template at Canadian Web Hosting and pay for

3 years in advance. Paying for 2 years (without contract) allows a reduced rate of $3.95 / month. Their webmail spam filters are much better that our current web host and their webmail is a much more moderninterface. They also have the ability to integrate the email directly into your own email client (Outlook,MacMail, Thunderbird, etc.), if that is something you wish to do.

Discussion: Around the table and was approved by consensus.

Motion: H&I will cease all Ladies Remand meetings until a Panel Leader has been selected at HOPE unless2 members are able to attend on Feb. 18, 2015.Intent - All Panel Leaders need to be accountable to the H&I Coordinator.Discussion: Around the table and approved by consensus

Motion: Allow Outreach to request extra funds monthly when required.Intent - To allow Outreach to take 2 vehicles on some trips which will allow more people to receive thebenefit of service.Discussion: HOPE Chair ruled out of order as any sub-committee can request extra funds at any time.

In closing, I would like to thank all our members for their continued support and hard work. We had anothergood meeting and handled some delicate matters. I would also like to take the opportunity to present myname as a nominee for another term as the Hope chair. The Committee has asked if I would like to run againand I have agreed. I look forward to speaking to that nomination today.YIS Wayne B

Good afternoon everyone, I am an addict called Wayne. Here is the Hope report to the groups.

It is a little longer than usual as there have been two Hope meetings since the ASC met in

November. I would also like to outline our proposed budget for the year ahead.

GENERAL HOPE UPDATE

-Bill K was elected as H&I coordinator

-Joanne S was elected as Aventa panel leader

-Barb S has been nominated for Hope treasurer. I will speak to her nomination now. This

election will go back to the groups and there will be a vote at the next ASC.

-William S has been nominated for Hope Literature coordinator. I will speak to this nomination

now. This election will take place at the next Hope meeting on Feb 14th. All groups are

encouraged to either show up at Hope to vote or vote by email proxy to myself at

hope.chair@chinookna.org

-positions that are open: newsletter coordinator, Renfrew panel leader, Sunrise panel leader,

David Lander panel leader, Ladies remand panel leader, Men's remand panel leader, web

servant.

-Hope chair position is also coming open. I held a nomination from the Hope committee in

January. Nominees should be presented at the February ASC and then an election would take

place at the March ASC.

-Hope resource pool list has been updated by the secretary as well as the Hope contact list. If

you do not wish to receive minutes and other Hope announcements please email the secretary

to let him know.

-contrary to all the hype, Hope did not change it's name. We are still called the Hope

committee.

-going forward, PI (public information) will now be referred to as PR (public relations)

-Literature was approximately $47.50 with orders going to David Lander Centre and Sunrise.

-Hope bank balance is $363.13

-next Hope meeting is February 14 at 11 am. There will be a Hope workshop at 10 am.

Hospitals and Institutions

-Bill K has assumed responsibility for this service activity. He steps in at a difficult time. Both

Dan Y and Cheryle S are finishing multiple terms as panel leaders at the end of this month. Bill

has indicated that he would like to meet with each facility to establish relationships. It is my

opinion that H&I is in need of support from the fellowship at this time. Bill has stressed that he

does not wish to start any new projects until the ones we already serve have sufficient

personnel running them. Like all of our service commitments, H&I is people powered and right

now we need people to step up and make a commitment.

Public Relations

-Jeff L is the PR coordinator

-PR was contacted by AHS to update/confirm our contact info for the access mental health

document.

-the phone has switched from Rogers to Bell. The medicine hat number has been dropped and

areas outside of the Calgary calling area will use the regional toll free number. There was a

$150 deposit on the previous account that will be returned to us by Rogers. Jeff L has donated

an iPhone 4 to replace the old blackberry.

-the phone line received 132 calls over the reporting period. 90% of the calls were answered.

Most were for meeting info and addicts just wanting to talk.

-840 meeting lists were printed over the reporting period at a cost of $126.84. One group

requested meeting lists which Dave R printed off manually.

-the Web continues to be updated by Jeff L

OUTREACH

-Fred M is the Outreach coordinator

-Outreach did 4 trips in the last reporting period. 2 addicts went to Oyen. They were well

received. Drumheller was the next stop. 21 members attended, 7 were from Outreach. Cost

was $28. Outreach was down to Lethbridge next. 14 addicts were present with 4 of them being

from Outreach. Cost of this trip was $42. Lastly, Outreach was in Canmore. Cost of this trip was

$21. All the groups were happy to see us and requested that we continue to show up and

support. Outreach is looking to hold fellowship days again this year in both Lethbridge and

Medicine Hat to continue building strong relationships with outlying areas.

-upcoming trips:

Sunday February 1st Brooks The No Name group, at 8 pm

Friday February 6th Canmore, Pirates Of The Valley, at 8 pm.

Thursday March 5th Lethbridge, New Beginners, at 7 pm

Friday March 20th Drumheller, Spreading Your Wings, at 8 pm.

Friday March 27th Okotoks, Big Rock Newcomers, at 7 pm.

Sunday April 12th Medicine Hat, Courage To Change, at 7 pm.

Sunday April 26th Brooks, The No Name, at 8 pm

**Just a reminder that all of the coordinators reports and Hope minutes are available in their

entirety as an attachment to this report and also online at chinookna.org

BUSINESS

a)Motion: That the HOPE committee literature have a storage area at the house.

Intent: To have a place where people can pick up literature if I am not available. Discussion

around the table and consensus was that William store in House and be the single point of

accountability for the HOPE Literature

b)Motion: To purchase - retractable P.R. Banners (Financial in December 2014 P.R. report)

Intent - To provide a professional display to be used at Public Relations events supported

within the Chinook Area Discussion: Jeff spoke to the motion about costs and descriptions of

the banners. Discussion around the table. Consensus was to purchase 2 stands and Jeff was

going to provide graphic. Cost of the stands is $190 +taxes and shipping.

c)Motion: To have H&I do a presentation at the Salvation Army Centre of Hope ARP Program,

once a month on Tuesday or Wednesday evening Men only.

Intent: To provide an information session to the men taking part in the Addictions Recovery

Program about the Chinook Area of NA and our meetings. Discussion around the table and

consensus was that it is a great idea but to wait until we elect an H&I Coordinator and they

have discussion amongst their committee to make sure they are able to accommodate the

facility. Decision was to table to next meeting.

d)Motion: Direct the PR Coordinator/Web Coordinator to investigate a new website

hosting arrangement that could eliminate as much as possible, spam emails that

land in Chinook Area trusted servants’ Area email accounts.

Intent - To reduce the amount of spam emails in Chinook Area trusted servants’

email inboxes. Discussion: Around the table and approved

e)Motion: Add the new IP, “An Introduction To NA Meetings #29”, to the literature

that HOPE provides to facilities that H&I services.

Intent: This IP gives a newcomer (or someone who hasn’t yet attended an NA

meeting) an idea what to expect to see at a recovery meeting. Discussion: Around

the table, not everyone has had a chance to read it so motion was tabled until next

meeting when everyone has had a chance to read it.

f) Wayne B. discussed that there is no admin for HOPE and was wondering how as

Chair he is just the facilitator and that he sees housekeeping motions that might be

needed and how to bring forward those proposals. Discussion around the table.

HOPE table was in agreement that it doesn’t need an Admin meeting and through

communicating with members at the table that if the issue is important enough

someone at the table will make a motion during the HOPE meeting.

g) Ron S. asked everyone to try to the best of their ability to promote HOPE.

Challenged everyone at the table to bring an addict to the next HOPE meeting to

take the HOPE workshop.

I feel we have had several good meetings in a row now. The table is filling up and we had 18 members

present at the last meeting with close to 175 years of clean time present. It feels good to be a part of

this service structure for the Chinook area of Narcotics Anonymous.

We are asking for a slight increase in our budget this year. Last year we were approved for $425 per

month with a $125 literature accrual limit which was paid directly by the area. We are seeking the same

arrangement with our literature and a $100 increase in our cash flow. The reason for this is largely due

to an anticipation of increased activity with Public Relations. The trusted servants over there are doing

excellent work and as we continue to grow and work together I am sure some wonderful new projects

will emerge. I would also like to remind the groups that Hope has been very conscientious around NA

funds. We will absolutely not take more than we need. Several times in the last budget year Hope did

not ask for funds as they were not needed. This would continue to be our practice as we move through

the upcoming year. This is simply a forecast and we do not treat our budget as if we have to spend the

money. We are committed to carrying the message to the addict who still suffers as well information to

the professional sector and we will be financially responsible in doing so. The allotment would be broken

down as follows:

H&I - $100 (mostly travel money to Lander)

Outreach - $100 (travel money)

PR - $325--$15 website, $20 events, $80 phone, $160 meeting lists, $25 yellow pages, $15 travel, $10

admin.

Thank you for allowing me to be of service, Wayne B

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HOPE Committee Report

1. Welcome @ 11:00 am by Wayne B. - We version of the Serenity Prayer

2. Read 12 Traditions (Ron S.)

3. Read 12 Concepts (Barb S.)

4. Table Introductions & Attendance

Barb S. - HOPE Treasurer (voting member)Jeff L. - P.I. Coordinator, (Voting member), Carrying conscience of More Will Be RevealedLorne G. - non-voting member, carrying the conscience of Stepping Into Recovery. LiteratureDepot OperatorDave R. - Voting member and carrying conscience of JFT. Area Treasurer and meeting list pro-ject leaderDave C. - voting member, Outreach Vice-ChairAl D. - Vice Chair of HOPE, carrying conscience of Sowing the Seed and voting memberWilliam S. - voting member of HOPE. Literature coordinatorRon S. - HOPE secretary and voting member of HOPEWayne B. - HOPE ChairLea L. - voting member,Jo-anne N. - interested member, non-voting member, Adventa Panel LeaderPaul C. - non-voting memberBill K. - H&I Co-ordinator, non-voting memberLonny C. - Interested memberDonna K. - Interested member

5. Review of January Hope minutesNo one opposed to the minutes, accepted

6. ReportsHope Chair - Wayne B.

Hello everyone, I'm an addict called Wayne. Not much to report. I presented Barb and William's

nominations at the Jan ASC. I also presented our budget to the groups for their approval. I did

not however submit a motion in time for the budget to make new business. I guess it will go

back to the groups at the next ASC in Feb.

I would also like to encourage Hope members not to engage in any kind of inflammatory email

or text chains. I have seen these types of communication spiral out of control too many times. If

anyone is questioning how or what we do here please invite them to the meeting or pass on my

contact information. Perhaps even invite a call to the committee during our meeting time if at-

tendance at the meeting were impossible. Thanks for all your hard work to date and let's have a

good meeting today.

YIS Wayne B

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HOPE Literature Coordinator - William S. (written and re-typed)

Report - February 14, 2015

The total cost for lit $245.10 for the month of January 2015.No request as of yet for the month of February.

Vice Chair - Al D.

No Report

Treasurer - Barb S. (attached)

Treasurer’s Report – Feb 14, 2015

Good Morning Fellow HOPE sub-committee members and visitors.

A cheque for $100.00 was issued to the Outreach committee at January HOPE. Due to ASC sig-natories absent from the January ASC, Hope did not receive our January allotment until Feb 4,which was immediately deposited. I forgot to advise Outreach they could cash the cheque. Oncethey cash that cheque our bank balance will be $443.35

The expenses incurred in the month of Jan were $354.15.PR: 2 Banners $250.00, Outreach $100.00, and Admin: $4.15 for bank charges.

Expenses for February:Jan meeting lists and mailing $137.29, Feb 23rd Bell Mobility $104.91, Bank charges: $4.15.This would bring out bank balance to approximately $197.00.There is a credit on our Rogers bill for $144.09 for balance of the deposit, after the final billingadjustments.

Barb SHOPE Treasurer.

Secretary - Ron S.

HOPE Secretary report for Saturday Feb. 14, 2015

Hi All

Minutes will try to be out earlier than last time. Reminder that I will not be in attendance for theMar. 14, 2015 HOPE meeting. I have sent a sign-up sheet around the table, please put yourclean date on it so co-ordinators can have an idea whom to call with the required clean time.The HOPE resource pool list will be updated after every HOPE meeting and sent to the panelleaders for members contact info. If you have any updated information after contacting some-one, please let me know so as i can update the list. I also am keeping the Group Contact List forthe Area updated as best I can. I request Outreach, Area secretary or the person sending outthe Area minutes and anyone else that may have updated contact information to please provide

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me with that info. This would be such info as bounce backs from emails or updated or discontin-ued phones. Thank you for your help in helping to improve the communication among our mem-bers.

Kind RegardsRon S.

H&I Coordinator - Bill K.

HOPE H&I COORIDINATOR REPORT

February 14, 2015Good morning fellow addicts. .I would like to start off my report by thanking all the members of this great area of NA that havestepped up and helped me over this past month. I was out of the country for 2 weeks and mem-bers of the HOPE committee stepped in to ensure that we still got a message of hope to our manyvenues. The following is an update on our venues. If you would like to see something differentin my reports please let me know.

Aventa: As of last month Joanne N has been leading panels into this venue. We currently per-form a panel presentation every second Wed at 6:30 with an average attendance of 25 clients(mandatory attendance). No specific issues to report today.

David Lander Center (DLC): Dan Y finished his term and I have been filling in as panel leader.Jeff L (PR) and I met Dan at his last meeting and had a meeting with the facility liaison. Theyare quite happy with our efforts and wanted to ensure we keep in contact with them, especially ifwe can’t make the commitment. Dan did a great job on making the meetings. We attend thisfacility every second Tuesday at 8 PM and probably average 15 to 20 clients. The clients canchoose between NA and AA so the numbers do fluctuate.During Dan’s tenure, he was selling all sorts of literature to the clients. Steve appreciated thisservice so I am going to try and keep it up but I will probably limit sales to Basic Texts.

Renfrew Detox (Renfrew): Addison and I share the panel leading at Renfrew. We attend this fa-cility every Friday evening at 7 PM with an average attendance of 20 clients. Attendance ismandatory. The presentations are going well and we seem to get 4 or so clients approach afterthe meeting. We delivered a full suite of literature there. The clients will pick up literature afterthe presentation but the pamphlets that are in the racks are literally untouched. We will continueto monitor literature.

The Calgary Ladies Remand Center (Ladies Remand): We have been going here on the thirdWed of the month (Feb 18th is next visit). Hayley F is willing to keep this commitment going but

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like Cheryl she will be doing it on her own. In speaking with Haley is unable to attend this meet-ing to be elected. I don’t know Haley but I am going to meet her and have her come to Landerswith me just to get to know her a little. Historically they have ran this as a meeting instead ofpresentation. Clearance is required. Anyone applying for clearance must have a clean record forat least 5 years.

Sunrise Native Treatment Center (Sunrise)Sunrise presentations have been going well and both the staff and the clients appreciate ourmeetings. We attend this venue every second Thursday at 8 PM with an average attendance of22 clients. Attendance is mandatory and the clients are very attentive.

Calgary Young Offenders (CYOC): Wayne B has been handling this. Meetings are by request.Clearance is required.

The Calgary Remand Center (Men’s Remand): Not serving this facility at this time.

Old business:I still have not met with representatives from The Centre of Hope. I have Betty’s contact infor-mation so I will try and coordinate with Jeff L and set up a meeting. We do not have the re-sources to make any commitments to the facility but I need to meet with them.In addition to the above facility I still need to reach out to Chester Wazinski (sp?) to get an up-date on Remand and how we can work to help them.

New Business:I would like to propose that we standardize the formats and forms at our H&I venues where wedo panel presentations. I will take on the task of writing the format up and presenting it to thistable.

Financial: Monthly budget is $250.00 per month. Jan costs = $157.20 for literature (Ren-frew $82.20 & Aventa = $75.00) + $25.00 for travel to DLC. Have 1 BT on hand at DLC forsale (Sold 1st meeting in Feb).

That is all I have for now. Again please let me know if you would like to see changes or addi-tions to my report.

Yours in loving serviceBill K

PR Co-ordinator - Jeff L.

Chinook Public Relations CoordinatorReport to H.O.P.E. – February 2015

Dear N.A. Trusted Servants

Public Relations

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I contacted the Deaf Alberta organization and was pleased to hear they had a desire to receive SignLanguage DVD copies of the Little White Book. I delivered 2 copies of the DVDs to their office on January28. I also contacted the Alberta Deaf Society but have yet to receive a response.

I contacted the web Program Assistant for Alberta Family Wellness to have our information updated.

We were contacted by several students from Addiction courses around the city asking about theprogram and wishing to attend NA Meetings. Information was provided and an invitation for a PublicRelations presentation was offered.

I updated all the meeting list information on the CANA website in January.I contacted NAWS to become the primary contact for the chinook area to be able to update our meetinginformation in their database which is directly linked to the mobile meeting APP.UPDATE: I have just begun the NAWS updates this week after obtaining access.

I am very happy to present the banner. This one, along with a few P.R. posters, will be sent to Lethbridgewith the outreach team in time for their Project Homeless Connect event. I was given a check for$250.00 to pay for the 2 banners. The total was $235.00 including tax and shipping.

Phone LineJanuary 2015 phone calls: 69 totalMeeting Info: 46Parents: 412 Step: 1General Info: 2Chat: 3Scams: 21 Phone carrier stepped away from their commitment but has been covered by another addict.We have confirmation from Rogers that a credit of $144.09 is coming our directionThank you for your service Pierre!

Meeting Lists780 Meeting lists (580 for YYC and 200 for outside YYC) were printed for February at a cost of $113.60Mailing costs of $18.01 – Thank you for your service Dave!

NewsletterI have nothing further to add as far as progress on the newsletter.

WebsiteOur Domain name was due to be renewed. We needed to pay $47.98 for 2 years before February 12,2015I paid this expense with my personal credit card.I have a proposal to move our website to a new host and adopt a new, modern and secure template.

Traffic data for the month of January 2015: Total Visits – 4568 Visits

Finances

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2 Banners $234.76Printing $ 48.04Domain Name $ 47.98Sub Total $330.78Cash Advance $250.00Balance Owed $ 80.78

Yours in Trusted Service

Jeff Lamb - Chinook Area - Public Relations Coordinator - 403.800.4850

Outreach Coordinator - Fred M.

Good morning,My name is Fred and I am an addict.We did 3 trips in this period.First off was Medicine Hat Friday Jan. 23rd, Lifesavers. This was attended by 15 members and 3 fromoutreach. Their only request was continued support with ongoing outreach attendance, and that we doagain bring the fellowship days event. Seed has also been planted that this community and Leth-bridge support one another for this event. cost for this trip was $59.00.Secondly we went to Brooks Sunday Feb. 1, No Name. This was attended 6 from group and 3 from out-reach. They very appreciated the support, and asked that outreach continue to attend and support. Cost forthis trip was $38.00.Lastly we went to Canmore, Pirates of thee Valley, Friday Feb 6th. This was attended by 11 from thegroup and 6 from outreach. We were to attend and help a member celebrate a birthday. A good time washad by all and as usual they are always overjoyed to see outreach return. Cost for this trip was $21.00 andan additional $21.00 in service.Outreach will be seeking speakers for the fellowship days event in Medicine Hat as well as people willingto facilitate workshops. Please bring forth any names or suggestions to either myself or David C.

Outreach would like to suggest either having funds reinstated to the previous amount of $170.00 a monthor to be able to request additional funds when we go over budget.The reason for this is quite simply thatoutreach is trying to promote service much harder and there are time when we could easily send 2 vehi-cles on a trip. the value of this is immeasurable, and I say that from my own personal experience in ser-vice. It builds strong fellowship both locally and in between the communities and members. This alsoprovides for what is essential for new comers in getting them involved with those of time. We talk recov-ery on the way out. we talk recovery on the way back. We attend the meeting. And very often we also gofor fellowship after the meeting. This also allows for newcomers to really open up about themselves inwhat is generally felt to be a very safe environment. Also form the community we attend it gives themfresh people to share their experience .strength and hope with. This is a win win situation for everyone, asit build thee ties that bind us together. I would hope that in my absence that the service body sees thevalue in this proposal.

The following is a list of upcoming outreach trips.

CHINOOK AREA OUTREACH TRIPSMARCH-APRIL 2015

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THURSDAY MARCH 5 – LETHBRIDGENEW BEGINNERS (7:00PM)

FRIDAY MARCH 20 – DRUMHELLERSPREADING YOUR WINGS (8:00PM)

FRIDAY MARCH 27 – OKOTOKSBIG ROCK NEWCOMERS (7:00PM)

SUNDAY APRIL 12 – MEDICINE HATCOURAGE TO CHANGE (7:00PM)

SUNDAY APRIL 26 – BROOKSNO NAME GROUP (8:00PM)

FRED M (403) 870-9573 orDAVE C (403) 461-6917

Accounting is as follows.Balance forward $169.00 = $169.00Medicine Hat $59.00 = $110.00Brooks $38.00 = $72.00Canmore $21.00 = $51.00Outreach continues to do everything possible to help all feel a part of.I thank this body for allowing me to continue to service our area.Sincerely Fred MSolutions In Motion.

Newsletter Coordinator - Vacant

@ 12:50 take 15 Minute Break

7. Old Business

a) Motioned by Dave C. Seconded by William S.

Motion: Add the new IP, “An Introduction To NA Meetings #29”, to the literature that

HOPE provides to facilities that H&I services.

Intent: This IP gives a newcomer (or someone who hasn’t yet attended an NA meeting)

an idea what to expect to see at a recovery meeting.

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Discussion: Around the table and consensus was to provide this pamphlet to the facili-

ties.

8. New Business

HOPE proposals

a) Motioned by Jeff L. Seconded by Dave C.

Motion: To provide 30 Little White Books to Lethbridge to be used for the Public Rela-

tions events.

Intent -To have literature available to the local Lethbridge Fellowship for their Public

Relationships events.

Discussion: Around the table and approved by consensus.

b) Motioned by Jeff L. Seconded by Dave C.

Motion: To adopt P.R. Co-ordinator proposal to move website host as outlined in Feb-

ruary P.R. report.

Intent: To have a new, secure, less expensive site host. To reduce/eliminate the poten-

tial “hacking” of our site.

Proposal to move CHINOOKNA.ORG to Canadian Web Hosting Service

February 2015 - Jeff Lamb - Public Relations Coordinator

As directed by the H.O.P.E. committee in January 2015, I have been researching the various options for

moving our current web hosting to a resource which offers better email solutions (reduced spam).

The investigation took a more important aspect when it was announced that the CANA site would soon

be changing the backend code to secure it from hackers. This change in the code will purportedly break

the code on the various areas who use it, websites.

I have been in contact with the Vancouver Area Web servant, who has just recently redesigned their

site. The Vancouver area is willing to give us a copy of their base template to use for our design at no

cost. The site has a modern look/feel which includes a storefront for literature sales, if we find that is a

desire for our literature committee

I am proposing that we establish a new site, using the VASC template at Canadian Web Hosting and pay

for 3 years in advance. Paying for 2 years (without contract) allows a reduced rate of $3.95 / month.

Their web mail spam filters are much better that our current web host and their webmail is a much

more modern interface. They also have the ability to integrate the email directly into your own email

client (Outlook, MacMail, Thunderbird, etc.), if that is something you wish to do.

On a side-note. Our email addresses will most likely have to change to something more modern (i.e.

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public.relations@chinookna.org or hospitals.institutions@chinookna.org) Old mail will not be lost as I

can create “alias” names under the new names to catch the old addresses.

Notable Financials:

Canadian Web Hosting (Vancouver) Hosting: 1 year @ $4.95/month or 2 to 5 years @

$3.95/month

Bandwidth: Unlimited

Storage 1 GB (Site & Email combined)

Go Daddy Web Hosting Hosting: 1 year @ $4.99/month (then $7.99 / month) or

up to 5 year @ $4.99 /month

Bandwidth: Unlimited

Storage 100 GB (Site & Email combined)

BowRiver Web Hosting Hosting: 1 year @ $8.00/month

Bandwidth: Unlimited

Storage 100 GB (Site & Email combined)

DreamHost Web Hosting Hosting: 1 year @ $19.95/month

Bandwidth: Unlimited

Storage Unlimited (Site & Email combined)

In service

Jeff L. – P.R. Coordinator

403.800.4850

Discussion: Around the table and was approved by consensus.

c) Motioned by Dave C. Seconded by Lea L.

Motion: H&I will cease all Ladies Remand meetings until a Panel Leader has been se-

lected at HOPE unless 2 members are able to attend on Feb. 18, 2015.

Intent - All Panel Leaders need to be accountable to the H&I Co-ordinator.

Discussion: Around the table and approved by consensus.

d) Motioned by Dave C. Seconded by Al D.

Motion: Allow Outreach to request extra funds monthly when required.

Intent - To allow Outreach to take 2 vehicles on some trips which will allow more people

to receive the benefit of service.

Discussion: HOPE Chair ruled out of order as any sub-committee can request extra

funds at any time.

9. Nominations & Elections

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Open positions: Treasurer, Literature Co-ordinator, mens and ladies remand panel lead-

ers, David Lander panel leader, Renfrew panel leader, Sunrise panel leader, HOPE

chair, Web Servant, Newsletter co-ordinator.

Treasurer - Barb’s nomination will be voted on at the Feb. ASC.

Lander- open, no nominations

Renfrew Panel Leader - requires at least 2 - 4 panel leaders now only 1 panel leader

Mens Remand Panel Leader - open (requires clearance) No nominations.

Ladies Remand Panel Leader - current panel leader’s position is up in Jan. (requires

clearance) (open for nominations) Haley F. nominated, not here to accept the nomina-

tion.

Sunrise Panel Leader - (need 2 panel leaders) 1 elected panel leader currently, Donna

K. nominated, accepted. Vote taken, elected.

Literature Co-ordinator - William S. nomination will be voted on at the Feb. HOPE

meeting. Vote taken, elected.

HOPE Chair - Wayne B. nominated by Al D. Held the nomination till this meeting.

Wayne accepted and spoke to the nomination last meeting. Wayne will announce at the

Feb. ASC that the HOPE chair position is up in March and the position is now open for

nominations. At the Feb. ASC all nominations for this position will be sent back to the

groups and this position will be voted on at the March ASC.

Newsletter Co-ordinator - open, no nominations.

Motion to close @ 2:18 pm by Barb S. seconded by Lea

10. Close with 3rd Step Prayer

P.R. Committee meets @ 10 am before the regular HOPE meeting

Outreach Committee meets @ 10 am before the regular HOPE meeting

Next HOPE meeting: Saturday, March 14, 2015

CCNA XXVIII The Journey Continues Chair Report

Good day to all,

First I'd like to take this moment to thank the Chinook Area for allowing me to

represent area as Convention Chair once again. I have been quite busy over the

last month with conversations we addicts about venue and putting together a

committee that not only has the experience but has the passion to pull this off in

the time frame that we will set forward. I would like to take this opportunity to

introduce the committee

-Vise Chair- Brian Y

-Merchandize- Pat L

-Secretary- Nicole M

-Treasuers-Dave R and Lorne G

-Programming-Clay N

-Hotels and Hospitality-Joanne N

-Entertainment and decor- Kerry M

-Auction- Rose U

-Registration- Open (please put it out there we need someone to step up)

Again thanks to these members for stepping up. Which now leads me to a few

exciting items We have a date MAY 29-30-31 and Hotel is reserved and will be

confirmed Monday Delta South is the venue Thanks Joanne N. This committee in

a short time has been busy, Pat L has come up with the Logo for our weekend

(pass it around) there are a few items left to tweak on wording and design and Pat

has that under control. Pat has also brought forward some merchandizing ideas.

Clay N is asking for speak tape submissions and deadline would be April 15 and

can be delivered to any member on committee. Kerry M is securing DJ and

speaker taping and some form of entertainment for Friday. Dave R has looked

into signatures on bank account and we will be adding my name as a 3rd

signature. As for any Auction items please see Rose U or any member on

committee. We will have all contact info on Chinookna.org once logo is

completed. Finally with so little time to pull this off id would like to say that we

will need volunteers for that weekend and we will need the word to be spread

out as much as possible we only have 91 days to get all in perfect harmony....We

will have flyers brought to as many meetings as possible in the next couple weeks.

The committee meets next Sat at 9am at The House and every 2 weeks after that.

Your in Service

Paul C

CHINOOK AREA OF N.A. TREASURER’S REPORT – FEBRUARY 28, 2015

Submitted by: Dave R.

Greetings,

I’ve put together the pro forma 2015 ASC Budget and updated the Contributions Summary and Bank

Statement.

What is interesting and of note?

Expected total revenues for the year are about $13,000 inclusive of $9,000 of 7th contributions from Groups

and about $1600 in Rent returned from “The House”. This does not include any potential profit from an Area

convention nor from the Literature Depot. This does include, however, the $2,928 returned to the main

account from our prior year’s Service Office savings.

A $3,400 contribution to the AL-SASK region is available and I’ll write a cheque today for that amount such

that our RCM can bring it up for next month’s Regional Meeting.

Okay then here is the projected Budget for 2015….

Area Bank Account: The balance at the end of January was $2,000. The current balance, not including any new

expenses or incoming 7th Contributions from Groups is $2,246. Here are the bank records:

REVENUES January February March April May June July August September October November December Totals

7th Contributions $1,025 $600 $738 $738 $738 $738 $738 $738 $738 $738 $738 $738 $9,005

Service Office Funds Returned $2,928 $2,928

Rent returned from "The House" $200 $180 $120 $120 $120 $120 $120 $120 $120 $120 $120 $120 $1,580

Literature Depot Overage/Underage - - $0

Convention Profit/Loss - - $0

Total Revenues $4,153 $780 $858 $858 $858 $858 $858 $858 $858 $858 $858 $858 $13,513

EXPENSES

Rent ($150/mo) $450.00 - - $450 - - $450 - - $450 - - $1,800

Insurance $105.99 $106.03 $106 $106 $106 $106 $106 $106 $106 $106 $106 $106 $1,272

RSC Travel Expenses $300 $300 $300 $900

Travel Subsidy $24.20 $35 $35 $35 $35 $35 $35 $35 $35 $35 $35 $374

"The House" Maintenance Accrual $300.00 $300

HOPE Literature Accrual $270.00 $270

Area Mail Box $181 $181

Miscellaneous $32.52 $33

Bank Srvc Charges $2.50 $2.50 $3 $3 $3 $3 $3 $3 $3 $3 $3 $3 $30

Subtotal ASC Expenses $1,185.21 $108.53 $444 $594 $144 $444 $774 $144 $144 $894 $144 $144 $5,160

Al-Sask Cont. $3,411.47 - $3,411

HOPE TRANSFERS

HOPE Cash "Next Month" Allocation $425

HOPE Cash Actual $425 $425 $425 $425 $425 $425 $425 $425 $425 $425 $425 - $5,100

Subtotal All Expenses, Payments, & AL-

SASK Contributions $5,446.68 $533.53 $869 $1,019 $569 $869 $1,199 $569 $569 $1,319 $569 $144 $13,671

Monthly Closing Balance $2,000.00 $2,246.47 $2,236 $2,075 $2,365 $2,354 $2,013 $2,303 $2,592 $2,132 $2,421 $3,136

January February March April May June July August September October November December

Monthly Closing Balance

Subtotal All Expenses, Payments, &

AL-SASK Contributions

Bank Srvc Charges

Area Mail Box

RSC Travel Expenses

Al-Sask Cont.

Miscellaneous

"The House" Maintenance Accrual

HOPE Literature Accrual

Subtotal ASC Expenses

HOPE Cash Budgeted Funds

Travel Subsidy

2 0 1 5 ASC BUDGET

Insurance

Rent ($150/mo)

EXPENSES

Total Revenues

REVENUES

7th Contributions

Service Office Funds Returned

Rent returned from "The House"

Literature Depot Overage/Underage

Convention Profit/Loss

2015 Contributions to Date: Here is the summary:

Description Debit Credit Balance Further Comment

31 Dec 2014Recorded Final

Balance$3,023.68 Final Balance 2014

Outstanding Cheques: #637 $251.21

1 Jan 2015 Allocation Allocation for Service Office in Calgary $0.00 $2,928.00 $5,951.68 ServiceOfc-Running Total: Reset to $01 Jan 2015 Allocation HOPE/Area Literature Accrual $0.00 $5,951.68 HOPE Literature Accrual: $2701 Jan 2015 Allocation Allocation for "The House" Maintenance Expenses ($300.00) $5,651.68 "The House" Maintenance: $3001 Jan 2015 Allocation HOPe Budget Funds (February) ($425.00) $5,226.68 Allocation for HOPe funds next month: $4251 Jan 2015 Allocation Allocation for AL-SASK Contribution (10% of excess) ($3,411.47) $1,815.21 AL-SASK-Running Total: $3,411.476 Jan 2015 Pre-Auth Insurance INTACT INS. CO. ($105.99) $1,709.22

24 Jan 2015 Cheque # 691 H.O.P.E Subcommittee Budget Funds - January -$425.00 $1,284.22

14 Jan 2015 Deposit Rent RECEIVED from "The House" $200.00 $1,484.22

20 Jan 2015 Deposit 7th Contribution received from Group(s) pre-ASC $350.00 $1,834.22

24 Jan 2015 Deposit 7th Contribution received from Group(s) at ASC $675.00 $2,509.22

24 Jan 2015 Cheque # 692 ASC Rent PAID to "The House" - Feb Mar Apr 2015 ($450.00) $2,059.22

24 Jan 2015 Cheque # 687 "The House" - Tote Boxes for Storage ($32.52) $2,026.70

24 Jan 2015 Cheque # 689 Travel Subsidy - Brooks ($24.20) $2,002.50

31 Jan 2015 Pre-Auth Service Charges ($2.50) $2,000.00

1 Feb 2015 Allocation HOPE/Area Literature Accrual $0.00 $2,000.00 HOPE Literature Accrual: $2701 Feb 2015 Allocation Allocation for "The House" Maintenance Expenses $0.00 $2,000.00 "The House" Maintenance: $3001 Feb 2015 Allocation HOPe Budget Funds (March) $0.00 $2,000.00 Allocation for HOPe funds next month: $4251 Feb 2015 Allocation Allocation for AL-SASK Contribution (10% of excess) $0.00 $2,000.00 AL-SASK-Running Total: $3,411.476 Feb 2015 Pre-Auth Insurance INTACT INS. CO. ($106.03) $1,893.97

20 Feb 2015 Deposit 7th Contribution received from Group(s) pre-ASC $600.00 $2,248.97

28 Feb 2015 Cheque # H.O.P.E Subcommittee Budget Funds - February -$425.00 $1,468.97

28 Feb 2015 Deposit Rent RECEIVED from "The House" $180.00 $1,648.97

28 Feb 2015 Deposit 7th Contribution received from Group(s) at ASC $2,248.97

28 Feb 2015 Pre-Auth Service Charges ($2.50) $0.00 $2,246.47 This is the current balance.

CHINOOK AREA OF NA BANK RECORDS FROM JAN 1, 2015 - PRESENTDate Item

GROUP

CITY/TOWN/

HAMLET/MD

/OTHER JAN FEB MAR APR MAY JUN JUL AUG SEP OCT NOV DEC TOTALS GROUP

Fresh Start Calgary $600 $ 600 Fresh Start

Saturday Night Live - YYC Calgary $50 $ 50 Saturday Night Live - YYC

Just for Today Calgary $ - Just for Today

Night Vision Calgary $ - Night Vision

Ripple Effect Calgary $100 $ 100 Ripple Effect

Sowing the Seed Calgary $250 $ 250 Sowing the Seed

The Path Calgary $100 $ 100 The Path

More will be Revealed Calgary $125 $ 125 More will be Revealed

Belt Line Serenity Calgary $150 $ 150 Belt Line Serenity

Conscous Contact Calgary $ - Conscous Contact

Stepping into Recovery Calgary $150 $ 150 Stepping into Recovery

Miracles in Recovery Calgary No ASC $ - Miracles in Recovery

Welcome Home Cochrane $100 $ 100 Welcome Home Average 7th

Total 7th Contributions from

Groups2015 $1,025 $600 $0 $0 $0 No ASC $0 $0.00 $0 $0 $0 $0.00 $ 1,625.00

Total 2015 7th Contributions

from Groups $ 813

2014 7th Contributions from

Groups2014 $1,615 $265 $1,860 $375 $900 No ASC $1,020 $470 $90 $1,545 $785 $75 $ 9,000

2014 7th Contributions from

Groups

Compare with Last Year -

2014 (Higher/Lower)-$255

Compare with Last Year

(Higher/Lower)

2013 7th Contributions from

Groups2013 $1,125 $575 $100 $708 $1,030 No ASC $1,000 $685 $725 $1,930 $1,260 No ASC $ 9,138

2013 7th Contributions from

Groups

Additional Revenues: Additional Revenues

Rent paid by Groups holding

meetings at "The House"$200.00 $180.00 $ 380

Rent paid by Groups holding

meetings at "The House"

Profit returned from CACNA

Convention 2015 $ -

Profit returned from CACNA

Convention 2015

Literature Depot

Overage/Underage

Literature Depot

Overage/Underage

Total Contributions to date all

sourcesTotals $1,225 $780 $ 2,005

Total Contributions to date all

sources

Monthly Avg

Contribution

from Groups

$813

2 0 1 5 C O N T R I B U T I O N S

Summary of our allocations – these are Running Totals:

HOPe Committee: $425 – This is the monthly cash amount allocated for HOPe. There will

likely be a cheque for this amount written today, this is for February, as

well as an allocation made for the same amount for next month, March. I

also have an accrual for HOPe Literature in the amount of $270.

“The House” Maintenance: $300 - I created an allocation for potential maintenance expenses related

to operating the location at 513 – 13th Ave SW. This location is looking to

be cashflow positive, so I expect this allocation to reduce to nil over the

next six months.

“AL_SASK Region: $3,411.47 – The next AL-SASK meeting is in March. A cheque for this

amount will be given to our RCM to take to that meeting today;

As usual, if you or your Group would like a detailed explanation of Area finances, don’t hesitate to contact me

for further discussion. Okay that’s it for this month.

Regards,

Dave R.

Hey everyone,

Last Saturday we have our staking event in bowness park, the weather was perfect. The event was a

success we had 15 member show up.

We used some supplies providing coffee and hot chocolate, and made $38.65. currently we have a bank

balance of $1,018.00.

We are now gearing up for the rollerskating event planned for march, hopefully more people will attend.

Yours in service

James Pringle

“Welcome Home” – GSR Report Jan 24, 2015

I am Garth S., addict and GSR for the recently formed “Welcome Home” grouplocated in Cochrane. We meet on Wednesday nights, 7:30 in the provincial building onmain street second floor kitchen area.

The meeting is open with no fixed format at this time. We have been a dailymeditation discussion group but are still working out the kinks. Our focus has been onkeeping the doors open but all the trappings of an established group are taking place.

To date we have 7 members signed to the group but our largest meeting has been6 people. A 1year birthday was recently celebrated and Donna K will be celebrating 24years on February 18th.

Supplies are good and finances in order. We have a donation to area at this time.

In ServiceGarth S.

Conscious Contact Report

I have been away from my role as GSR for about 6 months and I am glad to say am now resumingmy role as GSR. Conscious Contact has not made a donation to the ASC this year but plan to do soin the future. We had three birthdays in February and all three have service positions within ourgroup. Our attendance has been steady at about 16 people per meeting. We are doing well. Wehave had two people in February fill in as alt positions in service. We also will be looking at ourmembers list in March and making sure it is accurate. We did give a donation to world, I think itwas $50 but I do not remember, I will give a more accurate number in my next GSR report. Thankyou for your time. In solidarity, Ravenmoon S. (GSR for Conscious Contact)

Today’s Date: March 2, 2015

Chinook Area Service Committee

Group Report Form

Group Name: More Will Be Revealed

GSR Name: Jeff L.

GSR Phone #: 403.800.4850

GSR Email Address: iam@jefflamb.ca

Meeting Day and Time: Sunday @ 7:30 PM

Meeting Location: 134 Scarboro Ave SW

Meeting Format: JFT, O, 1 Hour

Trusted Servant Topics: We have a solid team of support for the meeting

with all positions filled.

Financial Topics: We have a Prudent Reserve and a donation to

ASC of $242.30

Recovery Topics: We have conscience for today’s elections.

Other Topics: .

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IP Report to the ASCBy: Léa, GSR for M.I.R.

Dated: February 28, 2015

Treasurer’s ReportAs of yet, there is nothing to report.

Secretary’s ReportAVERAGE ATTENDANCE 10

AVERAGE SEVENTH $17.00

No one will be taking birthdays at IP this month.

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MIR Report to the ASCBy: Léa, GSR for M.I.R.

Dated: February 28, 2015

Treasurer’s ReportMIR does not have enough to donate to the ASC.

Secretary’s ReportAVERAGE ATTENDANCE 16

AVERAGE SEVENTH $26.00

Léa will be taking 18 Months on March 10, 2015.