CoDA OH#020 Group Conscience Meeting
http://www.codaoh020.northernohiocoda.org Business Meeting Minutes Date December 4th, 2010 Location: First United Methodist Church 245 Portage Trail Cuyahoga Falls, OH 44221 A monthly Group Conscience session will follow the 10:00 am First Saturday CoDA meetings. A Sign-In sheet is passed to record attending Home Group members (First name only). Secretary & Update Reports: November GC meeting minutes were approved.
Treasurer Report: Linda W: Treasurer's Report as of December 1, 2010 Beginning balance January 1, 2010 $130.99 Cash In $548.93 Cash Out $566.89 Balance as of 12/1/10 $113.03 Rent paid through 12/25/05 NOCI paid through 12/31/10 $20 to CODA National on 6/7/10
Committee Reports :. – Outreach mailings: (update on last month’s mailing) 350 mailings sent out. Not as many volunteers as last time. Our meeting had 61 mailings. Calls:-. 11/7/10- call from Kelly, who attended meeting. Inquiry email from Meredith on 11/28/10 re: CoDA in general. Steve from Y’town called and wants to attend (he did attend 12/11/10 meeting).
Old Business: (1) Holiday meetings. Cindy proposed announcement flyer for approval. Update 12/11/10: No meeting on 12/25/10. Max will put up a sign on the Church door that day with contact information along with notice of meeting cancellation. Meeting will be held on 1/1/11 at Sharon’s house. Sharon will put a sign up on the Church door that day with contact information re: meeting location. Cindy S. has updated the website and NOCI to reflect this information re: meeting/location changes for the two holidays.
New Business: Home Group Issues: (1) There is an INTERGROUP event scheduled for tomorrow, December 5th 2-5PM in Tallmadge. Flyer is in clipboard. It is a social, informative and pleasant way to mingle with members who are part of the 16 Home Groups included in Northern Ohio CoDA Intergroup (NOCI). All are welcome. Closing Announcements: none. Attendees were: Members: Jon F., Julie D., Linda W., Sharon, Cindy S., Deb V., Max G. (?) Other Attendees: none CoDA 12/4/10
CoDA OH#020 Group Conscience Meeting
http://www.codaoh020.northernohiocoda.org Business Meeting Minutes Date November 6th, 2010 Location: First United Methodist Church 245 Portage Trail Cuyahoga Falls, OH 44221 A monthly Group Conscience session will follow the 10:00 am First Saturday CoDA meetings. A Sign-In sheet is passed to record attending Home Group members (First name only).
1.Secretary & Update Reports: meeting minutes approved from October GC meeting.
2.Treasurer Report: Linda W. –Treasurer's Report Treasurer's Report as of October 30, 2010 A Beginning Balance as of January 1, 2010 $130.99 Cash In $486.98 Cash Out $551.89 = Balance $ 66.08 Rent paid through Nov. 2010; NOCI Pledge paid through Dec. 2010; $20.00 sent to National on June 7, 2010
3.Committee Report :. – Outreach mailings: Saturday 11/13/10, 2pm at Ellet meeting location. Help is needed stuffing envelopes. Please come if you can.
Calls:-. Cindy reported receiving 2 phone calls this month. (1) 10/8- Steve from Y’town. Max has left a message for this person with assistance. (2) 10/20- Sharon. Attended today’s meeting J
4.Old Business: Re: issue of Portage County Coda meeting: willing to support it if interest is there. Re: NOCI and online meetings- Cindy was not at last meeting. No word yet on whether to include in meeting lists.
5.New Business: Home Group Issues: (1) Quarterly Step Workshop on Steps 10-12 will be held at Cindy’s home on Sunday, 11/28/10, from 1-ish to 5. Directions are available in the clipboard at the meeting. (2) Cindy said she would update the meeting binder. Debbie said she would update the Home Group Members & Service list. (3) Max brought up the question of meeting on 12/25/10 and 1/1/11 holidays. Is the building going to be open? If not, is there an alternate meeting location for those who want to attend? Cindy said she would talk to Linda about calling the church contact person to see if the building will be available on both dates for our meeting. Attendees were: 11/11/10 Addendum to Minutes Question #1. Our Treasurer, Linda W. called Kathy in the Church's office about the available access into building on Dec. 25th and Jan. 1st. BUILDING WILL BE LOCKED. 1. The two meeting rentals will not be charged to Home Group. 2. Home Group needs to consider advertising this lock out early. Prepare?: Make an outside sign for Church's entry door, tell others by emails and place an announcement on NOCI web site . A. (This week the CoDA Meeting has been cancelled due to building restriction) OR Question #2 Arrange another meeting place? Provide a temporary address and have a phone number contact. Reword the sign message to: B. (Due to building restrictions, this week the CoDA Meeting will be held at ______?_____________) Please Reply to Cindy with any Ideas or Offers in a solution????
As of today (11/12/10), 2 members have voted for Option 1 (meet at another location and use sign to direct those to alternate meeting location. Two members have stated they will not be able to attend. CoDA 11/6/10
CoDA OH#020 Group Conscience Meeting http://www.codaoh020.northernohiocoda.org Business Meeting Minutes Date October 2nd 2010 Location: First United Methodist Church 245 Portage Trail Cuyahoga Falls, OH 44221 A monthly Group Conscience session will follow the 10:00 am First Saturday CoDA meetings. A Sign-In sheet is passed to record attending Home Group members (First name only).
Secretary & Update Reports: Debbie V. was unable to attend; Cindy S. – Opened meeting at 11:35am. Minutes from September 4th read. Treasurer Report: Linda W. –Treasurer's Report as of October 1, 2010 January 1, 2010 Beginning Balance $130.99 Cash In $431.36 Cash Out $551.89 Balance as of September 1, 2010 $ 10.46 Rent paid to November 27th; NOCI paid quarterly through December 2010 and $20 paid annually was sent to National on 6/7/10
Committee Report :. – Outreach mailings: August: Debbie, and Jon completed their tasks of calling nearly 61 contacts and an updated listing was sent to Outreach Chairperson PatriciaW@northernohiocoda.org November 13 will be NOCI meeting in which volunteers are needed to prepare the out going mailings Calls:-There was one CoDA email received 9/5/10. A newcomer greeting was sent in a reply to Maria M.
Old Business: RE: Interest in starting a CoDA Home group in Portage County i.e. Kent and Ravenna areas. Last month’s attendees were asked if they received any responses to our inquiry of interest and suggestion about this endeavor. Max will continue to search for information and possible locations. Linda and Debbie replied to the questioning email they received. Cindy presented a document which held 11 email replies. See attachment Cindy made a motion to table the new home group proposal until actual attendees are discovered. Online CoDA meetings are still stored in the Freebie binder. And we will await NOCI’s recommendations on presenting this site to newcomers. Our GSR did not attend September’s NOCI meeting, so this issue was not addressed.
New Business: Home Group Issues: No New business was presented.
Closing Announcements: Attendees were: Members: Linda W. Jon F., Jan W., Cindy S., Max G. and Celeste P. And Vistor: Meg Respectfully submitted 10/2/10 by Cindy S.
CoDA 10/2/10 CoDA OH#020 Group Conscience Meeting
http://www.codaoh020.northernohiocoda.org Business Meeting Minutes Date September 4th 2010 Location: First United Methodist Church 245 Portage Trail Cuyahoga Falls, OH 44221 A monthly Group Conscience session will follow the 10:00 am First Saturday CoDA meetings. A Sign-In sheet is passed to record attending Home Group members (First name only).
Secretary & Update Reports: Debbie V. – Opened meeting at 11:22 am. Minutes for July were not available to read.
Treasurer Report: Linda W. –Treasurer's Report as of September 1, 2010 January 1, 2010 Beginning Balance $130.99 Cash In $402.01 Cash Out $481.66 Balance as of September 1, 2010 $ 51.34 NOCI paid through September 2010 $20 sent to National on 6/7/10
Committee Report :. – Outreach mailings: We recalled that policy was passed on the service of updating (semi-annual) Outreach mailings. August would be the month to prepare our 61 contacts for Intergroup’s mailing in November. March would be the month to again prepare our contacts for Intergroup’s mailing in May. Committee to do this task is Debbie V., Jon F. and Tabitha V. As of today, both Debbie and Jon have completed their tasks. Next Saturday is NOCI meeting and these completed sheets will be given to Outreach Chairperson, PatriciaW@northernohiocoda.org
Calls:-There were neither CoDA calls received nor emails in month of August inquiring about our CoDA meeting.
Old Business: We recalled that Online CoDA meetings are now stored in the Freebie binder. And we will await NOCI’s recommendations on presenting this site to newcomers. New Business: Home Group Issues: Debbie V. noted that Portage county has no CoDA Home Groups at all. Debbie, Max, Cindy and Jon mentioned they have contacts who could be asked for feedback on the necessity of opening and starting a new weekly Home Group in near by Kent. We discussed the rental costs and the commitment our attending members would be responsible in Using the CoDA Starter Packet and handling all the arrangements for an additional weekly site. Possible sites that currently have Twelve Step meetings (AA) were suggested – such as
A motion was consider that those of us in attendance would begin inquiring: “What is your opinion on the interest and need for starting a NEW CoDA Home Group in the Kent/Ravenna area”? We would supply that information for the next GC meeting on Saturday, October 2nd. Cindy received approval to forward these minutes to NOCI Visitors who have been getting CoDA information via email. We would like to enlist their feedback also. Closing Announcements: Attendees were: Linda W. Jon F., Jan W., Cindy S., Max G. and Deb V. Respectfully submitted 9/4/10
CoDA 9/4/10 CoDA OH#020 Group Conscience Meeting
http://www.codaoh020.northernohiocoda.org Business Meeting Minutes Date August 7th, 2010 Location: First United Methodist Church 245 Portage Trail Cuyahoga Falls, OH 44221 A monthly Group Conscience session will follow the 10:00 am First Saturday CoDA meetings. A Sign-In sheet is passed to record attending Home Group members (First name only).
Secretary & Update Reports: Debbie V. – No calls received nor emails in June inquiring about our meeting. · Phone contact list update needed. suggested that home group members update in clipboard
Treasurer Report: Linda W. –Treasurer's Report as of July 24, 2010 January 1, 2010 Beginning Balance $130.99 Cash In $359.61 Cash Out $408.46 Balance as of 7/24/10 $ 82.14
Rent paid through August 28, 2010 NOCI paid through September 2010 $20 sent to National on 6/7/10
Committee Report :. – Help is needed this month to have volunteers to make calls to verify information on our CF 020 contact list and to see if they still want Coda literature mailed to them. It would be about 15 calls a person. Debbie and Cindy are doing some calls.
Calls: - Cindy had no calls in July but did receive one email request from Capon.
New Business: Home Group Issues:
UNDER POLICY MAKING AND SCHEDULING OF ANNUAL TASKS:
It is a hope of putting a CoDA OUTREACH schedule in place; #1.. Purpose: to get the CoDA word out by attraction rather than promotion. CoDA first is given a request or approval for receiving CoDA literature. In sending literature to each Home Group's area; Data is collected. Service persons who refer newcomers to CoDA meetings such as: Medical Professionals, Churches etc....each Home Group creates a data base to call and to confirm the recipient address & name. This information becomes CoDA OUTREACH MAILING LIST. #2. Process: List is submitted to Intergroup's Outreach Committee. Twice a year, MAY and NOVEMBER, there is a mass mailing of envelopes: Enclosed is: 1.Cover letter, 2. What is CoDA Pamphlet, 3. Meeting list of all Home Groups in NOCI. 4. CoDA flyer with tear off side tabs. This is all mailed to each recipient. #3. Policy: In 2010; NOCI meetings are held every-other month..1-3-5-7-9-11. Home Groups are asked to submit a confirmed mailing list for May's Outreach event to Outreach Committee chair at the second Saturday of March meeting. It would be prudent for our Home Group to arrange this volunteer duty each FEBRUARY. and again; Home Groups are asked to submit a confirmed mailing list for November's Outreach event to Outreach Committee chair at the second Saturday of September meeting. It would be prudent for our Home Group to arrange this volunteer duty each AUGUST. #4. Task: During February and August: Enlist 1-3 volunteers who will divide the current Cuyahoga Falls #020 list of contacts to call. They will spend a day or two on the phone to Update the list. They are asked to call each contact and Confirm the wish to continue receiving CoDA material and Correct any changes in data. It is helpful to have a name " Attention of __________ for the mailing. If wished; additional contacts from yellow pages, city directories etc may be approached and included on the list. Return the updated work to Secretary or Group Service Rep who will compile a more current Outreach Mailing list. NOCI meetings in March and October will get this new Home Group list.
· August 22 is Sunday's Quarterly 7-8-9 meeting. · Online Coda meeting schedule—Cindy will take information to NOCI in September for sanctioning on our list. Some members were interested in getting together to attend an online meeting at Deb’s place to see how it goes. [4 members did attend a meeting]
Old Business – none Closing Announcements: · Online meeting information will go in freebie binder for now Attendees were: First name & Initial Meeting day: August 7th, 2010 Jon F., Jan W., Cindy S., and Deb V.
Respectfully submitted 8/20/10
CoDA 8/7/10
CoDA OH#020 Group Conscience Meeting http://www.codaoh020.northernohiocoda.org Business Meeting Minutes Date July 2nd, 2010 Location: First United Methodist Church 245 Portage Trail Cuyahoga Falls, OH 44221 A monthly Group Conscience session will follow the 10:00 am First Saturday CoDA meetings. A Sign-In sheet is passed to record attending Home Group members (First name only).
Secretary & Update Reports: Debbie V. – No calls received nor emails in June inquiring about our meeting. · Celeste will chair first meeting of the month and Debbie will chair the remainder of July · Phone contact list update needed.
If there was any questions about last month’s meeting; Cindy S. brought in June 5, 2010 minutes to read. Members in attendance had no question about the June’s meeting and suggested viewing today’s agenda with a focus on the MOST URGENT issues.
Treasurer Report: Linda W. – Treasurer's Report as of July 1, 2010 January 1, 2010 Beginning Balance $130.99 Cash In $282.51 Cash out $327.01 Balance $ 86.49 Rent has been paid through August 28, 2010 NOCI dues have been paid through Sept. 2010 $20.00 was sent and received by CoDa National
Committee Report :. - will report at next month’s meeting
Calls: - Four contacts: 6/3 an email in From Andrena, 6/7 Francis called, 6/18 Jeff called and attended the next meeting, 6/26 Lisa call and attended the next meeting.
New Business: Home Group Issues: · Can we remove the contact list for home group members from our website for confidentiality reasons? Home Group’s Website is within the access of NOCI’s website; only three Home Groups have made use of this feature. #020 Cuyahoga Falls #140 Tallmadge #160 West Akron. Members felt that Names and Phone numbers offered AT THE MEETING and picked up by a newcomer would be the best CoDA policy. To place such information into the general public was NOT NECESSARY. That alone is Good Policy – Document will be removed today.: · Limiting sharing time to 5 minutes IN VIEWING CHAIR’S CAUTIONS PRIOR TO THE OPENING THE MEETING FOR SHARING; WE FOUND THE WRITTEN FORMAT INCLUDES THE REQUEST TO “SHARE FOR 3-5 MINUTES” · In re: to committees, experienced members to serve in Home Group Duties NOT URGENT: TABLED FOR NEXT MONTH’S MEETING. · Create a list of Service with Dates, i.e. outreach helpers 2x a year. NOT URGENT: TABLED FOR NEXT MONTH’S MEETING.
Old Business - will report at next month’s meeting Closing Announcements: Attendees are: First name & Initial Meeting day: July 2nd, 2010
1. Cindy S. 2. Linda W. 3. Jon F.
CoDA 7/2/10
CoDA OH#020 Group Conscience Meeting http://www.codaoh020.northernohiocoda.org Business Meeting Minutes Date June 5th, 2010 Location: First United Methodist Church 245 Portage Trail Cuyahoga Falls, OH 44221 A monthly Group Conscience session will follow the 10:00 am First Saturday CoDA meetings. A Sign-In sheet is passed to record attending Home Group members (First name only).
1. Secretary & Update Reports: Debbie V. – I received 3 emails in the month of May forwarded to me from Adam. All 3 individuals were then contacted by me personally to invite them to the meeting. They have all attended one time after my email.
2. Treasurer Report: Linda W. – 1/1/10 Beginning Balance $130.99 Cash In $227.91 Cash Out $286.01 Balance $ 72.89
3. Old Business & Committee Report :. a) Calls: Cindy S. in a small Ledger book, I am recording CoDA contacts since the HOME GROUP data was updated: Ohio’s #020 Home Group Phone contact is 330 633-5261 and email address is cindys@northernohiocoda.org As of today; I received 4 messages. b) Mailings & Outreach: Tabitha V.: Debbie V. professional directory of counselors has been compared to the current mailing lists used by NOCI. There are 30 news names and phones to contact, confirm and add these interested address labels in our Home Group’s list. This list will be used for the NOVEMBER 13th NOCI Outreach mailings. It would be nice if a ‘committee’ (such as three people) could help by dividing the calling list by each calling 10 names.
Yes, a committee will be formed to make some calls in August. 2. New Business: v Donation to Coda World approved for $20.00 v Question about group anniversary celebration to take place in June/July. Members present were open to idea. Will have some discussion of possible date/place/etc.
3. Closing Announcements: None Typed Listing from Sign In Sheet Dated : First name & Initial Meeting day: June 5, 2010
1. Max G 2. Matt G 3. Cindy S 4. Jon F 5. Jan (new) 6. Deb V 7. Linda W 8.
CoDA 6/5/10 CoDA OH#020 Group Conscience Meeting
http://www.codaoh020.northernohiocoda.org Business Meeting Minutes Date May 8th, 2010 First United Methodist Church 245 Portage Trail Cuyahoga Falls, OH 44221 A monthly Group Conscience session will follow the 10:00 am First Saturday CoDA meetings. A Sign-In sheet is passed to record attending Home Group members (First name only).
1. Secretary & Update Reports: Debbie V. – None 2. Treasurer Report: Linda W. – here is the Treasurer's Report as of May 1, 2010. 3. Old Business & Committee Report :.Members in attendance stated they like the changes in the meeting format and the extended time of the meeting. 4. New Business: Cindy has agreed to take over Adam’s role as person monitoring calls to our group telephone number and emails. She is also tracking the number of calls, who they are, and how they were referred to Coda. 5. Closing Announcements:
Typed Listing from Sign In Sheet Dated : First name & Initial Meeting day: May 8, 2010
1. Deb V 2. Max G 3. Celeste P 4. Matt G 5. Jon F 6. Cindy S CoDA 5/8/10 CoDA OH#020 Group Conscience Meetinghttp://www.codaoh020.northernohiocoda.org Business Meeting Minutes Date April 3, 2010 Location: First United Methodist Church 245 Portage Trail Cuyahoga Falls, OH 44221 A monthly Group Conscience session will follow the 10:00 am First Saturday CoDA meetings. A Sign-In sheet is passed to record attending Home Group members (First name only).
1. Secretary & Update Reports: Debbie V. – Requests for tissue box donations for meetings. All present agreed that boxes would be brought in by members, particularly for next week’s meeting as supply has been depleted. 2. Treasurer Report: Linda W. – as of 4/3/10: 3. Old Business & Committee Report : No old business. 4. New Business: Adam asked for a volunteer to take over his duties when he moves in the next 2 weeks or so. It would involve monitoring meeting email, VM, skype. Members were asked to consider doing this service and that it didn’t involve a great deal of time investment. All agreed to bringing up this business during the announcement time during next week’s meeting. 5. Closing Announcements: Two newcomers this week. Typed Listing from Sign In Sheet Dated : First name & Initial Meeting day: April 3, 2010
1. Max G. 2. Matt G. 3. Adam P. 4. Celeste P. 5. Jon F. 6. Debbie V. Respectfully Submitted: Debbie V., Secretary 4/5/10 CoDA4/3/10 CoDA OH#020 Group Conscience Meeting http://www.codaoh020.northernohiocoda.org Business Meeting Minutes Date March 6, 2010 Location: First United Methodist Church 245 Portage Trail Cuyahoga Falls, OH 44221 A monthly Group Conscience session will follow the 10:00 am First Saturday CoDA meetings. A Sign-In sheet is passed to record attending Home Group members (First name only).
1. Secretary & Update Reports: Debbie V. – No reports or updates
3. Old Business & Committee Report : b) New Business: Discussion: · Max clarified how the chair facilitates the meeting and arranges for a lead if he/she desires. It can be a mini-lead that is 15 minutes of the meeting, or it can be a much longer lead that is likened to an “AA” lead meeting. It can be someone from intergroup or one of our own members. Max asked whether intergroup was trying to update their list of people willing to do leads. · Jon expressed how powerful a lead can be within the meeting context, particularly if the person has had at least a year of recovery. Concerned with our meeting being a lead oriented meeting, he stated he appreciated our meeting the way it is, and would be open to having leads as long as it was not every meeting of the month. · Sheree shared that she appreciated the openness of the meeting format especially when chair kind of does a mini-lead. She asked whether it would be possible to incorporate some of the personal stories from the Coda blue book. · Adam stated that he has attended meetings with a variety of formats. He shared how a mini-lead (10 minutes) on a step has been cool. He would like to see if we could have a long lead meeting 1-2x a year. · Matt shared that in his experience, some groups have had leads when there are 5 meetings in a month, so in our case, when there are 5 Saturdays in the month, the 5th Saturday would be the lead meeting. · Max stated that it is helpful from his perspective, to have a lead of some sort [chair’s choice] 1x a month, and to use intergroup resources. Jon and Matt agreed with Max’s opinion. · Max asked for clarification from Cindy S. re: agenda item. · Several members [Debbie V., Max G., and Adam P.] agreed how a previous lead on genograms had been beneficial in that it helped individuals to work their program, and work out conflict in a safe environment. 4. Closing Announcements: None Respectfully submitted, 3/7/10 Debbie V., Secretary #020 Typed Listing from Sign In Sheet Dated : First name & Initial Meeting day: March 6, 2010
1. Adam P. 2. Max G. 3. Debbie 4. Jan (new) 5. Jan 6. Celeste P. 7. Sheree 8. Matt G. 9. Jon F. CoDA 3/6/10 CoDA OH#020 Group Conscience Meetinghttp://www.codaoh020.northernohiocoda.org Business Meeting Minutes Date February 6, 2010 Location: First United Methodist Church 245 Portage Trail Cuyahoga Falls, OH 44221 A monthly Group Conscience session will follow the 10:00 am First Saturday CoDA meetings. A Sign-In sheet is passed to record attending Home Group members (First name only).
1. Secretary & Update Reports: Debbie V.
2. Treasurer Report: Linda W. reported a Beginning balance _$29.53_ and Ending balance _____ 3. Old Business & Committee Report : 4. New Business: 5. Closing Announcements Typed Listing from Sign In Sheet Dated : First name & Initial Meeting day: February 6 2010
1. CoDA 2/6/10 CoDA OH#020 Group Conscience Meetinghttp://www.codaoh020.northernohiocoda.org Business Meeting Minutes Date January 2, 2010 Location: First United Methodist Church 245 Portage Trail Cuyahoga Falls, OH 44221 A monthly Group Conscience session will follow the 10:00 am First Saturday CoDA meetings. A Sign-In sheet is passed to record attending Home Group members (First name only).
1. Secretary & Update Reports: Debbie V., no news, still adjusting to new role. Having computer difficulties so there may be a delay with communication.
2. Treasurer Report: Linda W. --not present. Will obtain end of year report and revise minutes when figures are available. 3. Old Business & Committee Report : 4. New Business: 5. Closing Announcements
a) CoDA literature is displayed and available for purchase. Orders can be placed and/or picked up after CoDA meetings b) Meeting adjourned _11:50____ AM for weekly Fellowship Minutes Submitted by ______Debbie V.______________ Typed Listing from Sign In Sheet Dated :
First name & Initial Meeting day: January 2, 2010 1. Debbie V. 1/2/10 2 Jim 1/2/10 4 Mark 1/2/10 5 Matt 1/2/10 6 Adam P. 1/2/10 7 Jon F. 1/2/10 8 CoDA 1/2/10 |
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