Robbers Roost Men’s Group

Group Conscience Minutes: 8/2/2011

Attendance:  Ken, Michael, Dave, Don, Craig, Larry, Mark, Eric

· Meeting opened with the Serenity Prayer

· Intros

· July Minutes approved

Reports:

· Dave(GSR):

o Attended July 18 District 24 meeting:

§ Shared RR fund re-allocation to increase Central Office donations (50:30:10:10).

§ Discussed more InterGroup participation from groups

§ Question if we want an Ad-Hoc committee rep to attend out meeting to discuss anonymity/social-media (see New Business)

o Summer Area Assembly:

§ Numerous GSR/DCM meetings and committee reports (see reports handouts for details)

§ State convention upcoming, chair elected

§ 2012 Summer A-10 assembly is July 15, 2012 in Grand Junction

§ 2013 Summer A-10 assembly at the Denver Marriott

§ High Country newsletter now available via email

§ Bi-Lingual support needed to help translate, contact linguistics committee

§ Web Help/Coordinator needed

§ Treatment workshop upcoming

§ Corrections conference upcoming

§ Area-10 workshop will be supported. Seed money in place.

§ The National AA Archives workshop is Sept 19-27, 2013

§ Liability policy passed, for finance committee officers

§ Fixed annual area-10 assembly weekends was not adopted.

· Don(Intergroup):

o July 26 IG Meeting:

§ Reported our picnic was a success

§ Reported RR fund re-allocation to increase Central Office donations (50:30:10:10), thanks to RR

§ Asked for suggestions for a RR group inventory moderator (see NB)

§ Asked Bridging-The-Gap coordinator to contact Eric

§ On-line central office volunteer signup not adopted. Requests for more consistent CO volunteer scheduling, but RR is “Awesome”.

§ Boulder-Vine stories solicited

§ State Convention in Loveland, Sept 9-11

§ Preliminary 2012 budget looks good

§ Night Watch now allows forwarding to long-distance area codes.

§ District-34 DCM announced upcoming workshop on sponsorship

§ Spanish speaking AAs needed for 12-step call list.

· Larry(GSC):

o Larry to call 2 days prior to remind.

· Ken(Treasurer):

o Quarterly payout: Sister Carmen-$38, Central Office-$38, GSO-$13, Area-10-$13, District-24-$12, Area-10 Corrections-$128. 

· Michael(Coffee/Setup):

o Coffee replenished

o 1 pot for summer meetings

· Craig(Cake/CPC/Phone List Coordinator):

o Will attend next CPC meeting

· Eric(Bridging The Gap):

o Trying to contact Ginny, sent paperwork.

· Mark(Corrections/Literature):

o Eric also now attending jail meetings

o Books and pamphlets updated

o Let him know if other literature is wanted

o Will get new schedule version recently printed

Old Business:

· None

New Business:

· Do we want a District-24 Ad-Hoc committee rep to attend out meeting to discuss anonymity/social-media? NO.

· Bill W has offered to moderate a RR Group Inventory. He says 2-4 hours. A Saturday at 9 AM works. See AA group pamphlet for agenda suggestions, long version of 12 Traditions is common format. Don to make copies of AA Group pamphlet GI questions to hand out.

· Ice coffee next meeting? Michael will bring some to evaluate.

Open Service Positions:

· Craig stands for CPC: accepted unanimous.

· Tim stands for Archives: accepted unanimous.

· Mark stands

· Open Positions: Alt GSR, Grapevine, PI, Treatment

Action Items:

· Don: update the list of open positions

· Don: provide descriptions of all service positions to be posted on web-site (Ben)

· Don: copy AA Group pamphlet Group Inventory questions for RR group to evaluate.

· Craig: Mike/Craig are going to share verifying the phone list