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The next ASC mtg. begins with Policy at 8:30 a.m. on Sunday, June 8th, 2014 at The Place (5540 Park Blvd.)

Bay Area Service Committee Minutes for May 4th, 2014 BASCNA Inc., P.O. Box 703, Largo, FL 33779-0703 24-hour Helpline Numbers: (727) 547-0444 or (888) 779-7117

Moment of Silence & Serenity Prayer Definition of an Area Service Committee (ASC) Introduction of New Members to the Area Service Tradition/Concept of the Month Roll Call / Group Reports

HOME GROUP MAR APR MAY JUN 1. The 11th Step Beach Meeting P P P R 2. The 11th Step Meditation Meeting P A A A 3. Acceptance and Change P A P P 4. Always Here P A P A 5. The Autonomous Group A A A A 6. Basic Meeting P P P P 7. Bay Area Youth P P P A 8. Be a Part Of P P P P 9. Beach Group P A A P 10. Breaking Chains A A A A 11. Clean Harbor P P P A 12. Come As You Are P P P P 13. Defeating Our Addiction (D.O.A.) A R A P 14. Dopeless Hope Fiends P P P P 15. Do You Really Want to Know P P P P 16. The Dunedin Group A A R P 17. Freedom Group P A A A 18. Get A Life; Get Off The Horse P A P A 19. H.O.W. Group A P P P 20. Happy and Free P R P P 21. Hope for Hope N R R P 22. I’m Clean On Fridays (I.C.O.F.) P P P P 23. It Works P P P P 24. Just for Today P P P P 25. Keys to Recovery P P P P 26. Life’s a Beach P P P P 27. Life’s in Session P P P P 28. Living Clean P R P P 29. Logical & Educated A A A A 30. Miracles Happen P P P P 31. Morning Serenity P A P P 32. Never Alone P P A P 33. New Attitudes P P P P 34. New Beginnings On Southside A P A A 35. A New Day A A A A 36. No Pain No Gain P A P A 37. Noon Group P P P P 38. The Point of Freedom P P P P 39. Primary Porpoise A A A A 40. Regardless Of… P R P P 41. Relax and Recover P P P P 42. Resurrender R P P P 43. Saturday Night Live P P P P 44. Save Your Ass A A P A 45. Serenity in Addiction P P R P 46. Serenity on the South Side A A A A 47. Sisters in Serenity P P P A 48. Sisters on Step --- N P A 49. Spiritual Principles P P A A 50. Spiritual Solutions P P P P 51. Stairway to Recovery P P P P

52. Step Free P P P P 53. Sunshine P A P P 54. Trust the Process P P P P 55. Unity A P A A 56. Wakeup Call P P P A 57. Wakeup Clean P P P P 58. We’re Clean P P P P 59. We Do Recover A A A P 60. We Found a Way Out P P P P 61. Welcome Home P P P P 62. Women and Recovery P P P P 63. Women on Wednesdays P P P R 64. Work the Steps and Live P P P P 65. Work the Steps or Die… A A A A 66. Young, Free, and Clean P P P R HOME GROUPS REPRESENTED 49 47 50 44 VOTING PARTICIPATION 47 42 47 41

ADMIN. & SUBCOMMITTEES APR APR MAY JUN Chairperson — Kristi-Beth F. P P P P Vice Chair — Ernest E. P P P P Secretary — Erin R. P P P P Alternate Secretary — Michael V. P P P P Treasurer — David B. P P P P Alternate Treasurer — Chuck S. A A P P RCM —Denise F. P P P P RCM-II — Dathan J P P P P Literature Distributor — Tara F. P P P P Alt. Literature Distributor — Christine C. P P P P Web Servant — Chris A. P P P A Alt. Web Servant – Andrea B. A A A P Activities Chair — Brian H. P P P P Activities Vice Chair – Danette R. P P P P Archivist Chair – Shawn M. P P P A Archivist Vice Chair – Vacant V V V V Helpline Chair — Miles H. P P P P Helpline Vice Chair – Mike P. P P P P H&I Chair — Bert Y. P P P P H&I Vice Chair — Chris B. P P P P Literature (Newsletter) Chair – Dawn E V V V P Lit. (Newsletter) Vice Chair – Vacant V V V V Policy Chair — Phil L. P P P P Policy Vice Chair —John R P P P P PR Chair — Mark B A A P P PR Vice Chair – Todd P P P P BASCNA Inc. Representative Barry C. A A A A BASCNA Inc. Representative Dick B. A A A A BASCNA Inc. Representative Jackie S. A A A A

18: areas in the Florida Region 66: home groups that are members of the Bay Area Service Committee of Narcotics Anonymous.

New To ASC: Leslie: Alt GSR Keys to Recovery Rhonda: GSR Relax & Recover Ron: Alt GSR Happy & Free Todd: GSR Hope for Hope Lauren: Life’s in Session Brittany: Alt GSR Trust the Process

Quorum (avg. of 3 previous months’ attendance, ÷ 2, + 1): 24 Total Home Groups Represented at Roll Call: 44 Voting Participation (number of groups able to cast vote): 47 Simple Majority (51% of this month’s voting participation: 21 Policy Change (75% of this month’s voting participation): 31

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**GSR INFORMATION SECTION**

What to bring to your home group ☺

Motions Last month (thank you for your participation!) Nothing to report. This month #2014.05.04.01 To accept the attach proposed budget for RCM I&II 2014/2015 Please complete survey for Ad hoc – see your GSR. Will be on web too.

Attention Homegroups A survey was handed out at ASC to each GSR regarding the moving / changing of ASC location, time, and possibly structure. Please complete this survey according to instructions on survey. Please read the introduction provided on survey regarding intent and concepts.

Activities June 16th @ 7:10pm Rays vs. Baltimore Orioles – Tickets $39 – see an activities member! GSR Reports

HOME GROUP GSR

DAYS AND TIMES OF MEETINGS

# GROUP MEMBERS

# PEOPLE ATTENDING

The 11th Step Beach Meeting

Fawn J Sun. 11:00am 4 20

Need home group memebrs. Louise G has 11 yrs 5/6, Fawn has 21 yrs 5/11, both are celebrating on 5/11 (mother’s day) at the meeting. The 11th Step Meditation Mtg.

John C Sat. 10:00am 3 20

No report submitted. Acceptance and Change

Bruce G Fri. 8-9:30 2 10

All is well.

Always Here Adam U Sun – Sat 12-1 15 35

No report submitted. The Autonomous Group

No report submitted. Basic Meeting

Shawn B Sun @ 7:00 PM 15 25

All is well. Three anniversaries coming up, Mark,

HOME GROUP GSR

DAYS AND TIMES OF MEETINGS

# GROUP MEMBERS

# PEOPLE ATTENDING

Michelle, & Danita. Bay Area Youth (BAYNA)

Brent S Sat 8pm 12 25

No report submitted.

Be a Part Of Michael S

SAT/SUN 6P – 7P 10 30

All is well.

Beach Group Richard C

Wed & Sat @ 8:00 PM 4 20+

Require support for Wednesday night meeting. Change of GSR. Breaking Chains

Matt K Friday 7:30 PM 8 40

No report submitted.

Clean Harbor Brain M

MWR 8pm, Sa 10pm, Su 7pm 8 10-

20 No report submitted. Come As You Are

Steve G. Thursday 8-9 10

Don R. & Steve G will both be celebrating 4 years clean at the end of this month on the last Thursday in May. All else is well. Defeating Our Addiction (DOA)

Rahul S. Th 8pm 4 10

Need support. Do You Really Want to Know

Mike M.

Monday 6:30 – 7:45 PM 15 30-

40

All is well. Dopeless Hope Fiends

John Y.

Tues. 6:45pm – 8:00pm 13

Meetings are going well, good recovery going on newcomers weekly. The Dunedin Group

Dana F Tues 8pm 5 30

Home group is growing, appointed positions, all is well. Beginners meeting. Freedom Group M&W @ 7:30 30 12

No report submitted. Get A Life; Get Off the Horse

Kevin K FR 8pm 3 36

No report submitted. H.O.W. Group

Kelly F. Fridays 8pm 7 6-

10 Good morning Area, I stand here once again asking and pleading for support from this body to help The HOW Group stay alive. Our eating meeting on Friday, while really wonderful, only gained a few more addicts than our average attendance just a year ago. We will continue to hold the eating meetings on the first Friday for the foreseeable future, but we only took in $24 dollars in 7th

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HOME GROUP GSR

DAYS AND TIMES OF MEETINGS

# GROUP MEMBERS

# PEOPLE ATTENDING

Tradition and that money is NOT used to hold our eating meetings, it’s pretty tough to pay rent and supplies and donate to area on those kinds of numbers. We as a home group can only surmise that the reason for such low attendance is the overabundance of meetings in north county. We also have to assume that those meetings are also struggling, or maybe not. It’s hard to know since we are busy keeping our meeting open at the same time. What is very clear to us is there are more meetings than ever and the flood of new meetings is still rising. On that note, we ask, are we as an area doing all we can to ask new meetings before they decide to come before the area, if they have really looked into other established meetings in the same area, if those meetings could be better served? We wonder when enough will be enough? Just because we say “calm down, stop starting new meetings” does not mean we are trying to withhold the message to the newcomer. What we are saying is, “hey there are so many meetings, surely the newcomer can find an established meeting to attend and grown in and support” Coming to the area and blindly passing new meetings into area is becoming irresponsible and setting up them and others to fail in the end, and who is that helping? Just some Sunday morning “food for thought” just something that might help the GSR’s in this room to take back to their home groups to talk about. Please keep in mind, The HOW Group is 30 years old, THIRTY, and we are hurting, do you really want the next meeting to suffer and struggle to be yours?? In loving service, Kelly F., HOW Group GSR and 12 year home group member Happy and Free

Mike L. Tues @ 7:30 PM 14 35-

40 Everything remains quite serene and productive. Attendance is very steady. The monthly IP Study (2nd Tuesday) is going well. This month is “Just for Today.” One anniversary this month; Michelle L on May 15th. The celebration meeting will be on May 27th. Food at 6:30, meeting at 7:30. Michelle will speak to celebrate her 2 yrs. clean. Thanks to all, especially HP. Hope for Hope

Todd B. Thurs 6:30 pm 10 10

I’m Clean On Fridays (ICOF)

Liz M Friday 7:30 PM 12 30-

40

No report submitted.

It Works Valerie S Mon 6:30 – 7:30 25 26

All is well! ☺ Just for Today (JFT)

Mel B.

M, W, F, Sat 10PM-11:30PM 4 6-

10 A great candlelight meeting. Dedicated to the principles underlying the steps. We welcome your continued support. ILS, Mel B. Keys to Recovery

Emily M.

8-9pm, Every Day 12 12-

52 Keys to Recovery would like to congratulate Steve G on

HOME GROUP GSR

DAYS AND TIMES OF MEETINGS

# GROUP MEMBERS

# PEOPLE ATTENDING

3 years on 5/8 and Tommy K. on 4 yrs. on 5/12 (celebrating on 5/13)! We are continuing to try to figure out why there are discrepancies with our financial records, and therefore, are still not able to make a donation to BASCNA. As we have a lot of meeting attendees who are new to Narcotics Anonymous or attend multiple fellowships, we need your ESH to carry a clear NA message. Thank you for your support! ILS, Emily. Life’s a Beach

Billy B

Mon. 7:30pm / Sat. 8:00pm 8 10-

45 All is well…could always use more support. Life’s in Session

John R.

Wed. 7:45 PM – 9:00 pm 38

All is well at Life’s in Session. We meet on Wed nights from 7:45 – 9:00 at St. John’s Episcopal in Largo. We are a literature study and we are currently working on the 12th step out of the step-working guide. Last month we had an average attendance of 38 and after paying rent and buying literature for our group we will be making a donation to the area in the amount of $27.00. This month we have Jason N celebrating 11 years and will be getting his medallion on May 28th. We would love to see you there. ILS, John.

Living Clean Megan D

Monday 7:30 pm 10 20

All is well ☺ Megan D. celebrates 3 years on May 18th. Logical and Educated

David M Tuesday 8pm

No report submitted. Miracles Happen

Sharon L

Tue. 6:00pm / Fri. 10:00pm 6 5-

15 Our attendance is very low on Tuesday we could use support we are barely making the rent. We do have a small donation of $13.00. Please announce we are in need of support. Morning Serenity

Candice H

Everyday 7:45 – 8:45 8 20

All is well. Need support, lots of newcomers.

Never Alone Jenn N Tues 8pm 13 20+

All is well with the group. Our picnic was a great success and raised quite a bit for area donation. Tuesday May 13th we’ll have a speaker from recovery coast James T share his story. Also Brent S. will be celebrate one year and speak the last Tuesday of the month. Bam Bam Dan also celebrates 1 yr. and will be speaking at the end of the month. New Attitudes

Neal B Fridays 8-9pm 14 60

Our meetings continue to grow and carry a strong message of recovery. Our meeting attendance ranged from 33 NA members and guest to 103 on April 18th. Crista S. celebrated one year of recovery on 4-18 and was our speaker on 4-25. Our home group is blessed to have Crista as member; we would like to thank Crista for all she does. Our group is always looking for new home

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HOME GROUP GSR

DAYS AND TIMES OF MEETINGS

# GROUP MEMBERS

# PEOPLE ATTENDING

group members so if you don't belong to a home group come be apart of ours. Our Business meeting is the fist Friday of every month at 7:00 PM. We will have a mystery speaker on the last Friday of the month, who will it be? New Beginnings on Southside

Robert E

Mondays 7pm until 8pm 15 10

No report submitted.

A New Day John P Fri Sat

No report submitted. No Pain No Gain

Robert R

Mon & Fri 8:00 to 9:00

No report submitted.

Noon Group Bill V. MTWTHFrSat 16 12

All is well. We are having annual picnic on May 18, 2014. Speaker will be Gayla. The Point of Freedom

Brad S. Daily @ 8pm 18 18

The Point of Freedom group would like to congratulate Richard H. on 5 years clean 4/25/14 and Amber K for 2 years clean on 4/7/14. We welcome you to join our homegroup and have service positions available. ILS, Brad S. Primary Porpoise

No report submitted. Regardless Of…

Allen C

Tuesdays 6:45p-7:45p 8 10

All is well with our group. We have had to decrease our rent due to low attendance. We are always in need of support from the area. Unfortunately we were not able to meet before ASC so we are not donating to ASC this month but we will hopefully be able to give something next month. In loving service, Allen C. Relax and Recover

Rhonda F

Saturday 10:00 – 11:00 15 20

All is well! Kat 5/13/2011

Resurrender Elizabeth W

Wednesday @ 8pm 20 50

All is well. Saturday Night Live (SNL)

Danette Sat. 8pm 4

All is well at SNL! Celebration meeting next wk 5/10/14. Nelle H 18 mos, Lisa H – 7 yrs. On 6/7/14, Danette R 2 years. We still need support & home group members! New format has been a great change and we are all excited to have offered this to the fellowship. Save Your Ass

Renee K

7 days a week 5:30 – 6:30 pm

No report submitted. Serenity in Paul M, W, F 5 20

HOME GROUP GSR

DAYS AND TIMES OF MEETINGS

# GROUP MEMBERS

# PEOPLE ATTENDING

Addiction S. We are in need of support Wed – Fri nights meetings. Fri night is now a pizza meeting. Thank you for your support. Serenity on the Southside

Johnny C. Sat NOON 7 10

No report submitted. Sisters in Serenity

Brittany M Wed 7:30 10 14

No report submitted. Spiritual Principles Joe S 6:45 PM Thurs 10 10-

24 No report submitted. Spiritual Solutions Joe J Mon-Tues 8:00

– 9:00 pm 10 20

All is well. Stairway to Recovery

Les M.

Wed. 7:30-8:30pm 14 15-

20 All is well. ILS, Les M.

Step Free Stacy R Thurs 8pm 6 17

Everything is going great @ Step Free. We could use support from members willing to be sponsors. Sunshine Group

Plamen

Sunday 8pm 10 250

Sophia celebrates 25 years on May 25th. Trust the Process

Hailey B. Tue. 8:00pm 19 30

Trust the Process welcomes new home group member Rob K! Becky S. and Melissa M. will be celebrating 4 years June 17th! We also welcome Brittney G as new Alternate GSR!

Unity Group Timmy D 5 6

No report submitted.

Wakeup Call Tim P Sat. 9am. 6 17

No report submitted. Wake Up Clean

Teresa P 7 day / 7:45A 8 20

Our 11th step meitation meetings on Sundays at 7:45 could use some support.

We’re Clean Deborah R

Wed 7pm, Sunday 7pm 10 28

Please come out and support our meetings. Anyone who needs a home group. We are located at 601 49th St N St. Pete 33710. Our meetings are Wednesday OD & Sunday speaker meeting. Come give support please. We Do Recover

Kelly C Tues 8pm

All is well. Mark B celebrating 3 years May 10th he’ll be sharing his ESH on May 20th. ILS, Kelly C. Lisa Roberts May 7th celebrating 13 years on the 13th come out to hear her ESH. We Found a Way Out

Alice N

SUN-SAT @ 6:30 10 10

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HOME GROUP GSR

DAYS AND TIMES OF MEETINGS

# GROUP MEMBERS

# PEOPLE ATTENDING

We are in need of support for meetings & our home group. We meet 7 days a week at 6:30. We have a speaker meeting the last Sunday of every month, this month our speaker is Sharon L, May 25. Anniversaries: Desiree B May 5th 18 months. Hank P June 23rd 24 years. ILS, Alice N.

Welcome Home

James S Thursday 8pm 30

100-125

Meeting attendance has been around 100. Donation $298.10. All is well. Women and Recovery

Lisa M

Sat. 9:30 – 10:30am Sun. 10:30-11:30 am

Mother’s Day picnic May 11-2014 fort Desoto Shelter 15. Bring a dish if you can and your whole family. Lisa M. celebrates 4 years on May 20 / Medallion on May 24th. Women on Wednesdays

Shelia C

Wednesday @ Noon 9 14

No report submitted. Work the Steps and Live

Carlos B

Mon-Sun NOON 12 20

All is well. Carlos B. Work the Steps or Die…

3rd Sat 11a-5p 3 25-35

No report submitted. Young, Free, and Clean

Ashley T Friday @ 8pm 10 70

Our speaker this month is Leelah J. We have two homegroup members celebrating this month: Brian H celebrating 3 years on May 16th and Emilee T celebrates 3 years on May 23rd.

Old Business #2014.04.13.02: Made by RCM/RCM II / 2nd by R + R To accept the attach proposed budget (Regional) fir fiscal year June 1, 2014 – May 31, 2015 Intent: To fund the Region for the above fiscal year. Action of the ASC in April: Tabled to groups. Action of the ASC in May: Passed New Business #2014.05.04.01: Made by RCM / 2nd by Welcome Home RCM Budget Proposal: $3600 2014/2015 for travel, gas, hotel, printing, participation in March 2015 Service Symposium. See detailed budget below.

Intent: 2nd Concept/3rd Concept Action of the ASC in May: Tabled to groups.

#2014.05.04.02: Made by Alternate Secretary / 2nd by Life’s in Session RCM check for $177.00 extra (over budget for 2013/2014) Intent: To carry the message. Action of the ASC in May: passed Subcommittee and Administrative Posit ion Reports Secretary’s Report Good Morning! If you are new to ASC or have a change in contact information, please complete a change of address form on the front table. You can also now change your address online! If you did not get your minutes please see me. Check your junk mail for minutes – they may be bumped there. Reminder that only one representative per home group may receive a hard copy of the minutes. ILS, Michael & Erin RCMI Report See below. RCMII Report Good Morning Bay Area ASC: The 2014 World Service Conference (WSC) was held this past week from Saturday April 26, 2014 until Saturday May 3rd,

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2014. The Florida Region RD Mark B and AD Bob L were in attendance. The RD & AD reported the following CAR CAT voting results: Motion 1: for the new IP #29 passes Motion 2: to limit attendance at WSC to only Regional Delegate from each region fails Motion 3: for NAWS to no longer automatically fun regional delegates to WSC fails Motion 4:> Motion 5:> Service system proposal does carry with strong support Motion 6:> As a note, here’s a brief explanation: CAR motions result in Yes or No results (Pass or Fail) CAR motions support result in strong support. The remaining CAR & CAT results will be reported at Florida Regional Service Conference, which will be held on May 16 until at which time the RCM & RCM II will communicate the results. Any GSR that would like to attend the Florida Regional Service Conference notify the RCM Team. Submitted ILS, Denise F., RCM Dathan J., RCM II Administrative No issues needed discussed within Admin, all reports from Subcommittees’ will be given on the floor. After contacting several groups that have not attended ASC, there is a consistent theme behind the lack of attendance. No GSR, Group believes it is too small and not deserving of a voice and the stereotype that ASC is a circus. The two latter reasons I’ve addressed with the groups and requested that they attend ASC to gain new perspective. An ad-hoc is being formed to begin attending these groups for support. Activities Good morning everyone. The bowling event was very successful with a large turnout. We still have tickets available for the Rays Night Out June 16th – tickets are $39. See Jay M or myself for tickets. Also we are hosting a skate night May 21st at Astro Skate on 66th St. Admission is $6 which does not include skate rental 8pm – 11pm. ILS, Brian H.

Archivist All is going well with Archiving. I have not purchased the All-in-one yet. The store stated they are always on sale and I’m waiting for the next sale which may save ASC $70 on the purchase. Also we will be having our first Archivist meeting Saturday June 7th @ The Place at Noon. All interested parties are encouraged to attend. Helpline No report submitted. Hospitals & Institutions - Met @ 0800 - 20 facilities represented (PL1 or PL2) - 11 new H&I members - Josie elected to Women Jail Coordinator - We have enough addicts stepping forth in getting badges for jail panal members. To meet scheduled mtgs more applicants are welcome! Literature Distributor No report submitted. Newsletter Report The Newsletter subcommittee did not meet this month due to the change in schedule of ASC. The next edition is in the works and coming along well. I am still in desperate need of submissions. Please take some time out to send me articles, artwork, poems, or anything else NA related – topic is “HOPE”. Submission deadline is May 18th (2 weeks). Submit to lit@bascna.org or on the bascna.org website under the newsletter tab. I am also still waiting on several groups to submit their home group member anniversaries for the months of June, July, and August. Don’t forget to do this. Even if you previously gave me an all-inclusive list, I need you to submit each quarter to account for any additions / deletions. I have forms available today or again just email them to me. Remember the newsletter is written for addicts by addicts, and I need your help to make it a success. Thanks for allowing me to be of service! Dawn E BASCNA Inc. No report submitted. Policy No report submitted.

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Public Relations We had our monthly subcommittee mtg on May 1st. It is held the first Thursday of every month at Terra Nova @ 8pm. We were scheduled to have a booth at the Saturday Morning Market yesterday, but due to inclement weather it was canceled. On April 21st we did a presentation for the UF College of Pharmacy at SPC. We want to give a special thank you to Ramon R, Leelah J, Todd B and Mike R for making this event a success! We have a poster hanging / awareness day coming up on Sunday May 18th. We will be meeting at Terra Nova at 9am and coffee and donuts will be provided. Come help us share the love and message of Narcotics Anonymous. We will be doing a presentation for Carlton Manor sometime this month. Carlton Manor is a therapeutic foster care home. Their mission is to support children & families through the development of environments that promote emotional healing and behavioral change. Our next subcommittee mtg will be Thursday June 5th at 8pm @ Tera Nova. Treasurer’s Report No report submitted. Web Servant All is well on the web! ILS, Chris A Open Sharing Nelson: Freedom group address needs updating Jimmy S: If your group needs support, he has ideas to help. Phil L: Robert’s Rules – request to withdraw a motion explained. Chris B: No parking on east or north side of building. David B: Need help breaking down room after area. Ad Hoc (Survey) Survey handed out at area. Ad Hoc (GSR Training) No progress. Elections Sharon C nominated for FRC support – elected unanimously