Santa Cruz County Intergroup Newsletter April 2017

Santa Cruz County Intergroup | Central Office | (831) 475-5782 | info@aasantacruz.org

Birthday Speaker Meeting April 1st at Mid County Senior Center.

7pm meeting hosted by Mattison Lane. Guest speaker TBD.

Service Opportunities Central Office Volunteer open shifts. Call Central Office at (831) 475-5782 for more info.

Contribute articles and content to the Grape-SCCIN at grapesccin@gmail.com.

2017 Monterey Bay Roundup Sept 1-3 at Monterey Plaza is looking for volunteers with planning/logistics. Email Walter at info@MontereyBayAreaRoundup.org.

Intergroup Service Positions OPEN: Newsletter Chair and Recording Secretary

Interested in being of service? Attend Intergroup Council Meeting on

Wednesday, April 5th at 7:30pm Aptos Village Park | 100 Aptos Creek Rd.

Call Central Office for more info. www.aasantacruz.org

New Meeting! Check it Out! Wednesdays at 8pm

340 East Beach St., Watsonville Located in conference room.

Open meeting for men and women.

March Birthdays

IN THE APRIL ISSUE

Birthdays 1

April Calendar 2

Diverter Shifts 2

Hospitals & Institutions 3

Intergroup Council Minutes 5

Intergroup Financials 6

April Birthdays

Jason O April 1, 1985 Garth S April 4, 1990 Vaughn F April 11, 1993 Kendra M Apr 2, 1994 Julie A April 5, 1994 Craig S (Oceanside CA) April 18, 1994 Juliet M April 10, 1998 Ardelle April 11, 1998 Ben W April 4, 1998 Michael H April 24, 1999 Judi D April 7, 2002 Paul T April 9, 2013 Amanda G April 30, 2014 Carissa Y April 5, 2015 Curly T April 12, 2015

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Events Calendar | April 2017

Meeting Schedule Changes

Visit www.aasantacruz.org/Meeting-Schedule for the current schedule of Santa Cruz County meetings.

Was there a change to your group’s meeting? Let Central Office know! Email info@aasantacruz.org.

Week Sunday Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday Saturday

1st 11p-7a 5-7p

2nd 11p-7a

3rd 11p-7a

4th

5th 11p-7a 11p-7a

* Alternates for one-time shifts are needed. Open shifts may have changed. Call Fred for current openings.

If you are available to volunteer for a 24-HOUR CALL LINE OPEN SHIFT below*, contact

Fred R., Diverter Chair, at (831) 247-1405 or Central Office at (831) 475-5782.

Sunday Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday Saturday 1

7:00 pm Birthday Speaker Meeting Mid County Senior Center, Capitola

2 3 4 5 7:30 pm Intergroup Council Meeting Aptos Village Park

6

7 8 10:00 am 4th Step Workshop Ben Lomond Fellowship

9 10 11 12 7:30 pm General Service Aptos Village Park

13

14 15

16 17 18 6:00 pm By-Laws Committee Central Office

19 7:30 pm Steering Committee Central Office

20 21 22

23 24 25

26 7:00 pm H&I Meeting

Central Office

27 28 29

When anyone, anywhere, reaches out for help, I want the hand

of A.A. always to be there. And for that, I am responsible.

GOT A PHONE? BE THE GIFT OF HOPE!

Saturday, June 10th 10 AM-6 PM

Harvey West Park326 Evergreen Street

Santa Cruz, CA 95060

Volunteers and Donations Needed! (Contact Maddie at 619-244-4230)

Meditation Meeting and Panel DiscussionFood and Fun and Speaker Meeting

Opportunity Drawings and Baked Goods Music and Dancing and Fellowship

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Hospitals & Institutions

HELP WANTED

Santa Cruz County, Area #73 Hospitals and Institutions Committee

www.handinorcal.org

April 2017

Ben Lomond Fire Camp - Needs Coordinator & secretaries for all Wednesdays @ 7PM. Male or female, 2

years sobriety, needs clearance. Coordinator Mark B.

Blaine St. Women’s Jail - Needs Secretaries for 1st, 2nd, or 4th Tues @ 5:30pm and 2nd Sat @ 5:30pm.

Female, 1 year sober, 5yrs since felony, 3yrs since misdemeanor, 2yrs since parole or probation. Coordinator

Phyllis A.

Casa Pacific - Needs Coordinator. Needs secretaries on 1st, 2nd & 3rd Thursday @ 6:30PM. Male or Female, 6

months sobriety. Coordinator Mark B.

El Dorado Center - Needs Coordinator. Needs secretaries for 2nd, 3rd & 4th Sunday @ 6PM. Male or Female,

6 months sobriety. Coordinator Mark B.

Juvenile Hall - Needs Secretary on Monday @ 6;30PM. Male or Female, 1 year sobriety, 5 years since felony,

no probation. Coordinator Mike W.

Roundtree Men’s Facility - Needs secretaries for Saturday or Sunday @ 5:30PM. Male, one year sobriety, 5

years since last felony & 2 yrs since last misdemeanor. Coordinator Robert P.

Si Se Puede - Needs secretary for 1st & 5th

Sun @ 7pm, Thur @ 7pm. Male or female, 6 months sobriety.

Coordinator Marianne N.

Water Street Women’s Jail - Needs Coordinator. Needs Secretaries on 1st, 2nd, 5th Sunday @ 3PM and 2nd

Tues @ 5:45pm. Female, 1 year sober, 5 years since last felony, 3yrs since last misdemeanor, 2 yrs since parole

or probation. Coordinator Mark B.

Water Street Men’s Jail - Needs Secretaries on 1st, 2nd, 4th & 5th Sunday @ 10AM. Male, 1 year sober, 5

years since last felony, 3yrs since last misdemeanor, 2yrs since parole or probation. Coordinator Richard B.

PLEASE SEND CONTRIBUTIONS TO: SANTA CRUZ H & I, P.O. BOX 5131 SANTA CRUZ, CA 95063-5131

PLEASE PUT YOUR GROUP OR MEETING NAME ON THE CHECK.

H&I holds their monthly business meeting the 4th Wednesday of each month at Central Office at 7PM.

All AA members are welcome to attend. Central Office 5732 Soquel Drive, Soquel, CA 95073

For contact information for Coordinators or H&I Chair Mark B., call Central Office at (831) 475-5782.

All Jail Facilities: Orientation and clearance required for service at both men’s and women’s county jail facilities. Orientation is held

last Wednesday of the month at 6 p.m. at Water Street Jail, 259 Water Street, Santa Cruz. Please call the Coordinator of the facility to

schedule an orientation. You cannot “show up” without a reservation from the facility coordinator.

H & I

Area No. 73

Committee

H & I

Area No. 73

Committee

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SANTA CRUZ COUNTY INTERGROUP, INC.

5732 Soquel Drive, Soquel CA 95073 Minutes of the Santa Cruz Intergroup Council Meeting of March 1, 2017. (Unapproved)

Meeting agenda, last month’s minutes, various reports and event announcements were available before the meeting began.

CALLED to ORDER 7:30 p.m. and opened with the recitation of the Serenity Prayer, Preamble and Twelve Traditions with Introductions. Attendance: 34. Minutes were approved with notes. Rick stood in as fill in chair.

BIRTHDAYS FOR THE MONTH: Katharine 2 years February 9th, Alyssa 6 Months February 24th, Dani 8 Months March 1st.

OLD BUSINESS: 3 Officer Positions remain open: By-laws committee, Recording Secretary, and Newsletter. Elections will be held until these positions are filled. After two consecutive months of being open sobriety time requirements may be waived.

NEW BUSINESS: Area representative election. Requirements and job descriptions where given as well as listing what meetings are included in each area. Third Legacy elections were held. The following area Representative positions were filled: Area 1: Chris H; Area 2: Elisa; Area 3: Paul; Area 4: Terry; Area 5: Osiris; Area 6: Teresa; Area 7: Randy; Area 8: Open but Dani will be filling in until the two month period that makes time waivable has passed, unless someone who meets requirements takes the position before then; Area 9: Rick; Area 10: Jasmine. The position for Area 11 representative remains open.

OFFICER REPORTS: CHAIR, Kellie: Absent. VICE-CHAIR, Jesse: Information packets available for any new intergroup reps to receive after the meeting. TREASURER, Chris: No report available. OFFICE MANAGER, Bob: Absent. BY-LAWS COMMITTEE CHAIR: Position OPEN but Keith is filling in until two month period when time will be waivable: Met quorum and had successful meeting, next meeting will be the 3rd Thursday of the month at 6p.m. at the Central Office. TELEPHONE DIVERTER COMMITTEE, Fred: No flyers available this month please have interested people look up open shifts on the website that will be listed in the Grape-SCCIN. 6 shifts are currently open. ACCTIVITIES COMMITTEE, Maddie: The planning committee for Spring Fling will start meeting the 2nd Tuesday of the month at her home at 7:45p.m. BIRTHDAY SPEAKERS MEETING UPDATE, From James: No longer holding dance afterward due to steady decline in attendance making it financially inviable. This month it will be hosted by the Bay Group March 4th at 7p.m. At the Mid County Senior Center. NEWSLETTER COMMITTEE: Open WEBSITE, Jess: Has been collecting information regarding events and updating the website this included the SC Fellowship St. Patrick’s day Alcathon March 17th 9a.m.-11p.m., and the Watsonville St. Patrick’s day dance March 18th At the First United Church at 6:15p.m. GENERAL SERVICE LIAISON, Eric: Service assemblies will be held this weekend, at the GSR meeting next Wednesday they will begin going over annual agenda topics for GSR’s to bring back to their groups. H&I LIAISON, Darren: Absent.

AREA REPRESENTATIVE REPORTS: None

The meeting closed with the traditional closing circle at [approximately] 9p.m.

Next Steering Committee Meeting will be Wednesday March 15th. Next Intergroup Council Meeting on April 5th.

Respectfully Submitted: Katharine, fill-in Recording Secretary

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SANTA CRUZ COUNTY INTERGROUP TREASURER'S REPORT FEBRUARY, 2017(Revision July-2015)

OPERATING ACCOUNT DETAILS MONTHLY ACCOUNT SUMMARIES

Feb. F.Yr. Totals Feb. F.Yr. Totals

BEGINNING CASH = 12,628.59$ OPERATING ACCOUNT

INCOME: BEGINNING CASH = 12,628.59$ Fiscal Year

INCOME: Budget

Group Donations 2,083.67$ 20,308.49$ Group Donations 2,083.67$ 20,308.49$

Birthday Meeting 591.00$ 2,377.00$ Birthday Meeting 591.00$ 2,377.00$

Activities 1,618.00$ Activities -$ 1,618.00$

Anonymous 12.50$ 182.50$ Other 55.50$ 1,006.50$

Birthday Club 215.00$ subtotal = 2,730.17$ 25,309.99$

Gen'l Service Committee -$ Income from Literature Acct. -$ -$

H&I Committee -$ Total Income = 2,730.17$ 25,309.99$ -$

Intergroup Council 38.00$ 311.00$

Memorials -$ EXPENSES:

Newsletter Subscriptions 37.00$ Rent 1,125.00$ 7,758.00$

Other Donations 5.00$ 111.00$ Salary Exp. 915.40$ 10,770.40$

Refunds 150.00$ Office 340.27$ 2,067.61$

Returned Check Redeposit -$ Printing 171.40$ 1,552.32$

subtotal = 2,730.17$ 25,309.99$ Postage 49.00$ 192.00$

from Literature Account -$ Other 193.00$ 3,805.25$

Total Expenses = 2,794.07$ 26,145.58$ -$

TOTAL INCOME = 2,730.17$ 25,309.99$

move to Prudent Reserve -$ -$

EXPENSES: move from Prudent Reserve -$ -$

RENT: loaned to Literature Account -$ -$

Central Office 650.00$ 5,200.00$ repaid from Literature Account -$ -$

Birthday Meeting 475.00$ 2,234.00$

Intergroup Council 324.00$

RENT subtotal= 1,125.00$ 7,758.00$ ENDING CASH = 12,564.69$

SALARY EXPENSES: ALLOCATED FUNDS:

Net Salary 915.40$ 7,323.20$ Activities ($500) 500.00$

Payroll Taxes 2,650.60$ Liability Ins. ($200/mo)

Workers Comp. 796.60$ Payroll Taxes ($650/mo)

SALARY subtotal= 915.40$ 10,770.40$ Vacation Accrual

Workers Comp. ($50/mo)

OFFICE EXPENSES: Total Allocated = 500.00$

Office Supplies 106.00$ 282.47$

PG&E 111.21$ 638.54$ AVAILABLE CASH= 12,064.69$

Telephone 123.06$ 971.60$

Other 175.00$

OFFICE subtotal= 340.27$ 2,067.61$

LITERATURE ACCOUNT

PRINTING:

In-house Printing 171.40$ 1,552.32$ BEGINNING CASH = 7,481.89$ 8,136.14$

Other -$

PRINTING subtotal= 171.40$ 1,552.32$ Total Cash Receipts 1,375.20$ 2,536.51$

Sales Receipts Portion 1,258.31$

POSTAGE: Sales Tax Portion 116.89$

Newsletter 49.00$ 145.00$ Returned Check Amends -$

Office 47.00$ subtotal = 8,857.09$ 10,672.65$

Other -$

POSTAGE subtotal= 49.00$ 192.00$ Operating Acct. Loan

OTHER EXPENSES: Purchases & Costs

Activities 393.00$ Bank Fees -$

Birthday Meeting Supplies 193.00$ 40.00$ Sales Tax Paid 593.00$

Conferences & Travel -$ Returned (Bounced) Checks -$

Liability Insurance 2,349.00$ subtotal = -$

Tax Prepartion 150.00$

OTHER EXP. subtotal= 193.00$ 3,805.25$ move to Operating Account -$

TOTAL EXPENSES = 2,794.07$ 26,145.58$ ENDING CASH = 8,857.09$ 10,079.65$

move to Prudent Reserve -$ Sales & Use Tax Allocation:

move from Prudent Reserve -$ Carried over

loaned to Literature Account -$ 116.89$

repaid from Literature Account -$ This Month's Use Tax

Quarter To Date 116.89$

ENDING CASH = 12,564.69$ 12,564.69$ AVAILABLE CASH = 8,740.20$

Month's Gain or Loss = (63.90)$

PRUDENT RESERVE

BIRTHDAY SPEAKER MEETING DETAILS

Tota l income 591.00$ 2,377.00$ BEGINNING CASH = 26,632.65$

Expenses (rent, supplies, etc.) - 668.00$ 2,766.50$ to Operating Acc't -$ 26,632.00$

BALANCE - (77.00)$ (389.50)$ from Operating Acc't -$ -$

Interest -$

Fees 26,632.00$

ENDING CASH = 26,632.65$

GENERAL NOTES:

- We use the CASH accounting method, used by most people in recording their checking account: Income is reported when deposited and an expense is recorded when the check is written.

- Our FISCAL YEAR (FY 2014 - 2015) begins July 1, and ends June 30.

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TOTALS FOR THE MONTH OF FEBRUARY, 2017

FEB. F.Yr. Total

TOTAL DONATIONS= 2,083.67$ 18,407.24$

Groups Contributing this Month- 10

Groups Contributing this Year-

Number of Listed Groups- 109

Percent of groups contributing this month- 9%

Percent of groups contributing this year-

Feb. F.Yr. Totals Feb. F.Yr. Totals

11th Step MeditatioGroup (Sun.) -$ Mattison Lane Group -$

12 X 12 (Tue.) -$ Make My Day 532.72$

12 Paces at Noon -$ Mattison Lane Group 438.00$

5:30 Group, The -$ Medically Supported Recovery (Thu.) -$

AA Sober Slugs -$ Men's Basic Step Study Group 90.00$

Acceptance Group (Boulder Creek) 78.00$ Men's Cross Talkers -$

Altered Attitude Group -$ Mud Flats Group -$

Alternative Group -$ Nifty Ladies on Park Group 464.26$

Aptos Women's Serenity Group 529.65$ No Frills Sobriety 130.00$ 650.00$

Aromas Group -$ Ocean View Group 441.40$

Awareness Group -$ On the Beach (Sat.) 290.40$

Back to Basics Group (Fri.) -$ On the Beach, Too (Sun.) 238.80$

Bay Group, The 288.00$ Once a Drunk W -$

Beach Combers, The (LaSelva Discussion) 120.00$ One O'clock Step Study Group -$

Ben Lomond Fellowship (S. L. Valley) -$ Out of the Blue 137.00$

Big Book and Step Study Group (Fri.) -$ Out of the Trenches -$

Book & Step Study (Davenport) 117.49$ Pleasure Point Group 435.32$

Boulder Creek Group 232.80$ Roxas Group 780.00$

Box of Chocolates 83.00$ Santa Cruz Fellowship -$

Brown Baggers Group 879.80$ Santa Cruz Speakers (Fri.) -$

B.Y.O.B. Group (Mon.) 50.00$ Saturday Night Live Oak 120.00$

Candlelight Group (Fri.) -$ Saved by Grace Group 506.50$

Conscious Contact Meditation Meeting 100.00$ Scotts Valley Happy Destiny (Wed.) -$

Courage to Change -$ Share Today Group 189.13$ 189.13$

DMV Meetings (Consolidated) 254.40$ 2,015.90$ Shivering Denizens 240.84$

Do-Nut Meeting -$ Sisters in Sobriety Group 198.18$

Double Winners By Grace 300.00$ 420.00$ Skyland Group 180.00$

Early Morning Spiritual -$ Sobriety & Gratitude 240.00$

Early Risers 96.41$ 1,758.85$ Solutions in the Sand Group 500.00$ 500.00$

End of the Line Discussion Group -$ Soquel Acceptance Group (Fri.) 120.00$

Eyes on the Prize 162.03$ Soquel Acceptance Group (Wed.) 122.00$ 270.00$

Felton Group 198.78$ Soquel Step Study 260.00$

Firehouse Group -$ Sought Through Meditation 384.78$

Friday Night Group (Emeline) 180.00$ 300.00$ Sought Through Prayer 211.73$ 700.41$

Friday Nite Lights (Frederick St.) -$ Stag 12:12 Group 100.00$

From the Heart 55.00$ Stag Eleven Group -$

Fuente De Vida -$ Step and Traditions Study for Women 177.00$

Gay Men Living Sober -$ Sunday Morning Spiritual 544.24$

Gay Women's Meeting (Sun.) -$ Sunday Night Candle Light Group 294.00$

Grateful & Gay Group -$ Sunshine Group (Sun.) -$

Grupo Alborado -$ T.G.I.W. 78.60$

Grupo Alfa Y Omega -$ There is a Solution Big Book Study -$

Grupo Fin y Principio -$ Thumpers Big Book Study 32.11$

Grupo Libertad - Plaza Vigil -$ Today's Women's Step Study 50.00$

Grupo Nuevo Amanceer -$ Trudgers Women's Big Book Study -$

Grupo Nuevo Luz -$ Twisted Sisters Book Study 161.05$

Grupo Santa Cruz -$ Valley Girls 4 X a Winner -$

Happy Destiny 106.20$ Valley Sunday Group (Scotts Valley) -$

H.O.W. Group 65.00$ Watsonville Fellowship -$

In The Woods 240.00$ We Agnostics -$

In the Dark Group -$ We Are Not Saints -$

In the Hat Group -$ Westside Group (Tues.) -$

Junta De Mujeres -$ Westside Men's Big Book Study (Mon.) -$

Keep It Simple -$ Westside Men's Step Study Group (Thu.) 200.00$

Kids R Welcome -$ Womens 5 & 10 Group -$

Live on Friday Night (Soquel Ave.) 25.00$ Young People's Big Book Study -$

LSB Men's Meeting 110.00$ Young People at Louden Nelson -$

Make My Day -$ Young People's Underground Group -$

This year's new groups added below: Unknown / Unidentifiable Group Donations:

Come as You Are Group -$ unknown / Unidentifiable Group Donations:100 82.00$

Double Winners 120.00$ -$

Sober Slugs 60.00$ -$

Bonny Doon 65.00$ -$

unknown 100.00$ 100.00$ -$

-$ -$

SANTA CRUZ COUNTY INTERGROUP, INC.

TREASURER'S REPORT

GROUP DONATIONS DETAIL

Notes: Groups are named the same way as in the Meeting Schedule. New groups started

during the year (July to June) are added at the bottom. Our Fiscal Year (F.Yr.) is from July

through the following June.

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