Volume 28 Number 07 Capital Area Service Committee of Narcotics Anonymous (CASNA) Rob G. Area Chair opened the 330th meeting of CASNA, on 07/01/12,

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1 Volume 28 Number 07 Capital Area Service Committee of Narcotics Anonymous (CASNA) Rob G. Area Chair opened the 330th meeting of CASNA, on 07/01/12, at 2:00PM, with the Serenity Prayer. Tony G. read the 12 Traditions and David P. read the 12 Concepts. Agenda Serenity Prayer, 12 Traditions, 12 Concepts GSR count/attendance/welcome new GSR s/new Meetings Correction/approval of the minutes Orders of the day 1. Discussion of motions will be limited to GSR s or a Group Representative only. (Supported by the 9th Concept) Extended discussion rests with the Chair. 2. A member may speak once to an issue. 3. A member must be recognized by the Chair to speak. 4. Subcommittee reports will be limited to 10 minutes, plus questions and approval. 5. In order for an item to be placed on the Agenda, it must be in motion form and with a second. 6. Discussion topics must be in written form and given to the Chair. 7. Each member may speak once to a discussion topic for a maximum of 5 minutes. Opening Treasurers report Groups with problems/group reports Subcommittee reports RCM and Alternate RCM report Old business New business Discussion Topics Closing Treasurers report GSR count: 18 at 2:05 PM Attendance notes: Vice Secretary and Unity Vice Treasurer position is open. **Next Area is Aug. 05, 2012** New GSR s: Ron J- GSR for Rise to Freedom, Chad M- Alt. GSR for Honesty, Chrissy F- GSR for Living Clean, Anthony C- GSR for Bottom Line New Meetings: Rise to Freedom- Thurs. 12pm- Cameron St, Harrisburg. Corrections to the Minutes: Literature report stated $ was spent on expenses, but actual expense was only $ Orders of the day: Moved by Malvern O. 2nd by Katie K. Opening Treasurers report: *See attached. Groups with Problems: Life or Death group, as well as Bottom Line Group, need support. Also, the address on the flyer for Life or Death group is incorrect. The actual address is 103. Group reports: A Gift Called Life W. Main St, Elizabethville, Pa. 7:30-8:30PM - No report. Acceptance Group - Allison UMC 99 Mooreland Ave. Carlisle, Pa 6-7PM Attendance remains at 4 addicts weekly. Please come see us! Literature order of $5 and fund flow of $21. Steve W- GSR All Are Welcome - 56 Banks St. Penbrook, HBG. Pa. Wed. 7-8PM Blessings to everyone. Attendance is good and our rent is paid through Sept. TFLMS, Henry J. Jr. Any Lengths Group - Trinity United Methodist. 210 W. Main St. Hummelstown, Pa. 7:30-8:30PM No report. Back to Basics - First United Methodist Church. 135 W. Simpson St. Mechanicsburg, Pa Group is doing well. Rent paid and donated to area. ILS, Rachelle W- GSR Bottom Line Group 6th & Woodbine St. HBG, Pa. Mon-Fri 12-2PM Group is not doing well with money. We do not have anything to give this month. We need a lot of support. TY, Anthony C. Clean and Free - 2nd and State 12-2pm Sat. - No Report Commitment to Change Market St, HBG, Pa. Tues 7-8:30PM Meeting is going well. A home group member is celebrating an anniversary. We could use some more support. Hedy W. Cut and Dry - Epworth United Methodist Church 21st & Derry St. HBG, Pa. 7-8:30PM Nothing to report. Group is doing ok. Robert H Exodus to Genesis - Wesley Church. 5th and Camp Hbg. PA, Sun 6-7:30PM. No Report Freedom Group- 6-7pm Mon. 219 Locust St. Steelton No Report Fresh Start- 7-8pm Fri. Newport, PA- No Report

2 H.A.N.A. - 15th and Derry, Hbg. PA, Fri 7-8:30 All is well. TFAUTS. Honesty Group - 5th & Bridge St, New Cumberland. Thursday 7:30-8:30pm. Attendance is fine. Made donation to area. Chad M is Alt GSR. Chad M. Hope Station W Penn St, Memorial Park, Carlisle- Friday 7pm-8pm Still in desperate need of members to support this group. Steve W- homegroup member H.O.W. Group - Grace UMC. Carlisle, PA. Mon, Tues, and Thurs 8-9pm The Tues meeting has been moved to Wed's. All nights could use more members. Lit order of $ Chris W. - GSR Just for Today - 15th and Derry, Hbg. PA. Sun pm. No Report Life or Death - Sunday-7:30-8:30PM, 2nd & Swatara St, Steelton, PA. Hello Family, we are doing what we need to do to keep the doors open for recovering addicts to attend our meeting. We were able to make a $4.05 donation to area today. Our rent has increased at this temp location so we are asking for the area's support. Please come out and support our group. If you need help finding us, please call any one of our hg members. Crystal D , Magdalena C , or Ron J TFAUTS, Crystal D- GSR Living Clean - Calvary United Methodist, 7th & Market St., Lemoyne Tues 7:30-8:30PM. - Average attendance is people with many newcomers. Chrissy F. Lunch Bunch Meeting is going well. Camp out is July at Free Spirit Campground in Perry Co. TFLMS- Jada B Message of Hope - Wertzville Rd, Enola Pa Fridays 8-9pm No Report New Life Group 14 State Rd. Mech. Sat. 8-9pm- Annual Fun Day is Aug 11, 2012 from 2pm-???. Food, swimming, volleyball, open Mic, and music. 8:30pm bonfire meeting. $2 donation, not required though. Thanks- Steve B. Nothing to Fear - Corner of Simpson & Market St. (Rt. 114), Downtown - Mechanicsburg, PA. Monday pm, Survivors: Revisited Friday 10-11pm. - No Report On Life s Terms - 6th and Forster St. Hbg, PA, Monday 6:30-8:15pm. No report Only Hams Are Cured Sat. 7-8:30. 3rd and Harris St- No Report Only the Desire Group - 14th & Market St., Hbg, PA. Wed 7-8:15PM. No report Rae of Hope West Main St., Corner of Church & Main, New Bloomfield, PA 17068, 7-8PM on Tuesday(s) No Report Rise to Freedom- Thurs at 12pm, Cameron St, HBG- We open our first meeting on 6/28/12. We had addicts attend. We need support. We also need a starter packet from area. Ron J is the GSR. We have open positions for ppl who are willing to serve. TFAMTS, Ron J- GSR. Service is Recovery- Tues' 7pm, 8 S. Hanover St, Carlisle- We have met 4 times. Attendance is 4-7 so we need some support. Chris W. Share and Care - Baughman U.M. Church, 3rd & Bridge St., New Cumberland, Mon-7-8:15PM No problems. Attendance is good and Message is carried. Frank Y. Steps to Freedom N.6th St, Hbg, PA, (6th and Woodbine Streets), Tuesday 630-8pm. - No Report. Step Working Guides - 15th & Derry St. Hbg, PA. Thur 6:30-8:15pm No Report Value of Life 131 Nittany Dr, Mechanicsburg, PA. Sunday 7-8 PM. - No Report We Do Recover - 15th & Derry St, Hbg, PA, 8PM to 9:30PM Monday night - No report. Women with a message - 4th and Reno in New Cumberland. Church of God 6:00, In the Ladies Parlor on the 2nd floor. Meeting is doing well. Support and new members are always welcome. TFAMTS, Georgeanna W. Subcommittee reports: Ad HOC Committee- No report CAPITAL AREA UNITY SUBCOMMITTEE: Our last dance was a success despite a lower attendance. We discussed our upcoming events such as the 4th of July picnic and the July 21st fund raiser. TFAUTS- Jake N- Unity Chair. UNITY TREASURERS REPORT: See Attached. - No Report LITERATURE: Spent $544 on literature. Sold $ in literature today. Last months minutes incorrectly stated that we spent $ when the actual amount was $ TFLMS, Steve H- Lit Vice Chair POLICY: We are reworking the policy to make it more user friendly and easier for policy to access necessary information during area service. We are taking all duties and information from archived votes and placing them along with their administrative positions, in the policy. We're archiving the rest in a separate folder. This will make accessing information more efficient. Katie K.- Policy Vicechair.

3 PUBLIC RELATIONS: Website and phone line updated. TYFAUTS, Brandon R.- PR Chair RCM: Attended region in Tannersville, PA. I brought flyers back for the area. Speaking of flyers, we are asking the unity committee to help us remember to take flyers for our events to share with the region. A special events form needs to be filled out for each function. PR- all new groups need to be registered on the world website. If they are not registered and there is an incident, the group will not be covered. The Living Clean Project will be available in Oct The meetings page is updated and shows the city that all meetings are held in. Example: Capital Area of NA or Little Apple. We will have more regional information after we receive the minutes. TFAUTS, Crystal D- Alt RCM. MARATHON: No Report HOSPITALS & INSTITUTIONS: There were 19 in attendance today. Our committee continues to grow. We regret to inform area that Amanda V- H&I vice chair has stepped down due to her moving. The position of vice chair is open. Our committee nominated Matt P for the position. We are diligently trying to fill our open commitments at YMCA, Capital Pavilion, and Woodside. This should be resolved within the next 2 months. TYFAUTS, Jan A- H&I Chair. Facility reports: ARC: No Report C-90: 2nd and 4th Thurs. 7-8pm- Capital Pavilion: 7-8pm first Mon. of month- All is well. Participation is good. Brittany spoke last Monday. Chambers Hill A/C: No report Common Ground: 2nd and 4th Tuesday, 7-8pm.- All is well. Always can use speakers. One year clean time required. Steve B. Conewago Place: Women's- The meeting was combined for men and women this month. The room was full and we were received well with good participation. July will have separated men and women meetings. No problems at the time. Men's- Jan took the meeting in for the month of June and informed me that all went well. She combined the men and women. We will go back to separating them going forward. ILS, Sheldon Cumberland County Prison: Womens -Mon pm- The meeting is going well. Marty and Rachelle went in for me one week and I missed one week last month. Participation is picking up lately. IS, Chris W. Mens -Thur pm and pm- Well attended a week. All participate. No Problems. Dauphin County Prison: Women-every Sunday 9-10am- Only one meeting occurred due to lock down and my vacation. July is back on track. No problems at this time. Men, every Thurs 6:30- Changed locations in prison for meeting. Meetings have been combined. If less than 20, only one meeting. Linda and I alternate Thurs evenings. My meeting went well with 6 in attendance. Sharing good. All good. No meeting 2wks ago. Jim C. Perry County Prison- Thurs-6-7pm PCP growing and doing good. :) Mike G. Salvation Army: 2nd and 4th Sunday- All good. Well attended. Marty F. Schaffner Detention Center: No Report Siena House: No report Woodside: The meeting was taken into facility 2xs this past month. I was on vacation for the other two. No problems. OLD BUSINESS: None. NEW BUSINESS: **3 New Motions, 1 positions voted into office** Motion #1: (Reimbursement) I am requesting a check for $ for mileage. Total 250 miles at $0.555 per mile (current federal rate). Intent: Reimbursement for Regional travel as per policy. Written By: Crystal D, 2nd By: Rob W. *PASSED Motion #2: To reimburse Will A mileage for attending region as area Lit Chair. 205 miles at $o.555 per mile. Intent: Reimbursement for Regional travel as per policy. Written By: Will A, 2nd By: Steve H. *PASSED Motion #3: (Policy)(Back to Groups) a 2pt motion. 1) To remove the treasurer as a member of the finance committee. Intent: to avoid a conflict of interest. We do not want the person who collects the money to also audit where monies come from and went. 2) We propose to change the name of the committee to the Audit Committee. Intent: to clarify our position to area service as strictly auditing the financial records of area. We do not want any other financial responsibilities to the area. Written By: Allen W, 2nd By: David P. (Back to groups for discussion. To be voted on 9/2/12) Discussion Topics: None

4 FINAL TREASURERS REPORT: **See attached** **Motion to adjourn meeting at 3:26PM, Moved by Rob G & 2nd by Frank Y. Next area is 08/05/2012. Subcommittees meet at 12:30pm, (H&I starts at 12:45pm), and Area Service starts at 2pm. Rachelle W. - Area Secretary ***ATTENDANCE*** Jan Feb Mar Apr Ma Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec

5 *****POSITIONS***** Area Chair P P P P P Area Vice Chair P P P P Secretary P P P P P Vice Secretary P P P O O Treasurer P P P P P Vice Treasurer P P P P P P Unity Chair P Unity Vice Chair P P P O P Unity Treasurer O O O P P P Unity Vice Treasurer O O O RCM P P P P Alt RCM P P P P P H&I Chair P P P P P P H&I Vice Chair O P P Public Relations Chair P P P P P Public Relations Vice Chair O O O P P Literature Chair P P P P P P Literature Vice Chair P P P P P Policy Chair P P P P P P Policy Vice Chair O O P Marathon Chair P P P P Marathon Vice Chair P P P P *****GROUPS***** A Gift Called Life Acceptance Group P P P P P P All Are Welcome P P P P P P Any Lengths P P P Back to Basics P P Bottom Line Group P P P P Clean and Free P P P P P P Commitment to Change P P P Cut & Dry P P P P P P Exodus to Genesis P Freedom Group Fresh Start P P H.A.N.A. P P P P P Honest Group P P P P P P Hope Station Meeting H.O.W. Group P P P P P Just For Today P P P P Life or Death P P P P P Jan Feb Mar Apr Ma Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec *****GROUPS*****

6 Living Clean P P P P P P Living Drug Free Lunch Bunch P P Message of Hope P P P P P New Life Group P P P P P P Nothing to Fear P P P Only Hams' Are Cured P P On Life's Terms P P P P P Only the Desire Rae of Hope P P Rebels on the Hill Rise to Freedom P P Service is Recovery P P Share & Care P P P P P Steps to Freedom P P P P P Step Working Guides P P Value of Life P P P P We Do Recover P Women with a Message P P Legend: Updated April 2012 P = Present O = Open Position

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