BASC November 2022 Minutes

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NARCOTICS ANONYMOUS

BADGERLAND AREA

CALL TO ORDER 12:00 PM

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SERVICE COMMITTEE

November 13 th , 2022 - Minutes

Marc M. called the meeting to order with a moment of silence followed by: serenity prayer by All servant workers prayer by All Reading of 11th Concept by Richard G.

OFFICERS ROLE CALL

Facilitator A (Absent)

Facilitator B (VACANT) Secretary (Marc M.) Alt. Secretary (VACANT)

Treasurer (Greg) Alt. Treasurer (VACANT) RCM (Absent) Alt. RCM (VACANT)

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SUBCOMMITTEE / AD HOC ROLL CALL

Activities (Sherri L.)

Additional Needs (VACANT) H&I Co-Chair (Richard G.) Literature (Liz) Fellowship Development (Jennifer M.) Policy and Procedure (Jane W.) PR (Mark S.) Website (Jane W.)

• OCTOBER MINUTES APPROVED UNANIMOUSLY

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SPECIAL BUSINESS/REQUEST FOR SPECIAL OR TIME SENSITIVE TOPICS

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HOMEGROUP ROLE CALL

5 Door Recovery Absent

A Spiritual Awakening Mark S. Ain’t No Gram Like the Program Russ Easy Does it... But Do It! Crystal Evansville Saturday Night Absent Get Your NA Fix Absent Here’s How Absent It’s Not Me, It’s We Mitch Janesville Willingness Group Absent Keep It Simple on Saturday Absent Let It Out Scott

• 13 GSRS PRESENT / QUORUM MET

Life on Life’s Terms Michael D.

Men’s Step Club Meeting Cameron S. Monroe Just for Today Absent More Will Be Revealed Jennifer M. Nameless Monday Max New Beginnings Absent

Principles & Popsicle Sticks Absent Serenity, Courage & Wisdom Group Absent Spaight St. Speakers Thomas SWAG Absent

The Breakfast Club Richard G.

The Group Marc M. The Home Group Rob The Morning Sky Paul A. The Supper Club Absent Triple NA Absent Vilas Park Shelter Absent

When at the End of the Rainbow Cameron S. When at the End of the Road Absent Women in Recovery Absent Worldwide NA Group Absent

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TRUSTED SERVANT REPORTS

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SERVICE COMMITTEE November 13 th , 2022 - Minutes BADGERLAND AREA NARCOTICS

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GSR REPORTS

GROUP NAME: 5 Door Recovery TRUSTED SERVANT: Absent AVERAGE ATTENDENCE: AMOUNT DONATED: REPORT: Nothing to Report

GROUP NAME: A Spiritual Awakening TRUSTED SERVANT: Mark S. AVERAGE ATTENDENCE: AMOUNT DONATED: REPORT: Nothing to Report

GROUP NAME: Ain’t No Gram Like the Program TRUSTED SERVANT: Russ AVERAGE ATTENDENCE: AMOUNT DONATED: REPORT: Nothing to Report

GROUP NAME: Easy Does it... But Do It! TRUSTED SERVANT: Absent AVERAGE ATTENDENCE: AMOUNT DONATED: REPORT: Nothing to Report

GROUP NAME: Evansville Saturday Night TRUSTED SERVANT: Absent AVERAGE ATTENDENCE: AMOUNT DONATED: REPORT: Nothing to Report

GROUP NAME: Get Your NA Fix TRUSTED SERVANT: AVERAGE ATTENDENCE: AMOUNT DONATED: REPORT: Nothing to Report

GROUP NAME: Here’s How TRUSTED SERVANT: Absent AVERAGE ATTENDENCE: AMOUNT DONATED: REPORT: Nothing to Report

GROUP NAME: It’s Not Me, It’s We TRUSTED SERVANT: Mitch A. AVERAGE ATTENDENCE: 33 AMOUNT DONATED: $25 REPORT: Nothing to Report

GROUP NAME: Janesville Willingness Group TRUSTED SERVANT: Absent AVERAGE ATTENDENCE: AMOUNT DONATED: REPORT: Nothing to Report

GROUP NAME: Keep It Simple on Saturday TRUSTED SERVANT: Absent AVERAGE ATTENDENCE: AMOUNT DONATED REPORT: Nothing to Report

GROUP NAME: Let It Out TRUSTED SERVANT: Scott AVERAGE ATTENDENCE: AMOUNT DONATED: REPORT: Nothing to Report

GROUP NAME: Life on Life’s Terms TRUSTED SERVANT: Michael D. AVERAGE ATTENDENCE: 8 AMOUNT DONATED: $20 REPORT: We have a new meeting location since last month. The changes are as reported above and are already reflected on the Badgerland website. - New meeting location: 8:00 PM- 9:00 PM Tuesday at First United Methodist Church 146 Prairie St. Whitewater, WI 53190 Hybrid meeting with Zoom ID 878 2755 2076

GROUP NAME: Men’s Club Step Meeting TRUSTED SERVANT: Cameron S. AVERAGE ATTENDENCE: 8 AMOUNT DONATED: REPORT: Nothing to Report

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GROUP NAME: Monroe Just for Today TRUSTED SERVANT: Absent AVERAGE ATTENDENCE: AMOUNT DONATED: REPORT: Nothing to Report

GROUP NAME: More Will Be Revealed TRUSTED SERVANT: Jennifer M. AVERAGE ATTENDENCE: 9 AMOUNT DONATED:

REPORT: The meeting is going well. We are currently reading the stories out of the Basic Text. The virtual part of the meeting is going great as well. Those who zoom in seem to like that this is an option for them. In Loving Service, Jennifer M.

GROUP NAME: Nameless Monday TRUSTED SERVANT: Marshall C. AVERAGE ATTENDENCE: 10 AMOUNT DONATED: REPORT: Nothing to Report

GROUP NAME: New Beginnings TRUSTED SERVANT: Bethany J. AVERAGE ATTENDENCE: AMOUNT DONATED: REPORT: Nothing to Report

GROUP NAME: Principles & Popsicle Sticks

TRUSTED SERVANT: Greg M. AVERAGE ATTENDENCE: 6 AMOUNT DONATED: REPORT: Nothing to Report

GROUP NAME: Serenity, Courage & Wisdom Group TRUSTED SERVANT: Absent AVERAGE ATTENDENCE: AMOUNT DONATED: REPORT: Nothing to report at this time

GROUP NAME: SWAG TRUSTED SERVANT: Greg M. AVERAGE ATTENDENCE: AMOUNT DONATED: REPORT: Nothing to Report

GROUP NAME: Spaight St. Speakers TRUSTED SERVANT: Sharri AVERAGE ATTENDENCE: AMOUNT DONATED: REPORT: Nothing to Report

GROUP NAME: The Breakfast Club TRUSTED SERVANT: Richard G. AVERAGE ATTENDENCE: 20 AMOUNT DONATED: $40

REPORT: Breakfast Club is a spiritual principles meetings. We meet to discuss a spiritual principles as they relate to our recovery. The Breakfast Club also makes it’s recovery literature available for free. The masking policy at the Goodman Center and within the meeting is voluntary.

GROUP NAME: The Group TRUSTED SERVANT: Marc M. AVERAGE ATTENDENCE: 14 AMOUNT DONATED: $40 REPORT: No Changes // All Meetings are Open Topic.

GROUP NAME: The Home Group TRUSTED SERVANT: Carl R. AVERAGE ATTENDENCE: AMOUNT DONATED: REPORT: Attendance is low and we could use support. - We have a speaker meeting 11/25 speaker Is Sterling from Rockford. Flyer is on badgerland website. We are planning our 8th annual LCLL event which will be held in Beloit in March

GROUP NAME: The Morning Sky TRUSTED SERVANT: Paul A. AVERAGE ATTENDENCE: 10 AMOUNT DONATED: $100 REPORT: Nothing to Report

GROUP NAME: The Supper Club TRUSTED SERVANT: Absent AVERAGE ATTENDENCE: AMOUNT DONATED: REPORT: Nothing to Report

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GSR REPORTS...CONTINUED

GROUP NAME: Triple NA TRUSTED SERVANT: Absent AVERAGE ATTENDENCE: AMOUNT DONATED: REPORT: Nothing to Report

GROUP NAME: Vilas Park Shelter TRUSTED SERVANT: Absent AVERAGE ATTENDENCE: AMOUNT DONATED: REPORT: Nothing to Report

GROUP NAME: Women in Recovery TRUSTED SERVANT: Absent AVERAGE ATTENDENCE: AMOUNT DONATED: REPORT: Nothing to report.

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GROUP NAME: Worldwide NA Group TRUSTED SERVANT: Absent AVERAGE ATTENDENCE: AMOUNT DONATED: REPORT: Nothing to report.

GROUP NAME: When at the End of the Rainbow TRUSTED SERVANT: Cameron S. AVERAGE ATTENDENCE: AMOUNT DONATED: REPORT: Nothing to Report

Area Notes, November 13, 2022 - from Trusted Servant Paul A.

• TOPIC BOARD

TOPICS FOR DISCUSSION:

• Morning Sky suggests Re: Periodic moving of Area Mtg - Designate a location to repeat annually or interval

• Activities – doing well, more events coming

• H & I – always needs volunteers

• Outreach – Flag rules changed to 2 people or more

• P & P – mtg 12/4 noon

• PR – give biz cards to Police Depts, drug court; more convenience store signs coming;

• Are annual PR activities on the Badgerland Calendar?

• Any member can contact a local TV/radio station to suggest they carry PSAs;

• Local support group lists in Madison newspapers?

• Support group events in Dane County

• Rainbow Meeting is virtual

• Beloit Meeting needs support desparately Sun/Wed/Fri also virtual

ELECTION/TOPIC BOARD RESULTS 11/13/2022

ELECTION:

Paul A. approved RCM; Mark S. approved PR Chair

Liz B. approved Literature Chair

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TOPIC BOARD......CONTINUED

TOPIC BOARD DISCUSSIONS:

1) Finance questions- Jennifer questioned why Area Treasury present balance carries over $2K in account, leading to plan for greater discussion in Dec. 2022 on such matters as:

- Changing priorities for Area spending;

- Participants encouraged to give thought on how dollars could be spent and bring ideas;

- Preliminarily, Paull suggests consideration of a specific budget for Area operations and perhaps Policy review of existing options;

- Preliminarily, Jane suggests purchasing/placing Lit racks for all Sober-Living, hospitals; print/providing Guides (?) for all GSRs and chairs;

- Richard notes ‘during and post-covid’ we’ve not spent much money, need to support existing Area needs.

2) Periodic Location Change of Area Meeting (Remote Mtg) for further discussion Dec. 2022:

- As suggested in Area Inventory, ways to better serve Groups are vital. To answer this need suggestion was made on relocating Area Meeting to Janesville/Beloit area – once or more times yearly -- Member Development/Outreach last month with initial assignment to Mark S./Paul A. on finding a suitable location in Janesville.

- Mark/Paul report on findings.

- Paul notes Morning Sky suggestion on repeating date/location of any Remote Mtg on an annual basis;

- Mark M. notes ‘calendar and physical needs’ to determine date/place, availability of WiFi for Remote Mtg virtual element, Goodman Center needs reasonable notice of when room will not be used for Area. Suggests GSRs in Janesville/Beloit ask Groups if they’d like to host the Remote Meeting in their community in 2023. Hope is to nail down month (s) in time for January calendars.

- Paul A. supports this as an alternative to Area making all arrangements /logistics for such an activity.

- Mark S. supports any effort to plan such an activity.

- Beloit GSR (Tom?) asks for details on ‘what is needed’ to host meeting, Jennifer, Mark M. and Paul state “public place open on a 2nd Sunday of a month (tbd), with WiFi”.

- Mark M. notes Remote Meeting most likely of interest only in southern part of Area. Paul notes added details can be sent asap.

- Richard suggests following Region’s seasonal meeting calendar of ‘cold weather months all virtual meetings, with warm months face to face.’

- Jane/Greg indicate ‘need for a different (Area) commitment to change to virtual’ especially re: Area Treasurer’s operation, receiving check requests, dispersements, and receiving of 7th Tradition funds.‘

- Richard asks how such operated during covid and if same system could be implemented.

- Jane/Greg interject use of PayPal during covid created great difficulties with oversight of money-handling, so Policy may need revisit though not necessarily change.

• MOTION TO CLOSE 1:45 PM

• Motion to close

• Meeting closed at 1:45 PM

Facilitator A Report

November 13, 2022

Attended the last activities and fellowship development meetings. Also attended the Badgerland Unity campout & shares information at the Rally for Recovery event at the NA table with three BASC members.

BASC Report for Secretary Marc M.

November 13, 2022

Hey Everyone, Thanks everyone for getting me your reports in a timely fashion. Checked PO Box. Nothing more to report.

In Loving Service, Marc M

RCM Report

November 13, 2022

Nothing to Report

Policy and Procedures Report

November 13, 2022

Nothing to Report

Website Report

November 13, 2022

Nothing to Report

Public Relations Subcommittee Report

November 13, 2022

1. Bus Signs: I contacted Peg Anthony at Madison Metro and she said that the old signs in the Madison city buses, will be removed so we pick them up and use them for other purposes. She will be replacing those old and maybe damaged signs with the 20 new signs that will have the new Regional helpline number on them. She said that the new signs will be ready for installation on the buses for January.

2.Business Cards: In this last year our committee has used approximately 4500 to 5000 business cards that more easily spread the NA message and provided information including the website and helpline number and special QR codes on the back of the card for access to Area & Regional websites and NA literature in pdf form. We will be asking the Area to purchase 4000 business cards next year. It will be in the 2023 PR budget

3. Store signs: In the last year we gave around 60 8” by 11” inch laminated store signs to various addicts in the Area to put up in stores, libraries, cop shoppes, hospital emergency rooms. We ran out of signs already so we will probably ask the Area to purchase 60 more for next year. This also be in PR 2023 budget.

4.Events: We set up a booth at 3 events this year, Overdose Awareness Day in Beloit, Voices For Recovery at the state Capitol & Rock For Recovery in Janesville. Each event was a success for NA in getting out the good news to the public. We will be budgeting for these three events next year.

5. Public Service Announcements: This year we made sure that some radio listeners and a lot of TV watchers got to hear or view an NA PSA. The committee will be doing follow ups to see that those PSAs are still being played or shown and if not. request further time from these platforms. We were also contacted by JATV, a local Janesville station, to start airing our PSA. We will contact them by the end of the year.

6. Newspapers: We have been updating the Janesville Gazette for their once a week listing of support groups for which NA is part of. If there any other newspapers in the Area that do this, please let this subcommittee know. Information about NA and our meetings needs to be accurate.

7. Lastly, the drug courts have been expressing interest in knowing more about NA, we will follow up on this in the last 2 months of the year and next year

8. …And definitely last, the subcommittee will be asking the Area to make policy changes by adding more of the specific duties of the Chairperson of the PR subcommittee.

9. P.S. I am your Public Relations Chair for another year, thanks for your support!!

The next PR subcommittee meeting will be on January 15th,2023 at 11am CD on Zoom

Zoom ID: 876 4582 7208 PWD: 2020 Thanks for letting me serve, Mark S. #2

BASC Treasurer report for October 2022

BASC Treasurer report for October 2022 November 13, 2022

Prior Balance: $5,077 95

Current Balance: $3,879 88

Available Balance (Balance - Prudent Reserve): $2,579 88

Prudent Reserve: $1,300 00

Amount in bank account on 11/13/22 $4,228.60 Outstanding checks on 11/13/22 $348 72

Expenses

Amount From Date Check # Check Cashed?

Literature Order $348.72 Lit Order 3299 No Activities $615 00 Shari 11/1/2022 3297 Yes

PR - Bus Signs $580 25 Metro Transit 11/4/2022 3295 Yes

PR - Mike $62 32 Mike R 10/26/202 2 3300 Yes Check Order $29 04 Direct from Bank - Checks 11/2/2022

Total Expenses $1,635 33

Income

Amount From Date

$80 25 Deposit 402 46 10/21/2022 7th Tradition $20 00 Deposit 402 46 10/21/2022

Literature Income

Group Donations $302 21 Deposit 402 46 10/21/2022

Donation - More will be revealed $14 00 Counter Deposit 10/17/2022

Donation - Women In Recovery $20 80 Counter Deposit 10/18

Total Income $437 26

Thanks to Brandon L. for covering for me the past couple months. We ordered checks on 11/2, which were sent to the PO Box.

Thanks to Brandon L. for covering for me the past couple months. We ordered checks on 11/2, which were sent to the PO Box Thanks for letting me be of service,

Thanks for letting me be of service, -Greg

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Activities Report

November 13, 2022

Halloween Dance: Budget: $400 / Spent: $327 Donations: $390 Attendance: 45-50 members

Game Night III: Budget: $50 / Spent: $20 Donations: $17 Attendance: 18

Donations in to treasurer this month: $398

UPCOMING EVENTS: 12.24-12.25 > Badgerland Family Holiday 12.31 | NYE Dance

Find out more info at and stay up-to-date at: https://www.facebook.com/groups/785454911537799/

Next meeting TBD

Love & Service, Shari L

Additional Needs Report

November 13, 2022

Nothing to Report

H&I Report November 13, 2022

H&I continues it’s four in person meetings within Dane County. We are holding at least half of these weekly meetings and could always use more willing volunteers. Several new volunteers are still going through the vetting process to gain access to the system at this time and this is exciting. Jefferson County & Rock County jails continue to recruit volunteers for their own in person meetings. H&I is currently in the final steps of scheduling our new virtual meetings with the Sauk Co. Jail and we hope to have those two meetings up and running within the next two months. Dani Miller is our new H&I Co-chair and has begun active service on the Committee. We are hoping to have a Quarterly H&I meeting within the next two months.

In loving service Dani & Richard.

Literature Report November 13, 2022

Nothing to Report Fellowship Development Report November 13, 2022

Fun w/ Flags have kicked off. Hope people are out there going after Flags. Otherwise, nothing new to report.

In loving Service, Jennifer M.