Cairns GSF – Saturday 6 October

Cairns GSF – Saturday 6 October
3:30pm at Thomas Street
Attendees; Damon – Mens, Krishna – Sat, Tony – Tues, Kingsley – Fri, Ange – Thurs, Hamish – Observer
Opening prayer
Agenda:
• Cairns Groups
Tuesday meeting going well
Friday struggling. One member. Needs Treasurer.
Meetings consider ask for group members if they want members.
Each group decides to send a representative to the GSF or not. Officially elected or not.
Each group makes an autonomous decision on all subjects.
It is not the GSFs place to dictate to groups about anything.
Discussion: What is Membership?
• Group conscious.
Mon – regular. 1st Monday
Tues – two members. New meeting. No group conscious yet.
Wed – No one representing
Thurs – no group conscious
Fri – one group member. No group conscious.
Sat – add hoc
Sun – No one representing
• Meetings list:
Discussion; Cairns meetings get lost in the Greater Queensland meetings list.
Suggest that groups consider change group name with Cairns up front. ie Cairns Men’s Mondays.
• Fund flow to GQB – All Cairns groups are fund flowing
• National telephone number:
1300 652 820 or 0488 811 247
Our local number, 07 4054 3483,
The decision to port our local number rests with the groups.
Tony to action to port local number once groups decide.
Concurrently this will decision actions to remove our old number from literature
• PR Project – an opportunity to notify contacts of our new national number.
It was decided at the last GSF that the GSF would absorb the PR project as part of an ongoing agenda. This
has now been reversed. Hamish is driving PR project. The GSF is not a decision making body
• Role of GSF
It’s not the GSFs place to make decisions. It is not a decision making body. It is a discussion forum.
Discussion on NAWS workshops. IDT: Issue Discussion Topics.
Hamish had the 500 copies printed of the save the date flyer to show us.
Up coming GSF dates 2018: 1 December, 3:30pm at Thomas Street,
Closing Prayer.