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Open with theService Prayer.

God grant us the knowledge that we may work according to your great divine precepts.

Install in us a sense of your purpose.

Make us servants of your will and grant us a bond of selflessness, that no addict anywhere need die from the horrors of addiction.

1.  Brisbane 2020 Convention

• Follow up actions from last GSF:
  • Collating a list of people interested in service positions
  • People with experience to chair
• Firstly need to appoint a treasurer, chair and a committee.
• Need to consider dates and times
• Think about when you can do it, and have we got the appropriate people who have the event experience.
• Jason T to organise a meeting to kick things off.
• A good way to get the word out there is for someone to attend all of the Greater Brisbane GSFs.

2.  ARSC Speaker Jam

• Wrap up:
  • The event was a huge success.
  • Learnings for next time:
    • Not so long.
  • Financials:
    • Seventh was $205.50
    • Venue hire was $122.50
    • Raised  $83.00

3. Pets attendance in the venue

• The issue around whether pets can be brought to meetings has been raised.
• An update from the Queensland and Northern Territory board:
  • NA has no official position on service animals at meetings.
  • NA’s public liability does not cover animals.
  • Groups must look to their venue and their group conscience to determine whether they wish to allow pets and / or service animals at meetings.
  • The owner who brings the pet will be liable for any loss resulting from bringing the pet or service animal to a meeting.
• It is suggested that GSRs take these details back to their groups.

4. Brisbane Inner City Group Support Forum venue and attendance

• This meeting is trialing a new venue.
  • This didn’t work well.
• Discussion around ways to get people involved in the GSF.
  • Want a board member to attend we need to do it during the week.
  • Do it around a workshop or social event.

5. Brisbane Inner City NA Activities

• To be discussed at a later GSF.

New GSF Topics

1.  Australian Regional Service Committee (ARSC) Update

2.  Greater Queensland Service Board Update

• Hospitals and Institutions:
  • There is a prison meeting group being held on 24th August 2019 – New Farm library 10:15 am.
  • For details see https://www.na.org.au/multi/greaterqld/2019/08/10/h-i-prison-meeting-group/
• Website restyling:
  • Was discussed and was awaiting return of the Australian IT Chair.
  • A workshop to be held on restyling the Greater Queensland Area website.
• Public Relations:
  • An effort has been made to spread the message using posters at police stations.
• Local Service Committee:
  • Is being held 26th and 27th October 2019 at Ashgrove Bowls Club.
  • The byline:
    • Enjoy a weekend of Service workshops and Unity for QLD & NT NA Services.
  • The board is meeting on a fortnightly basis to progress the LSC.
  • Need to get the word out there that this is happening:
    • Start announcing at meetings.
    • Distribute the flyer.
  • For event details see https://www.na.org.au/multi/events/qld-nt-local-service-conference/
• Organise another committee meeting to start with the organise
• BICR

3.  Phone line workshop

• New phone line services set up around Australia that uses a single number country wide.
• Calling the 1300 number routes the caller to a local NA member.
• This is a workshop that will induct and train members to take these calls.
• It is an online workshop scheduled on the 7th of September 2019.
• Invitations have been sent out, and will soon cascade down.

7.  Next Group Support Forum

• The next GSF will be hosted by Friday Night New Farm meeting at 8:00 pm on Wednesday, the 25th September 2019; at New FarmCommunityHall.

Close

Serenity prayer in the plural.

God, grant us the serenity to accept the things that we cannot change

The courage to change the things that we can

And the wisdom to know the difference.