H&I Hub Minutes – 18 June, 2020 – Narcotics Anonymous Northern Australia

H&I Hub Meeting (online) Minutes – 18 June, 2020

Attendees – Meredith C (Chair/Minutes), Victoria S, Jason T, Nathan

Apologies – none offered

H&I Online Presentations Update

The H&I Hub has access to a permanent designated meeting room via BlueJeans for online H&I presentations.

South East Queensland Online H&I Presentations

The Hub’s preference to use local members, in this instance, is based on the understanding residents will benefit from the connections established online when they start attending local face to face meetings.
10 rehabs and detox units approached
South East Queensland Online H&I Presentation launched Monday, 20 April
Presentations held weekly on Monday evenings from 6-7pm
Hader only rehab currently using this meeting, meetings well received with approximately 30 residents attending, speakers drawn from the HADS roster
Logan House has requested to commence online H&I

Outreach Online H&I

Presentations held weekly on Monday evenings from 7-8pm
Open to treatment facilities Australia wide
Members Australia wide are invited to join the speaker roster (6-month minimum clean time)

Action	Member Responsible	Status
Contact Logan House to arrange connection to online meetings	Meredith C
Promote H&I roster opportunities for South East Queensland Online and Outreach Online at meetings; encourage interested members and early recovery members to sit in as observers	All
Approach NA@Home for literature (Basic Text, JFT, Welcome Pack) donations to online facilities	Meredith C

Correctional Facilities Update

Online

H&I Hub is represented on the Online H&I Committee to progress Australia wide trial of online correctional facility presentations
The Online H&I Committee comes under Regional PR – representatives are from Queensland (Eda, Meredith) and NSW (Brett, Derek, Richard, Sinclair)
Darwin Correctional Centre currently in the process of establishing online meetings
NSW have commenced online meetings, working through space and attendance limitations
H&I Hub spoke with Tamara Bambrick, Assistant Commissioner with Queensland Corrective Services (QCS) about commencing online pilot project
- Tamara to follow up with QCS IT in a couple of weeks
- Online pilot project site suggestions were:
Wolston Correctional Centre
Numinbah Correctional Centre
Brisbane Women’s Correctional Centre
Southern Queensland Correctional Centre

Action	Member Responsible	Status
Email H&I Hub and meet with Women’s Prison Roster participants for feedback on online pilot project sites	Meredith C	Numinbah put forward as preferred site (low security, set-up more straightforward)
Provide pilot project recommendations to QCS	Meredith C
Contact H&I Online Committee to understand how the meetings are set up (where speakers call in from, who calls and connects the speakers, who sets up the connection)	Meredith C

Face to face meetings

Men’s Correctional facilities

No face to face meetings up and running at this stage
Waiting on 5-6 security clearance applications (submitted March 29) to be processed by QCS
Tamara advised QCS are looking to speed up the back end of security clearance applications process

H&I Meetings

Toowoomba – no current H&I activity in Toowoomba.

Action	Member Responsible	Status
Approach Sunrise Way to determine interest in joining online H&I presentations	Meredith C

H&I Hub Minutes – 18 June, 2020