NA Northern Australia Service Board Meeting minutes held on 31/07/2023

Location: Virtual Zoom
Meeting ID: 4875698440
Passcode 865364
Meeting Link: https://us02web.zoom.us/j/86913016074?pwd=QjVpNFhXektBZUpiTXR3ajU5MFgwUT09
Date: 10thJuly,2023
Time: 7:00pm
Facilitator: Meredith
Minutes: Michael
Attendees: Meredith;Nate;John;Brad;Rouz;Michael
Apologies: Sami

1. OPEN
1.1. Chair’s welcome-Meredith
1.2. Service prayer-JohnC.
God,grantustheknowledgethatwemayactaccordingtoyourdivine
precepts. Instill in us a sense of your purpose. Makeusservantsofyour
will and grant us abondageofselflessness,thatthismaytrulybeyour
work, notours–inorderthatnoaddict,anywhere,needdiefromthe
horrors of addiction.
1.3. AcknowledgementofCountry-JohnC.
Todaywestandinfootstepsmillenniaold. Mayweacknowledgethetraditionalowners
whoseculturesandcustomshavenurtured,andcontinuetonurture,thisland,sincemen
andwomenawokefromthegreatdream. Wehonourthepresenceoftheseancestors
whoresideintheimaginationofthislandandwhoseirrepressiblespirituality flows
through all creation.
1.4. IDofthosepresent
1.5. Apologies.-Sami
2. ITEMS
2.1. RCM
2.2. Alotofpositions are still not filled, including the secretary.
2.3. Wewereaskedtodiscusschangingthetermforregionaldelegateandalternateregional
delegate fromtwoyearstothreeyears.
2.4. Theboarddiscussedtheissueaboveandthegeneralconsensuswasthata3yearstermwas
acceptable anddesirable.
2.5. Agreateramountofseventhtraditioncame inoverthequarterthanwasexpected.
2.6.
2.7. Treasurer
2.7.1. Michael gave a general report aboutthestateoftheNANASAaccountsandsub
accounts. Fundflowswerelowagainlastmonth.
2.7.2.Rouz suggested that Michael attend theGSFtodiscusstheSubaccountswithgroup
representatives.
2.7.3.The decision was madetoopentwomoreNANASAsubaccountstoaccommodate
newgroupsrequestingtheirownaccounts.
2.8. H&IHub
2.8.1.
2.8.2.
2.8.3.
ChermsideMentalHealthSecureFacility-Johnspokewiththecoordinatorofthe
facility today. Propose presentation to the staff of the facility.
RBWHHospitalAlcoholandDrugService-Businessasusual
Moonyah(Rehab)LoganHouse(LivesLivedWell)-Goingwellagain,stilllookingfor
morewomentojointherosterduetotheconstantturningofmembers.
2.8.4.
LoganHouse(LivesLivedWell)-Businessasusual
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2.8.5.
2.8.6.
2.8.7.
2.8.8.
2.8.9.
Lives Lived Well (Caboolture)- Business as usual
Online H&I(MondaynightQldandNTrehabs)-Businessasusual
SouthernQueenslandCorrectionalCentre-Meetingattendanceatanalltimelow.
Meredith is theonlypersonontherostercurrently. Facility is starting to restructure
their interface with us to be moreaccommodating.Thelastcoupleof meetings
hadaround5attendees.
Brisbane Women’sCorrectionalCentre-Wenowhave3womenontheroster
ready tostart monthlymeetingsfromthisAugust.
HJC-Goingwell.Meredithgoingintherefortnightly.
2.8.10. ArthurGorrieCorrectional Centre-Meetingsatthisfacility are now starting with 4
menonamonthlyroster,buttheonethatwasdueyesterdaywascanceleddueto
staff shortages.
2.8.11.
Online Corrections- FormshavebeensubmittedforNAH&Itobeapprovedasan
acceptedprogram.
2.9. LSC-StrategicGroupServicePlanning
2.9.1. Nate raised the idea of having andsendingoutanoutlineforboardmembership
outlines and regional memberrequirements.
2.9.2. SpreadingthewordabouttheupandcomingLSCtothegroups.
2.9.3. ThenextLSCwillbeanonlineexperience,6thofAugustisthedate.
2.10. PRReport
2.10.1. QLDRailcampaign-goingreallywellandmovingquickly.Theprogramwillgofor12
weeks, 4train units, 24 panels in total. Invoice to come totheboardshortly. This has
commencedtoday.
2.10.2. Capricorn Coast sentposterslast week.
2.10.3. RockhamptonhasseparatedfromCapricornCoast.
2.11.Website/ Outreach
2.11.1.
2.12. Boardenquiriesandcontacts–email/mail/etc.
2.12.1. Emails:
From:
Re:
Rouz
Aust. Post
Alan P
Apologyforboardmeeting
Mail awaiting collection
Zoommeetinglink
PR
Rail Project
5
PR Posters
AlanP Zoommeetinglink
PR Trainadvertisingagreement
TonyR. JFTDailyonlinemeeting
BrianaG. EmailandABN
Nathan LSCAgenda
Brad Enquiryaboutboardmeeting
AndrewL. EnquiryaboutdoingH&I(senttoH&Iaswellas
Webservant)
2.12.2.Mail:
2.13. NewItems
2.13.1.
3.ACTIONTABLE:
Itemtobeactioned Person
Responsible
DueDate Status
WebsiteUpdate Sami&
Meredith
TBA Ongoing
Needforaliteraturecoordinator Meredith TBA Ongoing
Recruitmoreboardmembers Everyone LSC Ongoing
QldRailre:rotatingdigitalsignstogoahead JohnC. TBA Ongoing
Lettersreceivedfromcorrectionalfacilitiesto
beforwardedontoSamiorNathan
Brad Nextboard
meeting
Inprogress
Bankaccountdetailslipsfor7thTradition Sami&
Meredith
Nextboard
meeting
Ongoing
FollowupwithAAmemberaboutSQCClow
attendancenumbers
Meredith Nextboard
meeting
Ongoing
AgendaforLSCtobefinalizedandemailedto
Samifordistributiontotheboard
Nathan Nextboard
meeting
Closed
ZoombookedforLSCon6thAugust2023and
posteventonwebsite
Sami ASAP Closed
EmailcontactlistofGSFstoboard Sami ASAP Closed
JFTDailyonlinemeetingrequesttouseour
zoomaccount
Sami ASAP Closed
JFTDailyonlinemeetingrequestfora
sub-account
Michael ASAP Closed
BoardTreasurertospeaktoSecretaryofthe
InnerCityGSF
Michael NextBoard
Meeting
Ongoing
MoonyahMeetingboxtobechecked Michael ASAP
CheckpolicyaroundALTRCMpositiondetailsMeredith NextBoard
Meeting
Ongoing
6
Follow upwithSamireWebsitewording
Find stats regarding the breakdownof
Australia by demographic/race.
4. CLOSE
Meredith
4.1. Nextmeeting Monday31stJuly2023at7pm
4.2. Serenityprayerin theplural:
NextBoard
Meeting
Ongoing
God,grantustheserenitytoacceptthethingswecannotchange. The
couragetochangethethingswecan,andthewisdomtoknowthe
difference.