MINUTES – JANUARY 2026

1.0 Open – 1:04pm

• Chairperson’s welcome: Paul: Welcome, thanks and Happy New Year
• Moment of Silence
• Service Prayer:

God, grant us the knowledge that we may act accordingly to your Divine precepts. Ins l in us a sense of Your purpose. Make us servants of your will and grant us a bond of selflessness that this may truly be Your work, not ours -in order that no addict, anywhere, need die from the horrors of addiction.

• Acknowledgement of Traditional Owners:

This group would like to acknowledge and pay respect to the traditional custodians of the land on which we meet, the Wadjuk Noongar people.  It is upon their ancestral lands that we meet.  We pay respect to their Elder’s past and present.

-New GSR informa on sheet to be handed around

Please complete your name, email address, group you are representing and phone number. Email address information and phone number is required to be able to add you to the whatsApp chat and the email distribution list.  Could GSR’s please also add any action items to be brought up later in this meeting.

2. READING OF TRADITIONS AND CONCEPTS

Full reading of the concept of the month, this month is Concept 2, followed by 10 minute educational discussion. This is to discuss, reflect and clarify so that trusted servants have a better understanding of the NA concepts.

Traditions and Concept 2 read by group members.

Value of having GSR representation at ASC

Communication – safety, financial responsibility

Groups – how can there be reciprocal support

Importance of service

 

3.0 ID of Members

• Welcome to newcomers and observers

A simple Welcome and ask for introductions

Steve – observing

Finn – observing

Josh – new GSR Joondanna

Colleen – alt GSR Rainbow NA

-Apologies and absent members

Request any apologies or note any absent member

• Roll call

Chair calls out each group name from the table below to Establish Quorum. Each member briefly identifies (name, position). Then remaining members at ASC identify themselves** note changes as needed

Group	Name	Sept	Oct	Nov 25	Jan 26
North Perth Lunchies	Dave C	X	P	P	P
Monday & Saturday Merriwa	Jay	P	X	P	P
Monday Carramar Mens	Michael	P	P	P	P
Monday Northbridge	Sam	X	x	P	X
Monday Fremantle Steps		x	x	x	x
Monday Geraldton Steps and Tradi ons		x	x	x	x
Monday Bunbury		x	x	x	x
Tuesday East Victoria Park		x	x	x	x
Womens Spiritual Principles	Ashe	p	p	x	x
Tuesday Success-ful Recovery	Jessica W	X	P	P	A
Tuesday Whi ords United Recovery	Alicia	P	X	P	P
Tuesday Women’s Bunbury		x	x	x	x
Tuesday Mandurah Living Clean	Cris	P	P	x	x
Wednesday North Beach	Dylan	x	x	x	x
Wednesday Southside Lunchie	Ma	apol	X	x	x
Wednesday Bassenclean	Jason	P	P	P	P
Wednesday Young Adults	Mird	P	X	X	x

-Establish Quorum

Attendee Table

Quorum = 50% +1 ( of ac ve groups) are present

Strikethrough = Inac ve group ( struck off list on the 3^rd X )

P = Present    X = Absent

 

Wednesday Willagee Just for Today		Trish	P	APOL		P		x
Wednesday Carramar Steps and Tradi ons		Cynthia	P	APOL		P		P
Monday Northam Mee ng		Catherine	P	P		X		P
Thursday Womens Midland		Kim	APOL	X		APOL		x
Thursday Gosnells Recovery			x	x		x		x
Thursday Joondanna /Men		Josh	P	X		APOL		P
Thursday Eaton		Jason	APOL	X		X		x
Thursday speaker and Medita on Fremantle		Rob	Apol	x		x		x
Thursday Night Mandurah back to basic		Ben	x	X		X		x
Friday Leederville Steps		Tina	P	X		X		x
Friday Night Live Rockingham		Connor	APOL	X		X		x
Friday night Newcomers Currumbine		Kamil	X	X		P		P
Saturday Subiaco Living Clean		Troy	P	P		Apol		P
Saturday Fremantle Lunchie		SI	X	X		X		x
Saturday Bayswater ID		Ma   e	X	x		x		x
Saturday Whi ords Strength & Hope		Julie	APOL	x		x		x
Saturday Night Womens		Rebekah	P	P		APOL		P
Sunday Ellenbrook Unity		John	P	x		x		x
Sunday Margaret River Support Group			x	x		x		x
Sunday Bassenclean		Jess	X	X		X		x
Sunday Leederville Newcomers		Jacob	x	x		P		P
Rainbow Recovery (Wed & Sun)		Laura	P	P		P		P
Scarborough Lunchie		Ollie	P	P		P		Apol
Sunday Mandurah Men At Work		Stu	APOL	X		X		x
Sunday Mandurah Empowering Women		Paula	x	P		x		Apol
Albany		Luka	X	P		P		Apol
Total= groups  = 43
Total = Ac ve groups = 22
Total = Ac ve present = 13
ASC Representatives	Members name		Sept		Oct		Nov		Jan
Chair	Paul		P		P		P		P
Vice Chair	Lee		P		P		P		P
Secretary
Treasurer	Adam		P		P		P		P
Alt Treasurer	Bek		P		P		X		P
Subcommittees
Activities	Niki		P		APOL		P		P
Phone Line	Erica		P		P		X		x
PR
H&I	Claire		P		APOL		P		P
Convention	Cynthia		P		APOL		P		P
Indigenous chair	Ryan		P		APOL		X		x

 

10 MINUTE BREAK

4. ACCEPTANCE OF PREVIOUS MINUTES

Member who were present at the last meeting( and have read the minutes) proposes to move, GSR (who was present & has read them) seconds minutes. Amendments are discussed, if accepted they are noted in the current minutes

Michael GSR, Paul CHAIR (second)

5. ACTION ITEMS

– Rollover items ( items from previous ASC meetings)

NIL

-ELECTIONS & VACANCIES:

Vacancies;

Anyone wanting information on position descriptions, email

Secretary.wa@na.org.au   or look up on the NA website

 

• Chair – 2 years clean time – Lee elected
• Vice Chair – 1 year clean time – nil
• Treasurer – 3 years clean time – Bek elected
• Secretary – 1 year clean time – nil
• Alt Secretary – 6 months clean time – NA
• RCM – 2 years clean time – nil
• Alt RCM – 2 years clean time – NA
• PR Chair – 18 months clean time – nil
• Outreach Chair – 18 months clean time – nil
• Policy chair – 18 months clean time – nil
• H & I chair – 1 year clean time – Clint elected
• Tea & Coffee ASC – Finn elected
• IT chair – 1 year – Claire elected

 

– DISCUSSION ITEMS:

 

• Audit of groups active/details – Claire to email through IT; GSRs asked to update online, Lee to post request for update in chat
• Bookings for ASC – done to November 2026
• ASC Tea and Coffee – $75 qtly budget; to cover tea, coffee and milk for ASC and sub-committees using Franklin St
• ASC vacancies; to be ‘pushed’ at Convention
• Lee to contact former Secretary for return of laptop
• Convention – unexpected cost increase – Committee to submit budget, ideas and post in GSR chat

 

Next meeting Sunday, 22nd February 2026