St. Paul Al-Anon Intergroup Meeting
Minutes – December 11, 2012

The meeting was called to order at 7:00pm with a moment of silence followed by the Serenity Prayer.

Introductions
Vice Chair, IR Summit Hill Wednesday 5 pm Al-Anon
Assistant Treasurer, alt IF, Midway Wednesday 6:30 pm Al-Anon
Literature Chair, IR Summit Hill Monday 6 pm Al-Anon
Group Liaison Chair and IR, Mahtomedi Inner Peace Thursday 11:00 am Al-Anon

It was noted a quorum (5% of 111 groups = 6) of Intergroup Representatives (IRs) was NOT present.

In the absence of the chair, the Assistant Treasurer chaired the meeting. The Inner Peace IR volunteered to take minutes in the absence of a secretary.

Business

Questions and concerns
No concerns were expressed
Nominations
Chair: The Assistant Treasurer announced that the 2012 Chair was not willing to continue in that position.
Assistant Treasurer: The current Assistant Treasurer is willing to serve again.
Treasurer: The current Treasurer is willing to serve again.
Vice Chair: The current Vice Chair is not willing to serve again.
Secretary: No one has expressed willingness to take this position,
Literature Chair: The current chair is willing to serve again.
Additional positions: Responsibilities were discussed. It was clarified that dual members are eligible to serve as Intergroup officers and chairs. The Group Liaison chair is willing to serve as an officer and will be considering over the next month which position would be a good fit. Members were encouraged to spread the word that Intergroup has many open service positions.
Elections
Although the bylaws prescribe that elections take place at the December meeting, no action was taken given the absence of a quorum.

Reports

Chair
No report
Vice Chair
Positive feedback was received about Gratitude Night. A reminder that we can never have enough bottled water!
Secretary
There was no copy of the minutes from the previous meeting. This position has been unfilled for several months.
Treasurer/Assistant Treasurer
In the absence of the Treasurer, the Assistant Treasurer reviewed both reports.
Newsletter
No report
Office volunteers and Speakers
Both current chairs would like to rotate out of their positions.
Website/Directory
There is now an Alateen navigation button on many of the pages. This should make it easier to get information about Alateen.
Group liaison
No report.
Event sales
Districts 19-22 have a potluck on January 19 where they would like to have literature sold.
Liaison to Minnesota South Area
The AWSC meeting is 2/2/2013 and the Spring Assembly is 4/6/13.
Literature
We have placed quite a few literature orders and are selling a lot of literature.

The meeting adjourned with the Al-Anon Declaration at 8:00 pm.


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