SASNA SECRETARY REPORT
July 2020
SUFFOLK AREA will next meet on the 1ST WEDNESDAY of August which is August 5th 8:00
p.m. at Brentwood Presbyterian Church, at the corner of 3rd Ave. & 2nd St. or VIA Zoom.(TBA) According to church policy, children are NOT allowed at SASNA’s monthly meeting.
The secretary’s report is online. The password is: sasna-group Orientation for new GSRs is held at 7:30 PM
MEETING INFORMATION:
Is your meeting closed due to a holiday, inclement weather, facility closures, etc…? Please notify the
helpline chair @ 631-972-8972 or
Please visit our website longislandna.com to find zoom meetings and subcommittee meetings scheduled meeting times and platforms.
Serenity Now- Will be meeting in person beginning on July 13th at St Frances Cabrini Church in Coram. The
format will be reading stories from the Basic Text. Masks must be worn and will be provided for anyone that needs them. Mondays 7:30pm-8:30pm
Groups in Need:
New Attitudes- Tuesdays 6:30pm on Zoom The Guiding Light- Saturdays 7pm on Zoom
EVENTS & ACTIVITIES:
If your group or subcommittee is planning a special event, in the spirit of cooperation, it’s a good idea to check the SASNA website or other local NA sites to look for potential date conflicts with other groups or areas. Once you see the date is clear, you can then post your event. *Any group’s event flyers need to be submitted to the
SASNA Insurance Liaison for review a minimum of 3 weeks before if you want the event posted on the Suffolk Area website and to have your flyers distributed at area. Any requests for event insurance or information should be submitted at the same time*
Open H&I Commitments
*Commitments are open but are being covered for the month*
Flyers MUST be given to the Literature Sales Chairperson PRIOR TO the start of the area meeting… Contact Matt @ 516-398-8688 BEFORE THE MONTHLY AREA MEETING
LITERATURE SALES:
Literature order table opens at 7:00pm and closes at 8:15pm to prepare all orders received so that they can be distributed promptly at the close of
the Area Service Meeting
****ONLY DECEMBER 2019 LITERATURE ORDER FORMS WILL BE ACCEPTED****
***ATTENTION: PLEASE READ AT ALL MEETINGS ***
Please bring all Flyers to Area before 7:00pm or call Matt @ 516-398-8688 prior to area, please have all flyers staples in amount you want in bags.
Day Location # of Open Commitments Tuesday St.Charles Detox 7pm 1
Tuesday Phoenix House Women 7pm
2
Friday CK Post-Men 2 Saturday CK Post-Men 1 Saturday St.Charles Detox 2 Saturday St.Charles Rehab 1 Saturday CK Post Women 1
SUBCOMMITTEE REPORTS
Subcommittee meeting times and locations are also listed on
EVERY MEETING LIST!!!
Subcommittee Monthly Meeting Info. Contact Person
Comments
H&I 2ndThursday of each month @ 8PM @ St. John Nepomucene
Orientation at 7:00 p.m.
Thomas S 631-636-4386
14 Commitments are available!
90 days street clean time for orientation, 6 months street clean time and 2 sit-ins for taking a chair position. Please check the website for the subcommittee meeting zoom information !
PI 2nd Tuesday of each month @
St.James Episcopal Church 490 North Country Rd. Saint James, NY
Vin
631-525-3630
Addicts needed to serve on the committee.
Helpline 2
nd
Monday of each month @ 7:00pm @ Hope House Ministry Office
Cheryl
631-972-8972
Currently have 14 Volunteers.
If you cant make the meeting, you can join the conference call @ #1-302-202-1116 #conference code 536901
Outreach 2nd Thursday from
6:30pm-7:15pm @ Sachem Public Library
Contact vice chair Daniella 631-882-2273 to get involved !
Online 4th Wednesday of each
month @ Brentwood Presbyterian Church 8pm
Rich W 516-815-2970
The new SASNA website is now live at Longislandna.com. Next meeting will be July 22nd
E&A 2nd Thursday of each month
@ Sa chem Public Libra ry 7:30pm
Cody 631-530-7178
.
Policy 2nd Wednesday of the month, @ Sayville public library, room varies. 6:30
Rigel
631-807-3572
As policy chair Rigel’s short of time right before area, if you’d like help writing motions or policy changes please contact me. [email protected]
Convention 3rd Thursday 7pm @ St John Nepomecene Tommy-Chair 6318822010 Pat- Treasurer 6314874807
In need of a Secretary and Serenity Chair. Programming will be meeting on zoom. We are doing a zoom speaker Jam August 1, 2020 Pre Registration open for June 25-27 2021 Convention. For more information please call Tommy, Hugh, or Pat numbers listed.
RCM Hugh 917-690-7282 Insurance Liaison Victor 631-553-9004
Insurance Requests: Go to longislandna.com, point to “for members” then “click on subcommittee” then “click on Insurance”. Follow instructions. Submit the completedform
Meeting List Peri
631-748-3578
Literature Matt P
516-398-8688
ALL SALES ARE FINAL!!!!***ONLY DECEMBER 2019 LITERATURE FORMS WILL BE
ACCEPTD!!!!***
*please order specialty items 2 months in advance*
Archivist 3rd Friday of each month @7pm at the Brentwood Public Library food court
Rob M. 631-792-4551
ANNIVERSARIES
*AS STATED IN AREA POLICY*
(RATIFIED MAY 7, 2014) Section VIIII. Trusted Servants, letter C Steering Committee Members: Administrative Committee Members: “The ASC Secretary’s Report should only contain the following information: .. Two months of anniversaries running from the 15th of the month thru the 15th of thesecond month.. ”
GSR REPORT: ONLY READ THIS AT YOUR NEXT BUSINESS MEETING!!!
REMINDER: INSURANCE IS NEEDED FOR ANY EVENT OUTSIDE YOUR REGULARLY SCHEDULED MEETING.
Check your regular Insurance Certificates expiration date and contact the Insurance Liaison if your group’s certificate has expired. Also, if you are not listed or correctly listed in our Meeting List please let Peri know.
Jul 6 Recovery @ 5 Corners Felicia
Tricia
1 4
Jul 8 60 Minutes Tom S 14
Jul 8 A New Kind of Freedom Laurie 15
Jul 11 Serenity in Sayville Chloe 3
Jul 12 Serious About Recovery Eddie F 10
Jul 14 Simply Women Erin B 1
Jul 15 A New Kind of Freedom Sully 1
Jul 15 Coming back to Life Shelley 14
Jul 17 Recovery Group Lucina 31
Jul 18 Serenity in Sayville Gerard 2
Jul 19 Surrender on Sunday Karen P 15
Jul 20 Women on the Path Nickie 1
Jul 20 Courage to Change Tommy 7 Kids 21
Jul 22 A New Kind of Freedom Derek 1
Jul 25 Serenity in Sayville Ryan 6
Jul 26 New Life Mens Meeting Frank W
Llyod C
4 17
Aug 3 Recovery @ 5 Corners Drew D
Joe H Patricia G
4 3 27
Aug 11 It’s Casual by the Lake Joey Fingers 1
Aug 11 Simply Women Angela F 6
Aug 12 A New Kind of Freedom Shea 3
Aug 22 Serenity in Sayville Sean 2
Aug 23 New Life Mens Meeting Tony D
Roger
4 16
Aug 25 Simply Women Jill D 4
Sep 4 All about Change Perri AKA Mrs Bon Jovi 9
Sep 7 Recovery @ 5 Corners Frances
Michael M Tommy G
1 3 33
Please make sure to regularly update your contact information with the facility you rent space from so they are able to reach your group if need be. Make sure the facility has more than one (1) group member’s contact info. Please make sure we are being responsible and accountable at all meeting places.
*PLEASE NOTE THAT HAVING FULFILLED A GSR COMMITMENT OR A SUBCOMMITTEE COMITTMENT QUALIFIES AS PRIOR AREA SERVICE*
Nominations for OPEN POSITIONS can be submitted and voted for on the area floor.
ALL nominees MUST be present to accept their nomination AND for voting.
AREA COMMITMENTS OPEN FOR 2020 INFORMATION ON SASNA COMMITMENTS: ASSISTANT TREASURER
Qualifications: 1 year NA street clean time (equals no use of drug replacement therapy) and 6 months prior area
service
Responsibilities: Assists the Treasurer with his/her duties at the ASC meeting. Must be present to be nominated
and elected, and must present written and oral statement of qualifications.
SUPPORTING SECRETARY
Qualifications: 1 year NA street clean time (equals no use of drug replacement therapy) and 6 months prior area
service
Responsibilities: Assist the Secretary in all administrative duties. Prepare all forms required at the ASC
meeting and set up the Secretary’s table at the ASC meeting. Up to $25 revolving fund. Must be proficient enough in word processing software to complete the requirements and content of the secretary’s report. Required to attend all ASC meetings. As a member of the Steering Committee, will participate in 24 hour proof reading of the
secretary’s report. Must be present to be nominated and elected, and must present written and oral statement of qualifications.
LITERATURE ORDER SCREENER
Qualifications: 6 months NA street clean time (equals no use of drug replacement therapy) & 6 months prior area
service
Responsibilities: Assists the Treasurer with his/her duties at the ASC meeting. Must be present to be nominated
and elected, and must present written and oral statement of qualifications.
TREASURER RECEIPT ISSUER
Responsible for completing a duplicate receipt for funds received from each group’s Literature Form. One receipt is issued to the GSR and the other is attached to the literature form. Does not handle money.
LITERATURE SALES ASSISTANT
Qualifications: 6 months NA street clean time (equals no use of drug replacement therapy) and no prior area
service
Responsibilities: Assists the Literature Sales Chair with his/her duties at the ASC meeting. Must be present to be
ONLINE/WEBSITE
Qualifications: 1 year NA street clean time (equals no use of drug replacement therapy) and 6 months’ prior area
service
Responsibilities: Responsible to hold monthly meetings, to conduct the day to day operations of their
Subcommittee, to attend their respective regional meetings, regularly communicate with the ASC Vice-Chair and to provide the ASC with monthly reports. Up to $150 revolving fund. Required to attend all ASC meetings. As a member of the Steering Committee, will participate in 24 hour proof reading of the secretary’s report. Must be present to be nominated and elected, and must present written and oral statement of qualifications.
OUTREACH
Qualifications: 1 year NA street clean time (equals no use of drug replacement therapy) and 6 months prior area
service
Responsibilities: Responsible to hold monthly meetings, to conduct the day to day operations of their
Subcommittee, to attend their respective regional meetings, regularly communicate with the ASC Vice-Chair and to provide the ASC with monthly reports. Up to $25 revolving fund. Required to attend all ASC and meetings. As a member of the Steering Committee, will participate in 24 hour proof reading of the secretary’s report. Must be present to be nominated and elected, and must present written and oral statement of qualifications.
INSURANCE LIAISON
Qualifications: 1 year NA street clean time (equals no use of drug replacement therapy) and 6 months prior area
service.
Responsibilities: To provide proper communication between the Area and the Region regarding all insurance
matters. Responsible to hold monthly meetings, to conduct the day to day operations of their Subcommittee, to attend their respective regional meetings, regularly communicate with the ASC Vice-Chair and to provide the ASC with monthly reports.
OLD BUSINESS
4/1/20 DMotion Maker: Serenity Now
Motion: To amend SASNA policy section X – g, Meeting Lists, and section XI – h, Meeting List Coordinator,
to reflect that 4,500 meeting lists will be ordered every four months, and to remove the price of the meeting lists from the policy.
Intent: To save costs on meeting lists. Seconded By: Step of the Month.
For: 26 against:0 abstain: 2 Vote: passes
3/4/20 A
Motion Maker: E&A Subcommittee
Motion: To entirely replace the E&A Policy with the attached policy. Intent: To clarify policy to reflect current E&A operations.
For: 20 against: 2 abstain: 5 Vote: passes
Nomination: RCM
Nominee: Hugh
Nominated By: Serenity Now
Qualifications: 3 years 7 months clean, current commitments: home group chair person, convention committee setup and clean up chair, member of on-line subcommittee, SASNA RCM, member of H&I subcommittee and have held an H&I commitment for over a year. Previous group commitments: Door greeter, Treasure, GSR. I have a sponsor and also make a monthly step group, my support group is diverse and I still make on average 5 meetings a week. All commitments that I have had have been satisfied for the full term of the commitment. I have a
willingness to serve and also like long walks on the beach and warm summer evenings. For: 23 against: 1 abstain:
Vote: passes
NEW BUSINESS
-Call the helpline or go to the website to see an up to date closed meeting list
Nomination: Alt RCM Nominee: Emilio
Nominated By: Serenity Now
Qualifications: 20 years clean , previous Area chair, vice chair, policy chair, convention chair, GSR , RCM and
Alt RCM for SASNA, helped in the literature room, have held H&I Commitments, held all group level commitments, has a homegroup, has never stepped down from a commitment, and has a willingness to serve.
Nomination: Alt RCM Nominee: Debbie R
Nominated By: Step of the Month Club Qualifications:
Emilio -20 Debbie R- 6 Abstain 3
Quorum Count as of 07/01/2020 – 33
Open forum- Early Morning Basics Gsr- My group wants to go back to meeting physically. Can we open a
new zoom meeting and have it as part of Suffolk Area? Area Chair- Not at this time
