Robbers Roost Men's Group

Group Conscience Minutes

Tuesday August 5, 2008

• Representative Reports
• Coffee
• GSR
• Inter-Group
• Literature
• Secretary
• Treasurer
  
• Open Positions
• Old Business
• New Business
• Action Item Status

Attendees:  Don, Ken, Craig, John B, Jean C, John D, Russ I, Vince

Secretary review of last meeting minutes (Don): Not Done.
 

Representative Reports: 

• Coffee (Ken C): 
  • All is well
  • Russ volunteered to be dishwasher
  • Approved
     
• GSR (OPEN):
   
• Inter-Group (OPEN):
   
• Literature (OPEN): 
  • Jean C elected.
  • Jean will acquire a few BB's and 12x12's.
     
• Secretary (Don S):
  • Business Cards and other meeting announcements.
    • Concerns about promotion. All agreed to not create an "exclusive" meeting. Up to individuals and God on how to 12-step men into our meeting.
    • Motion "Group members will ask Don for business cards if they desire": PASSED
  • John D informed us that once we register, after 6 months, the inherant service structure kicks in and we get published in meeting schedules and such.
  • Do we want our own formal Web Site?
    • great solution for archiving group documents and 12-step contact.
    • Doubtful "robbersroost.com" is available, but all agree "robbersroostmensgroup.com" will be OK.
    • Don will get this in place and add the web URL to the business card template.
  • Approved
     
• Treasurer (Craig B):
  • Of the $45 balance, $44+ paid out tonight for supplies and literature.
  • Approved
     

• Open Positions:
• GSR
• InterGroup
• Literature position filled by Jean C

• Old Business:
  • Meeting Place
    • We now meet at the old Wano-Coors Distributer hospital room.
    • Landlord requires no rent, but we are concerned that violates the 7th Tradition.
    • Motion: "We will donate 33% of our meeting collection fund to the landlord, or to a charity of the landlord's choosing: PASSED
    • Russ will get the associated feedback from the landlord.

• New Business:
• Invite Scotty (Robbers Roost founder) to a meeting.
  • Craig will do this
• Do we give out chips for anniversaries?
  • In the tradition of RR, no.
  • Don will publish a contact list with sobriety dates so we can prepare a "special gift" as is traditional in RR.
  • John B volunteered to be the cake-guy. We will have cake the last meeting of any month that members celebrate anniversaries.

• A/I Status:
• Closed Action Items: 
  • Don to investigate FCC and coffee shops as meeting place
  • Ken, Craig, Don to investigate UM Church as meeting place.
     
• Open Action Items:
• Craig to ask Scotty to visit our meeting
• Craig to ask Scotty on 164 versus all (appendices) in format Big Book reference.
• Don to setup web site and add URL to business card template.
• Don to prepare contact list with name, phone, email and sobriety date.
• Jean will acquire a few BB's and 12x12's.
• Russ will ask the landlord how we can distribute 33% of our collection to/in his name.