GSR meeting was April 3rd, 2024

Twelve people attended; four in-person and eight via Zoom.

Balance Forward                    $2,777.52

Income
  Porterville Loose Women's Meeting   $22.50
  Springville Book Study              $60.00
  Individual Contribution             $11.52

Total Income                          $85.02

Expenses                               $0.00

Current Balance                    $2,871.54

DCM report:
    Last month, Mike met with District 55 members to finalize a post-conference assembly flyer.  Registration for the post-conference assembly is now open on cnia.org.  Flyers can be found on the central office website and should be attached to the May 18th-19th post-conference registration link.  Members may stay near Coalinga if interested, as there are nearby hotels by the Harris Ranch Restaurant.  The upcoming meeting on April 18th aims to discuss volunteers for setup, snack bar, and registration.  Volunteers are needed for setting up and cleaning up; we are requested to contribute to snack costs.
    
    In late March, Mike held an agenda items workshop in Visalia.  He also attended meetings in Clovis and online (ACM), reporting on District 47 and the post-conference assembly.
    
    The pre-conference assembly in Denair was going to take place on April 6th, during which Mike will present feedback gathered from Visalia and Tulare County members.
    
GSR Reports:

    Jim K., GSR for the Monday Night Men's Stag at PPAV Hall in Visalia reported that his group was in favor of the Instagram account creation by New York, but was against the continued funding of La Vina at such a deficit.
    
    Jerri T., GSR for the Saturday morning Women's 12 by 12 study group in Visalia reported that their group is organizing a Women's Retreat scheduled for October 11th – 13th at Saint Anthony's in Three Rivers.  Also, plans are underway to organize a mixed-gender Sponsor-Sponsee event in Tulare County during July.  Regarding agenda items, these sparked intense discussion.  Two members were in favor of the plain and simple language translation of the Big Book, with 18 members against.  Similarly, the majority was against creation of an Instagram account by New York.
    
    Dusty B., GSR for the Springville Thursday Night Gut Level Group: after some discussion, the group is not in favor of a new English translation of the Big Book into plain and simple language.  The same is true for the Monday Night Springville Book Study group, because it is mostly the same people.
    
    James W., GSR (temporary) for Bridge Street Drunks Only reported that Bridge Street is strictly against changing the Big Book's content, but they were in favor of the stories in the back changing in the printing of the fifth edition. They were also against the plain and simple language change.  On Saturday, Bridge Street is hosting a Primary Purpose 12 Step Workshop at Saint Paul's as part of the Spring Into Sobriety event.

Old business

    1. We have open Alternate DCM position that needs to be filled.

New business

    1. We need to open a new bank account, due to changing rules at Chase bank.  We will open it at Bank of the Sierra in Exeter.
    
    2. Discuss providing funds for the Post-Conference Assembly in Huron to purchase snacks, drinks, and ice cream w/toppings for Ice Cream Social on Saturday night - (not to exceed $300.00) - motion passed.
    
    3. We need a couple volunteers for Post-Conference Assembly in Huron (May 17th set up, May 18th registration/snacks, May 19th snacks and clean up).  If anybody's interested, they don't have to be a GSR.  They can be a member of AA in our fellowship.  Let me (Mike) know and I'll let them carpool with me up there to help set up on May 17th.
    
    4. Agenda Items DCM workshop feedback from March 24: thank you to our membership who showed up; Mike will present the ideas to our delegate at the Pre-Conference Assembly for those GSRs who cannot attend the assembly.
    
    5. We did reimburse Mike for the pizza he purchased for the Agenda Items DCM workshop feedback on March 24.