Boulder Eye
Openers
Group Conscience Minutes
Saturday October 13, 2007
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Attendees: Kieth, Don, Chris, Phil, Tom, Nicole, Russ, Kaleb
Chair: Call meeting to order, 9:15AM
Review last meeting minutes (Don):
- Read Last Meeting Minutes
- Approved
Representative Reports:
- Grapevine Rep (Pat): No Update
- Secretary (Don):
- EO web site:
- Sent emails to both Boulder County and Area-10 web site contacts requesting guidance for our EO site.
- GSO aa.org has helpful Web Site guidelines.
- suggested that we do a conscience meeting on this to establish content guidelines.
- suggested that a web manager be appointed or elected as a trusted servant.
- Continue to gather representative job descriptions to be posted.
- Approved
- Coffee (Bob): Keith proxy
- Coffee is Great!
- Dishwasher reliability is highly suspect.
- Approved
- GSR (Chris):
- Reserved room in Glenwood Springs for upcoming Area Assembly.
Concerned about $500 for this room, but such is life in Glenwood
Springs, all agreed.
- Time for a Group Inventory? See new business below.
- Approved
- Treasurer (Betty): see attached balance sheet
- Recent EO business travel and last-time volume buy of clay chips took their toll, but reserves are OK.
- We are hitting our financial benchmarks.
- Approved
- Literature (Pao): Don Proxy
- Pao met with Betty to get funds to re-stock the literature locker.
- Pao will put a log sheet in the Literature Locker to track distributed materials.
- Approved
- Night Watch (Open): Chris proxy
- Jonathan doing a good job as interim. Postponed vote until next GC when Jonathan can attend.
- Jonathan making up more info packets.
- Don and Jonathan discussed posting NightWatch schedule on line: decided existing process
works fine, no advantage to web support.
- Approved
- BOG/Foundation (Donna): No Update
- Childcare (Kathy): Don proxy, see attached balance sheet
- Balance sheet looks good. Is there a bank deposit that can be reflected in this spread-sheet?
- Approved
- Inter-Group (Open): Phil interim
- IG positions open: Secretary, Chair, Treasurer. 2 years sobriety suggested, 1 year term.
- Add open positions to our announcements?
- Approved
- Public Information (Katy): No Update
- Greeter Coordinator (Tom):
- After 2 months, running smoothly.
- 4 of 7 days have two greeters assigned
- Higher percentage show rate
- Tom is writing job description and will get it to Don
- Approved
- Speaker Seeker (Russ):
- Going well
- Russ will happily accept suggestions for outside speakers.
- Approved
Open Positions:
- Night-Watch: Jonathan is interim.
- Inter-Group: Phil is interim.
- Discussed service positions with Nicole, as she is interested.
Old Business:
- Donna will address dishwasher failure with BOG: No Update
New Business:
- Get tenure dates from service representatives to Don to post so we can keep track.
- Time for a Group Inventory?
- Service position representation is waning
- Inter-Group suggest all groups do this, and it has been several years for EO.
- Guidelines:
- Ask someone with experience to chair
- Motion to initiate Group Inventory: PASSED
A/I Status:
A/I: Don and Jonathan to
discuss posting NightWatch schedule on line: decided existing process
works fine, no advantage to web support.
A/I: Donna to address dishwasher failure with BOG
A/I: Don to gather/post service position Job Descriptions
A/I: Jonathan to make up more NightWatch info packets
A/I: Don to contact regional Web Chairs for guidance: 2nd email sent, no reply yet.
A/I: Don to define specific EO Web content ideas for GC review.
A/I: Don to post service position tenure dates to keep track
Announcements:
- EO Night Watch position open
- EO Inter-Group Rep position open
- Inter-Group has open positions: Secretary, Chair, Treasurer: 2 years sobriety, 1 year term
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