Volume 32 Number 4

Capital Area Service Committee of Narcotics Anonymous (CASNA)

Crystal D., Area Chair opened the 374th meeting of CASNA, on 4/3/16, at 2:00PM, with the

Serenity Prayer. Nancy U. read the 12 Traditions and Will A. read the 12 Concepts. Agenda

Serenity Prayer, 12 Traditions, 12 Concepts

GSR count/Attendance/Welcome new GSR’s/New Meetings

Correction/approval of the minutes

Orders of the day

1. A member must be recognized by the chairperson to address the floor. 2. A member may speak once to an issue.

3. Subcommittee reports will be limited to 10 minutes, plus questions and approval.

4. Discussion topics must be in written form and given to the Chair.

5. For an item to be placed on the agenda, it must be in motion form with a second.

Opening Treasurers report

Groups with problems/Group reports Subcommittee reports

RCM and Alternate RCM report

Old business

New business

Discussion Topics

Closing Treasurers report

GSR count: 25 at 2:13 PM

Attendance notes: Area vice chair, Area vice secretary, H&I vice chair, Policy, Public Relations

vice chair and Unity vice treasurer positions are open.

**Next Area is May 1, 2016**

New GSR’s: Linda H.– Women On A Journey

New Meetings:

Corrections to the Minutes: Area treasurer submitted Feb Treasury report due to cancelled

area. Submitted amended March treasury report. Motion to accept minutes by Olivia N., 2nd by

Nancy U. Orders of the day: Motion by Chris W., 2nd by Nancy U.

Opening Treasurers report: *See attached. Motion by Olivia N. 2nd by Nancy U.

Groups with Problems: Exodus to Genesis – is having issues with their meeting location. They

are seeking a new location.

Group reports:

Acceptance Group – Grace UMC Carlisle, Pa Sun 6-7PM, Tues 7-8PM – Literature order was

$47.75 which dips into our prudent reserve. Meeting attendance has been varying lately. Steve

W. All Are Welcome - 56 Banks St. Penbrook, HBG. Pa. Wed. 7-8PM – Greetings to everyone. Our

home group is continuing to carry the message, and we have a couple of new home group

members. We are getting ready to pay our rent for the next 3 months (April-June), and collected

nearly $60.00 in donations for March. TFLMS. Henry Jr.

Any Lengths Group - Trinity United Methodist. 210 W. Main St. Hummelstown, Pa. 7:30-8:30PM – No report.

Back to Basics - First United Church. 135 W. Simpson St. Mechanicsburg, Pa – No Report.

Bottom Line Group – 6th & Woodbine St. HBG, Pa. Mon-Fri 12-2PM. Thanks for allowing me to

serve. Richard B. Bridge II Recovery – 300 Market St. Lemoyne, PA Tues & Thurs 4:30-5:30 – JFT on Tues.

Variety on Thursday. Donation $10. Meeting going well. Art D. Clean and Free - 2nd and State 12-2pm Sat. – Our attendance is picking up, we are donating

and we slowly getting home group members. Yours in service – Rochelle R.

Commitment to Change - 1422 Market St, HBG, Pa. Tues 7-8:30PM – No Report

Cut and Dry – Bethany AME Church 21st & Derry St. HBG, Pa. 7-8:30PM – No Report

Desire to Grow – 300 Market St, Lemoyne, PA. Tuesday 8:30-9:30PM – Step and Tradition.

Meeting is well in attendance, area donation this month. Heather B.

Exodus to Genesis - Wesley Church. 5th and Camp Hbg. PA, Sun 6-7:30PM. – No report

Fresh Start- 7-8pm Fri. Newport, PA- No Report

H.A.N.A. – 1801 N 3rd St, HBG, PA 6:30-8:30PM – In need of support and we have incorporated the

concepts to our format. James A. Honesty Group - 5th & Bridge St, New Cumberland. Thursday 7:30 - 8:30pm. – No Report

Hope Station - 149 W Penn St, Memorial Park, Carlisle- Friday 7pm-8pm – $8 literature order.

Attendance good. Chuck K. GSR H.O.W. Group - Carlisle UMC. Carlisle, PA. Mon and Thurs 8-9pm – Our literature order is $8.70.

The new alt GSR needs more time to be able to understand duties of position. Chris W. GSR

Journey Continues – Mon. & Thurs. 6:30-7:30pm @ 4200 Londonderry Rd. Hbg- Both meetings

have good attendance & participation. No problems to report. TFLUS. Marianna H. Just for Today - 15th and Derry, Hbg. PA. Sun. 10-12pm. – Our group continues to function

without issues. Attendance is good. TFAMTS. Betty W.

Life or Death - Sunday-7:00-8:15PM, 2nd & Swatara St, Steelton, PA. - No Report Living Clean - Calvary United Methodist, 7th & Market St., Lemoyne Tues 7:30-8:30PM. –

Group is going well. Attendance is still low as well as 7th tradition. Bills are paid, literature was

ordered and small donation was made to area. Group is still functioning well and bonfire event

is currently being planned. TFLUS Rachelle W. Lunch Bunch – Mon-Sat 12-1. 313 Herman Ave, Lemoyne – Meeting attendance is stable.

Area donation made. Discussion about campout has begun. Undecided if it will happen this

year. Justin R. Message of Hope - Wertzville Rd, Enola Pa Fridays 8-9pm – Attendance is good. We are beginning

to plan our annual home group camp out. We are thinking August 19-21. Flyers to come soon. No

problems to report. Olivia N. New Life Group – 14 State Rd. Mech. Sat. 8-9pm- Attendance is good. Area donation $16.64.

Service commitment met, no problems to report. Changing date of our annual spaghetti dinner.

More will be revealed next area. Ozzie

Nothing to Fear - Corner of Simpson & Market St. - Mechanicsburg, PA. Monday 730-830pm,

Fifth Tradition Thursday 7:30-8:30pm Survivors: Revisited Friday 10-11pm. - No Report O.D.O.P.(One Disease, One Program) – Fairview Brethren in Christ Church, 600 Evergreen Rd,

New Cumberland, Wed 7-8pm –Group doing well. Finished voting on CAR. This Wednesday we will vote on the CAT and turn those votes into Faith. We bought literature and made a donation to

area. Our rent is paid up and we are good with supplies. We will continue to carry the message to

all who come. Nancy U – group rep

Old School Recovery – Grace UMC “Simpson & Market, Mechanicsburg, PA. Mon, Tues, Weds,

Thurs & Friday 9:30-10:30am – No report

On Life’s’ Terms - 6th and Forster St. Hbg, PA, Monday 6:30-8:15pm. – No report

Only Hams Are Cured – Sat. 7-8:30. 6th & Forester St. – No report

Only the Desire Group - 14th & Market St., Hbg, PA. Wed 7-8:15PM. – Everything is going

good. No problems, attendance is great and opening up doors on time. Thank you for your

support. Rebels on The Hill: 6300 Chambers hill rd., HBG wed 7:30-8:30 – No Report.

Rise to Freedom- Thurs at 12pm, Friday 5-6PM Cameron St, HBG- No Report

Saturday at Swatara – 4680 Lindle Rd. Hbg, Sat 7-8 PM. – No report

Safe harbor – 55 W. King St, Shippensburg, PA. Tues, Thurs, Sun 8-9PM. -

Share and Care - Baughman U.M. Church, 3rd & Bridge St., New Cumberland, Mon-7-8:15PM –

All is well. No problems to report. Jessie F. Step and Tradition – 1524 Walnut St., Hbg, PA. Thurs. 6:30-8:15pm – We are doing well. Our

attendance is anywhere from 35-40 people. Our rent is paid & we made a donation to Area

Service. We ordered some more key tags this month. Also, had a NA member come & help our

group understand the CAR. TFLMS. Felicia M. Steps to Freedom - (6th and Forrest), Tuesday 7:00-8:30pm. – No Report

The truth will set you free – 25 S. Penn St, Shippensburg, PA Mon, Weds, Thurs & Sat 8-9PM,

Friday 12-1pm - No report Value of Life – 131 Nittany Dr, Mechanicsburg, PA. Sunday 7-8 PM. – All is well with the group.

Attendance is normal, between 20-30 people. Donated $7 to area. We Do Recover - 15th & Derry St, Hbg, PA, 8PM to 9:30PM Monday – No report

Women on a Journey- 300 Market St, Lemoyne, PA Thursday 7-8PM. – Attendance is good. Still

need support, need people to announce our meeting at other meetings. Linda H.

Women with a message - 4th and Reno in New Cumberland. Church of God Sunday(s) @ 6:00, In the Ladies Parlor on the 2nd floor. –We are in need of support. We need home group members

that would like to serve and our attendance is down. All are welcome. Thank You. Kathy W.

Subcommittee reports:

Audit: No report POLICY: The subcommittee is currently reviewing all past motions that was passed to update and make

the policy book current. We are going back as far as we are able to. We currently have minutes printed

out going back to 2009. TFLMS. Policy Committee

Marathon: No Report

HOSPITALS & INSTITUTIONS: 7 in attendance, 5 open meetings (3 men, 2 women). We

received an email from Laura Miller from Capital Pavilion. She would like to resume meetings.

Jamie will contact them to facilitate a meeting. We voted in 2 women panel leaders Jamie &

Heather. Jamie volunteered to be the panel coordinator and Heather volunteered to be the secretary. Open meetings: Capital Pavilion men & women, Conowego men’s, Perry County

Prison men’s, Dauphin County Prison women’s.

Facility reports:

ARC: -Mondays first of the month – No report

C-90: 2nd and 4th Thurs. 7-8pm- 2/11/16 – Justin spoke for me. There were 43 in

attendance. Many questions & sharing after the meeting. 2/25/16 – Did not go “sick” Mary Ann

Capital Pavilion: Men 7-8pm 2nd Tues. of month – No Report. Capital Pavilion: Women 7-8pm 2nd Tues. of month – No Report.

Common Ground: 1st and 3rd Tuesday, 7-8pm. – No report

Conewago Place: Men 1st and 3rd Tues, 5:30-6:30 – No Report.

Cumberland County Prison: Women’s’-Mon. 630-730pm- Meeting weekly, attendance

fluculates from 8-16 recently. Average participation has been difficult keeping certain people

from side conversations. Chris W. Cumberland County Prison: Men’s’-Thur. 700-800pm – No Word from Deputy Warden of Treatment Services that they will start mens’ meeting back up any time soon. Chris W.

Dauphin County Prison: Women-every Sunday 9-10am- No report

Dauphin County Prison: Men, every Thurs 6:30- No Report DCP Men's Work Release- Weds 6-7pm. – No report

DCP Women’s Work Release – Tuesday 7-8pm – The meeting has its ups and downs.

Some weeks the Cos communicate to the women that we are coming and others they do not. This changes the meeting size and attitudes if they’re made to go to both. Other than that

the women are getting more involved in sharing. We are still having a speaker each week. All is well. We’ve been there each week. Sarah B.

Perry County Prison- 2nd and 4th Weds 7-8pm – No report

Salvation Army: 2nd and 4th Sunday 7pm- Meeting is good, attendance is good. No issues.

TFLMS. Brendan R. Woodside: Sunday 6-7pm – No report

UNITY SUBCOMMITTEE: The bowling event went well. Was well attended and a lot of fun. We

tried out a new facility for the dance. In spite of a sit down and very clear communication we had

issues with people not paying because of the facility we used. We decided to move back to 15th &

Derry. Unity Day is fully planned out and we are ready to roll. Come out on Sat. April 9th. TFLUS.

Rachelle W. UNITY TREASURERS’ REPORT: See Attached.

PUBLIC RELATIONS: This subcommittee is extremely busy & we could definitely use help!! 1st off

there are 2 events we are attending in April. The already arranged Health & Wellness Fair at CD High

School on the 26th which is a large commitment. Then I was contacted this week by Steve B from the

JFT center to have a table for NA as a resource after a Town Hall meeting on the Heroin Epidemic

Thursday April 24th. Please fold these 500 meeting lists for us. We ordered $100 of literature, 6 IPs

appropriate for the general public as recommended by World Guide to Public Relations. A new meeting is

going to start in Linglestown & 2 NA members already spoke to the church. Exodus to Genesis will be

moving & will need PR for that facility. I found that NA is listed in the yellow book with an address on

North St Harrisburg which is a barber shop so this needs updated. Stericycle billing situation, countless

hours were spent consolidating our account information then being bounced between representatives at

company. Finally landed with a client relations specialist to whom I emailed a background and 6 points

of consideration. What I have heard back on is the remaining late fees have been removed, $60 and

probably $53.93 for 7 months of patch time that weren’t redirected. They sent generic letters about

“use fees”: the compliance regulatory of $15.93 a month was undated, the technology of $11.95 a

month was dated effective Sept 1, 2015; both unsigned. We had never received notification of either, or

that there was base rate & IVR increase. They are still looking into May additional charges of $226.09

which I don’t believe are actually ours. Finally, requested to become tax-exempt again as we were with

Phone Power before they purchased them. We do have non-profit EIN for banking purposes but the Area

is not incorporated and we cannot utilize either the Regions or Worlds numbers. WSO did provide me a

letter & forwarded it. It explains the Fellowships status & that service committees have been extended

the privileges. Kathy W had researched several other answering services this past month & reported

back on her findings.

LITERATURE: We sold $770.25 of literature today. Back orders are down considering last month

orders were from the past 2 months. Betty Jo H.

RCM: There was a rewording of 1215P2: That all regional officers and subcommittees report at every region – should have included the word financial. New wording 1215P2 that all regional

officers and subcommittees report their financials at every region. This motion will be voted on in

June 2016. Motion 1215P4 passed which rescinds 0615P1which required the RD to vote NO on

any changes to motions. Please consider that the RCM will be done soon and the Alt RCM position

will be open, take this to home groups. Faith and I submitted a housekeeping motion per policy

to be reimbursed for millage to the Region Meeting in March. The next Region flyer is attached for

Lock Haven in June. Tally sheets will be collected until mid-April to be scanned in to the RD by

email. Faith is still going to groups for explanations. Group insurance and special events

insurance forms are on the table. There is an ADHOC committee to go over policy for MARLCNA

because positions have been deleted years ago so policy needs adjusted. We can use any help.

Our first meeting is April 10 at noon at the Lancaster Host. See Nancy U if interested. Faith W.

RCM, Nancy U. ARCM

OLD BUSINESS: -Open Positions: Area vice chair, Area vice secretary, H&I vice chair, Public Relations vice chair

and Unity vice treasurer positions are open.

-Motion 1-16-01 to add to the duties of the treasurer reconciling the Area checkbook to the bank

statement every month to Area Policy. Intent To minimize bookkeeping errors and omissions

ensuing that the Area bank balance is always true and correct. Written by David P. 2nd by Brendan

R. Discussion February 2016 Vote March 2016 ***Motion passed 13-1-4***

-Motion 3-16-01 To make a trusted servants list of GSRs to be contacted in case of emergency. Intent better communication. Written by Don L. 2nd by Art D. Discussion April 2016 Vote May 2016 (Motion tabled)

NEW BUSINESS: House Keeping Motion

1.To table motion 3-16-01. Written by Chris W. GSR, 2nd by Gerald W. ***Motion passed

3-16-1***

DISCUSSION TOPICS: none

Notes: -Groups please see RCM report for regional motion to vote on in June

FINAL TREASURERS REPORT: **See attached** **Motion to adjourn meeting at 3:30, Moved by Olivia N. & 2nd by Ramona.**

Next area is 5/1/16 Subcommittees meet at 12:30pm, (H&I starts at 12:45pm), and Area

Service starts at 2pm.

Stef R. - Area Secretary

Open - Area Vice Secretary

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c *****POSITIONS*****

Area Chair P P P

Area Vice Chair 0 O O

Secretary P P A

Vice Secretary 0 O O

Treasurer P P O

Vice Treasurer 0 P O

Unity Chair P P O

Unity Vice Chair P O O

Unity Treasurer P P P

Unity Vice Treasurer 0 O O

RCM P P P

Alt RCM P P P

H&I Chair P P P

H&I Vice Chair 0 O O

Public Relations Chair P P P

Public Relations Vice Chair O O O

Literature Chair P P P

Literature Vice Chair 0 A P

Policy Chair P A P

Policy Vice Chair 0 O P

Marathon Chair A P P

Marathon Vice Chair A A O

*****GROUPS*****

Acceptance Group P P

All Are Welcome P P P

Any Lengths

Back to Basics

Bottom Line Group P P P

Bridge II Recovery P P P

Clean and Free P P P

Commitment to Change P

Cut & Dry

Desire to Grow P P P

Exodus to Genesis P P P

Fresh Start P

H.A.N.A. P

Honesty Group P P P

Hope Station Meeting P P P

H.O.W. Group P P P

Journey Continues P P P

Just for Today P P P

Life or Death P P

Living Clean P P P

Lunch Bunch P P P

Message of Hope P P P

New Life Group P P P

Nothing to Fear P

ODOP (One disease one prog) P P P

Old School Recovery P P

Only Hams’ Are Cured

On Life’s Terms P P

Only the Desire P P

Rebels on the Hill

Rise to Freedom P P

Safe Harbor

Saturday at Swatara

Share & Care P P P

Step and Tradition P P P

Steps to Freedom

The truth will set you free

Value of Life P P P

We Do Recover P

Women on a Journey P P

Women with a Message P P P

Updated March 2016