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MINUTES OF THE 1ST. QUARTERLY GROUP CONSCIENCE MEETING
HILLTOPPERS A.F.G. - JANUARY, 2009     Top of Page
January 10, 2009
Officers:
  • Group Representative(GR): SP (Meeting Facilitator)
  • Information Center Representative: ER (JK outgoing)
  • Treasurer: JP
  • Literature Chair: PB (DF outgoing)
  • Secretary: CL (II outgoing)
  • Webmaster: Bob C.
Officers Present: SP, ER, JP, PB, CL, Bob C., and PH
Count of non-officers present: 16
Calling the meeting to order at 1:20 p.m., SP read the minutes from the 3rd Quarterly Group Conscience meeting (October 11, 2008). A request for a change to the minutes was presented; a motion was presented, and approved to amend the reviewed minutes. A motion was presented and approved, accepting the meeting minutes as revised. ACTION: II is to change the text in the October 2008 minutes from "AA World Service" to "Al-Anon World Service Organization."
 
REPORTS:
  • Financial Report:
  • JP presented the financial report. The report was accepted and approved.
  • Literature Report:
  • DF presented the literature report. PH reported a shortage of newcomers' packets. The report was accepted and approved. ACTION: DF will order additional newcomers packets.
  • Information Center Update:
  • JK was unable to be present. The report, which was provided later, will be presented at the next Group Conscience Meeting. ACTION: ER will read this report, in addition to her own update, at the next Group Conscience Meeting.
  • Newcomer's Meeting Report:
  • PH presented her report. She suggested that members announce the existence of the Monday newcomers meetings at other meetings outside of Hilltoppers, in order to recruit newcomers. The report was accepted and approved. It was suggested that a description of the qualifications for chair persons and other general information regarding the newcomers meetings be made available on the website. PH will continue serving as the Newcomers Meeting Coordinator. ACTION: Bob C. will verify that the qualifications for chairpersons and other information for the newcomers meeting are readily available on the website.
  • Website Update:
  • Bob C. presented the report of the current state of the website, the online meeting, and the posting of articles from the Forum. He brought up a complaint received on the website of people quoting from sources other than Al-Anon. It was suggested that there is a need to increase member awareness of the existence of the website. The report was accepted and approved. Bob C. will continue serving as the Webmaster. ACTION: Bob C. will make an announcement at the Saturday meeting in order to call attention to the website and its uses. ACTION: Bob C. to create fliers/banners to be included in the Newcomers' Information package about the Al-Anon on-line meetings.
 
ACTION ITEM:
Election of new officers: - SP announced the election for the remaining three positions for 2009, indicating those trusted servants who were willing to stand for the positions. Those offering to serve in these one-year positions beginning January 1, 2009, were officially nominated and elected unanimously as follows: CL as Secretary, PB as Literature Chair, and ER as Information Center Representative and Alternate Group Representative.
 
DISCUSSION ITEMS:
Update on the Lockhart prison Al-Anon meeting: - JR reported that the Lockhart prison Al-Anon meeting membership has grown exponentially. She noted that the women there understand that Hilltoppers AFG helps support the meetings through our donations toward literature together with donations from other groups around Texas. JR indicated that two members who have been released from Lockhart are now showing up at outside Al-Anon meetings. KF read a passage from an inmate revealing how the program has positively affected them, as a testimonial for how Hilltoppers AFG and Al-Anon in general are making a difference to these women.
Frequency of chairing a meeting: - BM mentioned an issue of concern regarding the frequency of people chairing at meetings, specifically at the Saturday meetings. One person seemed to be chairing the 10:30 a.m. meeting quite often. She noted a few years ago the Group Conscience took action to request that no one may chair over two times a year. Ensuing discussion focused on several ideas to deal with this concern. One suggestion was to raise awareness of the existence and purpose of the calendar for signing up to chair. Another idea was to place the calendar on the bulletin board. However, others present commented that they did not even know about the calendar as a way of signing up to chair, while some expressed lack of clarity about the bulletin board as a place for Al-Anon announcements. Someone else suggested that this limitation to two times a year be applied only to the Saturday meetings. It is also suggested that we make an announcement of the existence of this rule for the duration of a month. A motion that Susan speak directly to the individual who is chairing too often was made and approved. Someone noted that a reminder in the form of an announcement about the Group Conscience limitation on chairing be made at the Saturday meetings. SP appointed a committee to make suggestions regarding the use of the calendar. Those on the committee are: SC, JP, KK, and SH. ACTION: BM will prepare an announcement to be read at the Saturday meetings citing the Group Conscience request that people chair only twice a year at the Saturday meetings. SP will speak more directly with the person who may be unaware of the previous Group Conscience action. he will place an item on the next Group Conscience Meeting agenda for a report by the Calendar Committee.
Carpet cleaning: - SP expressed concern regarding the filth of the carpet, including a large stain near the center of the room. She also noted that the AA Group had let us know that they had assumed responsibility for cleaning the carpet when they had the primary load of meetings in the room and now thought that the Al-Anon Group should assume this responsibility. Although someone asked about the Church's responsibility as part of our rent payment, SP suggested that, instead of continuing to prod the church, our group would best be served by renting a carpet cleaning machine and cleaning the carpet ourselves. A motion to rent a carpet cleaner to clean the carpet in the Hilltoppers room was made and approved. In response to SP's request for volunteers, JW, JP, and Bob C. offered to handle this assignment. ACTION: JW, JP, and Bob C. will follow through in cleaning the carpet.
Manner of enforcing the time limit on sharing: - JW presented a written proposal for sharing parameter reminder or a better way of reminding people who exceed the sharing time limit of five minutes, especially in large meetings. The amount of time per share has been considered excessive at certain times. The question is how best to approach a solution. Perhaps a person could be designated to ring a bell or Zen chime at four, four and a half, or five minutes. Tradition 1 was brought up as a useful tool in this decision. Someone also questioned whether it was the chair's sole responsibility to enforce Tradition One and limit sharing time. At this point, SP suggested that we all defer to our Higher Power and reconvene discussion on the topic at the next Group Conscience Meeting. ACTION: SP will place this item on the agenda for discussion at the next Group Conscience Meeting.
 
NEXT MEETING: The next quarterly meeting of the Group Conscience is to be held on Saturday, April 10, at 1:15 p.m.
The meeting was adjourned at approximately 3:00 p.m. with the Al-Anon Declaration.
 
Respectfully submitted,
CL, Secretary
 
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MINUTES OF THE 2ND. QUARTERLY GROUP CONSCIENCE MEETING
HILLTOPPERS A.F.G. - APRIL, 2009     Top of Page
April 4, 2009
Officers:
  • Group Representative(GR): SP (Meeting Facilitator)
  • Information Center Representative: ER
  • Treasurer: JP
  • Literature Chair: PB
  • Secretary: CL
  • Webmaster: Bob C.
  • Newcomers' Mtg. Coordinator: Pam H.
Officers Present: SP, Bob C., CL, ER, JP, and PH
Count of non-officers present: 5
Calling the meeting to order at 1:17 p.m., SP asked that those present review the minutes from the 1st Quarterly Group Conscience Meeting (January 10, 2009). The minutes were accepted and approved.
 
REPORTS:
  • Financial Report:
  • JP presented the financial report (attached). The report was accepted and approved. Susan reported that she collected $74 in additional money, outside of that reported, to send directly to the World Service Organization. ACTION: Joanne will update the number of One Day at a Time books given away to 36 books.
  • Literature Report:
  • PB was absent at this meeting. However, she did participate in the book take-down in preparation for the painting of the room. The report was not presented at this meeting. ACTION: PB. is to present the report at the next meeting.
  • Information Center Update:
  • ER presented her report. A new finance committee for the Information Center was appointed. Kitty at the center mentioned an average of five calls per day. JR said that they needed more sponsors for the Lockhart prison. SP stated that the report from the October 2008 meeting is included in the binder and can be reviewed as desired.
  • Newcomer's Meeting Report:
  • PH presented her report. She mentioned that the newcomer meetings are well attended and that there is an opening for chairperson on April 20th should anyone be interested.
  • Website Update:
  • Bob C. discussed his announcement at other meetings. The complaint of quotes from sources other than Al-Anon approved literature (as mentioned in the January minutes) has not been substantiated, and nothing out of the ordinary has been noticed. At this point, it is a non-issue. Bob mentioned that he is now requiring that people be registered before posting or reading the online meetings. There is also a woman in an isolated part of West Texas who is looking for an online sponsor. It was suggested that the woman be redirected to the long distance Al-Anon groups.
 
ACTION ITEMS:
Formation of a committee to research alternative host sites for Hilltoppers A.F.G.: - There is concern that the church is not very supportive of the Hilltoppers Al-Anon meetings, considering that they so easily cancelled the Saturday meeting with very minimal notice. Susan would like for volunteers to research other sites, including a potential private facility, dedicated to our recovery group. It was suggested that in order to produce a committee, the appeal might be announced at the general meeting for people with specialized interests or capabilities. Janet mentioned that this might suggest to people that this meeting is moving and that it may deter people from continuing to come to the meeting. Celia A. suggested that a group actually go and speak to the new priest directly instead of assuming that the church does not support our meetings based on second-hand information. Bob mentioned that he had suggested looking for an alternative dedicated site previously and that we have been through several similar episodes with the church in the past. We could, for instance, request some advance notice of a certain period of time (perhaps six months) if they should decide they would like the room for the church's own purposes. When we were given only a two-month notice previously, there was a group of people in the church who did not want us here. It was mentioned that at some point in the past a church liaison (a member of Al-Anon who was also a church member) helped provide a communication link with the church. A motion was made to gather a group to speak to the head priest, Father Bill. The motion was passed, and Celia, Bob, and Joanne have volunteered to serve on this group. Janet suggested that, if this meeting leaves a feeling of doubt in our group about being able to remain here, then we can hold a special Group Conscious Meeting to consider exploring alternative sites. Bob suggested that we look at this group as networking rather than a committee.

ACTION: The aforementioned group will meet with the head priest.
 
Lockhart Prison Update and Request for Continued Literature Support: - JR would like to campaign for the continuation of books to be donated to the Lockhart prison meeting. JR reviewed the history of the meeting starting from five attendees to 2,600 attendees. This year for the first quarter the meetings have ranged from 50-60 people. Books are earned based on attendance. This year there have been 74 newcomers and many continuing to come. The yearly need is estimated at $3,200 in literature. The rental of the P.O. box is roughly $60 per year, taken from the treasury. The immediate need is $2,457 in order to fulfill the literature requirement of the group through the end of the year. There has been an increase in trained volunteers. SP mentioned some incredible stories of people who have discussed how far they have come, and the meeting has changed lives incredibly. JP reported that we have $3,400 left in our budget above the prudent reserve. It was reported that the need of the Lockhart group has increased by $500 since last year. JP made a motion to incorporate a total of $2,500 in two semiannual payments in the amount of $1,250 occurring at this quarter and at the end of July as a donation to the Lockhart group. The motion passed. SP suggested that this trend of increasing need may not be something that the group will be able to finance independently. It was suggested that the Lockhart group reach out to other groups as well. The reply was that this was the growing trend.

ACTION: JP will transfer the funds in semi-annual payments, as noted above, to the Lockhart Prison account at the Al-Anon Information Center.
 
DISCUSSION ITEMS:
Calendar Committee Report: - JP reported that there has been no negative feedback other than the size of the calendar. Others present suggested that the size was beneficial in that the calendar actually includes all of the meetings in one listing. The calendar also seems to have taken care of the issue getting others to chair meetings. The final point made was: It works; so don’t fix it.
Discussion of manner of enforcing the time limit on sharing (JW): - J W was not present at this meeting. BM noted that concern with this issue arose when a chairperson cut off a relative newcomer in a curt way. A suggestion was made that timing the sharing may be dependent upon the preferences and ideas of the chairperson. Unless the problem arises again, no further action will be taken.
NEXT MEETING: The next quarterly meeting of the Group Conscience is to be held on Saturday, July 11, at 1:15 p.m.
The meeting was adjourned at approximately 2:25 p.m. with the Al-Anon Declaration.
 
Respectfully submitted,
CL, Secretary
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MINUTES OF THE 3rd QUARTERLY GROUP CONSCIENCE MEETING
HILLTOPPERS A.F.G. – July 2009     Top of Page
July 25, 2009
Officers:
  • Group Representative(GR): SP (Meeting Facilitator)
  • Information Center Representative: ER (JK outgoing)
  • Treasurer: JP
  • Literature Chair: PB
  • Secretary: AL (temporary)
  • Newcomers’ Mtg. Coordinator: PH
  • Webmaster: Bob C.
Officers Present: SP, ER, JP, PB, AL, PH, and Bob C.
Count of non-officers present: 16
Calling the meeting to order at 1:15 p.m., Susan P. asked that those present review the minutes from the 2nd Quarterly Group Conscience Meeting (April 4, 2009). The minutes were accepted and approved.
 
REPORTS:
  • Financial Report:
  • JP presented the financial report, indicating that the group currently has a negative account balance. SP asked for questions about the report. BM asked for clarification of the holiday collection. SP said that this was related to the additional donations requested from our group by the World Service Organization. A motion to amend the April 2009 minutes, in order to clarify our contributions to the World Service Organization, was approved unanimously.
  • Literature Report:
  • PB noted the group’s growing use of Conference-Approved literature, presenting a list of which specific books were most in demand. A motion to accept the literature report was approved unanimously.
  • Information Center Update:
  • Ellen R. presented her report.
  • Newcomer's Meeting Report:
  • Pam H. presented her report. She said that it would be helpful to have more diversity among chairs at the newcomers’ meeting, noting that if one has a sponsor and has completed the Fourth Step, one is eligible to chair this meeting.
  • Website Update:
  • Bob C. noted that we are about to begin our sixth year of continuous on-line meetings, and that our Website is actively used every day. SP asked whether a proposed meeting with the head priest at St. Theresa’s Church, to improve our communication links with the church community and clarify the terms of our use of church facilities, had taken place. Bob C., who had volunteered to take part in this communication group, said that no meeting had taken place yet.
 
ACTION ITEM:
Approval for a change of bank for our checking account (JP): - JP proposed moving our bank account from Capital One to Chase because Chase offers more branch locations, making it more convenient for anyone performing treasurer duties to handle our group’s bank business. In addition, she expressed displeasure with the manner in which Capital One staff have responded to our needs (depositing one-dollar bills and coin, for example). While we would still be charged a monthly fee at Chase, JP said she believes this fee should be waived for us because we are a non-profit group. SP asked for questions and comments. BM said that when our account originally was established, the fee was waived because the person opening our account also had a personal account at the same bank. JP said she did not have a Capital One account. R said that the quality of bank service to consumers is declining in general, and that perhaps we would receive better service from a local bank. S said that he had recently changed accounts from Wells Fargo to Chase, because of ease of procedures and availability. LM asked how long JP was going to be treasurer, noting that the next treasurer may live in a different location with different bank access, and JP reiterated that she was concerned about the matter of convenience in general, for any treasurer living anywhere. After some discussion of the limited number of branches of local banks, the resulting trade-off between service and availability, and more clarification that the proposed change was intended to help both present and future treasurers and would be timed with the new treasurer’s needs in mind, a motion to move our account from Capital One to Chase was approved. The vote was 19 in favor, 3 against. ACTION: JP will change our account from Capital One to Chase.
 
DISCUSSION ITEM:
Ways to limit respectfully the chair and the members when sharing goes on too long (SP): - SP referred to a handout of optional reading about distinctions between crosstalk and loving interchange, which had been distributed before the meeting. L said she was disturbed by the styles of chairing at some beginners’ meetings, in which she perceived that the chair was using the chair’s position in order to convey accumulated knowledge about a given topic, without allowing adequate time for others at the meeting to share. She said that at one meeting, the chair had been asked to stop speaking. She recommended that we communicate to chairs that even though they may need to speak more than usual at a newcomers’ meeting, that what they say should emphasize meeting protocol, not the content of the meeting’s topic. LM said that he had attended a meeting of 35 people the previous day, and two-thirds of the people attending had had a chance to share. The chair had invited each person either to speak in turn or pass. He himself had chaired a meeting and asked everyone to observe a three-minute limit, rather than a five-minute limit, because the meeting was so large. Others noted that a three-minute limit promoted more concise, effective sharing; that when people are given five minutes to share, they will often take that whole time without voluntarily limiting themselves to less, even if they need less; and that perhaps long-time members could keep their sharing relatively short. Many noted that a chair tends to set a tone for the meeting, and that if a chair is unwilling to keep time for the purpose of limiting sharing, he or she could ask another person at the meeting to do so. People expressed different views about whether off-topic sharing should be permitted within appropriate time limits or permitted at all. Some pointed out that the matter of time limits on sharing, by the chair or other meeting attendees, only became a problem at large meetings. PH mentioned that strong feelings had emerged at a recent Tuesday meeting, which SP had attended to discuss appropriate ways to handle sharing at meetings. M indicated that she had felt an intense response to that particular discussion and had taken a break from that Tuesday meeting to explore her feelings about what had happened. PH suggested that regular attendees at that meeting might hold a ten-minute group conscience to decide how to change the way they handle sharing, and that those who regularly attended specific meetings could be permitted to solve these problems for themselves. LM noted that the meeting guidelines included information it would typically take a chair about 15 minutes to read, and that a chair should take that into account while planning the timing of his or her own sharing. SP pointed out that the group conscience meeting had gone on for one hour and fifteen minutes at that point, and the topic of chairing and sharing had taken about forty minutes. Bob C. noted that this topic had come up often before in group conscience meetings, and he suggested that longtime members solve the problem by appropriately letting people know when their sharing has exceeded boundaries in some way—in the moment, as it is happening. Others offered suggestions for making sure chairs as well as meeting attendees always know about time limits, particularly when attendees arrive late and may not have heard a chair’s initial announcement about time limits on sharing. A motion was proposed that a tent sign be made, with a note on each side: one side will face the chair and remind the chair to share only for up to five minutes, and the other side will face attendees and say that they should share only for up to three minutes. While the chair always is expected to limit sharing to five minutes or less, this limit already is stated in the meeting guide book, and the sign noting a three-minute limit for attendees is only necessary at large meetings. The motion approved, with a vote of 20 in favor, none against, and 2 abstaining.

ACTION: DH will make the tent sign; an announcement explaining the sign and what it says will be included in the meeting guide book and read at meetings for approximately one month. The announcement also will be written on the dry-erase board in the Hilltoppers Room.

S made a motion regarding further discussion of dominance issues, that this discussion be deferred to another group conscience meeting. The motion passed unamimously. ACTION: SP to set a date for a special GC meeting in the future. SP clarified that while she encouraged attendees at each meeting to take their own group conscience--for ten minutes at the end of a meeting--when necessary and appropriate, she does not in any way encourage these meeting-based groups to secede or break away from the Hilltoppers Group.
 
NEXT MEETING: The next quarterly meeting of the Group Conscience is to be held on Saturday, Saturday, November 14, at 1:15 p.m.
The meeting was adjourned at approximately 2:45 p.m. with the Al-Anon Declaration.
 
Respectfully submitted,
Allyson L., Temporary Secretary
 
 
 
MINUTES OF THE 4TH. QUARTERLY GROUP CONSCIENCE MEETING
HILLTOPPERS A.F.G. - November 14, 2009     Top of Page
November 14, 2009
Officers:
  • Group Representative (GR): SP (Meeting Facilitator)
  • Information Center Representative: ER
  • Treasurer: JP
  • Literature Chair: PB (absent)
  • Secretary: BM (Acting)
  • Webmaster: Bob C.
Officers Present: SP, ER, JP, BM, and Bob C.
Count of non-officers present: 5
SP called the meeting to order at 1:15 p.m. with the Serenity Prayer. She first asked Bob C. and JP to read Traditions Two and Seven (from Paths to Recovery), respectively, and their ending questions for the group’s consideration and focus. She then requested that those present review the minutes from the 3rd Quarterly Group Conscience Meeting (July 25, 2009). The minutes were accepted as recorded.
 
REPORTS:
  • Financial Report:
  • JP presented the quarterly financial report for activity from July 1 through September 30, 2009. Although the report was accepted as presented, Bob C. noted the unusually large discrepancy between the amount of literature purchases and sales income (even considering the number of ODATs given away). Without having clarification by PB, it would be difficult to explain this discrepancy. The group decided that this difference might be cleared up with the final quarter’s report. In response to SP’s question about a couple of changes to have been made in the Financial Reports for the 2nd Quarterly GC Meeting and the 3rd Quarterly GC Meeting, JP said that she thought she had made the necessary changes but would check to be sure.
    JP also reported that the bank (Capital One) had agreed to waive all of the bank charges so that SP and JP thought perhaps the account could be left with that bank rather than changing to Chase Bank. However, TC, who has agreed to stand for incoming Treasurer, noted that his acceptance of the nomination was contingent upon changing to Chase. GW moved that the decision to change the account to Chase Bank be honored, and BM suggested that the change be made at the end of December when the changeover in officers occurs. It was agreed that Hilltoppers would leave the account as is until the end of December when a change in the Treasurer and signatures would be made and at that time change the account over to Chase Bank, as was approved at the last meeting.
    ACTION: JP will double-check her Financial Report for January 1 – March 31, 2009, to be sure that she revised the number of One Day at a Time (ODAT) books given away from 40 to 36 books. JP will also check the Financial Report for April 1 – June 30, 2009 to see that our contributions to the World Service Office are clarified. She will also conduct a complete audit of the literature purchases and income, as well as the number of ODATs given away for the past two years.
  • Literature Report:
  • Although PB was not present, she had given a very brief report to BM to present to the group. However, the period of time covered by the report was (not clear). ACTION: BM will check with PB to obtain more detailed information on the report such as period of time covered. [PB sent additional information for a revised literature report.]
  • Information Center Update:
  • Since ER had been unable to attend the last meeting of the Center, she had no report.
  • Newcomer's Meeting Report:
  • Since PH did not attend, no report was given. It was noted that the meetings are still being well attended and newer people are beginning to chair the meetings.
  • Website Update:
  • Bob C. reported that the online meeting is going well and that he was hoping that newcomers would be encouraged to make use of the website. BM mentioned that the website is included in the “Tools of the Program” on the colored strips in the Newcomer Packet.
 
ACTION ITEM: New Officer Elections
SP commended those officers who had been faithfully serving in their roles for the past year and before and said that the group had benefited from their service as trusted servants. BM called attention to the service of SP herself over the past three years and noted that she had even stepped in ahead of time as Alternate GR while RS (then GR) was out of state during the summer of 2006 after St. Theresa’s asked Hilltoppers to find another location within a month. SP called a meeting of the officers and interested persons from the group to consider what to do and to begin trying to find another location. Bob C. helped by devising an internet survey for Hilltoppers members to indicate what their preferences for another location were. The Church eventually rescinded the earlier request and assured us that they would give us more time (at least a few months) if they had to ask us to relocate in the future. SP had more than her share of growth challenges with some other issues of unity within the group which led to a group inventory in June 2007. BM felt that the group benefited greatly from her efforts to connect our group with others in the district and area.
New Positions: Each of the following persons were nominated and unanimously elected to fill their roles in the slate of new officers beginning January 1, 2010:
  • CB - Group Representative (January 2010 – December 2012)
  • CI - Information Center Representative/Alternate Group Representative (January – December 2010)
  • TC - Treasurer (January 2010 – December 2011)
  • ES - Literature Chair (January – December 2010)
No one had stepped forward to indicate an interest in serving the group for a year as Newcomers’ Meeting Coordinator and as Secretary so these open positions will be posted in an announcement for the group. ACTION: BM will prepare an announcement of these remaining open positions for the meeting notebook and the bulletin board.
 
OLD BUSINESS:
Special GC Meeing: Follow-up on action item to call a special Group Conscience (GC) Meeting about dominance in the group meetings.
SP indicated that she had not called a special Group Conscience Meeting after polling the team of officers and speaking with the person who had complained initially about the growing presence of dominance in the group. The officers who responded said that this issue no longer seemed to be a problem, and the person who initially complained seemed to be satisfied that the issue was no longer present. No further action is needed at present.
Tent Sign: Follow-up on action to have a “tent” sign made for the table to note the limitation on sharing by the chair and group members.
During the GC Meeting of July 25, 2009, DH was asked to make a sign for the table showing a 5-minute limitation on sharing by the chairperson and a 3-minute limitation on sharing by group members. JP noted that the Group Conscience had decided to have this limit only in larger meetings because it does not make sense to have this restriction applied during small meetings. ACTION: SP will follow up in contacting Don about making the sign, and BM will redo the Chairperson Responsibilities and the Preamble in the meeting notebook to incorporate the wording “during large meetings” following the 3-minute limit.
 
NEXT MEETING: The next quarterly meeting of the Group Conscience is to be held on Saturday, January 16, at 1:15 p.m.
The meeting was adjourned at approximately 2:10 p.m. with the Al-Anon Declaration.
 
Respectfully submitted,
BM, Acting Secretary