November 2024 Business Meeting Minutes

TAC Business Meeting Minutes

11/16/2024

Attendees: Travis, Jared, Michelle B, Carissa, Lori, Kimmie, Hannah, Michelle, Kathy, Hannah P, Haley, Dustin, Dennis, Vivian, David, Jason, Rob, Erik, Tom, David P

Opened the meeting with a moment of meditative silence followed by the Serenity prayer.

Traditions read by: Kimmie

Minutes from the last meeting – not read

Motion to accept minutes as presented Kathy

Motion Seconded – Kimmie

Motion carries

Treasurer’s Report

Checking account balance $11,056.87, final October.

  • From September meeting: was the counter check payable to H&I from Eagle Men’s Solution returned to them?
  • Automatic monthly payment for Nextiva (BTG app) set up
  • Feedback from Travis and Carissa on D&O insurance – not needed
  • Garren T (past Delegate) will send quote for liability insurance early next week

Haley motion to accept

Kimmie 2nd

Motion carries

Old Business

  1. Guideline amendments: Explanations provided. Haley makes a motion to accept guideline amendments with changes. Hannah 2nd. Motion carries.
    1. Web servant as an elected position.
    2. Treatment coordinator co-chair. What are sobriety requirements?3 YEARS Expand facility specific verbiage.
  2. We are short books… What can we do about this in the future? Central office has a list of approved names. People added to list for taking books from central office: Chairs and co-chairs of the committee. We have changed how we receive books. SEE LITERATURE REPORT.
  3.  Update from Michelle about books Robert let Sonny take? Books were for a correctional facility. Got it figured out.
  4. Stamp update? Got a new stamp and it’s working very well. Stamp has: AA hotline #, TAC, intergroup and BTG contact info.
  5. Big round table. It’s at TVICO- we don’t need it.
  6. Plain Language Big Book. It’s in, we have 50. Hannah would like 12 for treatment facilities. Discussion ensued about PLBB going to treatment and corrections. 38 are going to corrections facilities.
  7. Status check on reaching out to district reps/ DCMs about attending the TAC business meeting. 
  8. Stickers, BTG etc. David is willing to donate a sticker maker and some materials. Ongoing…

New Business

  1. No meeting in December/ Adjourn until January. Kimmie made motion, Hannah 2nd motion carries. Subcommittee will meet Jan 4th.
  2. Adding forms for BTG and Treatment on the website and adding 2-year sobriety requirement at the top of the corrections form. TREATMENT IS THERE UNDER VOLUNTEER. 
  3. Joslynn M is the new women’s Ada County jail coordinator. 612-704-2683 joslynn.billington@gmail.com
  4. ADA COUNTY JAIL TRAINING IS NOV 21ST,
  5.  REALLY IN NEED OF MALE VOLUNTEERS.
  6. Adding Venmo or electronic payment option for donations… discussion ensued
  1. Motion to pay $159.90 for zoom for 1 year and reimburse Jared $15.99.

Dustin 2nd

Motion carries

Committee Reports: See attached

Corrections

Treatment- discussion about books in for profit facilities.

CPC/PI

Bridging the Gap

Literature

Accessibilities-

Webmaster-

Intergroup- SERIOUS NEED FOR PARTICIPATION

Motion to adjourn: Haley

Second: Kimmie

Meeting adjourned at: 11:40

NEXT MEETING (01/18/2025) at 10 a.m. It will be a hybrid meeting with in person attendance at the Alano Club (3820 Cassia Street, Boise) and Zoom attendance options.

Zoom Meeting ID 836 449 5858

863 4495 5858

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