THE GRAPE-SCCIN · rural Minnesota to come to talk with us about AA. I didn’t realize it at the time, but that woman had a huge impact on me and, six months after my AA journey

The Grape-SCCIN Santa Cruz County Intergroup Newsletter AUGUST 2017

And for that: I am responsible. • 1

THE GRAPE-SCCIN

An AA Miracle“One of our group members has died,” someone announced before the meeting recently.

“Oh, no!” people gasped. “She was so young!”

It was a shock and huge loss; Joan S. had just celebrated 35 years of sobriety and was very well-liked. During the course of the meeting, her obituary was passed around the group. People read it solemnly, some sharing during the meeting how much she had meant. Yes, there was her first name in the obituary, spelled right. And the photo looked just like her—big smile and all. The hairdo was a little different, but there she was. The obituary mentioned that she had been married 60 years. Wait, what? How could that be? She was only 65 years old! A murmur of doubt ran through the meeting. So, one of the group members slipped into the restroom with her phone and in a minute reappeared, announcing, “She’s alive. Joan’s alive and on the phone!”

Cheers erupted! It turns out, by quirky fate, that someone else of the same first name and very identical looks had passed away, not our friend! The unknown 80-year old woman had run a very old picture.

A week or two later our erstwhile—still alive—AA friend came to the meeting and announced, “I’m resurrected!” More cheers ensued!

Our AA Big Book states, “the age of miracles is still with us.” Apparently that is true.

—Submitted by A. Nonie Mouse

View from both sides of H&IMy memories of H&I go back to my first days in a treatment center. I was amazed that a group of people, including a professional woman in a suit, had driven 60 miles to rural Minnesota to come to talk with us about AA. I didn’t realize it at the time, but that woman had a huge impact on me and, six months after my AA journey began, I somehow ended up being in charge of Bridging the Gap* in Minneapolis.

One person can make a difference in another’s life when it comes

to jails and institutions.

Two years after finding AA, I was asked to join a group of women going to a jail-affiliated meeting in Pennsylvania. When I asked why I should go—self-centeredness, still a centerpiece of my life—one of them responded, “The only difference between them and us is that they got caught.” I couldn’t argue that point. I should have been in jail many times. H&I has been important to me and my recovery ever since.

Q What's the best thing about H&I service?

A The enormous sense of gratitude for my recovery coupled with a hope that perhaps someone might hear something that can change their life. The stories I hear reinforce my faith in and my love for AA.

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Transformations behind prison barsH&I has proven to be invaluable to me. I love it. Honestly I could write a book about all the amazing things I’ve witnessed inside Soledad prison. I think though one of the most profound things I witnessed was watching one gentleman let go of his gang name and introduce himself by his given name. It was so touching. He talked about why he did it. It was all because of the 12 steps of Alcoholics Anonymous. He wanted to claim his true self.

He wanted to claim his true self.

I have watched a lot of transformation take place in there, and they in turn have seen it in me. It’s like we’re brothers and sisters.

Another truly amazing thing: a few of us volunteers got to participate in the first California Department of Corrections AA Conference. It was three days of outside speakers, panels and a fourth step workshop. Roughly 200 incarcerated gentlemen participated. It opened the doors to more meetings and workshops in both English and Spanish. They just had another conference in January.

The gentlemen have asked me to me to tell everyone in meetings on the outside how much they appreciate people’s donations to H&I. One person with tears in his eyes said that the Grapevine was the only thing that kept him sane during a lockdown period while his celly was making pruno (prison wine).

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2 • I am responsible. When anyone, anywhere, reaches out for help, I want the hand of AA always to be there.

In the GrapeSCCINTransformations Behind Bars ...............1View From Both Sides of H&I ...............1 An AA Miracle ......................................1From the Intergroup Chair ...................2Telephone Diverter Shifts .....................2 Central Office News ..............................2 Happy Birthday! ...................................3 H&I Page 1 story jumps ........................4H&I Group No. 1 ...................................4Bridging the Gap Conf. in Monterey .....4 Hospitals & Institutions Openings ........5 Local Stories from Grapevine Archives ..6July Intergroup Council Minutes ..........7June Treasurer’s Report ........................8Group Donations June ..........................9 Out-Of-Town Calendar ........................ 10Local Calendar .................................... 11 General Service News ........................ 11Fellowships .........................................12

Inspire SCCo: Send Us Stories, ArtworkWe’d love to hear about your recovery, why your home group is the best meeting in town, sponsorship, freedom, the traditions, concepts, steps, trudging the Happy Road of Destiny—in poetry, prose, photos, other artwork. Submit to [email protected]

Subscribe for FreeFor a digital version: email to [email protected]. For printed version: call Central Office or email your address to [email protected] version is posted at: aasantacruz.org.

From the Intergroup Chair

Central Office News Grapevine Book Prices ReducedAll Grapevine book prices have been reduced to $12, including the new Making Amends: Finding a New Freedom.

Open Shifts (as of July 5): Tuesday 9 AM–1 PM & Friday 9 AM–1 PMThe Central Office in Soquel needs volunteers to keep the doors open during business hours. Please consider a weekly or monthly shift or to serve as a back-up. Responsibilities: be the AA 12-stepper behind the desk, answer phones, sell literature, help out the office manager. One year sobriety preferred. For more information: Central Office at (831) 475-5782, or visit 5732 Soquel Dr., Soquel.

PHONE DIVERTER O P E N S H I F T SWe could use a few more volunteers willing to take on a telephone shift. As of July 19, the open shifts are:5TH SUNDAY, 11 PM–7AM • 3RD MONDAY, 11 PM–7AM • 5TH MONDAY, 11 PM–7AM • 5TH FRIDAY, 11 PM–7AM

People’s schedules change all the time so we also appreciate having substitutes we can call in a pinch and bilingual people who can take a call in their home and help out people in Spanish. For information, call Central Office at (831) 475-5782.

Saved By H&IIn 2006 I was introduced to Alcoholics Anonymous through a Hospitals and Institutions meeting. While I spent 40 days in a treatment center in Southern California, I can honestly say that the H&I meetings were my saving grace. They were the light at the end of a very dark tunnel.

In the 11 years I have been sober I’ve been able to do service in treatment centers, group homes, maternity homes, homeless shelters, behavior health units and jails. Some commitments are easier then others, but it’s always an honor and a privilege.

In my early years of sobriety I kept a regular service commitment at a local recovery center giving rides to patients to outside meetings. Every week, on Tuesday and Thursday, I would pick up several clients and take them to a “real” meeting. The rides to and from the meetings were no more then 10 minutes long, but in that short time

we were able to connect through the common bond of alcoholism. One of my closest friends in my life today is a woman I drove to her first women’s meeting.

Being of service in H&I didn’t always go smoothly, one time I had to go back without two of the treatment centers clients! I have chaired meetings, where there were only two other people in the meeting and they both fell asleep! Regardless of the circumstance or the outcome, I was able to give back what was so freely given to me.

I don’t serve as much as I used to in the area of Hospitals and Institutions. AA gave me a life beyond my wildest dreams. But, had it not been for the men and women who brought meetings to that treatment center, there’s a good chance I wouldn’t be here today. And, for that, I will always be grateful.

— Kellie F. Intergroup Chair

Twenty-four hours feeling a little long? New 10-minute chips are now available to Central Office visitors.



JULY

Birthday Speaker Meeting Info

HAPPY BIRTHDAY TO O UR AUGUST SOBRIETY BIRTHDAY PEOPLE!

August SobrietyJackie M. ...............................Aug 5, 1977Sam B. ..................................Aug 15, 1978Rick J. ..................................Aug 20, 1979Damien .................................Aug 19, 1983Nina M. .................................Aug 27, 1983Leslie F. ..................................Aug 8, 1987Yolanda H. ............................Aug 21, 1987Shirley S. ................................Aug 1, 1988John B. ................................Aug. 30, 1990Deb A. ...................................Aug 16, 1991Garryowen G. .......................Aug 21, 1998Mark B. .................................Aug 23, 1999Katie L. .................................Aug 15, 1999Marty L. ................................Aug 15, 1999Will M. ..................................Aug 14, 2000Tom H. ...................................Aug. 7, 2002Margo L. ...............................Aug 10, 2002Seth ........................................Aug. 8, 2005Dale H. ....................................Aug 6, 2007David C. ................................Aug 21, 2009Teresa W. .............................Aug 24, 2010Lester D. .................................Aug 2, 2011Norm H. .................................. Aug 1, 2013Margo L. ..............................Aug. 10, 2002Kellyn B. .................................Aug 2, 2014Heather ...............................Aug. 18, 2014Jami J. ................................. Aug 27, 2014Maura M. ..............................Aug 24, 2015

In MemoriumJulie L. (59+ years) ............. Aug. 11, 1947Diane B. (20+ years) ........... Aug. 25, 1983

To have your AA birthday listed here, please email your

name and sobriety date to: [email protected]

Next Birthday Speaker Meeting

Saturday, September 2, 7 PM

Host: NO FRILLS SOBRIETYAn As Bill Sees It/ Speaker Meeting

Group Meeting Place: 1080 Emeline St., Bldg K, Santa Cruz

Every Sunday at 9 AM

Birthday Speaker Meeting Financials INCOME ........................................$811.35GEN. EXPENSES....................... ($124.35)FACILITY COSTS ...................... ($370.00)TOTAL ..............................................$317.00

2017 Year To DateINCOME .....................................$7,311.60GEN. EXPENSES.................... ($1,560.28)FACILITY COSTS ...................($3,380.00)

YTD TOTAL .................................. $2,371.32



H&I and Bridging the Gap

What H&I DoesTwo or more members bring an AA meeting into hospitals, recovery centers, rehabs, community facilities, jails and prisons in Northern California.

As of 2013, Northern California H&I provides almost 42,000 meetings a year, serving 22 major state and federal institutions and hundreds of local jails, hospitals, rehabilitation/recovery centers and other community facilities.

From http://www.handinorcal.org

The Pink CanBecause confined inmates and residents are often unable to purchase literature due to their circumstances, a selection of AA literature is brought into the meeting and provided free to the members who attend. This is where approximately 90% of the money contributed to the H&I Pink Cans goes.

H&I Needs YouH&I needs men and women to carry the message to those who are confined. Meeting secretaries and coordinators are needed at many types of institutions (see next page for current listings. Usually it’s a once a month commitment. Contact Central Office at (831) 475-5782 or visit www.handisc.org.

Q What is something you've learned by being in H&I?A I have a responsibility to be the best version of the Big Book I can be wherever I am.

Q How has H&I service changed you? A I think it helps to keep me right-sized. One person can make a difference in another's life when it comes to jails and institutions.

Q Do you have a favorite H&I story?A I just love to see women I've talked to in jail at an AA meeting outside of jail. It warms my heart and fills it with such great hope for them.

—Deb A. H&I Service History: Chaired meetings, brought meetings into Santa Cruz Main Jail (Water Street), served as SC County H&I treasurer

and liaison to SC Co. Intergroup Council

* Bridging the Gap is a group in AA that helps people get to their first AA meeting after coming out of treatment centers or institutions.

From both sides Continued from page 1

And, of course, this kind of service not only helps me stay sober and keeps me grateful, but it’s one of those times when I know I’m doing God’s will.

Lastly I have to say how grateful I am for the other volunteers. The car rides to and from Soledad are mostly filled with laughter and deep gratitude. We have shared some tears too.

—Sharon D. H&I Service History: Served in Santa Cruz Co. Juvenile Hall, Santa

Cruz Main Jail (Water Street) and Salinas Valley State Prison in Soledad

TransformationsContinued from page 1

H&I Group No. 1... In 1942, Clinton Truman Duffy, the warden of San Quentin State Prison between 1940 and 1952, noticed that 80 percent of released prisoners ended up back in prison, and that alcohol was usually a contributing factor. Aware of a group called Alcoholics Anonymous that offered recovery from this terrible disease, he invited them into San Quentin to hold meetings with the inmates. Thus, the San Quentin Group #1 became the first group in the Hospital and Institution Committee of Northern California.

12th Annual Bridging The Gap Forum An opportunity to talk about how to carry the AA message

from treatment or corrections to the fellowship and a home group back home

Saturday, Oct. 21, 8:30 a.m. – 4 p.m.Bethlehem Lutheran Church, 800 Cass St., Monterey

Presentations, discussion of Bridging the Gap; panels consisting of treatment professionals, Hospitals & Institutions committee members,

PI/CPC committee members & other trusted servants.

Presented by Bridging the Gap, a sub-committee of General Service California Northern Coastal Area Area 06

& Monterey District 1

FREE EVENT • Lunch Provided

INFO: [email protected] or [email protected]



Ben Lomond Fire CampNeeds: Coordinator & Secretaries When: Wednesdays @ 7PM Requirements: Male or female, 2 years sobriety, clearance. Coordinator: Mark B.

Casa PacificNeeds: Coordinator & Secretaries When: All Thursdays @ 6:30PM Requirements: Male or Female, 6 months sobrietyCoordinator: Mark B.

El Dorado CenterNeeds: Coordinator & Secretaries When: 2nd Sunday @ 6PM Requirements: Male or female, 6 months sobriety Coordinator: Ben H.

Janus PerinatalNeeds: SecretariesWhen: 4th & 5th Sundays @ 6PMRequirements: Female, 6 months sobriety Coordinator: Rochelle B.

Juvenile Hall Needs: Secretary When: Monday @ 6:30PM Requirements: Male or Female, 1 year sobriety, 5 years since felony, no probationCoordinator: Mike W.

Paget CenterNeeds: CoordinatorRequirements: Male or Female, 3 years sobrietyCoordinator: Mark B.

Roundtree Men’s Facility Needs: Secretaries When: Saturday or Sunday @ 5:30PM Requirements: Male, 1 year sobriety, 5 years since last felony & 2 years since last misdemeanor Coordinator: Mark B.

Si Se Puede Needs: Secretaries When: 3d & 4th Sun @ 7PM, Thur @ 7PM Requirements: Male or female, 6 months sobriety Coordinator: Marianne N.

The CampNeeds: Secretary for Adolescent Unit When: 3rd, 4th & 5th Sundays and 2nd Friday @ 6PM Requirements: Male or Female, 6 months sober Coordinator: Sabrina L.

Tyler House Needs: Secretary When: 4th Sunday @ 7PM Requirements: Male or Female, 6 months sober. Coordinator: Marianne N.

Water Street Women’s Jail Needs: Coordinator & Secretaries When: 2nd, 4th, 5th Sunday @ 3PM Requirements: Female, 1 year sober, 5 years since last felony, 3 years since last misdemeanor, 2 years since parole or probation Coordinator: Mark B.

Water Street Men’s Jail Needs: Secretaries When: 1st, 2nd, 4th & 5th Sunday @ 10AM Requirements: Male, 1 year sober, 5 years since last felony, 3 years since last misdemeanor, 2 years since parole or probation Coordinator: Richard B.

Hospitals & Institutions Service Opportunities The H&I Committee, the group that puts your pink can donations to use, invites you to share your experience, strength and hope with people who are confined in a hospital, institution or recovery residence. Some of the service opportunities below require just an hour-long commitment once a month. Others involve clearance by the local jail. Each of them will help keep you sober. The list below was last updated in July 2017.

Send Individual and Group Pink Can donations to: Santa Cruz H&I, Area #73, PO Box 5131, Santa Cruz, CA 95063-5131 Please put your group or meeting name on the check.

H&I Monthly Business Meeting: 7 p.m., 4th Wednesday of each month. Central Office, 5732 Soquel Drive, Soquel, CA 95073All AA members are welcome to attend.

More Info: Contact Coordinators and H&I Chair Mark B. by calling Central Office at (831) 475-5782; www.handisc.org

A Note About Serving in Jail FacilitiesOrientation and clearance is required for service at both men’s and women’s county jail facilities. Orientation is held on the last Wednesday of the month at 6 p.m. at Water Street Jail, 259 Water Street, Santa Cruz. Please call Central Office to contact the coordinator of the facility to schedule an orientation. You cannot show up without a reservation from the facility coordinator.

H&I COMMITTEE

AREA 73



Local Articles from the Archives From the March 1993 Grapevine Magazine

The Same Safe FeelingI don’t remember my first few days in the hospital. I know that I was very sick. When I finally said I wanted a shower, one nurse was delighted--she decided that I was going to make it. I wasn’t so sure, but I knew a shower was a good idea.

While I was in the alcohol and drug recovery unit, I attended AA meetings in the main hospital, went to hospital and institutions (H&I) meetings in the “unit,” and I was driven by alumni of the “unit” to local AA meetings in the community. Initially I had gone to the hospital looking for the “cure,” and the hospital was sending me to meetings! All I wanted to do was to sleep, feel sorry for myself, and cry.

One day a hospital volunteer came to my room--a woman who had been sober in AA for fifteen or sixteen years. She told me straight out that the hospital could teach me about brain damage and could nurse me back to physical health, but she told me the hospital could not and would not keep me sober when I walked out of the door at the end of my twenty-eight days.

At first I wondered, what’s the use? If they won’t “fix” me, I won’t stay sober. I had come to the hospital because I could

not get sober on my own.I continued to attend the lectures, yoga

classes, group sessions, and so forth, but I was only going through the motions. Yet I thought about that woman’s words a lot during the next couple of days.

At one of the H&I meetings in the “unit,” the speaker said, “You don’t have to be alone anymore.” I didn’t really know what he meant, but I was awfully glad to hear it.

The following Friday when an alumnus took several of us patients to an AA meeting, there was the same man. What a thrill--to go to a meeting and to see someone I recognized. I knew his story, and that meant that I knew a part of him. His story was not like mine, but the

loneliness, despair, and anger were things I shared with him.

Suddenly I knew that when I left the hospital I did not have to be alone anymore. From that night on I have felt different. I started to listen to other people for the first time in my life. I wanted to learn whatever I could that would help me stay sober.

The hospital taught me about the physical changes in my body caused by alcohol, skipping meals, and lack of sleep. They taught

At one of the H&I meetings in the unit, the speaker said, ‘You don’t have to be alone anymore.’

me the importance of sharing my feelings. They held family counseling sessions.

The hospital was a safe place, the only place I had ever been where I didn’t have to drink. When I left there, of course I was scared. I immediately went to an AA meeting. To my surprise, I had the same safe feeling in that room that I had felt in the hospital.

I wanted to ask for phone numbers, but I didn’t want to bother anyone. I needed a friend, but I was not friendly. It was all I could do to smile and nod when someone spoke to me. Most of the time there were tears of pain mixed with tears of gratitude running down my face. But I was grateful because I knew that I did not

have to be alone anymore.After a year of continuous sobriety I was

fortunate to be asked to co-chair the H&I meeting at my former treatment center with the man who had told me I didn’t have to be alone anymore.

Today, with over three years’ sobriety, my favorite service work is going to treatment facilities. Seeing patients with the plastic name bracelets in their early days of recovery reminds me where I was not long ago. I see the tears of pain and gratitude on their faces and I pray that I never forget what it was like. I look forward to seeing these new members at meetings in the local community.

God directed me to a treatment facility. It certainly wasn’t something I had planned to do. God gave me the opportunity to meet AAs doing service. What a gift!

Many people say that treatment facilities are the easy way. My sponsor says, “It takes what it takes.” Many people resent the addicts getting mixed in with the alcoholics. I say “Look for the similarities not the differences.”

Many alcoholics have never used drugs, have never gone to prison, have not been prostitutes, have not lost everything. But we are all here because of our common problems, not our common virtues.

—Nancy J. Scotts Valley, California

Copyright © AA Grapevine, Inc. March 1993. Reprinted with permission.

From the July 2011 Grapevine Magazine

Dear GrapevineBlessings in disguiseI wanted to take time out to thank you for supplying Grapevines to people that are incarcerated. I have been participating in H&I pretty much since I got sober back in 1991. For the last 10 years or so I have had the honor to participate in meetings at Soledad Prison. I brought a few boxes of Grapevines and La Viñas to a meeting there yesterday and the men were so pleased. I watched as one man was reading one and pointed something out to the man sitting next to him and they were both nodding. I feel like I witnessed him breathing in whatever he just read. I can’t tell you how blessed I feel.

—Sharon C., Santa Cruz, Calif.Copyright © AA Grapevine, Inc. July 2011.



Intergroup Council Minutes July 5, 2017(Minutes Not Approved)

Meeting agenda, last month’s minutes, various reports and event announcements were available before the meeting began.

CALLED to ORDER 7:30 p.m.

READINGS Serenity Prayer, AA Preamble & 12 TraditionsIntroductionsAttendance: 32June minutes approved.

BIRTHDAYS• Dani 1 year on July 1• Carol 14 years on July 12• Nicole 3 years this month

OFFICER REPORTSCHAIR—KellieApologize for late arrival, returning from out of town. Keegan was here to start coffee, but could not access the building.

VICE CHAIR—Jesse If there are no new reps, no report.

TREASURER—ChrisBack from knee replacement. • June starting balance: $12,983.23 • Total income: $2,845.46 • Total expenses: $2,391.13• Ending balance: $13,392.56• Gain: $454.33

• Spring Fling Profit $211.16

• Birthday Spkr Mtg Income: $176.25

Comments: James, liaison from BSM Committee: Listed expenses are incorrect. They’re $32.75 under what they should be; year-to-date totals not updated from May report. Bob, office manager: This is just a preliminary report; final report to be available for Steering Committee.

OFFICE MANAGER—Bob S.• Open Shifts at the Central Office:

Tuesday 9 a.m.–1 p.m. Friday 9 a.m.–1 p.m. 1 year or more sobriety time preferred. Please spread the word.

• Verify info on the sign-in sheet. This is what they go off of for mailings.

• Spring Fling financials still being finalized.

BIRTHDAY SPEAKER MEETING LIAISON—James• Financial report is on the table. • July brought in $317 after expenses• August: Steve R. from Monterey w/ 35

years will be the speaker; Alternative Group will be hosting.

BYLAWS COMMITTEE CHAIR—Keith• Met quorum. Had a really nice dinner.• Next meeting: 7/18/17, 6 p.m., Central Office.

TELEPHONE DIVERTER CHAIR—Fred• Please add open shifts to the flier• 2nd Monday, 11 p.m.-7 a.m.• 3rd Monday, 11 p.m.-7 a.m.• 5th Friday, 11 p.m.-7 a.m.• Even if these shifts don’t work for

people, we frequently have openings and need backups.

• Please look at the GrapeSCCIN for some stories of people’s experiences with the diverter line this month.

ACTIVITIES CHAIR–MadelineAbsent. Just had baby. Will be going over receipts to finalize reports from Spring Fling. Got a lot of positive feedback on the event and gathered a lot of information to use for next year.

NEWSLETTER—JenAbsent. Out of town. Her report is on the table. • July’s issue is about H&I.• Send her news of upcoming group and

fellowship events. • Sign up for the GrapeSCCIN; bring sign-

up sheets back to your groups. Available by mail or email. It is discreet and not obviously AA-related.

• Submissions, suggestions welcome.▶ [email protected]: Carol: Out-of-town events section a great addition.

WEBSITE COMMITTEE CHAIR—JessCalendar is fixed! Will update events. Let her know and she will add them.

DELEGATE AT LARGE—Open

GENERAL SERVICE LIAISON—Eric• Ca. Nor. Coastal Area Delegate to give

post-conference report, plus potluck July 12, 6:30 p.m., Aptos Village Park.

• Summer Workshop Assembly-Aug. 5, in Petaluma. One of four annual GS assemblies. Will focus on service.

• SC Co. District 3 accepted to prepare CNCA Comentarios, a Spanish version of CNCA Comments. Have two bilingual members helping, but more translators would be helpful. Thanks Intergroup for letting GS use the Central Office equipment for printing.

• Update on “We Are Responsible,”

the SF service play: General Service expressed a similar level of interest. May make a motion about it. Play is about the history of AA’s Third Legacy of Service.

• Received initial draft of actions to be taken as a result of the Agenda Topic discussions at the annual Conference of Delegates in May. Published Conference Report will be out soon.

H&I LIAISON—Darren• Pink help-wanted sheet has positions

that need to be filled. Please take it back to your meetings.

• Financial report will be available for August.

OLD BUSINESS None

NEW BUSINESS None

AREA REPRESENTATIVES REPORTSAREA 1 - Chris H.: Visited Aromas mtg 2x. AREA 2 - Alisa: Absent. AREA 3 - Paul: Absent. AREA 4 - Terry: Texted meeting reps that he had contact information for & updated. AREA 5 - Osiris: No report.AREA 6 - Teresa: No Report. AREA 7 - Randy: Absent. Position may be opening up due to health issues. Will be updating. Staying in touch. Area 7 is hosting Birthday Speaker Mtg.AREA 8 - Dani: Leaving the area; stepping down. Thank you for time as an area rep.Comments: Keegan asked for clarification of Rep duties & Kellie clarified. Kathy noted that there is a job description in box.AREA 9 - Rick: Made it to several meetings & made calls to meeting reps. Asked YP Underground about hosting the Birthday Spkr Mtg for Sept.AREA 10 – Keegan: No Report. Asked any Area 10 mtg reps to see him after the mtg. AREA 11 - Mark: Absent.

LAST WORDSTake updates back to groups.

CLOSINGThe meeting closed with the traditional closing circle at approximately 8:16 p.m.

COMING UP ... • Aug. 16 - Steering Committee Meeting • Sept. 6 - Intergroup Council Meeting

—Respectfully Submitted: Katharine W., Recording Secretary



Intergroup Council Treasurer Report June 2017

TO MAKE DONATIONS, SEE HTTP://WWW.AASANTACRUZ.ORG/SUGGESTED-DONATIONS.ASPX

SANTA CRUZ COUNTY INTERGROUP TREASURER'S REPORT JUNE, 2017(Revision July-2015)

OPERATING ACCOUNT DETAILS MONTHLY ACCOUNT SUMMARIES

Feb. June F.Yr. Totals June F.Yr. TotalsBEGINNING CASH = 12,938.23$ OPERATING ACCOUNTINCOME: BEGINNING CASH = 12,938.23$ Fiscal Year

INCOME: BudgetGroup Donations 1,965.46$ 28,319.89$ Group Donations 1,965.46$ 28,319.89$ Birthday Meeting 617.00$ 5,488.25$ Birthday Meeting 617.00$ 5,488.25$ Activities 209.00$ 1,827.00$ Activities 209.00$ 1,827.00$ Anonymous 348.50$ Other 54.00$ 1,845.50$ Birthday Club 400.00$ subtotal = 2,845.46$ 37,480.64$ Gen'l Service Committee 120.00$ Income from Literature Acct. -$ -$ H&I Committee 120.00$ Total Income = 2,845.46$ 37,480.64$ -$ Intergroup Council 36.00$ 463.00$ Memorials -$ EXPENSES:Newsletter Subscriptions 47.00$ Rent 1,020.00$ 11,838.00$ Other Donations 18.00$ 197.00$ Salary Exp. 915.40$ 15,617.30$ Refunds 150.00$ Office 244.21$ 3,005.12$ Returned Check Redeposit -$ Printing 173.52$ 2,277.69$ subtotal = 2,845.46$ 37,480.64$ Postage -$ 290.00$ from Literature Account -$ Other 108.75$ 4,531.00$

Total Expenses = 2,461.88$ 37,559.11$ -$ TOTAL INCOME = 2,845.46$ 37,480.64$

move to Prudent Reserve -$ -$ EXPENSES: move from Prudent Reserve -$ -$ RENT: loaned to Literature Account -$ -$ Central Office 650.00$ repaid from Literature Account -$ -$ Birthday Meeting 370.00$ 3,714.00$ Intergroup Council 324.00$

RENT subtotal= 1,020.00$ 11,838.00$ ENDING CASH = 13,321.81$

SALARY EXPENSES: ALLOCATED FUNDS: Net Salary 915.40$ 10,983.80$ Activities ($500) 500.00$ Payroll Taxes 3,533.90$ Liability Ins. ($200/mo) Workers Comp. 1,099.60$ Payroll Taxes ($650/mo)

SALARY subtotal= 915.40$ 15,617.30$ Vacation Accrual Workers Comp. ($50/mo)

OFFICE EXPENSES: Total Allocated = 500.00$ Office Supplies 52.24$ 553.16$ PG&E 71.48$ 944.02$ AVAILABLE CASH= 12,821.81$ Telephone 120.49$ 1,332.94$ Other 175.00$

OFFICE subtotal= 244.21$ 3,005.12$ LITERATURE ACCOUNT

PRINTING: In-house Printing 173.52$ 2,277.69$ BEGINNING CASH = 9,982.85$ 8,136.14$ Other -$

PRINTING subtotal= 173.52$ 2,277.69$ Total Cash Receipts 1,800.05$ 2,536.51$ Sales Receipts Portion 1,647.05$

POSTAGE: Sales Tax Portion 153.00$ Newsletter 243.00$ Returned Check Amends -$ Office 47.00$ subtotal = 11,782.90$ 10,672.65$ Other -$

POSTAGE subtotal= -$ 290.00$ Operating Acct. Loan

OTHER EXPENSES: Purchases & Costs 3,846.50$ Activities 70.75$ 463.75$ Bank Fees -$ Birthday Meeting Supplies 38.00$ 40.00$ Sales Tax Paid 593.00$ Conferences & Travel -$ Returned (Bounced) Checks -$ Liability Insurance 2,349.00$ subtotal = 3,846.50$ Tax Prepartion 300.00$

OTHER EXP. subtotal= 108.75$ 4,531.00$ move to Operating Account -$

TOTAL EXPENSES = 2,461.88$ 37,559.11$ ENDING CASH = 7,936.40$ 10,079.65$

move to Prudent Reserve -$ Sales & Use Tax Allocation:move from Prudent Reserve -$ Carried overloaned to Literature Account -$ 153.00$ repaid from Literature Account -$ This Month's Use Tax

Quarter To Date 153.00$ ENDING CASH = 13,321.81$ 13,321.81$ AVAILABLE CASH = 7,783.40$

Month's Gain or Loss = 383.58$ PRUDENT RESERVE

BIRTHDAY SPEAKER MEETING DETAILSTota l income 617.00$ 5,488.25$ BEGINNING CASH = 26,632.65$

Expenses (rent, supplies, etc.) - 440.75$ 4,736.25$ to Operating Acc't -$ 26,632.00$ BALANCE - 176.25$ 2,054.32$ from Operating Acc't -$ -$

Interest -$ Fees 26,632.00$ ENDING CASH = 26,632.65$

GENERAL NOTES:- We use the CASH accounting method, used by most people in recording their checking account: Income is reported when deposited and an expense is recorded when the check is written.- Our FISCAL YEAR (FY 2014 - 2015) begins July 1, and ends June 30.

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Fiscal Year 2016-17

General Notes: We use the cash accounting method that is used by most people in recording their checking account. Income is reported when deposited and an expense is recorded when the check is written. Our fiscal year runs July 1 to June 30.



Group Donations June 2017

TOTALS FOR THE MONTH OF JUNE, 2017

JUNE F.Yr. Total Submitted by TOTAL DONATIONS= 1,965.46$ 26,418.64$

Groups Contributing this Month- 11Groups Contributing this Year-

Number of Listed Groups- 109Percent of groups contributing this month- 10%

Percent of groups contributing this year-

June F.Yr. Totals June F.Yr. Totals11thStepMeditatioGroup(Sun.) -$ MattisonLaneGroup 678.00$ 12X12(Tue.) -$ MakeMyDay 532.72$ 12PacesatNoon -$ 5:30Group,The -$ MedicallySupportedRecovery(Thu.)AASoberSlugs -$ Men'sBasicStepStudyGroup 205.00$ AcceptanceGroup(BoulderCreek) 78.00$ Men'sCrossTalkers -$ AlteredAttitudeGroup -$ MudFlatsGroup -$ AlternativeGroup 35.00$ NiftyLadiesonParkGroup 608.26$ AptosWomen'sSerenityGroup 529.65$ NoFrillsSobriety 130.00$ 1,040.00$ AromasGroup -$ OceanViewGroup 292.00$ 733.40$ AwarenessGroup -$ OntheBeach(Sat.) 290.40$ BacktoBasicsGroup(Fri.) 50.00$ OntheBeach,Too(Sun.) 319.95$ BayGroup,The 288.00$ OnceaDrunkW -$ BeachCombers,The(LaSelvaDiscussion) 180.00$ OneO'clockStepStudyGroup -$ BenLomondFellowship(S.L.Valley) -$ OutoftheBlue 137.00$ BigBookandStepStudyGroup(Fri.) 60.00$ OutoftheTrenches -$ Book&StepStudy(Davenport) 117.49$ PleasurePointGroup 490.87$ BoulderCreekGroup 272.40$ RoxasGroup 1,260.00$ Box of Chocolates 139.50$ SantaCruzFellowship -$ BrownBaggersGroup 312.00$ 1,506.80$ SantaCruzSpeakers(Fri.) -$ B.Y.O.B.Group(Mon.) 50.00$ SaturdayNightLiveOak 120.00$ CandlelightGroup(Fri.) -$ SavedbyGraceGroup 695.93$ ConsciousContactMeditationMeeting 150.00$ ScottsValleyHappyDestiny(Wed.) -$ CouragetoChange -$ ShareTodayGroup 189.13$ DMVMeetings(Consolidated) 267.69$ 2,977.79$ ShiveringDenizens 240.84$ Do-NutMeeting -$ SistersinSobrietyGroup 273.18$ DoubleWinnersByGrace 420.00$ SkylandGroup 180.00$ EarlyMorningSpiritual 345.66$ Sobriety&Gratitude 360.00$ EarlyRisers 198.54$ 2,426.87$ SolutionsintheSandGroup 500.00$ EndoftheLineDiscussionGroup -$ SoquelAcceptanceGroup(Fri.) 264.00$ EyesonthePrize 293.51$ SoquelAcceptanceGroup(Wed.) 60.00$ 330.00$ FeltonGroup 198.78$ SoquelStepStudy 175.00$ 435.00$ FirehouseGroup -$ SoughtThroughMeditation 584.78$ FridayNightGroup(Emeline) 300.00$ SoughtThroughPrayer 227.55$ 1,054.99$ FridayNiteLights(FrederickSt.) -$ Stag12:12Group 250.00$ FromtheHeart 55.00$ StagElevenGroup -$ FuenteDeVida -$ StepandTraditionsStudyforWomen 177.31$ 354.31$ GayMenLivingSober -$ SundayMorningSpiritual 679.24$ GayWomen'sMeeting(Sun.) -$ SundayNightCandleLightGroup 294.00$ Grateful&GayGroup 100.00$ SunshineGroup(Sun.) -$ GrupoAlborado -$ T.G.I.W. 78.60$ GrupoAlfaYOmega -$ ThereisaSolutionBigBookStudy -$ GrupoFinyPrincipio -$ ThumpersBigBookStudy 50.37$ 82.48$ GrupoLibertad-PlazaVigil -$ Today'sWomen'sStepStudy 75.00$ 198.25$ GrupoNuevoAmanceer -$ TrudgersWomen'sBigBookStudy -$ GrupoNuevoLuz -$ TwistedSistersBookStudy 161.05$ GrupoSantaCruz -$ ValleyGirls4XaWinner -$ HappyDestiny 144.00$ ValleySundayGroup(ScottsValley) -$ H.O.W.Group 65.00$ WatsonvilleFellowship 5.00$ InTheWoods 240.00$ WeAgnostics -$ IntheDarkGroup -$ WeAreNotSaints -$ IntheHatGroup -$ WestsideGroup(Tues.) -$ JuntaDeMujeres -$ WestsideMen'sBigBookStudy(Mon.) 407.00$ KeepItSimple -$ WestsideMen'sStepStudyGroup(Thu.) 305.00$ KidsRWelcome -$ Womens5&10Group -$ LiveonFridayNight(SoquelAve.) 25.00$ YoungPeople'sBigBookStudy -$ LSBMen'sMeeting 170.00$ YoungPeopleatLoudenNelson -$ MakeMyDay -$ YoungPeople'sUndergroundGroup -$

This year's new groups added below: Unknown / Unidentifiable Group Donations:Come as You Are Group -$ unknown / Unidentifiable Group Donations:100 150.81$

double Winners 120.00$ Triple Winners By Grace 240.00$ sober Slugs 60.00$ -$

Bonne Doone 65.00$ -$ unknown 100.00$ -$

Providers Group 126.00$ -$ -$ -$

SANTA CRUZ COUNTY INTERGROUP, INC.TREASURER'S REPORT

GROUP DONATIONS DETAIL

Notes: Groups are named the same way as in the Meeting Schedule. New groups started during the year (July to June) are added at the bottom. Our Fiscal Year (F.Yr.) is from July through the following June.









































































































NOTES:• Group names are taken from the Meeting Schedule. • Remember to add your group’s name on the check.• New groups that started during the AA fiscal year (July to June) are added below.



Out-Of-Town EventsNot-Too Far Away AA-Related EventsJULY 30, 11:30 AM-2PM Broads without Booze #30. San Francisco. https://aa-san-mateo.org/event/broads-without-booze-30AUG. 4-6 La Honda Campout. Memorial Park. https://aa-san-mateo.org/event/38th-annual-la-honda-campoutAUG. 4-6 Western Roundup Living Sober. San Francisco. http://gal-aa.org/event/western-roundup-living-sober/AUG. 5 1 Secretary Workshop. (Every 1st Saturday) Campbell. https://aasanjose.org/eventsAUG. 5 Women’s Symposium. Pleasant Hill. https://womensaasymposium.wordpress.comAUG. 6, 1:30 PM Oldtimers Meeting. San Jose. https://aasanjose.org/wp-content/uploads/2017/06/June-2017.pdfAUG 17–20 27thAnnual California AA Yosemite Retreat. https://eastbayaa.org/27th-annual-california-aa-yosemite-retreat-august-17-20-2017AUG. 18-20 Unity & Service Conference. Sharing Our Experience with AA Traditions, Concepts, and Services. Concord. www.UnityAndServiceConference.orgAUG. 19, 11 AM Summer Picnic. Los Gatos. https://aasanjose.org/wp-content/uploads/2017/06/June-2017.pdf (p.23)AUG. 19, 7:30 PM Salinas Birthday Speaker Mtg. http://www.aamonterey.org/events-calendar/AUG. 20, 8:30 AM-8 PM Unity Day Santa Clara County. Milpitas. https://aasanjose.org/event/unity-dayAUG. 26, 7:30 PM Monterey Co. Birthday Speaker Mtg. http://www.aamonterey.org/events-calendar/AUG. 27, 10 AM Last Sunday of the month. Take a Hike – Sonoma Co. http://www.sonomacountyaa.org/news-and-events/.SEPT. 1-3 Monterey Bay Roundup. http://www.montereybayarearoundup.org/ SEPT. 1-3 Feeling Good. San Diego. http://feelinggood.org/SEPT. 1-4 33rd South Bay Family Roundup. Happiness Is An Inside Job. Torrance. https://www.southbayroundup.org.SEPT. 8-10 National AA Technology Workshop (NAATW). Sacramento www.NAATW2017.orgSEPT. 9, 8:30 AM-4:30 PM 11th Hand in Hand Women’s Day of Unity. Lodi. http://aasf.org/popup_flyerEventDef.cfm?e=16178&s=16179SEPT. 14-17 Seniors in Sobriety International Conference. Van Nuys. www.seniorsinsobriety.comSEPT. 15-17 Breathe In Yosemite. breatheinyosemite.com.SEPT. 15-17 Foster City Men. Inverness. [email protected]. 16, 7:30 PM Salinas Birthday Speaker Mtg. http://www.aamonterey.org/events-calendar/SEPT. 29-OCT. 1 43rd San Diego Woman To Woman Conference. San Diego. www.womantowomansandiego.comSEPT. 29-OCT. 1 Central Coast Roundup. Santa Maria. www.centralcoastroundup.orgSEPT. 29-OCT. 1 66th Southern California Convention. Rancho Mirage.www.aasocal.comSEPT. 30, 7:30P M Monterey Co. Birthday Speaker Mtg. http://www.aamonterey.org/events-calendar/OCT. 7, 11:30 AM–3 PM Take Your Sponsor to Brunch. https://aasanjose.org/wp-content/uploads/2017/06/June-2017.pdfOCT. 13-15 Lodi Grape Festival. 70th Fall Conference of NCCAA Nor. Calif. Council of AA. www.norcalaa.org OCT. 28, 7:30 PM Monterey Co. Birthday Speaker Mtg. http://www.aamonterey.org/events-calendar/NOV. 16–19 Serenity In Yosemite. serenityyosemite.com/

General Service Calif. Northern Coastal Areawww.cnca06.org • [email protected]. 5 Summer Workshop Assembly. Petaluma. AUG. 15 Delegate’s Report to Monterey General Service & Dessert http://www.aamonterey.org/events-calendar/AUG. 26 Committee Mtg. Petaluma. SEPT. 23 Committee Mtg. Petaluma.SEPT. 28-OCT. 1 21st National Archives Workshop (NAAAW). [email protected]. 21, 8:30 AM-4 PM 12th Annual Bridging The Gap Forum. Church, 800 Cass St., Monterey. Free. [email protected] & www.btgww.orgOCT. 28 Committee Mtg. Petaluma.NOV. 4 Fall Inventory Assembly. Petaluma.NOV. 25 Committee Mtg. Petaluma.DEC. 16 Committee Mtg. Petaluma.

Events Hosted by Young PeopleAUG. 17-20 59th ICYPAA International Conference of Young People In AA. Chicago. https://www.icypaa.org Sign Up For Service: https://signup.com/client/invitation/6775657374/1894573/false#!1894573/false/false [email protected]. 28–31 WACYPAA XXI Western Area Conference of Young People In AA. Edmonton, Alberta, Canada. http://wacypaa.orgFEB 22-25, 2018 ACYPAA Round-up. Sonoma County. http://www.acypaa.org

BRING YOUR FM RADIO FOR SIMULTANEOUS INTERPRETATION AND ASSISTED LISTENING

CALIFORNIA NORTHERN COASTAL AREA 06 OF ALCOHOLICS ANONYMOUS

PRESENTS:

2017 SUMMER ASSEMBLY

Saturday August 5, 2017 Petaluma Community Center

320 N. McDowell Blvd., Petaluma CA 94954

Registration: 8:30-9:30 a.m. Orientation: 9:30-9:45 a.m. Business Meeting: 9:45-12:00 p.m. Lunch: 12:00-1:00 p.m.

Workshop Session I: 1:00 – 2:15 p.m.

1. Fifth Edition of the Big Book… When? 2. Traditions and Concepts in All Our Affairs 3. A Common Solution for a Diverse Fellowship: Including All Who Suffer from Alcoholism

Workshop Session II: 2:30 – 3:45 p.m.

1. Joy of Living: Finding Humor in AA Service 2. Utilizing Technology in Recovery, Unity, and Service 3. Group Autonomy and “Matters Affecting Other Groups or AA as a Whole”

(Interpretation available at all workshops) Report Back: 4:00-4:30 p.m. What’s On Your Mind? 4:30-5:00 p.m.



August 2017SUNDAY MONDAY TUESDAY WEDNESDAY THURSDAY FRIDAY SATURDAY

30 31 1 27 PM - New Intgp Rep Orientation

7:30PM - Intergroup Council Meeting @ Aptos Park Clubhouse, Aptos(Kellie F.)

3 4 5CNCA Summer Assembly. Petaluma 7PM - Birthday Spkr Mtg @ Mid-County Senior Center, Bay Ave, Capitola

6 75PM PI/CPC meeting at Erik’s DeliCafé, 1664 Soquel Drive,Santa Cruz (Mark D.

86:30 PM - Web Committee Meeting 2nd Tuesday @ Central Office, Soquel (Jess)

96:45PM - New GSR Orientation 7:30PM - General Service District 3 Meeting @ Aptos Park Clubhouse, Aptos (Eric)

10 11GrapeSCCIN Deadline (for unexpected material) [email protected]

1210AM - 4th Step Workshop @ Ben Lomond Fellowship

13 14 156PM-Intergroup Bylaws Committee Council Meeting @ Central Office, Soquel (Keith)

167:30PM - Intergroup Council Steering Committee @ Central Office, Soquel (Kellie F.)

17GrapeSCCIN Deadline (for expected material)

18 19

20 21GrapeSCCIN goes to print.

22 237PM - H&I Committee @ Central Office, Soquel (Mark B.)

24 6PM - Bday Spkr Mtg Ad Hoc Com-mittee @ Abbey Coffee House, 350 Mission, Santa Cruz

25 26 Ca No. Coastal Area Gen. Service Comm. Meeting. Petaluma

27 28 29 30 31 1 27PM - Monthly Birthday Speaker Meeting @ Mid-County Senior Center, Bay Ave, Capitola

GENERAL SERVICE NEWS: SANTA CRUZ COUNTY • CA NORTHERN COASTAL AREA • GS CONFERENCE

CNCA COMENTARIOS: CALL FOR VOLUNTEERS

The Santa Cruz Co. General Service District has a new service commitment—translating, folding and stapling Comentarios, the monthly California Northern Coastal Area newsletter for Spanish-Speaking members. In previous years, when the District handled the mailing for the English version, it was a simple “lick & stick” evening of volunteers working together for about an hour or two, but this project should go even quicker since there are only about 170 copies of Comentarios.

Please let Eric H. know if you can help with translation—English to Spanish—or the lick & stick assembly one night a month. [email protected]

GENERAL SERVICE SUMMER ASSEMBLY

Celebrate AA and learn more at the (free) Summer Assembly in Petaluma on Saturday, Aug. 5. (See flier on previous page.) After a morning business meeting and lunch, there will be afternoon workshops on the following topics: • The Fifth Edition of the Big Book; • The Traditions and Concepts in All Our Affairs; • A Common Solution for a Diverse Fellowship: Including All Who Suffer from Alcoholism; • Joy of Living: Finding Humor in AA Service; • Utilizing Technology in Recovery, Unity, and Service; and • Group Autonomy and “Matters Affecting Other Groups or AA as a Whole.”

12 & 12 AND BIG BOOK TRANSLATIONS

The Punjabi Big Book, Punjabi Twelve Steps and Twelve Traditions and the Hindi Twelve Steps and Twelve Traditions are now available for distribution in the US and Canada.

The Big Book is currently translated in 69 languages, with 21 additional transla-tions in various stages of completion, in-cluding the Navajo Big Book and revisions to the Croatian and Slovakian Big Books. Coming soon: the Hindi Big Book.

SAFETY IN AAA new “safety card,” approved by the AA World Service board, is now available in English, French and Spanish. http://www.aa.org/assets/en_US/f-211_SafetyCardforAAGroups.pdf



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Get the digital GrapeSCCIN by emailing “subscribe me” to [email protected] the printed version via snail-mail by calling (831) 475-5782 or emailing: [email protected].

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Santa Cruz County FellowshipsSANTA CRUZ FELLOWSHIP

(across from Metro Station)412 Front St., Santa Cruz CA 95060

BEN LOMOND FELLOWSHIP9636 Hwy 9, Ben Lomond, CA 95005

(831) 336-9969

WATSONVILLE FELLOWSHIP939 Lincoln St., Watsonville, CA 95076

OFFICINA INTERGRUPAL HISPANA WATSONVILLE 1150 Main St. Ste. 7B Watsonville, CA 95076

(831) 768-9597 http://www.aacostacentral.com/

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THE GRAPE-SCCIN · rural Minnesota to come to talk with us about AA. I didn’t realize it at the time, but that woman had a huge impact on me and, six months after my AA journey