Nar-Anon Family Group – Ontario Region
Meeting minutes
Location: Zoom
Date: March 18,
Attendees: Dennis, Sue and Carolyn
Time: 11:00
Regrets: Nokmisonz – Narateen; Sally – Windsor
- Opening message from the Chair.
Sue called to order the 2023 Spring Assembly of the Ontario Region on March 18, 2023, at 11:04.
Roll Call – Sue – Chair; Carolyn – Secretary; Lisa – Outreach; Debra – Phone Line; Laura – Serenity on Kerr; Ron – Thunder Bay South; Patty – Serenity Today; Cindy – Changing Ourselves in Hamilton; Louise – Virtual Serenity; Catherine – Owen Sound; Marg – Serenity Tuesday; Joe – No Longer Alone in Hamilton; Leena – New Beginnings; Laurie – Pioneer; Jackie – No Longer Alone in Hamilton; Karen – Owen Sound.
- Prayer for the growth of our fellowship – Lisa C
- 12 Traditions – Patty 1-6; Marg 7-12
- 12 Concepts – Louise 1-6; Leena 7-12
- Review and Acceptance of minutes from November 19, 2022 – Carolyn moved to Accept – 1st – ; 2nd – ; All in favour – Unanimous
- Review and Acceptance of Region Financials – 1st – ; 2nd – ; All in favour – Unanimous
- Area Reports – Area 2 has disbanded, and those groups remaining in Ontario have chosen to move to Region. No Area 1 Report. Discussion from some of the Area 1 GSR’s re: dissolving Area 1, or if they could just move to Region as well. What are the advantages or disadvantages of doing either. Laurie from the Ottawa group will chair an ad hoc committee to determine the pro’s and cons. She’ll be reaching out to Area 1 GSR’s shortly.
- Updates from the Region from last quarter
i) Ad Hoc Committee GLS, Bylaws and Code of Conduct –
We meet monthly on Wednesday at 12:00 p.m. and go through the GLS line by line. If anyone is interested in joining the committee, please email naranon@gmail.com. On completion of the project, the edited version will be sent to all GSRs for review before it is voted on at Assembly. The Code of Conduct draft was sent to all GSRs for review. Marg will meet with Carolyn shortly to review the suggested changes. The final draft will be sent to all GSRs for review before it is voted on at Assembly.
ii) Outreach/ORNCA updates – May 20th, 2023 at the Double Tree by Hilton in London Ontario. Steps to Serenity will be hosting the ‘in-person’ meeting. We are looking for items for the raffles, monetary funds, speakers (Nar-Anon and Narateen), and volunteers to help onsite. We are also looking for someone who can design the banners so they can be ordered. The committee is meeting every 2 weeks on Thursday’s at 5:30 (on Zoom). If you are interested in helping out, please email outreach@naranonontario.com. The next Ontario Speaks speaker meeting will be held on March 31st (virtual). Lisa will send out a copy of the flyer and the dates for future speaker meetings next week. Also, if any other virtual groups are interested in hosting an Ontario Speaks, please let Lisa know. She can arrange for the speakers.
iii) Payment made for the World Service Conference – Sue will temporarily step down as Chair so that she can attend the WSC as a temporary Delegate to cast the Regions Group Conscience.
iv) Narateen – Ontario has added a 3rd Narateen meeting on Wednesday’s at 6:00 p.m. We are looking for additional facilitators to volunteer to facilitate one meeting a month (hopefully). Ontario Region will pay for the Vulnerable Person’s check if there is a cost. Please reach out to narateen@naranonontario.com for additional information or for help completing the information.
v) Phone Line – All days are currently covered, averaging 3-4 calls per week.
vi) Info Line – Patty and Leena have agreed to take on the email Info Line.
- Updates from the Region for this quarter:
i) CAR Motion Region results – Thank you to all groups that participated. Ottawa didn’t have an opportunity to submit their results, Sue will add them when received and a copy of the results will be sent to all groups.
ii) Website – We have the budget to develop the new website this year. Please ask your groups to take a look at the current site and email any suggestions to cjeveringham@hotmail.com. We have added a “Canadian Affiliates” tab to the website to include Regions/groups in Canada that aren’t part of the Ontario Region. For the virtual groups, we will be adding the Zoom meeting link to the website for those groups interested in having it added. Please send the meeting link to cjeveringham@hotmail.com if your group would like to be included.
iii) Literature printing updates – The files have started to arrive. Staples is busy reviewing the files that they hadn’t quoted on to provide us with a price. The orders that are currently on hand that the files/pricing has been received, order can be placed with Staples next week (on receipt of payment from the group). We are looking for someone that would like to take on the literature service position. Please email OntarioChair@naranonontario.com if you are interested. - New Business – Discussions
i) Group naranonontario.com email addresses. We have an opportunity to create naranonontario.com email addresses for groups or committees that are interested in having them. Emails will forward to an email address of your choosing, but historical information will remain in the naranonontario.com email address when there is a change in service people. If your group is interested, please email cjeveringham@hotmail.com
ii) eVoice – Laurie (Ottawa) has someone that can take a look at eVoice for us. Laurie will work with Deb (phone line) to develop a
list of pro’s and con’s using the current phone system to aid in determining what eVoice functions would best service not just the Region, but those that are calling in.
iii) The Serenity Newcomer meeting (Sundays at 7:00 p.m.) is looking for seasoned volunteers to chair their meetings (these meetings are all on Step 1 from the Nar-Anon 36). If you or anyone from your group is interested in helping out, please email newcomer@naranonontario.com to be added to the rotation and to receive a copy of the format (virtual meeting). - Closing – Serenity Prayer (all) – Meeting adjourned at 12:48 p.m.
Minutes submitted by: Carolyn E
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