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GAMBLERS ANONYMOUS TRUSTEE MEETING The Board of Trustees Meeting was called to order by Dan B., Chairman of the Board of Trustees at 1:40 P.M., May 3, 1990. A) ROLL CALL Roll call was taken by Karen H. B) INTRODUCTION OF NEW MEMBERS Dan B. welcomed all members and asked all new Trustees and Alternate Trustees stand and introduce themselves. C) STATEMENT BY THE CHAIRMAN Dan B. gave an opening statement urging all members to get involved. He explained the procedures for the meeting and stated “Roberts Rules of Order” would be followed. D) MINUTES OF THE SUNNYVALE MEETING
The minutes of the Sunnyvale Meeting were approved as submitted. E) OLD BUSINESS
1. Report on Trustee election procedures, George J.
2. Key chains (welcome, 30 day, 60 day, etc.) 2nd vote
3. Report on placing a plaque at the site of the first Gamblers Anonymous meeting.
4. Dissolve G.A. Publishing and incorporate it into G.A.I.S.O.
5. “Daily Inventory” for use by membership. 2nd vote
6. Adopt “Young Gamblers in Recovery” as approved Gamblers Anonymous literature. 2nd
vote
7. Gamblers Anonymous should start its own tasteful advertising campaign and stop depending
on the media for occasional “mercy moments”. Tabled from Sunnyvale.
8. Establish guidelines (and insert in the guidance code) for selecting cities for hosting National
and International Conferences. Tabled from Sunnyvale.
9. Consider the advisability of having a city put in a bid to host a conference where the site is a
distance from the host city. Tabled from Sunnyvale F) COMBO BOOK
1. Page 16: Twenty Questions (#18) – change the first word from “Do” to “Did” to make it
conform to the past tense as do all other questions. 2nd vote.
2. Page 17: #2 – delete and replace with the following; “Telephone other members as often as
possible, but at least one phone call a week. USE THE TELEPHONE LIST!!!”
3. Page 17; #3 – 5th sentence….”this includes buying stocks for speculation, commodities, etc.”
Motion to accept above
4. Page 6; Unity Step #6 – remove the words…”related facility or…”
5. Page 17; #3 – after “don’t gamble for anything”, put “this includes the buying of stocks,
commodities and options; buying or playing….
6. Definition of Gambling –
7. Step 12 of the Recovery Program. G) GUIDANCE CODE
1. Page 8; Article VIII; Section 22; change to read “Any Trustee or Alternate who misses two (2)
….
2. Page 7; Article VIII; Section 12; eliminate entire section.
3. Page 11; Article X; Section 9 (#1); replace entire paragraph as follows- “Duties of the
Pressure Relief Group Chairman shall be to be responsible for educating the Groups on Pressure
Relief, maintain updated forms and give assistance to Groups where needed.
4. Page 7; Article VIII; Section 11; eliminate entire section.
5. Page 18; Article XVI; Section 2 (line 13); remove the word “appoint” and replace it with “elect”,
also at (line 15) take out the word “appointment” and replace it with the word “election”.
6. Page 19; Article XVI; Section 4; eliminate the entire section.
7. Page 20; Article XVI; Section 14; eliminate the entire section.
8. Page 6; Article VIII, Section 6; change the word “proxies” to “absentee ballots”.
9. Page 20; Article XVIII; Section 1; eliminate the entire section.
10. Page 8; Article VIII; Section 22; at the end of the last sentence add: “Absentee ballots by
overseas members of the Board of Trustees will count as attendance at the Board of Trustees
physical meetings”.
11. Page 9; Article IX; Section 7; Clarify what is a legitimate expenditure.
12. Page 8; Article VIII; Section 17; Remove the first 16 words – to read: “Any item(s)…etc.”
13. Page 10; Article X; Section 2 & 5 (#4); What are the Majority of the groups voting on if
Intergroup is to accept the new group after 90 days? Why vote them in if you can’t vote them out,
unless the B.O.T. ok’s it? H) NEW BUSINESS
1. Realignment of Trustee Areas.
2. Co-ordinate literature (like “The Young Compulsive Gambler”) and other such items that can
be put in individual folders to be distributed at awareness functions.
3. At all National and Mini Conferences, a collection should be taken for the I.S.O.
4. Change the 12 Steps of Recovery back to their original form.
5. In the next edition of “A New Beginning”;
6. “Your First Meeting” proposed as new literature.
7. Can a Gamblers Anonymous member count time of abstinence from gambling prior to
attending his/her first G.A. Meeting as accumulated time toward their Gamblers Anonymous
anniversaries?
8. Could G.A.P. publish a paperback edition of the Big Book
“Sharing Recovery through Gamblers Anonymous” at a more affordable price than the $11.00 Big
Book?
9. Reconsider the automatic removal of harry P. (Trustee from Area 18 – Australia) and reinstate
him.
10. Can Gamblers Anonymous members have a sale to the public (flee market, etc.) of G.A.
donated items and not be in violation of the Unity Program?
11. Can Gamblers Anonymous members hold a car wash to the public and not be in violation of
the Unity Program?
12. Can Gamblers Anonymous literature be reproduced (Xeroxed, etc.) and used within the
fellowship?
13. “Abstinence From Gambling The G.A. Way” proposed as new G.A. literature.
14. Should the I.E.S print Good & Welfare as part of the minutes to be sent to the Trustees, to be
included in the bulletin, both, or not at all?
15. Gamblers Analysis, Inc – a company with a logo very similar to ours that promotes gambling.
16. Allow the G.A. new red book “A New Beginning” to be sold and distributed by other than
G.A.I.S.O. (also other approved literature).
17. “Yes, I want phone calls!!” card as G.A. literature.
18. “Daily Prayer/Daily Worksheet” as G.A. literature.
19. Long Island/Eastern Long Island Intergroup Hot Line – Is it proper to have G.A. and Gam-
Anon both listed or is it against G.A. policy?
20. “Public Relations Fact Sheet”, as new literature. I) DISCUSSION
1. A new member came to a Sydney meeting. Sydney has a T.V. program called “Australia’s
Most Wanted”. Shown on this program was the face of the new member who is apparently a
prison escapee and a violent man. What should the group do?
2. Discuss putting a paragraph in the Combo book or Question and Answer pamphlet on how
compulsive gamblers chase money. It is believed most will identify with this.
3. One room has someone having their anniversary listed on a calendar, but another room has
that person admitting to gambling after this date. Should it stay in the room (what is said here,
stays here) or does this affect G.A. as a whole?
4. Boston Area Unity and Recovery literature. (Speakers)
5. Sponsorship – What’s the problem? 6. The Baltimore Hot Line – Non-recognition of local Intergroup and the I.S.O. Discussion only. 7. A discussion was held regarding G.A.’s refusal to accept an outside donation from a Gam- Anon member. J) GOOD AND WELFARE The meeting was closed with the Serenity Prayer at approximately 7:00 P.M. Collection for the (4) four sessions was $601.35 The next meeting of the Board of Trustees will be November 15 and 16, 1990 in New Orleans, Louisiana. Respectfully Submitted,
Karen H., International |