Houston Metro Intergroup of Overeaters Anonymous

Houston Metro Intergroup of Overeaters Anonymous

Monthly Business Meeting

Oasis Club

5645 Hillcroft

January 13, 2001

The meeting was opened at 10:00 a.m. with the Serenity Prayer. Helen read the mission statement. Introductions were made by the attendees:

Helen D., Chairperson

Richard, Autry House and St. Anne’s

Roy, Parliamentarian

Alan, Web Site

David, Bellville

Nancy K., Secretary

Ann, Autry House

12 Traditions of OA – Richard spoke on Tradition 1. Nancy volunteered to speak on Tradition 2 at next month’s meeting.

Minutes of Last Meeting – The minutes from the December meeting were approved as amended.

Treasurer’s Report – No report (Lora was at the HOW Intergroup presenting plans for GBAI and HMI co-hosted convention and Region III Assembly.)

Old Business –

WSBC 2001 Conference – Helen reported that she made a copy of the HMI bylaws and sent them to WSBC.
Delegates Report – No reports

Committee Reports –

Special Events/Workshops/Spring Retreats and Conventions –

Newcomers’ Marathon - Susan brought flyers for the Newcomers’ Marathon. There will be a suggested donation of $5. at the marathon which will be held on January 27. Richard will give Jan the names of some oldtimers who might be willing to come and speak. Jan will m.c. the event. Several speakers already have agreed to participate, but more are welcome. Unity Day – This will be held on February 24^th from 2 to 4 p.m. at the Oasis Club. This is a day dedicated to the 1^sttradition. There will be a minute of silence to think about the unity of all of OA. As yet, there is no chairperson.

Spring Retreat – Helen volunteered to chair the event or to help with the business end of the retreat if Joe chairs it. Various locations for holding the retreat were discussed. One possibility is the Cenacle Retreat in West Houston. Richard will look into the cost of holding an event there. Jan mentioned Camp Allen for 2002. Roy suggested a location near Weimar. He will get more information regarding this locale. A motion was made and passed that Jan call and book the 2002 retreat at Camp Allen. She will also find out what commitment will be required.

Public Information – Jan will make contacts re the public service announcements for the newcomer’s marathon. There was a discussion about the advertisement in the white pages of the Houston telephone directory. There are no public service announcements in Houston currently. The possibility of sending these announcements and videos to radio and television stations was mentioned.

Office Services – Jan offered to take over the phones every Tuesday. See Newsletter/Meeting List remarks.

HMI Website – No Report

Newsletter/Meeting Lists - Richard asked about the old meeting announcement sheets. Helen remarked that there have been a number of changes to that sheet. The latest newsletter is ready to be distributed. Helen has sent the new meeting list out.

World Service Intergroup Meeting List – Helen explained that when the directory goes on-line, meeting information will be published as follows: the day, time, and contact persons’ phone numbers for each meeting.

The meetings were divided among those present for contacting to update each meeting’s information and to ascertain who does not want to have her/his phone number published on the internet as the contact person for such meeting. These updates are to be brought back to the February HMI meeting. For those persons not wanting to have a personal phone number published, the Houston HMI phone number will be used. Helen suggested that this list be updated one time per year.

By-Laws Committee – No report.

Budget Committee – No report.

Literature – No report.

HIPM - Ann will look for the pamphlet "To the Medical Profession" and will distribute it at the at the Hermann Professional Building. It was decided that stamping all pamphlets with the HMI phone number and address would be a good way to get the word out about OA in Houston.

New Business – Election of region representatives will be held at the February HMI meeting. Election of vice-chair and parliamentarian was tabled until that meeting, as well. Nancy K. was elected to serve a one-year term as secretary.

Open Forum – No discussion.

7^th Tradition – Held as usual.

Announcements – The next meeting of HMI will be Saturday, February 10, 2001 at 10:00 a.m. at the Oasis Club.

Closing – The meeting was adjourned at 12:00 with the 3^rd Step Prayer.

Respectfully Submitted by,

Nancy K.

Recording Secretary

February 10, 2000

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