Per the 09/16/3035 Business Meeting
Noon Time Sobriety ZOOM Secretary’s Report
WELCOME TO NOON TIME SOBRIETY. WE MEET HERE 7 DAYS A WEEK AT NOON.
IF YOU’D LIKE TO BECOME A MEMBER OF NOON TIME SOBRIETY, CHAT TO ME YOUR NAME, SOBRIETY DATE AND CONTACT INFO AND YOU WILL BE ADDED TO OUR MEMBERSHIP BOOK. EVEN IF YOU ALREADY HAVE ANOTHER HOMEGROUP WE’D LOVE FOR YOU TO BE A MEMBER OF NOONTIME AND IF YOU DON’T ALREADY HAVE A HOME GROUP, WE’D LOVE TO BE YOUR HOMEGROUP. WE SAY IF YOU DON’T HAVE A HOMEGROUP THEN YOU’RE HOMELESS.
OUR BUSINESS MEETINGS ARE HELD ON THE 3RD THURSDAY OF EACH MONTH IMMEDIATELY FOLLOWING THE REGULAR MEETING. OUR NEXT BUSINESS MEETING WILL BE ON .
PLEASE PLAN TO STAY AN EXTRA 15 MINUTES AFTER THE REGULAR MEETING TO HELP MAKE DECISIONS WHICH GUIDE OUR GROUP AND TO TAKE SERVICE COMMITMENTS.
ANNIVERSARIES ARE CELEBRATED ON THE LAST SATURDAY OF EACH MONTH.
ON ZOOM WE DO IT VIRTUALLY AND AFTER THE MEETING WE HAVE A LUNCHEON
SOMEWHERE AND IF THE CELEBRANT IS LOCAL, WE PRESENT THEIR MEDDALLEON IN PERSON.
SO FAR, THIS MONTH WE HAVE CELEBRATING: . . .
IS THERE ANYONE ELSE HERE TODAY THAT IS CELEBRATING IN THE MONTH OF _______ THAT WOULD LIKE TO BE RECOGNIZED?
ARE THERE ANY ANNOUNCEMENTS FOR THE GOOD OF AA?
IF THERE ARE ANY OF US WHO ARE SHARING OUR STORIES IN PERSON OR ON ZOOM AND WOULD LIKE SUPPORT, LET US KNOW SO WE CAN SHOW UP AND SUPPORT YOU.
LET’S THANK _________ FOR CHAIRING (AND ON SATURDAYS, WE ALSO THANK THE SPEAKER) .
THANK YOU FOR LETTING ME DO SERVICE.
THIS MONTH’S CELEBRENTS NOTES FOR BUSINESS MEETING
Meeting ID: 881-1306-9602
Passcode: 1212
Per the 10/20/022 Business Meeting
Noontime Sobriety Zoom Meeting Format
Notes: to Chairperson:
1. Per April 15 Biz Mtg., please conclude your lead by 12:30. Tuesday Grapevine is an exception.
2. When we have visiting students, we ask that they reserve their questions to before and after the meeting. Only alcoholics may share during the meeting.
Hi everyone, I am an alcoholic and my name is _____.
Before we get started, may I ask that you all please mute yourselves so as not to disturb the meeting with background noise.
Please help me open this meeting with the Serenity Prayer:
“God,
Grant me the serenity to accept the things I cannot change,
Courage to change the things I can and
Wisdom to know the difference”
Welcome to Noontime Sobriety’s _____________ Meeting of Alcoholics Anonymous. This is an Open Meeting – everyone is welcome to attend.
Please limit your share time to 5 minutes so that all may get a chance to share. When sharing, please address your comments to the chairperson or the group as a whole.
The AA Preamble:
“Alcoholics Anonymous is a fellowship of men and women who share their experience, strength and hope with each other that they may solve their common problem and help others to recover from alcoholism.
The only requirement for membership is a desire to stop drinking. There are no dues or fees for AA membership, we are self-supporting through our own contributions. AA is not allied with any sect, denomination, politics, organization or institution, does not wish to engage in any controversy, neither endorses nor opposes any causes. Our primary purpose is to stay sober and help others to achieve sobriety.”
Would a volunteer please read, More About Alcoholism? (Chapter 3, page 30)
Would a volunteer please read, How it Works? (Chapter 5, page 58)
Is anyone here attending their very first meeting of Alcoholics Anonymous? Please introduce yourself so that we may get to know you.
Is there anyone attending this meeting for the first time?
Is there anyone new or returning to sobriety under 90 days that would like to share their day count?
(Chairperson leads with reading and/or discussion then opens the meeting up to general sharing)
At 12:50, chairperson concludes general sharing and reminds everyone about our 7th Tradition, which states that every AA group ought to be fully self-supporting, declining outside contribution. Contributions can be made by going to noon-zoom.com
Ask for the Secretary’s Report.
Ask for a volunteer to read ‘The Promises’ (Chapter 6, pages 83 & 84)
Ask a volunteer to do the virtual chips.
Ask everyone to mute and help close with “The Lord’s Prayer”
Our Father, Who art in Heaven, hallowed be Thy name:
Thy Kingdom come, Thy will be done on Earth as it is in Heaven.
Give us this day our daily bread
And forgive us our trespasses
As we forgive those who trespass against us
And lead us not into temptation
But deliver us from evil.
For Thine is the Kingdom, the Power and the Glory
For ever and ever
Amen
Inventory questions.
There are thirteen questions that each group should ask. So each month we will add a new one.
- What is the basic purpose of our group?
- What more can our group do to carry the message?
- Is our group attracting alcoholics from different backgrounds? Are we seeing a good cross-section of our community, including those with special needs?
- Do new members stick with us, or does the turnover seem excessive? If so why? What can we as a group do to retain members?
- Do we emphasize the importance of sponsorship? How effectively? How can we do it better?
- Are we careful to preserve the anonymity of our group members and other A.A.’s outside the meeting rooms? Do we also leave what they share at meetings behind?
- Does our group emphasize to all members the value of keeping up with kitchen, set-up, clean-up and other housekeeping chores that are essential for our Twelfth Step efforts?
- Are all members given the opportunity to speak at meetings and to participate in other group activities?
- Mindful that holding office is a great responsibility not to be viewed as the outcome of a popularity contast, are we choosing our officers with care?
- Are we doing all we can to provide an attractive and accessible meeting place?
- Does our group do it’s fair share toward participating in the purpose of A.A.-as it relates to out Three Legacies of Recovery, Unity, and Service?
- What has our group done lately to bring the A.A. message to the attention of professionals in the community–the physicians, clergy, court officials, educators, and others who are often the first to see alcoholics in need of help?
- How is our group fulfilling its responsibility to the Seventh Tradition?
Noon-Zoom Group 