Minutes of the Delegates' Assembly Sunday Morning March
17 2002
The second annual
Congress of LifeRing Secular Recovery (LSR) delegate's meeting convened at
approximately 9:00 am (PST) on Sunday, March 17th, 2002. The meeting took
place at the auditorium of Alta Bates Hospital, Berkeley, California.
Present and
reporting as delegates from their respective meetings were: Lori A. -
Pleasanton, CA / Larry S. - , Tuesday - Oakland, CA / Tracey D.- Sun.
Oakland Mandana House, CA / Patrick B. - Austin, TX / Craig W. - LSR EMail
list / Mark C. - Wed. online chat / Raphael E. - Mon. San Francisco, CA /
LouAnthony G. - Union City, CA / Chet G. - Wed. Oakland, CA / Mary Lou B. -
Sat. = San Francisco, CA / Gillian E. - Thurs. - San Francisco, CA / Robert
B. - Morgantown, WV / Ben G. - Missoula, MT / Syl S. - Bonita House -
Berkeley, CA / Ang N. - Women's EMail list / CA E. - LSR BodyList / Aram A.
- San Rafael, CA / Amy L. - Thurs. - Oakland, CA / Marj J. - Herrick Hosp. -
Berkeley, CA / Bill C. - Mon. - Berkeley, CA / Chris G. -Tues. - San
Francisco, CA / Marty N. - Wed. MPI - Oakland, CA / Tom S. - St. Petersburg
& Tampa, FL / Glo. M. - Online Chat / Andree G. - Sat. CDRP - Oakland, CA
Present and not
reporting were Jacquie J., Bill S., David Lee B.
The delegates next
took up the business of nominations and voting for the open seats on the LSR
Board of Directors. There were two incumbent Directors who stood for
re-election to full three year terms: Robert B. and Tom S. A third board
seat with an unexpired term of two years presently held by Glo M.
No new nominations
were proposed from the delegates. A brief discussion was held citing the
need for continuity. At the end of this discussion a motion was made and
seconded to vote for each of the candidates. Voting was done on the basis of
simple acclaim by delegates present. Each of the candidates was elected by
unanimous acclaim from the floor.
Two amendments to
the LSR bylaws were proposed on the written agenda:
1. Delegates from
special service meetings. LSR Bylaws section 5.4.
The following
language was proposed during discussion from the delegates on the floor:
"At meetings at
in-patient facilities and at halfway houses and similar institutions with
highly transient populations the convenor shall be recognized as the
delegate."
This language was
adopted, as written above, by unanimous acclaim of the delegates present.
The appropriate section (5.4) will be modified to reflect this change.
2. Cut-off date
for participation of late-formed meetings.
The following
language was proposed during discussion from the delegates on the floor:
"The date that a
meeting must be in place in order to be eligible to send a delegate to LSR's
annual Congress shall be forty-five (45) days before the Congress."
This language was
adopted, as written above, by unanimous acclaim of the delegates present.
The appropriate section (5.2.2) will be created to reflect this change.
Mark C. brought a
proposal for an LSR newsletter. After discussion by the delegates, it was
decided that the newsletter would be allowed a year's trial run. The
newsletter is to be published on a quarterly basis and made available on the
unhooked.com website in Acrobat .PDF format. Mark C. has agreed to take on
the duties of editing the newsletter. The proposal passed by unanimous
popular acclaim of the delegates.
Additionally, a
proposal was made by Marty N. to create a "Smoke- Free Committee" (SFC) with
a three-fold mission:
(1) To educate the
membership, especially newcomers, about nicotine addiction and ways to quit
smoking.
(2) To make
support for quitting smoking more widely available to members, and to
promote quitting.
(3) To build
consensus for a future Congress to declare LifeRing a smoke-free recovery
organization.
Marty asked that
those who wish to participate no the SFC contact hime directly.
Marty N. and Tom
S. spoke to the delegates about LSR's past, its strong present, and with
great hopes for growth in the future.
The motion was
made and seconded to adjourn the delegates meeting at about noon with no
discussion the motion was carried by acclaim and the meeting was adjourned.
Submitted by,
Tom S. LSR BoD
Secretary
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