​The meeting was convened at 8:00 a.m.

READINGS & INTRODUCTIONS (10 Minutes) 

• Prayer for a Trusted Servant 

• Traditions 

• Introductions (name, group affiliation and position) 

• Greater Chicago/Milwaukee SLAA IG Statement of Purpose 

• Review Agenda 

• Concept 11 Anthony Concept 12 Chris V

Facilitation (10 Minutes.) 

• General Report: Caitlyn Thanked Hannah K for acting as Zoom host at NTAC today. Expressed appreciation to all members who took on service to the October Fall Gathering. 

  • Approve Minutes: October Approved with abstentions, no comment.

  • Drop down menu project: Abby/Chris S Abby thanked Scott for verifying Milwaukee physical addresses and Chris S for doing the fix on the map function. 

    • Go live date & email to the fellowship? Abby said it’s ready to go live and will email the date for intergroup reps to announce at meetings.

  • Co-website facilitator Abby said another member with medium level computer knowledge is needed as Co-Website Facilitator. Dave Sch said he will check Intergroup Service Role Description for requirements to communicate with Intergroup Reps.
     

Fiduciary (15 Minutes)

• General Treasurer Report: Zane & Chase

• November Fiduciary report Zane reported an increase of $1,991.87 to $9,268.40 in the Prudent Reserve for the month ending November 14th. This reflects a rollover from this year’s retreat and the addition of funds to cover the deposit for the 2027 retreat. (The 2026 retreat deposit is paid already.) This reduces the working balance from $4,394.94 to $3,945.33. Fiduciary Report approved with abstentions, no comment.

• Fall Gathering Final Report Income from the October Fall Gathering will go final in December, Zane said. (Chris S reported that the method of payment received at the door was not consistently recorded which has delayed accounting for all payments received.)

• Report Financials: General Zane expressed appreciation for 7th Tradition Contributions received during the period amounting to $413.00.
   

OutReach (15 Minutes)​

• General Report: Ian W & Hannah K

• Outreach to meetings for Intergroup Reps - partner with Inreach Dave Sch said that he and Ian W are dividing between themselves and the Vice Chairs meetings they will attend to encourage closer ties with GCMSI. Dave said he was told by a Chicago AA member that their Service Office will only list a meeting if a phone number is provided for a contact at the meeting. Dave said he would like to make an introduction to these contacts when possible. Abby said our meetings do leave contact information and told Dave he will be given the information. Nathan will attend the Sunday State of Grace meeting, Chicago, to encourage their involvement in GCMSI.

• Update on letter to clinicians Hannah K added that clergy, houses of worship and other helping professionals and institutions are important channels in the community for information about SLAA. Hannah encouraged Intergroup Reps and members to bring information about SLAA to personal contacts they may have in these places.

• Trainings for new speakers - Next date? Hannah K said nine Speakers have received training. Hannah encouraged Intergroup Reps and members to ask other members to attend the next and final training based on Best Practices in the SLAA Service Forum found at https://service.slaa.network/ (Note - the Service Forum is moderated: you must leave your email and the moderator will approve you into it.)
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Inreach General Report (5 Minutes)​

• General Report: Dave Sch & Nathan

  • Newsletter Report (Production Editor Crystal, Jeff and Justin) December Theme Step 12 “How do you practice the principles of recovery in your everyday life?” Deadline for submissions is December 20th. 

  • Event Coordinator: Jeremy, Mark, Hannah C

    • Oak Park Movie Night - Nov. 15th Jeremy said that about 10 to 12 have said that they’re going this afternoon.

    • Bowling event - December 13th Jeremy said that this event will be held from 3:00 until 5:00 p.m. Tickets are $18. Location: Waveland Bowl, 3700 N. Western Ave., Chicago, Illinois. This is an Open Event for Members and their Friends and Families.

  • Fall gathering: Chris V and Chris S

    • Thank you to our co chairs! Another word of appreciation to Co-Chairs Chris V and Chris S.

    • 2025 final report:

      • Number of attendees Chris S said we needed a minimum of 60 to attend to match our expenses and 92 attended!

      • Financials See Fiduciary, above.

      • Survey results Chris V and Chris S sent an email to Intergroup members on November 11 attaching the results of the 2025 Fall Gathering survey. In the email, they summarized what they learned from the event. Discussion focused on this year’s Speaker and her appearance to veer off course for some. Chris V and Chris S will update the preparation guide for Co-Chairs of the Fall Gathering. 

      • 2026 date planning Caitlyn reminded Chris S, who will stay on as Co-Chair, to gather any help that he needs in order to set the date and place for next year’s Fall Gathering and to get a commitment as soon as possible from a professional speaker. 

  • Summer retreat:

    • 2026 save the date (August 13-16, 2026)

    • Finalize registration cost - 2026/2027

    • 2026 co-chair election (December) Previously Nathan accepted nomination and today was elected Co-Chair by members present at the meeting. He received their congratulations. In December, nominations for the other Co-Chair will be presented to the GCMSI. Abby, Crystal and others with experience chairing the Summer Retreat will work on updating the preparation guide for Co-Chairs to the Summer Retreat and will be available to the 2026 Co-Chairs to explain it.

Annual Business Meeting Delegates (15 min)

• ABM Delegates: Anthony, Caitlyn, Abby, Zane, Cristian

  • 2025 SLAA Membership Survey Caitlyn will email to GCMSI the link to the membership survey and wants members to share the link at meetings. Deadline is December 29th: https://www.surveymonkey.com/r/SLAA2025

  • 2026 IRC & 2027 ABM Application Anthony and Caitlyn reported that an SLAA anniversary Global Recovery Workshop is being prepared by several Intergroups, but not GCMSI. The focus at the virtual ABM in 2026 will be to obtain approval for a hybrid ABM in 2027, followed by a petition by GCMSI to host it, possibly at the DeKoven Center in Racine, WI. The possibility of an International Recovery Convention in conjunction with the 2027 ABM will depend on the timing of the Global Recovery Workshop and whether it could be viewed as the IRC for that year. Anthony noted that International Online SLAA Groups heavily use WhatsApp Groups to maintain contact between meetings. A listing of these groups is found at https://slaavirtual.org/whatsapp/. Members may ask to join any of these WhatsApp Groups by messaging the SLAAvirtual Infoline using WhatsApp, he said.
     

New Business ( As Possible)

• ​No new business
   

SUGGESTED ANNOUNCEMENTS FOR MEETING REPS: 

• Submissions to newsletter - November 20: As above

• Subscribe to the newsletter on the slaachicago website 

• Encourage donations to IG via Venmo (@Augustine-Fellowship) 

• Please submit Meeting Updates via the Meeting Update Function on the Website (reopening, etc.)

• SLAA Summer Retreat Save the Date August 13-16, 2026
   

The meeting was adjourned at 9:15 a.m.

Proposed Next Meeting:  December 20, 2025
8:00am – 9:15 am
Hybrid both In-Person (preferred) and OnLine (Zoom ID Above)
3326 N Ashland Ave.

Visit us at www.slaachicago.org

Higher Power, We ask your guidance in carrying out this work in service to the Fellowship. Relieve us of the burdens of our egos and perfectionism. Grant us the grace of humility. Remind us to place principles before personalities. Help us to focus only on the greater good of the group. Let us know that we are responsible only for doing the leg work, not the outcome. Give us the faith to trust in You and the Group Conscience. And grant us the serenity to accept the things we can not change the courage to change the things we can and the wisdom to know the difference.