​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 1- Abby February Concept 2 Caitlyn

Facilitation (10 Minutes.) 

• General Report: Chris  

  • Approve Minutes: December Minutes approved​

  • Access, Anonymity and Data/Privacy Policy - progress update Approved this last month, Chris updating files in the drive to ensure they are anonymous. Going smoothly so far with the goal of being done in March and continuing to train any new retreat/fall gathering chairs.

  • Website Facilitation: Abby

  • Web Facilitation: 

  • Drop down menu project - progress update with John D Map of meetings similar to AA website, John is going to set it up for us and set up for us to add new meetings in the future. Waiting for a new debit card or putting it on Abby’s debit card and get reimbursed. $3/month cost. Might only need to have this map for a year and a half, FWS is going to start a national map that they host vs each IG hosting their own.

  • Could mean there are less people seeing our event pages, sounds like it would be embedded in our website.

  • Elections coming in March, nominations need to be done in February - can we add a banner on the website and newsletter announcing elections in March - Look to add in February Abby/Ryan/Crystal

Fiduciary (5 Minutes)

• General Treasurer Report: Zane 

• Report Financials: General December report approved

  • Thank you to groups that donated (Tuesday Keep Coming Back, 12x12 Living in the Solution, Sunday Night State of Grace)

  • Complete report of the holiday party coming

  • Wallet/Debit Card lost, continuing to monitor the account, no fraud reported, new card coming

  • Will work to ensure all payments are updated to the new card

  • Check Zoom monthly charge for December - Chris and Zane

• Q and A

OutReach (5 Minutes)

• General Report: Ian W 

  • Inreach/Outreach team up - outreach to far suburban meetings 

  • SLAA Speakers for Treatment Centers - direct asks 

  • Outreach to new treatment facilities 

  • Outreach to existing CSAT connections 

  • Outreach to LAP 

• Q and A

Inreach General Report (35 Minutes)

• General Report: Caitlyn K 

  • Newsletter Report (Production Editor Ryan W) 

    • January newsletter going out this week, Crystal needs access to the drive - Chris to follow up with her

    • February theme “Challenges I faced in believing a Power greater than myself could help” due 2/15

  • Event Coordinator: Burke 

    • Valentines Events 2/15 11:30am Valentine’s Day brunch, St. Paul’s Church, social and sober dating/relationships/loving yourself in sobriety panel, closed event

      • Budget coming this weekend

      • Sarah potential co-chair candidate

    • Next event? 

  • Fall Gathering 

    • Date Set: October 25 - confirm with the church and then add to the events page

  • Inreach to our zoom meetings and previously in person meetings - gathering contact information. 1-2 meetings per month - Zane, Abby, Anthony and Hannah K.

  • Summer Retreat - Liability insurance is purchased, registration sign up form is updated with the new pricing, registration is open, prelim marketing materials created, co-chair election coming in February

Annual Business Meeting Delegates (10 min)

• Vote to Approve Motion - Sobriety Statements for Literature

  • Motion is to require 2 year sobriety and identification of bottom lines

  • Vote 8-1-1, discussion had, second vote 8-2-0

• ABM Delegates: Anthony, Caitlyn, Abby 

  • ABM is going to be 4 days in 2025, online, could use another delegate this year, and will be looking to repeat what we did last year in having our delegates together, similar to what multiple other IG’s did last year.

  • IG donations have been helpful to FWS so far this year, need to pay payroll/literature expenses, etc

New Business (5 min.) As Possible

• Intergroup Representatives Feedback​

SUGGESTED ANNOUNCEMENTS FOR MEETING REPS:

• Submissions to newsletter - February theme: “Challenges I faced in believing a Power greater than myself could help” due 2/15

• SLAA Summer Retreat August 14-17, 2025 Registration is now open!

• 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.)

Proposed Next Meeting: March 15, 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.