Motions are customarily presented to the Area Chair by a DCMC. Most motions come from a District conscience and do not need to be seconded; if a motion comes from an individual then the motion does need to be seconded by a voting member.
The voting members for Area Business Meetings are DCMCs or their alternates, DCMs or their alternates & Area Officers.
Area Committee Meeting Motions
Housekeeping Motions
- None at this time
Presentation of New Business
- None at this time
New Business
- That CNCA purchase the Panel 73 assembly word count competition prizes from the AA Grapevine store, effective May 14th, 2023, at a total cost not to exceed $174.
– Presented by CNCA Recording Secretary, Sarah B, and CNCA Literature/Grapevine/La Viña Chair, Matt E
Old Business
- None at this time
Finished Business
- That CNCA provide funding for one member of the Archives Committee to attend the Annual National AA Archives Workshop to be held September 7 through the 10th in Sudbury, Ontario Canada at a cost not to exceed $1600. – Presented by the CNCA Archives Committee. There were no objections and the motion passed.
- That CNCA provide funding for one member of the Bridging the Gap team to attend the Annual Bridging the Gap Workshop Weekend to be held September 8 through the 10th in Houston, Texas at a cost not to exceed $1500. – Presented by the CNCA Bridging the Gap Committee. There were no objections and the motion passed.
- That CNCA provides funding for one member of the Web Committee to attend the Annual National A.A. Technology Workshop to be held September 8th through the 10th in Winchester, Virginia at a cost not to exceed $1200. – Presented by the CNCA Web Committee. There were no objections and the motion passed.
- That CNCA write a letter of support to the La Viña Anniversary Host Committee. There were no objections and the motion passed.
- That CNCA reimburse Monty C, Delegate for Area 08 (San Diego and Imperial County), for his travel expenses to facilitate the 2023 CNCA Inventory Assembly at a cost not to exceed $750. – Presented by Eric L, Delegate. There were no objections and motion passed.
- That CNCA provide funding for the CNCA Bridging the Gap Forum to be held on September 30, 2023 at the Senior Center 3245 Bowers Ave, Clearlake, CA at an amount not to exceed $1500. – Presented by John O, CNCA Bridging the Gap Chair. There were no objections and motion passed.
- That CNCA provide funding to subscribe to an email service provider for the Comments/Comentarios newsletter at a cost not to exceed $400 per year. – Presented by the CNCA Ad Hoc Newsletter Committee. There were no objections and motion passed.
- That CNCA provide funding to print Opt-In postcards for the Comments/Comentarios newsletter at a cost not to exceed $200. – Presented by the CNCA Ad Hoc Newsletter Committee. There were no objections and motion passed.
- That CNCA 06 purchase 120 digital radios at a cost not to exceed $2800. – Presented by the CNCA Interpretation and Translation Committee. The motion passed by substantial unanimity 36 in favor 3 against and 2 abstentions
- That CNCA reimburse up to $600 for liaison travel to attend this year’s Annual Hispanic Women’s Workshop, to be held in Los Angeles.
– Presented by Maricruz R, Hispanic Women’s Workshop liaison
There were no objections or questions. Housekeeping motion passed on 8/26/23 - That CNCA provide funding of $865.65 to this year’s Annual Hispanic Women’s Workshop, the cost asked of each Area to put on this year’s workshop.
– Presented by Maricruz R, Hispanic Women’s Workshop liaison
Presentation: Maricruz shared that the budget for the HWW is $7,000 and is divided among the areas. This is our area’s contribution.
Questions:
Q: What areas are contributing?
A: 06, 05, 08, 09, 92, and 07.
There were no objections. Housekeeping motion passed on 8/26/23 - That CNCA fund interpretation expenses for a Finance Workshop currently planned for October 8th in an amount not to exceed $225.
– Presented by David N, Chair of the CNCA Finance Committee
Questions:
Q: What are the topics? Who is the workshop geared toward? Is it open to everyone?
A: Topics aren’t set yet. It’s geared toward districts, individuals, and groups and is open to anyone.
Q: How long is the workshop?
A: Two and a half hours with time for questions and answers.
There were no objections. Housekeeping motion passed on 8/26/23 - That CNCA provide funding of $225 for three hours of simultaneous interpretation at the PI/CPC hybrid workshop to be held in September.
– Presented by Miguel H, Chair of the CNCA Public Information and Cooperation with the Professionals Committee
Presentation: The event is hybrid and on September 16th. Some topics are basics on what PI is, what CPC is, speaking at non-A.A. meetings, and we’ll provide real examples of how to present to the public. There will also be food.
There were no questions or objections. Housekeeping motion passed.8/26/23 - That the CNCA Technology committee’s required on-site Hybrid Sub-Committee members are eligible for travel expense reimbursements, beginning January 1, 2023, pursuant to the Area Expense Reimbursement Guidelines, while doing the work of the Hybrid Sub- Committee.
– Presented by the CNCA Technology Committee - That CNCA hold a linguistic sharing session for Spanish Speakers on the day of the ACM at the Petaluma Community Center
– Presented by CNCA Alternate Delegate Miguel H. - That CNCA provide funding for one member of the Technology Committee to attend the Annual National AA Technology Workshop to be held September 8 through the 10 in Winchester, Virginia at a cost not to exceed $1200.
– Presented by the CNCA Technology Committee