Welcome To The Clean By The Sea Group Of Narcotics Anonymous in Jaco, Costa Rica

Welcome everybody, invite a HP to help us, take a moment of silence

Read 2nd tradition

Read last minutes

Any Matters arising – any inaccuracies in the minutes – if its ok – propose and second the …

Welcome everybody, we start with a moment of silence to invite a HP to assist us in service.

Read 12 traditions front page/service prayer

Read last minutes

Any Matters arising – any inaccuracies in …

Attendance

• JS
• MR – Secretary and Treasurer
• TH
• JB - Alternate Secretary
• KU - GSR
• BE
• M – Coffee Maker
• JJ
• KF - Alternate Treasurer
• AJ

Apologies: None

Service Prayer KF read minutes JS acted as …

Pros:

AT - Most important person is new comer.

They might not understand what's going on in some meetings.

Cons:

TH - Newcomers may not want to be singled at

JB - Motion: do it on a trial basis …

Attendance: JB, CC, SC, KU, AT, TH

Opened by reading service prayer and second tradition.

How is the group carrying the message?

JB: Fucking great.

CC: Members are sharing their experiences and …

Treasurer

-300,000 colones

• rent is paid for June

New Biz

• We could donate to Spanish NA?
• We could buy more literature
• We could buy white booklets to give away
• We could pay rent several months ahead …

Old Business

New Business

• We don't currently have a clean time requirement for chair person
• F will talk with chair persons before meetings to get oriented
• Motion: Should we create a new position to …

NOTE: I don't know when this meeting took place exactly, the minutes in the bound notebook occur direclty before the May 2018 minutes.

How is Group Carrying Message?

KU - solid, people travelling, lit …

Service Prayer 2nd Tradition

Old Biz

Everything good

Positions

Sunday Meeting - DW Wednesday Meeting - MR - JO will cover for MR while in Norway Friday - KU

JB treasurer will give money to BE (AA) …

Service Prayer + 2nd Tradition

Old Business

• Timer is good
• JB paid $60 rent on April 1st

New Business

• Rent due tomorrow and we're $170 behind

• E was treasurer for Spanish NA

• E says he tried to …

March 5th, 2017

Old Biz

MR contacted Juan Carlos and he updated the website

Treasurer's report

Prudent reserve is too high

New Biz

KU and JB switch Wednewsday and Friday chair commitments

Sunday - DW …

Old Biz

• KU spoke to GSR at vigilance he's on Whats App with GSR people
• MR spoke with A, no area meeting in January, will get schedule
• LR says service terms just finished, next assembly - planning …

Group Conscience 1st Sunday of the month

• Service Prayer
• 2nd Tradition
• Reviewed last month's minutes

Old Business

• put up website
• register with world services

New Business

• LR approached MR about us …

• Service Prayer
• 2nd Tradition

Old Business

Register group with world service

If Spanish reaches out we'll donate 1 time.

Write up proposal about having real business meetings.

Treasurer Report

17 mil …

NOTE: This wasn't our first group conscience and I'm not sure exactly when it took place, but these are the oldest minutes I can find, the meeting could've been in 2015 or early 2016. I started only …

The group was actually getting started a few days before this date.

English-speaking NA had been on and off in Jaco for a couple years. JO and Z from Colorado held meetings for a bit, with mostly just …