Reach Out Group Policy

Time: 7-8pm Tuesday

Place: 33 Park Pl, Goshen, NY 10924

Trusted Servant Commitments

Position Clean-time Requirement Service Length
Chairperson 1 year 6 months
Secretary 90 days 3 months
Treasurer 18 months 1 year
GSR (Group Service 18 months 1 year
Representative)
GSRA (Group Service 6 months 1 year
Representative Assistant)
Coffee maker none 3 months
Greeter none 3 months

Trusted servants cannot serve more than 2 consecutive terms

No trusted servant or speaker shall be allowed to serve while under drug replacement
therapy

Format of Meeting
Beginners meeting
Open meeting to both addicts and support (family, friends etc...)
Meeting is one hour in length from 7-8pm
Weeks 1, 2 and 3 will be rotating 1st, 2nd, and 3rd step meeting (respectively) with
corresponding step reading from the most current Basic Text followed by speaker
sharing on that step.
 4th week will be a "Pop Topic" meeting where topics will be chosen at random from
wooden popsicle sticks passed around in a basket (1 topic is on each side of the stick). It
is only suggested, but not required, to share on the topic chosen.

Celebrations are to be held on the last Tuesday of the month (when applicable.) If there
are only 4 weeks in the month and there is a celebration the celebration will take place
instead of the previously mentioned "Pop Topic" meeting
Readings at beginning of meeting: "Who is an addict?", "What is NA?", and "How it
Works." There will be no readings at the end of the meeting (e.g "Just for Today, "We do
recover")

Meeting Expenses Priority

Expenses are in order of importance as follows:

Rent ~> Literature ~> Key Tags ~> Hospitality (coffee etc) ~> Donation to area

Literature, Pamphlet and Keytag Inventory

Literature
2 Basic Texts

2 It Works: How and Why

1 Step Working Guide

1 Living Clean

1 Just For Today

10 White Booklets (to be given along with a meeting list to any newcomer)

*literature is to be replaced as soon as it is purchased using revolving funds set aside

specifically for this purpose. This revolving fund is not to be commingled with the meetings
overall treasury balance*
 Pamphlets
5 each of the following: Welcome to NA, Self-Acceptance, For the Newcomer, Triangle of
Self- Obsession, Living the Program, Just For Today, Am I An Addict?, Sponsorship,
Recovery and Relapse, Another Look

1 "The Group" Pamphlet

Keytags
10 white

5 every other color

Removal Of Trusted Servants

Any trusted servant shall not be permitted to continue serving if they:

miss 2 meetings without notifying group members prior ("no call, no show")
Misappropriate funds
No longer meets clean-time requirements
Put the meeting in jeopardy
Impose physically harm or make any threats to anyone attending the meeting, church
members or any other persons on the property of the meeting place. In such case local
authorities will be notified : Goshen Village Police 845-294-7988

Prudent Reserve
$25
 Amendments of Policy Guidelines
Changes to policy and format must follow guidelines set forth in the "Motions Format" section
below

Parliamentary Authority
Robert's Rules of Order

Motions Format
Any group member must attend 2 business meetings prior to voting on any change to
the group policy
Once a policy has been established it cannot be revisited for 6 months. After 6 months
any group member can call for a policy meeting within 4 weeks notice of the
announcement

Anniversaries
Anniversaries shall be held on the last Tuesday of the month
Prospective celebrants must come to a business meeting 2 months prior to celebration
so the group can purchase the medallion
1 speaker and 1 medallion giver per celebrant
The group holds the authority to extend the length of the meeting to accommodate
multiple celebrants; meeting length not to exceed 1 hour and thirty minutes maximum.
Celebrant with more clean-time picks the leader for the celebration. Leader must be a
member of NA.
First year celebrants will be provided a cake purchased by the group. ($20 maximum)

**This policy was written by group members over a period of several weeks and was completed
August 25, 2015**
 Reach Out Group
Secretary Reading
Hi my name is ________ and I'm an addict.

This is an open NA meeting. We ask that you respect the primary purpose of this meeting which
is to provide a safe place where addicts can share their recovery.

We would like to extend a special welcome to the newcomer. Is this anyones very first NA
meeting?

In NA, we celebrate the miracle of clean time.

Does anyone have 24 hours clean or just coming back from a relapse?

Anyone with 30 days clean?

Anyone with 60 days clean?

Anyone with 90 days clean?

Anyone with 6 months clean?

Anyone with 9 months clean?

Is there anyone with one year continuous clean time?

Anyone with 18 months clean?

Is there anyone with multiple years clean today?

Will all those with a year or more please raise your hand to show the newcomer that this
program does work?

Our business meetings will be held on the last Tuesday of every month, please come and lend
your support.
We celebrate on the last Tuesday of the month. To celebrate at this meeting we ask that you
attend a business meeting 2 months prior to your celebration so that we can get you a
medallion. Is there anyone celebrating at THIS meeting at the end of the month?

The seventh tradition states that every NA group ought to be fully self-supporting, declining
outside contributions. We will pass the basket to help pay for rent, coffee and literature. The
literature is on the table and is free for the taking, except for the books which are our price-
your terms. What that means is if you need a book, please see me or the chairperson after the
meeting and we will work something out.

Now back to the chairperson.

 Reach Out Group
Chairperson Reading
Welcome to the Reach Out group of Narcotics Anonymous.

My name is _______ and I'm an addict.

We would like to open this meeting with a moment of silence followed by the serenity prayer.

Can someone please read:

Who is an addict?
What is the NA Program?
How it works?

Can we have a hand for all the readers? Now we'll turn the meeting over to our secretary...

Hi I'm ______ and I'm an addict. NA has no rules, but this group does have a few suggestions:

Please silence any electronic devices, as they are a disruption to the meeting.
There is NO smoking anywhere on the church grounds. We ask that you please smoke
ACROSS the street and dispose of your cigarette butts accordingly. We have many
meetings in this building and we wish to respect the churches request. Thank you for
helping with this.
We ask that you do not bring any drugs, weapons or paraphernalia into this meeting.
You are welcome but they are not. This is for the protection of the group, the meeting
place and NA as a whole.
If you have used within the past 24 hours, please refrain from sharing. We would like to
hear from you and not the drugs. Do, however, get with someone after the meeting and
talk with them
This meeting has a rotating format. We will read the first 3 steps out of the Basic Text, one each
week, followed by a speaker sharing on the step for that week.

The 4th week will be a "Pop Topic" meeting. Topics will be picked at random from a basket
passed around to everyone at the beginning of the meeting. The meeting will then be open to
anyone that wants to share on their chosen topic, but please feel free to share whatever you
need to, whether it is related to the topic or not.

This meeting is only an hour long. To allow everyone a fair chance to share, we have a timer
that will go off after 3 minutes. After the timer goes off, please wrap up your sharing. The first
five minutes of this meeting are reserved for a burning desire. A burning desire is if you want to
use drugs. Then the meeting will be open to a show of hands. Tonight.....

(Announce the format and, if applicable, introduce the speaker AFTER we are done reading
from the basic text- unless it is a Pop Topic meeting in which case there is no speaker)