GSA Phone Bridge Intergroup Meeting Minutes
3pm EST, Sunday, June 14th, 2026
Next meeting: 3pm EST, July 12th 2026 (daylight savings time)
+17124325229,,,4320188#
Call to order – Chair, Catherine in Canada
Serenity Prayer – We version, read together
The Twelve Traditions of GSA – read by Kris W.
Chair invites Trustees to identify themselves:
Secretary/GSR – Jim M. from Boston, PBIG/9pm, Saturday Qualification, (present)
Receiving Treasurer – Norma D., NY, (present)
Reporting Treasurer – Sebastian, UK, (present)
Website Liaison – Kris W., AK, (present)
Moderator Liaison – Denise D., SC, (present)
Dashboard Liaison – Wanda S., SC, (absent)
PM Marathon Liaison – Lynn C. in WA, (present)
AM Marathon Liaison – Patti G. from Boston, (ongoing absence due to schedule conflict Sun 3pm E) Intergroup Service Representative (ISR) – CJ H., GA, (present)
Chair invites GSRs and others present to identify themselves:
Katy from Dallas – GSR Beginner’s Meeting
Grace from Houston – GSR Relapse/Recovery
Charma – GSR, Ann Arbor Group, Sat, 9:00 am on 4320188#
Jessica, FL – GSAWS’ Phone Bridge Intergroup Liaison
Rodney G. from DE – Coordinator 2 pm Relapse/Recovery
Nancy, TX and Andrea, VA – Members
Motion to accept May Treasurer’s report as posted. Motion to accept made by Kris W. and seconded by Katie in Dallas. Passed with no objections or abstentions.
*Sebastian (Reporting Treasurer) informs those present that the 16.00 Bank fee seen on the report was indeed for having our account less than 5000.00. He has therefore moved some funds from our PayPal account to the bank account to remedy this, as was agreed by Trustees.
Motion to accept May Minutes as posted. Motion to accept made by Norma in NY, seconded by Kris W. Passed with no objections or abstentions.
2 min Updates on current projects. Norma from NY, volunteers to serve as Timer:
Phone bridge app. CJ working with NCC contact person.
There is a low cost App being created for members to access the PB meetings if they are having trouble connecting via their usual provider or are being charged extra by provider. This was decided last Fall/Winter at IG, after members had reported difficulty connecting to PB. The App is being tested by a few members and is not ready for general use yet, as for instance, the keypad is not responding as it should. The contact from the Free conference company the PB uses is very difficult for CJ to collaborate with as he is generally quite unresponsive therefore there seems to be little to no improvement. CJ asks for patience with the process and she shares in our frustration.
Phone bridge announcement method. Lynn C. and Catherine in Canada
This 4320188# line that we use for this IG meeting will soon also be used for recorded PBIG (Phonebridge Intergroup) related announcements. The recording can be stopped anytime that this line is needed for other PBIG activities. The news of this Infoline will be widely announced on the PB meetings when it is ready for member use. (this was done in consultation with the Ann Arbor group which will continue as scheduled Sat at 9am)
Old Business: No old business pending.
∙ Chair remindes/informs everyone that if members have items they would like added to the IG agenda they need to be received 2 weeks ahead of IG meeting via the website. Alternatively any member may propose agenda item here at this meeting, to be added to the next IG agenda if it is PBIG appropriate.
New Business:
∙ Nomination of Dashboard Liaison. Wanda’s 2 year term of service expired in May and has been the acting- Dashboard Liason in the interim and she has agreed to serve another term. Wanda is out of the country and not present at this meeting but has told trustees she will happily accept if voted in for 2 more years. Lynn in WA nominates Wanda and Grace In Houston seconds.
Norma asks for a description of the position. Chair explains the position was created 4 years ago by an Ad Hoc subcommittee of trusted servants chaired by Trustee. There were at that time relentless sometimes crude disruptions by one individual on the PBIG meetings. To eliminate the issue Trusted servants with at least 3 yrs abs. were recruited and trained on the “dashboard “. Thus in real-time during a meeting, using their computer, when the hacker come in they could be eliminated from the call. There were approximately 25 trained dashboard operators at the end of that 1st 2 yrs. The Dashboard Liaison trains the operators and maintains the schedule and often fills in as needed. Of the GSRs and Trustees present, 9 voted in favor of Wanda continuing her service for a second term. None opposed. Wanda is re-elected for another 2 year term. The Chair recognized she did not leave space for or ask if there were any other nominations for the position of Dashboard Liaison.
General Questions and Comments
Chair reminds all present to encourage others to volunteer to serve as Group Service Representative (GSR). GSRs carry the group’s conscience to the Intergroup as well as have voting rights at the IG meeting on any motions. One year abstinence requirement, one year of service, no requirement to serve at World Service Conference level but they may if they wish. Chair informs the room that of our current groups eligible to have GSRs only 3 are here and all together we could have approx. 33 GSRs for our IG.
– Chair notes our 7th tradition donations are down lately and attributes this to the fact that we are not yet accepting checks again. We will be widely announcing when checks can be accepted again and that should be shortly.
– Norma volunteers to get information related to members possibly using Venmo for 7th tradition and bring to next IG meeting.
– Grace from Houston asked when a motion is brought forward to the agenda is a rational required for the motion? The Chair answered, usually yes to argue the point of having the motion. And it is suggested that the individual proposing the motion be present at the IG meeting where it will be addressed.
– Andrea from Virginia queried as a newer member “what is the scope of this IG? We were all encouraged to come when it was being announced on meetings”. Chair explains we support the approximately 68 meetings that happen on this Phonebridge line through-out the week. It is a shared platform with all elected servants being GSA members themselves. We take care of things that impact the meetings taking place here. We are also an Intergroup, one of the earliest ones in GSA. GSA as a whole is made up of several little IGs, we are one of them, so GSR votes have a ripple effect at World Service Level. Lynn added, traditionally intergroups tend to be regional. Now we have Spanish language intergroup. Our phone bridge is not regional, so it’s also different in that way.
– As an aside: Chair also added she learned today at the Commitees Connecting meeting held for conference commitees by World Service that a Greysheet history book is being written right back to the early history of the actual Greysheet, so when it is out we will have it as reference too.
Chair asks all present again, if there is any additional agenda item they would like to see at next IG. None heard.
Next IG meeting: July 12th 2026 3pm eastern
Motion to close
Chair asks for a motion to close. Katie makes a Motion to close, Grace seconds. Meeting Closed at 3:51pm with The Responsibility Pledge followed by the We version of the Serenity Prayer.
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Dear Reader: If you have additional New Business, please email us at
phonebridgetrustees@greysheetmeetings.com at least two weeks PRIOR to the next Intergroup meeting which is scheduled, as usual for the second Sunday of the month, Sunday, July 12th, 2026, at 3:00 pm ET. Only Trustees and GSRs may vote. All members are welcome to attend and speak.