Member and Group

Meeting

June 29, 2014

2:00 PM

AGC Mission • The Austin Galano Club (AGC) is a non-profit corporation formed

to serve the recovering community of Austin and surrounding

areas, specifically for the gay, lesbian, bi-sexual,transgender

community, their allies, and serving all 12-step based programs

and related activities. The club is focused on providing a facility

and operational support for the meeting spaces for such groups,

as well as providing social, community education, and service

opportunities to the group members served. The club will operate

to further provide a place for the recovery community to have a

safe, affordable, comfortable place to gather, whether for a

meeting or for social purposes. Although focused on serving the

GLBTQ Recovery Community, AGC welcomes all persons in

recovery, or supporting those in recovery, without regard to race,

color, creed, or sexual identity or orientation.

Agenda• Welcome

• A brief History

• Updates

• Reportso Financials

o Member/Member-Group Activity

• Group and Member Involvement

• Events and Activities

HistoryWhat started as a vision to figure out how to buy a building

for one group turned into so much more…providing a home

for the breadth of GLBTQ&A recovery in Austin.

• Mar - Jun 2011o Some interested parties got together to see if there was interest

o June 2011 wrote the business plan, because there was interest

• August 2011o Formed a Board of Directors from original exploratory committee

• Sept 2011o Decided on the name, Austin Galano Club

o Opened bank account

o First Members started joining

History Cont. • January 2012

o Invited our first group to rent meeting space

• April 2012o Secured current lease for space from Odd Fellows

• June 2012o Opened doors for Austin Roundup event on June 30

o Lambda Live and Let Live held first meeting July 1 at 11:00 AM

• July 2012o 9 groups at opening

• 5 AA, 1 NA, 1 Al-Anon, 1 CMA, and 1 OA

• $10,000 in the bank

• Brand new club and no idea what to do

Fellowships Served

Member-Group Makeup

• Total number of meetings: 31

• Total number of AA meetings: 16

• Number of different member-groups: 14

• Number of different program types (e.g. AA, CMA, etc): 9

May Profit/Loss

Financial Cont. (as of May 31)

• Bank Balance: $31,259

• Group Balances:$5,930

• Galano Balance:$25,329

o~4 months Prudent Reserve

So what do you do when

everything is okay?

Groups and Members

• That’s our struggle…everything is okay.

• It’s an opportunity for the community to disengage

because of the perception of not being needed

• Things run on “autopilot”

• How can we engage the groups and the

members of the community BEFORE a

crisis?

Questions/Comments• What do you want to see?

• How can we help you get involved?