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A word from Our Delegate
Greetings Area 56! Today I am in Grand Rapids, Michigan attending the ECR Conference combined with the 71st Michigan State Convention. It’s a gathering of 500 of my closest friends from the East Central Region (Michigan, Ohio, Illinois, Indiana, and Wisconsin). It is being held on the campus of Calvin University. I am staying in…
Push-Up Emails
Push-ups are great exercise to build overall strength. I can do 10 of them!Feel free to challenge me the next time you see me. (“Drop & Do 10, Warren G.”).As Delegate I am responsible for strengthening our communications channel from our General Service Board to the Groups in Area 56. To that end, I am…
A plea for the PLBB
Publication of The Plain Language Big Book, A Tool for Reading Alcoholics Anonymous became an Advisory Action at the 74th General Service Conference. We can expect it to be ready by the end of the year. What follows is a 1-minute speech from the floor of the 74th General Service Conference presented by a Delegate…
Interim report from our delegate in New York Greetings from Brooklyn, New York!
I am attending the 74th General Service Conference of AA, “Connecting with Love, Unity and Service.” I am amazed, *and I am only halfway through!You know what our upside-down triangle looks like, right?This week the bottom portion of that triangle is working together on all the agenda items that were selected this year.I am grateful…
An example of an Elder Statesman
Recently a senior member of my Home Group asked for a “business meeting” of Home Group members to discuss something that was on his mind: Was our Group fulfilling AA’s primary purpose? Were we doing our best to reach out to still suffering alcoholic?My Home Group is a closed discussion meeting. We often have many…
