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Delegate’s Report
February 25, 2023, Area 56 Assembly On Thursday, January 26, 2023, I flew to New York to attend the General Service Board Weekend. This is an honor given only to Delegate Conference Committee Chairs. The other chairs came from California, Wyoming, Tennessee, Illinois, New York, New Jersey, New Hampshire, Kansas City and three from Canada. We stayed at…
“A.A.” = Alcoholics Anonymous while “AA” = Alcoholic in Action
“A.A.” is the common shortcut used when writing about Alcoholics Anonymous. In all our literature, when these initials are used when referring to Alcoholics Anonymous, it is printed “capital A period, capital A period”. Now what about “AA”? AA without the periods means Alcoholic in Action. As your Delegate for Area 56, the first months…
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…
Area 56 Assembly
*Area 56 held its 3rd Assembly of the year today. In addition toOfficer Reports, DCM Reports, Committee Chair Reports anddiscussion on the Budget and Calendar for 2025, we also tookinventory. We did this by the ‘divide and conquer’ method.We broke up into small groups, addressed one question pergroup and then had a spokesperson share our…
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…
