Delegates Corner

August 2025

Every time I attend a service conference of Alcoholics Anonymous, I experience a deep feeling of gratitude to be a member of this fellowship. A recent example is the Conference of Delegates Past and Present (CDPP), held in Muncie, IN, on Feb. 9-11. It is a gathering of AA service representatives of the East Central…

May 2026

It’s finally here! After years in development THE PLAIN LANGUAGE BIGBOOK – A Tool for Reading Alcoholics Anonymous has been published. Thebook is available at Central Office, or you can order directly from aa.org.This is the First Edition, First Printing of the PLBB, as it is commonly called.I purchased one for myself for personal use…

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…

That means that our Area 56 Mini-Conference is right around the corner! Save the weekend dates, March 14,15 and 16, when we will be discussing and arriving at an “area-wide” group conscience about the new Proposed Agenda Items (PAIs). PAIs are sent in by individuals, groups, districts and areas of A.A. They are reviewed by…