Delegate’s Corner

March 2026

Hello Area 56!  The following is what I reported at our Assembly on Saturday, September 17, 2022.  Thank you for allowing me to be your Panel 72 Delegate! The 2023 40th Annual Mini-Conference will be held March 17-19 at the Miami Valley Centre Mall in Piqua, Ohio.  The Comfort Inn is connected to the mall.  The rates are very reasonable…

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…

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…

The General Service Office provides vital services to Alcoholics Anonymous. For the past four years, every business and household has experienced financial challenges due to the pandemic plus the rising costs of goods and services.In November a letter from Bob W., our GSO General Manager, issued a call to action for additional funds to be…

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…