APRIL Blessed to be in Service for District 42! Three meetings down, and I am so grateful for the energy and support of the amazing people that surround me.Progress not perfection is my mantra during this speed-learning journey, as well as Time takes Time. If it weren’t for someone who sobered up in A.A. asking “have you ever thought to take a look at your drinking?” I wouldn’t be alive and have the opportunity to hang out with y’all’s. HomeGroup.Online brought a presentation in February as our quest for banking solutions continues. At the time of this writing, we have yet to vote as questions/concerns still arise. Attending my first PRAASA as a DCM, I’ll be implementing nuggets into our meeting (one at a time) to make District more fun?!?! While attending a pre-conference is “an experience that should not be missed,” co-hosting one is an adventure of its own; pre, pre-con meetings, hybrid set up, running the mic, food and SO many drinks, tear down, seeing/meeting new and old Friends face-to-face, plus SWAG! Can’t wait for the Report Backs! April will be a busy meeting with Conference Agenda items, elections (till committees are filled) plus there will be two visitors: Jennifer, the Area Archives chair will present and Lisa, DCM24 will share all things about possibly co-hosting their July picnic.
Growing through Service, Teri Harte DCM42
MARCH Greetings! District 42 is growing healthier in this second month of the new rotation. Groups that had discontinued contributions in the last rotation, are sending in 7th tradition splits again. Many thanks!! We’re back to having a working balance. With our treasurers’ help we are working diligently to ensure transparency and clarity with our financial status, moving forward. We got the word out that D42 would have a banking presentation by Homegroup.Online. As a District we still need to vote if this will be our new banking system, yet everyone was clearly engaged; as evidenced in the Q&A session. Attendance was spectacular! Group treasures, Alt. GSR’s, A.A. Members- we filled three committee positions this month! There’s a real Zoom recording of the meeting minutes, plus we facilitated a Bridging the Gap connection before our new Treatment Chair was elected. The District’s archives have returned and are (thank you for loading them all into my car on a cold January night!!! You know who y’all are..) warm and dry. May I entice you to serve District 42? Five positions are still available! Archives, Cooperation with the Professional Community, Third Legacy Chair
Public Information, Grapevine and Literature- we have a great traveling display! Our meetings are held every second Thursday at 7 PM via Zoom. March 13th ID: 930 1782 3319 Passcode: 202171 As experience has shown, sharing the information our Delegate receives for the General Service Conference is no small task; and there will be a lot of information! A DCM’s role is to make sure all the GSR’s they serve hear what needs to be heard, see the background if they choose, and know where to go for a deeper dive into the facts. Only they know what their group wants. I have served this District in many capacities over 12+ years ,and have been in AWE of several District Committee Members before me. It is my responsibility to ensure an interstate of information is available to those I serve- before, during and after the General Service Conference.
Growing through Service, Teri H. DCM 42
FEBRUARY “A Host of Friends” is all I ever wanted. Living in a home as an only child (though I wasn’t) and being the only kid in the neighborhood my age, left me seeking peer companionship with all the glee of a ghost, on a bike, at a traffic light. Very early on I remember trying to fit in, hoping to be liked, and acting out just to be noticed. Alcohol and drugs became my solution very early; Boones Farm Strawberry Hill left me wanting more, in third grade. Many years later…enter the program of Alcoholics Anonymous. In my first meeting, I felt welcomed and comfortably home. You asked me to keep coming back, and you meant that. You let me pour coffee, clean ashtrays and greet people at the door! At last- I have found my people! ‘You are going to meet these new Friends in your own community… Here you will find cheerfulness and laughter..’ My wish is one of hope. Hope to bring back the energy of Service to District 42 and how much fun is just waiting to be had! Our first district meeting was a technical debacle but we made it through and UP goes the learning curve again. Zoom crashed my computer while doing a pre-meeting test and it was 7:23 until call to order- on a different account. No “recording” of minutes to the cloud, but Friends were at the ready to step up and put pen to paper. New GSR’s welcomed, Committee, Officers and Group reports given, and we closed with the Responsibility Declaration at 8:34pm. If it was a perfect launch, who would think giving of oneself into Service is attractive? ‘…for you will escape disaster together and you will commence shoulder to shoulder your common journey.’ Among them(us/we) you will make lifelong Friends.’
Teri H. DCM District 42 DISRICT
