Our district business meetings are monthly, normally on the last Sunday of the month. The location varies each month as each group General Service Representative (GSR) gets approval from their group to make their hall available for our two-hour meeting.
We have 19 Groups with GSRs of which 10 participated in the last district meeting.
We have 24 Trusted Servants of which 18 participated in the last district meeting.
Anyone may attend our business meetings however only GSRs, (or Alternates), District Trusted Servants, and Standing Committee Chairpersons may vote.
The newsletter topic this month is “The General Service Conference. Sharing the Topics with your Group….”
Communication is a two-way street. I really like how the General Service Representative Handbook shows such a simplified way on page 4 of the newly revised book just how the communication goes from the AA Groups, to District meetings, then to Area Assembly, and then to the General Service Conference and back again.
If we don’t get the word out, then the word is idle and stays on aa.org, or area72aa.org, or whatever our district central office website may be. Our Delegate Courtney has already informed us at the January Quarterly that she was chosen to be on the Grapevine Committee at this year’s Conference. So, I am assuming one item we will be talking about is the 5-year financial plan of the Grapevine and La Vina with goals to reduce shortfalls and increase revenue.
Other Agenda Items will be discussed at the scheduled Pre-Conference meetings coming up in March. I remember from last year that our Delegate doesn’t go over ALL the agenda items because our heads would explode with way too much information. At least mine would. So, I for one am grateful Courtney will filter out what she thinks is “area important” and go over a few agenda items so we can keep it simple. (I heard that somewhere before). If anyone wants to know what all the Agenda Items are and the background of each one, they can be found on our area72aa.org website once available.
District 10 is one of the districts where we will attend any one of the five scheduled Pre-Conference meetings in the South, North, East, and Central Area locations along with a virtual only meeting. We will be discussing this at our next district business meeting on the 23rd of February at the 9th & McKenzie Group Hall. We are hoping to “HERD” as many GSRs, Alts, Trusted Servants, and any members who really love Service Work to come to a Pre-Conference meeting, take notes, ask questions, and bring back to each group so each group member has an idea of what the heck A.A. World Service is doing for the suffering Alcoholic inside and still outside of these rooms.
Once the GSRs get a group conscience from their group on the Agenda Items, these will then be discussed at our district meeting (March 30th). I am hoping our district GSRs will then also participate in sharing feedback with Courtney at the meeting on Saturday, April 12. This way Courtney has a better feel of how each group and districts opinions are on the Agenda Item topics.
I am so grateful to be of service and looking forward to the meetings.
Peace.
Mike D.
DCM District 10
Kitsap Peninsula: Silverdale, Bainbridge Island, Kingston, Poulsbo, Chico, Belfair, Bremerton, Kingston
