Online meetings
Accomplishments from the past quarter:
District 25 held an election at the end of the past quarter rotating new trusted servants into place in a timely enough fashion that those members holding the positions previously could help the incoming rotation with understanding the job and the group conscience and just generally helping everyone going in to feel as confident as possible. Many thanks indeed to all those who served this vital district, some since its birth just 3 years ago.
District 25 is presently made up of 48 groups with two of those having just joined during the course of this past month; and one of those groups is based in the Ukraine, (Spiritual Awakening – the only English-speaking meeting in Ukraine at this time). Indeed, the GSR for that group stood for the District Accessibility Chair service position and was approved by the district members. Congratulations Aarin.
Problems or issues you are facing or have already dealt with:
A question being taken by the GSRs for group discussion and then further discussion at the district level has been whether or not online only MEETINGS (not groups) should be listed on The District 25 website for people to find when they are on District 25’s website in search of a meeting.
Similarly, a question was posed and is being taken back to the groups by the GSRs (again before further discussion at the district level) is whether or not those groups that for whatever reason do not have a GSR in place be allowed to have an “unofficial” representative/contact person from their group vote their group’s conscience at the district meetings to insure that those groups’ voice is still heard and considered?
Please share some goals you hope to achieve or begin work on in the next quarter:
My hope is to build on the concept of teamwork. In doing service work throughout my sobriety, I’ve learned time and again that we do not do this thing as individuals, islands in the stream. That success of any of the committees, of any single GSR, of District 25 alone but as a part of Area 72, is better assured when the committee heads reach out to those they know in their district and draw them into service or even to reach across the threshold of one committee to work hand in hand with another (such as Bridging the Gap working with the Treatment Committee or the Registrar working with the WEBSERVANT, the CPC committee chair perhaps working with either or both the Accessibility committee or Public Information committee, etc.)
At the next District 25 meeting (held the 3rd Saturday of every month, 3:00-5:00 pm Pacific Time) will enjoy hearing Bud W, Area 72 Accessibility Chair. And District 25 (the previous Grapevine/Literature Committee chair, Jeff, and the incoming GV/L chair, Barbara G, are working with the Area GV/L to host that committee quarterly.
Jo G.
DCM 25
