March 2025 Topic: “Forming a group conscience -sharing topics from the General Service Conference:: I like to review the entire agenda that becomes available in March. I also participate in my home group’s discussion session on the topics that our Area focus’ on during the PreConferences.
Repository Report 2/23/25 : We Archivists have spent 300 hours in Repository in the first 7 weeks of 2025 plus had two quarterlies there–totalling 100 hours; I purchased over $400 supplies for Repository and pallets for OSD3; the updated Catalog of Holdings is listed below; we need to update the outdated information on the web page; we prepared for The Blending of Time Conference (NOT FUNDED BY A72)—we will be loading out of the Repository at 8 AM on Friday and setting up at La Quinta from 9 AM to 12 PM—Melissa is doing to room for this event; we will purchase SoundByte for the ‘jukebox’ presentation of PRAASA recordings available on laptops—Nathan and Devin have been working on this project from home (THEIR PROCESS IS MINDBLOWING); we’ve identified the Archives attendees for Step Ashore event in August (NOT FUNDED BY A72); I will attend PRAASA=-the Archivists of the Region are presenting a motion; the safe had a malfunction and locked us out-after much coordination we got in and replace the access point; talked with Jack about Gv?Lit display; We lost printer access for a couple days and then our entire Wifi disappeared—Comcast came and we got it back after 24 hours. We had a research request from Area 15’s Ad Hoc Committee on splitting—Donna researched our paper collection and prepared a summation of the documents and a copy of the pertinent data to leave with and moved to Florida a provided a packet of data to Bob H. (he was a GSR in A72 a few years back) last Friday; Gary N. the author of the book on Bobbie B. will be at Repository on 2/27/25 to review our letters by Bobbie—he is the Historian at The Blending of Time Conference.
Repository Catalog of Holdings: Assembly History, Delegates, Alt Delegate, Chairperson, Alternate Chairperson, Treasurer, Alternate Treasurer*, Accessibility, Archivist*, Archives Chair*, Cooperation with the Professional Community, Corrections (Institutions), Grapevine/Literature, Language Coordinator*, Newsletter, History Books, Public Information, Registrar, Secretary, Sound, Treatment (Hospitals), Web Committee*, Web Servant*, Young People, Audio / Visual, Audio Cassettes Digitized (1200+), Floppy / CDs, GSO Directories, GSO Manuals, Final General Service Conference Reports, International Conventions, 1990 International, Delegate Binders, Grapevines, Districts (44), Newsletters, PRAASA, Forums, PNC, BLA, NAAAW, NAATW, NCC, NAACPC/PIC, Alcoholic Foundation, GSO. Bulletin / Exchange / 459, Prison Letters, WA AA History (Founders | Assembly | Special Collections)
Maryland N, Archivist
