Carrying the Message Successful Events & Workshops your District or Committee has implemented.
Hi Area72. This is a wonderful topic. It takes me back to my first years in A.A. 2015-2016. Here in Central Puget Sound, we are blessed to have multiple districts standing committees working together as one. So, every monthly committee meeting would have 3-4 district Liaisons and lots of home group representatives, usually about 20-40 people per committee meeting. Powerful, they elect a chair/co-chair treasurer, secretary for the 2-year rotation. Then they go about their business.
What did that look like? Well, I went to an Accessibility workshop held at the Star Center in Tacoma back in about 2019 and it was amazing. It was an all-day event; it had stations set up with attendants to show how specific accessibility needs can be met. There were about 12 stations with a couple accessibility reps from home groups manning them, one for hearing, vision, distance, physical limitations, and so many more. You could ask detailed questions and get useful information back. A couple guest speakers topped off the event.
The Central Puget Sound Public Information (P.I.) held a “Traditions Workshop” back 2015 that lasted the entire Day. Lunch was provided! The day long event was set up to have tradition panels for each tradition and they would last about 30 minutes each. Panels of about 4 members sharing on the tradition than time for Q&A. After the half, your you could move to another panel somewhere else in the church. All the panels were in different rooms, so they were private small intimate groups. We would all lunch together and the P.I. committee would host a skit about an A.A. group and how each tradition impacts the group.
I really miss the all-day workshops. I hoped on Crystal’s coattails back in 2015 and am so grateful for her and all the rest of us that put on these loving events.
Bud W
