“Self-support begins with me, because I am part of us — the group. We pay our rent and utility bills, buy coffee, snacks and A.A. literature. We support our central office, our area committee, and our General Service Office. If it were not for those entities, many new people would never discover the miracles of A.A.”

– Where Money and Spirituality Mix - F-3 © A.A. World Services, Inc.

Information for Self Support chairs within Area 83

Attached is recent information sent by the Area and GSO regarding Self Support.

1) Letter from the Eastern Canada Regional Trustee - Richard B

2) Follow-up letter by the Area 83 Delegate to Richard's letter

3) Group contributions from Area 83 to GSO (comparison 2014 to 2015)

4) "7th Tradition in Action" fact sheet - GSO (October 21, 2015)

Some of this material you may have seen already but am sure that some of it should be new. Please take time to review the material so that we can become more educated in what Self Support is and does and thus will be able to carry the message when asked by fellow members.

Additional Downloads:

The AA Grapevine Statement of Purpose

The AA Grapevine is the international journal of Alcoholics Anonymous. Written, edited, illustrated, and read by AA members and others interested in the AA program of recovery from alcoholism, the Grapevine is a lifeline linking one alcoholic to another.

~ www.aagrapevine.org

Grapevine News

Treatment Committees are formed to coordinate the work of individual A.A. members and groups who are interested in carrying our message of recovery to alcoholics in treatment and outpatient settings, and to set up means of “bridging the gap” from the facility to an A.A. group in the individual’s community.

– The A.A. Guidelines in Treatment MG-14

SCHEDULE FOR AREA COMMITTEE MEETINGS & AREA ASSEMBLIES

(note) Upcoming ACM and Assembly dates listed below are tentative until approved at the previous meeting.

Year	Date	What	Where
2015	January 03	Area Committee Meeting	Westminister United Church
	March 27, 28, 29	Area Assembly	Ambassador Hotel, Kingston
	June 06	Area Committee Meeting	Westminister United Church
	September 12	Area Committee Meeting	Westminister United Church
	October 23, 24, 25	Area Assembly	Ambassador Hotel, Kingston

2016	January 02	Area Committee Meeting	Westminister United Church
	March 18, 19, 20	Area Assembly	Ambassador Hotel, Kingston
	June 04	Area Committee Meeting	Westminister United Church
	September 10	Area Committee Meeting	Westminister United Church
	October 28, 29, 30	Area Assembly	Ambassador Hotel, Kingston
	December 03	Area Committee Meeting	Westminister United Church