72nd General Service Conference Committees
Agenda Items
- Agenda
- Review suggestions for the theme of the 2023 General Service Conference.
- Review presentation/discussion topic ideas for the 2023 General Service Conference.
- Discuss workshop topic ideas for the 2023 General Service Conference.
- Review the General Service Conference Evaluation Form, distribution process and 2021 Evaluation Summary.
- Discuss progress report on Conference improvement.
- Cooperation with the Professional Community
- Review progress report on A.A.W.S. LinkedIn page.
- Review suggested revisions for the draft pamphlet “A.A. in Your Community.”
- Review progress report on the development of outward facing pamphlets for the mental health professionals.
- Consider creating a new pamphlet designed to help C.P.C. committees reach as many doctors as possible.
- Review content and format of C.P.C. Kit and Workbook.
- Corrections
- Review contents and format of Corrections Kit and Workbook.
- Reconsider use of the term “person in custody” in A.A. literature.
- Consider requests to limit changes to the book Alcoholics Anonymous.
- Discuss request to make A.A. literature changes slowly and with A.A.’s primary purpose in mind.
- Finance
- Review Self-Support Packet.
- Consider request to add a historical disclaimer to the front of the book Twelve Steps and Twelve Traditions.
- Consider request that all proposed changes to the book Twelve Steps and Twelve Traditions be handled in footnotes.
- Grapevine/La Viña
- Review progress report on AA Grapevine Workbook revisions.
- Review progress report on Grapevine and La Viña Instagram accounts.
- Consider the list of suggested Grapevine book topics for 2023 and later.
- Discuss the wide-ranging impact the Preamble change has had on our A.A. Fellowship.
- Literature
- Annual review of recovery literature matrix.
- Review draft language regarding safety and A.A. to be included in Living Sober and the pamphlet “Questions and Answers on Sponsorship.”
- Review draft pamphlet based on A.A.’s Three Legacies.
- Review draft pamphlet “The Twelve Steps Illustrated.”
- Review progress report regarding the pamphlet “The Twelve Concepts Illustrated.”
- Review progress report regarding the pamphlet “Too Young?”
- Review draft of the revised pamphlet “Young People and A.A.”
- Review progress report regarding update of the pamphlet “A.A. for the Black and African-American Alcoholic.”
- Review progress report regarding update of the pamphlet “A.A. for the Native North American.”
- Review progress report regarding development of a Fourth Edition of the book Alcohólicos Anónimos.
- Review progress report regarding the translation of the book Alcoholics Anonymous (Fourth Edition) into plain and simple language.
- Review progress report regarding requests to develop study guide workbooks for A.A.
- Review progress report regarding development of a Fifth Edition of the book Alcoholics Anonymous.
- Discuss the existing version of the pamphlet “Twelve Traditions Illustrated.”
- Discuss G.S.O. Publishing updates per the A.A.W.S. print policy:
- Review the draft update of the pamphlet “Is A.A. for You?”
- Review the draft update of the pamphlet “Is There an Alcoholic in Your Life?”
- Review the draft update of the pamphlet “Frequently Asked Questions About A.A.”
- Review the draft update of the pamphlet “This Is A.A.”
- Review progress report regarding strategy to make current literature accessible in all possible formats.
- Review progress report regarding Literature Committee workbook.
- Discuss changes to the text of the book Twelve Steps and Twelve Traditions as directed by the 71st General Service Conference.
- Policy/Admissions
- Review G.S.O. general manager’s report regarding General Service Conference site selection.
- Review dates for the 2026 General Service Conference.
- Discuss the procedure: “Process for Approving Observers to the Conference.”
- Review progress report on the development of a process using virtual meeting technologies for polling the G.S.C. between meetings.
- Discuss report on the Equitable Distribution of Workload process.
- Consider request to restore a paragraph in the story “Freedom from Bondage” in the book Alcoholics Anonymous.
- Consider request to revise the pamphlet “Questions and Answers on Sponsorship” to reflect shared experience on service sponsorship.
- Public Information
- Review the 2022 Public Information Comprehensive Media Plan.
- Public Service Announcements (PSAs):
- Review the distribution and tracking information for two video PSAs:
- “Sobriety in A.A.: My Drinking Built a Wall”
- “Sobriety in A.A.: When Drinking is no longer a Party.”
- Review the 2021 report on the “Relevance and Usefulness of Video PSAs.”
- Review the distribution and tracking information for two video PSAs:
- Review a progress report and the G.S.O. Podcast Plan.
- Review report on “YouTube Performance.”
- Review report on “Google Ads Performance.”
- Review report on “Meeting Guide Performance.”
- Review the “2021 Fourth Quarter Report on A.A.W.S. Board Oversight of G.S.O.’s A.A. website.”
- Review report on “AAGV/La Viña Website, Marketing and Podcast.”
- Discuss feasibility research on paid placement of PSA videos on streaming platforms.
- Discuss Public Information pamphlets/materials:
- Consider suggestion to revise the flyer “A.A. At a Glance.”
- Review suggested revisions to the pamphlet “Speaking at Non-A.A. Meetings.”
- Review suggested revisions to the pamphlet “Understanding Anonymity.”
- Consider request to retire and replace the “A.A. Fact File.”
- Review request to create a new form of communication to address anonymity on social media.
- Review report on development and distribution ideas for the “A.A. Triennial Membership Survey.”
- Review content and format of P.I. Kit and Workbook.
- Report and Charter
- Discuss General Service Conference Final Report.
- Review The A.A. Service Manual, 2021-2023 Edition.
- Review progress report from A.A.W.S. Publishing on a new section to be added at the end of the Twelve Concepts for World Service titled “Amendments.”
- Consider request to include a G.S.R. preamble in the pamphlet “G.S.R.: Your Group’s Link to A.A. as a Whole.”
- Consider requests that the chapter titled “The Doctor’s Opinion” be returned to page one, as it was in the First Edition.
- Treatment and Accessibilities
- Review progress report on pamphlet “A.A. for the Older Alcoholic.”
- Review progress report on military audio interviews.
- Discuss draft version of A.A. Guidelines for remote communities.
- Review contents and format of Treatment Kit and Workbook.
- Review contents and format of Accessibilities Kit and Workbook.
- Consider request to revise the pamphlet “The A.A. Group” to reflect the importance of the group as a “spiritualentity” as stated in the Long Form of Tradition Five.
- Consider request to revise text in the chapter “Getting plenty of rest” in the booklet Living Sober.
- Trustees
- Review resumes of candidates for:
- Eastern Canada Regional Trustee
- Pacific Regional Trustee
- Review slate of trustees and officers of the General Service Board of Alcoholics Anonymous, Inc.
- Review slate of directors of A.A. World Services, Inc.D. Review slate of directors of AA Grapevine, Inc.
- Discuss the revised “Procedures for a Partial or Complete Reorganization of the General Service Board, the A.A.W.S. or AA Grapevine Boards.”
- Consider revising text highlighting service roles at the group level in the pamphlet “The A.A. Group.”
- Consider request to revise the pamphlet “Do You Think You’re Different?” to include stories reflecting greater diversity.
- Review resumes of candidates for:
- Archives
- Review content and format of Archives Workbook.
- International Conventions/Regional Forums
- Discuss update report on methods of closing the Big Meetings at the International Convention.
- Discuss ways to encourage interest in Regional Forums and attract first-time attendees.