District 04 MSCA 09

Panel 72 Committee Chair: Linnea M.
E-mail: Treatment@LongBeachAA.org

Treatment Facilities Workbook

Bridging the Gap

Committee Chair Responsibilities:

1. Attend at least 6 Area Treatment Facilities meetings per year and report to the district on activities.
2. Form, maintain, and facilitate a District 4 Treatment Facilities Committee made up of GSRs and interested members.
3. Encourage GSRs to promote Treatment Facilities “Bridging the Gap” program with their groups.
4. Send letters to all treatment facilities in the district explaining what A.A. does and does not do. (The video “Hope: Alcoholics Anonymous” has been a useful tool for both staff and patients.)
5. Coordinate with H & I and facility administration, to take A.A. meetings into facilities within the district.
6. Encourage group participation for them to have a representative on the T.F. committee.
7. Coordinate temporary group member contact information for inpatients being released.
8. Arrange purchase and distribution of literature for these groups and meetings.
9. Seek to understand, respect, and adhere to all treatment facility regulations in the district.
10. Make information about A.A.’s function and purpose available to treatment staff.

Panel 72 Chair: Vacant

1. Attend all (no less than 6) Area Special Needs Committee meetings and report to the district on activities.
2. Form, maintain and facilitate a District 4 Special Needs Committee made up of GSRsand other interested members.
3. Encourage GSRs to establish and maintain a Visitor Group for home and hospital-bound A A. members of their group.
4. Promote Loners and Internationalists programs.
5. Assist groups to meet the needs of members who are blind or visually impaired; deaf or hard of hearing; chronically ill or home-bound; and those who are physically or developmentally disabled and any other special needs.
6. Ensure that accurate information is provided to local and national directories concerning wheelchair accessibility.
7. Encourage GSRs to make their Groups aware of the committee’s work.

Panel 72 Chair: Jim W.

2022 D04 Budget Adopted 11.03.2021

“AA’s far-flung Twelfth Step activities, carrying the message to the next sufferer, are the very lifeblood of our AA adventure. Without this vital activity, we would soon become anemic; we would literally wither and die.

“Now where do AA’s services—worldwide, area, local—fit into our scheme of things? Why should we provide these functions with money? The answer is simple enough. Every single AA service is designed to make more and better Twelfth Step work possible, whether it be a group meeting place, a central or intergroup office to arrange hospitalization and sponsorship, or the world service Headquarters [now the General Service Office] to maintain unity and effectiveness all over the globe.

“Though not costly, these service agencies are absolutely essential to our continued expansion —to our survival as a Fellowship. Their costs are a collective obligation that rests squarely upon all of us. Our support of services actually amounts to a recognition on our part that AA must everywhere function in full strength—and that, under our Tradition of self-support, we are all going to foot the bill.”~ Bill W., October 1967 Grapevine ~ Taken from the A.A. Guidelines on Finance from N.Y.

Finance Committee Chair Responsibilities:

• Attend all (no less than 6) Area Finance Committee meetings and report to the District on Area financial matters.
• Coordinate with the District 4 Treasurer to obtain District financial data for use in financial planning.
• Prepare the annual District 4 budget.