District 04 MSCA 09

General Service - Alcoholics Anonymous

District 04 MSCA 09

GSR School Committee, Panel 72

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Panel 72 Chair: Gregory J.

GSR School orientation for new GSR’s is the last Wednesday of every month at 7 PM.

Zoom ID: 303 162 5518 Passcode: ID 285544

Conduct a brief orientation for new GSRs one half-hour prior to the District GSR meeting (or at another agreed-upon time) and encourage them to attend the Area GSR School.

Participate as a member of the Area GSR School Committee.

Introduce new GSRs during the District Committee meeting.

Provide new GSRs with a copy of the “District 4 Guidelines,” “The A. A. Service Manual” pamphlets, and other General Service training material.

Maintain custody of GSR School material. Distribute literature, as available, to new GSRs.

Provide contribution envelopes from District 4, the Mid-Southern California Area 09, and G.S.O. to new GSRs.

GSR School Slides

Archives Committee, Panel 72

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Panel 72 Chair: David K.
E-mail: Archives-Chair@LongBeachAA.org
 
Oral Histories Kit from GSO
 
MSCA 09 Group History Form (English) | MSCA 09 Group History Form (Spanish)

  • Develop, maintain, and promote a District 4 Archives program and collect and maintain a historical collection of A. A material.
  • Maintain custody of the District 4 historical records, memorabilia, tapes and videos, and any donated items from Groups and individual members.
  • Research or facilitate the research of archival material at the request of the DCMC.
  • Prepare and maintain the District 4 Archives inventory.
  • Serve as a liaison with the Area Archivist and the Area Archives Committee Chair.
  • Attend all Area Archives Committee meetings.

Cooperation with the Professional Community (CPC), Panel 72

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Panel 72 Chair: Carly A.
e-mail: CPC@LongBeachAA.org

Your District 04 CPC Committee can bring the message of Alcoholics Anonymous to professionals in your community, helping them understand how and why AA works. Members of CPC Committees inform professionals and future professionals about AA – what we are, where we are, what we can do, and what we cannot do.

CPC works at establishing better communication between AA’s and professionals, and to find simple effective ways of cooperation without affiliation. Non-alcoholic professionals may work and/ or meet the alcoholic where AA is not known or present.

Through professionals, alcoholics may be reached who might otherwise never find the program. Moreover, they may be reached sooner with the help of informed non AA professionals who may cross paths with the alcoholic through their chosen profession.

Professional communities include that of medicine, education, law, corrections, the judiciary, the military, the clergy, and social work. In this way, still suffering alcoholics can be reached where, under other circumstances, may fall through the cracks.

CPC is vital and rewarding Service work. District 04 is here to support your CPC vision, your goals and your efforts.

*excerpts taken from Cooperation with the Professional Community Workbook 2018

CPC Kit
 
About A.A. – A Newsletter for Professionals
 
Chair Responsibilities:

  1. Attend all (no less than 6) Area CPC meetings and report to the District on CPC activities.
  2. Form and maintain a District 4 CPC Committee made up of GSRs and other interested members.
  3. Establish projects for the District 4 CPC Committee to work on.

Corrections Committee, Panel 72

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Panel 72 Chair: Jim D.
email: Corrections@LongBeachAA.org

Corrections Committee Workbook

The purpose of a corrections committee is to coordinate the work of individual A.A. members and groups who are interested in carrying our message of recovery to incarcerated alcoholics. Bringing meetings and literature into facilities, raising awareness of the Corrections Correspondence Service (C.C.S.) among “inside” and “outside” A.A. members, and helping inmates transition to a local A.A. Community through Pre-release contacts are just some of the activities corrections committees support. (From AA.org website)

  1. Attend at least 6 Area Corrections meetings per year and report to the district on activities.
  2. Form, maintain, and facilitate a District 4 Corrections Committee made up of GSRs and interested members.
  3. Encourage GSRs to promote Corrections Correspondence with their groups.
  4. Coordinate with Harbor Area Central Office Liaison to utilize the use of Harbor Area for receipt and relay of correspondence for members who prefer not giving out the personal home addresses.
  5. Pre-Release Contact
    • Be the contact point for GSO for inmate placement in prerelease contacts for inmates being paroled in District 4.
    • Obtain contact information and names of groups willing to take in parolees into their groups upon release.
    • Send inmate information on groups willing to take them in as members after release and provide personal contact information when provided.
  6. General Service Office – Maintain open communications with the corrections Desk at the General Service Office (GSO).

Treatment Facilities Committee, Panel 72

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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.