District 04 MSCA 09

General Service - Alcoholics Anonymous

Panel 72 Committee

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.

Accessibility Committee, Panel 72

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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.

Finance Committee, Panel 72

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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.