District 04 MSCA 09

General Service - Alcoholics Anonymous

Panel 76 Committee

Website Committee, Panel 76

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The Website Committee meets monthly on the 4th Saturday of the month @ 4:00 p.m.

Please contact the Committee if you wish to join.

Panel 76 Website Committee:

Committee Vision Mission Purpose

Committee Guidelines

Committee Budget Information

If you would like to post something on this website, please contact us using the Contact form and it will be reviewed by the Website Committee Posting Secretary

Treatment Facilities Committee, Panel 76

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Panel 76 Committee Chair: Jo-Jo
E-mail: Treatment@LongBeachAA.org

Treatment Facilities Workbook

Bridging the Gap

Committee Chair Responsibilities:

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

Public Information (PI) Committee, Panel 76

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Public Information Committee

Panel 76 Chair: John

Email: PI@LongBeachAA.org

Public Information Workbook

Public Information Kit

The primary purpose of members involved in Public Information Service work is to carry the AA message to the still suffering alcoholic.

Public Information conveys AA information to the general public through activities such as providing AA resources and literature to schools, colleges and libraries.

Also, Public Information Committee members may give AA informational talks to civic and city organizations as well as schools and public service departments.

Insuring local media have accurate information and providing them with the latest AA public service announcements are also ways the Public Information Committee can be useful.

While there is some overlap between PI and CPC, Public Information serves the community at large, in the hope that doing so, will ultimately help the alcoholic.

District 04 is here to answer any of your PI questions and to help facilitate your Public Information Committee goals (excerpts taken from the Public Information Workbook 1994)

1. Attend all (no less than 6) Area Public Information Committee meetings and report to the District on Pl activities.

2. Form and maintain a District Public Information Committee made up of GSRs and other interested members.

3. Develop District-approved and -funded PI projects (e.g., those found in the “Public Information Workbook”). Report on their status at District meetings.

4. Provide the DCMC a monthly written report on the status of all Public Information projects that District 4 ls involved with.

Literature Committee, Panel 76

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Chair: Vacant

Literature published by A.A. World Services, Inc. is a resource for the recovering alcoholic and for anyone who wants to find out about Alcoholics Anonymous, its history, and how it works. General Service Conference-approved literature reflects the group conscience of the Fellowship of A.A. and includes the book Alcoholics Anonymous (affectionately known by members as the Big Book); Daily Reflections, a compilation of spiritual reflections contributed by members; books written by one of A.A.’s co-founders (such as Twelve Steps and Twelve Traditions and As Bill Sees It); and a wide variety of pamphlets and booklets that deal with the Three Legacies of Alcoholics Anonymous: Recovery, Unity, and Service. A.A.W.S. publishes literature in three languages, English, Spanish and French, which reflect the three primary languages spoken in the General Service Conference structure of the United States and Canada. We also publish and license translations of the Big Book and other literature in languages and countries around the world, much of which is available in the literature catalog published by A.A. World Services, Inc. (From www.aa.org)

Chair’s Responsibilities:

  1. Suggested sobriety: 2 years.
  2. Attend all (no less than 6) Area Literature Committee meetings and report to the District on A. A. literature activities.
  3. Become familiar with the contents ‘of A. A. literature in order to be responsive to inquiries.
  4. Encourage A. A. members to become acquainted with A. A. Conference-approved literature.
  5. Inform District members through displays and other suitable methods, of all available Conference-approved literature, literature catalog, audiovisual material, and other special items.
  6. Maintain a supply of “GSR Starter Kits” for the GSR School.
  7. Develop and maintain literature for District 4 as needed.
  8. Communicate suggestions regarding proposed additions or changes in Conference-approved literature and audiovisual material to the District, the Area, and the General Service Office.
  9. Maintain, update and distribute the District 4 “Welcome To General Service” pamphlet, annual calendar of events, and other information useful to District members.

LGBTQ Committee, Panel 76

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Chair: Kaitlin

email: LGBTQ@longbeachaa.org

Your District 04 LGBTQ+ Committee is working to strengthen the district’s ability to carry the message to the LGBTQ+ community and to all who have a desire to stop drinking. We are inclusive to alcoholics who consider themselves a part of sexual, gender, and romantic minorities. We want your experiences in AA to be a part of our LGBTQ+ voice and to use our collective experience, strength, and hope to make AA more accessible to current and future LGBTQ+ alcoholics.

AA Approved Links:

 

Non-AA Approved Links:


 

 

GSR School Committee, Panel 76

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Chair: Vacant
gsr.school@longbeachaa.org

GSR School orientation for new GSR’s is TBD.

Responsibilities

    Suggested sobriety: 2 years.

    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.