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Your link to the General Service Conference, the Mid Southern California Area 09 Delegate serves for two years and is a voting member of the Conference, bringing to its deliberations the experiences and viewpoints of the Area and of District 04 members and its groups. Though the Conference is the high point of the role of the delegate, the delegate’s job goes on year-round and involves all aspects of the conference structure.

The Panel 70 Delegate for Mid Southern California Area 09 is Ed L. Ed posts information including his monthly sharing session at MSCA 09’s website, where you can read about his activities and perspective on his service work.

Before being elected as our Delegate, Ed served as the Area alternate delegate for two years, as Secretary for two years, and as Grapevine representative for two years. At the district level, Ed served as District 19 Secretary for five years and GSR for two years. At the group level, Ed served in various service positions. His home group is the Wednesday Night Men’s Stag meeting in Wrightwood, CA. Ed’s first A.A. meeting was with the El Groupo de Estrella de Desierto (Hesperia). His sobriety date is 05/30/2005.

Ed’s Personal Mission Statement: “I’m committed to being totally available and responsible to MSCA 09 members, to help provide a healthy infrastructure to communicate among individuals, Groups, Districts, Area, and the General Service Office, while using as few acronyms as possible!”

2021 General Service Conference

This site is maintained by the District 04 of the Mid-Southern California Area Website Committee for the purpose of dispersing information pertinent to service work within the District to the GSR’s, District Committee Members, Officers and other interested alcoholics.

A letter from District 04 Officers follows:

Dear GSRs,

If you are new to General Service or a returning member, we hope your Service journey will bring you many sober adventures and much fulfillment.

Alcoholics Anonymous is divided into 93 Areas across the United States and Canada. We are a part of Mid Southern California Area 09 which is comprised of approximately 22 districts – 16 of which are English speaking with the remaining six being Hispanic.

District 04 serves approximately 300 meetings and is divided into nine subdistricts. They are as follows: Southwest (SW), Southeast (SE), Northwest (NW), Northeast (NE), Men’s, Women’s, LGBTQ, Rossmoor/Los Alamitos and Marina Pacifica.

As a GSR, you have a very vital job. You are the link between your group and A.A. as a whole. The GSR represents the thoughts, concerns, and conscience of his/her group and reports to the District and to the Area, via the Area Delegate – who passes these on to the A.A. General Service Conference.

The General Service Conference meets every Spring in New York and is attended by all the elected Delegates of the 93 Areas. It is here that new A.A. literature is formulated or updated and decisions affecting A.A.in it’s entirety, are decided, always with the input of the groups via the delegates.

Once the Conference is over, our Area 09 Delegate brings back the Conference Actions that affect A.A. unity, health and growth, to you – and you, in turn, communicate them back to the group. Only when a GSR keeps the group informed, and communicates the group conscience, can the Conference truly act for A.A. as a whole. You are critical to that process!

We wish you much joy in your new service position! Please remember, we are here to help in any way we can. We are so happy you have joined District 04!

In Gratitude,

The Executive Officers of MSCA 09 District 04 Panel 70

DISTRICT 04 OFFICERS FOR PANEL 70

DCMC – Michele K.

Alt DCMC – Maryka D.

Secretary – Cynthia F.

Registrar – Wilson C.

Treasurer – Roman O.