District 8 Business Meeting
Next Meeting:
Mon Oct 20, 2025 @ 7pm Hybrid

Opening/Mission Statement  - Chair - Matt E/Paul S alt

My name is                          and I'm an alcoholic and sit as your District Chairperson. This is an open business meeting for alcoholics or those who believe they have a problem with alcohol.

 Request that cell phones be turned off or vibrate - Please keep yourself on mute when not speaking.   Use raise hand function/raise hand if you want to respond.   We will be using the yes/no reactions to take votes, please make sure you know how to use them. 

Please take a moment to update your Zoom Name to include your group and Group and or District Position. 

Declaration of Unity  **Read by ALL 

This we owe to AA’s future; to place our common welfare first; to keep our fellowship united.
For on AA unity depends our lives, and the lives of those to come.

Introductions

State your Name, Disease and Group Affiliation and Role in the District. 
Zoom Please Change your name to include Position and Group 

New GSR's and Interested AA's be sure to provide add your contact information on the Registrar Page or  fill out this form.  
To obtain your GSR Packets Click to get your GSR Packet PDF 

Anniversaries

Any AA Birthdays since we last met or you attended. 

GSR Role  

GSR Pamphlet   Volunteer:

When you’re a general service representative (G.S.R.) :   On the general service structure: The A.A. Service Manual/Twelve Concepts for World Service, “Inside A.A.” and “Circles of Love and Service” — all in the G.S.R. Kit; in addition, the Conference Final Report, and the video “YourA.A. General Service Office, the Grapevine, and the General Service Structure” (DV-07).

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Tradition Reading - Long Form ~  Click for Illustrated Version

Volunteer: Tradition 9 - Each A.A. group needs the least possible organization. Rotating leadership is the best. The small group may elect its secretary, the large group its rotating committee, and the groups of a large metropolitan area their central or intergroup committee, which often employs a full-time secretary. The trustees of the General Service Board are, in effect, our A.A. General Service Committee. They are the custodians of our A.A. Tradition and the receivers of voluntary A.A. contributions by which we maintain our A.A. General Service Office at New York. They are authorized by the groups to handle our over-all public relations and they guarantee the integrity of our principal newspaper, the A.A. Grapevine. All such representatives are to be guided in the spirit of service, for true leaders in A.A. are but trusted and experienced servants of the whole. They derive no real authority from their titles; they do not govern. Universal respect is the key to their usefulness.

Concept Reading - Click for Illustrated Version

Volunteer: Concept 9 - Good service leaders, together with sound and appropriate methods of choosing them, are at all levels indispensable for our future functioning and safety. The primary world service leadership once exercised by the founders of A.A. must necessarily be assumed by the Trustees of the General Service Board of Alco- holics Anonymous.

What's going on with your groups?

Report Back on the Groups you might have visited this month?

Monthly Reports ~ with motions to accept and vote

• Secretary Report - Mike/Jeff B alt

• DCM Report - Doug/Marie/Christina L alt           DCM Change Form

• Treasurer - Jerry S/Paul T Alt                 Group Contributions Form

OLD Business

1.  Fall Fellowship Cookout - Recap

2. Alcathon - Church feedback on Rental Costs

Monthly Reminders - Updates

1. Area 30 Meetings 4th Wednesday Feb, Apr, Jun, Aug, Oct and Dec 7:30 pm @ IBEW Hall in Dorchester

2. Group Conscience meetings facilitator - serviceseminar@aaemass.org

3. Road Show - contact altchair@aaemass.org

4.  Literature Price Schedule Effective January 22, 2025 

5. New in 2025,  Primary Purpose Podcasts from aa.org 

6. Link to Area 30 Open Calendar Link to Area 30 Public Google Calendar
   https://calendar.google.com/calendar/u/0?cid=Y19lNDBlMzBmZmQ1ZWI5MjMwYzZiOTlhZGJmNDA4YjUwZGNiMGFjNzIyYjQ5ZDIzNmY5NThkMjg2NWViOWRmYWJkQGdyb3VwLmNhbGVuZGFyLmdvb2dsZS5jb20 

7. September Area 30 Newsletter - The Messenger

Tabled Business

1. Goals

   • Building Group Participation in Area Activities

   • Brain Storming - Carrying the Message

   • (New goals???)

Whats on your Mind