Thursday Night Owls Group Folded

News, Schedule Changes

The Night Owls group that met on Thursdays will no longer meet. The following has been removed from the Thursday schedule:

10:00pm NIGHT OWLS (OPEN – Discussion)
St. Mary’s House – 930 Walker Ave. →

New Little Red Book Meeting on Mondays

News, Schedule Changes

Starting on October 10th, 2011, Little Red Book Group will host a second meeting on Monday nights at Magnolia Street Baptist Church (same location as Friday nights). The meeting will start at 6:30PM and will be an Open Meeting. The type will be a Chairman’s Choice, Discussion, Book Study and/or Speaker focus. At first, home group members will chair.

Magnolia Street Baptist Church – 1203 Magnolia St. →

Check out the Archives

New Content, News

We’ve created a new Archives section of the website. Click on the new tab to take a look at the early history of AA in Greensboro. Interesting stuff! You can also help fill in the more recent history by submitting content for the Archivist or emailing him at archives@nc23.org!

Event Space Needed for New Year’s Eve Conference

News

District 23′s Annual New Year’s Eve Conference has outgrown its space and needs a new home! Please contact Drew H. (252-531-3950 – se@nc23.org) if you have any suggestions or contacts that may help fulfill this need.

A.A. Member Contributions Online

News

You can now contribute online to the U.S./Canada General Service Board of Alcoholics Anonymous →. This convenient option for Individual contributions (like the Birthday Plan described below) and Group contributions accepts credit cards and electronic transfers from bank accounts. Notify your home group’s treasurer of this alternate 7th Tradition contribution method. Be sure to read the information available from the “Guidelines and General Usability Tips For Members” link in the gold login box on the contribution page.

Question: I keep hearing about the Birthday Plan. What is it?
Answer: The 1955 General Service Conference approved the Birthday Plan, under which some members of the Fellowship send a dollar a year for each year of sobriety they have in A.A. Others use a figure of $3.65, a penny a day, for each year. Some give more, but the amount cannot exceed $3,000 for any year.

Real Recovery’s Big Book Drive Results

News

The Real Recovery Group (meets Saturdays at 8PM at Summit Fellowship Club →) recently held a book drive to collect copies of “Alcoholics Anonymous” and “12 & 12″ to be offered to suffering alcoholics in and out of AA. The results were a resounding success!

521    Big Books
32      As Bill Sees It
189    Grapevines
42      12 Steps and 12 Traditions

Books were distributed to individuals at local jails, recovery houses, hospitals, prisons and treatment centers. Also, there are Big Books in every public library within Guilford County and in some private schools.

Thank you to all who helped by donating Big Books and other AA Conference approved literature!

If you have any questions, contact Cletis B. at 336-340-7703.

New Jamestown Meeting

News, Schedule Changes

A new Thursday meeting begins in Jamestown on 13 JAN at 6:30PM at Jamestown United Methodist Church (403 East Main Street →). It will be a open discussion meeting. The church requests no smoking on the premises, except in your car.

Real Recovery Group Book Drive

News

UPDATE 22 NOV: They have now collected 416 of their 500 goal! Please help ‘em reach their goal.

The Real Recovery Group (meets Saturdays at 8PM at Summit Fellowship Club →) is holding a book drive to collect copies of “Alcoholics Anonymous” and “12 & 12″ to be offered to suffering alcoholics in and out of AA. As of 6 NOV, they have collected 353 of their 500 goal. The drive ends on 31 DEC. Book donations can be placed in the donation box in the main meeting room at Summit Fellowship Club and in other meeting locations in the city. For additional information, contact Cletis B. at 336-340-7703.

Fall 2010 Election Assembly & Committee Meeting (Live Updates)

News

(Well, “semi-live” updates…)

Reid M., District 23′s DCM, is in attendance at the Fall 2010 Election Assembly & Committee Meeting in Raleigh and has submitted several updates on the work being done there. He’ll be adding more (possibly live and as they’re happening) as the assembly continues.

(Saturday Session, Nov. 20, 2010)

• 3:42PM – Jennifer D. has been elected as the new Area 51 Delegate.
• 4:18PM – Item #2 “That Area 51 accept donations from the North Carolina Conference of Young People in A.A.” has passed. Current vote (2nd vote) is for Area 51 Alternate Delegate.
• 4:23PM – Homer M. (Former CPC-PI Coordinator) has been elected as Alt Delegate to Area 51.
• 5:18PM – Item #3 has Passed. (Paraphrased: pass basket at Area Committee mtgs & Assemblies; + forwarding $ to General Service Office in NY)
• 6:34PM – Break ’til 8PM
• 8:58PM – Jennifer S. (Winston-Salem) has been elected as Alternate Chairperson.
• 9:36PM – Rachel M. has been elected to Area Secretary.
• 10:18PM – Joanne L. has been elected as Area 51 Treasurer.
• 11:03PM – Amy T. has been elected as Area 51 Registrar.
• 11:21PM – Agenda Items #4 & #5 (term of the Archivist be for 6 years & Area Archivist be elected using Third Legacy Election Procedure) have passed.
• 11:42PM – Agenda Item #6 has passed.  (To reallocate $1100 from the CPC/PI Literature budget line to the Public Events budget line).
• 11:45PM – Agenda Item #7  has passed. (To Approve the 2011 Area 51 budget)
• 11:50PM – Motion to Delay remaining reports & Agenda Items until 8:30AM was unanimously approved.

(Sunday Session, Nov. 21, 2010)

• 8:30AM – Call to Order;  Assembly resumes w/address by Incoming Area Delegate, Jennifer D.
• 9:45AM – Resume Business from Saturday
• 10:30AM – 2011-2012 Appointed Coordinators Approved.  New Coordinators are:

Literature Coordinator – Joe B.
Grapevine Coordinator – Debbie M.
CFC (corrections) coordinator – Dean C.
TFC (Treatment Fac.) – Chuck W.
CPC/PI Coordinator – Kenneth C.

• 10:45AM – Basket was passed for the benefit of the General Service Office for the 1st time at a NC Assembly.
• 11:30AM – Assembly Adjourned

District Service Position Changes

New Content, News, Service Opportunities

Two open positions were filled in tonight’s GSR meeting. Maureen S. is now the District Secretary and Kelley C. is our new Treatment Facilities Committee chair.

Maureen is temporarily serving as the Special Needs Committee chair until this OPEN POSITION is filled. In addition to the SNC chair, the Alternate District Committee Member is still an OPEN POSITION. These are fantastic service opportunities. More information about them is available on the Q & A page and through contacting Maureen and Reid M., the DCM.

Contact information for Maureen, Kelley and Reid is available on the Contacts page.