W.S.E.A. AREA 92 NEWS WASHINGTON STATE EAST AREA 92

Panel 61 Issue 4 April 2010

Inside this issue:

Committee and District Reports

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GSR School Flyer 10

Minutes Oct. Assembly

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Delegate Report in Deary

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Spring Assembly Agenda

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July Quarterly 11-12

Area and Newsletter Information

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I am responsible.

When anyone, anywhere, reaches out for help, I want

the hand of AA always to be there.

And for that: I am responsible

Officer Reports

PLANNED AREA EVENTS

DELEGATE'S REPORT PRAASA--what a great experience. PRAASA is usually a wonderful experi-ence, but this year was special. Maybe, it was because it was my first PRAASA as a Delegate. Meeting the other Pacific Region Delegates was enlightening and I was able to learn a lot about being an effective representative for Area 92. The Panel 59 Delegates were happy to share their experience at the General Service Conference and pass on several very handy tips for survival in New York. The agenda review on March 27th at Soap Lake is rapidly approaching and I am excited about the possibility of getting this Area's input on all of the Agenda. I hope that many of you have had the opportunity to review the agenda at your District meetings and will bring that information to the April Pre-Conference Assembly and to Soap Lake. The more people that review the information, the better prepared I will be to represent you at the General Service Conference. On February 27th, members of the Local Forum Committee had the opportu-nity to meet members of the Hispanic Districts and I was a very exciting day. There were three DCMs and one Alternate DCM, several GSRs and representatives of standing committees and our Translation Committee Chair, Daniel M. and Mauro P. Their commitment to service is commendable. Thanks to those who hosted us on that day. Every spare minute of my day is now consumed with reading the voluminous Conference agenda, so I must go clean the reading glasses and get out the eye drops and keep going. Thanks to all of you who are helping to make this year's review process and success. In love and service, jamie

WSEA 92 Pre Conference Assembly, April 9-11th, Shilo Inn, Richland Washington

Delegate’s Report, May 8th, 9—12, Deary Community Center, corner of Line St. and Hwy 8, parking off of Line St., Flyer pg. 13

July 2010 Quarterly, July 16th and 17th, 2010, St. Francis of Assisi Church, Spokane. Flyer pg. 11

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From the WSEA 92 Chair: You all certainly motivate and excite me! What an honor it is to serve in this position. I seem to have been pretty busy in this last month. I participated in the Handbook Committee on the 13th of February, and if you think you know the handbook, come and work with the committee. Stan, Paula, Tom and Dolores have really been working hard to give you guys a cleaner guide to work with. On the 27th of February, I got to participate with members of the Local Forum Committee and our four His-panic Districts. There was lots of enthusiasm and great pizza at our meeting. Thanks to all of you that were there and contributing information and ideas. Ahhhhh, then there was PRAASA, 5 - 7 March. The PRAASA committee did a great job in choosing topics for the panels concerning the GSC (General Service Conference). Jamie S. our Delegate gave a great report on our area, then a great panel presentation. Tom S. did a wonderful job on his panel presentation, Joanne had fun being a timer and I had the privilege of reading some AA Literature. The days seemed very long and I felt that a lot was accomplished. The Area Chair Roundtables were both informative and interesting. I'm just a little envious of the amount of funds other areas have in comparison to ours. Last but certainly not least, I went to "Pockets of Enthusiasm" this last weekend, 12 - 14 March, and got filled to the brim with experience, strength and hope. I had the opportunity to take a relative new comer with us and he had a great time. This coming weekend is the Yakima Workshop, GSR School in Kennewick and the 4th anniversary celebra-tion for District 24. And then, don't forget the Combined Quarterly at Soap Lake, there is a lot to talk about for the Pre-Conference Assembly and our Areas' group conscience. I'm certainly looking forward to seeing all of you! Yours in Loving Service, Jeff S.

Greetings from your Secretary. Good News, Tom S, Stan T and Paula T have agreed to remain on the Handbook Committee. In addition Jeff S. and Nancy T have agreed to join us. The handbook committee met at the Moses Lake Alano Club on February 13th. We reviewed the order of the handbook, discussed specific areas of the handbook that those present felt may need possible revision, determined that the Handbook Com-mittee will meet four (4) times each year and handbooks will be printed annually. I've been busy trying to up-date the Area Directory. Most of the data I have is current, however there is still a small amount of missing information. Does anyone know the name of the DCM or a contact from district 11? If so, please let me know. I've finish the minutes for the January quarterly but I will wait until after the Spring Pre-Conference Assembly to distribute them to avoid any confusion. I look forward to seeing you all in the City of Soap Lake later this month and in Richland next month. Yours In Service, Dolores E. WSEA 92 Secretary

Hi folks! Just a little note for next years PRAASA, it will be in Hawaii !! Start saving now. Several of us are work-ing on condos or other housing options. Hotel costs at the PRAASA site are $216.00 per night at the Sheraton, Waikiki, 2255 Kalakaua Avenue, Honolulu, Hawaii 96815. (that's a group rate for up to 4 people per room) The group rate deadline is 3 Feb. 2011. Transportation from Honolulu airport to be found at http://state.hi.us/dot/airports/hnl/hnl_ground_trans.htm PRAASA registration: Available at praasa.org after August 2010. Yours in Service, Jeff S

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Treatment Chair: Bored Michael here We had a great presentation at the Alano Club in Kennewick on the 18th and would like to thank District 14 Treatment Committee and all those who attended. I so much love being of service to this Area and hope every-one had as much fun as I did. District 6/29 BTG program reported 9 local Bridging’s in the last 30 days and Area 92 responded to helping with 11 Bridges out of the Area and at least 7 into our Area 92. Great service work and thank-you all for help-ing with the Bridging The Gap program. I would love to hear from any other Districts on your progress in these programs. I now have five of the “Old” Hope videos on hand and five of the “New” Hope videos so that your District Treatment Committee can use the one they feel best serves there committee needs. District 6/20 has chosen to continue with the old version and has purchased five of the old DVD’s. I have enjoyed the information and reading of the background material for the upcoming Conference. I have heard a lot of interest in Literature, the AA and the Armed Services for the need for Vet’s and alcohol issues, the PI, on use of faces in videos and Treatment, on need for name change and Conference approved forms. I plan to be at the Yakima Workshop on the 20th and the Standing Committee Quarterly in Soap Lake on the 27th of March. Love to do more Treatment workshops or presentations to any interested Districts. LIS to All God Bless-Bored Michael

AREA 92 Grapevine & Literature Report for March 2010 Greetings from your Grapevine & Literature Committee Chairperson: I don’t have a lot to report. Our last chairperson had the literature well organized and has been helpful in as-sisting me when I have questions. I have ordered ample amounts for the upcoming Combined Quarterly and the Spring Assembly and you may purchase books and pamphlets at the assembly and save 10% on shipping. Two large orders were placed recently for the State Penitentiary in Walla Walla for Mark, our Corrections Chair. If you have a major literature order or multiple Grapevine subscriptions, please contact me and you might be able to save a significant amount of money. My phone number is (509) 422-2114 and email address is fedelman @ ncidata.com. YIS Fred E

Greetings WSEA 92 From PI/CPC Chair!! First of all, I would like to thank all those who attended the PI/CPC combined quarterly in Lewiston in Janu-ary, there was a lot of great discussion which provided food for thought as I embark on my journey to figure out how the Public Information Committee can best serve your Districts. The past couple of months I have sent out e-mails to all the DCM's (that I have current information for) asking for your Districts PI chair contact information. I have gotten a few responses and am hoping that I will have heard from everyone by the time this next news letter is sent out. If you have not contacted me yet please do so as soon as you can as I will be updating Joanne with information she will need to send to the General Ser-vice Office. I would like to make myself available to come and speak with your districts or meet with your district PI com-mittees to talk about Public Information and how we can use it to carry the message to the still suffering alco-holic. As most of you know we are preparing for our busiest time in AA, at least at the level of general service, as we will be getting ready to review the conference agenda items at Soap Lake, WA and share information that you can take back to your districts and home groups. Please let me know if you would like me to send you a Public Information packet for your district and I look forward to seeing you all very soon. In service, Tamara J.

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FINANCES FROM THE ALTERNATE TREASURER

ALTERNATE TREASURE’S REPORT

“WE CANNOT SKIMP” With the realization that A.A. must steer clear of outside contributions in order to maintain its autonomy and independence came the understanding that the money necessary for A.A.’s survival would have to come from individual A.A. members and groups. As Bill W. put it in 1957, “Our spiritual way of life is safe for future generations if, as a Society, we resist the temptation to receive money from the outside world. But this leaves us with a re-sponsibility — one that every member ought to understand. We cannot skimp when the treasurer of our group passes the hat. Our groups, our areas, and A.A. as a whole will not function unless our services are sufficient and their bills are paid. “When we meet and defeat the temptation to take large gifts, we are only being pru-dent. But when we are generous with the hat we give a token that we are grateful for our blessings and evi-dence that we are eager to share what we have found with all those who still suffer.” (TheLanguage of the Heart, p. 221) There are times when we feel flush with monies available for everything we need to survive in today’s econ-omy, but these are not normal times and contributions through February are down from the same time last year in Area 92. In fact the difference is about $4700.00. In the spirit of self-support that Bill W. talked about in “The Language of the Heart”, we are left with a responsibility, one that every member ought to understand, and that is that we cannot skimp when the treasurer passes the hat. Services must be sufficient enough to help the still suffering alcoholic at all levels through our group, district, area and the General Service Office. Members can stay informed about the financial health of A.A. through newsletters such as the one this report is in and make group conscience decisions about how to spend the funds. This year we will have huge discus-sions about the financial status of self-support within the walls of AA. Our discussions will include topics about literature sales supplementing the contributions at GSO, changing the SELF-SUPPORT pamphlet to in-clude a narrative to emphasize the importance of self-support through the seventh tradition and replace the sample pie charts examples currently included in the back of the pamphlet. There are many suggestions com-ing along for more efficient methods to carry the message and at the same time improve policies and proce-dures for our twelve step work. We will talk to some of these issues at the upcoming Standing Committee meeting on March 27 in Soap Lake and try to prepare our Delegate at the April Assembly with enough infor-mation to carry our message to the General Service Conference in New York. Your attendance is needed at these events, so please come and make you groups wishes known. Keeping in mind that the pamphlet “SELF-SUPPORT: Where Money and Spiritually Mix” is an important bit of information to guide us through. Thank you Tom S WSEA 92 Alt Treasurer WHERE MONEY AND SPIRTUALITY MIX-How can groups participate?

DISTRICT-AREA-GENERAL SERVICE OFFICE Check with your DCM for the address to send contributions to the district and send the contributions to GSO at box 459. Please send all WASHINGTON STATE EAST AREA

CONTRIBUTIONS TO: WA State East Area 92 PMB 263 331 Valley Mall Pkwy E. Wenatchee, WA 98802-4831

And don’t forget to provide: Your group name, district number and group number. Make checks payable to: Washington State East Area 92 Thank you from the Area Alternate Treasurer Yours in Service, Tom S.

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REGISTRAR REPORT Boy have I been busy!!  Along with all of the things I have doing above I have also been entering the group changet them. So far I have receive the Group Change Packets back from districts 1, 4, 6, 7, 9, 11, 14, 18, 19, 23, 24 ahave been getting them in I have been checking the following things: meeting place, day and time and GSR inforI am finding that while the GSR’s are submitting the GSR Change about 75% of the group information is wrong.be sure to fill out the change forms COMPLETELY, this means spelling the city out too and zip, along with groupnumber. It is imperative that I receive the Group Change Packets ASAP so that I can get the updates made.  Theoff date for inclusion in the Regional Directory is coming soon. IT IS UP TO THE DCM’S TO MAKE SURE THAT I THESE IN A TIMELY MANNER. I am still waiting for districts 2, 3, 5, 8, 10, 12, 13, 15, 16, 17, 20, 21 and 22. Sincport is being written on March 15th if you mailed it before March 11th it should be here soon. If you are on this lmailed it a long time ago let me know because I didn’t receive it. Thanks for letting me be of service YIS Joanne W. (509)630‐2444 duckie2water@verizon.net

Newsletter Editor Can you believe it is April already? Well almost, it is the 16th of March as I write this and prepare the News-letter for print. Thank you for all your reports and for your cooperation with my deadline. You make this job so much easier. I will be attending the Standing Committee Quarterly on the 27th of March and will present on International Conventions and Local Forums. Hope to see you all there. I would love to hear from District Newsletter Editors and would certainly welcome their input at the quarterly. A.A. benefits when service par-ticipation is high. All of us who would not ordinarily mix are necessary pieces of this huge jigsaw puzzle. A.A. needs each and everyone of you, your experiences, strengths, and hopes. Thanks again for all you do. Yours in grateful service, Carol N.

San Antonio, Here We Come! You are cordially invited to volunteer to work a shift in the Pacific Region Hospitality Suite at the 2010 Inter-national Convention in San Antonio TX, July 1st through July 4th. WSEA 92 will be responsible for provid-ing a volunteer(s) to work the following shifts.

Thursday, 1 July 2010 10 AM - noon Thursday, 1 July 2010 2 PM - 4 PM Friday, 2 July 2010 2 PM - 4 PM Saturday, 3 July 2010 10 AM -noon Saturday, 3 July 2010 2 PM – 4PM If you are interested and available, you may volunteer by contacting: Dolores E., WSEA 92 Secretary and Area 92 Coordinator for the PRHS in San Antonio Telephone: 509-429-8436 Email: hrexcellence@ncidata.com

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DCM and District Reports

Hello from Dist.3. Spokane has been busy with the second of four solutions meetings behind us; we are really making progress with the results from the Central Office inventory. The District is also very pleased with the response from our Home Groups as to volounteering to help with the July quarterly. We also recieved the re-sults back from the Spokane Intergroup as to how they wanted to handle time slots for this years Alcothon. We will be going over those to see how best to accomodate their wishes. Y.I.S. Rickstr....

DISTRICT 1 Scott M will celebrate 11 years and Tony Y will celebrate 14 years of sobriety at the Fruitvale group May 21st. Congrats! District 1 will be having a GSR Workshop Saturday April 17th from 10-3 pm at the Casalano Club in Castle-gar. Come out and discover the joy of service, and a delicious lunch! Contact Teresa for more info and to reg-ister. Yours in service, Teresa S. DCM

DISTRICT 19 DCM REPORT FOR MARCH 2010 We will have our district meeting on March 21st Sunday at 2pm in Ephrata at the Public works BLDG. located at 124 SE Enterprise Street. The 800 hotline and also the Hagedone directory have been paid. The Othello groups will combine the Tues-day night and Friday night into one number and GSR. Our Archivist Pam B. presented us with a cover for our binders of history. Our past DCM Paula H. will be our new Grapevine and Lit. Rep. Trish has been talking with job core about getting a meeting to them, Tom our CPC/PI Rep. said he would work together with her on this. We still need an Alt DCM. I sent out email of the info from Jamie on the Agenda for NY, we will have discussion on a couple things hopefully. Mailed all change info for groups to Joanne. We have the 12x12 Serenity group donating coffee and donuts, the 4th Dimension plates, utensils, & napkins. Thursday night Soap Lake group donating some condiments. Looking forward to seeing everyone at the Stand-ing Committee Quarterly on the27th in Soap Lake. Birthdays so far our last DCM Steve A. 30 years March 1st, Genny D.14 years on the 8th and Pam B. 5 years on the 24th.

District 4: I was out of town and almost missed the deadline, sorry. We are putting together a District 4 Handbook that was passed out to the GSRs to take back to their home groups. We will discuss it at our next District meeting. We are also moving our April District meeting to the first Saturday of the month due to the Pre-conference Assembly. Yours in Service, Shirley F.

DCM - District 4

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We had a productive month here in District 8. All of our standing committee positions are filled and work has begun on the 12 Traditions Workshop. Additionally, the PI/CPC committee meets each week and some of the projects they are working on include contacting local healthcare professionals and other public officials. The committee also contacted a local TV station and asked them to run the GSO PSA. Our first 12 Traditions workshop meeting proved to be exciting and productive. Each member was given a Tradition to gather information on and we will meet next week to review what we learned. Earl, our literature chair, distributed pamphlets including the “A.A. Tradition, How It Developed, by Bill W.” pamphlet. We elected a secretary for the committee and are looking at a tentative date of Saturday May 22, 2010 from 10:00 a.m.- 4:00 p.m. as the time and date to hold the workshop. We will nail this down hopefully no later than our next workshop committee meeting on Saturday March 20, 2010. We welcome ideas, suggestions, information, etc from other districts that have had experience in putting to-gether a 12 Traditions workshop. Please contact me if you would like to participate and/or offer your experi-ence. My e-mail address is: soberin95@gmail.com YIS David R. District 8 DCM

District 14 is in fine shape. Our March District meeting had a good turnout despite the sunny weather. We kept it brief and were done in under an hour. Bud V. is working with the new Sherriff of Bonner County to resolve some problems with the jail meetings there. The committee for the October Assembly has been hard at work. The big pieces are in place, we'll meet again next Sunday. Hats off to Kim C. who has, well, been wearing a lot of hats and brought the report to the District meeting. Rich B. is reformatting our sched-ules. Lorna reports that Jean O. is printing flyers for a Memorial Day Pig Roast. Oink! Gail M. has the phone service running, and Leah S. is awaiting Annie L.s return to work on our archives. Sara C. gets to weild the gavel at April's district meeting while I'm in Richland. Thats the nutshell and I'm it. Terry O.

Greetings from district 6 in the Yakima Valley, Since coming on board in January, life is keeping me busy. The first task at hand was to update group infor-mation for our district, which can be a challenge, with disconnected phone numbers and way out of the way meetings. But, perseverance prevails and updates have been passed on to the powers that be. I have had the opportunity to visit a number of groups and been invited to a few group conscience meetings. The thing I am loving about this position is meeting new people and crossing paths with old friends!

District 6 and district 20 are collaborating and putting the final touches on our soon to be annual service work-shop being held at the Central Lutheran Church on March 20, 2010 from 9 AM to 4 PM. The response has been very positive. We are looking forward to sharing a pot luck and a little information on service work. There will be booths and a small speaker presentation from corrections, PI/CPC, treatment, CWCO, ar-chives, grapevine/literature and the roundup committee. We are appreciative and grateful for Joanne W., alter-nate delegate Area 92, to be our key note speaker. The address is 1604 W. Yakima Avenue (SW corner of 16th and Yakima Avenue). Hope to see all of you there.

And if that wasn't enough excitement! That evening, Early Birds Group is hosting a speaker event at the Harmon Center, located at 65th and Summitview Avenue, beginning at 8 PM. Their guest speaker is Tim W. with 19 years of sobriety. There will also be a no host dinner at El Porton's Tieton Drive and 48th Ave-nue Restaurant starting at 5 PM .

Please join us for a day of information and fun.

YIS,

Michael S.

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Live And Let Live

Easy Does It

Think Think Think

First Things First

But for the Grace of God

Service rendered with ego is political. Service rendered with love is spiritual.

April 2010

Hello from District 7. Our Guidelines Ad Hoc Committee has nearly completed their work. They have done a tremendous job and I for one am very appreciative of how they completed this job in such an efficient and timely manner. The committee brought three more motions, an updated guidelines to approve, and a final re-port of recommendations to the March District meeting. I will be attending the Standing Committee Quarterly in Soap Lake, Washington, March 27th to give our District’s input to the Area 92 Delegate about the General Service Conference Agenda items. I am also scheduled to attend the Area 92 Spring Pre-Conference Assembly in Richland. When our Delegate returns from the General Service Conference she has been scheduled to give us a report May 8 preceding the regular District Meeting. The location has been confirmed at the Deary Com-munity Center, corner of Line ST and Highway 8 in Deary. Our neighbors, Districts 8, 9, 18 and 22 have also been invited to attend. We will start with the Delegate’s report at 9 a.m., have a potluck lunch at noon and the regular District meeting at 1:30 p.m. It will be a very full day. Our Corrections and Treatment Standing Com-mittee Chairperson, Paul W., resigned March 13, 2010 as he has taken a job out of state. Jerry N. has agreed to take on this committee and is working with Paul to create a seamless transition. Many thanks to both Paul and Jerry. We are still in need of Standing Committee Chairs for Grapevine & Literature and Public Information/Cooperation with the Professional Community. Our District Committee is not complete without these two vital committee chairs being in place. Please let me know if you are interested in one of these committees or have someone in mind who you think might be good fit. Otherwise I’ll just continue to nag. If you would like Dis-trict Trusted Servants to attend your Home Group’s business meeting, please see me after a District meeting or give me a call to schedule a time. Yours in Loving Service, Fern W DCM

District 23 Chelan Manson April News The March GSR meeting was held on March 7th. Five of us attended. We discussed the importance of the Group up, way of decision making in AA. Talked about how to bring our ideas to the Pre Conference Assem-bly and decided to forgo an April GSR meeting because the first Sunday is Easter and Spring break. When business was complete we read Concept One and talked about it. The next District 23 GSR meeting will be May 2nd at the Apple Cup Café at noon. The Birthday Potluck on February 27th was very well attended and a great time. Six January birthdays and five February birthdays were celebrated. Sobriety from 3 months to 16 years was celebrated. The next Birthday Potluck will be held at the Methodist Church on March 27th. The coffee will be on at 5pm and eating at 5:30. Birthday celebrants, family and friends are all welcome. The 6th Annual Chelan Valley Steak Feed and Fellowship will happen on May 1st. The meal will be served around 5pm. $10 donation per person gets you steak and potato salad. Please RSVP to 509 687 8467. There will be the Tim and Larry Show followed by a bonfire meeting. That is the District 23 news. Now, Janine’s editorial comment: I really adore the new Area Newsletter format. Great Job Carol!!!!!! Love to all Janine

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Plan to attend this GSR Training session to learn more about what being a GSR means. And, learn more about the service structure of AA. Where? Sinto Seniors Activity Center 1124 W Sinto Ave Spokane, WA 99201 When? Saturday, April 3 11:00 am – 3:30 pm Who? Everyone in AA is invited, especially GSRs! The training is open to anyone who is interested in

service work, so come and join us. You may want to bring note paper and a pen. Coffee will be available. Attendees are encouraged to bring a sack lunch or snacks. Questions? Contact Sandy R at 509-238-4159

GSR SCHOOL IN SPOKANE!

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WSEA 92 – PANEL 60 DELEGATE'S REPORT

SATURDAY, MAY 8, 2010

9:00 A.M. DEARY COMMUNITY CENTER

CORNER OF HIGHWAY 8 & LINE STREET DEARY, ID

Contact Fern W. at (208) 276-4507

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FOLLOWED BY: POTLUCK LUNCH - 12 NOON

DISTRICT 7 BUSINESS MEETING

1:30 P.M.

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October 2009 Fall Assembly Coeur d’Alene, Idaho

October 16, 17 and 18, 2009 Jamie opened with the Serenity Prayer. The 12 Traditions and the 12 Concepts were read in English and in Spanish. Motion to give permission to record the proceedings seconded and carried. Motion to accept the minutes as presented seconded and carried. Rad introduced Ernie M., Past Delegate, Panel 45, Area 72, who is presiding over our elections. Election for Area 92 nominee for Pacific Regional Trustee: Qualifications are read. Making themselves available are Gene D. and Dave Mc. Each gave their service resume. First ballot: Gene D. 56, Dave Mc, 63. Going to a second ballot. Second ballot: Gene D., 53, Dave Mc., 73. Going to third ballot. Third ballot: Gene D., 44, Dave Mc., 74. Going to fourth ballot. Fourth ballot: Gene D., 44, Dave Mc., 79. Will poll to see if fifth ballot or go to hat. The body voted to go to the hat. The nominee from Area 92 for Pacific Regional Trustee is Gene D. Election for Delegate: Making themselves available are Jamie S., Richard M. and Jeff S. Each gave their service resume. First ballot: Jamie S., 65, Richard M., 23, Jeff S., 44. Go to second ballot. Second ballot: Jamie S., 78, Richard M. 8, Jeff S., 42. Go to third ballot. Third ballot: Jamie S., 88, Jeff S., 43. Jamie is our new Area 92 Delegate. Election for Alternate Delegate: Making themselves available are Joanne W., Diana M., Scott R., Richard M., Michael S., Jeff S. Nominated from the floor was Robin O. Those that haven’t already given service resumes gave their resume. First ballot: Joanne W., 35, Diana M., 16, Scott R., 23, Richard M., 9, Michael S., 8, Jeff S., 30, Robin O., 13. Goes to second bal-lot. Second ballot: Joanne W., 50, Diana M., 7, Scott R., 20, Richard M, 4, Michael S., 5, Jeff S. 38, Robin O., 4. Goes to third ballot. Third ballot: Joanne W., 69, Jeff S., 72. Goes to fourth ballot. Fourth ballot: Joanne W., 55, Jeff S., 85. Body is polled to vote between fifth ballot or going to the hat. Body votes to go to fifth ballot. Fifth ballot: Joanne W., 51, Jeff S. 88. Goes to hat. Joanne W. is our new Alternate Delegate. Body approves to destroy the ballots up to this point. Election for Chairperson: Making themselves available are Diana M., Scott R., Rikki M., Nancy T., Michael S., and Jeff S. Those that haven’t already given service resumes gave their resume. First ballot: Diana M., 11; Scott R., 19; Rikki M., 15; Nancy T. 33; Michael S., 5; Jeff S., 47. Goes to second ballot. Second ballot: Diana M., 4; Scott R., 16; Rikki M., 5; Nancy T., 35; Michael S. 5; Jeff S., 73. Goes to third ballot. Third ballot: Nancy T., 39; Jeff S., 95. Jeff S. is our new Area Chairperson. Election for Alternate Chairperson: Making themselves available are Diana M., Michelle C., Rikki M., Nancy T., Mark E., Mi-chael S., and Scott R. Those that haven’t already given service resumes gave their resume. First ballot: Diana M., 21; Michelle C., 5; Rikki M., 18; Nancy T., 29; Michael S., 8; Mark E., 30; Scott R., 29. Goes to second bal-lot. Second ballot: Diana M., 14; Michelle C., 2; Rikki M., 7; Nancy T., 27; Michael S., 5; Mark E., 28; Scott R., 35. Goes to third bal-lot. Third ballot: Nancy T., 43; Mark E., 32; Scott R., 64. Goes to fourth ballot. Fourth ballot: Nancy T., 45; Scott R., 93. Scott R. is our New Area Alternate Chairperson. Body approves to destroy the ballots up to this point. Election for Treasurer: Making himself available is Richard M. Nominations from the floor are Ty B., Tom S., and Michael B. Each gave their service resume. First ballot: Richard M., 31; Ty B., 62; Tom S., 44; Mike B., 8. Goes to second ballot. Second ballot: Richard M., 21; Ty B., 83; Tom S., 26; Mike B., 0. Goes to third ballot. Third ballot: Ty B., 88; Tom S., 35. Ty B. is our new Area Treasurer. The body approves to destroy the ballots up to this point. Election for Alternate Treasurer: Making themselves available are Richard M. and Fred E. Tom S. was nominated from the floor. Those who haven’t already give service resumes gave theirs. First ballot: Richard M., 44; Fred E., 51; Tom S. 45. Goes to second ballot. Second ballot: Richard M., 40; Fred E., 48; Tom S., 44. Goes to third ballot. Third ballot: Richard M., 35; Fred E., 52; Tom S., 42. Goes to fourth ballot. Fourth ballot: Fred E., 64; Tom S., 48. Body votes to go to the hat.

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Tom S. is our new Alternate Treasurer. TRUSTED SERVANT REPORTS: Delegate – Rad M.: Well here it is…my last Assembly as your Panel 58 Delegate. It’s hard to believe that it’s been two years; time really gets scrambled around with me these days. Did my rotation seem long? No. Did my rotation seem short? Nope. I guess we serve for just as long as our Higher Power sees fit for us to do so which must be just about right. Since my last report to you I continued to have the opportunity to travel our wonderful and beautiful Area meeting new-comers, and reacquainting myself with familiar faces and old friends. Traveling to the Spring Canyon Campground just east of Grand Coulee on Aug 2nd, Spokane’s South Hill Comstock Park on Aug 8th and finishing up with a wonderfully engaging report in Kennewick for our Hispanic Dist 24 on Sept 26th with Area 92’s Alternate Delegate Mauro P provid-ing the translation and most of the report. On Sept. 20th I had the privilege to help with Dist 05 District Elections where I picked up a new nickname. I on. I would like us to especially appreciate Mauro at this time for his courage and participation during this challenging time. He has beyond a doubt shown me the true meaning of Service to this Fellowship. In news from Alcoholics Anonymous World Services (AAWS): There have been a couple of AAWS Board meetings since the Quarterly one on July 30th and one Sept 18th and here are some of the highlights. The Points of Light Institute in Washington DC bestowed the honor of recognition to AA’s Co-Founders. Class A

Trustee Emeritus Elaine McDowell accepted the award on behalf of AA and spoke of our worldwide Fellowships growth and reach.

Work on the Online Contributions project continues with a “go live” goal of the end of April 2010. There will be a complete review by the AAWS Board at the October meeting with a showing to the GSB in January and then to the members of the 2010 GSC.

July 24-26, Phyllis H. and Valerie O’N traveled to Bangkok, Thailand for the 8th Asia-Oceania Zonal Meeting. AAWS Finance Committee un-audited results (1/1-8/31 2009): Sales: $252,500 over budget due to the increased demand for literature before the July 1st price change. Contributions: $297,000 under budget. Only 2 of the last 8 months have exceeded budget Net revenue (gross profit from literature sales, contributions and interest earned on cash flow): $44,500 under

budget. Publications reported the following un-audited results (1/1-8/31 2009): Total distribution of all books: 1,734,512 units up 20.1% FSP 08 (due to large purchases prior to the July 1st price

increase). Total AA purchases: 1,274,681 units Total non-AA purchases: 459,831 units or 26.5% of total purchases due to large order from Hazelden. Gross sales for August: $703,049 - 30.6% under budget. Kindle Project On July 30th the Board approved the cancelation action to remove the 4th Edition of the Big Book from the Kindle web-site for the following reasons:

1. Contract did not allow us to have control over consistent pricing 2. Advertising and referrals displayed on website prior to purchase gave the impression that AA was affiliated with

other titles and authors 3. Functionality built into the Kindle website did not allow for any adjustments to meet our requirements

It is felt that if AA is to have control of our message distribution would need to utilize our website but the Board is tak-ing no further action at this time. Capital Projects The lighting and Archive renovation projects have been given the go ahead after finding out that the original bid

would no longer be in force after the end of this year. The Archives will be closed to visitors and researchers for about a month.

Special Needs Committee The committee is looking for story submissions from members for the newly requested pamphlet. Example submis-

sions would come from deaf, blind, wheel-chair bound but these should not be limiting members who have autism, brain damage, learning disabilities or others will be accepted. Suggested deadline for submissions is 12/15/09.

Young Peoples Videos Update There will be a delay in the production of the videos while documentation difficulties are worked out by the new

management team at GSO.

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Hope Video A Concept V appeal has been made in regard to the Conference action to go ahead with the production of the video.

The GSB will review all item concerning the release of the video at their next meeting at the end of this month and when the results of that meeting are known I will let you know.

International Convention (July 1-4, San Antonio TX) By the time the registration server was up and running around 10 AM on Tuesday Sept 1st it became quickly over-whelmed but by Friday morning over 9,500 people had registered and as of Sept 30 over 20,000 I am looking for 4 suggestions for speakers from our Area to participate with the meetings that will be held during

the IC I am also looking for an attendee to volunteer to be the Area 92 Hospitality Suite Coordinator. As it currently stands

the Pacific Region will be rotating 5 Areas at a time at 2 hour intervals. There will be no fun run during the International because of declining interest and heat concerns. Pre Registration Deadline is May 14th 2010. In news from the General Service Board: The GSB met August 1-3 and the following is a summary of the report provided by our Pacific Regional Trustee Made-leine P. for the first half (1/1-6/30) of 2009. Duplicate information has been removed between the two reports. The AAWS Board accepted the recommendation from the 2009 (59th) GSC and will begin annually reviewing the

AA Service Manual and forward necessary updates to the Report and Charter Conference Committee. AA Grapevine (GV) Average monthly circulation was 104,571 (103,211 print/1360 audio) Distribution of books, CDs and other items was up 13.5% FSP 08 The website averaged 43,000 visits/month A limited run special GV will be printed commemorating the 75th anniversary of AA and will be priced at $4.00 Total GV income was $920, 835 and total expenses were $947,973 yielding a loss of $27,138. La Vina Average bimonthly circulation was 9,620 down 1,022 FSP 08 Total income was $46,877 and total expenses were $69,001 resulting in a net loss of $22,124. General Service Conference (GSC) Accepted request for two observers from the General Service structure of Venezuela to attend the 2010 GSC. International Conventions/Regional Forums (IC/RF) A Local Forum was approved for the Spanish speaking Districts in Area 08 San Diego/Imperial CA to be held on

August 22nd 2010. It was recommended and approved that online hotel registration for Regional Forums will be available on the GSO

website with page break disclaimers. Nominating The committee this year will be choosing two new Class A Trustee candidates to replace Bill C and Jeanne W. As of

the Sept 7 deadline 51 Class A candidates’ resumes were on file. Committee will participate in choosing two new Regional Trustees - Eastern Canada and Pacific. Upcoming Events Nov 13-15 - East Central Regional Forum – Kalamazoo Michigan Mar 5-7 - PRAASA 2010 – Los Angeles CA - Host Area 05 So Cal Apr 18-24 – 60th GSC – Rye NY - Practicing AA’s Principles-the Pathway to Unity May 14-16 – Western Canada Regional Forum – Saskatoon SK July 1-4 – 2010 International Convention – San Antonio TX Aug 27-29 – Pacific Regional Forum – Torrance CA – Host Area 09 Mid So Cal. Alt. Delegate – Mauro: No report. Chair – Jamie S.: Attended and participated in Traditions Workshop in District 7. Visited meetings in District 7, 8 and 22. Thank you for allowing me to be of service. I love this job. Secretary – Nancy T: First, I want to thank whoever took the notes for the July Quarterly. My daughter’s wedding was awesome. I keep saying she should check with my calendar first before she sets those kinds of important events to see if I’m free. I’ve been busy the last month or so getting the minutes of the April Assembly finalized and out to the committee members and DCMs, along with the agenda and pending motions. I’ve updated the Area Directory, which is forever changing! I did manage to squeeze in time for a little fun, as I got to go to two AA campouts this summer. The Handbook Committee met a couple of weeks ago to work on the Handbook. If you were planning to purchase a Handbook to-day – DON’T!!! There are a couple of errors that developing when I updated the Handbook last time when pages wrapped over to

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the next page and inadvertently a few lines got dropped off in the printing. We will be meeting after this Assembly and updating it one more time and making those corrections before the new rotation. So I would suggest waiting until January to purchase a Hand-book. If you have any questions between now and then, feel free to contact me or any of the other Handbook Committee members, which would be Tom S., or Stan or Paula T. As usual, just a couple of housekeeping matters. Floor Motions must be made by noon with the appropriate number of copies. If you have it on your computer and can put it on my flash drive, you get bonus points because then I don’t have to retype it into my computer. Also, make sure you turn in the hard copy of your reports after you give them. There are boxes up here for both your reports as well as floor motions. Again, bonus points if you can get me your reports electronically. That’s all I have for now. Thank you for allowing me to be of service. Treasurer – Diana M.: We would like to thank the groups and districts for their contributions to the area this quarter. The treas-urer’s report is the green copies on your table. Please note we will be discussing the column with an arrow above it at this time. Well, you guys came through again with your contributions so we were able to meet expenses. During July we did receive a letter from the Internal Revenue Service informing us that upon review of our application for tax ex-empt status they determined that we are exempt from Federal Income tax under section 501(c) (3) of the Internal Revenue Code. Contributions to us are deductible under section 170 of the Code. We are also qualified to receive tax deductible bequests, devises, transfers or gifts under section 2055, 2106 or 2522 of the Code. Because, this letter could help resolve any questions regarding our exempt status, we should keep it in our permanent records. Organizations exempt under section 501 (c) (3) of the Code are further classified as either public charities or private foundations. They determined that we are a public charity under the Code section 170 (b) (1) (A) (VI). They enclosed Publication 4221-PC, com-pliance Guide for 501 (c) (3) Public Charities, for some helpful information about our responsibilities as an exempt organization. I will keep a copy of this letter with the treasurers’ information and give the notebook which includes our application and correspon-dence to the archivist for safe keeping at the end of my service as your treasurer. We received $9511.68 in total funds and Byron will go over the breakdown during the alternate treasurer’s report, therefore I will discuss the expenses. We had a total of $8,543.70 in expenses. The breakdown of expenses per category for the last quarter is: $907.27 for copies & supplies $687.72 for lodging $519.21 for phone and postage $141.97 for meals $2046.76 on travel We started the quarter with $6525.53 in our checking account and are ending it with $7,493.51 which is a gain of $967.98. I will continue to do a breakdown of expenses by categories such as travel, meals etc for your benefit. If you wish to have other items broken out let me know as I can do so. So we are doing better than last year as far as inflows but now for expenses. Our total expenses for the year to date last year were $30,853.89 and this year they are only $28,968.58 which is a difference of $1,885.31. At this time last year our total inflow was $31,845.41 and this year it is $34,400.56 which is an increase of $2,555.15. Thank you very much for your contributions. Now for the 2010 budget, the finance committee did meet to do a budget before the assembly so we came up with this budget to-gether for your review and hopeful approval. Please find the white pages on the table. The budget report placed in each district’s box for the DCM’s is a full breakdown of all categories for each position. The budget reports placed on the tables for the GSR’s is a breakdown only by position and does not show each category or expense per the position. DCM’s, if your GSR’s have any questions you should be able to provide them with answers. I figured our working reserve by using the expenses from the last 2 completed years which is 2008 and 2007. $40,702.98 2008 $36,456.55 2007 $77,159.53 Then multiplied by 16.66, therefore our working reserve would be $12,854.77. Therefore we cannot send a contribution to GSO until our funds exceed this figure. Diana Marchiney, Area Treasurer. Motion to accept Treasurer’s Report as presented seconded and carried. Alt. Treasurer- Byron S.: I’ve passed out the group donation reports for the third quarter of 2009 as well as the receipts and self-addressed envelopes for future donations. If you do not have enough copies of the reports for your district, check some of the other tables after the Assembly for additional copies. If you have any questions regarding your receipts, please come and see me. If you don’t see your group’s donations, let me know. Please note that on the inside of the envelope flap there is a label for your group’s name, district number and group number. These help me to account for the correct placement of your contributions to the Area and any information will help in the groups receiving their receipts. If you don’t know your group number or do not have one, it’s okay, but please do try to include the group name and district number. Thank you. $6,525.53, ending balance from second quarter of 2009. $8,293.94, group donations for the third quarter of 2009. $300, bank credit. $300, return of seed money (July Quarterly)

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$200.79, member donations. $12.50, sale of Handbooks. $404.45, overage from Assembly. $9,511.68, total of inflows. $8,543.70, expenses for the third quarter of 2009 $967.98, difference and third quarter balance. $7,493.51, year to date. Archives – Mike B.: Good morning everyone. I’m Mike, your Alcoholic Archivist. First of all, I would like to remind all of you that the traveling display is set up for your viewing, so stop by and check out our Area treasures. Also, District 8 has their Archives set up in the same room. On September 26th, I traveled to Walla Walla to attend the Combined Standing Committee Quarterly. We had a great turnout and I’m sure everyone learned a lot. I would like to thank District 9 for a job well done in setting up and hosting the Quarterly. We had a delicious spaghetti lunch that was fantastic. GREAT JOB! I had the opportunity to meet District 18’s new Archivist, Bryon M., from Waitsburg. That increases the number of District Archivist to 14 that are active in our Area. Just 10 more Districts to go to have 100% participation in the Archives. Coming up in January 2010, there will be three openings on the Archives Steering Committee. All that is required is a desire to be of service and it helps if you have any archival experience, but not necessary. The Steering Committee is very important not only to help the Archivist with a never ending job, but also for making archival decisions. So if you have an interest in Archives or just want to be of service, please contact me as soon as possible. The January Quarterly will be held in beautiful downtown Lewiston on January 15th and 16th. As you all know, we are holding a Standing Committee Meeting on Saturday. It would really be helpful if you DCM’s could try to convince your Archivists to attend. The last Quarterly, I had zero in attendance. I can’t pass on info or be of any help to the Districts if no one shows up. So please talk to your District Archivists and let them know how important it is to attend these functions. I received an invitation to attend the Inland Empire Roundup to be held in Richland on April 30th thru May 2nd, 2010 to display our Archives. I have attended this in the past and it was fantastic, so I am really looking forward to attending. I hope to see all of you there to support District 4. That’s all I have for now. Thanks for letting me be of service. PI – Rikki M.: We ordered some additional books for placement in schools as well as literature for those folks who ordered it. The PI display boards are currently out once again to Lewiston, but are always available for you to use. The new Hope video is ordered and will be part of the items available to loan. It will be out on November 1st, so your new PI Chair will have that available as well, along with a brochure rack. I was privileged to do a PI/CPC presentation at the District 15 Roundup in Chewelah where I met a lot of new people and had a great time. I thank all of those in District 15 for asking me to come. I attended the Combined Quarterly in Walla Walla, which had a really good turnout. About 40 people were in attendance. A huge amount of information was shared by all of the groups. The Host Committee provided a spaghetti lunch, and we truly thank them for their hospitality. We were made to feel very welcomed. CPC – Michelle C.: A lot of new people at the meeting last night. Talked about how to get a committee started and getting people to participate. Discussed how the committees can get the literature they need and get it to the professionals. Has been asked to par-ticipate in a luncheon next month. Grateful for her opportunity to be of service. Thank you. BREAK – 10 minutes. Corrections – Scott R.: We continue to expand the Bridge program around the Area and are finding the need for the program. New meetings are going well in Orofino and various new county jails around the Area. I am in the process of updating the Corrections meeting list. I have completed the Bridge volunteer list and hope to create a Bridge Coordinator position. Treatment – Mike B.: I attended the Standing Committee Quarterly in Walla Walla. We had a really good turnout. I want to thank those who showed up. Currently, three districts are looking at holding workshops that will involve Area treatment. Districts 6 and 20 are looking toward March 2010. Area Bridging the Gap since February of this year reports a total of 97 requests for bridging, 40 from independent and 57 from outpatient. Please pick up your Bridging the Gap information from your mailbox for your district and forward it at your district meetings. Please, anyone interested in helping getting a bridging program in your district, talk to me. Unless Motion #3 passes today to continue Standing Committees at Quarterlies, we will be back to four Standing Committee Quar-terlies yearly. I personally feel the opportunity to present at Area 92 Quarterlies has benefitted me to hear from you, and I hope I helped you understand what Treatment Committee has as opportunities to serve. Anyone needing treatment binders, I have 1 Span-ish and 2 English with me today, and Spanish and English Workbooks. I also have 25 subscriptions for Grapevine. Grapevine and Literature – Richard M.: I went to Walla Walla for our Standing Committee Quarterly. We had a very good turn-out, and I want to thank District 9 for having us. The plastic jars for Grapevine subscriptions at your districts and home groups are read to be picked up. There are some labels that you can put on your own jars. I’ve also put out AA (free) literature on the back table up front, so please help yourself. Please take what you need and leave the rest for others. If you want a Grapevine subscription jar, please help yourself. I want to thank the Area fellowship for allowing me to be of service. Richard M. Newsletter – John S.: Has been kind of quiet. Has been involved in helping with this Assembly. Normally cut-off date is the 15th. So far only two submissions for this month. Asking to defer printing October Newsletter and make combined October-November Newsletter to accommodate the submissions that will most likely be focused on the Assembly today. The body voted to approve this request. He attended Combined Quarterly in Walla Walla. Grateful to have had an opportunity to be of service. GSR Sharing.

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DCM Sharing: District 1: No report. District 2: July Quarterly went well. District 2 picnic was great. Alkathon coming up in November and December. District 3: Holding elections next month. Found a workshop area for the district archives. Looking forward to 2010 Quarterly. District 4: Getting more involvement from groups. Central office is strong. New website: threecitiesaa.org. Traditions Workshop and gratitude banquet coming up. District 5: Recently held elections. Gratitude banquet coming up. Speaker is Mike Mc. Concerned about a downfall in participa-tion in service. District 6: Elections will be held next month. CPC is very active in District 6. District 7: Elections held last month. Hosted Traditions Workshop. Gratitude Banquet coming up November 7th in Lewiston. GSR School coming up in December prior to district meeting. LUNCH BREAK Jan P. made a presentation to Area 92 Archives of a Big Book that belonged to her husband, who passed away, that was signed by most of the Trustees at that time. TRUSTED SERVANTS REPORTS: (Cont.) Registrar—Mauro P.: No report. Web Team—Joanne W.: Any flyers you want on the web need to be submitted to Joanne. She encourages groups to make sure their meeting information on the web is up-to-date and accurate. Motions, minutes, agendas and other activities are available on the site. GSR and DCM orientations are now available on the web. Finance Committee—Byron S.: Byron thanks his committee for their participation. He held a meeting last night. They reviewed the revised budget for 2010. There was discussion on Motion #1. They discussed ways to increase contributions and decrease ex-penses. They also discussed putting the Area Treasurer’s report on the website and the need to update the Handbook. DCM Roundtable—Chuck: The Roundtable was hosted by Joanne. Copies of motions need to be delivered to the boxes. They went over the Third Legacy Procedure. All DCMs are encouraged to keep an eye on their groups and make sure the correct people are voting. They discussed one of the motions. They are concerned about not being able to give DCM reports at Assemblies and Quarterlies. This is being addressed in a motion today. They addressed ways to get people motivated to participate in service. GSR Roundtable: There was a GSR orientation held instead of a GSR orientation, so no report to give. Host Committee—John S.: Thank you to my committee. Due to a computer crash, there is not an up-to-date count, but it’s close. 200 attending; DCMs and Alt. DCMs, 27; GSRs and Alt. GSRs, 102; other members, 58. The final bill won’t be available until Monday, but it is looking good. January 2010 Quarterly—Carol N.: Everything is up and ready to go. It will be held at the Lewiston Community Center. Flyers are available for anyone who needs them. April 2010 Preconference Assembly—Mike: Will be at the Shilo Inn in Richland. July 2010 Quarterly—Chuck: They have just started planning. They have a location. October 2010 Assembly—Lorena: Nothing new to report. Committee positions are filled. Everything is going along well. It will be held at the Fairgrounds in Bonners Ferry. April 2011 Preconference Assembly—Fred: Will be held at the same location, Sun Mountain Lodge in Winthrop. Still working on forming the committee. Local Forum—Jamie S.: They had a meeting over the noon time break. They have a couple of subcommittees put together. They are still looking for an appropriate location and are getting ready to put a bid together to submit to GSO. PNC—Jamie S.: She gave a final report at the July Quarterly. 60-65 attended. There were wonderful speakers. It was a great ser-vice conference. OLD BUSINESS: Motion #1: Move that WSEA 92 fund the Area Alternate Chairperson to planning meetings for Area Assemblies and Quarterlies as needed for travel and accommodations if needed. BACKGROUND: Currently, the Area Alternate Chairperson has to go to the host committee for reimbursement of travel related funds. Since the host committees do not receive seed monies until the Assembly PRIOR to the Assembly they are planning and the Quarterly PRIOR to the one they are planning, and the Alt Chair needs to meet with them prior to this time, this can result in a financial hardship for the host districts. THIS WOULD CHANGE the Area Handbook by adding a 5th Item under section 6.4 as follows: 6.4 AREA ALTERNATE CHAIRPERSON Expenses reimbursed by WA State East Area: 1. $500 credit line – for Web Site costs (ISP/IPP & Domain Name) 2. Area 92 Quarterly meetings and two Assemblies a. Travel b. Meals c. Lodging d. Registration (where applicable) 3. Meeting to select Appointed and Standing Committee Chairs a. Travel

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4. Communication Expenses a. Telephone b. Mail (postage) c. General (envelopes, copies, etc.) 5. Assembly and Quarterly planning meetings AS NECESSARY a. Travel b. Lodging NOTE: The Area Officers are reimbursed for expenses listed. Travel is reimbursed on the basis of actual mileage with the calculated mileage setting the allowable upper limit. Mileage is reimbursed at .37¢ per mile. Credit lines on these committees are for carrying out the services for that committee (Web Site). Communication expenses are paid on the basis of bills submitted to the Area Treas-urer. Communication expenses are not included in the credit lines. Moved by Cle Elum Group, District 10. A motion to take Motion #1 off the table was made and carried. Discussion on the motion. There was a call for the question. Mo-tion to stop debate carries. After a vote, Motion #1 carries. NEW BUSINESS Motion #2: As a two-year experiment, General Service Representatives (GSR’s) will be allowed to vote at Area Quarterlies. Background Information

1. Currently GSR’s cannot vote at Area Quarterlies

2. Many home groups do not send GSR’s to the Area Quarterlies because; they do not have a vote.

3. Any motion made at a Area Quarterly that is tabled until the next Area Quarterlies (6 months later)

a. This creates a situation where it may be 9 months before the motion can be voted on by the GSR’s.

b. If the same motion is tabled at an assembly, it may be another 6 months before the motion is voted on.

i. During this time the individuals who made and can represent this motion may have moved on.

4. No change to the way the Area does business at Quarterlies will be used to prepare clear and concise motions.

The motion received a second. The maker of the motion speaks to the motion. Discussion on the motion. Question called. Motion to stop debate carries. After a vote, Motion #2 fails.

Motion #3: The Standing Committee meetings are moved to the Area Assemblies and Quarterlies.

Background Information

Currently there are four standing committee meetings per year.

Two of the standing committee meetings are held at area quarterlies

a. Two of the standing committee meetings are held at a separate site in the area

2. The standing committee meetings have been successful with an increased attendance

By holding the standing committee meetings at the Assemblies and Quarterlies, there will be an increased attendance and par-ticipation. With increased attendance and participation, more information will get disseminated to groups and individual.

The motion received a second. The maker of the motion speaks to the motion. There was a motion to amend to read “two standing committee meetings be moved to the Area Quarterlies” and strike assemblies. Discussion on the motion to amend. There was a motion to amend the amendment to add “for one more year” at the end of the motion. After discussion, there was a question called. A vote on the motion to stop debate carries. The motion to amend the amendment carries. Further discussion on the original amendment to the motion. Question called. Motion to stop debate carries. Further discussion on the motion as amended. Question called. Motion to stop debate carries. Vote on the motion as amended carries and reads as follows:

Two Standing Committee meetings are moved to the Area Quarterlies for one more year. Motion #4: The next Delegates Panel prepare a bid for the 2012 PRASSA. Motion receives a second. Maker of the motion speaks to the motion. No discussion on the motion. Motion carries. DCM REPORTS (Cont.)

District 8: Busy planning this Assembly and the Gratitude Banquet. Participated in recovery in the Park, A Community Action function.

District 9: Still a couple of chair positions open. Last quarter had 4h of July celebration. Planning gratitude Banquet for November 14th, as well as a New Year’s Eve party.

District 10: New website: kititatcounyaa.org. Filled all committee chair positions. Had AA picnic and baseball game this summer. Gratitude Banquet scheduled for November 14th.

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District 11: No report.

District 12: 29 meeting groups in the district. Seven GSRs and Alt. GSRs present here at the Assembly. Recently had a district picnic and Rad gave his Delegate’s report. Recently conducted a district inventory.

District 13: Thanks to the Area Committee for their example in service. Annual Thanksgiving Alkathon picnic coming up. Quarterly dessert potluck coming up in December.

District 14: Held elections last week. All positions filled except for one. Had a service workshop this last quarter. Halloween party coming up.

District 15: Had Roundup last September. Good attendance. Hog Heaven a success. Thanks everyone who has sup-ported him this rotation.

DINNER BREAK

Anyone interested in serving as a committee chair for the next rotation, resumes need to be in by the 21st of November to Jeff S. His contact information is in the Area Directory, or you can mail them to P.O. Box 868, Leavenworth, Washing-ton, 98826, or e-mail to saundersconst@aolc.om. Decisions will be made in a meeting on December 5th.

NEW BUSINESS (Cont.) Motion #5: Move that DCM verbal reports be included in the official business at Area Assemblies and Quarterlies. Background:

1. The Area Handbook states in Paragraph 2.0 Area Assembly, “Saturday is an all day business meeting which includes re-ports from committee members, a sharing session, and… DCM’s are committee members.

2. The Service Manual states: (See the reference “A Typical Election Assembly,” Page S38) Paragraph 2. “Secretary, Dele-gate, other officers and DCM’s report on activities since the last meeting.”

3. The Service Manual states: (See the reference “A Typical Non-Election Assembly,” Page S39) Paragraph 7. “District re-ports from committee members on district meetings, district problems, growth, etc.”

4. The DCM’s have a need to know what trends are going on in the Area. Further, the Delegate needs to know what’s going on in the Area. It’s not timely to wait nearly six months to get the Area Secretary’s minutes to find out what’s going on in other districts. Take, for instance, there were no DCM reports in the minutes from the April Assembly (2009). How can we improve or help each other improve without the knowledge of failures or successes in other districts in a timely manner?

The motion received a second. The maker of the motion speaks to the motion. No discussion on the motion. Motion carries. Motion #6: The Corrections Committee would like to request, with the approval of the body, the addition of a Bridge Coordinator to the Area Corrections Committee. The function of the coordinator would be to assist the Area in working with other Area Bridge coordinators, receiving inmate Bridge requests from the Corrections mail box and forward that information to the Bridge volunteers. This position would be a non funded position. The motion received a second. The maker of the motion speaks to the motion. Discussion on the motion. After a vote, motion car-ries. Minority opinion heard. Motion #7: Add to the description of Literature/Grapevine that at the end of their rotation they are paid to attend the following Janu-ary Quarterly in order to transfer to the new incoming officer. Reason: Due to the bulk of their displays and that those displays need to be available at the January Quarterly. Rikki, PI Chair The motion received a second. Maker of the motion speaks to the motion. The maker of the motion amends the motion to remove mention of Archives. Discussion on the motion. Question called. Motion to stop debate carries. After a vote, motion fails. DCM REPORTS (Cont.) District 18: All standing committee chairs filled. Held a district inventory last quarter. District 19: Early morning group hosted a picnic in the park. District elections will be held in November at the next district meet-ing. District 20: All committees up and running. Planning on continuing to attend more workshops and other district functions. District 21: Welcomes the new officers elected today. They are working on getting more committees up and running. Elections were held September 20th. District 22: Thank you for your support to our district. All positions currently filled. Drafted a district handbook in the last quarter. Will be doing more work on it in the next quarter. District 23: Had a Stormy Mountain hike last quarter. BBQ/potluck on the 4th of July. Planning ice cream social/business meeting to encourage folks to step up for service. District 24: District meetings held the last Sunday of the month. Trying to motivate new members. Traditions Workshop in Walla Walla on September 15th. Congratulations to the new officers. District 25: No report. Bid for October 2011 Assembly: Districts 1 and 2 made their districts available. After a vote, District 1 will host the October 2011 Fall Assembly. Rad welcomed the new committee and closed with the Responsibility Statement.

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Area 92 Spring Pre-Conference Assembly April 9 – 11, 2010 Agenda

Friday, April 9, 2010 2:00 – 9:00 PM Registration 3:00 – 4:30 PM Panel – The GSR and their role in AA 4:30 – 6:00 PM Dinner- No Host 6:30 – 7:30 PM Web Team Meeting Finance Committee Standing Committee Chairs 7:45 – 8:45 PM DCM Roundtable GSR Orientation 8:45 – 9:30 PM Ask- it- Basket/Ice Cream Social Saturday, April 10, 2010 7:00 AM –All day Registration 7:00 AM Continental Breakfast 8:00 AM Call to Order Moment of silence, Serenity Prayer Reading of the 12 Traditions & The 12 Concepts In English and Spanish Approval to Record Proceedings Approval of the Minutes of the October 2009 Assembly Trusted Servant Reports Delegate………………………………………….. Jamie S. Alternate Delegate …………………………. Joanne W. Chair ……………………………………………….. Jeff S. Alternate Chair ……………………………….. Scott R. Secretary ………………………………………… Dolores E. Treasurer ……………………………………….. Ty B. Alternate Treasurer ……………………….. Tom S. Archives …………………………………………. Mike B. Cooperation with Professional Com. Diana M. Corrections ……………………………………. Mark E.

Grapevine & Literature ………………….. Fred E. Newsletter…………………………………….. Carol N. Public Information …………………………. Tamara J. Translation …………………………………….. Daniel M. Treatment ……………………………………… Michael B. Break – 15 Minutes 11:00 AM GSR Sharing 12:00 – 1:00 PM Lunch 1:00 PM Delegate – Pre-Conference Agenda Discussion Break – 15 Minutes Area Committee and Host Committee Reports DCM Reports Registrar ………………………………………… Joanne W. Web Team …………………………………….. Scott R. Finance Committee ………………………. Tom S. DCM Round table …………………………. Host Committee DCM Host Committee …………………………… Sari July Quarterly 2010 ………………………. District 3 October Assembly 2010 ….………….… District 14 January Quarterly 2011 ………………... District 2 April Pre-Conf. Assembly 2011........ District 12 October Assembly 2011 ……………….. District 1

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“So the hand of Providence early gave us a sign that any alcoholic is a member of our Society

when he says so.”

Twelve Steps and Twelve Traditions, pg. 145

Local Forum status ……………………….. Dave M. Break – 15 Minutes

OLD BUSINESS Special Needs Ad Hoc …………………… Mike Mc. Insurance Ad Hoc …………………………. Tom S.

NEW BUSINESS Bids – April Pre-Conference Assembly 2012 6:00- 7:00 PM Dinner 7:00 PM Return to Business if necessary Sunday, April 11, 2010 8:00 – 9:00 AM Breakfast 9:00 – 10:00 AM Speaker 10:15 AM Return to Business if necessary Adjourn

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