DISTRICT 17 NEWSLETTER

January 27th, 2009

The District monthly GSR meeting was held on Tuesday, January 27th at the District 17 Central Office, located at 373 Woodward Ave. in Kingsford. The meeting opened with the Serenity Prayer. In attendance were Cliff W, Bruce L, Dennis S, John R, Aaron H, & Dave G.

Newsletter: The District Newsletter December 2008 was approved as e-mailed.

Financial Chair Report: Attached January Financial Report provided by District 17 Treasurer, Bruce L.. DCM Cliff W requested reimbursements to James B. $15.99 (gas $$) and Cliff W $18.00 (2 lunches) for attendance to the Area 74 Special Assembly held January 3rd in Three Lakes, WI. The reimbursements were approved.

Corrections Chair Report: Attached report provided by corrections chair Dennis S. Dennis shared that there are five men correctional chairs and one woman working Dickinson County. There is one man working Florence County and NO one has stepped up to hold meetings in Iron County Correctional facility.

DCM Chair Report: Welcome to Dave G, new GSR for the Friday Morning AA Group in Iron Mountain. His information will be sent to the Area 74 Registrar. If any AA Groups in District 17 has changes of GSR’s, either come to the Monthly GSR meeting or contact one of the officers of the district. DCM attended the Area 74 Special Assembly on January 3rd, in presenting a 2009 Spring Conference report and a District 17 report. The Area 74 Spring Assembly will be held on Saturday, April 4th in Three Lakes, WI starting at 9 a.m.

2009 Spring Conference: The next two 2009 Spring Conference planning meetings to be held Saturday, February 14th & 28th at Alano Club, 105 W Flesheim Street, Iron Mountain at 11:30 a.m. PLEASE TRY TO ATTEND. For more information, call Jennifer 906-396-2668. Remember this is an Area-wide function, and we need support from everyone! Cliff W reported that Area 74 website has added the flyer.

2009 April Intergroup update: The next Intergroup planning meeting is to be held Tuesday, February 10th at Alano Club, 105 W Flesheim Street, Iron Mountain at 7 p.m. The District 17 Intergroup will be held Saturday, April 11th at KC Hall in Kingsford.

The next Traveling Intergroup is to be held on Saturday, February 14th at the Fire House in Palmer, MI.

Old business:

District 17 Central Office update: A new shelf has been installed in office for service work. Still looking for ink cartridge for online Lexmark Z12 printer.

0900 AA Hotline update: Hotline had 78 hits this past month including 32 possible telemarketer. The hotline coordinator would be willing to work with getting different voices for the message service for 0900 AA hotline.

District 17 website update: The site recorded 116 total hits in the past month. All information has been updated by the webmaster.

District 17 Meeting Cards update: The central office has between 400 & 500 meeting cards on hand as Cliff continues to manually update changes. Contact a district officer if your group needs meeting cards. Our new batch will be printed in the spring (Before Intergroup & Conference).

NEW BUSINESS:

New Archives Chair: John R from Iron River is the new archives chair for District 17.

Our district has no Public Information committee chair. If you are interested PLEASE come to our next District meeting & we can discuss the responsibilities involved.

The meeting closed with The Lord’s Prayer

Respectfully,

DCM Cliff W.

Website: Our website can be viewed at http://district17a74.org. Please check it out for important announcements. Visit the Area website at http://area74.org to stay up to date with all area business.

Announcements: Please see District Website and Area Website.

Group Change Forms: If you have changes to your groups as far as times, meeting format, GSR’s, etc. please mail to the district at: P.O. Box 415, Iron Mountain, MI 49801

Our next GSR meeting will be Tuesday, February 24th, 2009 at 6:30 p.m. at the District Central Office in Kingsford.                                           

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