AA entities – The CSO - Alcoholics Anonymous

September 2014
AA Around Australia
IN THIS
ISSUE:
Coming Events
2
Conference Topics 4
Dealing with a
demon
6
National banners
8
Whose money
is it?
9
Quarterly
Contributions
10
AA Offices
12
Quarterly newsletter
published by the
General Service
Office of
Alcoholics
Anonymous
Australia
(02) 9599-8866
(02) 9599-8844
[email protected]
48 Firth Street,
Arncliffe NSW
2205
www.aa.org.au
AA entities – The CSO
The functions of the Brisbane CSO
are to provide the AA Helpline,
Support AA Groups, Communicate
with AA, Liaise with Outside
Organisations, Have the right
People and Place; be Financially
Responsible, and Publish
Information.
on behalf of the Groups, so do
these local representatives reflect
the Groups’ will and conscience in
the operations of the CSO.” (GL-12
p.48)
The Group Conscience of AA in
Queensland is expressed through
the General Service Structure, from
Groups to Districts to Areas to the
The Brisbane CSO Representatives National Conference via GSR’s,
body is not the
Area Delegates and
ultimate authority Many members have contacted us t h e
Regional
recently
about
the
roles
of
the
various
o f
A A
i n
Trustee. (This is
Q u e e n s l a n d . entities within AA, particularly Central explained in the
Service Offices. Space in this issue is
Tradition Two says
Australian Service
restricted. However, the following
that a loving God is
Manual p. 20-22
extract from an article ‘How the
the
u l t i m a t e Brisbane CSO Operates’ written in “ T h e
General
Authority as he 2009 by Rodney H, former Manager of Service Conference
may be expressed Brisbane CSO explains some of roles S t r u c t u r e ” . )
through the group of a local Central Service Office. A Concept One says
conscience.
The copy of the full article is available on the AA groups hold
the Service Website
Brisbane
CSO
u l t i m a t e
www.aaservice.org.au
Representatives are
responsibility and
not
the
Group
final authority for
Conscience of AA in Queensland or our world services. “The final
even of AA in Brisbane. As the CSO responsibility and the ultimate
Guidelines state “CSO’s have no authority for AA world services
authority on their own account: should always reside in the
they derive it from the participating collective conscience of our whole
groups. The Groups, of course, fellowship”. (p. 14)
maintain effective control over the A CSO Representatives meeting
CSO operation through their cannot be the collective conscience
representatives and 7th Tradition of a state as it does not represent a
support. Just as our Delegates state, but a locality as suggested in
serve at our annual AA conference
Continued page 3
page 2
Calendar of events
National
50th Australian National
Convention of Alcoholics
Anonymous Newcastle, NSW
April 2-6, 2015
International Events
International Convention 2015
Atlanta, Georgia, U.S.A.
The 2015 International
Convention of Alcoholics
Anonymous will be held July 2 5, 2015 in Atlanta, Georgia with
the theme "80 Years – Happy,
Joyous and Free." A.A. members
and guests from around the
world will celebrate A.A.'s 80th
year with Big Meetings held
Friday night, Saturday night and
Sunday morning in the Georgia
Dome. Other meetings,
scheduled or informal, will take
place throughout the weekend in
the Georgia World Congress
Centre and local hotels.
Romanian Conference 3rd—5th
October.
More info:
[email protected]
We Agnostics and Freethinkers
International AA Convention
6th-8th November 2014 at Santa
Monica California
website waftiaac.org
Hong Kong International
Convention 7th-9th November
Website www.hkconvention.org
58th All Ireland Convention
17th-19th April, 2015
More info http://
www.alcoholicsanonymous.ie/
New South Wales
NEWYPAA - 11-12 October 2014
at Novotel Parramatta
More info at newypaa.org.au
Convention registration and
housing reservations open
September 3, 2014. On this date
there will be a link on the AAWS
webpage www.aa.org
Byron Bay Convention 10-12
October Byron Bay Community
Centre, Jonson St Byron Bay
Email
A pdf of the 2015 International
Convention information is
available on the AA Service
Website. www.aaservice.org.au
Click on it in the Download
section on the right of the home
page or scan the code below
Foster Rally 17th-19th October
at Camp Elim
More info: 0416 090969.
[email protected]
"Our Common Solution"
Parramatta 7th Feb 2015 9am5pm
Parramatta RSL, Corner
Macquarie & O’Connell Streets
At Queensland Conference and
Camping Centre, 70 Obi Obi
Road, Mapleton
More info: http://
www.sobrietysisters.com.au/
Tasmania
Northern Tasmania 60th
Anniversary Celebrations 18th20th Oct St Albies Hall,
Margaret Street Launceston
Contact Phone numbers
0408 350 669 Andrew
0405 755 971 Dan
0418 430 808 Lynn
South Australia
Northern Territory
If you would like your
fellowship event listed on the national AA
website, please email [email protected] or
write to General Service Office, 48 Firth
Street, Arncliffe, NSW 2205.
Korea General Service Office
We have recently been informed
that there has been some
confusion about the correct
contact information for the
Korean GSO
Their contact details are:
Korea A.A. Office
Box 1415
Seoul, South Korea 100-614 ,
South Korea
Phone: (82)2-7743797
Site: www.aakorea.co.kr
A Day In The Steps Sunday 8th
February 2015 Campbelltown
The Civic Centre - 91 Queen
Street, Campbelltown
More info 02 4883 9888
Victoria
Queensland
Phillipines Round Up Angeles
City 10-12 October More info
http://
www.roundupangelescity.wordpr
ess.com
Steps To Sobriety Toowoomba
17-19 October
James Byrne Centre
Sobriety Sisters Women's
Retreat 21-23 November
Mapleton QLD
Irony? Or was
the bottle tree
just a
convenient
place to hang
an AA Sign?
page 3
The CSO
the Service Manual Guidelines
(GL-12 Central Service Offices
p.49). This would still be true
if Brisbane CSO was the only
CSO in Queensland (There are
four CSO’s in Queensland.)
Not an AA “Head Office”
Sometimes AA members
misunderstand the role of
CSO and have referred to it as
‘Head Office’ as though it had
some
authority.
Some
members have viewed the
Steering Committee as way to
‘change AA’. Occasionally
members bring complaints
about groups or members to
the CSO expecting the CSO to
take disciplinary action. When
this happens we try to clarify
the role of CSO as existing to
serve the groups that created
it and support it. We try to
educate the fellowship about
the ‘upside down’ pyramid
and the two arms of service by
including diagrams of the
service structure in the handouts at CSO Reps meeting.
(These are based on the
diagrams in ‘The Illustrated
12 Concepts”, ‘Inside AA
Australia’ pamphlets and ‘The
Australian Service Manual’ p.
24.) Many members have
appreciated getting a clearer
picture of the structure of AA
this way.
The constitution of the
Brisbane CSO states that it
may “Sell, exchange, lease,
charge or otherwise dispose of
or deal with all or any part of
any assets so required;”. It
may also “Buy and sell for
profit any publications,
l i te ratu re ,
ph o to g raph s,
records, tape and video
recordings and the like as the
Association
shall
deem
appropriate.” Our constitution
con’t
does not provide for it to be
able to receive any donations
from outside of AA. Only
donations from AA members,
AA groups, AA committees or
AA events may be received.
Donations from outside
entities have been returned.
This principle would be
followed regardless of the
needs of Brisbane CSO. In
1999 the cost of rental
premises became too high and
the Brisbane CSO had to
relocate. No outside donation
was requested or received to
alleviate this situation. If the
telephone system or furniture
was in disrepair the CSO
would make these needs
known only to the AA
Fellowship not any outside
entity.
The constitution of the
Brisbane CSO only provides
for it to “Lease or rent
premises which may be
necessary for furthering these
objects;”. Traditionally, AA
does not own property ‘lest
problems of money, property
and prestige divert us from
o u r
p r i m a r y
purpose.’ (Tradition 6)
A number of CSO’s have been
established in South East
Queensland over the years.
(Brisbane CSO dates back to
1956.) There have also been
CSO’s in Toowoomba and the
Gold Coast (ongoing) and even
a second CSO in Brisbane at
one stage. The guidelines
allow for CSO’s to be
established
whenever
population centres allow
groups to be able to afford
them. Whilst Tradition Four
would suggest consultation
with existing CSO’s that may
be affected, there is no sense
in which another CSO is seen
as ‘competing’.
When designing the Brisbane
CSO website we wanted to
make it a website that served
all of Queensland (just like
our monthly magazine).
However, we decided against
naming that website “AA
Queensland” as it might imply
that the Brisbane CSO is all of
AA in Queensland. We made
the important distinction that
we as a local Central Service
Office are not AA as a whole
for all Queensland.
If we were to adopt a name
like “AA Queensland” people
may think that Brisbane CSO
represents AA in Queensland,
which it does not do, as it is
not in the General Service
Structure. There is no need
for any other AA entities to be
banned from using either AA
or Queensland in their name.
Brisbane CSO doesn’t own the
word ‘Queensland’ any more
than it owns the word
‘Brisbane’. There is no
authority in Brisbane CSO or
the CSO Representatives over
the
whole
of
AA
in
Queensland.
HAVE YOU LOGGED IN
TO THE
SERVICE WEBSITE?
Share your experience
and gain some
inspiration from what
others are doing.
www.aaservice.org.au
page 4
Conference Topics 2014
CONFERENCE REPORT
CHARTER & SERVICE
MANUAL COMMITTEE
CONFERENCE
INTERNATIONAL
COMMITTEE
participation rights on all
Conference Committees.
TOPIC 002/2014
TOPIC 022 /2014
TOPIC 021 /2014
The General Service Board
resolved to recommend to
Conference that Guideline
GL-22
(Suggestions
for
members wishing to visit
Correction
Centres)
be
amended
to
include
information
on
the
Correction al
F acilities
Correspondence Service and
suggestions for the safety of
members participating in
this
service,
e.g.
not
revealing any contact or
personal details (address,
telephone number, email
address,
date
of
birth,
employer, etc.) information
and using the post office
box set up for this service.
The General Service Board
resolved to recommend to
Conference that the sum of
$2000 be donated to the
Asia/Oceania
Service
Meeting
Secretariat
to
assist with the running
costs of the Secretariat.
TOPIC 025 /2014
The General Service Board
resolved to recommend to
Conference
that
the
following
statement
be
added to Guidelines GL-14
and GL-15:
In line with Tradition
11, if you are using
social media groups to
provide
information
on your event, ensure
that any pages are set
up as secret pages,
accessible
only
by
members who have
elected to join the
group.
Members
should not be added
without their prior
permission.
CONFERENCE POLICIES
& ADMISSIONS
COMMITTEE
TOPIC: 001/2014
That Conference revokes the
following
2013
Actions
because
they
effectively
changed
the
Australian
General Service structure
without
consulting
the
Groups:
Advisory Action 2013/028
which gives a vote to any
World Service Delegate
attending the Conference
Treatment
Facilities
Committee; and,
Advisory Action 2013/034
which gives voting rights
in the Conference Agenda
Committee to the Chair
of the Trustees’ General
Service
Conference
Committee
and
the
Coordinator, who is a
General Service Office
staff member; and,
Floor
Action
2013/041
which gives Trustees,
World Service Delegates
and all GSO staff equal
The
boundaries
of
the
Northern
Region
are
changed to reflect the
Northern Territory only.
Currently includes North
WA (above Parallel 22)
TOPIC 019/2014
That the National Archivist
position be rotated on a four
year basis, as with other
volunteer positions.
TOPIC020/2014
Appoint Regional PI&CPC,
Treatment and Correctional
Facilities Co-ordinators to
assist with the work of the
National Co-ordinators
TOPIC 024 /2014
The General Service Board
resolved to recommend to
Conference that the General
Service Conference be held
every two years and that,
accordingly, Area Delegates’
terms be extended to four
years.
CONFERENCE PUBLIC
INFORMATION & COOPERATION WITH THE
PROFESSIONAL
COMMUNITY
COMMITTEE
No topics were allocated to
this committee.
page 5
Conference Topics 2014
CONFERENCE FINANCE
COMMITTEE
TOPIC 012/2014
That conference produce a
short (approx. 2 minute)
video that can be accessed
electronically targeted at
AA members to advise and
educate on why we need to
be
self-supporting
financially
and
how
members contributions are
used.
CONFERENCE
TREATMENT FACILITIES
COMMITTEE
No topics were allocated to
this committee.
CONFERENCE
CORRECTIONAL
FACILITIES COMMITTEE
No topics were allocated to
this committee.
CONFERENCE
LITERATURE
COMMITTEE
TOPIC 010/2014
That
the
literature
committee replace the word
donation with the word
Contribution
on
the
pamphlet entitled “Group
Donation Plans”.
TOPIC 011/2014
The conference literature
committee either replace
the
USA
addresses
or
include
the
following
Australian address on page
9 and the back cover of the
“sure beats sitting in a cell”
brochure
(2012
revised
addition.)
Corrections Correspondence
Services
C/O PO BOX A44
Arncliffe
NSW 2205
CONFERENCE
COMMITTEE ON
TRUSTEES
No topics were allocated to
this committee.
CONFERENCE AGENDA
COMMITTEE
No topics were allocated to
this committee.
CONFERENCE FLOOR
TOPIC 009/2014
Western Region would like
to bid for the 2018 National
Convention to be held in
Perth from Thursday March
29th to Monday April 2nd
CONFERENCE REMOTE
COMMUNITIES
COMMITTEE
AAAAAAG*
TOPIC 023 /2014
The General Service Board
resolved to recommend to
Conference
that
the
Conference
Remote
Communities
Committee
considering altering their
Composition,
Scope
&
Procedure
document
to
expand the definition of
Remote Communities to
include
those
separated
from the programme of
Alcoholics Anonymous, for
example by homelessness,
economic
circumstances,
lack of transport (public and
personal). The scope of the
Trustees’
Remote
Communities
Committee
has been expanded.

Quarterly national service
newsletter of AA Australia

More than 1700 copies
printed each issue

Stories from individuals,
groups, areas or districts
about newsworthy
initiatives welcome

First published as News
Digest in 1969. Renamed
AA Around Australia in
March 1972
*AA Around Australia At A Glance
page 6
indigenous community
were
given
extra
pamphlets specific to
potential
indigenous
alcoholics. Lunch was
served and there were
guest speakers drawn
from AA Members and
Pr of essionals
who
already
appreciate
what AA can do.
The common sentiment
amongst the guests
was overwhelming and
appreciative with a
common
goal
to
collaboratively
work
towards education and
planning within the
community as soon as
possible.
Questions
a n d
c o m m o n
statements like “how
often do you hold these
The above Headline and
subsequent story in the Sunshine
Coast Daily had it’s roots in a
meeting of a few PI minded
members two years ago. Here is
how one of those members
recounts.
Two years ago as we
formed
the
current
district committee we
carried out a sharing
session as per the service
manual to plan our
future activities during
our two year term on
district. One of the
points we prioritised was
to host a luncheon for
the professional community.
As we worked our way through
the list a small working group
was formed to task, cost and lay
the groundwork for the hosting of
our professional luncheon. The
commit t ee was made up
primarily of 3 members, the DCM
and 2 other members of the
district. All members within the
district were encouraged to
contact their local GP, practice
manager, Psychologist or anyone
that works in a community
health organisation if they would
be interested in being an invited
guest at our luncheon.
All names were passed onto the
committee and these were
collated on a spreadsheet. As the
members started the process the
scope and background of the
invitees was expanded to include
an eclectic group of many
individuals from a diverse range
of professions and expertise.
Invitations were printed on a
quality stock paper and these
were mailed, hand delivered and
in some instances emailed to the
recipients. RSVP’s were set down
for one month prior to the event.
One week prior to the event we
phoned the RSVP recipients to re
remind them of the date and
timing details. Our expenses for
the event were primarily derived
from donations to the district
and other fundraising activities.
From 103 invites that were sent
out we had 41 RSVP’s with 40
enthusiastic members of the
professional community in
attendance. This number was
complement ed by 15 A A
members of various sobriety
lengths and gender together with
2 Al Anon members.
AA
members had Yellow name tags,
Al Anon were blue and the
professionals were in white.
We provided each of the
professionals with a show bag
packed with AA literature to take
with them. The show bag
contained various AA pamphlets
including,
AA
and
the
Professional Community, local
meetings lists, the 1300 sticker
about how to contact AA and an
assortment of other conference
materials. Attendees who were
working directly with the
events” or “when is the next one”
were a common occurrence.
There was considerable interest
in how do we get hold of AA
information for display at their
premises and to have on hand if
ever they believe that a client
could benefit from them.
If you would like to read the article in
the Sunshine coast Daily visit
http://
www.sunshinecoastdaily.com.au/
news/alcoholics-anonymous-dealingwith-a-demon/2353944/ or scan the
code below.
page 7
Drug and Alcohol Nurses Association Annual
Conference welcomes AA
Alcoholics Anonymous was
invited to provide information
about AA as a resource for health
professional at the Drug &
Alcohol Nurses of Australasia
Conference (DANA) in Sydney on
the 19th & 20th June this year.
This is an annual event for
nurses from Australasia. The
theme of the conference was
“ S p e a k
U P ’ .
The conference provided nurses
with a platform to speak
up about the important
work they do:
velvet tablecloth, which matched
the huge pull-up banners. (The
Banners are available for free
hire from GSO, however freight is
charged to the group exhibiting).
Alcoholics Anonymous was
extremely well received. The
President of DANA informed us
that
the
delegates
had
approached her both in the foyer
and the lifts, saying how pleased
they were to see AA there.

In the role they play
in reducing the toll from
alcohol, tobacco and
other drugs

For their colleagues
who
struggle
with
alcohol, tobacco and
other
drug
problems
themselves

For those who do not
have the opportunity, or
ability, to speak for
themselves
And to have their voices, opinions
and solutions heard.
The new banners commissioned
by GSO looked extremely
professional and ours was the
only booth with a lovely blue
Contacts were made with the
professional community in
Queensland, NSW, Victoria &
WA.
The
Australasian
Professional Society on Alcohol &
Other Drugs
(APSAD) invited
Alcoholics Anonymous to supply
information at their conference in
South Australia. The Australian
Indigenous Alcohol & Other
Drugs Knowledge Centre added
Alcoholics Anonymous to their
resource database with links
pointing to our indigenous
literature.
The most requested items were
the Professional Newsletter,
available for download from the
s e r v i ce
w e b si t e
–
aaservice.org.au,
business cards with
the 1300 22 22 22
helpline number & the
Indigenous literature.
The fact that our
indigenous literature is
written
by
our
Indigenous
members
was attractive to the
pr of e ssi o nal s
wh o
attended. There were
many follow-ups done
by the National PI
Coordinator.
This
was
a
very
important
Public
Information event for Alcoholics
Anonymous. Our recovery was
certainly enriched by the
experience by this simple service
work. It was clear from the
professional response that
Alcoholics Anonymous is much
needed.
Improved PI folder
The first print run of the PI Folder
proved an enormous success. The
second print run has some added
features, a new longer size means that
the American pamphlets will now fit in,
and the words Alcoholics Anonymous on
the front cover makes it easy to identify
Price: $1 from your AA stockist
page 8
National Public Information
banners
AA gets invited to participate in
many events around Australia,
and increasingly, national
professional
association
conferences and conventions.
The General Service Office has
commissioned a suite of pull up
banners that can be used to
give Public Information events
a professional appearance. The
3 heavy duty banners (2 x
850mm and 1 x 1800mm) can
be shipped anywhere in
Australia and are available free
of charge to members (you do,
however pay for the freight).
Contact GSO for further details.
75th Anniversary of the Big
Book Special Edition
reprint
Price:$0.25 from
your AA Stockist
A.A. World Services, Inc. has released the
publication of the only A.A.W.S.-authorized
reproduction of the first edition of Alcoholics
Anonymous.
This new edition will be a faithful replica of the
original, with the famous “circus cover” dust
jacket and bulky paper (which is why it was
initially called the Big Book), and is published in
the original English language text only.
To commemorate the 75th anniversary of the
historic publication of Alcoholics Anonymous in
April 1939, the 2013 General Service Conference
(US) approved the creation of this facsimile
edition of the first printing of the first edition.
You can purchase a copy of this book through
your local Central Service Office or district. If
there is no literature service available where you
are, you can order directly from GSO. Price
$17.60. Stocks are limited.
Price: $1 from your AA stockist
page 9
Whose Money is it?
When you put money in the hat
at an AA meeting, it’s a donation
to the AA Group. Like any other
gift, you no longer control what
happens to it. Rather, the Group
Conscience decides how best to
carry the AA message with the
funds.
Any monies that go to either the
Central Service or General
Service structures are different;
they simultaneously exist in
parallel universes: legal and
spiritual.
Our Fellowship functions within
a society that requires proper
accounting for funds held in
trust. The long form of Tradition
9 formally points out that, in the
case of General Service, “The
trustees of the General Service
Board are...the receivers of
voluntary AA contributions…” In
the eyes of the law, it is not the
members’ money but AA’s
General Service Board is bound
to protect Group and member
donations according to the
Australian Accounting
Standards.
Similarly, Guideline 12 suggests
that Central Service Offices
should be incorporated and many
of the 23 Central Service Offices
in Australia must accordingly
comply with the financial and
fiduciary laws of the land.
However, within the AA world,
these incorporated bodies remain
subject to the collective advice,
with god in attendance, of
representatives of participating
Groups. The long forms of
Tradition 5 (“Each Alcoholics
Anonymous group ought to be a
spiritual entity...”), Tradition 6
(“our primary spiritual aim”) and
Tradition 7 (“spiritual heritage”)
all explicitly bring in the spiritual
realm.
1
Tradition 9 uses the term ‘contributions’ to make clear that
there are no dues or fees in AA. Since 1992, the Australian
Tax Office requires that AA use the term ‘donations’ on our
receipts and in financial reports.
A practical way to view the
financial dichotomy is that our
trusted servants look after the
means of managing Fellowship
funds while our Group
Consciences are concerned about
the ends—carrying the message.
This split allows AA members to
better see the forest by staying
out of the trees.
“These
observations are
not intended to bar
any future needful
change. It is urged
only that we avoid
unnecessary
repetitions of those
painful experiences
and mistakes of the
past which
sometimes resulted
from too much
concentration of
money...”
Bill W.
Thus, Guideline 12 suggests that
Central Service Offices “...usually
have no authority on their own
account: they derive it from the
participating Groups. The Groups,
of course, maintain effective
control over the CSO operation
through their representatives and
financial support.”
Likewise, within the General
Service structure, Conference,
the Group Conscience of General
Service in Australia, permits the
General Service Board to carry
out its legal fiduciary duties
while Conference, under Concept
VI, “...has the final decision
respecting large matters of
general policy and finance.”
Further, Tradition 4 reminds our
trusted servants that when:
“...plans concern the welfare of
neighbouring groups also, those
groups ought to be consulted. And
no group, regional committee, or
individual should ever take any
action that might greatly affect AA
as a whole without conferring
with the trustees of the General
Service Board. On such issues our
common welfare is paramount.”
AA members can take further
comfort that the Twelve Concepts
warn of “perilous wealth” and
that AA “should strenuously
avoid placing too much money...in
any one service entity.” In his
final paragraph about Concept
VIII, Bill Wilson states: “These
observations are not intended to
bar any future needful change. It
is urged only that we avoid
unnecessary repetitions of those
painful experiences and mistakes
of the past which sometimes
resulted from too much
concentration of money...”
While donations are important in
an organisation that prides itself
on being self-supporting, note
that more than one-third of AA
revenue typically comes from
literature sales. In other words,
both Central Service Offices and
General Service functions rely
heavily on profits from AA
literature. The arithmetic is such
that if literature profits
disappeared, members would
have to almost double their
donations when the hat is
passed at meetings if AA in
Australia were to remain selfsupporting.
ANSWER: Groups control AA
money (although our trusted
servants are legally responsible
for those funds held by
incorporated entities).
page 10
Group Contributions June to August
CENTRAL REGION
CR
CR/A
Area A CR
Group Donations via Adelaide
Total Area A:
Area B CR
Total Central Region:
EASTERN REGION
Area A ER
Alstonville Sun BBS
Armidale Breakfast
Armidale Early Birds of Faith
Armidale Free To Be
Ballina Spiritual Concepts Sun
Banana Coast District
Brunswick Heads
Brunswick Heads Mon
Forster Sat Morning Steps
Grafton Lunchtime Topic
Kyogle Wed 7pm
Kempsey Thurs
Lennox Head
Manning/Gt Lakes District
Port Macquarie Rally
Sawtell Living Sober
South West Rocks
Taree Thurs Ladies
Wauchope
Total Area A:
Area B ER
Ainslie Village
Back to Basics
Barton Tues Lunchtime
Bawley Point
Beginners Group (ACT)
Brindabella
Canberra Stayers
City Central Steps
Daily Reprieve
Ginninderra
Goulburn Doers
Goulburn ABSI
Goulburn Thurs pm
Interchange Group
Kambah
Total Area B:
Area C ER
Bolton Point
East Gosford S&T
Newcastle FOTS
Saratoga Fri Night
Terrigal Beach
Woy Woy Sun S/C
Woy Woy Wed 7:30pm
Wyong Beginners Wed Night
Total Area C:
Area D ER
Ashfield BBS 7pm Tuesday
Bardwell Park
Bowral Mon Noon
Donations via Croydon CSO
Kogarah Beginners Thurs pm
Stanwell Tops Womens W'end
Total Area D:
Area E ER
Area E Groups via NSCSO
Baulkham Hills Sunday
Total Area E:
6,848.63
6,848.63
CR/B
6,848.63
ER
ER/A
50.00
200.00
90.00
42.26
100.50
100.00
20.00
10.00
350.00
348.00
50.00
50.00
120.00
270.00
200.00
60.00
100.00
180.00
30.00
2,320.76
ER/B
60.00
90.00
120.00
250.00
273.36
60.00
120.00
120.00
101.38
150.00
10.00
260.00
12.00
54.00
90.00
1,770.74
ER/C
452.90
20.00
19.00
98.00
50.00
100.00
20.00
202.00
961.90
ER/D
300.00
50.00
75.00
1,588.94
350.00
500.00
2,863.94
ER/E
2,255.45
50.00
2,305.45
Area F ER
Bathurst Tues Night
Lithgow Thurs
Wagga Wagga Thursday
Young
Total Area F:
Area G ER
Area G groups via SCCSO
Bondi Beach Sea Change
Coogee Living Sober
Darlinghurst Sun 5pm
Darlinghurst Recovery
Edgecliffe
Erskineville
The Into Action Group
Maroubra Junction Sat Steps
Newtown Daily Reflections
Surry Hills Sat 11am
Surry Hills Thurs 6pm
Wesley Groups
Total Area G:
Area H ER
Parramatta YP
Penrith BBS Sun 6pm
Quakers Hill Tues pm
Total Area H:
Total Eastern Region:
SOUTHERN REGION
Area A SR
Area B SR
Benalla
Bendigo Fri
Castlemaine
Shepparton Sun
Total Area B:
Area C SR
Bentleigh Life's in Session
Croydon Sunday Night
Elwood Sober Circle
Hampton Sunrise
Mornington
Murrumbeena
South Melbourne Mens Group
South Melbourne Recovery
Toorak Wed Happy Destiny
Womens Recovery Albert Pk
Total Area C:
Area D SR
Calder District
Footscray Western Hospital
Heidelberg WWO
Moonee Ponds BB Tues
Moonee Ponds R2R
North Melbourne Discussion
Northern Exposure
Western General
Yarraville IWIRD
Total Area D:
Burnie Fri Night
Kingston Thurs
Sandy Bay
Ulverstone
Total Area E:
Total Southern Region:
ER/F
50.00
120.00
80.00
180.00
430.00
ER/G
1,236.76
356.00
6.00
45.00
210.00
119.55
289.00
300.00
70.00
500.00
60.00
45.00
760.00
2,760.55
ER/H
100.00
100.00
90.00
290.00
13,703.34
SR
SR/A
SR/B
150.00
62.50
69.60
40.65
322.75
SR/C
56.00
40.00
264.00
30.00
50.00
24.46
55.00
70.00
200.00
50.00
839.46
SR/D
200.00
60.00
100.00
252.00
274.00
75.00
306.00
60.00
90.65
1,417.65
50.00
20.20
50.00
151.90
272.10
2,851.96
NORTH EASTERN REGION
Area A NER
Atherton
Cairns Beginners
Innisfail Recovery
Mackay Hope
Mackay Pioneer
Mackay Recovery
Mackay Serenity
Mundingburra
The Strand
Townsville Warburton St
Upper Ross/Rollingstone
Total Area A:
Area B NER
Albany Creek/ Carseldine HP
Aspley Sat am
Aspley Steps Monday Night
Bardon Northside S&T
Bargara
Bribie Island Fri Night
Buddina Monday noon
Buderim
Bulcock Beach
Bundaberg Tues Sun
Caboolture Big Book Recovery
Caloundra ABSI
Clontarf Spiritual Concepts
Cooloola Cove
Coolum Beach Sat
District 5
Dorrington Steps
Far Western District
Glenwood
Gympie
Gympie BBS
Kawana Pacific Speakers
NER
NER/A
120.00
150.00
150.00
60.00
51.00
300.00
60.00
90.00
60.00
150.00
60.00
1,251.00
NER/B
90.00
120.00
45.00
31.20
60.00
84.40
120.00
30.00
251.21
85.00
240.00
43.50
75.00
50.00
382.50
21.60
134.00
414.00
120.00
54.90
112.25
85.00
Maroochydore Closed ID Mon-
80.00
Maroochydore Friday ID
90.00
Maroochydore Thurs Living
15.00
Maryborough Sat BBS
Maryborough Tuesday Night ID
Mooloolaba Thursday Night
Morven
Nambour Saturday Night
Nanango Recovery
Nundah Tues/Sun
Petrie Creek Sun pm
Pomona
Redcliffe AM Recovery
Tin Can Bay 12 x 12
Yeppoon
Total Area B:
Area C NER
Amity Steps Mon
Ashmore Tues
Bayside Beginners
Beenleigh
Brisbane Traditions
Broadbeach Happy Hour Topic
Broadbeach Waters Thurs
Brioadbeach Sat Night Fever
Browns Plains
Burleigh Heads 8pm Mon
Burleigh Heads Early Birds
Burleigh Heads Womens
Burleigh Heads Sun 5.30
30.00
36.24
60.00
40.00
261.00
30.00
133.00
19.38
110.00
150.00
66.00
120.00
3,890.18
NER/C
15.00
87.00
30.00
92.32
135.00
202.80
26.40
30.00
125.00
145.45
621.60
105.00
18.00
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Group Contributions June to August
Chirn Park/Labrador Thurs pm
Clear Island Waters Women
Cleveland Tuesday Night ID
Coolangatta Friday Steps
Coolangatta Monday Mens
Coolangatta Sunday 10am
Coolangatta Thurs am
Coomera Monday 7pm
Coomera Concepts Fri 7pm
Coomera Thursday 7pm
Cooparoo Day
Currumbin/Tugun Thurs
Greenslopes
Helensvale Tues 8pm
Isle of Capri Sat
Isle of Capri Thurs
Kenmore ID
Mermaid Beach Fri 5:30pm
Mt Gravatt Sun Night
Mudgeeraba Tues 6pm
New Farm
Oxley Station
Palm Beach Tues 7pm
Palm Beach Sat 5:30pm Topic
Palm Beach BB Wed 7pm
Paradise Point Fri 6pm
Paradise Point Sun 5pm
Redland Bay Sun Night
Samford Tues & Thurs
Southport Fri 12pm
Southport Mon 12pm
Southport Mon Womens BB
Southport Mon 7.30
Southport Sat 10am
Southport Sun BB 6pm
Southport Sun 9am
Southport Thurs Topic 10am
Southport Tues 12pm
Southport Wed 10.30am
Southport Wed 10:30am
Southport Wed Beginners
Springwood Topics
Toowong Beginners
Toowong Mens Topic
Toowoomba BBS
Toowoomba Beginners
Toowoomba Step 11
Toowoomba Walk in Walk out
Tweed Hds Thurs Hospital
Tweed Heads Thurs 1.30pm
Tweed Heads Sat 8pm
Valley BBS
Womens Candlelight Toowong
Woodridge Sun Morning
Total Area C:
Total North Eastern Region:
WESTERN REGION
Area A WR
80 Mile Beach/Sandfire Steps
Area A
Balga
Barts on Lime
Bassendean
Early Openers
Glen Forrest Womens
Greenwood Warwick
Heathridge/Beldon
High Wycombe Steps
142.50
217.80
75.00
36.00
60.00
15.00
39.00
225.50
24.00
265.50
738.00
105.00
72.00
201.00
129.00
5.40
321.00
93.00
250.00
538.65
220.00
105.00
259.85
60.00
39.60
90.00
207.00
60.00
150.00
128.60
93.25
22.50
42.00
131.30
140.40
63.00
105.00
49.80
73.50
6.75
88.45
300.00
60.00
180.00
100.00
150.00
120.00
30.00
30.00
24.00
60.00
48.00
54.00
260.00
8,738.92
13,880.10
WR
WR/A
150.00
213.80
60.00
26.88
300.00
75.00
222.00
900.00
75.00
45.30
High Wycombe Steps
Joondalup
Joondanna Mon
Kalamunda
Kalgoorlie
Karratha
Maylands
Maylands ID Sat
Nedlands Breakfast
Nedlands Womens
Perth Midday
Perth New Beginnings
Perth Spanish
Step Sisters
Subiaco Steps
Vincent St Morning
Woodlands Topic
Total Area A:
Area B WR
ABC Steps (Spearwood)
Armadale
Armadale Womens
Beaconsfield
Beaconsfield Womens
Cloverdale
Cooper St
Fremantle Doctor
Fremantle Serenity Group
Fremantle Unity
Mandurah Womens
Pinjarra
Rockingham Discussion
Rockingham Peoples Group
Seaforth Recovery
South Perth
Willagee JFT
Willagee Living Sober
Willagee Men ID
Willagee Recovery
Total Area B:
Total Northern Region:
45.30
45.00
30.00
150.00
45.00
72.30
60.00
60.00
150.00
150.00
900.00
120.00
30.00
75.00
200.00
525.00
45.00
4,725.28
WR/B
152.94
120.00
30.00
60.00
120.00
60.00
45.50
30.00
60.00
57.00
60.00
200.00
30.00
190.00
54.00
90.00
30.00
37.80
132.00
149.70
1,708.94
6,434.22
NR
NR/A
198.00
90.00
50.90
57.90
21.90
418.70
Unknown Internet Deposits
2/06/2014 via CBA
30/60 Daily Reflections
7/07 Monday 7pm
7/7 No details
Inv 47399
14-Jul
28/7 Troy Area C
28/7 Me Cont
11/8 Sober Saturday Vic
Total Unknown Deposits:
TOTAL ALL REGIONS:
LIM - Australia Donations
TOTAL LIM
Unknown
40.68
29.00
35.00
120.00
409.69
100.00
26.00
90.00
50.00
900.37
45,037.32
355.00
355.00
Total Western Region:
NORTHERN REGION
Area A NR
Casuarina
Darwin Harbour View
Darwin Steps
Parap
Tiwi Wed Night
Total
$45392.32
Thanks to all groups for your
support
If your group would like to make a
contribution to General Service Office,
please make all cheques or money
orders payable to: The General Service
Board of Alcoholics Anonymous
Australia. If making a contribution via
internet transfer, BSB 012006 Acc
009750529. Please make sure you
write down in the memo what group the
donation is from. If your group isn’t
listed correctly, please call General
Service Office 02 9599 8866
From the Australian
General
Service
Conference of 1974:
That the Australian
Service Conference on
behalf of all AA members
in Australia pledges that
we accept responsibility
for the maintenance of a
General Service Office
and ask the groups in
Australia to provide the
necessary finance to carry
out this task.
Remote communities
Contributions June to August
Maryborough Sat BB $10.00
Tin Can Bay $66
Opals to Dinosaurs $79.35
Bendigo Fri $62.50
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AA offices in Australia
Central Region (SA)
Adelaide Room 120, 38 Gawler
Pl, Adelaide 5000.
Bus (08) 8227 0046,
A/H (08) 8227 0334.
North Eastern Region
(QLD)
Brisbane Annerley City Library
Annexe, 450 Ipswich Road,
Annerley.4103.
Eastern Region (NSW & 12 Step: (07) 3255-9162
Office Tel (07) 3255-9962
ACT)
PO Box 299, Annerley, D.C. 4103
Sydney City The Crypt, 17
Adelaide Street, Bondi Junction. Buddina Kawana Community
Centre 86 Undarra St., Buddina
Bus. (02) 9389 6333
24 hrs. (07) 5444 8616, PO Box
24 hrs. (02) 9387 7788
1018 Buddina QLD 4575
PO Box 478, Bondi Junction
Cairns Suite 18, First Floor,
2022 .
Crangold Building, 129A Lake
Croydon 127 Edwin St, North
Street. Phone (07) 4051-2872.
Croydon.
PO Box 2089 Cairns CBD 4870
24 Hours (02) 9799 1199
Gladstone 24 hrs. 0419 725 287
PO Box 56, Croydon 2132
Gold Coast Community Centre
Northern Sydney Kuringai
Lawson St Southport.
Community Groups Centre, cnr
(07) 5591 2062 PO Box 2061
Mona Vale & Rosedale Rds. St
Southport 4215.
Ives 2075 Bus (02) 9488-9805
Hervey Bay
24 hrs. (02) 9488 9820
PO
9am – 9pm 0458 408 921
Box 151 St Ives 2075
Mackay Contact (07) 4953 1742
Ballina 7 Martin St Ballina
Maryborough
(02) 6686-8599 PO Box 930
9am – 9pm 0438 169 764
Ballina 2478
Nambour Burnside Scout Hall, 10
Blue Mountains & Western
Sydney Ph 24 hrs 0428 160 457 Perwillowen Road, Nambour.
Phone (07) 5476 2166.
PO Box 4141,Winmalee. NSW
PO 4636 Sunshine Coast MC
2777
Byron Shire District AA 12 Step 4560.
Rockhampton (07) 4927 4416
Phone Line: 1800 423 431 or
Townsville 1 Charters Towers
0401 945 671 (24hrs)
Road. 4810.
Canberra Grant Cameron
Phone (07) 4771 5411
Community Centre, 27 Mulley
Fax (07) 4771 6555 PO Box 1443,
Street, Holder, ACT (02) 6287
Townsville.
3020.
PO Box 3898, Weston,
Southern Region
ACT 2611
Gosford William Court 6/12
(VIC & TAS)
William St. Gosford,
Prahran 12 Step Office
Phone (02) 4323 3890 PO Box 46 24 hrs. (03) 9529 5948
Gosford 2250.
www.aamelbourne.org.au
Hawkesbury District Contact
[email protected]
(02) 4588 6172
Melbourne North/West
Newcastle Greater Newcastle
Intergroup Phone 0419 610 025
District Office.
Ballarat District
24 hrs (02) 4964 1555.
Phone 0429621594 24hr.
PO Box 196, Jesmond2299
Southern Highlands
PO Box 1332 Bakery Hill 3354
(02) 8250 7318 www.aash.org.au Bendigo District
Wagga Wagga District
Phone 24 hours (03) 5435 3167
Phone 0423 557 750
Website: www.aabendigo.org.au
PO Box 8715, Kooringal 2650.
Po Box 121, Golden Square, Vic
Wollongong 114-116 Princes
3555
Highway, Upstairs cnr. Elliott
Geelong (03) 5229 1710. PO Box
Road, Fairymeadow. 2519.
914, Geelong 3220
Phone (02) 4285 6788
Mornington Peninsula District
1300 880 390
PO Box 379, Mornington Vic
3931
Shepparton District (03) 58316742. PO Box 232, Shepparton,
3632.
Hobart Room 18, 2nd Flr,
McDougall Building, Ellerslie
Road, Battery Point, Hobart.
Phone (03) 6234 8711. PO Box
317, Hobart 7001
Launceston Contact (03) 6334
7060. PO Box 350 Launceston
7250
Northern Region (NT)
Darwin Nightcliff Community
Centre, Bauhinia Street,
Nightcliff. NT 0810.
(08) 8948-5202. PO Box 40760
Casuarina 0811.
Alice Springs 24 hrs. phone(08)
8953 0802 (08) 8955 0031, (08)
8955 0628
Katherine Phone 0427 712 443.
Western Region (WA)
Perth Room 2, Claisebrook
Lotteries House 33 Moore St East
Perth 6004.
Phone (08) 9325 3566;
(08) 9325 3209.
Loners Internationalists
(LIM) Australia
PO Box 66
Morven
Qld 4468
General Service Office
Of Alcoholics
Anonymous Australia
48 Firth Street, Arncliffe. 2205
Phone (02) 9599-8866.
email: [email protected]
Website: www.aa.org.au

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