Would you like to know what will be on the agenda at the General Service Conference in New York? Would you like to be able to give your GSR some informed feedback, as he or she presents your group’s opinion at the Pre-Conference Assembly? Then the District 47 Agenda Item Workshop 2024 is for you. It will be held at the Visalia Alano Club, from 2 PM to 4 PM on Sunday the 24th.

This year, the NorCal and SoCal Hospitals & Institutions Committees are jointly holding their annual conference in Bakersfield. If you are a part of H & I, this is a conference will not want to miss. And if you are not a part of H & I, but would like to find out why H & I is so rewarding, this would be a great opportunity to find out.

The April Bridging The Gap committee meeting would normally be held from 11:00 AM to noon on April 6th. But you may have heard about an event: Spring Into Sobriety 2024. It too, will be held on April 6th, and will include a BTG presentation. We’ll meet again on May 4th.

Saturday, March 23rd, from 1:00 to 3:00 PM our Area 07 Delegate, Mathew L. and other area officers are coming to Clovis, to inform and listen. Items to be worked on at the 2024 General Service Conference in New York will be discussed.

Please note that if you previously had saved the Zoom link to the GSR meeting, that link and meeting details are obsolete. New info:

One-Click Zoom

Meeting ID: 890 5332 0199

Passcode: 19350610 (which is AA’s birthday: 1935-06-10)

Join by Phone – US (San Jose)

tel://+16699009128,,89053320199#,,,,*19350610#

Of course, we always welcome people in-person at 449 East Maple Street Exeter, CA 93221

Of course, all these details can always be found at https://aa-tulareco.org/event/gsr-meeting/

The Tulare County Bridging The Gap committee meets in-person at Central Office in Exeter on the first Saturday of the month. This meeting has been moved from 11 AM to noon. We will also set up Zoom for remote attendees.

Bridging The Gap is a Ninth Tradition service committee where members serve as temporary contacts for newcomers leaving treatment (“bridging the gap between the facility and their first AA meetings”).

If you would like to volunteer for this type of service, please join us at our committee meeting. We are preparing service material so that our committee members learn what we do, what we don’t do, and how this service work is best done.

Take the A.A. Membership Survey now!  Closes November 26, 2023.

We are asking members to complete an A.A. Membership Survey. 

All A.A. members are invited to participate (not just the ones from sampled groups).

So please share this link, and encourage any A.A. member who’s interested to jump on and take the survey. It will only take them a few minutes. 

Closes November 26, 2023.

https://www.surveymonkey.com/r/YNV7DJS

General Service Representatives (GSRs) meet once a month on the first Wednesday of the month. For the November meeting, we will start 30 minutes later than normal, this month only. Attendance may still be in-person at Central Office, or via Zoom. We will have nominations for the election next month, and discuss plans for the Election Assembly in Placerville next month.

Keep It Simple Sunday is an outdoor meeting at Blain Park in Visalia. Because it is an outdoor meeting, we move the time later in winter for warmer weather, and earlier in summer for cooler weather. Come join us – it is a beautiful setting for a meeting.

The Primary Purpose Group is beginning a NEW 12 Step Workshop, beginning Monday October 16th, 2023. This workshop goes for 24 weeks. It is important to get in at the beginning, so put it on your calendar. This in-depth workshop will help you understand and work the Twelve Steps completely.

The Primary Purpose Group chose to delay the start one week, from the 9th to the 16th – so you still have time to get in!