All necessary information for GSRs and members to participate in this feedback can be found here, including the Final Conference Agenda and Background Information for the 75th General Service Conference.

The items below are the ones that we will discuss at our Pre-Conference Sharing Session on April 12th. Please see the Area 59 Calendar for event details.

Agenda J. Consider a proposed pilot for a Harmony and Effectiveness Session. CPC E. Discuss shared experience in informing professionals how A.A. can serve as a resource for unhoused and neurodivergent alcoholics. Finance A. Consider a request to reaffirm the 1975 Advisory Action that delegates emphasize to the groups the effect that inflation has had on the contribution of dollar and the necessity for adjusting contributions accordingly, to support services provided by the General Service Board. Finance G. Consider a request to remove the phrase, “A group may also decline to hear reports from a GSR at all” from page 10 in the A.A. Service Manual. Literature L. Discuss Plain Language Big Book review process.

Literature J. Consider request that the Twelve Concepts for World Service and essays on the Twelve Concepts for World Service be included in the current publication, Twelve Steps and Twelve Traditions. Literature K. Consider request to update the book Living Sober. Public Information B.3. Consider suggestion to develop new video PSA. Policy/Admissions E; Report and Charter B: Policy/Admissions A. Consider request that a Super Majority of voting members be required to change or amend Founders Literature; Report and Charter B. Consider a request to expand Article Three in the Conference Charter to protect the co-Founders’ writings. Report and Charter A.3. Consider a request to remove the word “woman” from the Concept IV essay.

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