Greetings to my fellow panel 72 members of Area 09 I am so excited to be your new trusted servant.
Who else is excited ????
Over the last several months since I was elected I have been busy.
- I attended the Southern California H&I Intergroup meeting and have been working closely with the South Bay H&I to host the meeting here in Feb as well as the conference in April, ensuring Area 9 has a presence as we have not for a couple panels.
- I also attended the All Panel 71 & Panel 72 Alt Delegate Meeting in Nov, Dec and Jan.
- I am chairing the pacific region planning meeting and I am so grateful to be working alongside them.
- I attended the board meeting, and advised the board of all the amazing things coming. I am grateful to be serving alongside my peers.
- On dec 30th I was joined by some amazing service junkies who assisted me with planning the agenda for both the DCMC’s and the Committee Chairs. This will be held on Feb 12th DCMC session is from 9-11:00am and the Committee Chair Session is from 12:00 – 2:00pm. We will have another planning meeting in the next couple weeks to finalize our agenda its going to be amazing come one come all.
- I have ordered all service material for the committee chairs and am finalizing the packet we are creating for them.
- We are also hosting a monthly service workshop for this area with Spanish translation every third Thursday at 7:00pm Hosted by Billy N . The first two months will be taking us through the traditions then we will be going through the new service manual so make sure you order them.
- Deb Jerry and I have commenced work on the Servathon which will be on Nov12th and we are looking forward to the banquet style event.
- District 25 , District 1 and I will be meeting sometime this month to commence planning the Foro.
- As the Alt delegate, I am also responsible for being the liaison for the Committee Chairs. I plan on hosting a quarterly workshop or check in for the area 09 committee chairs Commencing in April.
- The wonderful districts of 1&3, 6, 7, 8, 18 and 12 have started planning the bootcamp and alongside I am working on the pre-conference. I was able to talk to Heiro, Joe, Ed, Jose, Mitchell and Jeryl in regards to this position and am grateful they helped me to get prepared.
- Mitchell and I had a wonderful meeting where we got to know each other and he knows I am his right hand gal for the next two years, where he is welcome to have me Involved as much or as little as he needs me.
- I will be creating QR codes and a little app for this area and we will see if it is helpful.
- I am sure I have left something out but I hope I didn’t.
Thank you so much for my life, sobriety allowing me to serve yall, and growing with me. As we commence this panel lets remember we are all on the same team with one goal in mind. We are the guardians of Area 09 Alcoholics Anonymous. Let’s be active and productive !!!! Its a true honor and privilege.
Love and Service
Alex W
Alcoholic