Intergroup News

Faithful Fiver contributions on-line: A Faithful Fiver is an A.A. member who pledges at least $5 per month annually to support Central Office. Recurring contributions in any amount can now be initiated on-line at www.aasf.org/contributions.

New Bookstore Hours Starting in March: Rarely have we seen a customer on Mondays between 6PM and 7PM! Therefore, starting March 3, in lieu of staying open until 7PM on Monday nights, the Central Office bookstore will be open on Saturday from 10AM-2PM. This will be a trial period lasting through May, and will be extended indefinitely if successful. Please help spread the word. We will remain open on Monday evenings until 7PM through the end of February.

Alcoholics Come in all Flavors: Are you fluent in a foreign language or ASL? Central Office frequently gets calls from non-English speakers who have problems with alcohol, as well as from their families and friends. We often have no way of offering assistance. If you speak another language (there are already resources for Spanish speakers) and are willing to reach out to some of these folks as needed, please let us know by emailing us at aa@aasf.org.

The Access Committee Needs Your Help: The Access Committee of the Intercounty Fellowship seeks input from people who find traditionally structured meetings and literature difficult to access. What barriers do you experience that we can work to remove? Please e-mail us with your thoughts and suggestions at access@aasf.org.

New San Francisco Meeting Schedules are now available: updated and hot off the press. Remember, our website is always the most frequently updated source for meeting changes in San Francisco and Marin.

Thanks to Everyone who participated in the 65th Central Office Anniversary Celebration! It was a resounding success. Special thanks to our panel of old-timers, who were, as always, amazing!

February Events

1st Annual Baywide Valentine’s Dance - February 11, 2012 at Fort Mason in San Francisco. Relationships in Sobriety Panel at 7PM. Dance to follow until 11:45PM
There will be 2 rooms, each with different types of music. Co-Hosted by eight YPAA (Young People in A.A.) groups! (ACYPAA 40, EBYPAA, GGYPAA, PENYPAA, SACYPAA, SCAMYPAA, SCCYPAA, SOCYPAA). This is going to be huge!!!

March Events

65th Annual Spring Conference – March 16-18, 2012 in San Ramon, CA. Brought to you by the Northern California Council of A.A. See http://www.ncc-aa.org for more information.

Trusted Servants Workshop – March 25 at Central Office in San Francisco. 11AM until 1PM. Focus on General Service Representative, Intergroup Representative and the Home Group. Potluck Lunch. 11AM until 1PM. More info at: 415-674-1821 or www.aasf.org.

Archives Spotlight: The Function of the Central Office from the Secretary’s Newsletter August 1985 – “An overview of the function and organization of Central Office then and now”. View the document at www.aasf.org/archives