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General Service Workshop:

Treatment and Bridging the Gap

January 30, 2016

9:00 am - Coffee and Hospitality

10:00 am - Workshop

St. Mark Lutheran Church

2109 College St SE, Lacey, WA

PI/CPC Committees Quarterly

February 13

9:30 am - 10:00 am - Fellowship

10:00 am - 3:00 pm - Workshops

Potluck lunch. Please bring dish to share.

7th Tradition observed.

Highlands Community Church

3031 NE 10th St, Renton, WA

Treatment Committee Quarterly

April 16, 2016


10:00 am - 2:00 pm - Quarterly

Please bring a breakfast item to share.

7th Tradition observed.


3031 NE 10th St, Renton, WA 98056

“A Common Solution”

a new meeting for women Sunday at 1pm – 2pm

DV Lutheran Church-Parish House

923 North Sequim Ave, Sequim

O, NS, WC/HA

Praasa 2016 Pacific Region A.A. Service Assembly

March 4 - 6

Spokane Convention Center

The purpose of the Pacific Region Alcoholics

Anonymous Service Assembly (P.R.A.A.S.A.) is

to develop greater unity among the members,

groups, and areas of the Pacific Region; to

encourage the exchange of ideas and

experiences; and to provide an opportunity for

members to discuss pertinent aspects of A.A.

The Assembly and the P.R.A.A.S.A. Committee

should always foster the Recovery, Unity, and

Service legacies of A.A.

Hosted by Area 92 More information at praasa.org

Meet Our Delegate!! Area 72 Pre-conference

March 19 Port Angeles

Pacific Regional Forum

September 30 - October 2, 2016

Hilton Waikoloa Village Hotel

Waikoloa, Hawaii

Regional Forum page on aa.org

district55aa.com February 2016

District 55 News

[email protected] [email protected]

District 55 Valentine’s Day Fun!!!! All AAs and Families welcome!!

Potluck and Speakers – Kathryn and Paul P. Saturday, February 13, 6-10pm Agnew Helpful Neighbors Club

Please bring a dish to share! 1241 N. Barr Road

Port Angeles

Come help Decorate at 10AM!

Hello my name is Jerry G and I’m an alcoholic.

I serve as DCM for District 55. I recently attended the January Area Quarterly, which was well attended.

Friday night no-host dinner at Smuggler’s Landing was full of fellowshipping and good food! The ice

cream social was very enticing, as well. The Area inventory went well. We discussed the role of a web

servant. Two motions from the 2015 Assembly were presented. I will have available more information

on these motions for the District and GSRs. “Thanks!!” to District 22, the Quarterly committee, and

District 55 for their exceptional efforts. “Well done!” Yours in Service, Jerry G DCM Dist-55

AA Hotline numbers District 55 are 360-797-0259 and 877-682-4143

General Service Workshop:

Treatment and Bridging the Gap

January 30

9:00 am - Coffee and Hospitality

10:00 am - Workshop

St. Mark Lutheran Church

2109 College St SE, Lacey, WA

Treatment Committee Quarterly

April 16


10:00 am - 2:00 pm - Quarterly

Please bring a breakfast item to share. 7th Tradition observed.


3031 NE 10th St, Renton, WA

Area 72 Pre-conference

Meet Our Delegate!! March 19 Port Angeles

mailto:[email protected]


DISTRICT 55 TRUSTED SERVANTS

•DCM: Jerry G.

e-mail: [email protected]

•Alt. DCM: Larry G


•Secretary: Carolyn E,


•Alt. Secretary: Megan V.


•Treasurer: Paula K.


•Alt. Treasurer: Kristina B.


Service Committee Chairs/Co-Chairs:

•Accessibility: David C


•Activities: Rhonda B.


•Answering Service/Schedules: Dana C.


•Archivist: Christine S.


•Coop. with the Prof. Community/Public Info:

Chair: Georgette H. and Kate L

e-mail [email protected]

•Grapevine/Literature: Larry G.


•Newsletter: Barbara T.,


•Treatment Facilities Liaison: Michael


•Web Servant: Kathryn P.


DISTRICT 55 BUSINESS MEETING EVERY THIRD SUNDAY

AT 5:00 pm AT

ST. LUKE'S BASEMENT ON 5TH STREET

SEQUIM, WA

DISTRICT 55 ACTIVITIES COMMITTEE MEETS EVERY THIRD SUNDAY

AT 4:00 PM AT

ST. LUKE'S BASEMENT ON 5TH STREET

SEQUIM, WA

DISTRICT 55/22 COMBINED CORRECTIONS COMMITTEE

MEETS EVERY SECOND SUNDAY

AT 4:00 pm AT

711 EAST SECOND ST, PORT ANGELES

MALES ARE ESPECIALLY NEEDED!!

Step Two - Came to believe that a Power

greater than ourselves could restore us to

sanity.

Once upon a time, I listened as my fellow AAs

shared their diverse experiences with Step

Two over the course of their various lengths of

sobriety. As they shared, my hope grew. My

fear of condemnation for being a heathen

subsided. I felt a part of the group. Then, the

chair strayed from group conscience design,

and said we’d say “” prayer. My heart

sank. That feeling of inclusion immediately

vanished, & isolation returned. My strength

ebbed. AA is inaccessible to me, almost.

- Anonymous

Tradition Two (Long Form) - For our group purpose there is but one ultimate

authority — a loving God as He may express Himself in our group conscience.

Concept Two - The General Service Conference of A.A. has become, for nearly every practical

purpose, the active voice and the effective conscience of our whole society in its world affairs.

Informed Voice

How is my voice heard in Alcoholics Anonymous®? The premise that each person is heard

is an important part of Alcoholics Anonymous structure; therefore we listen to one another.

The structure of AA® offers all who come into Alcoholics Anonymous® the opportunity to be

heard. The process begins when I attend a group conscience, or business, meeting of my home

group. I might express an opinion or ask questions of my General Service Representative, GSR.

The group conscience meeting is the forum for discussion of concerns, changes, proposed

actions, and other issues regarding the home group, and AA as a whole.

GSRs express home group members’ opinions at the District and Area levels. Opinions from

Home Groups and District Committees are part of our Delegates’ awareness at the yearly

General Service Conference, GSC, in New York. After each conference, our Delegate reports

about the GSC activities to AAs back home, including members of Area and District

committees. GSRs pass along that info to home group members.

As members of Alcoholics Anonymous, we each have a vote to cast on any business transacted

in our home group. In turn, GSRs vote at District meetings and Area Assemblies, keeping in

mind the groups’ conscience as a guide.

The importance of each person’s voice, and vote, in Alcoholics Anonymous, and all its business,

cannot be overstated. Please take advantage of chances to participate in your home group.

Listeners are particularly needed!

Notes from Darren F, Our Area 72 Delegate!

Over 220 stories were submitted for the three literature projects initiated by the 2015

General Service Conference, plus 20 more stories from Spanish-speaking members.

The trustee committee agreed to forward to the 2016 General Service Conference a

proposal for the development of a “plain language” version of the book, Alcoholics Anonymous.

The 2016 General Service Conference will consider the notion of admitting

representatives from the service structures of other twelve-step programs to observe the

General Service Conference.

DISTRICT 55 BUSINESS MEETING EVERY THIRD SUNDAY

AT 5:00 pm AT

ST. LUKE'S BASEMENT ON 5TH AVENUE

SEQUIM

DISTRICT 55 ACTIVITIES COMMITTEE MEETS EVERY THIRD SUNDAY

AT 4:00 PM AT

ST. LUKE'S BASEMENT ON 5TH AVENUE

SEQUIM

DISTRICT 55/22 COMBINED CORRECTIONS COMMITTEE

MEETS EVERY SECOND SUNDAY

AT 4:00 pm AT

711 EAST SECOND ST, PORT ANGELES

MEN ARE ESPECIALLY NEEDED!!
















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