Wednesday, November 26, 2008

December Eat and Speaks

Wed Dec 10th Surrender to Win (Alcoa) M L K food 6 p.m. Meeting 7 p. m.

Thurs Dec. 11th Sobriety and Beyond (South Knoxville) New Salem Church
food 5:30 p. m. Speaker 7 p.m.

Sun Dec. 14th Maryville 12 Step (Maryville) Blount Hospital food 6:30 p.m.
speaker 8 p.m.

Pathfinders Christmas Eat and Speak will be in December (6th) it is on a Saturday and the speaker will be Mike S. It will be at Trinity United Methodist Church. Fun and Fellowship 5:30-6:30 food 6:30-7:30 (they may even dance). Speaker 7:30-8:30. Meats and drinks provided, please bring a covered dish.


Back to Basics club house - Oak Ridge
24 hour fellowship, meetings, potluck food following 7 pm meetings on Dec 24 and Dec 31

Tuesday, November 25, 2008

Intergroup

The next Inter-group meeting will be Sunday, Dec. 2nd - 2 P.M. at Rockford on the second floor.

THERE WILL BE NO INTER-GROUP MEETING IN JANUARY.

District 50/51

District 50/51 Representative Meeting
November 3, 2008

Pam opened the meeting with the Serenity Prayer
Jim M has resigned as Treasurer and Jim R has been elected. He is in the process of switching banks from SunTrust to First Tennessee. He got the figures from John W. He hasn’t deposited any checks yet and won’t until the transition is final. He got the box keys and everything is good to go.
The Forum host Committee will meet this Wednesday (Nov 12) and next Wednesday (Nov 19-the last before the Forum begins) Volunteers are still needed. New York wants 2 people to be there (greeters) when the Forum opens. Patti has stuff for the volunteers. Everyone attending must register.
The next Assembly will be in January in Oak Ridge. They may be low on baskets and Lynne asked for each District to donate baskets.
No CPC report
No PI report
Archives – Not much done yet but working on it.
Gina gave the Intergroup report. All hotline shifts are filled but there may soon be an opening (Friday from 5-10PM)
Corrections – George said lots of volunteers were there with ID cards. AA didn’t have to have them. Todd said driver’s licenses are fine for now. Eventually we will get the ID cards. Corrections needs volunteers. George said he gets a great feeling from doing it. He asked the GSR’s to take it back to their groups. They got hold of the old Treasurer who turned over the funds to Intergroup. The next Corrections Committee meeting will be this Thursday. They also need more Grapevines.
Grapevine – Darlene saw Anson. She asked about the Grapevine and he said he has been busy. When Pam talked to him he said he feels he has done all he can for the Committee.
Darlene asked about the procedure for GSR’s/Alt’s not in active role. Lynne said we ask them if they are still interested in serving.
No old business
New business
Macy suggested we go group by group for events instead of electing a Chair. Pam said this has been done and didn’t work.
Pathfinders Christmas Eat and Speak will be in December (6th) it is on a Saturday and the speaker will be Mike S. It will be at Trinity United Methodist Church. Fun and Fellowship 5:30-6:30 food 6:30-7:30 (they may even dance). Speaker 7:30-8:30. Meats and drinks provided, please bring a covered dish.
Macy said maybe the women’s groups can get together and do something.
Next meeting December 1st. The seventh tradition hat was passed and the meeting closed with the Lord’s Prayer.

Submitted with love by
Gina M.

Chairman's Message

'TIS THE SEASON TO BE GRATEFUL!
As we approach this holiday season we should look around and see the things that this fellowship has given to us. We have been blessed with the gift of Sobriety and the tools to keep it! I come from an area where Sobriety and Service both begin with the letter S!

Let us be grateful to OUR TRUSTED SERVANTS, from our group members to our General Service Office Trustees. We (on our local level) have the person who opens our meeting location, our coffee makers, our people who chair meetings and our group officers. The members of our group who show up and do something, We are thankful for our Trusted Servants who take on the responsibility of Inter-Group Representative and the ones who take on the responsibility of General Service Representative and actually perform the duties of that responsibility!

We are thankful to our Co-Founders Bill Wilson and Bob Smith who were wise enough to give us 12 Traditions with the message:

I am responsible.
Whenever anyone reaches out for help I want the hand of A. A. always to be there and for that
I AM RESPONSIBLE!!!
On behalf of my self and your Inter-group representatives have a Happy and SOBER holiday season
Pete O'N

Birthdays

TELLICO VILLAGE:
JAN P - 3 YRS

PETE O’N - 28 YRS

TOPSIDE GROUP:

SANDIE J - 2 YRS

STEVE A - 2 YRS

McMINN CO:
JOHN R - 3 YRS

MARYVILLE UNITY:
OLIVA M - 1 YR
ZEKE C - 7 YRS (N0V)

MONROE CO:
KENNY - 11 YRS
ROBIN - 2 YRS

BEAN STATION: 13 YEARS
BOBBY K - 14 YRS

BACK TO BASICS:
RUTH G - 4 YRS
CAROLINE P - 23 YRS
LAWTON G - 7 YRS
SHAWA G - 3 YRS
JOHN B - 2 YRS
PATRICK W - 22 YRS
JUSTIN M - 3 YRS
MARGARET P - 7 YRS

OLD TIMER DAY JAN 31TH 2009 ALANO CLUB



Thanksgiving Meetings

Several groups are having meals or special meetings for Thanksgiving:

Rockford -  will be open all day from their first meeting at 10 AM until the end of the 8 PM meeting. Dinner will be served after the Noon meeting.

Park 40 - will be open from 9:30 AM to 9:30 PM. Food will be served after the Noon meeting and will be available the rest of the day.