District 13 Service Opportunities
Literature Committee
The purpose of this
standing committee is to encourage AA groups to provide AA
literature. It ensures that AA literature is available at area events
and conferences. It reviews new non-conference-approved literature
and recommends to CASA which items should be carried in the CASO
Bookstore. Recommendations are presented at one CASA and voted upon
at the following CASA.
Membership of this
committee is composed of one delegate from each district in Area 19
and one representative appointed by the manager of the Chicago Area
Service Office. Delegates serve for a period of two years commencing
January 1 of the odd year. The committee chairperson may appoint
special members.
Public
Information /Cooperation with the Professional Community (PI)/(CPC)
Public
Information (PI)
The purpose of this
standing committee is to carry the message of Alcoholics Anonymous to
the alcoholic who still suffers through the use of the media and
public speakers. This committee serves as the central source of
information that is made available to the public in the Chicago area
regarding Alcoholics Anonymous. The committee ensures that any
information the public receives is correct and is given within the
guidelines of the Twelve Traditions of Alcoholics Anonymous.
Cooperation with
the Professional Community (CPC)
The purpose of this
standing committee is to provide information about AA on request to
those non-alcoholics who have contact with alcoholics through their
profession. Examples are: physicians, nurses, lawyers, judges,
social workers, union leaders, industrial managers, as well those
working in the field of alcoholism. The committee provides
information about what AA can and cannot do. The committee
establishes cooperation between Alcoholics Anonymous and the
professional community.
Here are examples of
the activities you can help carry out:
Staff an
informational booth at a local college, community affair, or
statewide conference.
Work with a
coalition of substance abuse and mental health agencies to hold a
community forum.
Distribute A.A.
brochures, meeting schedules, & literature to homeless shelters,
police stations, & libraries. Act as resource people for DUI
classes to talk about our own experience and what A.A. has to offer.
Committee on
Conferences (COC)
The purpose of this
standing committee is to ensure proper participation of Area 19 in
state and area conferences, forums, workshops, and events, including
cooperation with other state and delegate areas. The Committee on
Conferences (COC) also assists with the All Chicago Open meeting and
performs such other services as deemed necessary by the Chicago Area
Service Assembly.
The membership of
this committee is composed of one delegate from each of the districts
of Area 19. District delegates serve for a period of two years
commencing January 1 of the odd year.
Membership also
includes chairpersons of committees planning conferences and events –
which are, in effect, subcommittee of the Committee on Conferences.
Membership also includes the office manager, past chairperson of
CASA, and past delegates to the General Service Conference.
The committee
chairperson may appoint special members.
Technology
Committee
The purpose of this
special committee is to create website policy and set technological
goals for Area 19. The main role of the committee is to oversee
management of the chicagoaa.org website and all the associated
technologies needed to maintain it. The committee also investigates
emerging technologies to help CASO and Area committees stay up to
date in communicating with and serving AA members. In all its
decisions and actions, the committee strives to protect members’
anonymity at a digital level.
Membership on this
committee is open to any interested AA member.