NIGHTBOOK
SHARE-A-DAY 2007
It’s Sunday April 22, 2007. I arrived home from
The hotline is covered until mid-August; so if your group
wants to sign up, now is the time. You can call Intergroup
JFK airport about an hour ago. I picked up my
and leave me a message with group name and contact #.
daughter Mary. She is visiting from Texas for a
We need 12th Step work as much as Bill W. did back when.
week. We just finished eating dinner. I have
Thanks to the following groups for service in April
gratitude for these things in my life today, thanks
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to AA.
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Yesterday at this time we were just finishing
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cleaning up at Share-a-Day 2007. It was a great
Love & service,
day. Over two hundred and fifty people coming
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together for a day of fellowship, meetings, and a
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meal. A lot like the day I am having today with my
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family, at home.
It took a lot of hard work from a lot of good
Consistent with trends in the rest of our society,
people. I need to thank those people for making
individual AA groups are finding themselves being asked
Share-a-Day possible. All the groups that donated
by their landlords to pay larger rents, to assume new
money, all the committee members that devoted
levels of responsibility for the use of meeting space, and
to carry liability insurance.
many hours of service, all the volunteers who
AA groups are usually informally organized entities,
showed up that day to help, all the group reps who
often with limited financial resources. Group leadership is
spoke at the meetings, all who came to share a
ever changing and holds no real authority. Group
day, they are the ones that deserve the credit for
membership also often changes dramatically over time.
such a successful day.
As such, these new demands can pose a real problem.
“Together we can” has taken on a new
The proliferation of groups/meetings at a time when the
meaning for me since yesterday. Thank you all
growth in overall AA membership has remained relatively
flat has tended to stretch group resources.
Your AA Brother
Given the autonomous relationship among all levels of
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AA (no element has control, authority, or responsibility for
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any other element under Traditions 4 & 7), local service
committees (intergroup & General Service) are usually
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unwilling/unable to add local groups to their insurance
policies or to otherwise shelter or materially support local
groups/meetings.
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AA groups can get insurance, and local service
committees may be able to point groups to insurance
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brokers or carriers offering affordable policies, this without
endorsing those services (Tradition 6). The Group
Time: 5:30pm to 11:00pm
Place: S. Andrew's Church
Services Desk at GSO may also be a resource: (212)
54 Nassau Blvd., West Hempstead, NY 11552
870.3400, groupservices@aa(dot)org, or PO Box 459,
Date: May 12, 2007
Grand Central Station, New York, NY 10163.
As an alternative to getting group insurance, in some
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cases a landlord may allow the group to pay a fee to be
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added to the landlord’s policy, to be listed as an “also
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insured.” This may be the least expensive option in some
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cases.
In some situations the demands of a landlord and the
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limits on a group’s resources may simply preclude a
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group using a given meeting place. One possible answer
to the questions arising out of limited group resources in
the face of greater demands for rent or insurance might
The Baldwin Groups'
be for smaller groups to join together into larger, and
therefore better supported groups.
62nd Anniversary
I hope this is helpful.
Saturday, June 23rd, from 7-11pm
In service,
717 St Luke's Place, Baldwin (off Grand Ave)
Treasurer
treasurer@nassauny-aa(dot)org
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Come join us in celebrating our group's birthday!!
