The 12 Stepper
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Table of Contents ...... 2 NCWSA and WSO Contact information ...... 3 12 Stepper Information ...... 4 Events Calendar ...... 5 NCWSA Officers, Coordinator & DR Contacts ...... 5-8 Welcome Letter from NCWSA Chair……………………………..9 Tentative Agenda-NCWSA …………………………….…….10-11 “Draft” NCWSA May 16, 2015 Minutes ………………..……12-15 NCWSC May 17, 2015 Reports……………………………..15-34 District and Intergroup Reports. Your voices will be heard. NCWSC Highlights…………………………………………….35-42 Al-Anon Personal Shares on Recovery…………………………42 District Service and Speaker Meetings Calendars ...... 43 Al-Anon Acronyms ...... 44 NCWSA Boundaries Map ...... 45 12 Stepper Subscription Form ...... 46
Northern California World Service Area of AFG, Inc. Santa Clara Valley AFG Intergroup Campbell Community Center Rm#Q82 Campbell, CA. 95008
Contacting NCWSA A list of contacts for NCWSA is at http://www.ncwsa.org/contact-us.html. More contacts are at the end of the printed version of this newsletter.
Group or District Contribution Address: NCWSA Treasurer P.O. Box 728 Vacaville, CA. 956967-0728 Don’t forget to include your group’s WSO #, and donation form A25, available at: http://www.ncwsa.org/forms/
Contacting WSO (World Service Office) General Al-Anon Web - http://www.al-anon.org/ Members’ Web – http://www.al-anon.org/members/for CAL publications, The Forum, Calendar, blogs, WSC Summary, Service Manual, other newsletters, etc. Email – [email protected] Meeting Information: (888) 4AL-ANON [425-2666] (8am-6pm Eastern Time M-F) Physical Address: Al-Anon Family Group Headquarters, Inc 1600 Corporate Landing Pkwy Virginia Beach, VA 23454-5600 Phone (757)563-1600
NCWSA 12 Stepper Newsletters October 9-11, 2015 NCWSC, Volume 52, Issue II The 12 Stepper is the newsletter of the Northern California World Service Area (NCWSA).A free copy of the April and August issues are mailed to all Al-Anon Family Groups (AFG) registered with NCWSA, and to the Delegate, NCWSA officers, coordinators, liaisons and District Representatives (DRs). A limited number of copies are shared with other AFG areas across the country; all others are sold on a subscription basis. A subscription form is included at the back of this issue. Typically, each issue is published shortly after the two NCWSC meetings held in February and May, and after the NCWSA Assembly in October of each year. WSC Delegates Report Assembly Issue – This issue typically includes the Annual Financial Report, One-Day Assembly agenda, and May through August announcements and reports. Deadline is one week after the February NCWSC meeting Three Day Assembly Issue – This issue includes the minutes from the prior October Assembly, the next year’s budget, reports, and announcements of special AFG events from September through December. Deadline is the end of May. End of the Year Issue – The web-only (paper copies will NOT be sent) issue includes information on the yearly Northern California Al-Anon Convention, committee and district reports from the prior Assembly, and announcements of special AFG events from January through April. Deadline is the end of October Al-Anon/Alateen Declaration Let it Begin with Me: When anyone, anywhere reaches out for help, let the hand of Al-Anon and Alateen always be there. And let it Begin with me. Editor’s Corner Thank you for this growth opportunity. Love in Service, Debbie O 12 Stepper Editor Melinda N 12 Stepper Alternate-Editor Submitting Material to the 12 Stepper All members are invited to contribute District news and announcements. Please include your name, address, phone number and email address. Articles may be submitted in Microsoft Word format electronically to Debbie O and Melinda N at [email protected]
Events Calendar 2015 Please see http://www.ncwsa.org/events-calendar/for latest calendar updates. See list of monthly district events at the end of this issue. Date Event Location Information/Contact Aug 28-29, NCWSC Fairfield Merriott [email protected] 2015 Fairfield, CA. Sept 18-20, Sponsors R & R Westminister Woods Lisa B NCWSA Alateen 2015 Occidental, CA. Coordinator, (707) 778-0861 or email at [email protected]
Oct 9-11 NCWSA Assembly DoubleTree [email protected] 2015 Modesto, CA.
Oct 31, Dist 18 DIA “Recovery Community United Lin E 2015 “The Best Kept Secret Methodist Church 209-484-0748 9 am to In Al-Anon” 1480 Poplar Street [email protected] 5 pm Oakdale, CA.
Northern California World Service Area
Northern California World Service Area of AFG, Inc.
Joan W., Area Chair
3706 Fairway Drive, Cameron Park, Ca. 95682
(530) 676-8005 [email protected]
Welcome to our 2015 3-day Assembly in Modesto,
We come together this weekend to conduct the important participation of managing our money, discussing how we spread the message to those who still suffer, hearing from our 27 districts, and especially to know that we are not alone in stepping up to service.
We have fun things planned... Our Saturday night speaker is a delightful lady, the current Arizona Delegate, followed by an Al-Anon Meeting for those who wish to end their day with sharing your experience, strength and hope. We have three workshops planned – more to be revealed later. Songs and a skit.
The 2016 Budget will be presented and approved (we cannot conduct any 12th Step work without funds), May Assembly minutes, and Officer and Coordinator Reports. Information about 2016 events - Convention, H & I Conference, NoCAC and R & R Weekend.
Please bring your Assembly Issue of the 12 Stepper (please read before the assembly), your Service Manual, note paper and an attitude of gratitude knowing that your group has elected you to be responsible to those you serve.
I look forward to seeing you.
Much Love in Service,
Joan W.,
Chairperson
TENTATIVE AGENDA – NCWSA ASSEMBLY, FRIDAY OCTOBER 9, 10, 11, 2015 Double Tree Hotel by Hilton, 1150 Ninth Street, Modesto FRIDAY 3:00pm Assembly and Voting Registration 4:15pm AFG Meeting (TBA) Optional 7:30-8:45pm GR Orientation 7:30-9:30pm DR Meeting 8:45-9:30pm Workshop “Obedience to the Unenforceable” - Joan W. SATURDAY 7:15-8:15am AFG Meeting (TBA) Optional 8:30am Serenity Prayer, Traditions, Concepts, Warranties, Alateen Safety Guidelines, AA/AFG Stmt. Chairperson’s Welcome – Joan W. Assembly Roll Call and District Holler – Rosanna H. Review Voting Procedures - TBA Approval of Minutes from 2015 May Assembly (NCWSA.org/service) 10:00am District Reports – 5 minutes each (7 districts tba) BREAK (10 MINS) 10-10-10:40amBudget Presentation/Discussion – Alt. Delegate, Bonnie M. (afternoon)
Sing a Song – (TBA) 10:45-:11:30 GR Guessing Game – John S. (Bring your Service Manual) Treasurers Report – Chris M. Secretary’s Report – Rossana H. Chairperson’s Report - Joan W. Executive Committee Report – DeDe W. Noon LUNCH BREAK (1 1/2 HOURS) 1:30 AAPP Report – Tom K. Alternate Delegate’s Report – Bonnie M. Alateen Coordinator’s Report - Lisa K. 12 Stepper Report – Debbie O.
Archives Report - Diana C. Bylaws/Insurance - tba 2:-2:35pm Budget Approval – Bonnie M. 3:10-3:30pm Literature Coordinator’s Report – Catalina L. Diversity Coordinator’s Report – Nick de P. Web Site Coordinator’s Report – Beth Ann B. Group Records Coordinator’s Report – Wendy L. Institutions Coordinator’s Report – David B. 2016 Convention Chair – Patty B. BREAK (10 MINUTES)
3:30--4:15pm “Living our Spiritual Principles, Expanding our Future” Workshop – Vali F. 4:15 District Reports – 5 minutes each (7 districts tba) PI/CPC Coordinator’s Report (10 minutes) Ask it Basket Questions Announcements 5:30pm DINNER
8:00PM INVITED SPEAKER; – Vali F., Delegate, Arizona 9:15pm AFG Meeting (tba) Optional1:55-2:30
SUNDAY 8:00am Opening: Serenity Prayer, Traditions, Concepts, Warranties, Alateen Stmt. AA/AFG Stmt. District Reports – 5 minutes (7 districts toba) Delegate’s Report – Yvonne De G. Intergroup Reports: East Bay Spanish Intergroup - Maria C-G. South Bay Spanish Intergroup - Northern California Spanish Intergroup – Janie L. Santa Clara Valley Intergroup – Bruce D. Sacramento – Districts 6-10 – Lisa K. Ask it Basket Questions Facilities Coordinator’s Report District Bids for 2016 Assembly (May 14 and October 14-16) 10:00am District Reports – 5 minutes each (6 districts tba) 10:35am BREAK (20 MINUTES CHECK OUT OF HOTEL)
11:35-12pm Old Business: Thought Force Gender Neutral Steps – John M.
BREAK FOR LUNCH (1 HOUR)
1pm Ask it Basket NoCaC Coordinator’s Report – Jessica M. Alateen Liaison’s Reports – N – Justin T., C – Ashlynn S., S- Vanessa B. 1:30-2:30pm New Business 2:30-2:45pm Announcements 3pm Close (hopefully) Al-Anon/Alateen Declaration Let it Begin with Me When anyone, anywhere, reaches out for help Let the hand of Al-Anon and Alateen always be there
And Let it Begin With Me
GR’s here is where you get to put on your business hats….
*DRAFT NCWSA Minutes May 16, 2015 DRAFT* Campbell Community Center, Campbell, CA Table of Contents Routine Business Motions and Consensus Chairperson’s Welcome Approval of Minutes Audit Report Delegate’s Report Workshop w/ Assembly participation Ask It Basket Questions Roll Call ROUTINE BUSINESS The meeting began at 10:05 AM with a welcome from the Chairperson. The Serenity Prayer, 12 Traditions, 12 Concepts, General Warranties, Dual Membership in Al-Anon/Alateen and AA, and the Alateen Safety Guidelines were read. The secretary read the Bylaws regarding who is a voting member at Assemblies. Committee Roll Call was taken and District Hollers were presented. Minutes for October 2014 Assembly were approved by substantial unanimity with no corrections. Announcements and the 7th Tradition occurred after the lunch break. The meeting adjourned at 3:55 PM with the Al-Anon Declaration.
MOTIONS AND CONCENSUS 1505.01: To Approve October 2014 Assembly Minutes as presented. Moved by Gail H (D10), second by Dean C (D8), and passed by substantial unanimity.Servant
CHAIRPERSON’S WELCOME – Joan W. s The chairperson asked new GRs to raise their hands. She shared that many of us are new to our service position this panel and we will make lots of mistakes and that’s okay. We were reminded where to get a copy of the 12- Stepper, GR Packets and Group Records information. GRs were asked to share the GR packet with their group and alternate GR and to bring the packet to the October Assembly. Lunch was available for $10 and water for a donation. Since we were not able to charge a registration fee due to contractual reasons, we would pass the basket (7th Tradition) to cover the cost of this event. All were reminded that GRs can be reimbursed for 7th Tradition donations by their groups. The collections for lunch and 7th Tradition were substantial. The chair suggested we consider sending funds in excess of this event’s expenses to the WSO. 2 The translation equipment was not available; however, a Spanish interpreter was available for those who wanted assistance. A request was made for additional interpreters. The open positions Bylaws & Insurance Coordinator and its Alternate were announced. All interested persons were encouraged to attend the NCWSC meeting to be held the following day. The outgoing coordinator read her report. The report will be included in the May 2015 NCWSC Minutes Lunch was available for $10 and water for a donation. Since we were not able to charge a registration fee due to contractual reasons, we would pass the basket (7th Tradition) to cover the cost of this event. All were reminded that GRs can be reimbursed for 7th Tradition donations by their groups. The collections for lunch and 7th Tradition were substantial. The chair suggested we consider sending funds in excess of this event’s expenses to the WSO. 2 The translation equipment was not available; however, a Spanish interpreter was available for those who wanted assistance. A request was made for additional interpreters. The open positions Bylaws & Insurance Coordinator and its Alternate were announced. All interested persons were encouraged to attend the NCWSC meeting to be held the following day. The outgoing coordinator read her report. The report will be included in the May 2015 NCWSC Minutes
APPROVAL OF THE MINUTES- Rosanna H. The 12-Stepper Coordinator apologized and said the minutes in the 12-Stepper were not complete and requested to table the vote until October’s Assembly. After clarification that the missing information was the Budget Discussion and that this information was presented in a one-page document that was included in the GR packets, there was a consensus to move forward to approve the minutes. After the minutes were approved, it was brought to our attention that page 37 of the 12-Stepper incorrectly states, “Written permission of 2/3 of the groups worldwide is required to change the wording of the Steps”. The percentage should be ¾.
AUDIT REPORT- Bonnie M., Alternate Delegate The NCWSA Budget Committee met on March 1, 2015, reviewed the financial transactions for 2014 and found all to be in order with few problems or errors. The Treasurer provided the appropriate documents for review and answered questions, but did not choose the samples that were reviewed. Following is a synopsis of what was reviewed and the findings. The bank statement is balanced for all accounts. At year-end 2014, balances were $8,018.22 for the checking account (reconciled), $17,276.13 for the savings account, $6,308.37 for the Reserve Fund account and $16,096.54 for the “Pink Can” checking account. The Committee reviewed 43 deposits with one (1) clarification required for a discrepancy in the Convention deposits. The deposit was verified with the bank. A total of 308 checks were written and the Committee audited every tenth (10) check written for a total of 29 checks that were examined; all were accurate though two were missing documentation. There were a total of 27 Journal Entries and all were examined and found to be correct. We were not able to complete the audit of NoCAC funds. Chris offered to work with the NoCAC committee to locate missing documentation.
Findings and recommendations: The “Outside Vendor Payment Request” form (A15) was not used; NCWSC members will be reminded to use that when appropriate. We were not able to review all deposits in the time available, partly because the documentation was not well organized; we suggest providing better training for all Financial Assistants in future. The deposits documented by the NCWSA Financial Assistant were an excellent example for others to follow. DAPPs did not always sign reimbursement requests for Live Scan fees. We felt that, before the audit next year, the Audit form should be revised with some clarification. A copy of the full audit will be sent to the Corporate Records. I am so very grateful for an awesome Audit Committee that made the process as smooth, efficient and pleasant as possible. Respectfully submitted, Bonnie M. Alternate Delegate
DELEGATE’S REPORT - Yvonne deG Our delegate presented a slide show of her experience at her first World Service Conference. The presentation was about 1 3/4 hours. A portion of the presentation was shared in Spanish and English. The Assembly was asked “What would you like to see happen in your district or in our Area?” Responses included: - Double the number of GRs (more groups with a GR), - Every meeting in Northern California be connected to their District and Area, - Increase in service with Alateen and Institutions, - More young adults in recovery and more YAR (young adults in recovery) meetings, - An app that allows each meeting to receive all of the notices that come to the GR on their telephone, - Every hand in the room to go up when asked, “Who’s heard of Alateen?” - More Spanish participation in our group, District and Area, - More full-family (Al-Anon, AA, Alateen) activities, - An app that allows us to have a daily reader share on your phone and also type in a topic and it - would show you where to find it in all of the Al-Anon literature, - A transportation resource to help get members to meetings, - More men involved in Al-Anon service, - A place where Alateen or any teen can go to get information/direction to get to Alateen with or without parental permission, - After-school meeting for teens, - Childcare available in every district with a qualified childcare provider and a banner in every speaker meeting on the outside of the meeting, ads on the back of buses and on bus benches, - Meditation meetings (Step 11 Meetings) - Public service information directly targeted to men The delegate wants to do a workshop at the 3-day assembly on 2-3 of these topics and discuss how we are going to achieve these dreams.
WORKSHOP- Spiritual Principles- Patrick B and Joan W. The workshop was inspired by a past World Service Conference (WSC) theme, “Our Spiritual Principles in Action”. We sometimes lose sight of the spiritual principles when trying to reach a decision. We played a game related to the slide presentation afterwards. For the game, we were asked to break into 25 groups and list the spiritual principles we practice in 25 various Al-Anon business situations. 4
The outcome of the game will be posted in the August issue of the 12-Stepper Newsletter. The Spiritual Principles slide presentation will be made available to the DRs to share with GRs who wish to have it.
ASK-IT-BASKET QUESTIONS 1. What is the status of the “gender- neutral Higher Power” debate? Is it okay to substitute “GOD” for “Him”? The topic will be on the agenda at the October Assembly. It was also pointed out that the October 2014 Minutes erroneously indicated we need 2/3 of the majority of worldwide Al-Anon members to agree in order to change the Steps. Three fourths is the correct majority. 2. An Alateen, who is transitioning to Al-Anon and attending Al-Anon and Alateen meetings, will be chairing an Al-Anon meeting. Are AMIASs required to be present? No. You do not need an AMIAS since Al-Anon meetings are for Al-Anon members. 3. When a matter is brought up at my group’s monthly (business) meeting, one that requires a vote, when is it okay to vote within the business meeting and when does it have to go to the group? This is a matter of group autonomy and Tradition 4. Pages 51-59 of the Service Manual provide an excellent discussion of these issues. If the motion affects the meeting as a whole, is changing readings, etc. my group traditionally announces the vote for 3 weeks at the meeting then takes a meeting vote at the third meeting. 4. An Al-Anon member at my home group had interactions with multiple members who expressed feeling physically and emotionally unsafe with that member. The group conscience after the business meeting was to ask that member to stay away from our meeting. Did we “do the right thing”? How can we best “do things the right way in such a situation”? There is an Inappropriate Behavior Thought Force. Anyone wishing to be a part of the Thought Force can speak to Gael, who is the Thought Force Chairperson. Gael stood for all to see. 5. If WSO Reserve is being tapped, what is the status of the reserve? How is reserve being funded or not? See pages 96-97 and 216-219 of the 2014-2017 Service manual and WSO Guideline G-41. “2007 Reserve Fund (RF) is set at one year’s operating expenses. Finance committee reviews the RF annually to assure that it does not exceed the previous year’s operating expenses. “Excess funds are added to the general fund. See Conference Summary for details. RF are prudently managed by finance committee, funds are partly invested in stocks and bonds. 6. How is Alateen App monitored for safety? The Alateen App is not yet available. It should follow the same safety principles as the Alateen online groups. Minimum requirements listed in the 2014-2017 Service Manual pages 87-90 will be met (we believe). 7. How does the WSO decide what languages to translate into? Why not Mandarin given population numbers? Some of our literature is translated into other languages. China works independently to translate their material. 8. Is the Big Book of AA Al-Anon Conference Approved Literature (CAL)? No. However, nothing stops you from reading it and studying it. 9. What is Al-Anon’s view of helping people with mental illness in a family member? It is an outside issue and we focus on alcoholism. However, anyone who identifies as a member may attend. If the serenity you found there helps you better deal in general, your family benefits.
10. What is the current thinking of breaking up NCWSA so folks don’t have to travel so far? We are only allowed to divide (split) an Area once. We are in a trial period to think “out of the box.” The trial period ends at the end of this panel. We will pick up the conversation tomorrow at the NCWSC meeting and we will bring it back to the Assembly. 11. Is it appropriate to use the Lord’s Prayer at the close of a meeting? It is not CAL (Conference Approved Literature). Page 22 in the Service Manual says, “It is suggested that each group close in a manner that is agreeable to the group conscience. Many groups say the Al-Anon Declaration after their closing.” If you attend a meeting regularly that uses the Lord’s Prayer or any other prayer you are not comfortable with, you can raise that topic at a business meeting. Talk to each other, reason things out. Respectfully submitted, Rosanna H Secretary Panel 55 June 19, 2015
OK GR’s Take off your hats and enjoy the ride…
NCWSC Reports May 17, 2015
Coordinator Reports
ALATEEN COORDINATOR: It has been a very busy few months. I have done AMIAS trainings in districts 19, 18, 14, 1 and 12. We have started each training reviewing the B17 in detail and then doing an additional section devoted to questions or concerns that the district hosting the training has asked me to address. Topics have included: Mandatory reporting, budgets, outreach, tough topics (suicide, self-harm, abuse, substance abuse), event guidelines, meeting for younger members and unacceptable behavior in meetings. I have used the WSO training modules to address these issues and we have had opportunities to share our experience, strength and hope. The revised WSO training modules will be posted to the AMIAS list servers as soon as I have them revised. Please don’t use the ones that are on the list server at this time. I am trying to find a way to remove them but have not been successful. 9th ANNUAL SPONSORS R & R I have attached the Registration Packet and it will be posted to the NCWSA website shortly in English with the Spanish version sooner than later. We have been having monthly committee meetings and everything is on target. NoCAC I have been attending monthly meetings and everything is happening in Alateen time.
We have the BASH dates scheduled and on the NCWSA website and flyers are in the DR and Officer and Coordinator’s bins. I attended the District 1 Day in Al-Anon to support the NoCAC committee members up in that area. They raised @ $395.00 for NoCAC Scholarships for the teens in their district. WSO I attended my second Alateen Coordinator telephone call in May. This call did involve audience participation and it was nice to hear other Alateen Coordinators share their experience, strength and hope. The topics for this call were AMIAS recertification, Area Requirements, Alateen Online and Departmental Up-dates. The WSO does have a page on Facebook “Alateen WSO”. The WSO is looking for original art work and one to two sentence sharings that they can post. One of great public outreach tool is the Alateen Talk. Each registered group receives a copy quarterly from the WSO. Please encourage your Alateen meetings to write something for the Alateen Talk. Submissions can be done on-line through the WSO member’s section http://www.al-anon.org/members/. Please consider doing writing workshops at your Alateen meetings or district events and submitting them to the WSO for Alateen Talk. Alateen Talk Writing Guidelines are available on the member’s website http://www.al- anon.org/members/alateen-talk-writing-guidelines. GOALS I continue to gather the names and email addresses for the Alateen Coordinators in our area. I will be scheduling a telephone call for some time in June. If you are in these districts I still need the names and email addresses of your Alateen Coordinators; Districts 2, 4, 7, 8, 10, 13, 20, 21, 22, 24, 25, 26 and 27. I will continue to travel to districts to do AMIAS workshops. See the Alateen Liaisons Guidelines that were submitted in “draft” format last panel approved and posted to the NCWSA website. I have completed revisions to the NCWSA Alateen Coordinator Guidelines and submitted them to the Area Chair and am waiting for them to be approved and posted to the NCWSA website. I have been working on the creation of the Sponsor R & R Guidelines that was started some time ago and hope to have it approved and posted to the NCWSA website by the end of this year. UP-COMING TRAININGS Everyone is invited. July 25, 2015 in District 15 Hayward area August 15, 2015 in District 5 September 18-20, 2015 Sponsors R & R in Occidental ALTERNATE ALATEEN COORDINATOR John has collected sharing’s from the Alateen’s and the Spring Alateen Express is in each District Representatives bins and is available on the NCWSA website. Alateen Rocks! Yours in Service, Lisa B
ARCHIVES COORDINATOR: Things have been uneventful to date. I received a request from District 19 regarding their District Archives and I sent Sheri an Archives Binder. Over the past 3 years, as the Alt. Archives Coordinator, I had distributed binders to most of the Districts of the NCWSA. If your District is interested in an Archives Binder and/or doesn’t have one, please contact us at [email protected]. The Archives Starter Kit with general information is also available online at ncwsa.org, and is an opportunity for Groups and Districts to create and maintain their own Archives. We will be moving the Archives Inventory Memorial Day weekend at the Store More America, Soquel as planned. As we load the trailer, we plan to complete a physical inventory of the Archives. If you would like to help us please contact Diana at (209) 981-1930 and I will be happy to give you the details. I will be storing the Archives at the Turlock Mini Storage, in Turlock. I believe it meets the requirements and is most convenient for my location. Calvin, the storage manager, has assured me there will be a 10X10 available after memorial weekend at a cost of $65/month. We received an email from Joe T, WSO Archives Coordinator, through the Archives e-community which referenced that the Group History Checklist (AR-6) is available. We will be emailing this AR-6 to DR’s, asking them to forward to GR’s for the Groups participation in completing the form and sending a copy to the Area Archives. This would be a great contribution in compiling details for a second edition of Journey to Recovery, Northern California’s Fifty Year History book. Remember Archive displays, skits and/or movies are available for special events and will be provided upon request. Sharing area Archives at events is a great way for the fellowship to learn about the past. Please allow at least 2-3 weeks for us to access and/or assemble the records. Thank you for the opportunity to Serve, Diana C., Archives Coordinator, Terry C.,Alt Archives Coordinator
BYLAWS and INSURANCE COORDINATOR--Coordinator and Alternate Open- Gave report at the NCWSA on May 16, 2015 and not turned in for printing here.
EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE REPORT: Greetings everyone, The executive committee has been active. We have done a few financial assistant interviews as requested. All the interviews except one have been done in a very short time from request until interview. We are working directly with the NCWSA treasurer approving the necessary investments and keeping on schedule with our corporate timeline. The Executive committee met at the February committee meeting shortly after all five members were elected. During this brief meeting among us a secretary and a chairperson for Executive committee were elected. Darby from central section will serve as secretary and DeDe W member at large will serve as chair. We have had one conference call and another face to face meeting. We will continue to meet in person and on the phone. We will begin to do the officers interviews likely starting in August of this year. Thank you for the opportunity to serve, Report prepared by DeDe W Executive committee chair
DIVERSITY COORDINATOR: The family disease alcoholism knows no boundaries: Religion, Sexual Orientation, Ethnicity, Age, Gender, Language, etc. Diversity Theme for this Panel: The Diversity Strategy for this panel continues to build momentum as we strive to: “Offer hope and welcome to Anyone, Anywhere reaching out for help” Diversity Committee We continue to build the Diversity Committee and would urge you to communicate to your groups that if anyone is interested in growing in this area to get in touch with us @ [email protected] Diversity Day (August 15th 2015) Diversity day is gaining momentum. We will offer exciting workshops, great speakers (including a virtual speaker) and hope you will all attend Saturday August 15, 2015 at the Billy Dee Frank Community center in San Jose. We will reserve a handful of rooms across the street for all those who need to stay overnight the night before to help prepare. We also hope to offer online registration and hope to be able to take credit/debit cards like some districts have already done. Diversity Day 2015 is still looking for folks to do service that day so please contact me if you are interested:
o Workshops Coordinator - Open o Hospitality - Marlo T. o Event Treasurer - Suzanne C o The program and Social Media / Devices – Veronica P o Special Workshop - Beth Ann o Speaker Coordinator - Open . Al-Anon of Color - TBD . Al-Anon with Disabilities - Cecilia L. (Nebraska – Virtual presentation) . GLBT Al-Anon - James L. (tentative) . Asian Al-Anon - Open . Young Al-Anon - TBD . Alateen Panel - Brittany . Transition from Institution - TBD . AA Speaker -TBD Simultaneous Interpreters/ Document Translators We are still seeking additional folks to help us with Simultaneous interpreters and Translators to any and all languages. The pool is building and we are so grateful to those who have already done service this year, particularly at convention. Document Translation The backup of documents to be translated is stable thanks to those who are taking a first stab at translation using Google translate. This makes our job on the back end much easier and we can turn documents around much faster. That said we still have a backlog so if anyone else is willing to help with this please contact us. Content Translation/ Interpretation Requests Translation request keep coming in. However, the translators this year are all very busy and we don’t have enough people in the pool to cover all events in the area, so we would ask that you all ask any fellows with that skill set (again, any language) to send me an email or call us so we can add them to the availability database. Districts/Groups/events may also submit requests for translation equipment by using an online form or simply sending us an email. We try to respond quickly but sometimes we are unable to so please be patient. Thanks to the Spanish Intergroups and Districts who reached out to talk about how we can help expand the concept of diversity and how we can collaborate in the area to extend our reach, and to encourage them to keep Al-anon members informed about any activities involving inclusion of diverse population members. We hope to attend as many events as possible. If anyone needs the equipment please let us know. Districts are free to provide their own interpreters (fellows in the rooms), or if you’d like the Area to provide we need as much advance notice as possible. We only have a few folks signed up for simultaneous translation and these folks are quite busy. So far we’ve not received any request to provide ASL interpretation, as needed upon request. We are also looking to expand our base of fellow Al-Anon’s that are fluent in ASL so that we can share the message from within. We have discovered in the last few years that “professional” interpreters who are not part of the fellowship get interpretation technically “right” but that the interpretation loses meaning as the Al-Anon program language gets “lost in translation” Diversity Outreach/Translation Equipment Veronica P represented P.I. & Diversity and Celebrated with the Spanish Northern Intergroup on their 22nd Anniversary held at the West Bay Alano Club in Daly City, CA. Spanish-English interpretation provided by the SF Al-Anon members who served as interpreters. Thank you Veronica and Gloria for your awesome service. The Equipment was also used in District 12 in San Francisco and by district 5 in Napa again thank you for your awesome service Convention: Diversity at convention was truly felt thanks to Lorena for organizing the awesome Spanish Alathon meetings they were well attended all day and I’m also glad English speaking fellows took the time to attend some of the Alathon meetings. We could not have done this without Diana’s guidance, thank you. Convention was the first time since I’ve been involved (5 years) that we had so many people actually asking for and using all of the equipment. It was truly amazing to see. We continue to encourage Area to invite Spanish Speakers to all the main workshops. We purchased headset splitters (and almost doubled our 37 headset capacity) so that more people can listen to get the English translation of the Spanish speaker at Convention and the feedback we received from the interpretation was great. Unfortunately we ran out of headsets so please note that for future we ask that: Anyone with a smartphone headset to bring their own and use it please. Most headsets work really well with the splitters and plug right in. We are also looking at purchasing additional headsets. Our research indicates that the next generation of translation will be phone/tablet/internet-based and we will continue to research as we build the capabilities and drive the cultural change required for the demand to exist. We are starting to schedule joint meetings with PI/CPC and Institutions to reach out to diverse groups and encourage all GRs to ask any fellows that are also part of LGBT, Asian, African-American Populations, Hispanic Cultural centers, that you put us in touch with those so we can share about Al- Anon in the area. Native Americans seem particularly underrepresented. We have yet to create working groups to reach diverse groups of people and work on ways to help them feel included and part of the Al-Anon. We ask all DR’s to announce that we are looking for people to participate in these meetings (which will be virtual, to a great extent) and those interested to email [email protected] or call me Nick d @ 925 570 3969 Diversity Database We continue to use Google Drive to centralize our interpreter/translator database, establish a workflow to efficiently translate documents from English to Spanish. The Drive is shared with collaborators and is set up using [email protected] account that can be shared with past and future trusted servants. We added two people to this database since the last report. We also need translators in other languages Potential Future Events – that will need Trusted Servants to help: AMIAS training May 31 in Petaluma from 1-5pm – Need 2-3 Interpreters AMIAS training in June (TBD) Santa Clara Valley Al-Anon Open Speakers Meeting Friday, June 26, 2015 7:30 – 9:30 PM Al-Anon table at SF Gay Pride 2015 June 27-28 (2015 Theme: Equality without Exception) SF Unity Day (October) District 15 Outreach to Colonial Acres Escuela (elementary school with about 675 students) date TBD Sponsors R&R (Fall) Partial List of Documents translated Available in Spanish are posted on the NCWSA Website. (If you are looking for a particular document please contact us and we will help you find it) Some of the most used documents are as follows: A22-7-AlateenTravel And Treatment Authorization A22-3-LetterToAlateenSponsorApplicant B17-EN ESPANOL Alateen Safety Guidelines Sponsors R&R registration packet NoCAC Registration packet Love in Service, Nick d. - Diversity Coordinator, Stephan T. - Alt Diversity Coordinator Let us Offer hope and welcome to Anyone, Anywhere reaching out for help. Let it begin with me!
FACILITY COORDINATOR: I’ve gone to all the Convention Committee Meetings this year. I worked with the Doubletree Hilton in Modesto to complete all the event setup. We met all our room and our food and beverage commitments. I’m looking forward to working with the Doubletree hotel again for our 3 day Assembly. I’ve been working with the Campbell City Banquet Hall for our 1 Day Assembly. David brought all the equipment again this weekend. He is such a great addition to the Facilities position. I’ve also been working with the Doubletree Hilton here in Campbell for this Committee Meeting. The next Committee Meeting will be in Fairfield on August 28th & 29th at the Fairfield Marriott. The room cost will be $115 per night. I will be setting up room blocks soon so you can make your reservations. Our 3 day Assembly will be back in Modesto at the Doubletree Hilton on October 9th – 11th. The room cost will be $114 per night. We will be having boxed lunches for Saturday October 10th. I’m not sure of the final cost yet, but probably around $15. The room blocks will also be setup for Assembly soon. Our 2016 Convention will be in the North, we are looking in the Napa area. More information soon. In Service, Carol S NCWSA Facilities Coordinator
GROUP RECORDS COORDINATOR: I am happy to announce that George Leong, Alternate Group Records Coordinator, is willing and able to share the load with me and some of you have already received correspondence from him. Together, we have noticed a few things that need clarification when contacting us about your group: 1. If you contact us via e-mail about an error or fill out the A16 change form, at a minimum, three items will help us identify you: (1) City of your meeting, (2) Day of the week of your meeting and (3) Meeting start time. Of course, your meeting WSO unique number is good, but who remembers that? 2. If you are a group representative, we need your first and LAST name. The WSO database will not let us insert only a first name. For those service positions that are identified in the WSO data base (CMA, GR, DR, Area Coordinators and Area Officers, first and last names are required for mailing purposes. The “Anonymity Within Al-Anon/Alateen” policy is stated on pages 92-93 in the “Digest of Al-Anon and Alateen Policies” section of the 2014-2017 Al-Anon/Alateen Service Manual (P-24/27) and states: Anonymity in Service “In Al-Anon/Aateen service positions (Group Representatives, District Representatives, Coordinators, World Service Conference members, etc.) it is practical to use full names and addresses to facilitate communication.” 3. We only do group changes to the WSO database and provide a monthly report to the NSCWA Website Team who then updates the NCWSA website. We are not responsible for local websites, local printed meeting schedules, etc. Please find out who is responsible for that so people can find you! 12 – Stepper: All CMA’s (the current mailing address on record with WSO via A16 change form) will receive a printed newsletter when a mailing is done. All SUBSCRIBERS will receive a printed newsletter when a mailing is done. All NCWSA Officers, District Representatives and Coordinators will receive a 12-Stepper when a mailing is done. If you do not want to receive the printed version in the mail, please let me know and I will tag you as a “NO MAIL” status and save on costs! District Reps & Detailed Group Reports: As announced at the last committee meeting, I am happy to print out your District Group detail reports but in so doing, went through 2 reams of paper (double sided). Since we are trying to be cost conscience, please let me know if you need a print out. We understand some of us are not able to print or use a computer and we are here to serve you. At anytime you can request your group detail report electronically and we will send you a PDF via an email attachment. The print out of your group detail report is available at committee meetings upon request. Some of you know how to access your group details via WSO online records and don’t need our help at all! We all progress at different speeds! Thank you for your service and allowing us to serve too! George
INSTITUTIONS COORDINATOR: Let me begin by thanking those who supported the Pink Can Fund last year. A new annual total of $ 31,754.61 was donated in 2014 to provide Al-Anon and Alateen Conference Approved Literature to those members who are confined in a facility. These institutions include crisis shelters, juvenile detention centers, county jails and state prisons. The increase in contributions to the Pink Can Fund from $27,901.82 is almost 14%. A total of $35,565.37 of literature was purchased last year. Al-Anon member Cynthia works at the California Medical Facility in Vacaville contacted me in early February to bring an Al-Anon meeting into the facility. She talked with inmates who liked what they heard and started posting sign-up sheets. I scheduled a meeting with the staff and everything fell into place. The first meeting was held on April 29th and this will be the first medical prison to have an Al-Anon meeting. Teresa T. is the NCWSA Institutions Point Person. The 2016 H&I Conference will be in Santa Rosa on April 29th, 30th and May 1st. I am working with District 5 to find a member to chair the Institutions Conference Planning Committee. Just as in previous years we start with a brand new committee and focus on the types of facilities that may encourage the most participation from the Hosting and surrounding Districts as well as to attract members from more distant locations. The event is posted on the NCWSA Calendar. The most significant news is that the CDCR headquarters in Sacramento has presented NCWSA the opportunity to bring our program into seven prisons through a Grant. This developed from an email sent to the volunteer programs in San Quentin State Prison. Julia M. forwarded the email and Art B brought my attention to it. After talking with him, our Delegate Yvonne, the DR’s of three of the four Districts with the prisons and the Alt Institutions Coordinator about the Grant, I proceeded to apply to seven facilities. The basis to apply was two passages in the Service Manual that states ‘Al-Anon speakers are reimbursed for expenses only (p98) and an Institution can buy Al-Anon literature. I also talked with a WSO staff member who informed me that another Area applied for and was awarded a Grant. The Grant consists of $40,171 for literature and $115,687 for travel expenses for seven prisons. The entire process has many stages at which either party may choose to stop their involvement; meaning that there is no obligation until the very end. It started with exchanges of “Letters of Intent to” and ends with a signature. In Al-Anon terms it means there are clearly defined responsibilities. As the Institutions Coordinator I understand mine is to deliver as much information at the May NCWSC meeting and let the panel or Officers make the final decision whether or not to accept the Grants. I choose to inform the NCWSA Officers and Executive Committee so as to not affect the Spring Assembly that is also known as the Delegate’s Assembly. My term as District 24 DR and my two terms on the Executive Committee taught me that the NCWSA Chairperson is the legal representative of our Area. To date I have meet with six of the seven prisons with local members where they were able to attend. It was amazing to hear that most of the professional staff had very little knowledge of the Al-Anon and Alateen programs. They are very familiar with alcoholism and its affects on the family as expressed by the incarcarated population in their facilities. This means the members in Districts I, 2, 3, 9, and 19 may have the same service opportunity as members in the greater Sacramento, Monterey Bay and Bay areas have. That is the chance to share their recovery with inmates who most likely would not have the chance to learn and work our recovery program. SCWSA has also been invited into two prisons from their two applications. Al- Anon was acknowledged with 9 Grants total as a result of our service work behind the prison walls since 2009. This acknowledgement by and invitation into the prisons are the most important awards in this Grant and it has been accomplished at this date. Thank you for the opportunity to serve! In Service with Gratitude, David
LITERATURE COORDINATOR: 1. Writing Workshops On April I8, 2015, I conducted a writing workshop for submissions for the Intimacy in Alcoholic Relationships piece of literature. I had 16 participants and 9 shares were submitted to the WSO. On May 9, 2015, Art B conducted a writing workshop of all men for submissions for all four of the literature pieces: Parents/Grandparents of Alcoholics, Intimacy on the Alcoholic Relationship the new daily reader and the Forum. Art had 36 participants and 4 shares were submitted to the WSO. On June 4, I will conduct a writing workshop for submissions for the New Daily Reader. 2. Literature Orders for Institutions In April, I processed a literature order for Institutions for approximately $7,100. 3. NEWS FROM THE WSO A. Update on sharings for literature pieces in development. As of March 25, 2015, the WSO has received over 1,130 sharings for the intimacy piece, about 155 sharings for the parents/grandparents pamphlet, and 216 sharings for the new daily reader. B. Writing for the new daily reader. The new daily reader hopes to include sharings that represent the fellowship as it is today. How can we help more members submit writings that reflect the inclusiveness of our program? The Associate Director of Communications—Literature said this can be challenging, because since our books don’t include the names of those who write, it can be difficult to know if a man or a woman wrote the story. Diversity is not always evident in most of the sharings received so far. A Coordinator suggested encouraging writers to include more descriptive information about themselves in their writings. For example, they could start the sharing with, “I’m a young man from Nebraska…,” or “As a grandparent of an alcoholic….”, and then share how they use the program in these particular situations. The hope is that the daily reader will let members who feel alone and isolated know that they do belong. One Coordinator suggested reaching out to those groups made up of members in similar life situations, such as women’s, men’s, LGBT, or parents’ groups, and ask them to share their experiences. One bilingual Area will be accepting Spanish sharings and translating them, so they can be submitted to the WSO. This is a way of being inclusive of the Spanish-speaking segment of the fellowship. We hope to have the daily reader ready for the 2018 International Convention, so Coordinators were asked to continue thinking of additional ways to reach out to our diverse fellowship and encourage these members to write. C. Throughout this year, we’ll be featuring Many Voices, One Journey (B-31) in the “CAL Corner” section and on the “back flap” of The Forum several times. We encourage Coordinators to create Area-wide tie-in projects to encourage members to read this book. D. The 20 quotations for use in 2016 service arm calendars (in English, French, and Spanish) have been completed and approved, and posted on the Area Chairperson e-Community. (See your Area Chairperson for more details.) E. The new conflict resolution tools are now available in Spanish and French: Loving Interchange to Resolve Conflict wallet card (SS-71/FS-71) Conflict Resolution using our Twelve Traditions card set (SS-72/FS-72) Talk to Each Other—Resolving Conflicts within Al-Anon booklet (SS-73/FS-73) Using Al-Anon Principles to Resolve Conflicts kit (SK-70/FK-70) F. Answers to frequently asked questions about literature can be found in the Literature Coordinator e- Community in the “Questions and Concerns” sub-folder. G. CAL Workshops: There are several PowerPoint Workshops about CAL in the Workshop subfolder of the Literature Coordinator e-Community. These include: - A workshop on using CAL in meetings from Bill D, Arkansas Literature/Forum Coordinator - A writing for CAL workshop from Bill D, Arkansas Literature/Forum Coordinator - A writing for The Forum workshop from Bill D, Arkansas Literature/Forum Coordinator, for those Literature Coordinators who are also Forum Coordinators. (Literature Coordinators may wish to adapt it for various CAL projects in development as well.) - A workshop on the importance of CAL from the 2013 WSC - A skit on the importance of CAL that serves as a framing for the PowerPoint workshop from the 2013 WSC H. Your Questions Answered: We’ve updated the "Recurring Questions with Table of Contents" document to include seven new questions and answers, based on your recent inquiries. Several other answers were revised with the latest information. You can find it posted in the "Questions and Concerns" subfolder of the Literature Coordinator e-Community. I. “CAL Corner”: Each month, the “CAL Corner” feature in The Forum includes members’ sharings on how a particular piece of our literature has enhanced their recovery. May’s articles focus on Reaching for Personal Freedom (B-22). The June articles are about ManVoices, One Journey(B-31). Sharings Needed for “CAL Corner”: We have very few sharings about how CAL has helped members with their recovery. Please urge members to write. We could especially use articles about Discovering Choices (B-30), So You Love an Alcoholic (P-14), Al-Anon’s Twelve Steps & Twelve Traditions (B-8), or our Conference Approved Literature in general. A sharing sheet for “CAL Corner” can be found in the “Literature Projects” subfolder of the Literature Coordinator e-Community. Respectfully Submitted, Catalina Area 3 Literature Coordinator Email: [email protected] Phone: (415) 509-2706 Verena Area 3 Alternate Literature Coordinator Email:[email protected] phone 415-892-5034
PI/CPC COORDINATOR:
12 STEPPER EDITOR: Keeping it Simple, 1. Compiled paperwork-let it set. 2. April read my guidelines and the By Laws again, Oh Crap!!! 3. Missed my deadline for the Feb 2015 issue, procrastinated. 4. Reached out, asked for help and found out I wasn’t alone in my lateness. 5. Procrastinated some more 6. Reached out again and started from where I was. 7. Talked to my co chair, Melinda N will be doing the 12 stepper formatting so it auto sets the Table of Contents as the template I have was done manually. 8. Sent the document off to the printer using McClaskey Adult Center in Sacramento with help for our mailing assistant Connie F. 9. Called Joan W several times and found more support. 10. The 12 Stepper was ready for pick up on Thursday May 15, 2015 to deliver 300 copies so the Officers, Coordinators, and GR’s could have a copy at the One Day Assembly. A big thank you to Wendy L our Group Records coordinator for picking them up and bring them today and saving me a trip to Sacramento to get them here. A thank you to Yvonne P from Dist 10 for her willingness as well to help out if needed. 11. I had 1200 copies printed, which the mailing committee will be mailing out to all the members past and current of NCWSA. 12. I will become more aware of my time line by studying my guidelines and By-Laws. 13. I will be working with Rosanna which is imperative to getting all the reports posted. 14. I will be working to be on time utilizing my Review Committee. 15. I would like to have person shares on recovery where I would love all of NCWSA to submit to put in the next 12 Stepper. 16. I will add all the Ask It Basket Question to the next 12 stepper as well. 17. I have heard here that communication is key, I ask that you all know I am grateful for all the input I have been given and look forward to growing in this coordinator position. 18. The next 12 Stepper will be going out after our Aug 2015 committee Meeting. Love in Service, Debbie O, Melinda N.
WEBSITE COORDINATOR: I have to start with some sad news: Alex R., my Alternate, stepped down at the end of March. That leaves the Website Committee at three members with Website Coordinator (myself), Immediate Past Website Coordinator (Errol S.) and Immediate Past Alternate Website Coordinator (Chris D.). We would love to have more members to help with site maintenance if possible. Helpful skills might include database management, FTP knowledge, prior Wordpress experience but I'm of the opinion that willingness is truly the most important thing. There have been other challenges, as well. We haven't been able to meet again as a committee yet. The majority of my time, at least, is spent on maintaining what is already on the site and updating various areas, leaving me no time to work on growing or changing the site. (This has been particularly challenging for me, personally, because that's why I wanted to take on this role.) I am also realizing that certain types of queries that come through the website should perhaps not come to me and that defining out my role more firmly would help with this. I'm hoping to tackle this in the not too distant future. Now some good: I have been taking a class about website design, which is teaching me more about Wordpress and also what makes a good/useful design versus what is more challenging to users. I'm beginning to see that I can probably redesign the site myself, which would definitely save NCWSA some money. The issue is finding the time. So long as the majority of what I do is site maintenance, I suspect there will be no major changes. I'm realizing that there are features to Wordpress we are not fully utilizing, which could make some of our processes more smooth and easier on the Coordinators/Officers. For instance, we do not currently use the blog function at all; however, I think several of the coordinators (PI/CPC, Alateen, Institutions, Literature, Archives, etc.) could benefit from being able to provide updates in their own time about what's going on. Additionally, Wordpress has worked to make their sites more tablet and mobile friendly, which has in turn helped with one of my goals (creating a mobile version of the site) without any work on my end! Through the challenges, I'm finding myself growing and learning a lot. Certain things have tested my patience; however, I am trying to trust the process. The main problem for me today is finding time and people willing to help but you, my fellows, can help with the latter! I've created a flyer seeking a new Alternate Website Coordinator and Website Committee Members. Please circulate it. I can't do this alone; thankfully Al- Anon has taught me that I don't have to. Sincerely, Beth Ann B.
CONVENTION CHAIR 2015: I want to thank the NCWSA 2015 Convention Committee and Facilities for their hard work and creative planning in preparing the NCWSA 2015 Convention in Modesto, CA. It was a very exciting growth experience for me. I am very grateful to be a part of this outstanding, enthusiastic team. I would like to thank the Officers and Coordinators for their support and to the DR’s and GR’s for carrying the message to their Groups. I am pleased to report that the Preliminary Financial Statement resulted in a Profit of $1,614. I am grateful that we were self-supporting considering that the participation totaled about 270 people. I believe this is very low in relationship to the over 900 groups throughout Northern California World Service Area. The Committee travel of $2,929 was about $629 over budget. We were very conservative regarding travel expenses and over half of the Committee was from District 18 (local). I don’t believe the millage budget is attainable with the high gas prices. Maybe more Conference call meetings are in order; we had one. Thank you for the generous donations from many Districts, Groups and Individual Al-Anon members for the abundance of outstanding Donation Draw items and the variety of delicious choices in the Hospitality Suite. Thank you District 19 for providing a variety of Al-Anon Literature and District 11 for donating the exceptional decorations. Our first impression upon entering the room was impressive. Diversity, your dedication to providing translation was greatly appreciated. Thank you to the Alateen Committee for their successful fundraising and to the Districts, Groups, Inter- Groups and Individuals that donated. This resulted in a carry over for the 2016 Convention of $2.882. The Alateen’s were grateful to have a program and the participation was fantastic. I heard positive feedback from many Alateen’s. Unfortunately we have 61 T-Shirts left in inventory. We thought the Committee came up with an “out of the box idea” for T-shirts. Thank you to the people that purchased and enjoyed coloring their world and the Alateen’s that colored many. Thank you to ALL who ATTENDED and VOLUNTEERED at the NCWSA Convention. I am grateful to Patty for reading my report and serving as the 2016 Convention Chair. Love and Gratitude in Service, Diana C., NCWSA 2015 Convention Chair
NORTHERN ALATENN LIAISON: Justin T. I am sorry that I am unable to attend the meeting, for I will be at GTW for the weekend. I have finalized my submission for the Alateen express while attending the AMIAS workshop in San Francisco. I attended the NCWSA Convention in April and am again part of the committee as the event falls into the Northern region this year. Additionally, due to lack of volunteers I stepped up to be male chair for NCWSA Chair again, my goal, along with the female chair is to again increase attendance for NCWSA Convention. I attended the Districts 6 through 10 intergroup meeting, and thanks to their generosity they have donated a sum of $3,000 each to GTW, NoCac, and NCWSA Convention. CENTRAL ALATEEN LIAISON: Ashlynn S. SOUTHERN ALATEEN LIAISON: Vanessa B Officers & Delegate Reports Delegate:
Alternate Delegate: During our February NCWSC meeting, the District Representatives from the Northern, Central and Southern sections elected a representative from each section for the Budget/Audit Committee. Our Budget Committee is now: Bonnie Muscutt, Alt Delegate and Chair; Chris Mowrey, Treasurer; John Stafford, Past Delegate and Past Alt. Delegate; Kristie Anderson, Northern Representative, D1; Mary Kellogg, Central Representative, D12; Sheri Walker, Southern Representative, D19. The Audit Committee is the same except for the Treasurer, who provides all documentation and her expertise but does not participate in the actual audit. We met on March 1 to perform the audit of the 2014 financial records. What a wonderful committee! Chris M. graciously hosted us in her home, all members of the committee were present and we worked through the audit with dedication and good humor. We were not able to complete the audit of the NoCAC financial records because we were missing documentation. Chris is working with the current NoCAC committee to help them improve their accounting processes. In March, I was also able to attend SWRDM (Southwest Regional Delegates Meeting). What a wonderful experience. We participated in the “Spiritual Principles” workshop that we will have here today. Delegates from around the region shared their Area Highlights: several Areas require resumes from anyone standing for Officer positions; Southern California has rewritten their service position guidelines to provide clear directions, with all information in one place; I think it was Arizona that requires a KBDM form to be filled out by anyone wanting to initiate a discussion. Great quotes: “Finding a new family in recovery has given me back my family by blood.” “Service is an integral part of recovery, not an intrusion.” “Being kind is more important than being clever.” “Everyone has the right to a minority opinion but not the right to be ‘right’.” “Be slow to judge.” I’ve placed in your bins a copy of the draft 2016 Budget that we will discuss, adjust and approve to present to the October Assembly. Please remember that a budget is a plan. In our program we learn to be flexible with our plans, expressing our needs and remaining considerate of the needs of others. Thank you so much for letting me be of service. Love in service, Bonnie M. NCWSA Alternate Delegate
Audit Report of the NCWSA 2014 Books March 1, 2015 Audit Committee: Bonnie M, Alt Delegate and Chair John S, Past Delegate and Past Alt. Delegate Kristie A, Northern Representative, D1 Mary K, Central Representative, D12 Sheri W, Southern Representative, D19 Advisors: Chris M Current Treasurer, Claude D., Past Treasurer
The NCWSA Budget Committee met on March 1, 2015, reviewed the financial transactions for 2014 and found all to be in order with few problems or errors. The Treasurer provided the appropriate documents for review and answered questions, but did not choose the samples that were reviewed. Following is a synopsis of what was reviewed and the findings. The bank statement is balanced for all accounts. At year-end 2014, balances were $8,018.22 for the checking account (reconciled), $17,276.13 for the savings account, $6,308.37 for the Reserve Fund account and $16,096.54 for the “Pink Can” checking account. The Committee reviewed 43 deposits with one (1) clarification required for a discrepancy in the Convention deposits. The deposit was verified with the bank. A total of 308 checks were written and the Committee audited every tenth (10) check written for a total of 29 checks that were examined; all were accurate though two were missing documentation. There were a total of 27 Journal Entries and all were examined and found to be correct. We were not able to complete the audit of NoCAC funds. Chris offered to work with the NoCAC committee to locate missing documentation. Findings and recommendations: The “Outside Vendor Payment Request” form (A15) was not used; NCWSC members will be reminded to use that when appropriate. We were not able to review all deposits in the time available, partly because the documentation was not well organized; we suggest providing better training for all Financial Assistants in future. The deposits documented by the NCWSA Financial Assistant were an excellent example for others to follow. DAPPs did not always sign reimbursement requests for Live Scan fees. We felt that, before the audit next year, the Audit form should be revised with some clarification. A copy of the full audit will be sent to the Corporate Records. I am so very grateful for an awesome Audit Committee that made the process as smooth, efficient and pleasant as possible. Respectfully submitted, Bonnie M Alternate Delegate
CHAIRPERSON: My first report as your Area Chairperson and I would like to welcome you all to this panel’s first Assembly. We will hear about what the WSO has in store for us this year and what they achieved last year. We will learn much, thank you Yvonne in advance. We are also here to enjoy service, learn and have fun. My first assembly was an eye opener for me, expecting to see all of these “recovered” members. Instead I met Al-Anon members from all over Northern California – just like me and all in different stages of recovery. I was hooked! This is probably my 26th assembly and I still enjoy how varied they are and how much I enjoy seeing many people in service who have become very dear to me over the years. This year we will have our immediate Past Delegate, Patrick B., conducting a workshop – overview on last years’ theme “Spiritual Principals”. After that I will introduce a game that we enjoyed at the South West Region Delegates’ meeting in Salt Lake City focusing on this same theme. It has been a great learning experience these past four months – I still have much to learn. We have lots of newer members serving beyond the group level and I believe they can serve as an inspiration to all of you this Saturday, especially at the October Assembly. We are getting our feet wet as to what we need to do to be trusted servants to all in Northern California World Service Area. Much Love in Service, Joan W., Chairperson
AREA ALATEEN PROCESS PERSON: Tom K. Dear NCWSC Family, It is truly an honor to serve Al-Anon/Alateen in this way. The job of AAPP, Area Alateen Process Person, is much bigger than I could have ever imagined: New AMIAS: In the first 4 months I have corralled 21 newbies through the process of becoming certified AMIAS (really Charli D corralled me as I was learning how to be the shepherd). California Department of Justice: SCARY!!! I am the custodian of records for NCWSA and got fingerprinted for this purpose in November after 2014 Election Assembly. Some results show up in days others take weeks and months before results appear. The database is like an alcoholic, hot and cold, on and off… Many times I have logged in, saw a list, system got frozen, had to close it then when I opened it a minute later all documents were gone, called Charli and she assured me that she experienced the same. I wait a day and the documents all re-appear. Web Postings: I need to assure the safety of teens at district and area events by checking that; at least 2 AMIAS are committed to ensuring the safety of all teens at each event the Alateen safety statement is on the flier and is not on fliers for events that do not state that Alateens are expected to be involved “B17 section F Minimum Safety and Behavioral Requirements for an Alateen Member” is read at each area event with Alateen participation Annual Recertification March through June 12: Nearly 400 AMIAS in NCWSA need to sign and initial every question on a form to maintain certification as AMIAS. I then manually update the WSO database and 2 excel spreadsheets to keep track. Annual Alateen Meeting Update: Around 80 meetings in NCWSA received a form from WSO in April and my mail box has a constant flow of envelopes with these forms Training on B17 Alateen Safety: I attended in Visalia and San Francisco but, gratefully, Lisa B and John Mc are delivering this training multiple times R&R Planning Team: I am on the planning team for the annual Alateen sponsors event in Westminster Woods in September (I attended my first R&R in 2014 prior to being elected as AAPP) NCWSA Officers’ Monthly Meetings: I met in San Carlos to sign the NCWSA bank documentation with the other officers and we meet on phone calls monthly In January 2015 I had registered and paid for GTW prior to knowing that the May Assembly was scheduled on the same weekend. I feel it is important for me to be with the AMIAS and teens at GTW so I send my regards to NCWSC from a distance this time. I look forward to seeing you all at our next NCWSC meeting August 28- 29th (I think it is Fairfield). Grateful to be Giving Back by Giving Forward
SECRETARY: I have discovered that, though I cannot type while members talk (I like paper and pen), this service position is well suited to my abilities and I am adjusting to my responsibilities better than I expected. The position is far more computer-oriented than I realized. I am learning a lot. \ Here’s what I have been doing since February: - Posted a draft of February 2015 NCWSC Minutes on April 26th - Made corrections to August 2014 NCWSC minutes and submitted to Website Coordinator for posting to Website - Educating myself about the recording device so I can record our meetings - Mailed unclaimed materials from bins to appropriate persons - Updated the B29 Guidelines (NCWSC Motions Passed/Failed) and submitted them to Chairperson for review before Bylaws/Insurance Coordinator gets to format them then send them to the Website Coordinator for posting - Updating the B28 guidelines (NCWSA Motions Passed/Failed) - Continuing to serve as moderator of the Yahoo groups My goal from now until September is to prepare and submit to the Website Coordinator the draft of the May Assembly minutes in a timely manner. My hope is for GRs to have 3-4 weeks to review the minutes before October’s 3-Day Assembly. In preparing the minutes for February, I have found that I rely heavily on others to support me. Just like sponsorship, I am unable to edit my own draft minutes. I had the support of 4 people to proof them before they were ready to submit. I have also found that I best serve when I focus on my position and guidelines and let others do the same. Concept 11 has been helpful. From a share in Reaching for Personal Freedom, I am learning to focus on “serving the potatoes.” I more fully appreciate the work of those who have gone before me and am grateful I get to serve our Area. Peace, love and joy in service, Rosanna H
May 10, 2015 Overview 2014 Financial Reports & 2015 Financial Appeal Dear Group Representatives, As your NCWSA Treasurer, I’m required to provide a financial appeal to the members once during the next three years. I thought I would take this opportunity to provide you a brief overview of the 2014 Financial Reports (attached) and remind you that our donations are extremely important to Northern California World Service Area (NCWSA) finances as well as the World Service Office (WSO). Please share this report with your group and read out loud to your group at least once.
Al-Anon Family Groups only accepts donations from Al-Anon and Alateen members. As volunteers and in keeping with the 7th tradition we are fully self-supporting and rely on our contributions to reimburse volunteers for expenses and provide for outreach to families and friends of alcoholics affected by someone’s drinking. Without our generosity, others might not know of the help and hope available in Al-Anon/Alateen. We as members, are the primary source of funds to expand outreach to professionals who might suggest Al- Anon/Alateen to their clients. Without our financial support, attendance at meetings and warm welcome to newcomers, Al-Anon/Alateen would not be there for those still suffering from the effects of alcoholism.
NCWSA is grateful for the donations that we receive which make up 60% of NCWSA’s funding. Events, planned to be self-supporting, make up the balance or 40% which include Assemblies, Convention, Sponsor R&R, and TEAM. Minor income is received from 12 Stepper subscriptions and interest income. In 2014, NCWSA income received was $108,532, which was not quite enough to support NCWSA’s expenses and impacted our ability to increase our prudent reserve at year-end. Contributions fell short of budget estimates by almost $9,000 as noted in the attached Profit and Loss Report, however events exceeded our expectations by almost $7,000.
As a vital link of service between the World Service Office and the districts, groups and members, NCWSA provides a forum for discussion and provides and distributes resources and tools for the members and groups to continue to carry the message to families and friends of alcoholics. Between Assemblies, Districts Representatives, the Delegate, Officers and Coordinators meet to do the business and work of the area on your behalf.
The chart on the next page provides a summary of NCWSA 2014 Expenses which total $114,447. Events make up the largest expense or 41% which include member attendance at Assembly, NCWSA Convention, H&I, Sponsors R&R and TEAM. These events are designed to be fully self-supporting through registrations and can fall short when attendance is less than expected. In 2014, events had a loss of $3,452 primarily due to increased facility costs and related expenses.
Corporate Expenses Officers & Delegate 6% NCWSA 2014 Expenses 4%
12 Stepper expenses Coordinators 3% 15%
NOCAC grant 3%
Events Committees 41% 23%
WSC & SWRDM Conferences 5%
In summary, 2014 NCWSA experienced a net loss of $5,915 as a result of decreased donations offset by an increase in expenses which eliminated the amount available to increase the reserves and reduced the operating cash in the checking at year-end.
As a non-profit we do not intend to make a profit, but it is recommended by WSO that we have a prudent reserve of twelve months operating expenses which is equivalent to our total expense without the events or about $62,000. NCWSA voted to maintain six months operating expenses based on the last 3 years actuals as a prudent reserve or about $31,000. The Balance Sheet attached shows assets and liabilities and includes money in the bank accounts at the end of 2014 including the Pink Can Fund, used to purchase institutions literature.
At the end of 2014, NCWSA had a combined total of $23,584 in money market and CD or approximately four and one-half months of operating expenses in reserves and about one and one-half month’s expenses in checking for cash flow. Since the NCWSA policy requires six months expenses in reserve, we are currently short on our reserve goal by about $8,000. Recently, at the beginning of the year our operating account balance was not adequate to pay all the expenses as received based on the donations to date. A few expenses were held for a short time until donations were received. This was manageable. Typically, expenses are less than budget and excess funds can be used at year end to increase the reserves as long as donations are received as estimated. Once the reserve goal is achieved then we can recommend that any excess funds be included in the budget as a contribution to WSO and funds for any new area projects as needed.
The 2015 balanced budget anticipates donations from members, groups and districts in the amount of $66,500 which is 15% more than the prior year actual donations. Based on 885 groups, this equates to a $9 increase or about $75 total per group per year. Of course, some groups are barely able to make their expenses and are unable to contribute so any contributions are greatly appreciated to help us continue to carry the message. Some members choose to celebrate their recovery by contributing an amount each year equivalent to their years of recovery out of gratitude for the program. It is important to give what we can to the NCWSA and WSO, knowing contributions will be used to reach and serve as many people as possible.
Attached is a copy of the 2014 financial reports to share with your group which were provided to the CPA with NoCAC’s (Alateen) conference totals to create the NCWSA tax return. The tax returns will be filed on time and a copy will be on file with the Treasurer. Please email me any questions and I will be happy to respond.
Donations can be mailed to NCWSA, PO Box 728, Vacaville, CA 95696.
Thank-you again for your contribution and commitment to supporting Al-Anon’s Family Groups. Participation is the key to harmony!
Yours in service, Chris M., NCWSA Treasurer
TREASURERS REPORT: Since the last Committee Meeting I have accomplished the following: (It continues to be busy but manageable!) Hosted the Audit Committee and provided assistance on the audit. This was very interesting. Attended the NoCAC bank turnover meeting and committee meeting and spoke to committee about the importance of documenting all expenses and deposits and providing information to the Treasurer timely. Met with NoCaC sponsor and received a copy of financial reports and details through April. Prepared the quarterly sales tax report online from prior quarter data. Gathered and provided documents to the CPA to complete the 2014 tax returns. Received and filed tax return by May 15, 2015. Prepared requests received for payment and sent checks to be signed by the Chair or available officer. Provided copies of financial reports to Officers and Executive Committee Chair. Prepared an appeal letter with attached 2014 Financial Reports for the GR’s at the May Assembly. Attended Convention to check in and pay bills for Convention Committee and gather final financial information. Prepared a Preliminary Convention Financial 2015 Report which indicates the Convention made a net profit of $1600. (Attachment 1) Completed the mileage analysis and recommend that the NCWSC reduce the mileage reimbursement rate to 50% of the IRS rate since it is adequate to cover out of pocket expenses. (Attachment 2)
Attached is the current financial reports for the period ending May 10, 2015: 2015 Income to date - $44,084.32 (increase over 2014 by $6,773.59) 2015 Expenses to date - $44,213.72 (increase over 2014 by $7,498.89) 2015 Net Loss to date - $129.40 (increased loss over 2014 by $725.30) ( P&L Attachment 3 & 4) Ending Checking Account Balance 5/10/15 - $15,596.24 (about 2 months operating expenses) Money Market & CD Account Balances - $23,599.25 for a Prudent Reserve (about 4 months of operating expenses. Balance Sheet - Attachment 5)
Things to Think about: Need to continue to monitor and review the cash flows to determine the proper amount needed for reserves and checking. Consider maintaining a minimum in the checking to accommodate cash flows. The 2015 budget anticipates $66,500 from donations, 15% increase which equates to about $75 per group per year. Donations are up compared to last year so we appear to be on target. All donations are appreciated. Please mail to: NCWSA, PO Box 728, Vacaville, 95696. Completed the prudent reserve calculation and will prepare recommendation for next budget committee meeting. Current policy is 6 months reserves based on the 3 year average of operating expenses and currently we have about 4 months in savings and CD combined so we are short about $8,000 to achieve our goal. Based on 885 active groups this is about $9 more per group. Budget Committee: I will be joining the budget committee to continue the work on the 2016 budget to be presented to the GR’s in October for approval. Please thank your groups for their donations! We can’t continue to carry the message without their continued support! Thanks so much for your support. Think abundantly! Participation is the key to harmony! Yours in service, Chris M., NCWSA Treasurer
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District Reports
Will be in the Feb 2016 12 Stepper so all you DR’s send them in to Rosanna our area Secretary, and myself your 12 Stepper Editor so all our voices can be heard.
Intergroup Liaisons District 6-10, East Bay Spanish Intergroup, Northern California Hispanic Intergroup, Santa Clara Valley Intergroup, & South Bay Spanish Intergroup.
NCWSC Highlights
REPORT FOR THOUGHT FORCE “INAPPROPRIATE BEHAVIOR”
The thought force for “inappropriate behavior” created a yahoo group where we have been communicating with each other. We have created an agenda that at this point is gathering facts from the districts of the 8 member thought force team around incidents concerning “inappropriate behavior” and how they were dealt with.
In the coming months we will put out an appeal to all the DRs to send us any incidents of inappropriate behavior in their district and how they were dealt with. This should give us a solid body of facts that will facilitate the ensuing discussion. Gael R
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Save the Date Turning a New Leaf 37th Annual Northern California Alateen Conference November 6, 7, & 8, 2015 Crowne Plaza 5321 Date Ave Sacramento, CA 95841
Contact info: Jessica M. at [email protected], and Moriah W. at [email protected]
The Northern California Alateen Conferance abides by the B-17 NCWSA Requirement for Alateen Member Safety
Al-Anon Personal Shares on Recovery
This space is for any Al-Anon member, just submit your sharing to [email protected]
Alateen Sharing Yes we want you too…
LA FECHA NCWSA 2016 CONVENCIÓN
Cuándo: 15, 16 & 17 de Abril, 2016
Localización: Crowne Plaza Sacramento Northeast 5321 Date Avenue Sacramento California ~ 95841
Recepción del hotel: (916) 338~5800 Oradores: Se anunciará en una fecha posterior
Organizado por: Distritos 1 al 10 Para más información o para ser voluntario por favor comuníquese con nuestro
Enlace Español Amparo M. at (530) 867-5298 La Convención NCWSA 2016 se atiene al requisito NCWSA de Alateen Seguridad Miembros
District Service Meetings
NCWSA Calendars of Events and Service Meetings: http://www.ncwsa.org/calendar.html Dist 1 1st Wed, 7-8:30 pm, 7th&K Sts, Dist 15 3rd Sat, 9-11:30 am, 451 Davis St, First Christian, Eureka Leander School, San Leandro Dist 2 2ndSat, even months, 1:30-3:00 pm, location Dist 16 1st Tues, 7-9 pm, 3350 Hopyard Rd, rotates throughout the district, contact DR St Clare Episcopal Church, Pleasanton Dist 3 2ndSat, 10-2, Quarterly (Jan,Apr, July, Oct), Dist 17 1st Sun, 4:00-6:00 pm, 1752 Decoto Rd. varies--Paradise, Chico, Yuba City Starbucks Union City in Conf. Rm in back Dist 4 1st Sat, 10:30-12, even months, Blood Source, Dist 18 1st Sun of every month 1880 Park Marina Dr, Redding 1-3 pm, 1441 Florida Ave, Dr’s Conference Center, Modesto Dist 5 1st Tue, 7-8:30 pm, 1300 St Francis Rd, Dist 19 2ndSat, 1:00 -3:00pm, 1590 Smith St. Kingsburg, CA Bethlehem Lutheran Church, Santa Rosa Fresno Dist 6 2nd Sat, odd months. 1-3 pm, 1000 Nut Tree Rd, SCVI 2nd Tues, 7:30-9 pm, 1 West Campbell, Vacaville Valley Hospital, Vacaville (20-22) Campbell Dist 7 4th Wed, 7:30-9 pm, Kaiser at Watt and Dist 20 3rd Wed, 7-8:30 pm, Immanuel Lutheran Church, Marconi, Sacramento Saratoga Dist 8 3rdTues, 6:30-8 pm, Trinity Cathedral Dist 21 1st Wed, 7-9 pm, Christ the Good Shepherd, 2620 Capitol Ave., Sacramento San Jose Dist 9 1st Thursday starting with Jan, then odd months 6:30Dist - 22 3rd Wed, 7:00 p.m., St. Edwards Church 8:30location varies 15,040 Union Ave. San Jose Dist 10 3rd Wed, 7-8:30 pm, Barton @ Rocklin, Dist 23 3rd Sat, odd months,Quaker Meeting House Shepherd of the Sierra, Loomis 225 Rooney St, Santa Cruz Dist 11 4th Tues, 7:30-9 pm, Dist 24 Sept 29, 6:30-9 pm; Nov 6 potluck! 6-9 pm; Unitarian Church, San Rafael Marina PublicLibrary, Marina Dist 12 2nd Wed, 7-9 pm, 870 Market St Dist 25 2nd Mon, 7 pm, 377 87th St, San Francisco (ask security for room#) BroadmoorPresbyterian Church, Daly City Dist 13 2nd Mon, 7-9 pm, 233 Topaz, Dist 26 3rd Sat, 1:30-3pm, 1744 University Ave, Redwood City Lutheran Church, Berkeley Dist 14 1st Wed, 7:30-9 pm,Lesher Auditorium, Dist 27 1st Sun, 11:15-12:30 Ravera Rd, John Muir, Concord PershingBldg, Stockton District Speaker Meetings Dist 1 First Christian Church Dist 16 St. Clare Episcopal Church 7th St and K St, Eureka 3350 Hopyard Rd, Pleasanton Last Thursday of every month, 7 - 8 pm 2nd Saturday of every month, 7:30pm Dist 6 Kaiser Hospital (3rd floor, Rooms C & D) Dist 17 Holy Redeemer Church, Fellowship Hall Vaca-Valley Pkwy, Vacaville 35660 Cedar Blvd, Newark Last Friday of every month, 7 - 8:15 pm 4th Saturday of every month,5:00-8:30pm Dist 7 Lutheran Church of the Good Shepherd Dist 18 First Sunday of every March 1615 Morse Ave, Sacramento 1441 Florida Ave Modesto CA Last Saturday in Jan, April, July & Oct, Dr’s Hospital Conference Center 7- 9 pm 3 to 5 pm after the district meeting Dist 9 Light of the Hills Church Dist 19 East Princeton Baptist Church 3100 Rodeo Rd, Cameron Park, CA 2726 N, Chestnut Ave. 1st Sat Even months 6:00-7:30 Fresno, CA. 93726 1st Monday of every month, 7:00 pm Dist 10 Lutheran Church of Resurrection Dist 20 Immanuel Lutheran Church 6365 Douglas Blvd, Granite Bay 14103 Saratoga Ave, Saratoga 3rd Sunday of every month ,2 - 4 pm 4th Fri, even months except Dec ,7:30 -9:30 pm Dist 12 2nd Sun 7-9 pm 152 Church St Dist 23 Quaker Meeting House San Francisco (press 2 at gate) 225 Rooney St, Santa Cruz Flyers at www.al-ananonsf.org 3rd Fri, even months except Dec, 5:30-7:45 pm Dist 14 Walnut Creek Kaiser, 1515 Newell Ave Dist 24 YMCA of the Monterey Peninsula, 600 Camino (3rd Fl. Oak Rm. #1) El Estero, Monterey 4th Saturday of every month, 6:30 - 9 pm 1st Friday of odd months, 7-9 pm, Dist 15 All Saints Episcopal Church Dist 26 Kaiser Permanente, Building C, 3rd Floor, 911 Dowling Blvd, San Leandro Conference Room F Last Saturday of every month, 5:30 - 8:15 pm 901 Nevin Ave, Richmond 1st Saturday of every month, 6:30 – 8 pm Also online at http://www.ncwsa.org/service-calendar/ Al-Anon Acronyms
AA Alcoholics Anonymous, a fellowship of people recovering from alcoholism following the 12 Steps, 12 Traditions and 12 Concepts of Service AAPP Area Alateen Process Person – an NCWSA Officer ADAT A Day at a Time, one of the Alateen daily readers AFG Al-Anon Family Groups, a fellowship of people recovering from the family disease of alcoholism following the 12 Steps, 12 Traditions and 12 Concepts of Service AIS Area Information Service, mailing address and phone service for districts or areas; often at the LDC (see below) AMIAS Al-Anon Member Involved in Alateen Service CAL Conference Approved Literature, our fellowship literature written by you and me and approved by the WSC (see below) DAPP District Alateen Process Person DR District Representative, a member of the fellowship who facilitates district meetings and attends NCWSC meetings GR Group Representative, a member of the fellowship who participates in district meetings and attends NCWSA Assemblies H&I Hospitals & Institutions, an AA term for outreach efforts to hospitals and institutions; Al- Anon participates in the annual AA H&I conference KBDM Knowledge-Based Decision Making, a process for reaching a group conscience LDC Literature Distribution Center, like a bookstore (non-profit) for CAL NCWSA Northern California World Service Area, one of 68 WSAs in the USA and Canada. NCWSC Northern California World Service Committee, made up of DRs, officers, coordinators and a few others who meet three times a year (Feb, May and July) and serve to keep meetings in touch with our worldwide fellowship ODAT One Day At A Time, one of the Al-Anon daily readers PI/CPC Public Information and Cooperating with Professional Community (outreach) SWRDM Southwest Regional Delegate's Meeting, an orientation meeting for incoming delegates held by current and past delegates from our nine-area region, which includes NCWSA, SCWSA, Oregon, Hawaii, Arizona, New Mexico, Nevada, Utah, & Colorado TEAM Together Empowering Al-Anon Members WSA World Service Area; each area is represented by a delegate at the WSC WSC World Service Conference, Al-Anon's annual meeting in April (see pg. 111 of the Service Manual) WSO World Service Office, AFG headquarters in Virginia Beach (see pg. 111 of the Service Manual)
For a bigger, better, more accurate, clickable version of this map, and much more detailed meeting list, please visit our website: ncwsa.org/meeting-map/
Towns Where Groups Meet by District Number 1. Arcata, Crescent City, Eureka, Fortuna, Gasquet, Klamath, McKinleyville, Redway, Smith River, Willow Creek 2. Covelo, Fort Bragg, Gualala, Hidden Valley Lake, 14. Alamo, Antioch, Bay Point, Benicia, Brentwood, Concord, Lakeport, Laytonville, Lower Lake, Mendocino, Ukiah, Willits Danville, Discovery Bay, Lafayette, Martinez, Napa, Oakley, 3. Berry Creek, Chester, Chico, Greenville, Magalia, Oland, Orinda, Pittsburg, Pleasant Hill, San Ramon, Walnut Creek Oroville, Paradise, Quincy, Taylorsville, Willows, Yuba City 15. Alameda, Castro Valley, Hayward, Oakland, Piedmont, San 4. Alturas, Anderson, Fort Jones, Happy Camp, Mt Shasta, Red Leandro, San Lorenzo Bluff, Redding, Shasta Lake, Susanville, Weaverville, Yreka 16. Dublin, Livermore, Pleasanton, San Ramon 5. American Canyon, Cloverdale, Glen Ellen Guerneville, 17. Fremont, Newark, Union City Healdsburg, Kenwood, Napa, Petaluma, Rohnert Park, St. 18. Arnold, Ceres, Los Banos, Manteca, Mariposa, Merced, Helena, Santa Rosa, Sebastopol, Sonoma, Windsor Modesto, Murphys, Newman, Oakdale, Patterson, Sonora, 6. Davis, Dixon, Esparto, Fairfield, Rio Vista, Vacaville, Vallejo, Soulsbyville, Tracy, Turlock, Woodland 19. Coarsegold, Fresno, Hanford, Kingsburg, Madera, Oakhurst, 7. Carmichael, North Highlands, Sacramento Reedley, Sanger, Selma, Visalia (Madera, Fresno, Kings and 8. Elk Grove, Galt, Rancho Cordova, Sacramento, West Tulare counties) Sacramento 20. Alviso, Cupertino, Los Altos, Mountain View, San Jose, Santa 9. Cameron Park, Coloma, El Dorado, El Dorado Hills, Clara, Saratoga and Sunnyvale Georgetown, Jackson, Pine Grove, Placerville, Pollock Pines, 21. Campbell, Milpitas, San Jose, Santa Clara Shingle Springs 22. Gilroy, Los Gatos, Morgan Hill, San Jose 10. Auburn, Colfax, Downieville, Fair Oaks, Folsom, Grass Valley, 23. Aptos, Boulder Creek, Felton, Freedom, Hollister, Santa Cruz, Loomis, Nevada City, Orangevale, Rocklin, Roseville, Truckee Scotts Valley, Soquel, Watsonville 11. Corte Madera, Inverness, Mill Valley, Novato, San Anselmo, 24. Carmel, Carmel Valley, Jolon, King City, Marina, Monterey, San Geronimo, San Quentin, San Rafael, Tiburon Pacific Grove, Salinas, Seaside, Soledad 12. San Francisco 25. Burlingame, Daly City, Pacifica, San Bruno, San Mateo, South 13. Belmont, Burlingame, Foster City, Half Moon Bay, Ladera, San Francisco Menlo Park, Palo Alto, Redwood City, San Carlos, San Mateo 26. Albany, Berkeley, El Cerrito, El Sobrante, Hercules, Kensington, Richmond, and San Pablo 27. Lodi, Stockton, Valley Springs, West Point
NCWSA 12 Stepper Newsletter Subscription Form
Have you subscribed to the NCWSA newsletter? It’s called the12 Stepper and it is posted on www.ncwsa.org/newsletters(without NCWSA Contact Information).
Paper Copies: Each registered group receives a complimentary copy prior to each Assembly for the Group Representative to take to Assembly. When financially possible, it is suggested that groups pay for an additional subscription.
Please help to improve the unity of our wonderful fellowship by giving the gift of communication and help the 12 Stepper become self-supporting. Subscriptions make an excellent gift. Perhaps you or a sponsee would benefit from a copy.
A Subscription includes two issues which are typically published prior to the assemblies each year.A third issue published online in December is not printed nor sent in the mail.
Subscriptions are $6 for 1 year or $11 for 2 years.
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