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March 2020.Pdf March 2020 GAMBLERS ANONYMOUS LIFE-LINE YEARLY BULLETIN SUBSCRIPTION FORM Mail to: GAMBLERS ANONYMOUS INTERNATIONAL SERVICE OFFICE 4981 IRWINDALE AVE., #700 IRWINDALE, CALIFORNIA 91706 Circle one FIRST CLASS (U.S. Only) . $48.00 EACH ADDITIONAL COPY (U.S.) IN SAME ENVELOPE . $40.00 FOREIGN (Outside U.S.) . $60.00 EACH ADDITIONAL COPY (FOREIGN) IN SAME ENVELOPE . $55.00 Please Enclose Check or Money Order for Payment NAME: ______________________________________________________ ADDRESS: __________________________________________________ CITY:______________________________ STATE: ____ ZIP: __________ DISCLAIMER The Life-Line Bulletin, published monthly by the International Service Office of Gamblers Anonymous, 4981 Irwindale Ave., #700, Irwindale, California 91706, is a newsletter for and about members of Gamblers Anonymous. Opinions expressed herein are not to be attributed to Gamblers Anonymous as a whole nor does the publication of any article imply any endorsement by Gamblers Anonymous as a whole. Any manuscript or other material submitted to Gamblers Anonymous for consideration to be published in the Life-Line Bulletin cannot be returned. No portion of any Life-Line Bulletin may be used or reprinted without the express written permission of our International Service Office. GAMBLING , for the compulsive gambler is defined as follows: any betting or wagering, for self or others, whether for money or not, no matter how slight or insignificant, where the outcome is uncertain or depends upon chance or “skill” constitutes gambling. From Your International Executive Secretary I would like to share some pertinent information with the Fellowship during these extremely difficult times. First of all, with the outbreak of the Covid-19 (coronavirus) and the “Stay at Home Order” by California’s Governor to close all non-essential businesses (including Non-Profits) in the state of California by midnight, March 19, 2020 the Gamblers Anonymous International Service Office is temporarily closed. All employees are currently working from their homes, trying our best to keep things running as smoothly as possible. The following are some things that are being done: The International Directory is being updated on a continuous basis. If you have not done so, please email [email protected] with any changes/updates. All messages left by calling the Gamblers Anonymous telephone number (626) 960-3500, are being answered daily. The (213) 386-8789 phone number that Gamblers Anonymous had for many years, was disconnected in order to save money, as our (626) number has been in effect since our move over 8 years ago. All mail is being picked up and receipts are being processed on handwritten receipts. Since QuickBooks is on our Desktop computers, we can continue banking and when we return to the Office, we will input everything into QuickBooks at that time. And speaking of mail, after more than 62 years, the time has come to say “goodbye” to our P.O. Box 17173, Los Angeles, CA 90017. We closed the P.O. Box on March 23 rd and all mail will be forwarded and delivered to our physical Office address at: Gamblers Anonymous International Service Office 4981 Irwindale Avenue #700 Irwindale, CA 91706 We started changing over a few months ago, and have been receiving mail at the above address. As many of you know, the International Conference and Trustees Meeting that was to be held in Seattle, Washington, April 24 – 26, 2020, had to be cancelled. I would personally like to THANK the Seattle Conference Committee for all of their hard work during this difficult time. 1 I’m sure I have forgotten some other “pertinent information” and if you can think of something or have any questions, please email me at karenh@gamblers- anonymous.org or leave a voice message with your phone number and I will do my best to get back to you in a timely manner. Be safe, take care of yourselves and your families, and know that we are all in this together and our G.A. meetings will come back stronger than ever! Love to all, Karen H. P.S. I have asked David M. to submit something for this issue of the Bulletin, which follows. Thanks David! IT’S SOMETIMES HARD TO FIND THE GOOD IN ALL THE TURMOIL I am writing this on behalf of 9 very dedicated people, who equally participate in this miracle type of event. I’m speaking about the Gamblers Anonymous approved Telephone Conference Call System. Around the 15th of March, it became apparent that most, if not all, G.A. physical meetings were going to be closed due to the Corona virus. It was then that the Telephone Conference Call Committee mobilized to go from 1 meeting on a Wednesday evening to what is now 8 meetings a week. This was done as a stopgap for people to stay connected with the program. So with the best of intentions by the committee to help our brothers and sisters during this challenging time, we have found a fountain of wonders. The calls that come in every day have been from all across the country. The predominant statement from the callers is how they are so grateful to be able to connect with everyone and their therapies. The meetings have been expanded to 2 hours, and still we do not have the ability to allocate time for everyone to speak. We also notice that there are many members who make nearly every meeting during the course of the week. The time for each meeting is 9PM ET every night of the week, but the phone numbers and meeting IDs are different for every meeting. (Please see pages 3 and 4.) Ordinarily, I would end with what I have written above, but I will do the Steve Jobs thing - “But wait, there’s more.” Although the telephone conference call platform recently celebrated its 6th year of operation, the single meeting that was in place on Wednesday, was viewed upon as just an extra meeting to augment physical meetings. It is only because of the turmoil created by the Corona Virus that there has been a significant uptick in the amount of interest in creating more times for telephone conference call meetings. That led to the additional 6 meetings held at 9PM ET and an additional meeting at 3PM ET on Friday. But it gets better, because a new meeting will be starting Wednesday, April 1st. This one will be the first G.A. approved Spanish speaking meeting. The team of admins that have pulled this new meeting together, have a 2nd such meeting in the works, due for Saturday, but that is not 2 yet official. There are also 3 G.A. approved meetings out of Canada, and a new meeting is being cultivated for Latvia. There are 168 hours in the week. There is still room if people want to start a meeting with any specialty, language is not the only limitation. Finally, a quick word about why these meetings are not being held on other well-known conference calling platforms - the simple answer is to preserve anonymity. Yes, these hi-tech systems have lots of glitzy features, but everyone who calls those non-G.A. approved meetings are putting their personal information and life in the hands of others. The Telephone Conference Call committee has always and will continue to take all the necessary precautions to protect the members who call into the platform from any breach of personal information, because anonymity is not a choice. It is a mandate of the Gamblers Anonymous program. The committee will provide updates when any G.A. approved telephone conference call meetings get added to the system. If you are looking for that information, you will find them on the Trustee website. The address is trusteewebsite.com . Below is the current information effective March 30, 2020. Cheerfully submitted on behalf of the committee, David M. - New Jersey G.A. APPROVED TELEPHONE CONFERENCE CALL MEETING INFORMATION ENGLISH-BASED MEETINGS FROM THE US Below are the details to call in for all the meetings. All US-based Telephone Conference Call meetings are based on Eastern Time Zone times. Day and Time Eastern Time Call in Number Meeting Code Email for Information and Question s Sunday 9PM 712-770-5338 836083 # [email protected] Monday 9PM 712-770-4925 554671 # [email protected] Tuesday 9PM 712-770-4943 253824 # [email protected] Wednesday 9PM 712-770-4160 611704 # [email protected] Thursday 9PM 712-770-4981 872853 # [email protected] Friday 3PM 712-770-4979 703758 # [email protected] Friday 9PM 712-770-4996 595094 # [email protected] Saturday 9PM 712-770-5335 491301 # [email protected] 3 The telephone conference call platform we are using has local access telephone numbers for 74 different countries. If you are going to call from a foreign country, please use the appropriate email address to request the local calling numbers. SPANISH-BASED MEETINGS – Worldwide access is available with non-US country local phone numbers. Please use the email address below to obtain those local area numbers. Day and Time Mexico City Time Call in Number Meeting Code Email for Information and Question s Wednesday 8PM 712-770-5306 565387 # [email protected] ENGLISH-BASED MEETINGS FROM VANCOUVER, BRITISH COLUMBIA Day and Time Pacific Time Call in Number Meeting Code Email for Information and Question s Tuesday 7PM 604-259-2561 890 477 4319 # [email protected] Friday 7PM 604-259-2561 890 477 4319 # [email protected] Sunday 7PM 604-259-2561 890 477 4319 # [email protected] BOARD OF REGENTS MEETING OF FEBRUARY 15, 2020 The meeting was called to order at 9:30 A.M. by Bob W., Chair, Board of Regents. Present: Bob W., Calvin C., Cathy F., Mazi S., Wendy B.
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