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Living Sober, now an audiobook! – Added November 2020 You can now listen for free to professionally narrated and produced audio recordings of the booklet Living Sober. |
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Eastern U.S. and Canada Regional Forums – December 5, 2020 2020: Experience, Strength & Hope: What it was like, what happened and what it is like now… These one-day sharing and informational sessions will feature workshops, special presentations and much more, with the participation of your trusted servants in the Northeast, Southeast, Southwest, Pacific, East Central, West Central, and Eastern and Western Canada Regions. |
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Special Online Supplement for Box 4-5-9 – Added October 2020 This special supplement, available online only, highlights the many recent employee retirements at G.S.O. and Grapevine and takes a look at future plans for reopening the General Service Office in 2021. The supplement also includes information on G.S.O. staff openings and the opening for G.S.O. general manager. |
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Letter to General Service Conference – Added October 2020 On Oct. 2, drawdown from the Reserve Fund by A.A.W.S., Inc. was approved by the General Service Board. |
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Quarterly Report from G.S.O. – Added September 2020 Activities of the General Service Board Including A.A. World Services, Inc., AA Grapevine, Inc. |
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New Online Contributions Experience – Added September 2020 This announcement contains a letter from the General Manager of the General Service Office regarding an update to the online contributions experience. Please Click here for more information. |
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New and Improved A.A.W.S. Webstore – Added September 2020 This announcement contains information on some important developments at G.S.O. regarding AA.org and our new and improved A.A.W.S. Webstore. |
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Box 4-5-9 Fall 2020 – "A.A. at Its Best": New Approaches to the Seventh Tradition – Added September 2020 Facing the challenges of the pandemic, the Fellowship is finding new ways to keep moving forward. As noted by Bill W. in Language of the Heart, "The future would lack its full use and meaning did it not bring us fresh problems and even acute perils -- problems and perils through which we can grow into true greatness of action and spirit." This issue also features an article "What's a Prudent Reserve?" and offers a glimpse into what it would be like to have been twelfth-stepped by Bill W. and Dr. Bob. (Due to budget considerations this issue will have limited print circulation.) |
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Sharing From Behind the Walls – Fall 2020 – Added September 2020 Sharing From Behind the Walls is published quarterly by the Corrections assignment and contains excerpts from inmates’ letters sent to G.S.O. The 2020 Fall issue is now available in PDF. Print copies will be available on a limited basis. |
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Love and Service – Added September 2020 Dear A.A. friends, This announcement contains a letter from the General Manager of the General Service Office expressing his gratitude to the A.A. Fellowship. Please click here for more information. |
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My Portal Letter – Added August 2020 Important information from G.S.O.'s general manager about My Portal. |
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Update on redesign of AA.org – Added August 2020 Significant work has taken place regarding the ongoing redesign of AA.org, which had been scheduled for completion this year. However, the fiscal impacts brought on by the pandemic have caused us to reassess our overall strategy and timeline for this important project. |
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Alcoholics Anonymous Celebrates 85 Years with the 2020 A.A. Online International Convention In a year of firsts for Alcoholics Anonymous, another first is on its way: a virtual International Convention experience, arriving online July 1 at www.aa.org. |
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Summer Special Offer: 10% Off All Big Books– Added June 2020 To print out the A.A.W.S. aa.org flyer/order form, click here. To go directly to the aa.org webstore, click here. To place an order, click here. |
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Alcoholics Anonymous, COVID-19 and Our Seventh Tradition – Added June 2020 Dear A.A. friends, We in A.A. – here at G.S.O., along with the rest of the world – continue to experience an unprecedented situation. Without question, due to the COVID-19 pandemic, our Fellowship, including our organized service structure, is facing enormous challenges, locally and globally. |
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About A.A. - Summer 2020 – Added June 2020 About AA is the newsletter from the General Service Office of the U.S. and Canada for professionals of all types who deal with alcoholics. This issue takes a look at Technology, Professionals and A.A. It also focuses on one of A.A.'s nonalcoholic trustees and the Fourth Hispanic A.A. Women's Workshop. |
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Opening for Class A Trustees on A.A.’s General Service Board – Added June 2020 Three Class A (nonalcoholic) trustee vacancies will occur on the General Service Board at the conclusion of the General Service Conference in 2021. For more information, please see the attached notice. |
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Opening for A.A.W.S. Nontrustee Director Position – Added June 2020 There is an upcoming opening for a nontrustee director position in 2021 for A.A. World Services, Inc. For more information, please see the attached notice. |
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Opening for A.A.W.S. Nontrustee Director Position – Added June 2020 There is an upcoming opening for a nontrustee director position in 2021 for A.A. World Services, Inc. For more information, please see the attached notice. |
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Opening for A.A.W.S. Nontrustee Director Position – Added June 2020 There is an upcoming opening for a nontrustee director position in 2021 for A.A. World Services, Inc. For more information, please see the attached notice. |
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Opening for AA Grapevine Nontrustee Director Position – Added June 2020 There is an upcoming opening for a nontrustee director position in 2021 for AA Grapevine, Inc. For more information, please see the attached notice. |
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Seventh Tradition Letter from the General Manager – Added May 2020 Dear friends, With so much happening over these past few weeks – including intense preparations for the 70th General Service Conference, committee meetings, board meetings, and other ongoing work in the office (in a virtual/telework environment) – the landscape across our organization seems to change every day. |
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Press Release: Physically Distanced but Digitally Connected – Added May 2020 A.A. in the digital age has certainly taken on a new meaning in these challenging times. |
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FAQ on Practicing the Seventh Tradition at Virtual Meetings – Added May 2020 For online groups or meetings wondering how to “pass the virtual basket” in order to practice the Seventh Tradition, this new service piece offers some shared experience to help answer frequently asked questions. |
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A.A.W.S. Introduces new simplified pricing – Added April 2020 For more information, see the A.A.W.S. pricing statement and updated A.A. Literature Catalog 2020. |
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