Library

AREA 79
SERVICE
LIBRARY

The Area 79 Service Library strives to be an exhaustive resource for materials and resources developed in Area 79 that the fellowship may need to carry out service and share our vital message of recovery.

You can use the menu to locate a topic of interest, search for the name of a file in the search bar below, use the find feature on your web browser (by pressing CMD/CTRL + F) or simply scroll through. If something is missing, or if your committee, district or intergroup have a document that you think belongs here please let us know.

The Area 79 Library has two pages; the Service Library and the Committee Library. The Committee Library contains all documents relative to a committee in Area 79.

Click here to go to the Committee Library

Area 79 Library & Archive

General Service in Area 79

A booklet which outlines the duties of the General Service Representative (GSR) and the Service Structure of AA in Canada and the United States. (Updated May 2022) (pdf, 36 pages)

Some information for incoming District Committee Members (DCMs) and an outline of the Service Structure in Area 79.

A short summary of the General Service Representative (GSR) role in Area 79.

Some information about naming groups and the process that is followed by the General Service Office.

Listings of all of the Districts in Area 79 and the Regions, Cities and Towns they encompass (by district number and by community).

The fillable PDF form needed to register a new group with Area 79 and GSO.

The fillable PDF form needed to change your group record information with Area 79 and GSO.

Delegate Report Archive

An Archive of Area 79 Delegate Reports given after each years General Service Conference. 

General Service Conference Report - 2024

  • The 74th Annual Meeting of the General Service Conference of
    ALCOHOLICS ANONYMOUS – Final Report: Connecting with Love and Service (pdf, 159 pages)
  • La 74e assemblée annuelle de la Conférence des Services généraux des ALCOOLIQUES ANONYMES – RAPPORT FINAL: Des liens basés sur l’Amour, l’Unité et le Service (pdf, 159 pages)
  • La 74.a Reunión de la Conferencia de Servicios Generales de ALCOHÓLICOS ANÓNIMOS – INFORME FINAL: “Conectándonos con amor, unidad y servicio (pdf, 159 pages)

Quarterlies & Assemblies

Minutes from Quarterlies and Assemblies are available in the Grassroots Forum.

These are 2 recent submissions from hosting districts regarding their shared experience

Guidelines that are intended to provide assistance to districts intending to bid on hosting Area 79 Quarterlies or Assemblies. (Updated April 2024)

A checklist for host venues

Assembly Presentations

In Area 79, a big part of our assemblies and quarterlies are sharing sessions, helping keep A.A. strong and participation in service growing. Some of our sharing sessions include trusted servants providing presentations on specific topics and then opening the floor for discussion.

Regional Forums and Assemblies

Microforum

Inventories

ELECTIONS AND

APPOINTMENTS

Area Officers

Fourteen (14) Area Officers are chosen, every second year, to serve 2-year terms on the Area Service Committee (ASC) . Seven of these are elected, in even numbered years, at the September Assembly of the full Area 79 Committee. Seven are appointed by the Selection Committee, following the elections, to sit as chairs of designated Area standing committees.

It is strongly suggested that the outgoing (not the incoming) GSRs and DCMs be available to vote at the Election Assembly in order to assure a more informed election.

To apply for an appointed position in Area 79, please email your resume to resumes@bcyukonaa.org

Teleconference Meetings

The purpose of teleconference meetings is to carry the AA message by phone to our members who are ill, disabled or living in areas where AA meetings are limited or non-existent due to their remote locations. Teleconference Meetings chaired by individual districts in Area 79 may be listed below. Districts wishing to list a teleconference meeting here, should contact Remote Communities Chair

Meeting

Information

Going To Any Lengths
Wednesday 7:30 – 8:30 pm (Pacific Time Zone)

Hosted by District 37. We read from “The 12 Steps & 12 Traditions”, “The Big Book of Alcoholics Anonymous” and other AA literature based on a group conscience. Anyone is welcome!
Let us know if you would like to attend and we will add you to the weekly invite.

Trish M. 604-649-5412

We call your phone via Skype.

Remote Communities
Sunday 6:30 – 7:30 pm (Pacific Time Zone)

Call 1-604-799-6561
Read the meeting poster for details before calling. 
Speak your FIRST name…

Video Meeting

Like the teleconference meetings, the purpose of video meetings is to carry the A.A. message to our members who are ill, disabled or living in areas where A.A. meetings are limited or non-existent due to their remote locations. Video Meetings chaired by individual districts in Area 79 may be listed below.

Meeting

Information

Spirit of the North
Sunday & Wednesday Night 8 pm (Mountain Time Zone)

Area 78 – Alberta/Northwest Territories has invited members to participate in a Zoom meeting.
To join, go to: https://area78aa.org/remote-communities-meetings  

Zoom AA Meeting
Monday and Thursday Nights 8 pm (Pacific Time Zone)

Hosted by District 40 (Coquitlam)
Join Zoom Meeting: https://us04web.zoom.us/j/2316225487  
Meeting ID: 231 622 5487

As Bill Sees It (Remote Communities
Meeting)
Thursday Night 7 pm (Pacific Time Zone)

Hosted by District 43 (Aldergrove, Cloverdale, Fort Langley, Langley)
Join Zoom Meeting:
https://us04web.zoom.us/j/498814817
Meeting ID: 498 814 817
Password: 660387

Breaking Free:
A meeting for seniors and shut ins that are unable to attend in person meetings.
Third Wednesday of the month 6:30 pm
(Pacific time)

https://us04web.zoom.us/j/85704246102
Meeting ID: 857 0424 6102
Password: freedom
For those without access to online meetings there’s a Phone in option @ 1-778-907-2071

Tradition 3.0:
Type: Literature-based, Big Book discussion
Time: Friday nights from 8-9 pm Pacific standard Time.

Hosted by District 42
https://us04web.zoom.us/j/6179680872
Zoom ID: 617 968 0872 No password

Truth or Consequences:
Type: Literature-based, people only share if they want to
Time: Sundays 3pm PDT

Hosted by District 42
https://us04web.zoom.us/j/789698614
Zoom ID: 789698614 PW: 980530

Blue Triangle in a Circle with mountains, the Area 79 Logo

All GSR’s, DCM’s, DCC’s, and their alternates, as well as members of the ASC have a login. If you are in one of these roles and do not have yours, make sure you are registered and contact the website chair.

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