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Publication Details

Grassroots Forum is published quarterly by the BC/Yukon Area 79 Service Committee. It carries news and information about groups and committees, minutes and financial statements from the Quarterlies and Assemblies, and reprinted material from AA literature, such as Box 459 and the AA Grapevine. It is the primary means of conveying information between the Area Service Committee and the DCMs and GSRs throughout Area 79.

How Grassroots is Distributed

  • As a password protected, electronic document available for viewing or download from this website (see below, pdf format).
  • Publication of a printed magazine which is distributed by mail. If you wish to subscribe to the printed version of the newsletter, please see the subscribing information below.
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COMMITTEE

The Grassroots Committee is responsible for overseeing the production and distribution of Grassroots Forum, the BC/Yukon Area 79 Newsletter.

Statement of Purpose

The Grassroots Forum is a newsletter by and for the members of Alcoholics Anonymous in BC/Yukon Area 79. It is compiled and edited by the Grassroots Chairperson with the assistance and input of the Grassroots Committee. This newsletter is a vehicle for communication within Area 79 with the aim of strengthening unity and participation. Grassroots is also the means of distribution of the minutes, financial statements and all reports from our Area Quarterlies and Assemblies. It is the aim of the Grassroots Forum to fulfill its purpose with the greatest possible consideration of fiscal prudence and to practice AA principles in all of its affairs.

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  • To assist the Grassroots Chair with recommendations for improvements to the Area Newsletter.
  • To assist in encouraging the fellowship’s participation by submission of articles to be published.
  • To become familiar with page S41 of the AA Service Manual (Area Newsletters or Bulletins).
  • To assist in the development of changes to the Grassroots Newsletter requested by the fellowship within Area 79.

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A79 Resources...

Resources to assist the fellowship with committee work, along with minutes and reports from the ASC and much more can be found in the libraries.

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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

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CHAIR

Job Description

The Grassroots Committee chair is an appointed position of the Area Service Committee. They are responsible for the production and distribution of Grassroots Forum, the BC/Yukon Area 79 Newsletter and the summary bulletin Grassroots Highlights.

“Newsletters or bulletins published by area committees or central offices/intergroups may include local A.A. news, information about groups and committees, and reprinted material from A.A. literature. As with most A.A. service activities, it has been found prudent to make a committee (rather than one or two individuals) responsible for the format, planning and content.”

The A.A. Service Manual pg ? reprinted with the permission of Alcoholics Anonymous®

Duties

  • Produce the Grassroots Forum and Grassroots Highlights four times a year following quarterlies and assemblies.
  • Maintain a subscription list and coordinate mailings (you will need to address and stuff approximately 150 envelopes four times a year).
  • Issue statements for advertising and subscription renewal.
  • Provide digital copies for posting on the Area 79 website.
  • Send a digital copy of each edition to the Area Service Office conference desk.
  • Coordinate with the area chair regarding distribution timeline when quarterly/assembly agendas are to be included for mailing.
  • Send an email notification to subscribed mailing list, DCMs and GSRs.
  • Duties common to all ASC members on the ASC page.

It is helpful to have volunteers to help you proofread, stuff envelopes and sort as required by your local post office. A reliable computer and access to a printer are a must. Your time-frame is every three months for publication, with each issue being completed 6 weeks following the Quarterly or Assembly, and promptly sent out via website and post. An issue of Grassroots typically takes two months from start to post office drop off. 

Qualifications

  • Have a computer or ready access to one.
  • Desktop publishing ability.
  • Organizational abilities.
  • Understand what is and what is not AA or AA-related material.
  •  Time: Plan on 40-60 hours in addition to regular ASC duties over the 8 weeks following each Quarterly or Assembly to complete an edition. This is a substantial time commitment.
  • Work schedule should be flexible to accommodate last-minute changes or scheduling conflicts, as well and printing and post office hours.
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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

ASC RESUME (DOCX)
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An A.A. group ought never endorse, finance, or lend the A.A. name to any related facility or outside enterprise, lest problems of money, property, and prestige divert us from our primary purpose.

Tradition 6

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Our membership ought to include all who suffer from alcoholism. Hence we may refuse none who wish to recover. Nor ought AA membership ever depend upon money or conformity. Any two or three alcoholics gathered together for sobriety may call themselves an AA Group, provided that, as a group, they have no other affiliation.

Tradition Three (Long Form)

Each Alcoholics Anonymous group ought to be a spiritual entity having but one primary purpose – that of carrying its message to the alcoholic who still suffers.

Tradition Five (Long Form)

Unless there is approximate conformity to AA’s Twelve Traditions, the group, too, can deteriorate and die.

Twelve Steps and Twelve Traditions, page 174

The BC/Yukon Website maintains listings of meetings in all parts of Area 79, with the exception of the Greater Vancouver (Districts 18, 24-38 and 40-42) and Greater Nanaimo (Districts 5, 7)  where up-to-date meeting information is available from the respective intergroup websites. The meeting information posted here, in the Meeting directory, is supplied by the corresponding districts in Area 79 and is submitted for posting by the DCM (District Committee Member). It is important that this information be as up-to-date and accurate as possible and we ask that responsible trusted servants in each district review the online listings regularly and send any information about changes to meetings, new meetings and meeting deletions to their DCM, for submission to us, as outlined below.

Groups listed in the directory are listed at their own request. A directory listing does not constitute or imply approval or endorsement of a group’s approach to or practice of the traditional A.A. program.

Please note that changes made to meeting information on the website may not be reflected in group records; for registered group changes please also contact the Area 79 Registrar

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

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