LITERATURE
COMMITTEE
Let Literature Carry the Message, Too
Today, as in the early days of Alcoholics Anonymous, the A.A. message of recovery from alcoholism is carried by one alcoholic talking to another. However, since the publication of the first edition of the Big Book in 1939, literature has played an important role in spreading the A.A. message and imparting information about the A.A. Twelve Step program of recovery.
Committee Functions
- Inform groups, district or area assembly members, through displays and other suitable methods, of all available Conference-approved literature, audiovisual material and other special items.
- Become familiar with the information on G.S.O.’s A.A. Web Site (www.aa.org).
- Provide literature for groups, area, and district functions.
- Consider suggestions regarding proposed additions to and changes in Conference-approved literature and audiovisual material.
- Encourage A.A. members to read and purchase A.A. Conference-approved literature.
District Committee Chair?
The Bottle Book: Alcoholics Anonymous comes to the BC/Yukon Area
Published in 1983, by the Area 79, Panel 33 Archives Committee.
Excerpt from the “Preface”:
– two salesmen, an optometrist and a soldier – filled with the fire of gratitude for sobriety, who visualized the AA fellowship throughout British Columbia and the Canadian west. It was their energy, dedication and enthusiasm that spread the AA message throughout western Canada.
Pioneers in Skirts: The Women’s Stories of the BC/Yukon Area
Our Stories – First Nations, Inuit and Metis Recovery
Published in 2024 by Area 79
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.
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
LITERATURE
CHAIR
Job Description
The Literature Committee Chair is an appointed position on the Area Service Committee. This position is currently assigned to the Area 79 Alternate Delegate.
Duties
- Ensure that the area literature display is available for all quarterlies and assemblies, and that it is stocked with sufficient quantities of A.A. Conference-approved literature and service material.
- Maintain the area literature inventory, and order literature on a periodic (usually quarterly) basis.
- Update and maintain the “Literature Tool” aka Glide App
- Communicate with other ASC committee members to ensure that literature needs are met. When possible, meet requests by other committee chairs or individuals.
- Report total inventory valuation to the area treasurer on a quarterly basis.
- Inform the fellowship of the Area 79 practice of literature self-support and of the contribution tins on the display tables at Area 79 events.
- Collect the money from the contribution tins and work with the area treasurer to ensure it is accounted for.
- Introduce new literature, and changes to current literature, to the fellowship.
- Chair the Area 79 literature committee meeting at quarterlies and assemblies.
- Become familiar with the general content of all literature, in order to provide information to inquirers.
- With the participation of the literature committee, update and produce Area 79 literature, including the Book of Motions, GSR Handbook and DCM Fact Sheet.
- Order Area 79 publications, including the Bottle Book and Pioneers in Skirts.
- Duties Common to all ASC members on the ASC page.