DISTRICT 7 SUNBEAM. March 2014

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DISTRICT 7 SUNBEAM District 7 Monthly Business Meetings are held at 7:30 on the 2 nd Wednesday of the month at Christ the King Episcopal Church, 3021 State Route 213 East, Stone Ridge, NY 12484.

Please feel free to forward this e mail, because we are unable to reach all our District 7 members, especially at the group level.

1 DISTRICT 7 SUNBEAM District 7 Monthly Business Meetings are held at 7:30 on the 2 nd Wednesday of the month at Christ the King Episcopal Church, 3021 State Route 213 East, Stone Ridge, NY If you re a Group Service Representative (GSR), please plan to attend and represent your group. If your home group is not represented by a GSR, why not volunteer to be GSR? Service is gratitude in action. Mission Statement: The District 7 Newsletter is published monthly and is distributed as an e mail in an effort to be more eco friendly, as well as to reduce postage and printing costs. Please feel free to forward this e mail, because we are unable to reach all our District 7 members, especially at the group level. If you want your contributions to be included in the newsletter, please e mail us at District7Newsletter@aahmbny.org. The District 7 Newsletter committee will do its best to make this a valuable resource for communication, and to allow the members of our District to keep in touch with each other, further strengthening the unity of our fellowship. AA Step Three: Made a decision to turn our will and our lives over to the care of God, as we understood Him. AA Tradition Three: Our membership ought to include all who suffer from alcoholism. Hence we may refuse none who wish to recover. Nor ought A.A. membership ever depend on money or conformity. Any two or three alcoholics gathered together for sobriety may call themselves an A.A. group, provided that, as a group, they have no other affiliation. March 2014 AA Concept Three: To insure effective leadership, we should endow each element of A.A. the Conference, the General Service Board and its service corporations, staffs, committees, and executives with a traditional Right of Decision. Please consider writing a short (or even long) article that shares your experience, strength, and hope with the rest of the District 7 newsletter readers. Send your contributions, suggestions, and requests to be added to the distribution to: District7Newsletter@aahmbny.org Thanks! ~ Kate S., Alcoholic/Editor Alcoholics Anonymous and The Big Book artwork logo copyright This newsletter is neither approved nor endorsed by Alcoholics Anonymous World Services, Inc. It is provided solely as a public information tool for the Hudson Mohawk Berkshire (HMB) Area 48 District 7 Newsletter to display information about Alcoholics Anonymous in HMB Area 48 District 7. Some information in this newsletter was originally published by A.A. World Services, Inc., or in the A.A. Grapevine, Inc., but do not assume this implies approval by the General Services Conference for their use in this newsletter. Alcoholics Anonymous, AA, and The Big Book are registered trademarks of A.A. World Services, Inc. The Grapevine and AA Grapevine are registered trademarks of the AA Grapevine, Inc.

2 District 7 Group Book Order for 75 th Edition Commemorative Alcoholics Anonymous (Big Book) District 7 is taking book orders until February 28 th, This is your chance to receive a facsimile of the original 1939 printing of our basic text of Alcoholics Anonymous (copyright AA) for the cost of the book ($11.28) plus only the 8% ($0.90) NYS tax and no $10 shipping cost if you were to buy the book on your own! This is your chance to own your own copy of a replica of the Big Book that Bill and Bob carried around with them when they began the first 100 in AA. You will find the order form on the next page. We will take cash, check or money order only. Make checks and money orders out to HMB Area 48, District 7, and either bring to Kate S., Literature Chair, for District 7 at KO Reformed Church of the Comforter Hall at 26 Wynkoop Place, Kingston, NY on Sunday Nights at 7:30 or mail it to HMB Area 48 District 7, P.O. Box 1654, Kingston, NY Kate can also be reached at Don t miss this opportunity! HMB Area 48 District 7, P.O. Box 1654, Kingston, NY Page 2 of 15

Copyright Alcoholics Anonymous & www.aa.org 02/2014; flier found at: http://aa.

3 Copyright Alcoholics Anonymous & 02/2014; flier found at: HMB Area 48 District 7, P.O. Box 1654, Kingston, NY Page 3 of 15

District 7 in the past month, and we give

together Contributed $580.00 last month!

4 Thanks! The following groups have contributed to District 7 in the past month, and we give them a hearty thank you: Keep it Real Kingston Young Peoples Just for Today (Nooners) Fresh Start And REBOS Who all together Contributed $ last month! AA Anniversarys! HMB Area 48 District 7, P.O. Box 1654, Kingston, NY Page 4 of 15

5 We would like to start mentioning approaching anniversary announcements in the newsletter. However, we will need a two month lead time to ensure everyone will have a chance to be mentioned. So please think ahead, and let Kate know at the following address two months before your anniversary date. Thanks! district7newsletter@aahmbny.org HMB Area 48 District 7, P.O. Box 1654, Kingston, NY Page 5 of 15

07:30 and opened with the Serenity Prayer. 20 people in attendance, 11 of which were GSRs or Alternate GSRs. District 7 Meeting Minutes 03/12/14 District Meeting DCM Report Mike C.

It is hoped that more people will get involved and the district will become more energized. Report Accepted. Alt DCM Report Barbara W.

6 07:30 and opened with the Serenity Prayer. 20 people in attendance, 11 of which were GSRs or Alternate GSRs. District 7 Meeting Minutes 03/12/14 District Meeting DCM Report Mike C. Mike reminded folks of the upcoming events in the Area. Mike has been doing outreach to groups in the district to try to encourage participation. It is hoped that more people will get involved and the district will become more energized. Report Accepted. Alt DCM Report Barbara W. Barbara talked about the groups visits that are being done in the district. Mike, Dan, Deb and Barbara met to divide up the meetings. This activity has started as of this month. Report Accepted. HMB Area 48 District 7 Busines s Meeting MINUTE S 03/12/ 14 Meeting called to order at Secretary Report Deb D. Report Accepted as written. Deb mentioned that she will be sending out meeting agenda to all the addresses she has. Deb will also out the meeting minutes to those in attendance at the district meeting. The rest of the groups and membership will receive the meeting minutes via the newsletter. Report Accepted. Treasury Report Dan B. Report as follows: Spreadsheet will be attached to the meetings minutes that are ed out in the future to those in attendance at the meeting. Report HMB Area 48 District 7, P.O. Box 1654, Kingston, NY Page 6 of 15

7 Accepted. Service Committee Chair Reports: Answering Service Matt M. Not much new. Matt has been rotating the volunteer list and will be checking with volunteers that have been on the list to see if they still want to participate or not. Some sign up sheets were passed out. Matt indicated that more than 50% of the calls are people looking meeting information. Report Accepted. Bridging the Gap Lisa W. Business cards have been made to be able to give to clients at rehabs. Work will be done to start distributing those. Report Accepted. Corrections Guy K. All jails have meetings going into them. They are running on barebones. The committee is always looking for more volunteers. Have one person that has been cleared through the state process to go into a state facility. For the Ulster County Jail, to chair a meeting, there is a 3 hour orientation that you must attend. People should contact Guy for more information. Report Accepted. CPC/PI William D. William sent the newspaper Country Wisdom the open meeting list. They will not publish as they consider it advertising. Catskill shopper is ad complete. CPC letter sent to UCCC. William is waiting to hear back from them. Report Accepted. Functions Jay T. Jay requested the feedback from the groups that was requested from the last meeting on what type of events would the groups and members like. Feedback from the groups was limited to one group indicating a preference of movie night or workshops. One other group liked movie / workshops / dance, but had not specific requests on workshop. Discussion at the meeting on workshops: - Bridging the Gap, Treatment & Corrections Information Workshop carrying the message and what to do, what not to do, how to dress, how to act, what AA is and what AA is not. - Suggest bringing in a GSO speaker for a particular topic - Sponsorship - 4 th Step Inventory Report Accepted. Grapevine Ruth D. No Report. Mike to request a Grapevine display for Fellowship Day. Literature Kate S HMB Meeting Books came in. There are 5 available for each group. They are being distributed to groups during this district meeting. After the meeting Mike C. will take possession of them, and Barbra W., Deb D. and he will take each group s five to them when they visit the groups for the District. Discussion was held on a group order for the 75 th Anniversary Books. It was decided that the District would send a group order in with a deadline of February 28 th for all monies and orders to be gotten to Kate, and that Kate would bring this to the next District meeting to give to HMB Area 48 District 7, P.O. Box 1654, Kingston, NY Page 7 of 15

8 Dan so he could cut a check for her to mail the order in. Anyone wishing to participate in the order should contact Kate. Report Accepted. Newsletter Kate S Newsletter is available by only. Kate handed out cards with her mailing address to the GSRs and requested that they go to their groups to take down lists of anyone not currently receiving the newsletter so that the GSRs can mail the lists back to her. She will then add them to receive the newsletter. Report Accepted. Motion to extend the meeting was approved at 8:27. Records Jack S. O. Everything is going well. New GSRs should get with Jack to get their group information updated. Report Accepted. Treatment Dennis M. All is going well. Chairs are rotating and people are stepping up. Dennis is still having issues with getting volunteers for Darmstadt. Anyone interest should contact Dennis. Report Accepted. Website Andrew S. No Report. Open Service Positions Archives CPC/PI Functions Open starting in June Special Needs GSR Reports Reports suspended until next month. Old Business: 1. Rent for Bookers meetings Meetings were hosted by District 7. It was motioned, seconded and approved to pay the church $80.00 to cover the cost of the meeting space Meetings are being hosted by District 16. District 16 will cover the cost of the meeting space for Mike is to talk to District 15 about Host District / Cluster for HMB Area Fellowship Day March, 15 Dan mentioned that things are under way for the event. District 3 will be covering desserts, District 16 will be covering Breakfast & District 7 will be covering Lunch. Deb is working to get all the workshop topics assigned to people. There is still a need for help with set up, clean up, coffee throughout the day and more. Anyone interested in helping should contact Dan, Mike or Deb. 3. New Year s Eve Dance Financial Results To be covered at March Meeting. 4. Renewal of the Grapevine Subscription to Women s side of Ulster County Jail was re approved. Motioned to extended for 5 minutes New Business HMB Area 48 District 7, P.O. Box 1654, Kingston, NY Page 8 of 15

9 1. Motion was made to purchase 10 copies of the 75 th Anniversary Big Books for use at future events. Was seconded. Discussion was held. More information was revealed that while there is a pre order deadline of 2/28/14 that the Anniversary Books will be made available for purchase as well once the printing is done. Motion was withdrawn. 2. Deb presented a tri fold brochure that presents what District 7 service positions are and more. It was asked that people review and come back to the next meeting with whether copies should be made and more broadly distributed. Closed meeting with the Serenity Prayer about 8:45 Attendance: Mike C.; Fresh Start, D7 DCM Deb D.; Keep It Real, D7 Secretary Dan B.; REBOS, D7 Treasurer Barbara W.; Kingston Women s Group, D7 Alt DCM Jay T.; Keep It Real, Functions Chair William D.; Just for Today Nooner, PI/CPC Lisa W.; New Freedom, GSR/Alternate Chair Bridging the Gap Anne P.; Young & Young at Heart GSR Leticia L.; Keep It Real GSR Joe S.; Fresh Start GSR Butch A.; Came to Believe GSR Ron S.; Morning After GSR Bob B. Primary Purpose GSR Temp Ted W. Kingston Original GSR Scott C. Holy Cross Tues GSR Welcome New GSRs! We would like to extend a warm welcome to our newest members, and new Group Service Representatives. May this be one of the richest service positions you encounter in your ESH with AA! Welcome! Anne P.; Young & Young at Heart GSR Kate S.; Kingston Women s Group, D7 Newsletter & Literature Chair & GSR Guy K.; Just For Today, Corrections Chair Jack S. O.; Morning After, Records Matthew M.; Sober Today, GSR/Answering Service Dennis M.; K.O Alt GSR/Treatment Chair t Ron S.; Morning After GSR Bob B. Primary Purpose GSR Temp Ted W. Kingston Original GSR Scott C. Holy Cross Tues GSR HMB Area District 7 HMB Area 48 District 7, P.O. Box 1654, Kingston, NY Page 9 of 15

Service Opportunities Special Needs Archives CPC/PI Functions Open starting in June LOCAT ION: Senior Reside nce Audito rium, Benedi ctine Hospit al, 105 Marys Avenu e, Kingst on, NY 12401 Flyer can

10 Service Opportunities Special Needs Archives CPC/PI Functions Open starting in June LOCAT ION: Senior Reside nce Audito rium, Benedi ctine Hospit al, 105 Marys Avenu e, Kingst on, NY Flyer can be obtained at: FellowshipDay%20 % pdf EVENT: HMB Area 48 May Assembly DATE: May 18, 2014 TIME: 9 AM 3 PM Hudson, Mohawk, Berkshire HMB Area 48 Alcoholics Anonymous LOCATION: 267 Fort Hunter Road, Amsterdam, NY, Florida Town Hall Flyer can be obtained at: Area 48 May Assembly 2014.pdf The HMB Area 48 Website can be found at: HMB Area Events EVENT: HMB Area 48 Fellowship Day: Open invite to all in District 7 ~ Fellowship Day has something to offer for everyone wishing to enhance their sobriety! ~ Mike C., DCM District 7 DATE: March 15, 2014 TIME: 9:00 AM 3:00 PM NOTES: Hosted By the Hudson Valley Cluster (Districts 3, 7, 11, 15, 16 & 17) HMB Area 48 District 7, P.O. Box 1654, Kingston, NY Page 10 of 15

Other NYS AA Events: EVENT: ESCYPAAI Empire State Convention of Young People in AA DATE: Aug 15 17, 2014 TIME: See flyer for details LOCATION: 542 Route 9, Fishkill, NY Ramada Inn Please see the

org/what is escypaa/preregister for escypaa i/ Where to Send mail or Contributions: You can mail your suggestions, concerns or contributions to: HMB Area 48 District 7 P.O.

11 Other NYS AA Events: EVENT: ESCYPAAI Empire State Convention of Young People in AA DATE: Aug 15 17, 2014 TIME: See flyer for details LOCATION: 542 Route 9, Fishkill, NY Ramada Inn Please see the event flyer here! For more info go to: Flyer can be obtained at: is escypaa/preregister for escypaa i/ Where to Send mail or Contributions: You can mail your suggestions, concerns or contributions to: HMB Area 48 District 7 P.O. Box 1654 Kingston, NY HMB Area 48 Association Rt. 30, # Polar Plaza Amsterdam, NY General Service Office (GSO) P.O. Box 459 Grand Central Station New York, NY Box is published quarterly by the General Service Office of Alcoholics Anonymous, 475 Riverside Drive, New York, NY 10115, Alcoholics Anonymous World Services, Inc., 2013 Mail address: P.O. Box 459, Grand Central Station New York, NY G.S.O. s A.A. Web Site: Subscriptions: Individual, $3.50 per year; group, $6.00 for each unit of 10 per year. Check made payable to A.A.W.S., Inc. should accompany order. To have issues delivered directly to your inbox, register your e mail on the A.A. Digital Subscription Service on G.S.O. s Web site. HMB Area 48 District 7, P.O. Box 1654, Kingston, NY Page 11 of 15

12 AA Box 459 Information! Bringing the A.A. Message for Stand Down Veterans A Stand Down is an evocative military term that evolved during the Vietnam War and refers to removing weary troops from the battlefield and taking them to an Environment that is safe and secure. In 1988, a group of Vietnam veterans in San Diego decided to organize a peacetime Stand Down for homeless veterans. Stand Downs are typically one to three day events that provide homeless vets (and their families) with food, clothing, health Screening and counseling. As the pamphlet A.A and the Armed Services shows, Alcoholics Anonymous has had a long history with the military A.A. meetings are held at many Armed Services bases all over the world. So, it was only natural that A.A. would be present there at Stand Downs to carry the A.A. message. One such event is held at the Elks Lodge in Latham, New York, in September, and A.A. has been there since 2011, its presence spearheaded by Bill C., a Korean War vet with over 30 years sobriety. Bill explains how the Latham Stand Down works: They send out vans for a 60 mile radius around Albany and the vets come out of shelters, rehabs, motels, you name it. These don t have to be veterans of foreign wars they just need to have served. They range in age from 20 to 60 and above. Men and women, and also children from their families. The Stand Down brings vets to Latham and give them breakfast and a card that lists all the services available to them in the various booths. A.A. is provided with a booth and a table, Bill says. The first year there, I came with three volunteers and I brought five the next. We give out A.A. literature and Grapevines, while we have them. Vets will sometimes sit down with us and we have an A.A. meeting right there. The 2012 Stand Down at Latham drew homeless veterans. These vets break my heart, Bill says. It never dawned on me that I would be talking to so many women vets. They were coming through with kids. In part because of this great need, Bill thinks this is the most worthwhile service he has done. My philosophy is, people don t really know what A.A. is all about and unless we get out and tell them they won t know. The Big Book: A.A. s Oldtimer in Print Seventy five years ago, the first edition of the book Alcoholics Anonymous began with a simple introduction: We, of Alcoholics Anonymous, said the foreword, are more than one hundred men and women who have recovered from a seemingly hopeless state of mind and body. To show other alcoholics precisely how we have recovered is the main purpose of this book. The official publication date of the Big Book, as noted by the United States Copyright Office, is April 10, There were 4,730 books printed, with red cloth binding, wide columns, thick paper, and a red, yellow, black and white dust jacket. To commemorate this printing and the book s 75th anniversary A.A.W.S. has made available a facsimile edition, printed on paper similar to the original and with the same jacket and contents. You may preorder after Nov. 15; orders will be mailed in April For more information, contact the General Service Office or visit HMB AREA 48 DISTRICT 7 WILL BE SENDING IN A GROUP ORDER FOR THIS BOOK. IF YOU ARE INTERESTED PARTICIPATING,LET YOUR GSR KNOW BY THE MARCH DISTRICT MEETING! HMB Area 48 District 7, P.O. Box 1654, Kingston, NY Page 12 of 15

13 Online Literature Sales A.A.W.S. Offers Online Literature Sales G.S.O. has announced that members of the Fellowship may order books, pamphlets and other A.A. literature on a recently launched Web site. The new A.A.W.S., Inc. Online Store is now live, offering all active items in the literature catalog to all consumers in the U.S. and Canada. The site is available in the three languages of our Conference structure, English, Spanish and French. The Online Store Web site is designed to be easy to navigate and to place orders through a shopping cart, and shipping charges are spelled out on the site. Individual A.A. members and groups are encouraged, as always, to continue to purchase literature through their local sources, such as Intergroups and Central Offices. The homepage provides a link to the new consumer Online Store to order A.A.W.S. literature. HMB Area 48 Calendar 03/12/14 District 7 Business Meeting 7:30 03/15/14 HMB Area Fellowship Day Kingston, NY Hudson Valley Cluster 04/09/14 Ulster County Bookers Meeting 6:00 04/09/14 District 7 Business Meeting 7:30 04/12/14 HMB Area Delegates Day Hosted by Adirondack Cluster 05/14/14 District 7 Business Meeting 7:30 05/18/14 HMB Area Assembly Hosted by Central Cluster 06/11/14 District 7 Business Meeting 7:30 06/14/14 or 06/15/14 HMB Area Fellowship Day Hudson Valley Cluster 07/09/14 10/08/14 Ulster County Bookers Meeting 6:00 07/09/14 District 7 Business Meeting 7:30 08/01/14 08/03/14 New York State Information Workshop Albany, NY 08/13/14 District 7 Business Meeting 7:30 09/10/14 District 7 Business Meeting 7:30 09/13/14 or 09/14/14 HMB Area Fellowship Day Eastern Cluster 10/08/14 Ulster County Bookers Meeting 6:00 10/08/14 District 7 Business Meeting 7:30 10/11/14 or 10/12/14 HMB Area Assembly Central Cluster 10/31/14 11/02/14 HMB Area Convention Eastern Cluster 11/12/14 District 7 Business Meeting 7:30 11/15/14 or 11/16/14 HMB Area Fellowship Day Western Cluster 12/10/14 District 7 Business Meeting 7:30 01/14/15 Ulster County Bookers Meeting 6:00 01/14/15 District 7 Business Meeting 7:30 District 7 Business Meeting Location Details: 2nd Wednesday of Each Month Christ the King Church 3021 Rt 213 Stone Ridge Ulster County Bookers Meeting Location Details: HMB Area 48 District 7, P.O. Box 1654, Kingston, NY Page 13 of 15

2nd Wednesday in January, April, July, October at 6:00 prior to the District 7 Meeting HMB Area Flyers: http://aahmbny.org/hmbarea48events.

14 2nd Wednesday in January, April, July, October at 6:00 prior to the District 7 Meeting HMB Area Flyers: Cluster Details: Adirondack Cluster Districts 5, 10, 13, 19 Central Cluster Districts 4, 8, 14 Eastern Cluster Districts 1, 2, 18 Hudson Valley Cluster Districts 3, 7, 11, 15, 16, 17 Western Cluster Districts 9, 12 District 7 Trusted Servants District Committee Member (DCM) Mike C. cahillmichael36@yahoo.com Alternate DCM Barbara W. bmwood0827@mac.com Secretary Deb D. district7secretary@aahmbny.org shanafalana@gmail.com Bridging the Gap Lisa W. Alternate Chair wexradio@gmail.com Grapevine Ruth D. cpa8@aol.com Cooperation with the Professional Community/Public Information (CPC/PI) William D. spiderbill3@verizon.net Records Jack S O spykeroles@gmail.com Answering Service Liaison Matthew M. maruzard@aol.com Functions Jay T. djayjt@gmail.com Webmaster Andrew andrew.spool@ .sunydutchess.edu Treasurer Dan B. danbittner3@verizon.net Literature Kate S. 12steppingkate@gmail.com Newsletter Kate S. district7newsletter@aahmbny.org Treatment Dennis M. dgmartin1948@yahoo.com Corrections: Guy K. treatment@aahmbny.org Alcoholics Anonymous Copyright Bridging the Gap Shana F. Chair HMB Area 48 District 7, P.O. Box 1654, Kingston, NY Page 14 of 15

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DISTRICT 7 SUNBEAM JUNE 2014

DISTRICT 7 SUNBEAM JUNE 2014 DISTRICT 7 SUNBEAM District 7 Monthly Business Meetings are held at 7:30 pm on the 2 nd Wednesday of the month at Christ the King Episcopal Church, 3021 State Route 213 East, Stone Ridge, NY 12484. If