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The mission of the Archives Committee is to oversee the operation and procedure of the Area 28 archives; to make proposals for creating Area Archives policy; and to aid the Area Archivist in the effort to preserve and protect the Area 28 Archives collection. The Archives Committee shall be responsible for reviewing all aspects of Archives policy and, based upon such reviews, the Archives Committee will submit reports, recommendations, and agenda items to the Area Committee, and the Area Assembly.

• The Archives Committee does not set policy, therefore, neither the Archives Committee, nor any of its members, shall be individually or collectively authorized or responsible for establishment of Archives policy, however they may recommend policy ideas.

• The Archives Committee shall be composed of: 1) The Area Archives Chairperson,  2) The Area Archivist, 3) The Alternate Archivist, 4)The Chairperson of any District Archives Committee, 5) District Chairs, or other persons, who are appointed to the Archives Committee by the Area Chairperson, Anyone who maybe elected to the Archives Committee by a vote of the Area Assembly, the Area Committee or the Archives Committee.

• All members of the Archive Committee must also be  members of  Alcoholics Anonymous.

• All members of the Archives Committee are eligible to vote on matters brought before the committee.

• Any member of Alcoholics Anonymous may participate in a meeting of the Archives Committee, but only committee members may vote.

• By a majority vote of the committee, persons who are not members of Alcoholics Anonymous may be allowed to speak at  Archives Committee meetings.

• Archives policy is approved by the Area Assembly.

• All voting in the Archives Committee shall be by a simple majority of voting members present.

• All votes will take place at Area Committee meetings  and Assemblies.

• A full set of keys to all locked Area Archives shall be entrusted to the Archives Chair, the Area Archivist, and the Area Chair.

The Area Archivist:

• Appointment of the Area Archivist: The Area Chairperson appoints the Archivist, who is then confirmed by the Area Assembly at its next meeting. The Archives Committee may make a recommendation to the Area Chair.

• The Area Archivist shall serve a term of two years, with the option to stand for reappointment for an unrestricted number of terms.

• The Area Archivist shall be a member of Alcoholics Anonymous.

• Should the Archivist be unable to fulfill his/her commitment, the Archivist must notify the Area Chair of his/her intent to retire from the position.

• The expenses of the Archivist will be reimbursed to attend the Area 28 Round-Up to display Archives at the Round-Up.

The chair of the Area Archives committee is Bruce B., [email protected]

The Area Archivist is Bruce B., [email protected]

The Alternate Area Archivist is Christine B., [email protected]

Public Information Committee

• The Public Information Committee is “responsible for creating greater understanding of/and preventing misunderstandings of, the A.A. program through the public media, electronic media, P.I. meetings, and speaking to community groups.”
• The Chair of the Public Information Committee shall be appointed by the Maine Area Chair following the Election Assembly in October and serve a two-year term beginning in January of the following year.
• The Public Information Committee shall include District and Group P.I. Chairs and any District or Group P.I. Committee members.
• The Area P.I. Committee Chair and District Chairs shall be responsible for compiling lists of those willing to speak to community groups. The lists from each district shall be provided to the Area Chair who shall maintain and update the overall list which will be used to contact AA members. The policy of the P.I. Committee shall be that AA members will be asked to do speaking commitments in communities other than the one in which they reside, recognizing the importance of anonymity.
• The Area P.I. Committee shall meet at all Area 28 Committee Meetings (4 per year) and all Area 28 Assemblies.  The P.I. Chair may call a special meeting if the need arises.

See the General Service Office Guidelines for Public Information Committees.

There is also a Public Information Workbook.

In addition, the Area 28 Public Information committee has been charged with the responsibility of creating and maintaining a website for the Area. See the General Service Office Guidelines for Internet. The Acting Area Webmaster is Peter L, [email protected]

Area 28 Public Information chair is Mike L. who can be reached at [email protected]

Since our guidelines suggest that school speakers come from districts, setting up programs for students can be challenging. The area28 contact and coordinator to help arrange speakers for schools is Mike L who can be reached at [email protected].If you have a request for a school speaker or are trying to arrange a program for students, please feel free to contact him for assistance.

The PI Committee has an school initiative to form a link with and place literature in every high school and middle school in Maine. Take a look at our initiative and step-by-step guidelines to join this initiative: PI School Suggestions.

Doing presentations is an important part of CPC and PI work. Here are some notes on doing presentations from the CPC Workbook and a model/sample/template presentation adapted for Area 28: in a PowerPoint presentation format or as a PDF file for presentation.

The PI Committee is working on a special presentation for schools/young people. A draft copy is posted here for comments and suggestions. Please send your ideas to Mike L at [email protected].

Anonymity is a major issue in doing both Public Information and Cooperation with the Professional Community (CPC) work. The AA Pamphlet, Understanding Anonymity is an important resource and here is an excellent recent article on anonymity.

Anonymity online is becoming and increasingly important and difficulty issue. Here is a service material from GSO on Anonymity Online.

2014

Sept 7 Area Committee Meeting (ACM) Standing Committees meet at 9am, ACM starts at 10am – Finished at the Waterville Grand Hotel 375 Main Street, Waterville, Maine

Sep 20 Cooperating with the Professional Community “Training” Workshop
1:30 PM, Oasis Club, School St., Saco Maine.

Sep 27 Corrections Committee Workshop
9:00 AM, John St. United Methodist Church, 98 John St, Camden, Maine 04843

Oct 5 Love and Service Workshop
10:00 AM The Sahara Club, Portland

Oct 17, 18 & 19 Fall Assembly Area – District 16, Belfast

2015

Jan 4 Area Committee Meeting (ACM) Standing Committees meet at 9am, ACM starts at 10am – Finished at the Waterville Grand Hotel 375 Main Street, Waterville, Maine

Feb 1 Area Committee Meeting (ACM) Standing Committees meet at 9am, ACM starts at 10am – Finished at the Waterville Grand Hotel 375 Main Street, Waterville Maine

Feb 20, 21 & 22 NERAASA – (North East Regional AA Service Assembly) Franklin Township, NJ.

March 1 Pre conference Forum- Delegate presents General Service Conference Agenda for Round Table Discussion starting at 9am at the
Waterville Grand Hotel 375 Main Street, Waterville, Maine

April 11-13 – Location TBD (North)

May 17 Post Conference Forum – Location TBD 9:00 am -1:00 pm

July 2-5, 2015 International Convention; Atlanta, GA.

Aug 2 Area Committee Meeting (ACM) Standing Committees meet at 9am, ACM starts at 10am – Finished at the Waterville Grand Hotel 375 Main Street, Waterville, Maine

Aug 14, 15 & 16 Area Round-Up at Sugarloaf USA (Dates Tentative)

Sept 13 Area Committee Meeting (ACM) Standing Committees meet at 9am, ACM starts at 10am – Finished at the Waterville Grand Hotel 375 Main Street, Waterville, Maine

Oct 23, 24 & 25 Fall Assembly Area – Location TBD (South)

Important Mailing Addresses

Maine Area 28
499 Broadway #225
Bangor, ME 04401

General Service Office
P.O. Box 459
New York, NY 10163-0459

Central Service Office
47 Portland Street
Portland, ME 04101

The Boomerang
499 Broadway #225
Bangor, ME 04401

Downeast Intergroup
P.O. Box 333
Bucksport, ME 04416

Treatment Committee

• The purpose of the Area 28 Treatment Facilities Committee is to coordinate the work of the individual AA members and groups that are interested in carrying the message of recovery to alcoholics in treatment facilities.

• Any interested member can be on the committee in addition to the District Chair assigned by the Area Chair.

• Each member of the committee has a vote within the committee.

• The voting members are the Area Treatment Facilities Chair, the appointed District Chair, any district Treatment Facility chairs, and any interested AA members.

• Votes will be determined by a simple majority.

• The Treatment Facilities committee will always refer to the GSO guidelines / workbook to assist their committee.

• The treatment Committee chair will meet the newly appointed chair at the end of the chair’s two year term to transfer all paper work and update the new chair on what the committee has been doing.

• The Treatment Facilities Committee will cooperate with other committees in every way to assist in the development of their purpose.

• The committee shall meet at all Area committee meetings and Assemblies. The chair may call a special meeting at anytime.

See the General Service Office Guidelines for Treatment Facilities Committees.

There is also a Treatment Facilities Workbook.

Area 28 Treatment chair is Abby C. who can be reached at [email protected]

Preamble of Alcoholics Anonymous

Alcoholics Anonymous is a fellowship of men and women who share their experience, strength and hope with each other that they may solve their common problem and help others to recover from alcoholism.

The only requirement for membership is a desire to stop drinking. There are no dues or fees for A. A. membership; we are self-supporting through our own contributions. A. A. is not allied with any sect, denomination, politics, organization or institution; does not wish to engage in any controversy; neither endorses nor opposes any causes. Our primary purpose is to stay sober and help other alcoholics to achieve sobriety.

Copyright © by The A.A. Grapevine Inc. Reprinted with permission.

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February ACM Meeting

1. Agenda
2. January Minutes
3. Spring Assembly Flyer
4. Prototype for Area 28 Website

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Area 28 White Book

This is the long version

Area 28 Guidelines Workbook

Guidelines Workbook

Up Coming Events

The Boomerang is the newsletter of Area 28 and is published twice each year:
in the spring and in the fall.

Click here for the Current Issue

District 1
District 1 Chair is: Stan L.
District 1 meets the 2nd Sunday of the month at 9:30 am at
the Central Service Office in Portland
Please send Group contributions to:
District 1 Treasurer
P.O. Box 10651
Portland, ME 04101

Corrections Committee: 2nd Tuesday of the month 6:30 at CSO
PI/CPC Committee: 2nd Monday of the month 6:00 at CSO
Treatment Committee: 3rd Tuesday of the month 6:00 at CSO

District 2
District 2 Eddie L. [email protected]

District 3
District 3 Chairperson is: Donna W. [email protected]
District 3 meets the 2nd Sunday of the month at 4:00 pm, at
The B.A.R.N.,
142 Center Street in Brewer

Website: TEMPORARILY OFF LINE

Please send Group contributions to:
District 3 Treasurer
P.O. Box 2023
Bangor, ME 04402-2023

District 4
District 4 is: Inactive

District 5
District 5 Chairperson is: Anne Marie H. [email protected]
District 5 meets the 2nd Wednesday of the month at 6:00 pm at
St. Philip’s Church,
Rt 4 in Auburn
Please send Group contributions to:
District 5 Treasurer
P.O. Box 3052
Auburn, ME 04210

District 6
District 6 Chairperson is: Nina R.  [email protected]
District 6 meets the 2nd Friday of the month, 6:00 pm at the
The Berean Baptist Church
15 Cumberland St, Brunswick, ME
www.aamainedistrict6.org
Please send Group contributions to:
District 6 Treasurer
P.O. Box 80
Bath, ME 04530

District 7
District 7 Chairperson is: “JR” B. [email protected]
District 7 meets the 2nd Sunday of the month at 9:00 am at the
Food Pantry
Collins St – Caribou
Please send Group contributions to:
District 7 Treasurer
16 Harmony Lane Apt 10
Fort Fairfield, ME 04742

District 8
District 8 Chairperson is: Mellie A [email protected]
District 8 meets the 2nd Tuesday of the month, 6:30 pm –
The location rotates, so please contact your GSR
Please send Group contributions to:
District 8 Treasurer
P.O. Box 447
Ellsworth, ME 04605

District 9
District 9 Chairperson is: Chuck P. [email protected]
District 9 meets the 2nd Wednesday of the month, 6:30 pm
at the Baptist Church
Main St – Damariscotta
Please send groupcontributions to:
Treasurer District 9,
PO Box 48
Newcastle, ME 04553

District 10
District 10 Chairperson is: Denise J [email protected]

District 11
District 11 is: Inactive

District 12
District 12 Chairperson is: Marise A. [email protected]
District 12 meets the 2nd Monday of the month at 7:00 pm at:
St Mark’s Episcopal Church
9 Summer Street – Augusta
Please send Group contributions to:
District 12 Treasurer
P.O. Box 5503
Augusta, ME 04332-5503

District 13
District 13 Chairperson is: Rick R [email protected]
District 13 meets the 2nd Wednesday of the month at 7:00 pm at:
Alfred Parish Congregational Church
Alfred Square – Alfred
Please send Group contributions to:
District 13 Treasurer
P.O. Box 224
Springvale, ME 04083

District 14
District 14 Chairperson is: Dennis K. [email protected]
District 14 meets the 2nd Thursday of the month, 6:30 pm at
The Kennebec Club
93 Main Street
Waterville, ME
District 14 website: www.aa2814.org
Please send Group contributions to:
District 14
P O Box 1436
Waterville, ME 04901

District 15
District 15 Chairperson is: Deborah C [email protected]
District 15 meets the 2nd Sunday of the month,
GSR roundtable at at 4:00 pm and district meeting at 5-6:30 pm at
Universalist Church, 345 Broadway ??? Rockland
Please send Group contributions to:
District 15
PO Box 41
Rockland, ME 04841

District 16
District 16 Chairperson is: Josh F [email protected]
District 16 meets the 2nd Saturday of the month at 9:30 am at:
Waldo County Hospital Library (ground floor next to cafeteria)
118 Northport Avenue – Belfast
Please send Group contributions to:
District 16
P.O. Box 771
Belfast, ME 04915

District 17
District 17 Chairperson is: Forrest J [email protected]
District 17 meets the 2nd Wednesday of the month – 7:00 pm at:
United Methodist Church
Route 302 in Naples (next to the Post Office)
Please send Group contributions to:
District 17 Treasurer
P.O. Box 24
Raymond, ME 04071

District 18
District 18 Chairperson is: Open

District 19
District 19 Chair is: Kristy W [email protected]
The District 19 meets on the 2nd Monday of the month, 6:00 pm at:
2nd Congregational Church
Main Street – Norway
Please send Group contributions to: 

District 19 Treasurer

231 Main Street

P.O. Box 186
Norway, ME 04268

District 20
District 20 Chairperson is: Mark F. [email protected]
District 20 meets the 2nd Monday of the month, 7:00 pm at:
Oasis Club
63 School Street – Saco
Please send Group contributions to:
District 20 Treasurer
231 Main St. Box 186, Norway, ME 04268

District 21
District 21 Chairperson is: Peter B.
85 Sunshine Road
Deer Isle, ME. 04627
[email protected]

District 22

District 22 Chairperson is: OPEN

District 23
District 23 Chairperson is: Don M. [email protected]
District 23 meets on the second Monday of the month, 7:30 pm at:
York Ogunquit Methodist Church,
1026 Us Route 1, York, ME 03909
Please send Group contributions to:
Maine Area District 23
PO Box 1214
York Harbor, ME 03911

District 24
District 24 Chairperson is: Betsy N. [email protected]
District 24 meets the second Sunday of the month, 9:30 am at:
NNEC (7th Day Adventist Church:back entrance)

479 Main St., Westbrook

Please send Group contributions to:

District 24 Treasurer
PO Box 1345
Westbrook, ME 04098

District 25
District 25 Chairperson is: OPEN
District 25 meets on the first Thursday of the month, 7:00 pm at:
St Aiden’s Episcopal Church, College Hill, in Machias

District 26
District 26 is: Inactive

The Boomerang is guided by the Maine Area Service Workbook and a committee appointed by the editor. Four editions of the Boomerang are planned for 2016. The Boomerang is the official newsletter of Area 28 and reflects the thoughts and experiences of our AA membership.

Bridging the Gap Committee    

• The purpose of the Bridging the Gap standing Committee is to be a means of  connecting those alcoholics leaving correctional and treatment institutions with  Alcoholics Anonymous on the outside when they are released.

• The Bridging the Gap (BTG) chairperson shall be appointed by the Area Chair following the Fall Election Assembly in October and serve a two year term           beginning in January of the following year.

• The Area BTG committee shall include District and Group BTG chairs and  Districts and Group BTG committee members.

• The Area BTG committee chair and District chairs shall be responsible for compiling lists of those willing to be contacts for persons being released. The lists from each District will be maintained by the Area BTG chair.

• The Area BTG committee shall meet at all Area Committee meetings and Area Assemblies. The chair can call a special meeting at any time.

• Actions to be brought before the Area Committee by the Area BTG committee will be decided by group conscience at the standing committee meeting. Attending members will have a voice and a vote within the committee.

• The outgoing committee chair will meet with the newly appointed committee chair at the Area swap-out meeting in December at the end of the two year rotation in order to transfer all paperwork and update the new chair on what the committee is doing.

The Area 28 Bridging the Gap chair is Jay M. who can be reached at [email protected]

 

Correctional Facilities Committee

• The purpose of the committee is to coordinate the work of individual A.A. members and groups who are interested in carrying our message of recovery to alcoholics behind the walls, and to set up means of smoothing the way from the facility to the larger A.A. community.

• The Chair is appointed by the Maine Area Chair following the Election Assembly in October and shall serve a two-year term beginning in January of the following year.

• The Committee shall include the appointed Chair, any District Chair assigned by the Area Chair, all corresponding District Corrections Chairs and any District or Group Corrections Committee members.

• Each member of the committee has a vote within the committee and a simple majority shall constitute a passing vote within the committee.

• The committee shall meet at each Area Committee Meeting and at each Assembly. The Committee Chair may call special meetings, if necessary.

• The current chairperson is responsible for passing forward all information and documents for the committee to the next incoming Chair of the committee.

See the General Service Office Guidelines for Corrections Committees.

There is also a Corrections Workbook.

Area 28 Corrections chair is Myke M. who can be reached at [email protected]