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Item |
Topics/Contents |
| MG-2 |
Central or Intergroup Offices |
What is a Central Office?...Functions of a
Central Office...Making a Good Beginning...Getting Underway...Group
Representation...Staffing the Intergroup...Supervision - Making the Office
Serve...Facing Financial Responsibility...Central Offices and
GSO...Newsletters or Bulletins...Communication. |
| MG-3 |
Clubs |
"Since the Early Days..."...Getting
Started...What Kind of Directors?...Business Decisions...AA Groups Meeting
in Clubs...Conference Recommendations |
| MG-4 |
Conferences and Conventions |
Why Have an AA Convention?...Conventions Come
in Many Shapes and Sizes...The Convention Begins With a Planning
Committee...Paying the Bills...What Makes a Good Convention
Program?...Providing Services for AAs With Special Needs...Guarding
Against Anonymity Breaks...Miscellaneous Tips on Good Convention
Management...AA and Al-Anon...Taping Guidelines |
| MG-5 |
Cooperating with Court, DWI and Similar Programs |
When and Why AA Began Cooperating With Law
Enforcement Agencies...What Basic Elements are Common to All Such Non-AA
Programs?...Which AA Traditions Guide Us in Cooperating With These
Programs?...What Are Some Common Problems and How Are They Solved?...which
AA Members Are Best Suited for Cooperation With Such Programs?...How Can
You Help Start a Program if None Exists in Your Community?...(List of
Pamphlets, Videos and other Pertinent Service Material) |
| MG-6 |
Correctional Facilities Committees |
How AAs Carry the Message to Alcoholics in
Correctional Facilities...Purpose...How to Get Started...Relationship to
AA in the Area or District...Basic Functions of CF
Committees...Sponsorship...Newsletter...Relationship ot
Al-Anon..Relationship to GSO...Correspondence Service |
| MG-7 |
Public Information |
Purpose...History...Cooperation With the
Professional Community...Local PI Committees...Basic Committee
Functions...Cooperating With the Media...Literature...Basic PI
Literature...Cards and Signs...Telephone Directories...PI Committee
Sharing...Informing the Fellowship...GSO's AA Web Site |
| MG-8 |
Relationship Between AA and Al-Anon |
(Done as a series of FAQ's) Should a group be
affiliated with both AA and Al-Anon?...Should "family groups" be listed in
AA directories?...Should AA and Al-Anon have combined central (or
intergroup) services and offices?...How may AA and Al-Anon cooperate in
area and regional conventions and get-togethers?...When Al-Anon
participates in an AA convention, what is the financial relationship
between the two fellowships?...Should an AA convention committee make a
contribution to Al-Anon from the financial profits of the
convention?...How may I get in touch with Al-Anon?...AA's Debt of
Gratitude to Al-Anon |
| MG-9 |
Literature Committees |
Let Literature Carry the Message,
Too...Purpose of a Literature Chairperson...How to Get Started...Group
Literature Chairs...Area Literature Chairs...District Literature
Chairs...References for Literature Chairs...Sharing From Literature
Committees...Some General Service Conference Literature Committee Advisory
Actions...Relationship to GSO...Direct Phone Number for Literature
Orders... |
| MG-10 |
For AA Members Employed in the Alcoholism
Field |
What Kinds of AA Experience Can Be Helpful in the Alcoholism
Field?...How Can One Fulfill Both Roles Successfully?...What About Fund
Raising, Research, and the AA Directories?...Anonymity...It Can Be
Done |
| MG-11 |
Cooperation With the Professional Community |
Public Information, Cooperation With the
Professional Community, Treatment Faciliites and Correctional
Facilities...Getting Started...CPC Kit and Pamphlets...CPC in
Action...Professional Meetings and
Conferences...Presentations...Literature...Basic CPC Literature...AA Web
Site |
| MG-12 |
AA Answering Services |
Geographical Areas Served...Starting and
Answering Service...How Are Answering Services Funded?...Who Is
Responsible for the Answering Service?...Who Answers the Phones - AA
Members or Commercial Answering Service Personnel?...Problems in Funding
and Administration..A Sampling of Some of the Experiences That Were Shared
With Us |
| MG-13 |
Carrying the AA Message to the Deaf Alcoholic |
Carrying the Message to Deaf
Alcoholics...Sign Language Interpreters...Other Forms of
COmmunication...Sharing by Mail...Catalog of AA Material for Special
Needs...ASL Video Cassettes...Public Information and Cooperation With the
Professional Community Committees...AA Events and Conferences |
| MG-14 |
Treatment Facilities Committees |
How AAs Carry the Message to Alcoholics in
Treatment Facilities...Purpose...History...How to Get Started...Basic
Functions of TF Committees...Relationship With
Treatment...Meetings-Speakers...Literature and Audiovusual
Materials...Temporary Contacts and Sponsorship...Informing the
Fellowship...Relationship to Al-Anon...Relationship to GSO...GSO's AA Web
Site |
| MG-15 |
Finance |
Some Questions and Answers...Reimbursing
Service Workers...Bank Accounts...Taxes...Insurance...Who Manages GSO's
Share of Our Contributions? |
| MG-16 |
Serving Alcoholics with Special Needs |
Special Needs Committees...Catalog of AA
Material for Special Needs...Carrying the Message to AAs With Physical
Disabilities and/or Chronic Illnesses...Deaf or Hard of Hearing...BLind or
Visually Impaired...Easy-to-read Literature...General Guidelines for All
Special Needs Accommodations...Summary |
| MG-17 |
Archives |
Purpose...Getting Started...The Role of the
Archives Committee...The Role of the Archivist...Financing the
Archives...Housing the Archives...Developing a Collection...Archival
Procedures...Research in the Archives...Available Archival
Items...References |
| MG-20 |
Complete Set of Guidelines |
One each of the guidelines described
above. |
