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In accordance with Tradition 7 that AA shall be self-supporting, District 60 only accepts donations from District 60 AA groups. But we do need your donations. Donations to GSO, Intergroup, and Area do not transfer to District. You need to contribute to each entity separately. To donate to District 60, make the check payable to District 60 AA and bring it to the monthly business meeting - usually the third Sunday at 1:00 PM (unless rescheduled to accomodate DCM obligations) - at St. Michael's Episcopal Church at Trenton Ave. and Cumberland St., Philadelphia, PA.
Background: At the 75th General Service Conference, there were two agenda items related to adding additional protections to the Founders' Literature. (One was to require a 3/4 vote threshold, and the other was to change the Conference Charter).
These items were on the agenda for two different Conference committees, both took "no action", and both had an additional consideration that basically said we need to define what is categorized as the co-founders' writings, before considering additional protections for the Founders' Literature.
Report and Charter made a related recommendation that received substantial unanimity and became an advisory action:
The committee recommended that the General Service Board classify all AAWS and AA Grapevine literature written prior to 1971 as Recovery, Service, or Archival/Historical; review existing policies and consider proposing additional policies as appropriate for updating each classification, and that a progress report be provided to the 2026 General Service Conference.
What I'm Asking as Feedback for EPGSA
Although we have an advisory action to categorize literature, at this time there are no details about the process, how it will proceed, etc., but I do expect something will be presented at the 2026 General Service Conference. To help me be better prepared, I'd like the groups to discuss these two questions, and have the GSRs provide a summary of their group's conscience at the EPGSA Convention:
These two questions are not proposed agenda items, and Delegates have not been asked to solicit feedback on them. They are for me alone, so that I can get a sense of the groups' thoughts on the issue, which will ultimately help inform me better for the 2026 Conference.
Groups are not being asked to take a formal vote on the questions, but rather to just discuss them, in whatever manner they wish. The idea is to spark a really good and thoughtful consideration of the issue. If other ideas come up beyond the two questions, please share them!
This feedback is about the advisory action only. Although issues such as whether we should make future changes to Bill's writings, or if we need further literature protections, etc. are very important, these items are outside the scope of the advisory action and the sharing I'd like to receive.
Again, I strongly encourage you to get this out to the GSRs and groups in your District, and to come to the EPGSA Convention with lots of great feedback to share - I'm really looking forward to hearing the groups' thoughts!
Yours in service, Dan B., Area 59 Delegate
For further information on AA visit the Southeastern Pennsylvania Intergroup website, the Area 59 website, and the Alcoholics Anonymous website.