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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. |
