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District 5
Business
This
page includes business, projects, issues, happenings, messages, reminders,
information and forms that may be of interest to District 5 officers and to
members who are interested in District 5 business issues. Announcements of Al-Anon/Alateen news,
including business meetings and other events for the Al-Anon Area inclusive of
District 5, that may be of interest to District 5 members are posted on our Announcements page.
Al-Anon events are posted on our Al-Anon Events
page. General information about Al-Anon structure, including District 5 structure,
is posted on our Al-Anon Structure page. When we
delete past business from this page, we will post a record on the News/Event Archives page.
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District 5 reminders, messages, current business, and projects
PLEASE SEE
OUR ANNOUNCEMENTS PAGE for District 5
announcements.
DISTRICT 5 BUSINESS MEETING:
The
Next District 5 business meeting is scheduled for Saturday August 28, 2010; from
11:00 am to 1:00 pm. The meetings will be held at King of Kings Lutheran
Church, 2685 Packard Road, Ann Arbor. ALL
Al-Anon members are welcome to attend!
Have you been to a District meeting before? Please consider checking
this one out – new faces and new ideas are needed and will be welcome!
Reminder: Let’s always remember that the
newcomer is the most important person at any meeting! Our Fifth Tradition states, “Each Al-Anon
Family Group has but one purpose: to help families of alcoholics. We do this by
practicing the Twelve Steps of AA ourselves, by encouraging and understanding
our alcoholic relatives, and by welcoming and giving comfort to families of
alcoholics.” Our Twelfth Step encourages us to “carry this message to others.”
There are many ways our program reaches out to welcome family and friends of
alcoholics – especially newcomers to our program. Most groups provide
literature packets for newcomers, and have a “first
Step”/beginner’s table for newcomers or hold a “first Step”/beginner’s meeting
when newcomers attend their meeting.
Tradition
5 quote is reprinted with permission of Al-Anon Family Group Headquarters, Inc.
Please contact
us if you have Al-Anon/Alateen business or
projects you would like to see posted here!
District 5 most recent meeting minutes
Click here for the minutes of the March 27,
2010 District 5 business meeting.
District 5 archived meeting minutes
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2010
Minutes Minutes of 03/27/10. |
2009
Minutes Minutes of 12/06/09. Minutes of 08/29/09. Minutes of 03/21/09. |
2008 Minutes Minutes of 11/15/08. Minutes of 08/23/08. Minutes of 03/15/08. |
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2007 Minutes Minutes of 12/01/07. Minutes of 08/25/07. Minutes of 03/24/07. |
2006 Minutes Minutes of 11/18/06. Minutes of 08/26/06. Minutes of 06/24/06. Minutes of 04/08/06. Minutes of 01/14/06. |
2005 Minutes Minutes of 09/10/05. Minutes of 04/05/05. |
World Service Office I.D. Numbers for Registered
Al-Anon/Alateen Groups in District 5
Al-Anon’s structure is described on our Al-Anon Structure
page. Al-Anon groups (that are
registered with the World Service Office,) Al-Anon districts, and
Al-Anon Areas
each have numbers
that are used for identification purposes.
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Sunday |
9:00 am |
Sunday Morning AFG Al-Anon Meeting |
Washtenaw Alano Club |
44031 |
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Sunday |
11:00 am |
Sunday Morning Al-Anon Meeting |
Washtenaw Alano Club |
6532 |
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Sunday |
7:30 pm |
St. Luke’s Sunday Night Al-Anon/Al-Anon
Adult Children Meeting |
St. Luke’s |
45029 |
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Sunday |
7:30 pm |
St. Luke’s Sunday Night Alateen Meeting |
Call:
734-995-4949 for location or E-Mail: afgdistrict5@gmail.com |
30523960 |
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Monday |
12:00 Noon |
Monday Noon Serenity Group Al-Anon
Meeting |
Washtenaw Alano Club |
6535 |
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Monday |
7:30 pm |
Men’s Monday Night Al-Anon Meeting |
Washtenaw Alano Club |
6533 |
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Tuesday |
9:30 am |
Al-Anon/Al-Anon Adult Children Group
Meeting |
King of King’s |
45375 |
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Tuesday |
7:00 pm |
Sharing and Caring Tuesday AFG Al-Anon
Meeting |
St. Clare's Church/Temple
Beth Emeth |
503405 |
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Wednesday |
12:00 Noon |
Wednesday Noon AFG Al-Anon Meeting |
King of King’s |
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Wednesday |
7:30 pm |
Just For Today Al-Anon Meeting |
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65043 |
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Thursday |
12:00 Noon |
Thursday Serenity Group Al-Anon Meeting |
Washtenaw Alano Club |
31745 |
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Friday |
9:30 am |
Al-Anon/Adult Children Group Meeting |
45375 |
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Friday |
7:00 pm |
T.G.I.F. Al-Anon Meeting |
Washtenaw Alano Club |
39576 |
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Friday |
7:30 pm |
Young At Heart Al-Anon Meeting |
Westside United Methodist Church |
30536386 |
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Friday |
8:30 pm |
Friday Nighters Al-Anon Meeting |
King of King’s |
6531 |
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Saturday |
9:00 am |
Serenity Seekers Al-Anon Meeting |
King of King’s |
502722 |
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Saturday |
10:15 am |
Second Chance Al-Anon & Al-Anon Adult
Children Meeting |
Washtenaw Alano Club |
6534 |
Belleville
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Day |
Time |
Meeting Name |
Location |
ID # |
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Thursday |
8:00 pm |
Serenity Through
Recovery Al-Anon Meeting |
First United |
53156 |
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Day |
Meeting Name |
Location |
ID # |
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Monday |
7:30 pm |
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Chelsea
Community Hospital |
6593 |
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Friday |
12:30 pm |
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Chelsea
Community Hospital |
54036 |
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Day |
Time |
Meeting Name |
Location |
ID # |
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Thursday |
7:30 pm |
Serenity Al-Anon Meeting |
St. Joseph Mercy Saline Hospital |
6975 |
Ypsilanti
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Day |
Time |
Meeting Name |
Location |
ID # |
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Sunday |
8:00 pm |
Changing
Directions Al-Anon Meeting |
Local 898 Union
Hall |
65448 |
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Monday |
5:30 pm |
Un Dia A La Vez
Gfa |
2430 E Michigan |
30509023 |
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Monday |
8:00 pm |
Keep It Simple
Al-Anon Meeting |
First
Presbyterian Church |
47922 |
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Wednesday |
5:30 pm |
Un Dia A La Vez
Gfa |
2430 E Michigan |
30509023 |
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Wednesday |
8:00 pm |
New Directions
Al-Anon Meeting |
Dawn Farm |
29920 |
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Wednesday |
8:00 pm |
Power To Be Me
Alateen Meeting |
Call:
734-995-4949 for location or E-Mail:
afgdistrict5@gmail.com |
64245 |
Updated
Mailing Information for Group Contributions
Our Seventh Tradition states that Al-Anon is a self-supporting program. Just as individual groups are sustained by voluntary member contributions, Al-Anon service is sustained on the District, Area (state) and World Service level by voluntary contributions from Al-Anon/Alateen groups. Groups who are able are encouraged to contribute to supporting Al-Anon service work on the district, area and World Service levels. Please include the number of your Al-Anon group on your check. Address District 5 group contributions to the following addresses.
The Seventh
Tradition Suggests (S-21) is reprinted
with permission of ©Al-Anon
Family Group Headquarters, Inc.,
AFG Inc., 1600 Corporate Landing Parkway,
Check Payable To: AFG, Inc.
Michigan
Area AFG Inc., Post Office Box 6854, Grand Rapids, MI 49516-6854
Check Payable To: Michigan AFG Inc.
District
#5 AFG: Please e-mail us at afgdistrict5@gmail.com or contact us to get the local address and information you need for group
contributions.
Group registration and group records forms:
Does your group
receive WSO mailings? Does your group receive a free monthly copy of the Forum, Al-Anon’s worldwide magazine? And
your free quarterly copy of the
Serenity Sentinel, the quarterly Michigan Area newsletter? If
not, your group’s current mailing address may need to be updated. Every registered Al-Anon group will receive
mailings from the Al-Anon World Service Office (WSO) if the group maintains a
current mailing address on record with the WSO.
Each group will also receive a free copy of the Forum, the Al-Anon’s
WSO’s monthly magazine, and the Serenity Sentinel, the Michigan Area newsletter.
It is also very important for the WSO, the State/Area, and your local District
to have current information about and contacts for your meeting in order to
provide accurate information to people who contact them for meeting
information.
PLEASE NOTE: THERE IS A SEPARATE
PROCESS and FORM for ALATEEN REGISTRATION – please see below.
To register a new Al-Anon group in Michigan: E-Mail: miafg.grouprecords@yahoo.com
World Service Office Al-Anon registration and forms (ouside of Michigan): A printable form to update your meeting’s current mailing address, group contacts, group description and other information with the Al-Anon World Service Office can be accessed here. (The mailing address is included in the file.) For directions and other information about this form, please see the Member’s Area of the WSO web site at http://www.al-anon.org/members/. Follow the directions to enter the Member’s Area, then click on “Group Services”/”Group Registration/Change Forms.”
Michigan Area Al-Anon registration:
Michigan Al-Anon Family Groups Incorporated
(MI AFG, Inc.) uses an Excel Template to update and maintain group
records. If your group is within
District 5 of Michigan (Washtenaw County and Belleville) please contact us at afgdistrict5@gmail.com to obtain the form and
directions. If your group is outside of District 5, please contact the Michigan
Area Group Records Coordinator by e-mailing miafg.grouprecords@yahoo.com
to obtain the form and directions.
Alateen registration form: A form especially for registering new Alateen groups and
updating Alateen group records can be accessed here. This form is used to
update Alateen group records with both the
Links to Al-Anon and Alateen “Business” Newsletters from the World Service Office
The
Al-Anon World Service Office Web site has a “member’s area” that provides a
wealth of information, including newsletters for members and officers. You can reach the
Al-Anon/Alateen member site at http://www.al-anon.org/members.
You need to know the name of your registered “home group” or your district to
enter a password to access the member’s area. Follow the directions to enter
the password. On the member’s site,
click on “publications,” then on “newsletters.” From here, you can access the
following current newsletters:
“Inside Al-Anon Xtra”
provides updates on information of general interest to Al-Anon members and
officers.
“Area
Highlights” includes information on Al-Anon service at the
district level and above.
”Inside Al-Anon”
provides articles about Al-Anon service, Legacies and issues.
”Alateen
Talk” is published quarterly and mailed to all
English-speaking Alateen groups in the
District 5 officers and
committee chairs – in service to District 5
members
A description of the District 5
officers’ service responsibilities is posted here.
The
following District 5 officers were elected at the District 5 meeting held on Saturday, November 15, 2008:
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District
Representative: Maggie S. |
Secretary: Pam D. |
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Alternate
District Representative: Carl S. |
Treasurer: Bev S. |
District
5 Committee chairs include:
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Public
Outreach Chair: Mary M. |
Web Site/Group Records Chair: Mary Lou L. |
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Phone & Literature Chair: Georgia D. |
Alateen Chair: Kim K. |
To contact any District 5 officer or committee chair, please use the
contact information on our contact us page. Information about the responsibilities
of officers and the organization and structure of Al-Anon (including at the
District level) can be found on our structure page.
OUR
THANKS to all the past and present District 5 officers and committee chairs –
we are grateful for your service!
Elections for new Michigan Area
officers were held at the Michigan Area Fall
Assembly on October
11, 2008.
The following were elected to the Area World Service Board Panel 46
for Michigan Al-Anon. They assumed office in January 2009
for a three-year commitment. (Note: the Al-Anon World Service Office is divided into panels, and
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Membership Outreach: World Service
Delegate: Debbie K. from Traverse City Alternative Delegate:
Liz P. from Flint Chairperson: Mike B. from Fenton Business Service/Finance Committee: Secretary: MaryLou C. from Saginaw Treasurer: Vicky C. from Grand Rapids Web Tech: Mike D.
from Dimondale Bulk Mailer: Mark T.
from Howell Group Services Archives: (vacant) Group Records: Kay W.
from Cass City |
Public Outreach: Coordinator: Mary M.
from Ypsilanti Alternate: Karen B.
from Mount Pleasant Alateen: Alateen Coordinator:
Marty D. from Dimondale Alternate Alateen
Coordinator: Susan T. from Sterling Heights Alateen Rep: Molly G.
(contact Alateen Coordinator) Alternate Alateen
Rep: Emily C. (contact Alateen Coordinator) Fellowship Communication: Literature/Forum: Ann
M. from Detroit Serenity Sentinel:
Steffi K. from Highland |
Past World Service Delegates include: (partial list)
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2006-2008 Mike B from Fenton 2003-2005 Sue B. from Fenton 2000-2002 Bev S. from Belleville 1997-1999 Geri H. from Grand Blanc 1994-1996 Michelle L. from Grand Rapids 1994-1996 Helen P. from Dearborn (Alternate-served
part) 1991-1993 Connie C. from Owosso (Alternate-served
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1991-1993 Bill L. – deceased 1988-1990 Skeet J. from Traverse City 1985-1987 Connie B. – deceased 1982-1984 Shirley W from Ann Arbor 1979-1981 Mary Jane R from Cass City 1976-1978 Ann S. from |
OUR THANKS TO ALL – we are grateful for
your service!