District Meeting
District 42 invites all A.A. members to attend the district meeting held at 7:00 PM on the second Tuesday of each month at St. Paul's Lutheran Church, 1370 Defense Highway, Gambrills, MD 21054. Any A.A. member can come to the monthly meeting and see how the district's business is conducted and what issues are currently affecting the district and the A.A. groups it serves.
DCMs and GSRs from District 42 and District 26 met together at the January 10 meeting to discuss merging the two districts. After a prolonged discussion all present voted in favor of merging. As a result, all A.A. groups formerly in District 26 will now be recognized as being in District 42 and will participate and vote in all future District 42 meetings, and their members are fully eligible to stand for election to District 42 offices.
The meeting ended with a reading and discussion of Tradition 1in the Traditions Checklist from the A.A. Grapevine and Concept I from The Twelve Concepts for World Service, Illustrated.
The next
District 42 meeting will be February 14, 2012.
District Elections
Elections for District 42 service positions are held every two years. District 42 jobs present a terrific opportunity for you or someone you sponsor. You can come to any District 42 monthly meeting and volunteer for a position, or email the DCM at dcm@mdaadistrict42.org for more information.
Newcomer Packets
The district places newcomer packets where they can be noticed and picked up by people in need of help with an alcohol problem. Each packet contains a back issue of the Grapevine magazine, a copy of the pamphlet A Newcomer Asks, and a list of A.A. meetings in District 42. GSRs and other volunteers leave the packets in waiting rooms and lobbies of doctors' offices, hotels, law offices, and wherever else someone may want to reach out for "the hand of A.A." New packets are prepared as the supply on hand is depleted.
Your Group: You can have your upcoming A.A. group or district events and activities such as meeting cancellations, group conscience or business meetings, picnics, dances, workshops, group anniversaries, etc. announced here.* Just send an email with the details to the Webmaster webmaster@mdaadistrict42.org . If you cannot send email you can write to:
District 42
P.O. Box 3161
Crofton, MD 21114
Include any flyers that you would like to have posted. Flyers should not include any personally identifiable information such as last names, personal telephone numbers, or personal mailing or email addresses.
12&12 Recovery Group
The 12&12 Recovery Group wants to encourage all members of A.A. to attend their meetings. They believe they have had some exceptionally inspiring and informative speakers to lead their meetings, and they want to share it all with you.
The format at this step meeting skips any full reading of the step for the week. Instead, the participants spend the full hour on sharing their experience with the step and the step's effects on achieving and maintaining their sobriety and the profound changes it has brought about in their lives.
The group's meeting place in a small church in Woodwardville is quiet and rather secluded, but is not difficult to find by GPS or on maps or internet mapping services.
12&12 Recovery Group
Trinity United Methodist Church (Woodwardville)
956 Patuxent Rd.
Odenton, MD 21113
Fort Meade Beginners Group
The Fort Meade Beginners Group has moved. The new location is:
Cavalry Chapel
Building 8465
(corner of Simmons & 6th Armored Cavalry Roads)
Fort Meade, MD
20755
Group Email Contacts
An Email address, listed on the Contact Us page, is being established for each A.A. group in District 42. The email address is shown as "pending" for groups that have not yet arranged to receive email. Email is received by a contact person designated by each group to pass on information or answer inquiries.
You can now email these groups to pass on news and information to the group, to inquire about matters such as group activities, service positions, and group policies, to suggest topics for your home group conscience, etc.
News From Our Neighbors: Let the Webmaster webmaster@mdaadistrict42.org know what is going on in your neighboring district or A.A. group.* We would love to post the A.A. news from all around and spread the word. Let's all keep in touch!
Workshops: District 42 workshops will be announced here well in advance so you can make plans to attend. You won’t want to miss them.
The most recent workshop, "Show Me The Money," held on Saturday, Sept. 17, 2011, covered issues such as what happens to the money you contribute at each meeting and who gets it, what your group treasurer does for the group and other A.A. entities, and how your group uses its "share" of the money.
Check back often to find out about the next District 42 workshop.
Workshop
Suggestion Box: What topic would you especially like to
hear covered in a
workshop? New ideas are always welcome.
Just email suggestions to
workshops@mdaadistrict42.org
.
If you cannot send email you can write to:
District 42
P.O. Box 3161
Crofton, MD 21114
Other Alcoholics Anonymous Events:
Regional Panel 2, To Be Rescheduled
Regional Panel 2, Western Shore (Districts 1,6,22, 23,26,27, 31,35,36,and 42), cannot meet as previously scheduled. The previously announced venue was found to be unavailable, and no new meeting place could be confirmed in time for the meeting. A new time and place will be announced when determined.
The panel will address additional committee considerations from the May 2011 annual meeting of the General Service Conference of Alcoholics Anonymous.
Area Committee, February 11, 2012, District 6
First Baptist Church - Shadyside
1320 Avalon Blvd.
Shady Side, MD 20764
NERAASA 2012, March 2 - 4, 2012, Albany, NY
The 2012 Northeast Regional Alcoholics Anonymous Service Assembly (NERAASA) will be held at the Crowne Plaza, Albany City Center, Albany, NY. Please register early. Registration for special room rates at the Crowne Plaza will be available only until room blocks are filled, or through February 17, 2012, at the latest.
Mail-in Registration Forms in English and Spanish, Online Registration in English
Area Assembly, March 24, 2012
Agenda and Directions when available
Mini Conference, April 14, 2012, District 46
Presbyterian Church of Chestertown
905 Gateway Drive
Chestertown, MD 21620
From the Maryland General Service website www.marylandaa.org: "The purpose of the Area 29 Mini Conference is to provide a forum for Area 29's GSR's, DCM's, Area Officers and Committee Leaders to discuss the General Service Agenda items and related issues and concerns affecting Alcoholics Anonymous as a whole and to provide our Area 29 Delegate to the General Service Conference an informed Area conscience. The Mini Conference provides an opportunity for AA members to exercise their "Right of Participation" in the business and direction of AA."
Flyer, Directions, and Registration
*This Website will follow the guidelines stated on the Area 29 Website : "No affiliation between this site and any outside enterprise will be permitted. Only events directly related to Area 29 and Maryland General Service, Inc., its Districts, A.A. World Services, Inc., and Northeast Regional A.A. activities will be considered for posting." For the District 42 Website "Districts" includes District 42 and its A.A. Groups and, at their request, other Districts of Maryland General Service. If your Group is outside District 42 please ask your DCM to submit your request.