A general service area is a geographical division. The state of Alaska is a single general service area, Area 02. The Area 02 Committee serves essentially as a steering committee for the Alaska AA Fellowship.
The Area 02 Committee consists of elected Officers and District Committee Members (DCMs), and the chairpersons of twelve standing committees. Area 02’s standing committee structure is closely aligned to that of the General Service Conference committee structure.
Area 02 meets only in assembly – the Area 02 Committee members and General Service Representatives (GSRs) elected by their home groups across the state. “The area assembly is the mainspring of the Conference structure – the democratic voice of the movement expressing itself.” (as noted in the AA Service Manual, p S32)
To conduct its business, Area 02 meets in assembly five times each panel, or two-year period. The Assembly selects host districts in advance, any district wishing to host an assembly is eligible to bid a locale within the district. Voting members of each assembly, in accordance with the Area 02 Structure and Procedures Guidelines, are all currently-serving GSRs, DCMs and Area 02 Officers.
In assembly, reports are heard and area affairs are discussed. In the fall of odd-numbered years, the Area 02 Election Assembly convenes to elect new officers, an alternate delegate and the Area 02 Delegate to the General Service Conference. In even numbered years, an Area 02 Roundup is held, a Fellowship gathering at which no business is conducted.
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The
Area 02, Alaska Website
The purpose of the Area 02 Website is to provide a resource on the internet where the members of Alcoholics Anonymous, the general public, and the professional community can get information about the activities and business pertaining to the Alaska Area Alcoholics Anonymous. For more information about the Area 02 Website, see Website Guidelines
This website is maintained by Area 02 Website Committee. The committee serves Area 02 as suggested in FAQ About A.A. Web Sites.
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A.A. Preamble
Alcoholics Anonymous® is a fellowship of men and women who share their
experience, strength and hope with each other that they may solve their
common problem and help others to recover from Alcoholism.
The only requirement for membership is a desire to stop drinking. There
are no dues or fees for A.A. membership; we are self
supporting
through our own contributions.
A.A. is not allied with any sect, denomination, politics, organization,
or institution; does not wish to engage in any controversy, neither
endorses nor opposes any causes. Our Primary Purpose
is to stay sober and help other alcoholics
to achieve sobriety.
Copyright © by The AA Grapevine, Inc.; reprinted with permission.
A.A.'s Legacy of Service
by Bill W.*
Our Twelfth Step — carrying the message — is the basic service that the A.A. Fellowship gives; this is our principal aim and the main reason for our existence. Therefore, A.A. is more than a set of principles; it is a society of alcoholics in action. We must carry the message, else we ourselves can wither and those who haven't been given the truth may die.
Hence, an A.A. service is anything whatever that helps us to reach a fellow sufferer — ranging all the way from the Twelfth Step itself to a ten-cent phone call and a cup of coffee, and to AA's General Service Office for national and international action. The sum total of all these services
is our Third Legacy of Service.
Services include meeting places, hospital cooperation, and intergroup offices; they mean pamphlets, books, and good publicity of almost every description. They call for committees, delegates, trustees, and conferences. And, not to be forgotten, they need voluntary money contributions from within the Fellowship.
*Bill wrote these words in 1951, therefore, his words reflect that time period in their details. (Reprinted from The A.A. Service Manual, with permission of A.A. World Services, Inc.)
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A.A. Service Manual
A Declaration
of Unity
This we owe to AA's future; to place our common welfare first; To keep our fellowship united. For on A.A. unity depend our lives, And the lives of those to come.
(Reprinted from The A.A. Service Manual, with permission of A.A. World Services, Inc.)
I Am Responsibile...
When anyone, anywhere, reaches out for help, I want the hand of A.A. always to be there. And for that:
I AM RESPONSIBLE.
(Reprinted from The A.A. Service Manual, 2004-2005, with permission of A.A. World Services, Inc.)
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