Area Highlights - October 2024

October Assembly Business Meeting Summary

• Election for Alt Delegate ~ congrats to Russ S.
• Nomination for Trustee at large ~ congrats to Erika H.
• Voting items: Budget was approved.

What Else?

• Agenda Committee facilitated an Area Inventory ~ See your DCM or email to chair@area41.org to give feedback.
• Ad Hoc FUNction committee did a workshop on potential upcoming agenda items moving out of their committee! See the October or January Newsletter for more information and email your thoughts to Erika.
• Check out the new website! New trusted servant email addresses for officers and committee chairs and pages for all committees and districts!

Questions for Ad Hoc FUNction Workshop - January 2025

1. Many Areas do more education & less business than us. Could we do less business and more workshops to learn principles and train GSRs and DCMs? Why?
   (committee meetings could still occur)
   a. Can we accomplish our work with 2 voting business meetings/year? Why or why not?
   b. Can we accomplish our work with 3 voting business meetings/year? Why or why not?

2. Do you see a use for a one or two day non-business assembly? Why or why not?
3. What would be an advantage, other than unity, to traveling around the Area for a non-business Assembly? If Area was in your neck of the woods, would more people show up? Why or why not?
   a. What is your understanding of the intent of a 4-Corners workshop? Do you think it is serving this purpose?
4. “Good leadership cannot function well in a poorly designed structure. Good leadership can be here today and gone tomorrow. Furnishing our service structure with able and willing workers has to be a continuous activity. It is therefore a problem that in its very nature cannot be permanently solved. We must continuously find the right people for our many service tasks.” (Concept 9) It will continuously be difficult & we must continuously FIND the right people.
   Do the Traditions & Concepts provide enough checks and balances for the Area Chair to appoint the committee chair and service positions from a pool of interested candidates, nominations, and other suitable candidates? Why or why not?

Upcoming! VOTING!

• Agenda Item 2021-07-10 017 Agenda: Area 41 conduct hybrid meetings as an option for virtual, as well as physical, attendance at Area 41 assemblies and business meetings. The hybrid meetings will utilize some borrowed equipment from A.A. members for a period of one year. In addition to borrowed equipment, Area 41 would purchase equipment up to an estimated initial investment of $450 including tax. At the end of this period, the hybrid meetings would continue with the Area purchasing additional necessary equipment. Collaboration between the Technology and Communications Committee and Agenda Committee is encouraged, with regards to implementation and service rotation.
• Agenda 2024-04-06 002 Technology & Communications (with consultation of Report & Charter): Dissolve the Taper service position and create an Audio-Visual service position. Because this position requires special skills and continuity, it ought to remain a six-year appointment. Area Chairperson to appoint a servant to serve through the remainder of 2025. The service position would be overseen by the Technology and Communications Committee. Also amend the Area 41 Service Handbook to appropriately reflect these changes. Amend budget to move Taper position lodging, mileage, and “Area Taping” expense lines from Secretary to Technology and Communications Committee, and rename appropriately. Update lodging to be for two nights per assembly, to allow servant to arrive on Friday with equipment.
• EMERGENCY ITEM: Agenda Item 2025 01-11 018: ELECT A WORKSHOP CHAIR.

*See forthcoming newsletter or website post for full background.

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