NEWSLETTER | March 30, 2023

March - in like a lion, out like a lamb

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• Volunteer to Do Service
• Apr 2 – MESA Resource Call: On Camera or Off? That Is the Question!
• Apr 2 – EAI Intergroup Meeting
• Apr 2 – EAI Public Information (PI) Committee Meeting
• Apr 15 – Podcast Recording
• Apr 16 – WAI Intergroup Meeting
• Apr 23 – Supercharge Your Recovery Through Service! 
• Apr 22 & 23 – Technology Office Hours
• Apr 22 & 23 – 12th Step Fellowship Gatherings: Greeting the Newcomer and Welcoming Back Returning FA Members

If you are a WSI, EAI, or WAI contact, please use this email to make announcements at your FA meeting(s). Please see the EAI and WAI reports at the bottom of the newsletter.

Volunteer to Do Service 

Get in the center of things and do service at this summer's World Service Business Convention (WSBC). Please click on the links below to sign up.

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MESA RESOURCE CALL: On Camera or Off? That Is the Question!

Apr 2 @ 2:30 PM ET / 11:30 AM PT

Zoom Call Details

Meeting ID: 848 7913 9825

Passcode: 78910

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The MESA Committee will explore the decisions members in videoconference meetings make on this question and the impact those decisions have on their personal recovery—and that of other members. We will look at anonymity, inclusion, and how we in FA can maximize the message of recovery for all—especially newcomers.

EAI Public Information (PI) Committee Meeting

Apr 2 @ 7:30 AM ET / 4:30 AM PT

Zoom Call Details

Meeting ID: 845 8695 6527

Passcode: 2020

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Join us on Intergroup Sunday when members of the EAI PI Committee will be available prior to the start of the regular committee meeting to answer questions for PI Reps or any other fellow with PI-related questions. The regular monthly EAI PI Committee meeting will then follow from 8:00AM-8:45AM EST. Read the March Meeting Minutes and view the April Meeting Agenda.

Podcast Recording

Apr 15 @ 10:45 AM ET / 7:45 AM PT

Apr 15 @ 11:30 AM ET / 8:30 AM PT

Zoom Call Details

Meeting ID: 822 9448 2206

Passcode: 255572

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The FA WSI Literature Committee cordially invites you to a fellowship-wide virtual qualification recording for the FA Podcast. Attend one or both.

Supercharge Your Recovery Through Service! 

Apr 23 @ 3:30 PM ET / 12:30 PM PT

Zoom Call Details

Meeting ID: 892 7058 4469

Passcode: 2022

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Everyone is invited to the Service Group Support Committee Global Meeting (SGSC). We’ll be highlighting an online tool to help your service group communicate and coordinate activities. Don't know about service groups or how to get started? Join us and catapult your recovery to the next level!

Technology Office Hours

Apr 22 @ 7:00 PM ET / 4:00 PM PT

Apr 23 @ 11:00 AM ET / 8:00 AM PT

Zoom Call Details

Meeting ID: 829 5833 7847

Passcode: 960681

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Having difficulty hosting or attending virtual meetings? Is difficulty with technology interfering with your recovery? Office hours are now available twice a month for all fellows on the fourth weekend of the month.

EAI 12th Step Informal Fellowship Gathering 

Apr 22 @ 8:00 PM ET / 5:00 PM PT

Apr 23 @ 1:30 PM ET / 10:30 AM PT

Zoom Call Details

Meeting ID: 879 3380 5639

Passcode: 2020

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As a way to offer support and provide an opportunity for service, the EAI 12th Step Committee will be hosting two Informal Fellowship Gatherings in April.

The topic of our gatherings for April is: Greeting the Newcomer and Welcoming Back Returning FA Members.

Eastern Area Intergroup (EAI)

Please click on the link below to read the report from the EAI meeting that was held on March 12, 2023. 

If you are an EAI contact or a meeting secretary at a meeting that does not have an EAI contact, please share at your business meeting.

The next monthly meeting of Eastern Area Intergroup (EAI) will be held on April 2, 2023. The agenda will include a deep dive presentation from the Service Support Committee.

8 AM ET – Committee meetings

9 AM ET – EAI Body (Main) meeting

Main Meeting ID: 847 548 759

Passcode: 2020

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Western Area Intergroup (WAI)

Please click on the link below to read the report from the WAI meeting that was held on March 12, 2023. 

If you are a WAI contact or a meeting secretary at a meeting that does not have a WAI contact, please share the report at your business meeting.

The next WAI Meeting will be held on April 16, 2023, at 8:30 AM PT via Zoom.

Meeting ID: 935 6887 2134

Passcode: 2020

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• June 2-4, 2023 in Danvers, Massachusetts - WSBC: World Service Business Convention
• October 27-29, 2023 at the Arizona Grand Resort & Spa in Phoenix, Arizona - Fellowship Convention

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