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Step 2. Came to believe

that a Power greater than

ourselves could restore us

to sanity.

Tradition 2. For our group

purpose there is but one

ultimate authority - a

loving God as He may

express Himself in our

group conscience. Our

leaders are but trusted

servants; they do not

govern.

Concept 3. The General

Service Conference of A.A.

has become, for nearly

every practical purpose,

the active voice and the

effective conscience of our

whole Society in its world

affairs.

District 16 meets the 3rd Tuesday of each month @ 7 PM @ the Reservoir United Methodist Church; 3056 Route 28, Shokan, NY HMB District 16 | PO Box 471 | Saugerties, NY 12477 HMB District 7 meets 2nd Wednesday of each month at 7:30 @ C the King Church, 3021 Route 2021 Stone Ridge, NY. District 7, PO Box 1i654 | Kingston, NY 12402 ULSTER COUNTY BOOKERS MEETING - 2nd Wed in Jan., Apr. July, Oct.; 6 PM before District 7 meeting @Christ the King Church; 3021 Route 213, Stone Ridge NY. Our new and updated website may be found at: http://ulsterdistricts.aahmbny.org/

HMB Fellowship Day Saturday, March 4, 9am – 3pm First Reformed Church 52 Green street Hudson, NY Northeast Regional AA Service Assembly (NERAASA) February 24 – 26, 2017 Sheraton Framingham Hotel & Conference Center 1657 Worcester Rd Framingham, MA 01701 See flyer here Lollapalooza of AA Conference Thursday March 2 – Sunday March 5, 2017 Hotel ML, Marlton, NJ http://lollapaloozaofaa.org/

HMB Fall Assembly Saturday, October 14, 2017, 9am – 3pm St. James Episcopal Church 305 Main Street Oneonta, NY

HMB Convention November 3-5, 2017 Ramada Conference Center 542 Route 9 Fishkill, NY 12524 More information here

Northeast Regional Forum (NERF) June 2 – 4, 2017 Doubletree by Hilton Pittsburgh-Cranberry 910 Sheraton Dr Mars, PA 16046 See the event flyer HERE

ULSTER COUNTY BOOKERS MEETING -

2nd Wed in Jan., Apr. July, 2017

Oct.; 6 PM before District 7 meeting

@Christ the King Church; 3021

Route 213, Stone Ridge NY

Responsibility Prayer

I am responsible. When anyone, anywhere, reaches out for help, I want the hand of AA always to be there. And for that I am responsible.

HMB 48 Districts 7 and 16 FEBRUARY 2017 Newsletter

https://aahmbny.org/events/NERAASA-2017.pdf

http://lollapaloozaofaa.org/

http://ulsterdistricts.aahmbny.org/

http://aahmbny.org/convention/

https://aahmbny.org/events/NERF2017.pdf

HMB 48 District 7 and 16 February 2017 Newsletter Page 2 of 8

District 16 meets the 3rd Tuesday of each month @ 7 PM @ the Reservoir United Methodist Church; 3056 Route 28, Shokan, NY HMB District 16 | PO Box 471 | Saugerties, NY 12477 HMB District 7 meets 2nd Wednesday of each month

at 7:30 @ C the King Church, 3021 Route 2021 Stone Ridge, NY. District 7, PO Box 1i654 | Kingston, NY 12402 ULSTER COUNTY BOOKERS MEETING - 2nd Wed in Jan., Apr. July, Oct.; 6 PM before District 7 meeting @Christ the King Church; 3021 Route 213, Stone Ridge NY. Our new and updated website may be found at: http://ulsterdistricts.aahmbny.org/

Why get a subscription to the Grapevine, AAs meeting in

.

print?

It comes in English (The Grapevine) or Spanish (La Vina).

Experience, strength & hope for just $28.97 per year -

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Perfect gift for sponsees and friends celebrating an anniversary.

You can send in your story and become part of AA history.

Who else would publish a book called A Rabbit Walks Into a Bar?

We are not a glum lot and AA celebrates that every month.

If you get a subscription for someone new, Grapevine will keep coming, even if

they don’t.

Reading it makes me less restless, irritable and discontent.

See District 16’s Grapevine & Literature Chair Kevin HB for more

information, [email protected]

Anniversaries ( Please send anniversaries with first name, first initial, years of sobriety, and meeting place

for celebration to Kate S. at [email protected] or [email protected]. February: Barbara B. 2/1 Meditation in Action March: Tara C. 3/20 Meditation in Action John C. 3/20 Meditation in Action

Twelve Steps of Alcoholics Anonymous

1. We admitted we were powerless over alcohol - that our lives had become unmanageable. 2. Came to believe that a Power greater than ourselves could restore us to sanity. 3. Made a decision to turn our will and our lives over to the care of God as we understood Him. 4. Made a searching and fearless moral inventory of ourselves. 5. Admitted to God, to ourselves, and to another human being the exact nature of our wrongs. 6. Were entirely ready to have God remove all these defects of character. 7. Humbly asked Him to remove our shortcomings. 8. Made a list of all persons we had harmed, and became willing to make amends to them all.


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9. Made direct amends to such people wherever possible, except when to do so would injure them or others. 10. Continued to take personal inventory and when we were wrong promptly admitted it. 11. Sought through prayer and meditation to improve our conscious contact with God as we understood Him, praying only for knowledge of His will for us and the power to carry that out. 12. Having had a spiritual awakening as the result of these steps, we tried to carry this message to alcoholics, and to practice these principles in all our affairs.

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Answering Service: It is time to update the call lists for the answering service. The Answering Service Sign-Up Sheet and Volunteer Guidelines can be found at: http://ulstercounty.aahmbny.org/sites/default/files/Newsletters/AA%20Ans%20Svc%20Sign-Up%20Sheet%20and%20Guidelines.pdf. Print it, fill it out and give to your group GSR or bring it or mail it to your district address below.


http://ulstercounty.aahmbny.org/sites/default/files/Newsletters/AA%20Ans%20Svc%20Sign-Up%20Sheet%20and%20Guidelines.pdf

http://ulstercounty.aahmbny.org/sites/default/files/Newsletters/AA%20Ans%20Svc%20Sign-Up%20Sheet%20and%20Guidelines.pdf




District 7 Meeting Minutes January 11, 2017 Serenity Prayer Introduce New Participants DCM Report - Bruce January 14th 9am-3pm HMB Area Annual Inventory Day January 21st 11am-3pm District 16 Gratitude Lunch February 11th 9:30am-12pm HMB Workshop on Groups, Meetings and Home Groups Area meeting books have gone to printer, but your group can order additional amounts (to the 10 provided to each group by the district) via the order forms Visitors from the Area will be visiting at our next (March) district business meeting. District is updating its records - please fill out the correct/updated contact information for your home groups. Secretary Report - Anna B. (minutes sent via email) If you have a district email - please contact Thea at [email protected] to get your updated password to reset and connect to your email via the Google platform. Treasury Report - Mike C. (via print out at front table) Had to get our district account’s tax ID from the bank. December 2016 Beginning Balance $4,024.02 Meeting Schedules -$246.00 New Year’s Dance -$200.00 Louis - Convention -$115.90 Bruce - NERAASA & Area $828.38 -$1,390.28 Remaining Balance $2,633.74 Pending Debit of $387.00 for Answering Service Deposits Fresh Start +$50.00 Serenity at the Center +$40.00 Stone Ridge Step Meeting +$55.00 Beach Meeting +$7.00 +$152.00





Ending Balance $2,786.00 Less Prudent Reserve - $500.00 Available Balance $2,285.74 2016 Summary Group Contributions +$2,666.00 Literature -$740.76 Functions In +3,475.00 Out -3,377.00 +$98.00 2017 Needed for Essential Services (Answering Service, storage rental, room rental, area booklets, meeting schedules, P.O. Box, Group handbooks, etc.) = $2,221.25 Service Committee Reports Accessibility - POSITION OPEN - please announce at your groups Answering Service - POSITION OPEN - please announce at your groups Guy C. Willing to stand in until this position is filled. Bridging the Gap - Shana - Noting to report at this time. Corrections - Drea may not be able to fulfill the duties of this position due to a work conflict and is looking for an ALTERNATE CHAIR - please announce at your groups CPC/PI - Ted W. - Not Present. *CPC/PI Committee meetings held not he 3rd Friday of each month at the Church of the Comforter in Kingston at 6pm. Functions - Mary L. NYE Dance went well - made $51.00 after expenses. Will get in touch with the cruise line to see if they’ll still be running this year. Will pay for the permit for the large pavilion for Memorial Day by the end of February to reserve it ($200.00 included in budget).





Wurt’s Street - Needs more group members to fulfill service positions K.O. - Well attended, but needs more group members to fulfill service positions. Ted with 4 years, Artie with 11 years and Lori K with 29 years the last Sunday of the month. Just for Today - doing well, using Booker’s Meeting with success. Sally with 9 years, Elizabeth with 6 and Jane with 15 years the last Tuesday of the month. Keep it Real/Bloomington - Front entrance to be open soon. Fresh Start - Needs more group members to fulfill service positions - business meeting on the first Monday of each month. Glen with 22 years the last Monday of the month. Sobriety First - Tuesdays at Holy Cross. Changed business meeting to 3rd Tuesday of each month. Needs more group members to fulfill service positions Sunrisers -well attended (25-40 pp.). Intending to perform a group inventory soon. Vision for You -All positions are currently filled. Stable attendance. Monday Night Women’s Group - Could use some support in attendance. Liane with 3 years the last Monday of the month. Women Living Sober -Well attended. All positions filled. Casey with 15years and Aviva with 6 years last Wednesday of the month. REBOS 2 - Small but steady group attendance. Morning After Group - Ron S with 37 years the last Saturday of the month. Elections for Open Service Positions Old Business - Bruce would like to know what conventions the districts wants him to attend, as the budget only allows for him to go to some of them, not all. If he were to go to all, it would go well over the $1250 budget allocated for the DCM, most likely by about $800. Bring back to groups to discuss. Tabled until the next month. Last approved events for the DCM in 2015: NYS Informational Workshop 8 Area Meetings NERAASA Mileage Copying Also, discussion of whether or not the district to reimburse him for attending NERF in 2016 (approx. $400.00)

Grapevine - Scott C. Lori volunteered to be alternate chair.

Newsletter (combined with District 16) - Kate S. - skipped November & December issues due to computer problems. January issue was sent out last week.

*If you’d like to receive this newsletter, send an email to [email protected]

Records - Andrea - still needs updated contact information for a lot of groups. GSRs, please bring these to your home groups, have them filled out, and bring back to keep meeting information updated.

***Email Andrea at [email protected] to update changes for your meeting (if any)

Treatment - POSITION OPEN - please announce at your groups

Patty M. Willing to guide incoming person through the position. Right now, all outgoing positions are filled, so this person would simply need to coordinate and be the liaison between the facilities and the volunteers bringing meetings into these facilitates.

Web Liaison - POSITION OPEN - please announce at your groups

The website needs to be updated.

Kate S. Has offered to be the alternate web liaison and help with the upgrading of the current site.

**Please send anniversaries and events a week in advance to post to [email protected]

GSR Reports -

REBOS - Meeting 3 days a week (Tu, W, Th) at Miller’s Lane - Kingston Alliance Church

Came to Believe - Group Anniversary (4 years) at end of month -food at 1pm. Ray with 6 years on January 21st (third Saturday of the month).

KYP - Group Anniversary at end of month - pot luck at 6:30. Keri 3 years, Shannon 1 year, Natasha & Erin each with 90 days.





Considered events: NERF , Framingham Inventory Day New Business - N/A Announcements: The Spanish speaking meeting will be held at the LGBTQ center in Kingston, NY. Close with the Responsibility Pledge





7th Tradition Contributions may be sent to: District 7: 3021 Route 2021 Stone Ridge, NY, P.O. Box 1654 Kingston, NY 12402 District 16: PO Box 471, Saugerties, NY 12477 HMB Area Association: Ship & Copy 118 Polar Plaza, #114 Amsterdam, NY 12010 General Service Office: (make check out to “General Service Board) PO Box 459 Grand Central Station

District 7 Committee Chairs 2017

District 16 Committee Chairs 2017

DCM Bruce L. [email protected] Alternate DCM: Shana F. [email protected] Secretary: Anna B. [email protected] Treasurer Mike C. [email protected] Answering Service: Guy. district7ansservice.aahmbny.org Bridging the Gap/ BTG: OPEN CPC/PI Ted [email protected] Corrections OPEN Treatment Patti [email protected] Grapevine Scott [email protected] Functions Mary L. [email protected] Records Jack S-O [email protected] Literature Leticia L. [email protected] Special Needs/ Barbara W. [email protected] Accessibility Newsletter: Kate S. [email protected] Web Liaison: OPEN Alternate Web Liaison Kate S. [email protected]

DCM Diane R. [email protected] Alternate DCM Tara C. [email protected] Secretary Marcy M. [email protected] Treasurer Joe G. [email protected] Web Liaison OPEN Alternate Web Liaison Kate S. [email protected] Answering Service Judith H. [email protected] Newsletter Kate S. [email protected] Corrections Jim O'R [email protected] Special Needs/ Sally A. [email protected] Accessibility Treatment Mike E. [email protected] Bridging the Gap Jim O'R [email protected] Functions Dave M. [email protected] CPI/PI Frank B [email protected] Grapevine Kevin H-B [email protected]































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