Area 53

There are many opportunities for service in Area 53. The current standing committees are:

• Archives
  Acquire and preserve AA and Area 53 history.

• Convention
  Plan, coordinate, and chair service conventions, provide oversight of the legal and financial activities of the State Convention, define and manage the site selection process, and ensure that the convention remain self supporting.

• CPC/PI
  Meet any group of individuals – professionals, churches, students, senior citizens, etc – that would like information about what AA is and what it is not.

• Correctional Facilities
  Assist individuals, groups, and districts in carrying the AA message to the alcoholic who still suffers, especially those confined in, or recently released from jails, prisons, and other correctional facilities.

• Grapevine
  Assist groups in Area 53 with the distribution and introduction of the Grapevine magazine.

• Group Services
  Help GSRs and DCMs with whatever information or assistance they may need.

• Intergroup Liaison
  Contact, inform, and offer cooperation with all the intergroups in Area 53.

• Mini-Conference
  Provides oversight for the activities of the Area 53 annual mini-conference held in March; conducts the site selection and plans the smooth running of the conference.

• Treatment Facilities
  Cooperate and present Alcoholics Anonymous to the staff and volunteers at treatment centers.