November Talking Points

• San Fernando Valley AA Central Office is looking phone volunteers. For more information go to sfvaa.org then select Volunteering. Or email info@sfvaa.org
• November is Gratitude Month – meetings can pass the basket a second time to support the SFV Central Office. SFV Central Office has been in service since 1966.
• Next Assembly (hybrid):
  • 🗓 Sunday, November 16
  • ⏱️8am – 5pm
  • 📍 Goleta Community Center, 5679 Hollister Ave. Goleta, California 93117
  • 👉🏽All are welcome to attend! Zoom Login listed on assembly agenda. Agenda will be forwarded when received.
  • 🎉Area 93 is making history by holding the assembly in Spanish and translated in English. English subtitles will be available on Zoom. 
• Events:
  • Unit A Thanksgiving Thank-A-Thon BBQ Pot-Luck Lunch:
    • 🗓 Thursday, November 27
    • ⏱️7am – 7pm
    •  🎤All day meetings
    • 📍 10641 Burbank Blvd., North Hollywood, Ca. 91601
  • Burbank Group 35th Thank-a-Thon
    • 🗓 Thursday & Friday, November 27 & 28
    • ⏱️9am – 10pm
    •  🎤All day meetings
    • 📍 2216 W. Magnolia Blvd, Burbank, Ca. 91502
  • 10th Annual Hispanic Woman’s Workshop
    • 🗓 Thursday, December 6
    • ⏱️9am – 2pm
    • 📍 Zoom – ID: 853 9853 9447, Password: TMH2025
  • 50th Annual San Fernando Vally AA Convention:
    • 🗓 January 30, 31 & February 1st, 2026
    • 📍 Warner Center Marriott, 21850 Oxnard St Woodland Hills, Ca 91367
    • 💵 $30 registration / $53 Al-Anon Lunch/$65

5. • View more events, in real time – Go to Central Office Events Page – https://sfvaa.org/sfvaa-events/

General Service Terms

• AAWS – A.A. World Services – Manual page s78 – Nine Directors, Two Trustees, two regional trustees, three non trustee directors, one paid staff member and the General Manager of GSO (President of the corporation)
• ACM – Area Committee Meeting Another quarter meeting of all District Committee Members, District Committee Chairpersons and officers to discuss A.A. affairs of the Area.
• Area – a geographic division within a state or province made up of Districts. (There are 6 Areas within the state of California and 93 Areas in the United States and Canada. We are – Area 93)
• Area Assembly – A periodic meeting with all representatives to discuss A.A. affairs of the area. In Area 93 they are presented quarterly.(During this assembly there are committee meetings.)
• Area Committee Member – Members of the Area Committee: District Committee Member, District Committee Chairperson, Area Officers, Past Delegates and their Alternates.
• Area and District Officers – Elected officials of the Area and District
• Area Committee Chairperson – Appointed position that conducts business of the respective committee.
• Delegate – An A.A. member of the Area Assembly who is elected every other year to represent the are at the annual General Service Conference in New York.
• District – A geographical division of A.A. Groups within in area (There are 59 Districts in our Area – Area 93)
• DCM – District Committee Member. An experienced GSR elected by the GSR’s of their district to represent the groups of that district at Area Committee Meeting and Assemblies. DCMs coordinate service activities within their districts. DCMs are the link between the GSR and the Area Delegate to the General Service Office
• DCMC – District Committee Chairperson – The elected chairperson a group of Districts that have combined to perform service functions.
• GSC – General Service Conference – An annual meeting of 93 Delegates from Areas in the United States and Canada, Trustees and GSO Representatives, to discuss and vote on approved agenda items.
• GSB – General Service Board – A group of 21 Trustees who oversee the two nonprofit corporations. A.A. World Services, Inc. and A.A. Grapevine, Inc.
• GSO – General Service Office – Our A.A. Headquarters in New York City. GSO provides services to groups in the US and Canada and publishes literature
• GSR – General Service Representative – An individual elected by an A.A. group to represent that group in A.A. General Service. GSRs are the groups link to A.A. as a whole
• Pacific Regional Forum – A regional meeting with GSO and A.A. members.
• PRAASA – Pacific Region A.A. Service Assembly – An annual assembly hosted by one of the 15 areas in the Pacific Region of Alcoholics Anonymous each year and it therefore moves around the region.
• Trustees – Regional elected representatives to the GSB. There are 8 regions in the U.S. and Canada
• Third Legacy Procedure – The election voting process. See page S21 in the A.A. Service Manual for more details.
• Twelve Concepts of World Service – An interpretation of A.A.’s world service structure.