Suffolk Intergroup Association
November 14, 2021 — Announcements
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| UPCOMING EVENTS |
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EVENT (click to view details) |
VENUE
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| Mon, Nov 15, 7 PM |
Nassau GS — Workshop: “The Concepts” 11 & 12 |
VIRTUAL |
| Tue, Nov 16, 6:15 PM |
Institutions Committee Meeting — SIA Office |
LIVE |
| Fri, Nov 19, 8 PM |
Suffolk General Service Assembly |
VIRTUAL |
| Tue, Nov 23, 7 PM |
SIA Officers and Chairs Meeting — SIA Office |
LIVE |
| Tue, Nov 30, 8 PM |
***** ELECTIONS *****
SIA GENERAL BUSINESS MEETING
***** IN PERSON ONLY ********* |
LIVE |
| Thu, Dec 2, 7 PM |
SIA Web Committee Meeting |
VIRTUAL |
Fri, Dec 3
7 PM - 9:30 PM |
District 113 — SERVICE WORKSHOP
What is this crazy little thing called Service? |
VIRTUAL |
Sat, Dec 4
2 PM - 6 PM |
BIG MEETING |
LIVE |
| Sat, Dec 11, 8 AM |
Live Speaker Exchange *** SCC Campus *** |
LIVE |
Fri, Dec 31, 6pm
Sat Jan 1, 5pm |
New Year's Eve Meeting Marathon
( hosted by East Northport Trinity Group ) |
VIRTUAL |
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Have your group’s voice heard!! Send your group’s SIA Rep!
Held on the Last Tues of the month at 8pm.
Visit the General Business Meeting page for details.
ELECTIONS FOR OFFICERS
WILL BE HELD AT THE NOVEMBER MEETING
THIS MEETING WILL NOT BE HYBRID !!
IN PERSON ONLY !!
Next meeting will be Tues Nov 30, 8pm.
New Rep Orientation 7:30pm.
IN PERSON LOCATION:
MEDFORD VFW
507 Long Island Ave
Medford, NY 11763
 ACCESSIBLE
IN PERSON ONLY !!
THIS MEETING WILL NOT BE HYBRID !!
PLEASE COME AND HAVE YOUR
GROUP'S VOICE HEARD BY
YOUR VOTE
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Web
Committee
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Please join the Web Committee to:
- Guide future improvements to the SIA Website
- Improve Digital Communication and Outreach to newcomers, groups and members.
If you'd like to help with any or all of these areas email the Web Chair !!
Join us at our next Committee Meeting on first Thurs of the month @ 7pm
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Find Speakers and Outgoing Speaking Commitments for your Group.
SIA will be no longer be hosting a virtual speaker exchange.
If your group would like to continue exchanging speakers for your virtual meetings with other groups, we encourage you to attend the LIVE speaker exchange held quarterly or participate in a neighboring county's exchange.
Visit the Virtual Speaker Exchange page to learn more.
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H&I committee meets monthly on
Third Tuesday of the month at 6:15 PM
SIA Office
113-8 Bay Ave Patchogue
- Group Reps, treatment meeting chairs, and ANYONE interested in service is welcome!
- We NEED your help bringing The AA Message into Treatment Facilities!
- Does your group have a Treatment Rep? Let them know about our committee!
- We are always looking for AA members to do service chairing or speaking at our facilities — 1 year with work in our 12 steps is the requirement
- Asking for contributions... any used or new AA approved Books/Grapevines/Bulletins for our facilities
- If interested in contributing please give to your SIA Rep, drop off at SIA office or contact institutions@suffolkny-aa.org
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Pub Info committee meets on the last Thurs of every month.
There are several duties to be fulfilled within our committee, so we welcome those who are interested in doing service.
Not sure what Public Information is and how it fits within AA? Curious to know more? Visit the Public Information Section of the Service Page or better yet — Join us at the next Committee Meeting!
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HELP US IMPROVE !! COMPLETE THIS SURVEY
To help us improve our communication with your group,
if you haven't done so already,
please take a minute to complete this short survey.
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Bring AA meetings into Suffolk County Correctional Facilities!
RIVERHEAD JAIL and YAPHANK JAIL
ARE NOT ALLOWING MEETINGS TO BE BROUGHT IN
UNTIL FURTHER NOTICED
YOU MUST BE VACCINATED AND PRESENT YOUR VACCINATION CARD AT THE DOOR TO BE ALLOWED INTO FACILITY !!
The inmates are in need of AA speakers as often as permissible and you are doing a huge service to these individuals by volunteering your time, strength, hope and experience. Thank you!
For instructions on applying for a Facility Pass, please visit the Corrections Section of the Group Forms page.
Email the Corrections Chair for more informaton.
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SIA does its best to keep the Meeting List up to date, but…
We Need Your Group’s Support and Your Help.
The meeting list is in considerable flux due to the high rate and heavy volume of requested changes.
Click here to learn more about the meeting list and how you can access it using the website's Meeting Finder or the Meeting Guide App.
Please visit Meeting List Update section of the the website to learn how you can help us keep your group's listing up to date.
- To avoid miscommunications and delays, we kindly ask you use the Meeting List / Group Information Form when submitting your change requests
- For fastest turn around, fill out the form completely and email it back to meetings@suffolkny-aa.org
- If you don't have access to email, you can also:
Since we are unlikely to have a printed meeting list in the near future, we've created this one page handout you can print yourself and distribute at your meeting. This handout includes instructions on getting to the Meeting Finder and extra room to write down phone numbers.
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A reminder to everyone about the Coronavirus Project
We are going through something AA has never experienced before
We need everyone's help to save our history!
We are asking all Suffolk AAs to write about their experience and their group's experience during this difficult time. How did this affect you personally and how did you manage to stay sober through it all? What changes did your group make? What did you witness?
We have 260 contributions to date.
It would be wonderful to get responses from every group.
These will be saved for future generations.
Finished pieces can be emailed to Archives@SuffolkNY-AA.Org
For those, who for whatever reason, writing is out of the question, we will interview you
Thanks for your help!
Help Needed with the Suffolk AA Archives Website!
The Archives Committee needs a Webmaster
to maintain the Archives Website — SuffolkAAArchives.com.
We have been looking for help for over a year.
Please send any all inquiries to SIA Archives — Archives@SuffolkNY-AA.Org
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Web
Committee
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Please join the Web Committee to:
- Guide future improvements to the SIA Website
- Research and author any needed updates to SIA's Web Guidelines
- Research, guide and author SIA's Digital Privacy and Cookie Policy
- Improve Digital Communication and Outreach to newcomers, groups and members.
If you'd like to help with any or all of these areas email the Web Chair !!
Join us at our next Committee Meeting on first Tuesday of the month @ 7pm
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The AA Hotline needs you and especially your group to sign up to answer the phones.
Your group does not need to take all 14 shifts in the week. We can help find another group to share the week or fill in any gaps in the coverage. We are also looking for individual volunteers.
You do not need a physical Hotline Book to work the hotline — there is an online version available here. If you or your group do need (a) physical book(s), they can be picked up at the SIA Office or other pick-up / drop-off arrangements can be made.
The shifts run from 8am to 8pm starting on Sundays.
Any and all please inquire by emailing phones@suffolkny-aa.org.
Be the hand of AA extended to a newcomer, or any alcoholic still suffering who reaches out for help.
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SIA has a large inventory of books and other items available from the AA Grapevine and AA La Viña
Your Grapevine Chair extraordinaire, Jackie, will come to your meeting in person, and set up a table with a wide assortment of books and other items.
Please email grapevine@suffolkny-aa.org to schedule your visit or to find out what she has in stock.
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Service is an important part of recovery! It can help keep us sober.
There are a number of great ways to get involved with service in SIA and in our area. To learn more:
Be sure to also check the Event Calendar for service workshops and other events.
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Find Speakers and Outgoing Speaking Commitments for your Group.
Exchange speaking commitments for Jan - Mar on December 11th, 8am at the Suffolk County Community College’s Selden Campus
New York State has adopted the new CDC guidance on mask use and social distancing for fully vaccinated individuals. Please protect yourself and others if unvaccinated.
Visit the Speaker Exchange page to learn more.
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Unfortunately, meeting information is changing daily, making it impractical, if not impossible to have an up to date printed meeting list.
The Online Meeting Finder on the SIA Website is the best place to get the most up to date meeting information.
On a Mobile Phone or Tablet, click the three stacked bars  on the upper right of the screen to reveal the MENU. On a Desktop or Laptop, look for the Meeting Finder menu at the top of any page of of the website.
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The AA Meeting Guide App is a free of charge meeting finder app for iOS and Android that provides meeting information from hundreds of intergroups and other A.A. service entities, nation-wide, in an easy-to-access format.
Because we are limited in what information we can push to the meeting guide app, COVID Reopen Status Unknown meetings and Temporarily Closed meetings will be displayed similarly — both the group name and meeting location will be displayed using strikethrough text. (e.g. THE STATUS UNKNOWN GROUP)
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