DEIG Fall Fair, November 14 at East Orrington Congregational Church, Cozy Corner, Orrington
Downeast Intergroup
NEWSLETTER
Volume X Issue 11 November 2015
The Downeast Intergroup Committee is a group of AA members coming together in the spirit of fellowship to help carry the AA message by publishing a newsletter,
sponsoring AA-oriented social events, and distributing AA literature. We support communication and participation between AA members, groups, and districts. Visit us at
www.downeastintergroup.org for current events, meeting lists, a map of our member Districts, and to read and download a copy of this newsletter.
DownEast InterGroup Presents
THE 2015 FALL FAIR
East Orrington Congregational Church
Cozy Corner, Orrington 04474
Saturday, November 14, 2015
11:00 AM to 3:00 PM
Featuring:
Potluck Dinner at 11:30 AM
AA Meeting beginning about 1:00 PM
Pie Auction immediately following!
PLEASE BRING PIES AND BACKED GOODS
FOR THE PIE AUCTION
(Must be present to Bid!)
Literature BINGO throughout the day.
day. . . .
Group and Individual donations can be sent to:
DEIG Treasurer, PO Box 1633, Ellsworth, ME 0460504605-1633
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“I walked a mile with Pleasure. She chatted all the way, but I was
none the wiser. At the end of the day I walked a mile with Sorrow.
Not a word she said, but oh, the things I learned when Sorrow
-- Joe M.
walked with me.”
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So the book tells us to meditate first thing in the morning. Let's
look at the sentence beginning with, "Before we begin, we ask
God to direct our thinking..." Please notice these words, they are
VERY important. "Before we begin..." - Before we begin what?
Before we begin considering our plans for THIS day, and before
listening to our Inner Voice. How do we know we're supposed to
listen to God? Because, right afterward, it says we ask God to
direct our thinking. If we ask God to direct our thinking, especially
asking that it be divorced from self-pity, dishonesty or self-seeking
motives, doesn't it stand to reason that our next thoughts are
possibly going to be from our Higher Power? What do we call
these thoughts from God? We call these thoughts guidance.
-- Barefoot’s AA world
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Literature (Aislinn & Bev (207-852-0949)
Purchase AA literature at cost. Many publications are in stock,
and as DEIG orders in large quantities, shipping fees are paid by
DEIG. Please pay by check or bring exact amount of cash:
B-1
B-2
B15
B-3
B-5
B-8
B-9
B12
B-6
B-7
Alcoholics Anonymous (4th Edition)
Twelve Steps and Twelve
Traditions
$9.50
Twelve and Twelve (soft cover)
$8.25
A.A. Comes of Age
As Bill Sees It
Dr. Bob & The Good Oldtimers
Pass It On
$9.50
$9.00
$10.50
$11.00
Daily Reflections
$10.25
Came To Believe
Living Sober
$5.00
$5.00
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Hotline (207-479-1779)
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PI-CPC: Public Information – Cooperation with the Professional
Community, Special thanks to local servant PI-CPC Steve P. who
is stepping down. Anyone interested in filling his talented shoes?
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From our last DEIG meeting October 19:
Treasurer Report: Accepted with gratitude as Steve P is stepping
down. Thank you Steve for your wonderful service over the years
and guiding us through the recent incorporation process.
Hotline: Rob reported 22 calls, 2 of which were 12 Step calls.
Functions: Another fun packed fellowship Fall Fair is scheduled
for November 14, Cozy Corner, Orrington. (Come early and leave
late helping us set up and take down.)
Literature: Debit card is working out well and literature sales are
doing well. The basics are in stock, another order will be placed
when the $500 threshold is met. Note: we have plenty of DEIG
Meeting Lists available; next printing is in January 2016.
Meeting Lists: Sara has stepped up to the plate relieving Steve P
(the outgoing Treasurer) to take over managing the DEIG Meeting
Lists. Special thanks go to Steve P for handling the meetings lists
over the years – job well done. And now it’s Sara’s turn. Please
review your district’s meetings listed and contact Sara with
changes: TeelJoy.44@yahoo.com. Thanks Sara!
Newsletter: Anniversaries would be a nice thing. – Editor
Website: We are still asking for someone to step up and maintain
our DEIG website; www.DowneastIntergroup,org Anyone?
New Business: Members to approve By-Laws and elections.
Next meeting is November 16, 6:30pm, Committees meet at 5:30
pm. Meeting starts at 6:30 pm and hopefully ends at 7:30 pm.
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DISTRICT NEWS
Meeting Update:
Lubec - Thursday Big Book 7pm Meeting is closing down for the
winter and hopes to resume at the start of April. It is not financially
viable to keep it open during the winter months since we hold it at
a Medical Center that has a custodian stay to clean up and shut
down after our meetings. We need to be self-supporting.
- Mary Lou
$8.90
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“When our head begins to swell, our mind stops growing” – Joe M
District 10
At our last district meeting we discussed the upcoming Fall
Assembly and the agenda items. Congrats to last month’s
anniversaries John R, 3 years Lincoln; Bill F, 34 years East
Millinocket; and Bridget, 6 years Millinocket. Again, a BIG thank
you for all our presenters at the Love & Service Workshop: Mary
Lou, Nina, Robin, Bruce, and Willie. Upcoming elections for
District 10 will be held at the district meeting December 9. Please
come to be nominated or nominate someone. Next meeting is
November 4 at 1:15 pm at St. Andrew Episcopal Church,
Highland Ave, Millinocket. Come be a part of the District.
-- In love and service – Denise J.
Editorial contributions are greatly appreciated. Please submit prior to the 26th to allow time for printing! Don’t be shy, WRITE!
editor@downeastintergroup.org.
District 16
We had a good meeting, 7 folks came, wish more people has
showed up. No secretary or treasurer report. GSRs reported on
the doings at their meetings. Bridging the Gap is quiet, nobody
showed up for the monthly PARC commitment. Betsey and Linda
will make a list for folks who wish to help with the PARC meeting.
Don’t be bashful folks. Elections were held: Josh F is DCM, Linda
is Secretary and Tami will be our Keeper of the Funds. Thanks to
each one for your time and service work. Our Alternate Secretary
Michael C is moving away – thanks for your help Michael. Thanks
to the outgoing team. A couple of anniversaries we missed
reporting last month: Neal P had 36 years (he’s getting old); Barry
had 30 years, Drew had 23 years, John had 19 years, Betsey and
Sammy had 9 years.
– Joe M
District 21
District 21 Chairman Peter B. was elected to a two-year term at
the district’s monthly meeting on Oct. 12 in Penobscot. Peter has
served in the position since April, when previous chairman, Dan
McCall, stepped down. This will be his first full term. Ryan K.
was elected the district’s new treasurer with Dave W. stepping
down after three-year’s service. Sally M. was elected to a twoyear term as secretary, a position she filled in January. This will
be her first full term. Chairman Peter B. also made Committee
chairman appointments, and the committee approved them all.
They are: Bridging the Gap, Hamilton C.; PI/CPC, Joe A. will
continue; Chip Master, Gerry K. will continue assisted by Ryan K.;
Archives, Allen S. continues; Guidelines, Bill L. continues; Special
Needs, Gerry K. continues assisted by Ryan K. Intergroup and
Literature are without officers, and the district needs an alternate
chairman, with Bill L. stepping down.
District members discussed the problem of too many meetings
not fulfilling group status (not enough members assuming group
responsibilities). The group discussed ways to increase the
understanding of the difference between meetings and groups
among AA membership. No conclusions were drawn, but the
group agreed further work is needed at future meetings.
-- Sally
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“Believe more deeply. Hold your face up to the light, even though
for the moment you do not see.”
-- Bill W.
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AREA 28 NEWS
Area 28 Fall Assembly Elects Panel 65 Trusted Servants:
Delegate: Gene / Alternate Delegate: Robin / Area Chair: Byron /
Alternate Chair: Nikki / Secretary: Gigi / Alternate Secretary:
Brenda / Treasurer: George / Alternate Treasurer: Jessie /
Registrar: Rudy / Roundup Chair: Lily / Alt. Roundup Chair: Tom
--------------Spring Assembly April 2016 will be in District 1 – Portland Area
Post Conference Forum May 2016 will be in District 7 - Caribou
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Special thanks to District 3 for hosting the Fall Assembly this year.
The menu was wonderful and the pies, yummy.
I went to
Website Committee meeting and we participants approached the
Website as users instead of the past sessions of guidelines for the
Area 28 Workbook, voting rights, etc. We reviewed the challenges
users have with logging on to the website and what to do once we
are there. Here is a great and exciting piece of news: the Area 28
website can host webpages for each District. This will let us at
the District level report what is going on in our District, upcoming
events, anniversaries, seasonal opening and closing of meetings.
And we don’t need to know any fancy computer programming
language, just good old ‘word’. This means we can fall under the
watchful and helpful eye of Area 28 webmaster Jerome to make
sure our District webpages conform to anonymity, good taste, and
be up to date.
– Editor
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http://wp.area28aa.org
Webmaster Jerome B offers these tips to access the Area
website: There is private area intended exclusively for members
of Alcoholics Anonymous. The private area titled Area Business,
is only available to subscribers that have logged in, and includes
AA Confidential documents normally available at area standing
committee meetings and assemblies:. Meeting Agendas, Minutes,
Financial Reports. To obtain access, Area 28 AA asks only that
you request an account on the site and declare that you will honor
the confidential nature of these documents by sharing them, only,
with other members of Alcoholics Anonymous. That also means
you promise not leave them behind after a meeting and that if you
give copies to another member that you remind them that they are
AA Confidential documents. There are two links under the AA
Members heading on http://wp.area28aa.org titled 'Register' and
'Log In'. On a desktop browser these are at the top of the left side
tool bar. On a mobile device you will find them immediately
following the page content. Please complete the Registration form
and read the Privacy Policy. I will try to get all account requests
activated within 48 hours. Once your account is activated you will
receive an email from my personal gmail account welcoming you.
At this time you may return to the site and click on the Login link
to enter your username and password. If you are interested in
participating in the Area 28 Website Standing Committee, please
let me or the Committee Chair, Peter L., know. We meet at all
Area Committee Meetings and Assemblies as well as online via
Google
Groups.
Yours in Service Jerome B,
webmaster@area28aa.org
(Yes, we have 2 websites, one for DEIG and one for Area 28)
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ANNIVERSARIES
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Blue Hill – Kevin, 3 years
Millinocket – Karen M, 25 years
Top of The Hill – James, 5 years
Millinocket – Ginger K, 11 years
Belfast – Lois C, 17 years
Neal, 7 years
Bucksport – Donna, 9 years, Willie, 29 years
Belfast – Lucy, 32 years
Send your anniversaries to editior@DowneastIntergroup.org !
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CALENDAR:
Nov 14 DEIG Fall Fair, Cozy Corner, Orrington
Nov 16 Monthly Downeast Intergroup, Ellsworth Falls
Meeting Makers Make IT !!
CONTACT INFORMATION
Please send articles, events, corrections, anniversaries, and other group or district news to Newsletter Editor David T, PO Box 102, Searsport, ME 04974-0102 or email to
editor@downeastintergroup.org . You can also write to the Intergroup Secretary, PO Box 2023, Bangor, ME 04401. Please mail contributions to support this intergroup to
Downeast Intergroup Treasurer, PO Box 1633 Ellsworth ME 04605. We ask for your name and AA job title from all who contribute items printed in this newsletter. Events
listed are for your information, and are not necessarily sponsored or endorsed by AA or this intergroup.
Editorial contributions are greatly appreciated. Please submit prior to the 26th to allow time for printing! Don’t be shy, WRITE!
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