AA Un ity , Our Part In It And Why It Matters

1. AA Unity, Our Part In It And Why It Matters Prepared by the District 0340 Public Information Committee

2. The AA Service Structure • In Central New York • Around Syracuse and • in District 0340

3. Syracuse and surrounding areas are part of Area 47 — Central New York. Area 48 HMB Area 50 WNY Area 49 SENY

4. The unity of Alcoholics Anonymous is the most cherished quality our Society has. . . . We stay whole, or A.A. dies. — TWELVE STEPS AND TWELVE TRADITIONS, p. 129

5. Area 47 includes eight clusters of districts — the 100s through the 800s. 700s 800s 300s 100s 400s 200s 600s 500s

6. Area 47 meets each month at Area Assembly in a different host district. 700s 800s 300s 100s 400s 200s 600s 500s

7. The Syracuse areaencompasses two clusters of districts — the 300s and 400s. 300s 400s

8. The 300s are located mostly west of Interstate-81, while the 400s are mostly east of it — mostly. 300s 400s

9. The groups are the custodians of Alcoholics Anonymous and have been entrusted with its long-term survival.

10. Groups elect a GSR, a General Service Representative, to carry the group’s informed conscience to the District and the Area.

11. DCMs, District Committee Members, meet with GSRs at district meetings. DCMs serve the groups by relaying information to and from the Area Delegate.

12. Our Twelfth Step — carrying the message — is the basic service that the AA Fellowship gives us; this is our principal aim and the main reason for our existence. — THE AA SERVICE MANUAL, p. S1

13. There are currently three District level meetings in the Syracuse area — The Syracuse GSR Workshop Meeting The District 340 Meeting The District 490 Meeting

14. Syracuse and surrounding communities are also served by the Syracuse Area Intergroup • Local meeting lists • Local Service Center on James St. • Monthly meeting and newsletter for group secretaries and/or Intergroup Representatives • Local service committees: Corrections, Grapevine, Public Information/Cooperation with the Professional Community…

15. If a group is listed in the Syracuse Area Meeting Schedule but hasn’t provided the Area 47 Registrar or the General Service Office with the Group’s basic contact information, it is a “meeting” not an AA Group. +

16. Groups contact the Syracuse Area Service Center and the Area 47 Registrar to make sure their group information is up-to-date both locally and nationally. registrar@aacny.org syracuseservicecenter@gmail.com +

17. There are approximately 18 Districts in the 300s and 400s clusters.

18. There is one DCM serving groups in the 300s and 400s at this time.

19. 4 8 3 8 2 4 3 3 2 2 0400s NORTH SYRACUSE CICERO LIVERPOOL BRIDGEPORT MATTYDALE SYRACUSE 10 MINOA DEWITT CHITTENANGO FAYETTEVILLE KIRKVILLE CAMILLUS MANLIUS JAMESVILLE CAZENOVIA MARCELLUS TULLY

20. ORWELL OSWEGO 3 HANNIBAL 0300s FULTON FAIR HAVEN CENTRAL SQUARE CONSTANTIA PHOENIX BALDWINSVILLE 5 7 CLAY CICERO LIVERPOOL SYRACUSE JORDAN WEEDSPORT ELBRIDGE 2 5 5 2 2 NEDROW 4 SKANEATELES AUBURN ONONDAGA NATION LAFAYETTE OTISCO UNION SPRINGS

21. ORWELL District 0300: OSWEGO 3 • Hannibal Group | Hannibal • Bunner Hill Group | Oswego • Oak Hill Group | Oswego • Unity Acres Group | Orwell • Lakeside/Lakeshore ? Group | Oswego • Young At Heart Group | Syracuse HANNIBAL SYRACUSE

22. District 0003: • Primary Purpose Group | Auburn AUBURN

23. District 0310: • Hall Road Recovery Group* | Hannibal • * May be “Don’t Know” Group, Arbor House HANNIBAL

24. District 0320: • North Shore Group | Constantia • Fulton Group | Fulton • Fair Haven Group | Fair Haven • Friday Night Phoenix Group* | Phoenix • New Women’s Group | Syracuse • River Road Group | Central Square • Into Action Group | Central Square • There Is A Way Out Group | Fulton • * May be “Fabulous Phoenix” Group? FULTON FAIR HAVEN CENTRAL SQUARE CONSTANTIA PHOENIX SYRACUSE 2 2

25. District 0330: • Sharing and Caring Group | Auburn • Clintons Ditch Group | Weedsport • 100 – 101 Group | Auburn WEEDSPORT 2 AUBURN

26. District 0340: • You’re In The Right Place Group | Serenity Hall • Noon Traditions Group | Cicero • Thanks for Sharing Group | Serenity Hall • Seneca Knolls Group | Baldwinsville • Baldwinsville Big Book Group | Serenity Hall • Fulton Survivors Group | Fulton • Baldwinsville Monday Night Group • Main Street Group | Cicero • Trackside Group | Clay • First Things First Group | Liverpool • Free Spirits Women’s Group | Serenity Hall • Solutions Group | Serenity Hall • Friday Night Cicero Group | Cicero • Cicero Saturday Matinee Group | Cicero • Saturday Night Serenity | Cicero FULTON 5 7 7 CLAY BALDWINSVILLE CICERO LIVERPOOL

27. District 0350: • Men’s Group | Syracuse • Back to Basics Group* | Syracuse • * May be “Basics” Group on schedule? SYRACUSE

28. District 0360: • Auburn Group | Auburn • Jordan Group | Jordan • Skaneateles Group | Skaneateles • Central Group | Syracuse • Lake Country Group | Auburn • Sobriety First Group | Auburn • Out To Lunch Bunch Group | Skaneateles • Skaneateles Lakers Group | Skaneatelse • 5:30 No Name Group | Auburn • Special Friends Group | Union Springs • Priorities First Group | Skaneateles • Elbridge Sunday Sobriety Group | Elbridge • Garden Variety Group | Skaneateles JORDAN ELBRIDGE 5 4 SKANEATELES UNION SPRINGS

29. District 0370: • Open-Minded Group | Syracuse SYRACUSE

30. District 0380: • Thunderbird Group | Nedrow • Onondaga Nation Group | Nedrow • Fresh Air South Onondaga Group | Nedrow • Otisco* Group | Otisco • Bottom Of The Hill Group | Lafayette • Rattlin Door Group | Nedrow • Fresh Starters Group | Onondaga Nation 4 NEDROW ONONDAGA NATION LAFAYETTE OTISCO

31. ORWELL OSWEGO 3 HANNIBAL 0300s FULTON FAIR HAVEN CENTRAL SQUARE CONSTANTIA PHOENIX BALDWINSVILLE 5 7 CLAY CICERO LIVERPOOL SYRACUSE JORDAN WEEDSPORT ELBRIDGE 2 5 5 2 2 NEDROW 4 SKANEATELES AUBURN ONONDAGA NATION LAFAYETTE OTISCO UNION SPRINGS

32. 4 8 3 8 2 4 3 3 2 2 0400s NORTH SYRACUSE CICERO LIVERPOOL BRIDGEPORT MATTYDALE SYRACUSE 10 MINOA DEWITT CHITTENANGO FAYETTEVILLE KIRKVILLE CAMILLUS MANLIUS JAMESVILLE CAZENOVIA MARCELLUS TULLY

33. District 0400: • Bridgeport Group | Bridgeport • Cicero Swamp Group | Bridgeport • Serenity By the Lake Group | Cazenovia • Chittenango Group | Chittenango • Jamar Group | Dewitt • Fayetteville Group | Fayetteville • Highbridge Thankful Group | Fayetteville • Salt Springs Group | Fayetteville • New Women Group | Fayetteville • Conscious Contact Group | Fayetteville • Kirkville Group | Kirkville • Manlius Group | Manlius • Sunday Serenity Group | Manlius • As Bill Sees It Group | Manlius • Minoa Group | Minoa 4 2 2 3 BRIDGEPORT MINOA DEWITT CHITTENANGO FAYETTEVILLE KIRKVILLE MANLIUS CAZENOVIA

34. District 0420: • Farside Group | Jamesville • Downtown Why We’re Here Group | Syracuse • West End Group | Syracuse • Fresh Start Group | Syracuse • Syracuse Gay Live & Let Live Group | Syracuse • Westcott Group | Syracuse • Lake Shore Heights Group | Cicero • Brain Damaged Group | Syracuse • Basic Sobriety Group | Syracuse • Uncommon Sense Group | Syracuse • Mustard Seed Group | Syracuse • Life Changing Group | Mattydale • A Way Of Life Men’s Group | North Syracuse NORTH SYRACUSE CICERO SYRACUSE MATTYDALE 9 JAMESVILLE

35. District 0430: • Sixty Minutes Group | North Syracuse • New Beginning Group | Liverpool NORTH SYRACUSE LIVERPOOL

36. District 0440: • North Syracuse Group | North Syracuse • Columbus Park Group | Syracuse • Mattydale Group | Mattydale • Pioneer Group | Syracuse • Any Lengths Group | Liverpool • Plank Road Group | North Syracuse • Starting Over Group | Liverpool • Another Chance Group | Liverpool • Syracuse Group | Syracuse • High Nooners Group | Syracuse? (Tully) 3 4 2 NORTH SYRACUSE LIVERPOOL MATTYDALE SYRACUSE TULLY

37. District 0450: • Noon Fellowship Group | Syracuse SYRACUSE

38. District 0460: • Seven & Seven Early Risers | Syracuse • Eastwood Group | Syracuse • Hungry Hill Group | Syracuse • Five:15 Group | Syracuse • Early Birds Group | Syracuse • Sunrise Sobriety Group | Syracuse • Stargazers Group | Syracuse 8 SYRACUSE

39. District 0480: • Camillus Group | Camillus • James Geddes Group | Syracuse • Village Group | Syracuse • Then and Now Group | Syracuse • Westside Seve Group | Syracuse • Marcellus Group | Marcellus • Grapevine Group | Syracuse • Happy Hour Group | Syracuse • Top Of the Hill Group | Camillus • AA For Lunch – Camillus Group | Camillus • Primary Purpose Group | Syracuse • New Friends Group | Camillus • Sober Buffalos Group | Syracuse 4 8 SYRACUSE CAMILLUS MARCELLUS

40. The Syracuse GSR Workshop serves the groups and the districts in the 300s and 400s clusters —

41. by holding amonthly“district”level meeting, where GSRs and DCMs share experience and information

42. nbyhosting Days of Sharing lto improve understanding of AA general service lto strengthen group unity and effectiveness lto demonstrate how service committees extend AA’sability to reach alcoholics in ourcommunities, in hospitals and treatments centers, and in jails and courtrooms

43. nby hosting Area Assembly twice a year — lGSRs, DCMs, Service Committees, Area Officers and the Area 47 Delegate meet to learn from each other; to arrive at an informed conscience; and to prepare our delegate for the annual General Service Conference

44. nand by providing literature, support, and guidance to groups and districts l AA Service Manuals l Pamphlets l Reimbursement for travel to Area Assemblies l And occasionally copies of,Alcoholics Anonymous and Language of the Heartfor group use

45. In the fall of 2016 the groups in District 0340 elected a DCM.

46. In May 2017 District 0340 began holding a monthly district meeting —

47. 6:45 pm at Serenity Hall in Baldwinsville, the last Monday of the month. All are welcome.

48. The monthly District 0340 Meeting lprovides groups regular access to their DCM l keeps groups informed about matters affecting AA as a whole.

49. District 0340 also lhas service committees to carry the AA message in our communities lpublishes a newsletter with information about activities in the district and the area

50. The district has threeservice committees: l Public Information lTreatment lArea Assembly Host Committee