archives East End Groups in Suffolk Seek
Greater Opportunities for Service
     Recently , several members of groups on the East End have contacted the Intergroup office to express their desire to initiate greater service activity on both Forks.  Specific Interests include Institutions, public Information work, and cooperation with the professional community; and greater participation in Intergroup in general.  In response, the Chairman  asked the reps to consider moving one Intergroup meeting per quarter to Riverhead, the other two meeting per quarter would remain in Ronkonkoma.  A motion was made  and seconded to this effect.
     The reps took the question back to their groups in July, Discussion began in August.  We encourage as many East End reps as possible to attend the meetings and take part.  The SIA meetings this month is on the  14th at the              Cleary  School on Portion Road in Lake Ronkonkoma at  8pm.
- Archives from page one
Big Book Update - We now have the signatures of 62 Suffolk A.A.s with more than 30 years sobriety who have signed our original 1951 Big Book.  This project has proven so successful that some A.A.s from Nassau County have asked to be included. But sadly, space limits this project to Suffolk A.A.s  only.  For more info, contact the SIA office  at 654-1150.  Look for flyers at your meetings  listing where the Big Book will be available to be signed and when.
Add to our growing archives history files by sending in a 4X6 photo of your meeting place - outside and inside.  No people in the photos please!
If you have secretarial skills and can transcribe a tape recording for us, on occasion we have need for this service as we record longtime A.A. members' stories.  Contact the Archives. Thanks.
- Amends from page one
sponsor's help with more people as time went on and I added to my list - people at certain jobs I didn't even know I had; acquaintances, co-workers, and others.
I realized that I no longer had to have that fear of  "what if?"  Step Nine was about "consciousness" of my actions. I realized that the amends I made were for me to clean my side of the street, and not always expect anything in return.  Sometimes the amends did help to mend relationships - as in the case of my family.  Some people I had hoped to reestablish contact with - well  let's just say they don't send me Christmas cards.
As a result of this step the Promises in the Big Book started to come for me.   (Our special thanks to Rita from the Brentwood Ladies Group  for allowing the Bulletin to publish parts of her sharing on Step Nine at the Sunday Night Step Meeting).
(Readers from page 3) As far as the working conditions at the office, they are good.  There is a room with a couple of easy chairs, shelves of literature, bundles of meeting lists, and a small but growing archives display.  The office is comfortable and airconditioned, as is the whole building.  In the back is a meeting room used by some of our committees such as the Share-a-thon meeting and the Public Information meeting.  There is a computer room; it's kept locked so I can't play Far Cry or Doom 3 at the office.  There's even a bathroom (clean at that)!  Compared to a lot of service jobs it's a a piece of cake; and when you mention to people that you worked a shift at the SIA office, they start to think you know what you are talking about.  Of course when someone calls, I just take a message and pass it on to someone that does know what he or she is talking about.  Oh yeah, about that research, it's been found quite beneficial if you don't drink, go to meetings and read the Big Book you will stay sober.
              - Yours' in love and service and all that good stuff-  Dennis M.  SIA Rep. Babylon Nuts and Bolts. Back Next