Area 15 Outreach Committee

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Past Area 15 Outreach Events:

June 2023 Concepts Workshop

To request an event, please fill out the
Outreach Event Checklist

For more information, email outreach@area15aa.org

 

About Outreach Committee

COMPOSITION: The five-member Outreach Committee will include a Chairperson who is appointed by the incoming Area 15 Chairperson, and 4 area committee members selected by the incoming Area Chairperson and the incoming Outreach Committee Chairperson. The committee members, in addition to the Outreach Committee Chairperson, consists of 1 Area officer (Chair, Treasurer, Registrar or Secretary), 1 standing committee chair, and 2 DCMs. It is suggested that each member have a minimum of 5 years of continuous sobriety. The Committee will elect a Secretary/Treasurer from among Committee members in January. 

SCOPE: The scope of the Area 15 Outreach Committee shall be to select acceptable outreach opportunities within Area 15 using guidance from A.A.’s 36 principles, relevant shared experience from other Areas, and Area 15’s Current Practices. Outreach opportunities should be selected with consideration of expressed need, frequency of other outreach in the same locale, availability of members to fulfill the outreach opportunity, and available funds. Examples of such outreach include, but are not limited to, assisting districts or district standing committees with Concepts, Traditions, and Service Manual workshops; and participating in local district forums to provide an overview and/or details of Area 15 purpose, activities, and services, et al. Outreach opportunities can be presented through in person events and/or virtual platforms. The Committee is responsible for making the outreach opportunities known to the Area Committee and for selecting one or more Area Committee members, and optionally, a Past Delegate, to fulfill the outreach opportunity.

PROCEDURE: The Outreach Committee shall meet at least four times a year on Area Committee meeting dates, if and when they occur, and Area Assembly weekends. The Committee may also meet via a virtual platform. The Outreach Committee shall be fiscally responsible for the outreach budgeting and spiritually accountable to Area 15 for outreach activities. Area 15 members and invited Past Delegates who fulfill an outreach opportunity shall be funded for travel and lodging expenses, if incurred, to conduct selected outreach efforts within Area 15 unless otherwise funded. Mileage funding will be at the IRS rate for standard travel. Airfare will be funded for coach seating and tickets must be booked at least 30 days in advance for financial prudence. A.A. Literature or other related materials for outreach workshops shall be funded within reason as needed for each event. Annual committee funding will be determined through standard Area 15 budgeting procedures, and the committee’s budget request will be submitted to the Area Finance Committee by July of each year.  The Committee Chair shall be funded as per motion #215. All future changes to the Composition, Scope and Procedure for the Outreach Committee will be made within the committee.  Adie M., Panel 73 Outreach Committee Chairperson on behalf of the Outreach Committee