2024 Topic #011 Accepted Literature

Having a new category of Conference ‘Accepted’ Literature.

Conference to consider a new category of literature to stand beside Conference Approved literature. A category that indicates literature has been assessed by a conference committee and accepted or designated as “official’.

We need the ability to endorse or accept literature (posters, PI, cards etc.) for national use and circulation without everything needing to go to conference and take a year.

A Conference Committee could be given the authority to effectively sign off on submitted materials ensuring they meet guidelines, traditions etc. and allow them to be shared nationally with AA backing on the members website or GSO website.

WHAT IS THE BACKGROUND OR REASON FOR THE TOPIC?

Lots of members/groups/areas/districts are developing really useful posters and flyers and other collateral to do PI and CPC and to attract alcoholics to AA. Many of these would be really great to circulate nationally.

This can be done by submitting a topic and seeking conference support. Sometimes through the complexity of doing that and the time taken is off putting and members don’t follow up and do it.

It can also be done by WhatsApp groups and other informal means. This means inaccuracies etc. could be spread around.

DO YOU HAVE A SUGGESTED SOLUTION?

A conference committee who can assess these things submitted to them and give them an AA Australia ‘ok’ and put them on the website for others to choose from would be very useful.

This would make this type of literature and collateral AA Australia approved and would no way take away from or dilute conference approved which would remain for the important business of creating new pamphlets and leaflets and books and the like.

HOW WILL THE ALCOHOLIC WHO STILL SUFFERS OR THE FELLOWSHIP OF ALCOHOLICS ANONYMOUS BENEFIT FROM THIS SUGGESTION?

Members and groups and entities will have a broader choice of materials available for carrying the message and PI purposes that they can be sure meet the guidelines and traditions and requirements of AA.

WHAT ARE THE ESTIMATED COSTS OF IMPLEMENTING THIS SUGGESTION?

Negligible

HAVE YOU ASKED YOUR GROUP, DISTRICT OR AREA TO MAKE A DECISION ABOUT THIS TOPIC AND, IF SO, WHAT WAS THE OUTCOME?