District 19 Area 11
General Service Representative Meeting Minutes
October 28, 2025
Welcome (DCM): Steve opened the meeting at 7. Dave was introduced and presented a race he has initiated to celebrate sobriety. The run is this Saturday, November 1 and consists of a 1 mile walk, 5K run. It is in New Haven beginning at 9:30 behind Wilbur Cross Cold HIgh School at the intersection of Spring/Orange Street. Contact Steve for more information.
General Service Representative Pre-Amble (ALL):
Serenity Prayer (ALL):
Concept X (Steve): It ensures that the people who have the duty to perform a task also have the power to make decisions and do the work required for that task. This concept promotes efficiency and clarity by defining who is responsible and giving them the necessary authority to effectively discharge their duties.
Concept XI November: Karen
Tradition X (Dave): States that Alcoholics Anonymous has no opinion on outside issues and its name should never be drawn into public controversy. This tradition is meant to keep the fellowship unified and focused on its primary purpose of helping alcoholics recover, by avoiding engagement in debates over politics, religion, or other social issues.
Tradition XI November: Frank
General Service Representative Introductions / Reports & Concerns (GSRs):n
GSR Time for any AA questions/concerns or issues with their individual AA Group. This is your time so please take advantage of it.
Frank: Serenity Sunday Night East Haven 6-7pm
Dave: Monday-Friday noon Congregational Church meeting. Last Friday of the month is a pot luck lunch
Glen: GSR Tuesday night speaker meeting
Jim: visiting tonight
Fred: Area Answering Service Chair
Jeff: District Answering Service Chair
Frank: Saturday night East Haven Meeting
Maysha: Area Chair here to visit and discuss the assembly
Jimmy: Sunday night meeting
Joy: Old timer’s meeting on Wednesday am Northford
Dawn: Giving up the Northford GSR. District schedule Chair
Will: Wednesday night Big Book meeting
Pat: Noon St Therese Meeting
Kathy: Roaming gypsies in North Branford, Saturday and Sunday
Carol Ann: GSR for The Rock Saturday Night Step Meeting
Review & Approval of Meeting Minutes (D19 Secretary)
a. Current Month being Reviewed for Approval: September 2025
Jeff: motion to accept, Will second, unanimously accepted
Old Business (DCM/ALL):
Voting Items: None
Intradistrict Speaker Meeting: Ask at your meetings if anyone wants to volunteer to speak.
At our monthly meeting you can request the speaker team.
District 19 Surveys: Hand in surveys to Steve. He has received @20.
New Business (DCM/ALL)
- District 19 2026 Budget Working Group Meeting: Discussion regarding GSR meeting in November or another date.
Dave made a motion to discuss the budget at our next GSR meeting and only the budget will be discussed. Kathy seconded. Unanimously approved.
Committee Reports (District Sub Committee Chairs)
Answering Service: Jeff: Our district had one phone call in September, it was handled. We have an up to date list of volunteers. He will not be here next month and will pass on budget information to Dave and/or Fred
Public Information: Diane: Absent
Schedules: Dawn: Passed out the meeting schedule for corrections, the cardstock needs to be tweaked to fold correctly. Bookmarks were passed out.She will not be here next month and will get budget information to Dave.
*The noon meeting that was Monday-Friday at Hagamann Library is currently meeting at Christ Epiphany Church 39 Park Place. The Hagamann Library will put up a sign to let people know where it is happening. It is scheduled to reopen November 26, 2025. The church will not put up a sign to send people to the library when that reopens. How do we represent that in the trifold schedule? Steve presented a solution and will fix that so there is a notice that there is a temporary change until the library reopens in November.
1,000 schedules will be printed and distributed.
Thank you for help with the Schedules to those who assisted
Noon East Haven Meeting Location and Date(s) Update
Distribution of Bookmarks
Registrar: Stephan V.: New meeting in East Haven Tuesday, Wednesday Thursday 6:45-7:45 pm, Men’s meeting at 39 Park Place, Church of the Epiphany. Start date TBD
Cooperation with the Professional Community (CPC): Open
Archives: Open
Accessibility: Open
ALKI-LINE: Open
Website: Open (Note: There is an Area 11 Ad-Hoc Committee formed and is looking for volunteers)
Officer’s Reports
District Committee Member: Stephan V.
(Questions only on the notes sent out previously this month)
Myasha discussed the Area 11 Fall Assembly this Saturday. One topic is, where the money collected at meetings goes, how is it helping the still sick and suffering alcoholic because that is why we are here. An email was sent out with the flyer and agenda. The budget for A11 will be presented at the Assembly. It won’t be voted on Saturday, it will be voted on in December.
Fred: I will have a table for the Answering Service. All the committees will have a table
Frank: asked for clarification on voting at the Assembly. Myasha clarified that at an Assembly district officers get a vote. There is a motion to take away that vote that was presented at the Area DCM meeting. There will be a presentation at the Assembly to clarify voting. The Area guidelines need to be revamped.
Alternate District Committee Member: Sharon H.
Report on Area 11 Convention
Neurodivergent in AA
Long Timers Pearls of Wisdom (the panel answered several questions)
1. Parenting in AA
- Review of New Pamphlets from Area – 11 Convention
- Reimbursement for Area 11 Convention (pre-approved as part of the ADCM 2025 Budget)
- Secretary: Karen W.
- Treasurer: Dave H.
Monthly Treasurer’s Report
Myasha: this district has a lot of money and needs to be spent on helping the next sick and suffering alcoholic. Frank: has a sponsee who is interested in going around to libraries, police stations, etc to distribute literature. Steve: We need to have a Service Day.
Calendar Look Ahead (DCM):
- November 25 D19 Budget Working Group Meeting in place of the GSR agenda
- November GSR D19 Meeting: 25 November 2025 will be a budget meeting
- Initial Budgets Submitted to Treasurer: TBD
- December GSR D19 Meeting & Holiday Party: 16 December 2025 pending approval from the church. Branford Christmas Alkathon will be putting up decorations that night.
- District 19 Budget Review: 23 December 2025
- January GSR D19 Meeting: 27 January 2026
- District 19 Budget Vote: 27 January 2026
Sick & Deceased (ALL). Sheila Kolodnika is in St Rae’s ICU on a ventilator but improving. She has Paula and Frank as contacts, no family. If anyone wants to visit her please feel free to go.
Anniversaries: Please tell the group if you or anyone from your group is celebrating an AA Anniversary. Paul celebrated 38 years.
Responsibility Statement (DCM): – I am responsible when anyone, anywhere, reaches out for help, I want the hand of AA always to be there. And for that, I am responsible.
Closing: Meeting closed at 8:17
Respectfully submitted,
Karen W.
District 19 Treasurer’s Report
August 2025
Opening Balance $11,342.80
Deposits:
Sunday night 24 Hour group $ 80.00
Friday night Soup Cellar meeting $ 60.00
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Total Deposits $ 140.00
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$11,482.80
Expenses:
Food $ 90.15
Office Supplies $405.15
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Total Expenses $ 495.30
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Ending Balance $10,987.50
Respectively submitted, David H.
District 19 Treasurer
Mail donations to: District 19
P.O. Box 2306
5 Court St.
Branford, CT 06405
