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Blue Water Area and Subcommittee Meetings To email the
chairperson of any meeting, go to the
Contacts "Area service committees are ultimately responsible to the groups they serve. Narcotics Anonymous groups send group service representatives (GSRs) to serve on the area committee. While still maintaining final responsibility and authority for area services, they invest enough delegated authority in their GSRs—and through them, in the area committee—for the necessary work to get done. NA groups also send money to the area committee, money needed to coordinate panels, maintain phonelines, and conduct public information activities. Through their contributions of money and manpower, the groups exercise both their responsibility and their authority for NA services. How does the area service committee relate in turn to NA’s regional and world services? In much the same way as the group relates to the area committee: through carefully selected representatives who are delegated the authority necessary for effective service." - A Guide to Local Services in Narcotics Anonymous
5:00 PM
ASC
(3rd Sunday of each month)
"Dances, picnics, campouts, special speaker meetings—these events are put on by area activities subcommittees. Activities like these can provide a greater sense of community for the local NA Fellowship and produce additional area income. It should always be kept in mind, however, that these functions are designed to enhance NA’s primary purpose, not to replace group contributions in funding area services." - A Guide to Local Services in Narcotics Anonymous 6 :00 PM Activities Subcommittee (last Saturday of each month)St. John's United Church of Christ 710 Pine St., Port Huron, MI 48060 Group Relations Ad-Hoc Subcommittee Purpose: To provide guidance based on the practical application of the NA traditions in relation to representatives of outside organizations wanting to promote their organization, events, and activities at group meetings. Function: Seek guidance from the World and Regional levels. Apply suggestions to known issues, and present these proposed solutions/suggestions to the Area, in hopes that this will benefit Area understanding of the issues, the group's ability to act autonomously to address them, and restore unity around this sensitive issue. Duration: Three months; 8/17/08 to 11/16/08.
6:45 PM
Group Relations Ad-Hoc Subcommittee (10-24-08, 11-7-08) 6:00 PM Group Relations Ad-Hoc Subcommittee (11-12-08)Blue Water Serenity Alano Center 1317 7th St., Port Huron, MI 48060 Guideline Review Ad-Hoc Subcommittee The Guideline Review Ad-Hoc Subcommittee is revising the current Blue Water Area Service Committee Guidelines. These guidelines provide a framework used by the Area Service Committee to carry on it's business. Any NA member with the willingness to assist in this effort is welcome to join us. Duration: 10/19/08 - 7/19/09 4 :00 PM Guideline Review Ad-Hoc Subcommittee (3rd Sunday of each month)Mercy Hospital (Auditorium) 2601 Electric Ave., Port Huron, MI 48060 Helpline Ad-Hoc Subcommittee "The helpline subcommittee maintains a telephone information service for Narcotics Anonymous that helps addicts and others in the community find us easily and quickly. Helpline volunteers often serve as the first point of contact between the community-at-large and the NA Fellowship. For this reason, it’s vital that careful attention be paid to the work of this subcommittee." - A Guide to Local Services in Narcotics Anonymous
Hospitals & Institutions (H&I) Subcommittee "Hospitals and institutions subcommittees conduct panels that carry the NA message to addicts who often have no other way of hearing our message. Treatment panels are conducted for patients at addiction treatment centers, mental health facilities, and therapeutic communities. Correctional panels are held for inmates at jails, prisons, and forensic hospitals." - A Guide to Local Services in Narcotics Anonymous We're looking for volunteers to go into Clearview, the Huron House, and the St. Clair County Intervention Center. There are some clean time requirements, so please come to an H&I subcommittee meeting to find out more.
6:30 PM H&I Subcommittee (2nd Friday of each month) Literature Subcommittee "The literature subcommittee maintains a stock of NA books and pamphlets that can be purchased by local groups at the monthly ASC meeting. In some areas, this subcommittee may consist of only one or two people. In other areas, it may involve as many as half a dozen members who process group orders, monitor stock levels, and reorder materials from the local NA office or the World Service Office. To maintain accountability for all area funds, most areas ask their treasurer to serve as cashier for literature sales. The subcommittee then goes to the treasurer for a check when it has to reorder stock." - A Guide to Local Services in Narcotics Anonymous
The newsletter subcommittee publishes a quarterly newsletter containing NA-related events, service activities, recovery experiences, and other information. Please send in your submission today and you may see it in a future issue! 6:45 PM Newsletter Subcommittee (1st Friday of each month) St. Martin Lutheran Church 156 S. William St., Marine City, MI 48039 Outreach Subcommittee "Outreach subcommittees serve as the outstretched hand of an established NA community to isolated groups and addicts, particularly in large rural areas. By phone, by mail, and by car they make sure that no group and no addict has to go through it alone if at all possible. The subcommittee helps keep geographically isolated groups and addicts in touch with the mainstream of the NA Fellowship."- A Guide to Local Services in Narcotics Anonymous
Public Relations/Information (PR/I) Subcommittee "The general mission of your area public information subcommittee is to inform addicts and others in the community of the availability of recovery in Narcotics Anonymous. Services provided by PI subcommittees vary widely from area to area. The simplest kind of PI project is the production and distribution of fliers throughout the community announcing that NA is available and that more information can be had either by calling the local NA information phone line or by attending an NA meeting. As PI subcommittees become better developed, they often conduct public meetings for community members, distribute public service announcements to local radio and television stations, and respond to public media inquiries. Some PI subcommittees develop separate working groups called CPC panels (short for cooperation with the professional community) to focus especially on the NA community’s relations with local treatment professionals." - A Guide to Local Services in Narcotics Anonymous
5:45 PM
PR Subcommittee
(2nd Saturday of each month)
Webservant Subcommittee The webservant maintains this website's local information about NA, meetings, activities, and events. Please email any problems, corrections, or updates to this site to the webservant.
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