Announcements from the fellowship for the good of A.A.
As of Friday December 25, due to Ontario lockdown, the Intergroup office will be temporarily closed until further notice.
For any order inquiries please call 905-728-1020.
Thank you,
Gerry D.
Intergroup Office Manager
For more information, contact us at (905) 728-1020 or info@aadurham.org.
For more information, contact us at (905) 728-1020 or info@aadurham.org.
The following groups are re-opening their face-to-face meetings.
Note: In each case, the groups and the locations in which they meet have requirements you need to agree to in order to attend. For details, follow the link to that group’s individual web page.
Important note! The current phone schedules are still in effect. Groups need to honour their commitment or make arrangements with the Intergroup office by calling (905) 728-1020.
By 4 PM on your scheduled day, please have a member of your group contact Intergroup at (905) 728-1020. This allows Gerry, our Intergroup office manager, to know the phone # to which she’ll forward the calls.
If your group is scheduled on the phones, the Intergroup office manager will forward the phone line at 6 PM on your scheduled evening, overnight, until 9 AM the following morning.
Thank you all in advance for your continued support.
Yours in Service,
Deb F.
Intergroup Chairperson
chair@aadurham.org
For more information, contact us at (905) 728-1020 or info@aadurham.org.
The 12 Promises Discussion group, that met at 7:30 on Thursdays in Ajax, is permanently closed.
Please find attached a letter from the General Service Office (GSO) of Alcoholics Anonymous. The letter stresses the importance of continuing to give in the spirit of our 7th Tradition during the time of COVID-19. It also includes a link to a video on the subject.
Our 7th Tradition states:
Every A.A. group ought to be fully self-supporting, declining outside contributions.
Below, find a list of online meetings hosted by groups in the Lakeshore Intergroup of AA.
Important!! Some groups have experienced security breaches on their Zoom meetings. We offer a few security suggestions. See our post.
Note: To see this list in the Meeting portion of our site, filter using “Online Meeting”. Or you can see the filtered list here.
Kimberley, the alternate delegate for Area 83, has assembled the following PDFs that provide suggestions on handling online meetings and digital 7th traditions.
Note: Area 83 has provided a series of PDF documents that outline best practices for online meetings, their security, and how to handle digital 7th traditions. See those documents here.
As groups use Zoom for online meetings, some are experiencing security breaches. These breaches can include spam and pornography flooding meetings in progress.
The Lakeshore Intergroup reminds each group that they are responsible for the security of their own Zoom meetings. Many online resources guide users in how to tighten Zoom security.
We suggest the following:
We appreciate your diligence in this matter!
Your in sobriety,
Lakeshore Intergroup of AA
Please find attached a letter responding to COVID-19 from the General Service Office (GSO) of Alcoholics Anonymous. In it, they offer suggestions to members and groups rooted in our collective AA experience.
Note: For a list of locally-hosted online AA meetings, see this post.
The following list provides links to meetings, recordings of speakers, online copies of the Big Book, and other resources.
Please find attached the updated Lakeshore Districts Interchange Schedule for May 2020 to April 2021.