Area Assembly Highlights – October 2026
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Area Highlights October 2026
Voting Items from the October Assembly:
Agenda Item 2026-07-11 001 (Agenda): If the infeasibility of paying for or otherwise providing food and/or beverages is a barrier to a district’s sponsorship of a Four Corners Workshop that would otherwise be scheduled by the Area, the Area Workshop Chair, in consultation with the Agenda Committee and with notice to the Treasurer, has the discretion to spend up to $60 per Workshop for the purchase of food and/or beverages for the workshop. If the exercise of that discretion would necessitate an increase in the Workshop Chair’s budget, prior approval of the Treasurer must be obtained.
- A vote of 34-37. The item fails.
Agenda Item 2026-04-11 005 Finance: Approve the 2027 Area 41 Budget.
- A vote 69-3. The budget passes.
Agenda Item 2026-01-10 003 Finance: To remove any Sponsorship or Incentive payments from outside venues when considering hotel bids
- A vote of 59-10. The item passes.
Emergency Item: Area 41 authorize the purchase of a laptop for conducting Area hybrid meetings, at a total cost not to exceed $750, with selection and purchase coordinated by the Technology & Communications Committee.
- A vote of 68-0. The item passed unanimously.
Floor action: Agenda Item 2026-07-11 004 CPC/PI: Amend the Area 41 Website Guidelines by adding a new paragraph immediately after paragraph 3.g.2: h. For the purpose of defining Area 41’s agreed-upon anonymity protection for the website, all documents published on the area41.org server shall be clear of members’ last names and/or likenesses, including last names contained in email addresses. The Technology and Communications Committee and Webmaster may redact any last name found in a document provided for the website prior to uploading. Because even “closed” or “private” online spaces may reveal an individual’s identity, Area 41 requests that all documents hosted on the website remain anonymity protected whether located in public or restricted sections of the website.
- The CPC/PI committee stated there was some confusion on this item. Voting on this motion is being held, so the committee can further discuss it. Any questions, please contact the Area Chair.
Floor Action: Agenda Item 2026-10-10 005 Finance: That Area 41 stops funding the Area 41 Chair, Treasurer, and Secretary to attend the West Central Regional AA Service Conference
- The body declined to hear the item.
Items moved to vote (1)
Agenda Item 2022-03-02 005j (Report & Charter from FUNction Ad Hoc): Update Area 41 Handbook under Section 6: General Committee Procedures to add “All documents should have the most recent revision date on them.”
The next Area Assembly is January 9-10.
Char S. is our Treasurer for this rotation. Please send Seventh Tradition to:
Area 41 Treasurer, 920 W 3rd St., North Platte, NE 69101
OR contribute online at: https://www.area41.org/contribute/
More information will be available in the January Newsletter and at area41.org If you want to have this emailed to you, or if I can be of further assistance, please contact me at secretary@area41.org Thank you for allowing me to serve!
Yours in service,
Zach I. Area 41 Secretary
