Area Highlights - April 2025
Trusted ServantVoting items
Agenda 2024-04-06 002 Technology & Communications (with consultation of Report & Charter): Dissolve the Taper service position and create a new Audio-Visual service position in its place. Because this position requires special skills and continuity, it will remain a six- year appointment. Area Chairperson to appoint. The service position would be overseen by the Technology and Communications Committee.
Scope:
- Ensure proper storage and adequate security of applicable equipment, and timely delivery and 21setup for Area assemblies.
- Manage the microphones/sound systems.
- Ensure that Area assemblies are audio- recorded, and that recordings are provided to the Chairperson and Secretary, and to the Archives.
- Provide audio recording of other Area functions as requested by Chairperson, subject to the availability of the Audio-Visual servant.
- Make sure the projectors are working.
- Assist with slide sharing, logistics and/or hosting for virtual or hybrid assemblies.
Amend budget to move Taper position lodging, mileage, and “Area Taping” expense lines from Secretary to Technology and Communications Committee, and rename appropriately. Update lodging to be for two nights per assembly, to allow servant to arrive on Friday with equipment. Amend the Area 41 Service Handbook to appropriately reflect these changes, and sunset any past actions in conflict.
75-6 motion passes
AGENDA ITEM 2025 Corrections 01-11 017: The Area 41 Correctional Facilities Committee recommends the name of the committee be changed to Corrections. The name change would mirror the General Service Board (GSB) service structure and reflect what Area 41 currently calls the committee
85-0 motion passes
2022-04-02 006 Agenda Item Report & Charter: Update the scope of the Area Secretary (Area 41 Service Handbook page 11) to add item iv, “Send out an electronic Area 41 highlights communication to the Fellowship, suggested within two weeks of each Assembly, to include but not limited to, the results of the voting items and the voting items for the upcoming Assembly.”
82-1 motion passes
2022-04-02 005 (a1) Agenda Item FUNction Ad Hoc: Have a (voting) Business Meeting at 3 of our 4 Area 41 assemblies each year. Business Meetings would take place in April, October, and January. July would be a one day Service Assembly focused on workshops, fellowship, helping to educate our members and trusted servants, and may or may not include committee meetings. Any changes would begin after any current Area 41 hotel contract. If contract negotiations are taking place, those plans supersede the timing of this Agenda item. The passing of this agenda item shall suspend: AGENDA ITEM 2011-09-17 013 Agenda Area 41 consider scheduling Area 41 Business Meetings in January, March, July, and October with reunion meeting date to remain in June.
55-30 motion passes, minority voice spoke 58- 18 motion to reconsider passes final vote 21- 59 motion fails
2022-04-02 005 (a2) Agenda Item FUNction Ad Hoc: Vary the location of Area 41 Assembly meeting(s) that are NOT conducting a formal Business Meeting. Non-Business Assemblies, known as “Service Assemblies” in this Agenda Item, would ideally move to a different city than the “Business Assemblies,” either rotating around the state or being in a permanent fixed location outside the city that hosts the Business meetings. Any changes would begin after any current Area 41 hotel contract. If contract negotiations are taking place, those plans supersede the timing of this Agenda item. Area 41 will secure a meeting space suitable for a day to host workshops and fellowship. The passing of this agenda item shall suspend: Jan. 2006 Motion that Area 41 Standing Committee meetings scheduled to run concurrently on Saturday morning of all Area meetings for 9am –noon, with appropriate breaks as determined within each committee.
Motion was pulled due to item a1 failing
Emergency Item: 04-06-2025 Proposed Agenda Item West Central Regional Forum
Area 41 to fund Literature, Grapevine, and Archives Chairs to attend the West Central Regional Forum in Omaha, September 19-21, 2025.
Cost for Archives: $274 Hotel + $169.12 mileage = $443.12
Cost for Grapevine: $274 Hotel + $169.12 mileage = $443.12
Cost for Literature: $274 Hotel + $40.49 =
$314.49
Additionally, Area 41 to fund seed money in the amount of $250 for a self-supporting Ice Cream Social at the 2025 West Central Regional Forum. All money collected by 7th Tradition during the Ice Cream Social will be returned to Area 41.
TOTAL: $1450.7
77-3 motion passes
Emergency Item:
Motion for our Delegate to make a floor action at the General Service Conference to censure the General Service Board for a consistent failure to communicate effectively & perpetuating an environment that is not conducive to retention of trusted servants.
There seems to be a Lack of transparency, Overstepping of multiple warranties and years of toxic culture on the board For whatever the individual reasons, in the last 24 months six Trustees and or Directors have been removed from the slate, resigned, or asked to resign. This is highly unusual based on the history of our three boards. The Area feels that the Trustees based on their Tradition 9 responsibility should be censured for creating this environment and ask them to perform more inventory in order to better focus on serving the AA groups.
65-4 motion passes
What Else Happened
- GSB Chair Scott spoke Saturday night and answered questions, Thank you Scott!
- Committee showcase, we had some great tables showcasing what committees are doing!
- General sharing sessions/Breakout sessions to give our delegate information for
Conference.
Thank you to all the past Trusted servants for helping with the breakout sessions!
July Voting items
For full items including Background, please view Agenda post linked here:
Agenda - July 2025
Agenda subject to change. 🛜 NOTE! The July 2025 assembly will be hybrid (both in person and online). Please get acquainted with how to join online at area41.or…
Area41.org 
Voting Items (motion text only, no background) listed below:
Agenda Item: 2025-07-12 023: Select a host district for the 2026 reunion.
2022-04-02 005 (b) Agenda Item FUNction Ad Hoc: Replace GSR & DCM Workshops with Service Workshop(s). The passing of this item will repeal the GSR Workshop and alternate GSR Workshop positions. This would begin in Jan 2026.
2022-04-02 005 (c) Agenda Item FUNction Ad Hoc: The (newly elected) Area Chair is to appoint committee chair and service positions from a pool of interested candidates, nominations, and anyone else that they may identify as a suitable candidate. The final slate of candidates to be approved by the Area by a 3 vote. This would begin in Oct/Jan 2026.
2022-04-02 005 (d) Agenda Item FUNction Ad Hoc: Area 41 should invite a speaker once per year from another Area, at the purview of the Area Chair.
Don’t forget about these awesome upcoming events!
- Register for Reunion
- Concepts workshop on zoom every 3rd Wednesday
- Forum is coming in September to Omaha
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