Alternate Delegate Report - January 2026

Greetings Area 41, I'm Erin, an alcoholic. Welcome to all the new servants! What a privilege and an honor to stand before the Area this morning as your new alternate delegate. One of my hats to wear this rotation is to be the facilities coordinator. If you have concerns with the hotel please let me know so I can coordinate with the hotel to get our needs met, this includes if the location where your committee met didn't work will let me know and I will see how we can accommodate you and committee. Also I will do my best to ensure we do not run out of coffee. Reminder to book your rooms under the Area 41 room block, this helps us when negotiating contracts and we currently get 1 comped room for every 10 booked so you can help the budget and any future contracts with hotels by using our room block and our negotiated group rates. The hotel also will not be taking cash or check for payment any longer. They also would prefer card payments for the buffet lunch, she said they will take cash if they have to but they do prefer cards.

Another one of my hats is to be a signer on all the Area accounts. Reason I mention this is if you are having trouble accessing the online banking feel free to contact me and I can check account balances and activity if you need help.

The North American Alternate Delegate meeting was on January 1st and there was some confusion on which email to send the invite to, so I was unable to attend. We have gotten that corrected and am receiving correspondence. I have listened to the recording and some of the recording archives. In preparing for this rotation I did attend in December since Russ was able to get and send me the invite and sat in on the regional Delegate's meetings. I am taking notes and learning all I can. I am so excited to serve Area 41 and to learn and grow this rotation with all of you! Thank you for allowing me to participate in my recovery today.

In love and service,
(Alt Delegate)