District 14 met on 14 December at the O'Fallon Trailer Group location with the Wades Square Group hosting. There were 22 GSR's and guests in attendance. The 11 January and 8 February 2004 meetings will be hosted by the 623 Group. The 14 March and 11 April meetings will be tentatively hosted by the Collinsville Honesty Group. The time for all GSR Meetings remains the same at 1 pm. See you there...

NOTES FROM THE MEETING:

Terry S. (233-6844) is the new GSR for Dr Bobs Group.

Collinsville Honesty Group has made available Where & When ' s at the Gateway Convention Center hotel(s) for people seeking a mee ting in Districts 14 & 18.

CPC (Chester P. - 337-1476): He has begun with the local doctors to see if they are interested in AA information. It was suggested that he work through the Nurse Managers at each office. Chester will move onto judges, hospitals and others. Alanon is helping in this effort.

TREATMENT (Udell G. - 332-2414). All Sundays are now covered. This includes a rare 5 th Sunday.

Corrections (Doug T. - 337-8451): Another applicant has completed the paperwork and is ready to be submitted. Meetings are carried behind the walls on Monday and Friday. If you are interested in a one-time, two-hour visit, call Doug if you are interested.

Webmaster (Rick H. - 277-8459): The guidelines for the website are final. All motions to change anything from its present status were tabled until the Jan 2004 GSR meeting. The discussion over this area was extensive and lively. Jim M. will contact GSO for guidance. A discussion after the meeting brought a possible solution that meets the current guidelines of District 14 (as handed out at the meeting) and preserves the anonymity of all. Rick H. can do the technical wizardry to make it happen. Rick H. has been made a member of the Website Committee. It makes sense and he has done a fantastic job in his duties as a Webmaster.

Answering Service (Maggie E. - 398-7012): Maggie has been appointed to fill this position. She will obtain all working papers from Tim R. in the near future.

Grapevine ((click here).- 277-9730): Maggie had to resign this position to accept the one above. Since I receive a lot of the literature necessary to order Grapevine material and I am retired, I have the time for the position.

District 14 Website Address is: http://www.aadistrict14.org There is also a website out there that has designhostpro in it. This is the old address and I put this in the new Where & When. I apologize profusely for this error. Fortunately, Rick has put a redirect on the old site so the individual will automatically be redirected to the correct site.

According to Rick, the website had ~20,000 hits on the site in 2002. So far for 2003, the site has been hit 25,660 times. Funds have been allotted for the site to be renewed for 2004.

The women's meeting at the St Clair County Jail still needs more women to help conduct meetings. If you can volunteer, call Sue S. (398-3648).

The 2003 Alkathon will see the use of a Child Patrol as was used in the 2003 Corned Beef & Cabbage. It was extremely successful at the 2003 CB&C. Donations made it possible. The days of the Alkathon have been picked. Dances (3) are also being planned. Entertainment at the 2003 Alkathon will be the responsibility of the Group hosting the Dances.

2003 Alkathon :

24 December: Hosted by District 14

25 December: Hosted by District 14

26 December: Hosted by the Waterloo & Cahokia groups

27 December: Hosted by the 623 Group

28 December: Hosted by the Kings House, Wades Sq, Sparta 212 Group & Dr Bobs

29 December: Hosted by C offee Pot, Fairview Heights Group, & St Henry Group ' s

30 December: Hosted by the Dist 14 Alanons

31 December: Hosted by the O ' Fallon Trailer Group

1 Jan 2004: Hosted by the East St Louis Groups. The dinner will begin at 5 pm, speaker at 6 pm and hopefu lly to be out of there by 7:30 pm.

June 2004 Area Assembly : District 14 will host. The site is the Shrine. Funds have been allotted to reserve the site. The date is 6 June 2004. More later . ..

2004 Corned Beef & Cabbage : Gordon N. is the chairman. Maggie E. is helping. 13 Mar 2004 is the day. More at the January 2004 GSR Meeting.

The meeting at the OFTG on Saturday at 3 pm may be discontinued. Ed S. (659-0197) will check.

The meeting at the Kings House on Monday at 7 pm may be stopped. Maggie E. will check.

UPCOMING EVENTS :

The Coffee Pot Group will celebrate " The Night of the Stars " on 4 Jan 2004. Come help us celebrate 114 years of sobriety.

The 23 rd Annual Five Corners Convention will be held in Sikeston Missouri on 20-21 February 2004. It will be held at the Raudmont Inn (I-55 and Highway 62 Intersection). Rooms are $55.00 plus tax. Call (573) 471-4700 for reservations.

BIRTHDAYS: (Birthdays will only be entered if they occur before or on the date of the GSR Meeting; otherwise, they will be entered in the next Booze News)

623 Group: Forrest - 3 yrs, Pat C. - 6 mos.

St Henry ' s Book Club Group: Eddie C. - 30 days.

Collinsville Lounge Group: David M. - 2 yrs.

Cahokia Ser enity Group: John A., Brandon C. - 2 yrs.

Dr. Bobs Group : Mary Kay R. - 12 yrs , Mary Francis D. - 6 yrs, Ellen C. - 4 yrs.

East St Louis 12x12 Group : Charlie T. - 23 yrs, David M. - 14 yrs, Anthony M., Charles - 11 yrs, Derrick - 1 yr.

Kings House Group: Julie - 12 yrs , Beth - 30 days.

O ' Fallon Trailer Group : Chuck S. - 28 yrs, Rob B. - 15 yrs, Linda R. - 19 yrs, Nancy B. - 18 yrs, Leisa - 17 yrs, Bob K., Michael B. - 15 yrs, Chuck G. - 14 yrs, Mike D., Jason B., Mark W. - 10 yrs, Glen B., Gary T . - 9 yrs, Ed S., Sally, Cheryl, Lee Ann, Robert J., Cindy W. - 8 yrs, Allan Y., Isaih N., Bill M. - 7 yrs, Steve, Dennis M., R.Z. R. - 6 yrs, Mark D., Larry S., Joe K., Greg H. - 5 yrs, Liz V. - 4 yrs, Bill M., Jenny M., George H., Jeff M. - 3 yrs, Nyki L . - 2 yrs, Barb D. - 1 yr, Matt G., Forest D., Lucius, Shay B. - 6 mos, Bret W., Beth W., Steve, Stacey, Richard, Jeraime, Scott, Jay H., Dan, Dave, Ed - 30 days.

Waterloo Group: Ralph S. - 33 yrs, Bob B. - 28 yrs , Irene S. - 9 yrs, Lester J. - 5 yrs.

S parta 212 Group : Tom S. - 12 yrs, Leisa A. - 6 yrs, Larry L. - 4 yrs, Regetta D. - 2 yrs.

Rule 62, Part 125: This is AA --- not " as the barstool turns " . Courtesy of Jim B. O ' Fallon IL.

Rule 62, Part 126: The answers are in the Big Book --- not on Op rah Winfrey or Dr. Phil. Courtesy of Steve (Hobble) H. O ' Fallon IL.

Rule 62, Part 127: If you want esteem --- do something esteem-able. Courtesy of Virgil L. Lebanon IL

Rule 62, Part 128: Acceptance is now found on Pg. 416 of the Big Book, 4 th Ed. Courtesy of Steve (Hobble) H. O ' Fallon IL

Rule 62, Part 129: Don't pee on my leg and tell me it is raining. Courtesy of the late Ed S. New Athens IL

Rule 62, Part 130: Talk less, listen more. Courtesy of Don M. Olive Branch IL

Rule 62, Part 131: How can you think your way out of a problem when the problem is your way of thinking? Courtesy of Don M. Olive Branch IL

Editor: (click here).(277- 9730)