Announcements
ECF BUSINESS MEETINGS ARE HELD ON THE SECOND MONDAY OF EACH MONTH: Our next meeting is Monday, May 12th, 2025 from 5:30 to 6:45 PM. To suggest an agenda item please contact business.manager@ecfaa.org. Here are April's minutes and the May agenda for downloading/viewing.
PLEASE JOIN OUR BIRTHDAY CELEBRATION ON Saturday, May 31st at 9:00 AM (Pacific Time), as we celebrate sobriety birthdays and milestones!
If you would like to request a birthday chip, contact Bethany at birthday.chips@ecfaa.org. Include your full name, address, and the chip (months or years of sobriety) you are requesting.
We look forward to sending you a birthday chip to celebrate your sobriety milestones!
Our next monthly First Thursday Workshop of 2025 will be on June 5th at 5:30 PM: This year we will be discussing AA’s 12 Promises, aka the 9th Step Promises, and what it means to be “painstaking about this phase of our development.”
Please join us for a lively discussion.
H&I SERVICE: The H&I Committee brings A.A. meetings & literature into Hospitals, Jails, Prisons, Recovery Centers and Shelters. As there are numerous facilities in the Area, there are constant opportunities to be of service. Currently there is a high demand for Spanish speakers.
Attending an orientation is required and commitments are 1-hour a month. See the Area 53 (Oakland/Alameda) Roster and the ECF Bulletin Board for more information.
NEWCOMER LITERATURE: If you are new and need literature, please contact literature@ecfaa.org for a newcomer packet.
COURT CARDS - ATTENDANCE VERIFICATION: Send an email to secretary.coordinator@ecfaa.org. Include your name, date and time of the meeting you attended, and name of the meeting secretary. Your attendance will be verified within 24 hours.
SPONSORSHIP: If you are currently available to be a sponsor, please type your name and the word "sponsor" with your phone number in the chat box at any online meeting. More information is available in the pamphlet "Questions and Answers on Sponsorship" at aa.org.
Another way to find a sponsor: listen to others in several different meetings. Sponsors will have more than a year sobriety; have a sponsor; have “worked the steps” and are available to be a mentor for you.
ECF Bulletin Board
East Bay Intergroup Info (eastbayaa.org):
You're in the Right Place! Newcomer/Beginner's meeting sponsored by East Bay Intergroup
*Attendance Confirmation Available*
This meeting meets Sundays and Tuesdays at 7pm, using the same Zoom ID and password.
Visit EBI's Newcomer Page for more information about AA and attend Newcomer Meetings
Online, Sundays 7pm
Meeting ID: 857 4415 2693
Password: 471197
Call the 24 hour Helpline:
English: 510-839-8900
Español: 510-502-8560
Email: help@eastbayaa.org.
Always confidential, always no cost.
Volunteers needed. Email phonechair@eastbayaa.org to volunteer or for more information.
East Bay AA Newsletter
Subscription Link: eastbayaa.org/subscribe/
H&I Service Committee
“The only purpose of this committee is to carry the message of AA to alcoholics in Corrections and Treatment facilities and facilities serving alcoholics in Northern CA. The activities of this committee are governed by the Twelve Traditions and based on the spiritual principles embodied within the Twelve Concepts of Alcoholics Anonymous.”
This is done by taking AA meetings & literature to hospitals, recovery centers, rehabs, community facilities, jails and prisons in Northern CA. The committee also provides sponsorship within authorized prisons through the Visiting Sponsorship Services. Find more info at www.handinorcal.org
See the current Area 53 H&I Roster for opportunities to be of service.
Attending an orientation is required to participate. The Orientation meeting is the 1st Wednesday of the month, 6:30 PM (PST) on Zoom:
Meeting ID: 317 259 5765
Passcode: ACTION.
The monthly business meeting follows the orientation meeting at 7:30 PM (PST).
Contact
ECF Business Manager,
business.manager@ecfaa.org
if you have AA-related activities or announcements that you would like to have posted on the Fellowship bulletin board