For events outside of Districts 2 & 11: visit the Area 70 website aavt.org

Posting guidelines: Only AA events will be posted. “AA Event” is defined as: endorsed by an AA service structure entity such as a group or district; its purpose is to carry the message; inclusive for all AA members; free unless site (not AA) charges a nominal fee; follows the AA Traditions. To maintain anonymity, no personal contact information will be included. Contact webservant@burlingtonaa.org

Keep in Touch!
Would you like to get an email notifying you whenever something new is posted on burlingtonaa.org? Such as News, Events, or the latest issue of The Eye Opener... If so, email webservant@burlingtonaa.org (your email address will be kept confidential).

Districts 2&11 Print Meeting List - updated quarterly
Click here to download or print the current Districts 2 & 11 Meeting List on 8-1/2x14" paper.
--2024-09-23: This is the September edition! It will be available at meeting locations soon!
To get copies to hand out at District 2 meetings, contact the District 2 Meeting List Chair (via the District Committee Chair): dcm@burlingtonaa.org
To get copies to hand out at District 11 meetings, contact the District 11 DCM: area70dcm11@aavt.org

Vermont Won the Bid for NECYPAA 2025!!
The 34th New England Conference of Young People in Alcoholics Anonymous will be held at the Doubletree by Hilton, 870 Williston Rd, So Burlington, VT, January 3-5, 2025
The theme is "Enchanted by a Starlit Night"
Registration is open! Check out the website
Contact info-- Registration: RegNECYPAA@gmail.com Host: HostNECYPAA@gmail.com

Milton At Last Anniversary Celebration
Wednesday, October 16, 7:30 pm
United Church of Milton, 51 Main St, Milton, VT

The Milton At Last group is now hosting quarterly anniversary celebration meetings, each with a special speaker and a differnt theme! Generally held on the first Wednesday of January, April, July and October (exception: Oct. 16, 2024).
Themes: January: Music; April: Spring Cupcakes; July: Ice Cream Social; October: Pizza

On October 16, anniversaries in July, August and September will be celebrated. Come to help celebrate sobriety with a special speaker, pizza and, of course, cake!

NECYPAA Host Business Meetings
Held every other Sunday starting September 22, 2024
Oct 6 & 20, Nov 3 & 17, then weekly.
10-11:30 am
Gratitude Garage, 8 Saxon Hill Rd, Essex Jct, VT
Come and help plan the Jan 3-5, 2025 Conference!

13th Annual Pie Fest
Sunday, October 27, 2024
Congregational Church, 20 Church St, Richmond, VT
6-8 pm
Meeting at 7 pm
Bring ANY type of pie to share!

Next Full Area Assembly: December
Saturday, December 14, 2024
Holy Family Church, 4 Prospect St, Essex Jct
Hosted by District 11
(Flyer coming soon)
9:00 am Continental Breakfast
10:00 am A.A. Service Workshop
11:00 am Committee Meetings
12:00 pm Lunch & Fellowship
1:00 pm Business Meeting (hybrid– ID 992 9496 6848 / Passcode 470526)

Full Area Assemblies meet 4x/year. As part of their duties, G.S.R.s & D.C.M.s attend the Full Area Assemblies. District Committee Chairs are requested to attend. All are welcome! Join us as we work together in service! Meet new and old friends from around the state.

The International Convention will be held in 2025 in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada
Celebrating AA's 90th Anniversary
Registration opened September 10, 2024. Click the logo below for all the official information from aa.org

Recovery Game Night Continues!
Every Saturday, 7-10 pm
Gratitude Garage, 8 Saxon Hill Rd, Essex Jct, VT
Enjoy a night of fellowship with coffee & snacks while playing games with your friends.
Games provided, but bring one if you have a favorite!
For more info: 802gamenight@clubmember.org

Area 70 Delegate, Jim T, reports on the 2024 General Service Conference
Jim recorded the report which he gave in person at the June 8 Full Area Assembly!
Click here to watch & listen.
Click here to read the advisory actions that were decided at the Conference.

Links to the Final Report of the 2024 General Service Conference, the 2025 Conference, and info on the Plain Language Big Book are included on Jim's Delegate page on the Area website. Bookmark this page, where Delegate's reports are posted periodically!
Email Jim if you have any questions: area70delegate@aavt.org

Meeting Date/Time/Location/Format Changes
--Friday & Saturday, September 27 & 28, 2024, the Keep It Simple Group will meet at the Good Shepherd Lutheran Church, 273 Vt Route 15, Jericho, VT 05465 (next to the Dollar General), instead of their usual location at the United Church of Underhill.
--Starting September 28, 2024, until it gets too cold, the Sunset Meeting (Saturdays, 6:30 pm, Oakledge Park) will meet at 6:00 pm.
--As of Wednesday, September 11, 2024, the Sober Shenanigans group (Wednesdays, 6 pm, Oakledge Park) will stop meeting until next spring

New Meetings
In-person: Broad Highway women's meeting is back: Thursday, 6 pm, United Church of Underhill, 3 Park St, Underhill
In-person: Sunday Morning Meditation Meeting. Sundays, 8:00 am, Shelburne Beach, 407 Beach Rd, Shelburne. Meditation & discussion. Outdoor meeting for the summer.
In-person: Gift of Desperation. Sundays, 3:30-4:30 pm, Turning Point Center, 179 South Winooski Ave, Burlington. Open, format varies-- Step, Speaker, AA Literature, Discussion.
In-person: Listen to it Sober. Mondays, 8-9:30 pm. Holy Family Parish Hall, 28 Lincoln St, Essex Jct, VT. Open, 11th step music and art based meditation meeting with open discussion.

Meetings That Could Use Support
Are you interested in mixing up your meeting schedule a bit, and attending a small meeting where everyone gets a chance to share if they want to, with no time pressure? Here is a list of small meetings whose attendance varies between 2 and 10. The regulars at these meetings would love to see some new faces! Some have considered folding but are holding on because newcomers often attend. Explore the AA community and help carry the message!

• High Noon (Wed, noon, First Methodist Church, 21 Buell St)
• Sane and Sober (Wed, 6:30 pm, Vibrant Church, 2025 Williston Rd)
• Milton At Last (Wed, 7:30 pm, United Church of Milton, 51 Main St)-- hybrid
• Thursday Noon Big Book Meeting (Thurs, noon, First Methodist Church, 21 Buell St)
• The Widening Circle (Thurs, 5:30 pm, Decker Towers, 230 St Paul St)
• Ambush (Fri, noon, First Methodist Church, 21 Buell St)
• Milton At Last (Fri, 7:30 pm)-- online
• Friday Night Speakeasy (Fri, 7 pm, Faith United Methodist Church, 899 Dorset St)

Submit YOUR Story to The Eye Opener!
The Eye Opener is a local AA newsletter, published monthly. GSRs from groups in Districts 2 & 11 sign up to submit 3 stories from their group members-- District 2 takes the odd-numbered months, District 11 takes the even-numbered months.
NEW!! You do not have to be a member of a group that has committed to submitting stories for that month. The editors will accept your story and publish it as soon as possible, as long as you are a member of an AA group in District 2 or 11!
See the Local AA Stories page for submission guidelines. We look forward to hearing from you!

Website News
--The District 2 & 11 website (burlingtonaa.org) is now a "secure site". Sometimes web browsers (Google Chrome, Firefox, Safari, Microsoft Edge) have been posting warnings about the site not being secure. Because the site does not collect personal contact or financial information, the Web Committee didn't feel this designation was necessary, but now browsers are requiring more security. We want to make sure that anyone looking for help from our site can access it readily, so we've added the extra security. If you know of anyone who has not been able to access the site, please let them know that they should be able to access it now! Thank you. And if for any other reason you cannot reach burlingtonaa.org, remember that all meeting listings are duplicated on the Area 70 (State of Vermont) website, aavt.org

--Please note that the zip code for the District 11 PO Box is 05453 (see Addresses for Contributions on Home page)

--See the "What AA Members Have To Say" block on burlingtonaa.org's Home Page for links to free online Daily Reflections and the AA Grapevine's Podcast.

--2023-09-19: Daily Reflections is now available in audio!

News from the AA General Service Office
Box 459 is the newsletter published 4x/year by GSO.
Read the current issue, and sign up here if you'd like an email whenever the latest issue is published. Past issues are available at this site, too. To understand more about how the General Service Board managers AA's finances, read a 3-part series "Inside A.A. Finances", in the summer, fall and winter 2023 issues.

In December, 2023, the latest Membership Survey was published-- as a pamphlet, and online in more detail. This publication lists various statistics about the AA membership, collected in 2022.

Service Opportunities
Service will keep you sober!
There are opportunities that require only as much of your time that you want to give. Many positions are 2-year commitments that turned over in January, but have not been filled, so come to your District Business meeting to participate! Dates & times on Home page.

The District 2 Archives Committee needs someone to gather meeting minutes. Contact webservant@burlingtonaa.org

The Answering Service needs phone numbers of AAs in Districts 2 & 11 who are willing to speak to someone who calls the Hotline. If someone calls the Hotline (802-802-2288) asking to speak to a member of AA, an Answering Service employee will take their number and have an AA member call them back. If you'd like to add your name to the list, contact Scudder, the District 2 Answering Service Chair: answeringservice@burlingtonaa.org

The Public Information/Cooperation with the Professional Community (PI/CPC) Committee needs members who will pick up AA literature from the Chair and deliver it to various locations around District 2 (Burlington). Contact the PI/CPC Committee Chair, if you'd like to help! pi@burlingtonaa.org

Corrections:
--Help put on AA mtgs at the women's facility.
--Write stories of recovery for a monthly newsletter, “A New Freedom,” which gets sent into all correctional facilities in VT and put on tablets for residents to read. Guidelines: 600-800 words, but no story turned down. Also, you don't need to have been in corrections. All stories of recovery are needed to carry the message. If you have a story to share (we all do!) please send to Area Corrections Chair: area70corrections@aavt.org
--Correspond by mail with incarcerated men at the St. Johnsbury facility.
--Bring AA meetings into the St. Johnsbury men's facility. If you know anyone closer to that area, please pass along this need.
--Pass on your old Grapevines to residents in the women's facility in South Burlington.
--For more information about any of the Corrections service opportunities, please contact District 2 Corrections Chair (corrections@burlingtonaa.org), or fill out the Corrections Volunteer Opportunities form-- Download the form, fill it out, save it, then attach it to an email and send it to area70corrections@aavt.org