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CENTRAL OFFICE REPORT - DECEMBER 16, 2024 GREATER NEW ORLEANS SERVICE BOARD MEETING New Products.  More Spanish language pamphlets (from AAWS at Regional Forum) More Spanish language Grapevine books (learned from other Central Offices that Grapevine books were very popular among their Spanish-speaking members) “The Little Big Book Quote Book” and “The Little Big Book Prayer Book” from the same member who makes the Big Book Dictionary and 12 and 12 Dictionary Two new aluminum specialty chips with program sayings,…

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GNOSB MEETING, THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 21, 2024 New Products. Plain Language Big Book (released Nov. 1, 2024) – our first order of 100 copies (received 11/8) sold out in under a week, including 40 copies held for pre-orders, and our second order of 100 copies shipped 11/20, with another ~30 copies already pre-ordered. Seems to be a tool for exploring Big Book messages’ language and interpretation, to help us carry the message in meetings, via sponsorship, and via PI/CPC, T&C and…

GNOSB MEETING, WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 23, 2024 New Products. Big Book Study Guide, Al-Anon literature, chip-holder key rings and necklaces, additional stickers and magnet designs for upcoming holiday gifts. Printable Service & Events Calendar. Created a printable PDF version of the Events calendar that home groups and service committees can print and share with fellowship members, post on their meeting space’s bulletin board, etc. Printable Service & Events Calendar for November (coming soon – will be available via email/bulletin) - https://aaneworleans.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/11/2024-11-November-2024-Service-and-Events-Calendar.png District Webpages. Each district…

SEPTEMBER 2024 CENTRAL OFFICE REPORTGNOSB MEETING, TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 24, 2024 New Products. New books and booklets on various recovery topics (relapse warning signs, resentments, etc.) which also provides a variety of price points for literature products -- pamphlets, booklets, books, etc. Printable Service & Events Calendar. Created a printable PDF version of the Events calendar that home groups and service committees can print and share with fellowship members, post on their meeting space’s bulletin board, etc.Printable Service & Events Calendar…

CENTRAL OFFICE REPORT NOTES - AUGUST 26, 2024 New Products. Meditation daily readers, particularly for women and teens, new welcome chips, journals and workbooks to support the writing aspect of our Steps program. Information on the Plain Language Big Book from AAWS, which will be available November, included in the flyer distributed here and via email this week. Website Updates. Webpages continue to be built and improved (see grey pamphlet for QR codes link to these pages) including service committees…

GNO Service Board Meeting – Thurs., July 25, 2024 Product Scanner. We’ve added all products with bar codes to Square and have begun building out a book of bar codes for all products without them, about 80% of our more than 600 SKUs have been added or had bar codes created for them, and we intend to complete this project by end of July. Phone Lines and Hotline Transition From Landline to Digital. Success! AT&T installed the new phones and…

Big Deep South 2024. Literature Table generated $1650 in sales deposited, and experienced minimal product loss from the event. Data analytics and sales reports for bestselling products and categories were generated to inform inventory decisions for future events. For BDS 2024, Central Office facilitated and documented pre-registration forms, payments, and deposits, as well as created and maintained a Volunteer Form to facilitate service work opportunities. Review of Central Office costs for BDS includes monthly payments for the BDS website and…

All Districts / Service Board Central Office Report – May 28, 2024 Manager – Our Assistant Manager Carolyn H. has accepted the position of General Manager; Lynn W. is new Assistant Manager. Ken and Carolyn have been working together to facilitate the transition, and will continue to do so after Ken returns from his vacation in mid-June. Hotline and Phone Service – We spoke with AT&T about possibly transferring our 3 office phones and 2 land lines to digital phone…