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CENTRAL OFFICE REPORT - GNOSB MEETING NOVEMBER 20, 2025 New Items. New bookmarks, new aluminum slogan chips, laser-engraved slogan signs, and recovery hats! Just in time for holiday gifts for all your loved ones in recovery. New: Central Office Monthly Sales Report. Introducing our first monthly Central Office Sales Report! October 2025 We hope this is a resource to help our regional fellowship understand our finances and how those finances translate into how we help y'all to facilitate carrying the…

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CENTRAL OFFICE REPORT - GNOSB MEETING OCTOBER 29, 2025 DAAY in the Park. A beautiful experience of family-first fellowship. Gratitude and blessings to the members of the DAAY planning committee, all of the volunteers who extended the hand of A.A. in service before, during, and after the event; the home groups and their members for the creativity and fun they brought to the event; and all our attendees. Estimated about 250 attendees before rain arrived around 12:30pm. Closed early due…

CENTRAL OFFICE REPORT - GNOSB MEETING SEPTEMBER 30, 2025 ICOAA Convention. Attended ICOAA Sept. 18-21, 2025 – An awesome opportunity to connect with other central office and intergroup special workers; brought back inspiration and guidance to support past, present, and future service efforts of our Central Office and GNO Service Board committees. Submitted travel budget estimate for approval, then submitted budget actual ($770.81 total for registration, hotel room and parking, fuel) and receipts to Trustees after event; was within the…

CENTRAL OFFICE REPORT - GNOSB MEETING AUGUST 25, 2025 Office Keys Access. The office has not been rekeyed in several years, and in the past month, two keys have possibly gone missing with a third possibly in limbo. This presents a security issue for the office, one that many central office intergroups have faced, and solutions are available. Many office managers that allow committees to use the space outside of office hours use the digital keypad locking mechanisms with much…

CENTRAL OFFICE REPORT - GNOSB MEETING JULY 31, 2025 Shorter verbal report since we have much planned and to discuss for this month’s meeting. Onboarding the new Board Trustees, updating the website, and completing the next printed meeting book were a notable part of the office’s focus this past month. Onboarding New Board Trustees. Updated our organization’s records with the Secretary of State and Hancock Whitney Bank to reflect our new Board of Trustees and signers on the organization’s bank…

Central Office / BDSC Pre-Registration Co-Treasurer Received phone calls, emails, and drop-by visits with questions, concerns, and comments related to Big Deep South (this year’s event and the event more generally) and provided all information that we could at those times Offered storage in our backroom to safe-keep items and baskets for Raffle/Auction and Bingo, home group banners, coffee purchases, welcoming chips, and merchandise purchases and items; coordinated, when possible, with each of these committees to ensure prompt and clear…

CENTRAL OFFICE REPORT - GNOSB MEETING JUNE 25, 2025 Shorter report since we have elections planned for this month’s meeting, and the two conventions and GNOSB inventory were a notable part of our focus this past month. 2025 Big Deep South Convention.  Revenue: $1514.82 ($1,547.82 in 2024, -$33 YOY, -2% diff YOY) after reducing prices inventory-wide this past year.  80 transactions 2025 (80 transactions in 2024, no change YOY)  248 items sold 2025 (186 items sold in 2024, +62 items…

CENTRAL OFFICE REPORT - GNOSB MEETING APRIL 28, 2025 RETAIL STORE New Products. Spanish-language pamphlets now included in pamphlet display, and introducing, Paquete de Principiante (Spanish-language Newcomer Packets). Printed Meeting Book (Oct. 2024 edition) available, printed upon request. Next update still in progress, delayed by recent news and events, as well as changing the format and simplifying the production process; intended by May 2025. Office Rent Increase. Lease agreement negotiations remain ongoing in the remaining days before May 1st, 2025,…