The Spring Conference planning meeting scheduled for Sunday, January 12th at 10:00 a.m. at the Bronson Centre, Room 108 is cancelled due to inclement weather.

Effective January 6th, the Uptown meeting, held on Monday nights at Knox Presbyterian Church at 120 Lisgar Street will start at 8:00 PM instead of 8:30 PM.

Ottawa South is not cancelled during the holidays. See you there!

Starting on December 16th, a new morning meeting  will be held 3 times a week. Here are the details:

Name: Freebirds
Day/Time: Monday, Wednesday and Saturday at 7:30 am
Type: Closed Discussion
Address:
Queenswood Heights Community Center
1485 Duford Dr
Orleans

New group, new meeting starting November 28, 2019!

Here are the details:

Beyond Belief Secular Group
Thursdays 7 to 8 pm
Open Discussion
Alexander Community Centre
960 Silver Street
Ottawa

Central Offices / Intergroups have been invited to submit four suggestions for possible speakers (A.A. members) for the many meetings that will be held over the course of the 2020 International Convention.

Please help us by sending suggestions, with contact information, to chair@ottawaaa.org. Thanks!

Effective Immediately, the following meetings have moved from 317 Cody Avenue to

ONYX Community Services
265 Montreal Road, Ottawa, K1L 6C4
Side entrance, Street parking only

• Vanier Early Birds – Daily at 8 am
• Vanier Happy Nooners – Sunday through Friday (6 days at 12 noon
• East End meeting – Tuesday through Saturday at 8p m and Saturdays at 11 am
• Living Sober – Sundays at 8 pm; and
• Discovering The Big Book – Mondays at 8 pm

Click here for a printable flyer to use for your  home group announcements

Ottawa Area Intergroup has negotiated the renewal of this valuable program for our groups. If you had to purchase a similar policy for your group on an individual basis, the minimum premium would be $540.

Please note, that the $100 premium for $2,000,000 Liability is an annual minimum premium and cannot be pro-rated. The Master Policy runs from November to November, and certificates are issued for that term.

Insurance premiums are GST exempt, but PST is still charged. When writing your cheque, please make it out for $108, including the 8% PST, or $54 if you are taking a short-term policy.

PLEASE DO NOT SEND THE APPLICATION TO THE INTERGROUP OFFICE! The address is to be found on the attached form. Click here to download it.

If you have any questions, please feel free to email Harry B at vicechair@ottawaaa.org

A new Men’s meeting has started!

It’s called Power Hour and it’s held on Wednesdays at Noon at The First Baptist Church, 140 Laurier Avenue – corner of Elgin and Laurier. Use the side entrance and head downstairs.

New ‘AA Promises’ Discussion Meeting!

Beginning the first Tuesday (3rd) in September, New Life-New Hope (normally an Open Speaker meeting held at 8:00 PM at the Korean Community Church – 241 Bell Street North), is going to have a Closed Discussion meeting centered on the Promises. This will only be held the first Tuesday of each following month. The 9th step promises will be read out loud at the start of the meeting, and then the floor will be opened up for discussion of one or more of them.

Would you like to discuss the Rewards of Recovery? The AA promises provide inspiration and something to look forward to in sobriety, especially for struggling newcomers. “Being fulfilled among us – sometimes quickly, sometimes slowly.” Because everyone’s experience is unique, the 9th step promises can occur in different ways and at different times. They make an excellent topic for discussion.

*Reissued to update the link to the latest document – the last announcement linked to the old document*

To all members of Home Groups hosting AA Meetings at the Ottawa Withdrawal Management Centre this announcement is for you!

It is very important that the meeting guidelines are followed carefully and we’d like to advise you that an updated document has been posted here (click link to open).

Please print it for distribution and discussion at your business meetings.

For more information, or how you or your group can get involved, contact the OWMC Coordinator via email at owmc@ottawaaa.org

District 90-05 (Ottawa-Hull-Aylmer) holds seven weekly French meetings in the Ottawa Region:

Dimanche – 10 :00 AM – Groupe Fraternité
250, rue Somerset Est, Centre communautaire, Côte-de-Sable, Ottawa

Dimanche – 12 :00 PM – Groupe Midi-Vanier
242, rue Cantin, Maison Fraternité, Ottawa (Vanier)

Lundi – 8 :00 PM – Groupe Orléans
4831, chemin Innes, Paroisse Sainte Marie, Ottawa (Orléans)

Mercredi- 8 :00 PM -Groupe Renaissance
33, rue Quill, Centre communautaire Overbrook, Ottawa (Overbrook)

Jeudi – 7 :00 PM – Groupe Voyageur
1900, boulevard St-Joseph, Terrasses Montfort, Ottawa (Orléans)

Samedi -12 :00 PM – Groupe Midi-Vanier
242, rue Cantin, Maison Fraternité Ottawa (Vanier)

Samedi – 8 :00 PM – Groupe Je suis responsable
250, rue Somerset Est, Centre communautaire, Côte-de-Sable, Ottawa

Groups and individuals can order literature, wallet cards, chips medallions and other merchandise from Intergroup. Click here to access our online order form.

You will receive an email confirmation and receipt for your purchase and someone from the office will contact you when your order is ready for pick-up.

If you have any questions please use the contact form to email the Literature Coordinator and the Office Administrator.

For technical questions about the actual form, please include the Webmaster on the contact form distribution.

To make an Individual or Group Contribution via credit card to the Ottawa Area Intergroup of Alcoholics Anonymous please click “Contribute” below to make a secure credit card contribution enabled through Paypal.

Your contributions support the following Intergroup Functions:

• maintain a central office with a postal address, and a telephone listing in the Ottawa-Hull telephone directory
• maintain a telephone answering service
• publish a meeting list
• publish a newsletter
• stock and sell medallions and A.A. conference approved literature
• sponsor a Spring Conference
• sponsor a Fall Conference known as the Eastern Ontario Conference of Alcoholics Anonymous
• sponsor a Sunday morning open meeting (McNabb)
• maintain a website
• assist and advise in the formation of new groups or meetings

Information about Contributions:

• Paypal will provide the option to pay with your Paypal account or with a credit card.
• There is a yearly maximum donation limit of $3000.00
• We do not accept donations from non-members.

Ottawa Area Intergroup has negotiated the renewal of this valuable program for our groups. If you had to purchase a similar policy for your group on an individual basis, the minimum premium would be $540.

Please note, that the $100 premium for $2,000,000 Liability is an annual minimum premium and cannot be pro-rated. The Master Policy runs from November to November, and certificates are issued for that term.

FOR THIS YEAR ONLY, if a group needs coverage between now and November, the insurer has agreed to charge only $50 plus tax to issue a certificate of insurance.

Insurance premiums are GST exempt, but PST is still charged. When writing your cheque, please make it out for $108, including the 8% PST, or $54 if you are taking a short-term policy.

PLEASE DO NOT SEND THE APPLICATION TO THE INTERGROUP OFFICE! The address is to be found on the attached form. Click here to download it.

If you have any questions, please feel free to email Harry B at vicechair@ottawaaa.org

As we neatly tie a bow around another year at Intergroup, we wanted to share how you, “the fellowship”, thought we did this year and what you identified as Intergroup’s Opportunities and Challenges moving forward in 2018.

Click here to view the 2017 Intergroup Inventory Results

Thanks again for your input, support, dedication and indeed direction of this past year.

Wishing you and your family much Peace, Love, Friendship and Health.

2017 Board of Directors
Ottawa Area Intergroup of Alcoholics Anonymous