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Recent Announcements and Upcoming Events
- New Day’s 10th Anniversary
- TAS April Report and March Calls Report
- Intergroup Meeting Minutes – April 2018
- Canadathon (July 1st)
- Rassemblement VANIER Round-up (June 2nd)
- Traditions Evening (May 17th)
- Our Primary Purpose (Apr 2018)
- Ottawa Spring Conference (May 12, 2018)
- Intergroup Meeting Minutes – March 2018
- Our Primary Purpose (Mar 2018)
- Intergroup Minutes – February with Job Description & Alkathon Paper
- Service Opportunity
- Job Posting – Part-time Office Administrator for 6 month term
- New Francophone A.A. meeting starting Thursday, March 8th
- Our Primary Purpose (Feb 2018)
- Intergroup Minutes January 2018
New Day’s 10th Anniversary
Open Panel – Discussion Meeting
Saturday June 9th
7:30 a.m. – Doors open at 6:30
971 Woodroffe Ave (St Paul’s Presbyterian Church)
Campbell Hall
A Panel discussion featuring early members will take place with a pot luck breakfast to follow.
Food can be dropped off in the kitchen after 6:30 a.m. on the day of the event.
Click here for a printable poster you can bring to your home group to include in announcements
Canadathon (July 1st)
Save the Date for a fun-filled day of activities at McNabb Community Centre & Park!
This announcement will be updated as details become available.
Rassemblement VANIER Round-up (June 2nd)
A VISION OF HOPE / UNE VISION D’ESPOIR
An Alcoholics Anonymous Event with Al-Anon Participation / Un Evenement d’Alcoholics Anonyme aver la Participation d’Al-Anon
Speakers & Panels / Conferenciers et Tables Rondes
Richelieu-Vanier Community Centre, 300 Peres Blanc
Samedi, le 2 juin, 2018 / Saturday, June 2nd, 2018
12h00 / 12:00 PM
For food, financial contributions or to volunteer email / Pour faires des dons alimentaires ou financiers, our pour vous porter volontaire veuillez envoyer un courriel, a
Traditions Evening (May 17th)
Want to learn more about those Traditions that get read at most meetings around
town, but almost never get discussed? THIS IS FOR YOU!
Ottawa Area Intergroup, in its wish to celebrate the incredible number of AA
members in Ottawa who cheerfully do service with the serious intent of helping
others, is putting on a:
TRADITIONS EVENING
sponsored by Ottawa Area Intergroup with
speaker Debbie D from Concord, California.
May 17th from 7:00 to 9:00 pm
at the Royal Ottawa Hospital
1145 Carling Ave, Ottawa, ON K1Z 7K4
It’s free and open to all AA members!
Our Primary Purpose (Apr 2018)
Inside the April issue:
- Editorial
- I’d found my people
- Happy Anniversary Sobriety Group
- A Traditional Evening
- Sobriety Chips – Why?
- Announcements
- Spring Conference
Ottawa Spring Conference (May 12, 2018)
Join us on May 12, 2018 at St. Anthony’s Banquet Hall
for the
Annual Ottawa Spring Conference!
Visit spring.ottawaaa.org for details
Our Primary Purpose (Mar 2018)
Inside the January issue:
- SERVICE CALENDAR
- A TEACHER IN RECOVERY
- FROM A MEMBER
- A TRADITIONAL EVENING
- THE HISTORY CORNER
- ARCHIVES CORNER
- MARCH – THE THIRD MONTH
- SPRING CONFERENCE POSTER
Service Opportunity
The Ottawa Withdrawal Management Centre (OWMC), known to many of us as detox, is requesting assistance from AA groups in running its nightly AA information sessions. These occur every night at 7PM. Typically a group will commit to one session per month. There will be several openings coming up in the near future and the need has never been so great.
They would also appreciate donations of Big Books and other AA literature as their supplies are running low.
The Ottawa Withdrawal Management Centre is located at 1777 Montreal Road. Contact owmc@ottawaaa.org for further information. Thank you in advance for your service.
Job Posting – Part-time Office Administrator for 6 month term
Ottawa Area Intergroup of Alcoholics Anonymous is seeking candidates for a temporary 6-month, 16-hour per week Office Administrator position
Click here for the detailed job description
If you are interested in applying, please send resume and contact information to the Intergroup chair at chair@ottawaaa.org
New Francophone A.A. meeting starting Thursday, March 8th
The Voyageur group will hold their first Closed Discussion meeting on
Thursday, March 8th
7:00 p.m.
1900 St. Joseph (near Orleans Blvd), Orleans
Ample parking and wheelchair accessible
Click here for printable poster for distribution to your home groups
Our Primary Purpose (Feb 2018)
Inside the January issue:
- SERVICE CALENDAR
- RECOVERY THROUGH SERVICE
- TRUDGING THE ROAD
- SOME THOUGHTS ON DESTINY
- BRING A PROFESSIONAL
- ARCHIVES CORNER
- ALKATHON THANK YOU
- THANK YOU TO OUTGOING CHAIR
- SPRING CONFERENCE POSTER
Our Primary Purpose (Jan 2018)
Inside the January issue:
- SERVICE CALENDAR
- NEW YEAR’S RESOLUTION
- CHANGING MY PERSPECTIVE
- SOME THOUGHTS FOR THE NEW YEAR
- DISTRICT 62 OPEN HOUSE
- THE FELLOWSHIP (ARTWORK)
- ARCHIVES CORNER
- SAFETY CARD
- FELLOWSHIP REVIEW
- BRING A PROFESSIONAL
2017 Fellowship Report on Intergroup…
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
*New!* Contributions to Intergroup can now be made by Credit Card
To make a Group Contribution via credit card to the Ottawa Area Intergroup of Alcoholics Anonymous please complete the form below and an Invoice in the amount specified for your contribution will be emailed to the address you provide.
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
Our Primary Purpose (Dec 2017)
Inside the November issue:
- SERVICE CALENDAR
- SMOTHERING DISCONTENT
- SOME THOUGHTS ON CONTENTMENT
- SEASONS GREETINGS
- TOGETHER WE CAN
- DISTRICT 62 OPEN HOUSE
- SAFETY CARD
- ME, MYSELF, AND I
- ARCHIVES CORNER
- COFFEE AND COOKIES
- BRING A PROFESSIONAL
- ALKATHON
Credit Cards now accepted for in-person literature purchases
Credit cards are now accepted at the Intergroup Office for Literature purchases
Call before heading down to the office to make sure a volunteer is on-site
Welcome Home Group – Tuesday at 7:30 PM – Closing Temporarily (Effective Jan-1-2018)
Temporary Meeting Closure
Welcome Home Group
Tuesday – 7:30 PM
3955 Old Richmond Road
Bells Corners United Church
(Shalom Room)
The meeting will be closed effective January 1, 2018 and will re-open when a new venue is secured.
OWMC Calendar (Updated March 2018)
Click below to download the most recent calendar of commitments for Ottawa Withdrawal Management Centre:
For more information or for change requests, please email owmc@ottawaaa.org. For OWMC facility guidelines, please visit Corrections Facilities and Treatment webpage.
Grapevine Publications & Metal Chips available at the Intergroup Office
Grapevine publications, including recently added titles below are available for purchase.
– Voices of Women in AA
– 2015 Commemorative Convention Book: Happy, Joyous & Free: The Lighter Side of Sobriety
Metal chips are also now available!
Please call the office to ensure that volunteers are available to serve. If no one answers, please consider taking a shift as a volunteer by contacting tas@ottawaaa.org.
New Insurance Program for AA Groups
Ottawa Area Intergroup has been successful in negotiating a Group Insurance Program for AA Groups which are part of Ottawa Area Intergroup, and we are off to a good start. Several Groups have already signed up and have saved significant money, which can now be used for other things, such as increasing donations to other levels of AA!
Many churches and other facilities require that a group provide proof of insurance coverage in order to hold their meetings.
Some facilities may offer to add your group as an additional insured on their policy in return for a fee. If this is the case, request a certificate showing that they have done so. But be aware that even if you have been provided coverage this way, it is not portable (if you move your meeting to another location, you can’t take it with you).
Coverage under this Ottawa Area Intergroup Program is fully portable, and belongs to the individual group.
The Annual Premium FOR $1,000,000 is $50. Coverage provided is as follows:
Commercial General Liability, including: | Deductible | Limit |
1. Bodily Injury & Property Damage | $1,000 | $1,000,000 per occurrence/ $1,000,000 aggregate limit |
2. Personal Injury | $1,000,000 | |
3. Medical Expenses | $10,000 | |
4. Tenants Legal Liability | $1,000 | $500,000 |
The Annual Premium for $2,000,000 is $100.
8% Provincial Sales Tax applies, so the payment for $1,000,000 if $54 and for $2,000,000 is $108.
Click here to download the application
COVERAGE DOES NOT BEGIN UNTIL PAYMENT AND APPLICATION HAVE BEEN RECEIVED BY THE INSURER. PLEASE RETURN THE APPLICATION FILLED OUT WITH YOUR CHEQUE, PAYABLE TO THE CO-OPERATORS GENERAL INSURANCE COMPANY, TO:
Ottawa Area Intergroup
211 Bronson Avenue, Suite # 108
Ottawa, Ontario
K1R 6H5