Committee Descriptions

Michigan Statewide:

General Service Committee

Mission Statement

Just as the Delegate and the General Service Committee were the focal points for service in the three Michigan Areas, so the Statewide General Service Committee became in the early 1960’s the focal point of statewide service. The Committee answered a long-felt need for closer cooperation and exchange of ideas between Areas.

– Jack Meager, Past Delegate, Area 32, Past Trustee east Central Region,  December 30, 1986

Footnote: The Michigan Statewide General Service Committee meets Quarterly in Lansing; we facilitate the annual Michigan Mock Conference. Also, every four years we elect a unified East Central Regional Trustee Candidate, along with a Trustee at Large U.S. out of the Three Michigan Areas, Central MI Area 32, South Eastern MI Area 33, & Western MI Area 34 for upcoming rotation at the General Service Conference.

Delegates, Alternate Delegates and Chairs from each of the areas in Michigan attend the Michigan Statewide General Service Committee Meeting. GSR’s, DCM’s, Committee Chairs and other AA members are encouraged to attend. The Statewide Service Meeting is a forum for communication between the three areas in Michigan. The three areas are able to coordinate events throughout Michigan, develop unity within the state, and communicate about the Michigan State Convention and Mock Conference. There are three Statewide Service Committees, CPC, Grapevine and Corrections. The Michigan Statewide General Service Committee is held at 1:30pm on the fourth Sunday of January, April, July and October at the Lansing Alano Club, 2909 W Genesee St., Lansing, MI 48917

CPC – Cooperation with the Professional Community Committee

The ongoing mission of the Michigan Statewide CPC Committee is to coordinate services with Michigan AA Areas 32, 33 and 34 communicating who we are, what we do and don’t do with the medical, legal, educational, business and other professionals in Michigan. The Statewide CPC Committee finds it beneficial to our area CPC services to meet quarterly and exchange information for better communication on a statewide service basis in carrying out our missions.

Grapevine/Laviña Committee

The ongoing mission of the Michigan Grapevine Statewide Service Committee is to coordinate between Areas 32, 33 and 34 in sharing how they work together to carry the message of expanding our meeting in print to members, groups, facilities and all who can benefit from the Grapevine/LaViña print and digital publications.

CFC – Michigan Correctional Facility Committee

It is the purpose of the Statewide Correctional Facility Committee of the State of Michigan, which includes Areas 32, 33 and 34 to carry the AA message of recovery from alcoholism to the still suffering inmate, man, woman or adolescent whether confined in a federal or state prison, county jail, 3/4 house, youth home detention center or newly released.
Our aim is to work together (Areas 32, 33 and 34) jointly in overlapping areas. Better operation of the pre-release program. Putting panels together, consisting of currently released inmates, for the state convention. Share in the hosting of a statewide workshop to promote better understanding between AA volunteers and correctional personnel to come together on a quarterly basis to share and discuss ideas pertaining to AA prisons and jails.
To continue our twelfth step work in carrying the message, we remain committed to ensuring that the lines of communication between AA and correctional facilities remain open and to cooperate with the individual facilities to enable the AA message of hope to be present now and in the future.