Area Committees

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The primary purpose of this service committee is to assist the districts with their local Area 57/OK Gratitude Plan activity.
The Area 57/OK Gratitude Plan Service Committee is to inform the Area about the opportunity to contribute to the Area Committee via the Gratitude Plan.

The purpose of this service committee is to assist the districts with their local CPC activities. The Cooperation with the Professional Committee shall inform professionals about A.A. Professionals include physicians, nurses, clergy, attorneys, social workers, industrial managers and anyone working with alcoholics.
The committee should attempt to establish better communications with these professionals by informing them about what A.A. is, where it is, what A.A. can do and what it cannot do.

The Accessibilities committee assists A.A. members who have a variety of challenges in accessing the A.A.
message, Twelve Step work, and other A.A. services.
Accessibilities issues apply to all alcoholics who have difficulties participating in A.A., whether those difficulties are mental, physical, geographic, cultural, ethnic, spiritual, or emotional.
This committee will help enable those with any difficulties to be of service to the other Area service committees and the Fellowship where any barrier may keep them from recovery.
All translating equipment will be kept at the Area office and used under the supervision of the Accessibilities Chair.

The primary purpose of this service committee is to set policy & guidelines for the content of the Area 57 website and for any future Area use of electronic communications technologies, ensuring that the Twelve Traditions and Twelve Concepts are followed.
The Committee will provide encouragement, information, direction, and support to Districts, Groups and members in the use of new and existing technologies, to better carry the message within the Twelve Traditions.

The primary purpose of this service committee is to assist the districts with their local Treatment Facilities activity.
The Treatment Facilities Committee shall coordinate the work of individual A.A. members and groups who are interested in carrying our message of recovery to alcoholics in treatment facilities.

The primary purpose of this service committee is to assist the districts with their local Bridging the Gap activity.
The Bridging the Gap Committee shall provide clients being released from a facility with a temporary contact and a plan to get them to A.A. meetings immediately upon discharge from the facility.

The purpose of this service committee is to assist the Districts with their local Archives activity.
The Archives Committee is responsible for establishing policy, budgets and procedures.
It undertakes and maintains final responsibility and authority for the use of the Archives.

The primary purpose of this service committee is to assist the districts with their local Policy and Procedures activity.
The Policy and Procedures Service Committee is to maintain a correct and updated manuscript of the Area 57/OK Policy and Procedures Manual.
The chair of this committee, or a designated substitute, is the official parliamentarian at the General Assembly and Area Committee meetings, with the duty of ensuring that all motions are permitted by the Area 57/OK Policy and Procedures Manual.
The Area Policy and Procedures Committee will provide leadership in ensuring this Manual remains consistent with the changing needs of the Area.

The primary purpose of this service committee is to assist the districts with their local PI activity.
The Public Information Committee shall disseminate accurate information to the public and within the Fellowship of Alcoholics Anonymous.
Information dissemination techniques include the placing of Conference-approved, no charge public service announcements with radio and television stations; the distribution of pertinent Conference-approved publications; assisting in providing qualified A. A. members as speakers for non-A.A. Meetings; and other services in the field of public information as deemed suitable by the Area Committee and the PI Committee.

The primary purpose of this service committee is to assist the districts with their local Grapevine activity.
The Grapevine Service Committee is to encourage the sale of the Grapevine.

The primary purpose of this service committee is to assist the districts with their local Correctional Facilities activity.
The Correctional Facilities Service Committee is to sponsor meetings in penal institutions.

The purpose of the Newsletter Chair is to provide a quarterly newsletter to the Area 57 Fellowship.
Newsletters and bulletins published by area committees may include local A.A. news, information about groups and committees, and reprinted material from A.A. literature.

The Budget and Finance Committee shall oversee Area financial affairs and monitor financial reporting, internal financial controls, and compliance with tax laws, and shall prepare an initial annual budget to be submitted in accordance with Sections C-6 and C-7. A working document entitled “Budget and Finance Committee” which entails how the Committee is to be formed and duties therein are on file at the Oklahoma Area Committee office in Oklahoma City.
This is a working document approved by the Area Committee.
Changes may be submitted to the Area Budget and Finance Committee for review and recommendations.
Final approval for any change must come from the Area Committee.