Committee No. 2
"Question 2. Would the Fellowship share experience and make recommendations on how to make AA more accessible to parents of small children? Specifically with regard to groups paying for childcare and/or crèche facilities at meetings, conventions and conferences either directly from Tradition 7 funds or otherwise.
Background
I
am writing to submit this question for Conference 2014 regarding the
provision of childcare on behalf of local AA members who at times
feel excluded from AA group meetings, intergroup and conventions due
to difficulties in finding local childcare facilities e.g. single
parents. We are aware that some groups do make provision for
childcare at meetings e.g. "Mums meetings with crèche" etc
advertised in the Where to Find and meetings lists for other areas,
but we do not have experience of groups doing the same within our own
intergroup or adjoining areas.
Looking
through questions discussed in previous conferences (1999 - 2013
taken from the AA website) has only turned up the following
recommendation: "..Children and babies. Conference recommends
that accompanied children should not be excluded from conventions,
organisers must therefore be mindful of relevant health and safety
issues." (AA Structure Handbook for Great Britain, page
121 CONVENTIONS). And searching through Questions not accepted
for Conference (2009 - 2013 again taken from the AA website) yielded
no related questions. So it doesn’t look like this question has
been asked already.
Looking
through other AA literature, we could not find any specific advice
apart from stating that “(the Pot)... at a very basic level ...
goes to pay room hire, and for the coffee and tea we drink, as we
socialise before and after each meeting". It is unclear
whether this is a prescriptive list or just a list of examples. Local
opinion is divided - some members saying that the pot should only be
used to pay for tea and coffee but not biscuits and others arguing
that paying for professional crèche facilities can be considered
part of the overall rent."
Cheerio
The
Fellas (Friends
of Alcoholics Anonymous)
PS
See also aacultwatch forum (section 4)
PPS
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