What is Eastern Missouri Area 38 (EAMO)?May anyone attend the Area Assembly?
Where and when is the Assembly?
Who serves on the area committee?
Who is eligible to vote during Area Assemblies?
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What is Eastern Missouri Area 38 (EAMO)?
Comprised of twenty-three A.A. districts, EAMO makes up of the eastern half
of the geographical division of the service structure of A.A. in the state of
Missouri.
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The Area Assembly is a meeting of GSRs and committee
members to discuss Area affairs and to elect officers and a
delegate to the General Service Conference, held in New York.
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All members of A.A. are encouraged to participate in the
workshops and sharing sessions of the Area Assembly.
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Area 38 assemblies are held at the Holiday Inn, Wentzville, Missouri, and begin at 9:00am. They are held four times a year, specifically, in winter, spring, summer and fall. See the main page for exact dates.
According to Chapter Five of The A.A. Service Manual, basically, the area committee
is composed of all DCMs, elected area officers (which includes the the delegate
and alternate delegate) and chairs of the area service committees.
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Voting members are as follows: the Area Committee members or their alternates;
all GSRs or their alternates; the Delegate; the Alternate Delegate; the Area Chairperson; and,
the Alternate Area Chairperson.
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It is a special type of electoral procedure that A.A. uses to
elect delegates. Eligible candidates are voted on by GSRs and members of the Area
Committee. The first candidate to get two thirds of the vote, tallied on the blackboard, is elected. Anyone with less than one fifth of the total is withdrawn, except the top two candidates. After the third ballot, anyone with less than one third of the total votes is withdrawn. After the fourth ballot, if no candidate has two thirds of the total votes, the
Chairperson asks for a show of hands to determine if a fifth ballot will be taken. If the motion for a fifth ballot is defeated, the remaining names are placed in a hat and the first name drawn out of the hat becomes our
Delegate. A more detailed description of "Third Legacy Procedure" can be
found on page S20 of The A.A. Service Manual.
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Eastern Area Office
2683 Big Bend Blvd., Room 18
St. Louis, MO 63143
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