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PMB 555 Fall 09

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CMA PMB555 Newsletter
Fall 09‚ Edition
October 2009

We hope this fall edition of the PMB555 Newsletter finds you enjoying the early days of autumn and looking forward to cooler days ahead. This summer the CMA General Service Conference Committee has been hard at work with the New York City group preparing for the 2nd annual CMA General Service Conference. The Conference will be held in New York City, March 4th through 7th, 2010. All of those interested in attending including Area Delegates and other CMA Service Members are encouraged to reserve space; register early.

As many of you may know, registration is now open for the 2010 CMA World Conference, which is being held March 4-7 in New York City. The main event is the General Services Conference, where elected delegates from the Fellowship meet together to discuss issues of importance to the future of CMA. The delegates and other voting members will meet on Friday, March 5, in their assigned conference committees, then everyone will meet on Saturday and Sunday in the conference assembly. Votes may be taken on some items, but the primary goal is to allow a forum where delegates can discuss items of importance and come to consensus.

More information about the CMA General Service Conference 2010, including a brand new FAQs can be found HERE.

So You Lost Your Meeting Space...

A recent issue developed in the Los Angeles District area where an email was distributed, that claimed a recovery house (the meeting's landlord) had canceled a CMA meeting. For the record: No landlord can cancel any 12-step meeting. A landlord can evict a meeting without cause but a landlord can never cancel a meeting. Only the group that is the 12-step meeting can cancel the meeting. 

Opportunity has a strange face, but this has happened in the 12-step world, many times before. There is a history of 12-step groups needing to relocate. A member of the group waits outside the old meeting space (on the street - respecting the landlord) and tells new people or old-timers alike that the meeting has has moved or will be moving. The member of the group can also have a list of other 12-step meetings in the area that can be attended.

* Pete S., CMA GSO

Around the Fellowship

  • CMA in Chicago hosted the 3rd annual Windy City Round-up on July 30th through August 2nd 2009. Don N., from Los Angeles opened the event with an inspired pitch that moved the fellowship to their feet. Thank you Don. The event played host to attendees from Florida, Michigan, Georgia, Iowa, Tennessee and Minnesota.

  • CMA in Los Angeles will be celebrating the milestone of CMA's 15 year anniversary. The event is being held on October 3rd 2009 at Plummer Park in West Hollywood.
    The 15 year anniversary event includes workshops on CMA history, being of service, the 12 steps and sponsorship. The all day event is starts in the early morning at 8:00am, with a Dance that evening.
    Sunday planned events to accommodate our out of town guests (an organized outing... possibly Universal Studios, Magic Mountain or Disneyland.)
    Please see the CMAinLA website for further details.
    Congrats to Rick B on 10 years and Catherine B on 12 years!

  • Atlanta CMA - Mark your calendars for Atlanta CMA‚s annual Cloudland Canyon Recovery Retreat retreat November 5-8, 2009. Click HERE for registration information.

  • CMA in Oregon group has 13 weekly meetings in Oregon and 2 in Vancouver, WA. The group is said to have 4 H&I meetings weekly.

  • CMA in Sioux Falls, SD - Let‚s give a shout out to our friends in Sioux Falls. February 2010 they will be celebrating a CMA 3-year anniversary for the entire Sioux Falls, South Dakota area.

  • Phoenix, AZ is hosting the next AZ H&I Awareness Day on Oct 17th 2009 at  the Solution 4210 N. Longview Ave., Phoenix, AZ. The event is from 11am to 5pm that evening. Included in the days calendar is speaker: Mari N. from Twin Falls Idaho.

  • CMA in Las Vegas participated in the first annual Nevada Recovery Celebration at the Cashmen Center in Las Vegas, on 9/12/09 in observation of "National Recovery Month". Every local 12 Step program was represented with over 2,000 people attended over 50 booths. The event included marathon meetings, workshops, panels and more.
    Congrats to Mike K from Las Vegas for 3 years of recovery!

Call to Service

Service work keeps us sober! What is your service commitment? Are you having fun with it or is it a downer? What do you do to pass the word on the a new comer? You are encouraged you to join a committee or subcommittee that will enrich your recovery. We invite you to read more about CMA including information about Public Information and Outreach. Learn how to "reach out" and be a member of your local group or Area fellowship. 

Remember that you can submit your experience or stories to CMA. Your submittion may be used for a book or for a website article. You can read more, please go to HERE.

CMA Literature Committee and Chair Rick B. has been working hard on the copy edit of our fellowship‚s first book. There is a call for more stories from the CMA Fellowship. So, if you would like to submit your story for consideration, please go to HERE. The Literature Committee is also working on a set of pamphlets to be released soon and available for download from the Literature area of the website.

In service,

© Crystal Meth Anonymous, Inc., 2008-2009. Articles appearing in PMB 555 may be reprinted in local CMA publications (including CMA Web sites) provided that they are reprinted in their entirety and that the following attribution is included: "Reprinted from PMB 555 (issue date) with permission of CMA GSO, Crystal Meth Anonymous, Inc."