Capital Area Service Committee

 

The Capital Area Service Committee (C.A.S.C.) is the combined district meeting of Districts 10, 11, 14, 15, and 16 of the Area 27 (Louisiana) of Alcoholics Anonymous. C.A.S.C. is made up of the General Service Representatives (GSR's) or their alternates, District Committee Members (DCM's) and their alternates and Chairpersons of standing committees established by CASC.

The stated purpose of C.A.S.C. is to hold regular monthly meetings in an effort to:

  • Carry the AA message to the alcoholic who still suffers.
  • Educate our general membership about the Steps, Traditions, and Concepts of AA.
  • Form such committees as may be necessary to carry out our purpose and to receive monthly reports.
  • Disburse such money as necessary to carry out our purposes.
  • Provide a forum for the exchange of information between this organization and any other AA service committees.
  • To assist the DCM's and GSR's in discharging their responsibilities as outlined in the AA Service Manual.

CASC meets the 1st Tuesday of each month at 6:30 PM @ Club 12 (1695 Beaumont Drive in Baton Rouge).

 

Here are some of the committees and tasks they are undertaking:



Workshop Committee

The Capital Area Service Committee formed a workshop committee to provide a format for featuring some aspect of the AA program (unity, service and recovery) to members of Alcoholics Anonymous in the Baton Rouge metropolitan area.  Workshops held in past were:

 

Past Workshops

·         Unity Workshop at St. Luke Episcopal Church September, 2002

·         Central Office Big Book Study with Mary Anne - Nov 2002

·         Three Fold Disease (Mental, Physical and Spiritual) - March 2003

·         Sponsorship Workshop hosted by District 11 - August 2003

·         Sponsorship Workshop - New Roads Area - March 2004

·         Three Legacies - Steps, Traditions and Concepts - District 15D - April 2004

·         Service Work – Someone Else Will Do It?!? Hosted by District 15D – April 2005

·         7th Tradition Workshop hosted by District 11 – May 2005

·         Spirituality of Steps 6&7, and Steps 10 & 11 – coming May 13, 2006 (see “Calendar of Events” at www.aa-louisiana.org Home Page)

Meets the 3rd Sunday of each month at 6 p.m. in the discussion meeting room of the TAU Center.

Archives Committee

Archives assists with the collecting, cataloging and storage of artifacts important to the local history of Alcoholics Anonymous. The National Archives Conference will be held in Baton Rouge September 14-17, 2006.

 

Grapevine Committee

CASC funded the construction of a display board and literature promoting the Alcoholics Anonymous newsletter known as the Grapevine. This display is available upon request to any local meeting or convention seeking to promote wider distribution of the Grapevine, our "meeting in print".


Public Information (PI) Committee

The function of this committee is to let the general public, and more importantly the alcoholic still suffering know where help is available. Current activities include:

  • Airing of television and radio public service announcements on local stations
  • Daily listing of the Central Office AA Phone number in the Classified section of the newspaper
  • Posting of the Central Office AA Phone number on signs on or inside 53 city buses and taxis
  • Posting of the Central Office AA Phone number on billboards as space permits
  • Placement of video cassettes of the Big Book in American Sign Language in the School for the Deaf
  • Placement of Alcoholics Anonymous , AA Comes of Age, and Dr. Bob and the Good Old Timers in all EBR Public Libraries, as well as many schools
  • Organization of a speaker pool to provide speakers to schools and other institutions requesting them

Cooperation with the Professional Community (CPC) Committee

The function of this committee is to work in the professional community (i.e., doctors, nurses, attorneys) to inform them about Alcoholics Anonymous. The CPC Committee attends various conferences and meetings of these professionals upon request.

The PI/CPC Committee meets the last Thursday of each month at 6:00 PM in the AlAnon Room @ Club 12, 1695 Beaumont Dr., Baton Rouge.

Treatment and Corrections (T & C) Committee

This committee is responsible for starting and carrying on meetings and for providing Big Books and other literature and information to correctional facilities, treatment facilities, and non-profit or state run institutions. State-run facilities are furnished some literature at no charge. Most of the suffering alcoholics in these institutions would otherwise have no access to the program of Alcoholics Anonymous. T & C, along with PI and CPC, staff booths at the Red Stick Roundup, the State Convention (when in Baton Rouge) and at non-AA events having an interest in alcoholism.

The T & C Committee meets the 2nd Thursday of each month at 6:00 PM in the AlAnon Room @ Club 12, 1695 Beaumont Dr., Baton Rouge.

Red Stick Round-Up Committee

The Red Stick Round-Up Began in 1996 as the result of the groups in CASC voting to begin a local convention. Seed money of $500 was given to the committee by CASC and as the result of the 1994 workshop, "AA's Golden Anniversary in Baton Rouge - 50 years of AA in the Metro Area," enough money was raised to plan for the first Red Stick Round-Up which was held in February of 1996.

The Red Stick Round-Up Committee meets the 2nd Sunday of each month at 5:30 PM @ University Methodist Church, 3350 Dalrymple Dr., Baton Rouge.

The next round-up is January 2007.

Central Office  (COR and COC)

(***The Central Office is not a standing CASC committee. Information about COR and COC is presented here only as informative***)

The Central Office Representatives meet the 3rd Thursday of each month at 6:30 PM @ University Methodist Church, 3350 Dalrymple Dr., Baton Rouge.

The Central Office Committee meets the 2nd Monday of each month at 5:30 PM @ the AA Central Office, 3955 Government St., Suite 5, Baton Rouge.

District 15C

 

Meets the 1st Thursday of each month at 6:45 PM @ Club 12, 1695 Beaumont Dr., Baton Rouge.

 

District 15D

 

Meets the 3rd Sunday of each month at 5:30 PM in the discussion meeting room at the TAU Center.


Louisiana State Convention of Young People in Alcoholics Anonymous (LASCYPAA)

To be held June 2-4, 2006 in Lafayette; see Calendar of Events at www.aa-louisiana.org Home Page

 


International Convention of Young People in Alcoholics Anonymous (ICYPAA)

To be held at the Sheraton in New Orleans June 29th through July 2nd, 2006.

 

Local ICYPAA subcommittee meets 2nd and last Tuesday of each month at 6:30 p.m. in the AlAnon Room of Club 12, 1695 Beaumont Dr., Baton Rouge.


Other Activities

C.A.S.C. also cooperates with the State Convention Committee, the Louisiana State Convention of Young People in Alcoholics Anonymous (LASCYPAA), Al-Anon, and Alateen.

C.A.S.C. Committee Chairpersons stand ready to visit any area group to explain the functions of the "GSR's Meeting", the Capital Area Service Committee.

 

This page was last modified February 2006