February 10, 2010 by chair.

16th Annual SLAA-athon
Sunday February 14, 2010
1:00 pm to 8:30 pm
Sobriety and Sponsorship
Unitarian Universalist Church
624 North Broadway
Saratoga Springs, NY 12866

First Meeting - Sobriety and Sponsorship
1:00  - 2:15 pm

Second Meeting - Men and Women’s Meeting
2:30 - 3:45pm

Third Meeting - Spirituality and Service
4:00 - 5:15 pm

Join us for Dinner at 5:30 - 6:45 pm. Bring your own vegetarian dinner to share, or buy in town at local establishment.

Final Meeting - Regular Sunday Meeting of the “Home Stretch Group”
7:30 - 8:30 pm

SLAAathon 2010 Flyer

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January 24, 2010 by chair.

S.L.A.A. 12 Step Weekend Retreats - 2010

In Chester, Vermont (3 hours from Albany)

Retreat Center
2010 Dates: March 26-28, July 23-25, October 1-3, December 17-19

Step study is a key tool to recovery in the S.L.A.A. program.

At the retreat weekends we do an intensive study of the 12 Steps — together.

If you have worked on the Steps in this type of format before, you already know its value. If you have not done any study of the Steps, intensive or otherwise, this is a great way to do it, especially the first time. Regardless of where we are in the Step study process, we are able to learn from sharing our experience, strength and hope with each other.
Location:

The retreat house is located in Chester, Vermont, approximately 3 hours from Boston. Retreats are hosted by a local family in recovery.

Price:
$175.00     YOUR COST
-$20.00     DISCOUNT IF REGISTRATION/PAYMENT IS RECEIVED BY THE DEADLINE OF THE WEEKEND YOU PLAN TO ATTEND (SEE BELOW!)
$155.00     Discount total

Includes: 2 nights lodging (see below for sleeping arrangements) and 2 breakfasts (all you can eat). There is a potluck dinner Saturday night (all you can eat)-weekend participants contribute.

(Additional nights lodging available $50.00 per person per night–meals not included.)
For Reservations:

To reserve a space at one of our retreats, select the registration form link at the bottom of this page, print and fill out the form, and mail it to NEI at the above address. A check for $155.00 MUST BE received NO LATER THAN 4 WEEKS BEFORE the weekend you wish to attend!! LATER REGISTRATIONS CHECKS ARE $175.00.
2010 Retreat Dates:

Discount Registration Deadline:
March 26-28     February 26
July 23-25     June 25
October 1-3     September 3
December 17-19     November 19

To register and/or get more info go to http://www.slaanei.org and click the link in upper right that reads “Vt. 12 Step Retreats”.

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December 31, 2009 by chair.

Here are some instructions on how to check the messages on the hotline.

1. Call the hotline phone number: 292-0123
2. Press * when you begin to hear the outgoing message
3. Enter the 4 digit passcode
4. If there are any messages, press 1 to listen to message
5. To delete a message press 3 (only do this if you’ve written down info to call person back and you will be calling)
6. To save a message press 5 (if you need to have another person listen to a message)

If you have any questions please contact the phone coordinator for the hotline.

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December 12, 2009 by chair.

This version is redacted for the Web. Certain meetings voted to NOT display their street address on this version of the schedule.  To obtain the street address you will need to call the Capital Region SLAA Hotline at: 518-292-0123.  Internet Schedule 12-11-09

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December 12, 2009 by chair.

Be aware that the Women’s Meeting on 12-30-09 will be meeting in a different room.  You will need to enter the front of the church, facing Route 9.  Also please note that for this meeting only NO BATHROOM FACILITIES will be available.

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July 17, 2009 by chair.

These meetings are NOT affiliated with the Capital Region Intergroup of SLAA.  They are provided here for information only.  If you find them helpful, great!

Telephone Meeting Schedule

Sunday 7:00 PM Eastern Time
Focus on Anorexia - Men and Women
1-712-432-0150, access code 232562

Monday 2:00 PM Eastern Time
Step Meeting
1-712-432-0150, access code 232562

Wednesday 9:00 PM Eastern Time
Women’s Anorexia Meeting
1-605-475-6111, access code 343434

Thursday 8:30 PM Eastern Time
Focus is on Fear of Intimacy
1-712-432-1600 code will be 399544

Saturday 8:30 AM Eastern Time
Focus is on Cross-Addictions
1-712-432-0150, access code 232562

Saturday 12:00 PM Eastern Time
Topic Meeting
1-605-475-6111, access code 32587

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March 22, 2009 by chair.

Latest release of the schedule for the web.  Includes the new Saturday Bennington, VT meeting. As always please call the hotline if there are any additions or corrections to the schedule.

The schedule as of 3-22-09 can be found here: SLAA Schedule 03-22-09

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March 4, 2009 by chair.

The Tuesday Night Men’s meeting has voted and they are moving to the new location permanently.  The new location of the meeting is 1 Maria Dr, Loudonville, NY.

A copy of the schedule with the new updated schedule can be downloaded by clicking the link: <link removed as schedule updated>

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March 2, 2009 by chair.

The Intergroup Secretary, Pete, sent me a note with some updates to meetings.  I’ve copied the contents of his email to me.

=== begin copy of email text ===

Hey Bill, just wanted to check in about a few schedule-related things.

I heard/noticed that some changes were made to the schedule reflecting groups’ web presence, and saw a few corrections, and have had some changes since, and follow-up questions which are probably just rhetorical until Intergroup.  (But please share your thoughts if you care to.)

-The Sunday @ 7:30 (Colonie) meeting just voted at our business meeting to have full web presence (i.e. the street address listed).
-The Saturday Pine Grove meeting’s directions are partially covered up now so that it only reads the end part of the directions.
-The Friday Newtonville @ 7:30 (listed as Latham) voted to have full web presence before the Jan intergroup, but says to call the hotline.

I guess we can bring this up at Intergroup, but does a group not submitting a vote or voting against full presence necessarily mean that they would not be listed?  I suppose if they followed up, and asked that it not be list, that I would understand, until we are able discuss it at Intergroup. But I was thinking that the default would be to list the group’s address, unless it was specifically requested by a group rep.

Sometime soon I’d like to figure out my access to the site so I take future schedule changes off your hands.

Thanks for all your hard work, Bill.
Pete.

=== end copy of email text ===

The format of the meeting schedule and what the default position is around street addresses will be discussed at the next Intergroup meeting, Saturday, March 21 at 11:30am at St. George’s in Clifton Park.

A link to the new schedule is here: (removed — see newer post for schedule, and also the Schedule link on left hand menu)

Yours in recovery,
Bill R, Intergroup Chair

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March 2, 2009 by chair.

UPDATE: On Tue 3/3 the meeting will stay at its’ temporary location of 1 Maria Drive, Loudonville, to hold its’ business meeting.  During this business meeting a vote will be taken and a decision made whether or not to move the meeting permanently to 1 Maria Drive.

If you have an opinion one way or the other please show up to the business meeting to vote!!

As you recall the impetus to change were very cold conditions at the 1 Exchange St location.

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