The 2008 Annual Business Meeting (ABM) will take place in Tampa, Florida, July 15-18. 
Delgates will need to fly into the Tampa airport. See below for BMIS and forms.

The Conference Charter Committee (CCC) is responsible for the facilitation of the ABM in cooperation with the Board of Trustees (BOT) and Fellowship-Wide Services (F.W.S.). (The overall implementation is the responsibility of the BOT/F.W.S. due to legal requirements by the state of Massachusetts--the state of incorporation). The CCC creates the agenda, develops the business meeting items to be addressed, generally chairs the ABM, and is liaison for the entire Conference to the BOT/F.W.S.

The Annual Business Conference (ABC) is the once a year event at which [S.L.A.A. group representatives and members of our service structure] convenes to conduct the Annual Business Meeting (ABM). The ABM refers to the actual full-assembly business meetings at the ABC. This portion of the ABC is where members of the Conference ‘provide direction and constancy to Fellowship-Wide Services’ through discussion of issues, brainstorming, and voting. More importantly, the ABC is dedicated to forming community-wide group conscience and supporting service and recovery within the S.L.A.A. program.

The Conference is the voting body of delegate members of S.L.A.A. groups world-wide, members of the Board of Trustees [(BOT)], senior staff as interpreted by the [BOT], members of the F.W.S. Administrative Staff and the Journal Editor’ who together, year round, through delegate-run Conference Committees, the Board Conference [& Convention] Committee and the ABC do the service of being a channel for fellowship-wide group conscience.’ Every S.L.A.A. member is welcome to attend all Conference functions; however, only Conference members will be allowed to vote during the ABM. If you are planning to attend the ABM, but do not wish to act as a Delegate you may need to pay some Conference Fees. All non-business events such as speaker meetings and entertainment are open to everyone at no charge.

Complete ABM Registration and BMIS Info for 2008 ABM: 

(For info about the International Recovery Convention please also visit http://www.tampabayslaa.org/irc.html)

• All forms include complete instructions.
• Use “Word” versions of forms to complete electronically and submit via email.

·         Registration Information Packet  (pdf)

·         ABM Registration Form (pdf) (word) (Required for all participants)

·         Delegate Sign-up Form (pdf) (word) (Required for delegates only) 

·         Travel Equalization Fund Form (pdf) (word) (For partial travel reimbursement) 

·         BMIS (Business Meeting Item Summary, AKA: the agenda) (pdf)

·         BMIS Item Submission Form (pdf) (word) (To place an item on the agenda)

·         By-laws Change Submission Form (pdf) (word)

Submissions may be sent to 

Deadlines: 

• BMIS Item Submission                   April 1
• By-laws Change Sumission             April 1
• ABM Registration                          June 2
• Delegate Sign-up                         June 2
• Travel Equalization Fund                August 1

The following ABC/M Business Minutes are available for download:

• 2007 ABC/M in San Antonio, TX

• 2006 ABC/M in San Antonio, TX

• 2005 ABC/M in San Francisco, California

• 2004 ABC/M in Dedham, Massachusetts

• 2003 ABC/M in Dedham, Massachusetts

• 2002 ABC/M in Oceanside, California

• 2001 ABC/M in Oceanside, California

• 2000 ABC/M in Houston, Texas

• 1999 ABC/M in Houston, Texas