{"id":183,"date":"2016-04-23T18:04:56","date_gmt":"2016-04-24T01:04:56","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/iowa-al-anon.org\/?page_id=183"},"modified":"2026-03-22T20:15:46","modified_gmt":"2026-03-23T01:15:46","slug":"awsc-meetings","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/iowa-al-anon.org\/?page_id=183","title":{"rendered":"AWSC Meetings"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>March 8, 2026<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>AWSC Reports<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-table\"><table><tbody><tr><td class=\"has-text-align-center\" data-align=\"center\">Agenda and Officer Reports<\/td><td class=\"has-text-align-center\" data-align=\"center\">District Representatives<\/td><td class=\"has-text-align-center\" data-align=\"center\">Area Coordinator <\/td><td class=\"has-text-align-center\" data-align=\"center\">Committees<\/td><\/tr><tr><td class=\"has-text-align-center\" data-align=\"center\">Chairperson<\/td><td class=\"has-text-align-center\" data-align=\"center\"><a href=\"https:\/\/iowa-al-anon.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/District-1-March-2026-AWSC-Report-.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">DR 1<\/a><\/td><td class=\"has-text-align-center\" data-align=\"center\"><a href=\"https:\/\/drive.google.com\/file\/d\/14K38BX0cKRFu17IuGRL31VXJ-sjC--Ju\/view?usp=drive_link\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">Alateen<\/a><\/td><td class=\"has-text-align-center\" data-align=\"center\"><a href=\"https:\/\/iowa-al-anon.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/2026-March-AWSC-Agenda-working-doc.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">AWSC Agenda<\/a><\/td><\/tr><tr><td class=\"has-text-align-center\" data-align=\"center\"><a href=\"https:\/\/iowa-al-anon.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/Officer-Delegate-Report-AWSC-March-2026.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">Delegate<\/a><\/td><td class=\"has-text-align-center\" data-align=\"center\">DR 2<\/td><td class=\"has-text-align-center\" data-align=\"center\"><a href=\"https:\/\/iowa-al-anon.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/Coordinator-Archives-March-2026.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">Archives<\/a><\/td><td class=\"has-text-align-center\" data-align=\"center\"><\/td><\/tr><tr><td class=\"has-text-align-center\" data-align=\"center\"><a href=\"https:\/\/drive.google.com\/file\/d\/1r7AFb8fHmG9gg7JfciA0_qeLjctGiria\/view?usp=drive_link\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">Al<\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/iowa-al-anon.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/Officer-Alt-Delegate-Report-2026-March-AWSC.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">ternate Delegate<\/a><\/td><td class=\"has-text-align-center\" data-align=\"center\"><a href=\"https:\/\/iowa-al-anon.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/District-3-AWSC-Report-March-2026.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">DR 3<\/a><\/td><td class=\"has-text-align-center\" data-align=\"center\"><a href=\"https:\/\/iowa-al-anon.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/Coordinator-Group-Records-March-AWSC-Report.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">Group Records<\/a><\/td><td class=\"has-text-align-center\" data-align=\"center\"><a href=\"https:\/\/drive.google.com\/file\/d\/1KybuhS3N2s5hZ3B0I8M-maejlzEpZ2iC\/view?usp=sharing\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">P66 Standing Committees<\/a><\/td><\/tr><tr><td class=\"has-text-align-center\" data-align=\"center\"><a href=\"https:\/\/iowa-al-anon.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/2025-January-Iowa-Area-AWSC-Meeting-Minutes.pdf\" title=\"\">Secretary\/Minutes<\/a><\/td><td class=\"has-text-align-center\" data-align=\"center\"><a href=\"https:\/\/iowa-al-anon.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/District-4-2026-March-AWSC.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">DR 4<\/a><\/td><td class=\"has-text-align-center\" data-align=\"center\"><a href=\"https:\/\/iowa-al-anon.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/Coordinator-Literature-March-AWSC-2026.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">Literature<\/a><\/td><td class=\"has-text-align-center\" data-align=\"center\"><\/td><\/tr><tr><td class=\"has-text-align-center\" data-align=\"center\"><a href=\"https:\/\/iowa-al-anon.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/2026-March-AWSC-Treasurer-Report.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">Treasurer<\/a><\/td><td class=\"has-text-align-center\" data-align=\"center\">DR 5<\/td><td class=\"has-text-align-center\" data-align=\"center\"><a href=\"https:\/\/iowa-al-anon.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/Coordinator-Public-Outreach-Report-to-AWSC-Aug-2024.pdf\" title=\"\">Pub<\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/iowa-al-anon.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/Coordinator-Public-Outreach-March-2026-AWSC.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">lic Outre<\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/iowa-al-anon.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/Coordinator-Public-Outreach-Report-to-AWSC-Aug-2024.pdf\" title=\"\">ach<\/a><\/td><td class=\"has-text-align-center\" data-align=\"center\"><\/td><\/tr><tr><td class=\"has-text-align-center\" data-align=\"center\"><\/td><td class=\"has-text-align-center\" data-align=\"center\">DR 6<\/td><td class=\"has-text-align-center\" data-align=\"center\"><a href=\"https:\/\/iowa-al-anon.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/Coordinator-Area-Tech-2026-March-AWSC.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">Technology<\/a><\/td><td class=\"has-text-align-center\" data-align=\"center\"><\/td><\/tr><tr><td class=\"has-text-align-center\" data-align=\"center\"><\/td><td class=\"has-text-align-center\" data-align=\"center\">DR 7<\/td><td class=\"has-text-align-center\" data-align=\"center\"><a href=\"https:\/\/iowa-al-anon.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/Coordinator-Web-Page-2026-March-AWSC.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">Website<\/a><\/td><td class=\"has-text-align-center\" data-align=\"center\"><\/td><\/tr><tr><td class=\"has-text-align-center\" data-align=\"center\"><\/td><td class=\"has-text-align-center\" data-align=\"center\"><a href=\"https:\/\/iowa-al-anon.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/Distict-8-2026-March-AWSC-Meeting-Report.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">DR 8<\/a><\/td><td class=\"has-text-align-center\" data-align=\"center\"><a href=\"https:\/\/iowa-al-anon.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/Coordinator-Newsletter-Report-2026-March-AWSC.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">Newsletter<\/a><\/td><td class=\"has-text-align-center\" data-align=\"center\"><\/td><\/tr><tr><td class=\"has-text-align-center\" data-align=\"center\"><\/td><td class=\"has-text-align-center\" data-align=\"center\">DR 9<\/td><td class=\"has-text-align-center\" data-align=\"center\"><\/td><td class=\"has-text-align-center\" data-align=\"center\"><\/td><\/tr><tr><td class=\"has-text-align-center\" data-align=\"center\"><\/td><td class=\"has-text-align-center\" data-align=\"center\">DR 10<\/td><td class=\"has-text-align-center\" data-align=\"center\"><\/td><td class=\"has-text-align-center\" data-align=\"center\"><\/td><\/tr><tr><td class=\"has-text-align-center\" data-align=\"center\"><\/td><td class=\"has-text-align-center\" data-align=\"center\"><a href=\"https:\/\/iowa-al-anon.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/District-11-March-2026-AWSC-report.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">DR 11<\/a><\/td><td class=\"has-text-align-center\" data-align=\"center\"><\/td><td class=\"has-text-align-center\" data-align=\"center\"><\/td><\/tr><tr><td class=\"has-text-align-center\" data-align=\"center\"><\/td><td class=\"has-text-align-center\" data-align=\"center\">DR 12<\/td><td class=\"has-text-align-center\" data-align=\"center\"><\/td><td class=\"has-text-align-center\" data-align=\"center\"><\/td><\/tr><tr><td class=\"has-text-align-center\" data-align=\"center\"><\/td><td class=\"has-text-align-center\" data-align=\"center\"><a href=\"https:\/\/iowa-al-anon.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/District-13-March-2026-AWSC.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">DR 13<\/a><\/td><td class=\"has-text-align-center\" data-align=\"center\"><\/td><td class=\"has-text-align-center\" data-align=\"center\"><\/td><\/tr><tr><td class=\"has-text-align-center\" data-align=\"center\"><\/td><td class=\"has-text-align-center\" data-align=\"center\">DR 14<\/td><td class=\"has-text-align-center\" data-align=\"center\"><\/td><td class=\"has-text-align-center\" data-align=\"center\"><\/td><\/tr><tr><td class=\"has-text-align-center\" data-align=\"center\"><\/td><td class=\"has-text-align-center\" data-align=\"center\">DR 15<\/td><td class=\"has-text-align-center\" data-align=\"center\"><\/td><td class=\"has-text-align-center\" data-align=\"center\"><\/td><\/tr><tr><td class=\"has-text-align-center\" data-align=\"center\"><\/td><td class=\"has-text-align-center\" data-align=\"center\"><a href=\"https:\/\/iowa-al-anon.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/District-16-2026-March-AWSC-Meeting.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">DR 16<\/a><\/td><td class=\"has-text-align-center\" data-align=\"center\"><\/td><td class=\"has-text-align-center\" data-align=\"center\"><\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Area World Service Committee (AWSC)<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Purpose of the AWSC<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>The primary function of the Area World Service Committee is to plan for the general improvement of both the Assembly and the groups. These meetings, called and chaired by the Area Chairperson, may be held at stated intervals to hear and discuss the Delegate\u2019s report, consider Area matters, and suggest items of interest for the Area newsletter, all with the purpose of informing and unifying the groups in the Area. <i>World Service Manual p.162.<\/i><\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">AWSC Members<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Officers: Chairperson, Delegate, Alternate Delegate, Secretary, and Treasurer<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Coordinators: Alateen, Archives, Group Records, Literature, Newsletter, Public Outreach, Technology, Website.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>District Representatives<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Past Delegates<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>AWSC Members have a voice and vote. Those liaison members bringing information beneficial to the AWSC and\/or Assembly have a voice but no vote.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">AWSC Minutes<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-table\"><table class=\"has-fixed-layout\"><tbody><tr><td><a href=\"https:\/\/iowa-al-anon.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/Iowa-Area-AWSC-Meeting-Jan-2026.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">January 2026<\/a><\/td><td><a href=\"https:\/\/iowa-al-anon.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/2026-March-AWSC-Meeting.pdf\" title=\"March 2026\">March 2026<\/a><\/td><td>August 2026<\/td><\/tr><tr><td><a href=\"https:\/\/iowa-al-anon.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/Iowa-Area-AWSC-Meeting-Jan-12-2025-docx.docx\" title=\"\">January 2025<\/a><\/td><td><a href=\"https:\/\/iowa-al-anon.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/AWSC-MEETING-MARCH-9-2025-1.docx\" title=\"\">March 2025<\/a><\/td><td>August 2025<\/td><\/tr><tr><td><a href=\"https:\/\/iowa-al-anon.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/Officer-Secretary-Iowa-Area-AWSC-Meeting-Jan-21-2024-2.pdf\" title=\"\">January 2024<\/a><\/td><td><a href=\"https:\/\/iowa-al-anon.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/Iowa-Area-AWSC-Meeting-March-10-2024.docx-send-2.docx\" title=\"\">March 2024<\/a><\/td><td><a href=\"https:\/\/iowa-al-anon.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/Iowa-Area-AWSC-Meeting-August-2024.1-docx-2.docx\" title=\"\">August 2024<\/a><\/td><\/tr><tr><td><a href=\"https:\/\/drive.google.com\/drive\/folders\/1QK0hMSfASoz5xz9GdqBnVY0PTnpaM9Wk?usp=share_link\">January 2023<\/a><\/td><td><a href=\"https:\/\/iowa-al-anon.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/March-2023-AWSC-minutes-Preliminary.docx\">March 2023<\/a><\/td><td><a href=\"https:\/\/iowa-al-anon.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/AWSC-MEETING-AUGUST-6-2023.pdf\">August 2023<\/a><\/td><\/tr><tr><td><a href=\"https:\/\/iowa-al-anon.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/2022-AWSC-minutes-1-16-2022454.pdf\">January 2022<\/a><\/td><td><a href=\"https:\/\/iowa-al-anon.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/2022-AWSC-minutes-3-13-2022.pdf\">March 2022<\/a><\/td><td><a href=\"https:\/\/iowa-al-anon.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/2022-AWSC-minutes-8-21-22.pdf\">August 2022<\/a><\/td><\/tr><tr><td><a href=\"https:\/\/iowa-al-anon.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/2021-AWSC-minutes-1-10-2021-final.pdf\">January 2021<\/a><\/td><td><a href=\"https:\/\/iowa-al-anon.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/2021-AWSC-minutes-3-21-2021.pdf\">March 2021<\/a><\/td><td><a href=\"https:\/\/iowa-al-anon.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/2021-AWSC-minutes-8-8-2021466.pdf\">August 2021<\/a><\/td><\/tr><tr><td><a href=\"https:\/\/iowa-al-anon.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/2020-ASWC-minutes-1-12-2020-revised.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">January 2020<\/a><\/td><td><a href=\"https:\/\/iowa-al-anon.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/2020-ASWC-minutes-3-08-2020-1.pdf\">March 2020<\/a><\/td><td><a href=\"https:\/\/iowa-al-anon.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/2020-ASWC-minutes-8-9-2020virtual-.pdf\">August 2020<\/a><\/td><\/tr><tr><td><a href=\"https:\/\/iowa-al-anon.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/Iowa-AWSC-January-20-2019-Revised.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">January 2019<\/a><\/td><td><a href=\"https:\/\/iowa-al-anon.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/2019-March-Iowa-AWSC-revised.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">March 2019<\/a><\/td><td><a href=\"https:\/\/iowa-al-anon.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/2019-AWSC-minutes-August-pdf-1.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">August 2019<\/a><\/td><\/tr><tr><td>&nbsp;<\/td><td>&nbsp;<\/td><td>&nbsp;<\/td><\/tr><tr><td colspan=\"3\"><a href=\"http:\/\/Mail to: archives@iowa-al-anon.org\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" data-wplink-url-error=\"true\">Request past Minutes from the Area Archivist<\/a><\/td><\/tr><tr><td colspan=\"3\">AWSC Minutes from the Spring (June) and Fall (October) Assemblies are included in the <a href=\"https:\/\/iowa-al-anon.org\/members\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Assembly Minutes<\/a>.<\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">FAQs<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">When and where are the AWSC meetings?<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>AWSC meetings are held five (5) times yearly in January, March, June, August, and October. The June and October AWSC Meetings are held during the Spring and Fall Assemblies. The January meeting is held virtually, while March, and August meetings are currently held at the Hampton Inn in Marshalltown, IA. See the <a href=\"https:\/\/iowa-al-anon.org\/calendar\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Calendar tab<\/a> for exact dates, times, and locations.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">What to bring?<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>Anyone presenting an oral report during the AWSC meeting must provide a written report. These copies are linked above <i>after<\/i> the AWSC starts. Having the <a href=\"https:\/\/iowa-al-anon.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/2023-2025-Policy-Procedure-Manual-March-2024-1.pdf\">Iow<\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/iowa-al-anon.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/2026-2028-Policy-Procedure-Manual-December-10-2025.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">a Area Policy and Procedures<\/a> and the <a href=\"https:\/\/al-anon.org\/pdf\/P2427.pdf\">World Service Manual<\/a> handy is also a good idea.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&#46;&#46;&#46;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":176,"menu_order":2,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-183","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/iowa-al-anon.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/183","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/iowa-al-anon.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/iowa-al-anon.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/iowa-al-anon.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/iowa-al-anon.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=183"}],"version-history":[{"count":161,"href":"https:\/\/iowa-al-anon.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/183\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":37100,"href":"https:\/\/iowa-al-anon.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/183\/revisions\/37100"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/iowa-al-anon.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/176"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/iowa-al-anon.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=183"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}