Noon meetings at Helferei ( Tuesday , Thursday and Frifay) will take place at the French Protestant Church at Schanzengasse 25, 8001 Zürich (large room in basement) during the 3 weeks’ summer from July 26 to August 15.  Meeting will be back at the Helferei on the Week 33 August 16Th.

There is a new Conference question which needs our input.  In the past year, there have been drastic changes in the way we try to carry the message of AA. We were fortunate Zurich IG offered a quick solution for groups who wished it. I live on the border of Italy and Switzerland (Ticino), and all the groups in Piemonte closed and many friends have relapsed into oblivion. In certain parts of Colombia, they did not have money to open a zoom account so a Colombian AA friend living in Switzerland opened one. Now groups in Colombia, Ecuador, and Peru are sharing it. Never before have we seen such unity and the ability to adapt as best we can. This pandemic has shown us that AA must continue to live or most of us will surely die.

Who: I am writing to ask all our GSRs, Groups and AA members to bring this ONE conference question to your group(s), collect feedback and come share it at our upcoming IG meeting event – open to the whole fellowship. The (zoom) meeting is scheduled on:

When: Sunday 21 March 2021       11:00-12:00

Where: https://us02web.zoom.us/j/87610889377 (waiting room mandatory)

Co-Hosts:  Barbara P. +41 79 651 16 44, CER representative for Zürich IG

Joel B. +41 79 703 8003, Zürich IG Activities Coordinator

What: Extraordinary IG Event to collect GSRs’/groups’/members’ input to the Conference Question which reads as follows:

Would the Fellowship share experience of the impact of the Coronavirus pandemic on AA Zurich, Basel, Lugano, Schaffhausen, and Zug at the group level and make recommendations on suitable commitments and an appropriate service path for newcomers at online meetings?

Things to consider:

• Contactless Tradition 7 payments, as discussed at Conference 2018 Committee 2 Q1; regular direct debit bank transfers from members to groups, intergroups or GSO.
• How online groups may become part of the structure of AA GB (e.g. to join existing Intergroups or create an online Intergroup).
• Tradition 4 – each group is autonomous etc.
• Hybrid meetings with face to face facility shared with online facility.
• Multi-meeting groups so that rental costs can be shared amongst two or more meetings.
• Groups moving from church and community halls into lecture theatres in universities and hospitals for greater meeting capacity, projector & screen facilities and social distancing.
• It could be helpful to identify online service roles for those in early sobriety. In physical meetings, a common progression might be from tea-making and greeting, through literature and secretary/treasurer, then to a GSR role and ultimately service outside the group.

Consider the contribution to the carrying of the message, financial and practical implications when deliberating each question.

PDF of all 2021 Conference Questions: https://alcoholics-anonymous.eu/wp-content/uploads/2020/12/1.-Committees-1-6-v2.pdf

Unable to attend?

If you cannot attend, groups can still submit feedback via this online form until 30.03.21,or by email to CER’s Conference Delegates: confdel.cer@aamail.org.

The current list of AA online meetings for Bern / Zurich / Lugano.

Some meetings have resumed face to face meetings. If you wish to visit a face to face meeting, please check AA meetings for more information.

Monday

1230 – Lugano Happy, Joyous, and Free will meet by Zoom
Join Zoom Meeting:https://us02web.zoom.us/j/88056199843
Meeting ID:880 5619 9843

1900 – Zürich Monday Night Online Women’s Meeting, In All Our Affairs will meet by Zoom
To participate, may have to download Zoom, or follow the Zoom LINK:                       Join Zoom Meeting:https://zoom.us/j/222016053
Meeting ID: 222 016 053

2015 – Zurich AA Monday 12&12  will meet by Zoom
Join Zoom Meeting:https://us02web.zoom.us/j/91825857133
Meeting ID:918 2585 7133

Tuesday

1200 – Zurich AA TUESDAY Noon Group will meet by Zoom
Join Zoom Meeting: https://zoom.us/j/288541129
Meeting ID: 288 541 129

1900 – Zurich AA TUESDAY 11th STEP  will meet by Zoom
Join Zoom Meeting: https://zoom.us/j/178537287
Meeting ID: 178 537 287

1930 – Bern AA TUESDAY There Is a Solution  will meet by Zoom                                     Join Zoom Meeting https://us02web.zoom.us/j/86390828898          

Meeting ID: 863 9082 8898

Wednesday

Thursday

12.30 – Lugano Happy, Joyous, and Free will meet by Zoom
Join Zoom Meeting:https://us02web.zoom.us/j/88056199843
Meeting ID:880 5619 9843

18.30 – Zurich Big Book Study Group will meet by Zoom.
Join Zoom Meeting: https://zoom.us/j/758263916
Meeting ID: 758 263 916

19.00- Zurich The Fellowship You Crave -Young People’s Meeting will meet by Zoom.

Friday

1200 – Zurich  Friday Noon Emotional Sobriety Group In Person Meeting
In-person format at our regular location @Kulturhaus Helferei building. 

2000 – Zurich Hole in the Donut In Person

Saturday

09.00 – Saturday Morning AA Topic Meeting (Online)
Join Zoom Meeting: https://us02web.zoom.us/j/88296353841
Meeting ID:882 963 538 41

19.00 – Zurich Came to Believe In Person and Online
Join Zoom Meeting: https://zoom.us/j/669790262
Meeting ID: 669 790 262

Sunday

2000 – Zurich Sunday Night Couch Surfers