Area decisions
What Area 09 is deciding, what it has decided, and how any member's idea becomes an Area motion.
On the floor · Panel 76
Take them to your group: GSRs bring their groups' conscience to the Assembly, where the vote happens.
…and 3 more on the board below.
Latest Assembly agendaTap a number to see those motions on the board below. A result missing? Ask the Secretary
Motion board
It opens on Panel 76's motions, newest first. Choose another panel, a status or search for a word.
Presented for the first time — take it to your group.
Introduced · September 13, 2026
The Treasurer/AP presented the proposed 2027 budget as new business. Groups and districts review it before it comes back for a vote.
New business, Sept 13, 2026 Assembly.
Discussed before and waiting for a vote.
Introduced · August 9, 2026
Amend Article 9.2 of the Bylaws so that checks, drafts, notes and other orders for payment are signed by the Treasurer/AP and countersigned by the Treasurer/AR (or, when the Treasurer/AP is absent, signed by the Treasurer/AR). Today the Bylaws ask the Secretary — or the Alternate Delegate — to countersign.
Old business on the Sept 13, 2026 Assembly agenda. Introduced at an earlier ASC (Aug 9, 2026 assumed — Secretary, please confirm). Record the result here when the September minutes are approved.
Introduced · August 9, 2026
Approve up to $2,000 to fund a Grapevine & La Viña event in November, as set out in the 2026 Area calendar, and keep funding it for five years.
Old business on the Sept 13, 2026 Assembly agenda.
Introduced · August 9, 2026
The Archives Committee asks for $2,000 to support the 29th National A.A. Archives Workshop, September 23–26, 2027, in San Bernardino — inside Area 09.
Proposed by the Area Archivist and the Archives Committee. Old business on the Sept 13, 2026 Assembly agenda.
Introduced · August 9, 2026
Raise the Registrar's 2026 budget from $1,000 to $2,000 (an additional $1,000).
Listed on the agenda as a budget override request.
Introduced · August 9, 2026
Raise the Convention Liaison Committee's 2026 budget from $1,000 to $1,700 (an additional $700).
Listed on the agenda as a budget override request.
Introduced · August 9, 2026
Adopt the 2027 MSCA 09 calendar: the dates, types and host districts of next year's Assemblies, ASCs and service events.
Old business on the Sept 13, 2026 Assembly agenda.
Approved by the Area.
Passed · May 17, 2026· 88–2
Adopt the revised 2026 budget, including the cost reductions discussed at the February and March ASCs.
Passed at the May 17, 2026 Assembly; the minority opinion was heard and no votes changed.
Passed · February 9, 2025
Adopt the 2025 Area calendar of Assemblies, ASCs and service events.
The ASC was turned into an Assembly to vote on the calendar.
Passed · January 12, 2025· 51–2
Raise the Literature Committee's fourth-quarter 2024 budget to $1,408 for displays, 2025 Service Manuals and other books for the English-speaking districts, copying and distribution.
Passed · January 12, 2025
Send a letter of support for LACYPAA's bid to host ICYPAA 2025.
Passed · January 12, 2025· 98–4
Adopt the Area's 2025 budget as presented by the Treasurer/AP.
Passed · January 12, 2025
Accept all written reports and record them in the minutes each month (floor motion from District 23).
Passed · September 8, 2024· 84 in favor
Approve the Archives Committee's updated guidelines.
Passed · September 8, 2024· 100 in favor
Hold an Area-wide La Viña and Grapevine event, with every district invited, to encourage subscriptions, literature and writing workshops — the first event of its kind in the Area.
Passed · September 8, 2024· 106 in favor
Renew the lease on the Archives repository at 7111 Arlington Ave., Suite B, Riverside, for 2025–2027 ($1,275, $1,315 and $1,355 a month).
Passed · September 8, 2024· 76 in favor
Raise mileage reimbursement from 30 to 37 cents a mile (Finance Committee).
Passed · August 11, 2024
Move the 2024 Servathon to Sunday, November 16, 2024, to avoid the Southern California Convention weekend.
The ASC was turned into an Assembly to vote on the date change.
Passed · May 19, 2024
Starting with Panel 74, hold ASCs at venues in the four corners of the Area and Assemblies in one or two central locations, so the Area secures hybrid-ready venues instead of each host district.
Presented by the Panel 72 Executive Board; amended at the Feb 11, 2024 ASC. District 22 later moved to rescind it (2025).
Passed · May 19, 2024
Approve the Treatment Committee's revised 2024 guidelines.
Passed with amendments by simple majority.
Passed · January 14, 2024
Approve the DCM School Committee's guidelines.
Passed · January 14, 2024
Accept the Literature Committee's guidelines.
Did not pass.
Failed · May 19, 2024
Have Area 09 pay 100% of the cost of sending its Delegate to the 2024 General Service Conference (floor motion).
A motion to reconsider at the March ASC did not pass; the motion failed at the May Assembly.
Failed · January 14, 2024
Reimburse host districts $3,000 for each ASC and Assembly, up from $2,000.
Raised during the 2024 budget discussion.
Withdrawn by the body or by the maker.
Withdrawn · January 12, 2025
That Area 09 accept a 2020 research review as the current representation of the Big Book's “Doctor's Opinion.”
Withdrawn by majority vote.
Withdrawn · August 11, 2024
Add $600 to the Communications Committee budget so its lead translator could attend the 2024 Pacific Regional Forum in Las Vegas.
Withdrawn by simple majority.
From an earlier panel. These went to an Area meeting, but the result is not in the published minutes yet. Ask the Secretary
Introduced · August 10, 2025
Last on record: Old business
Beginning with Panel 76 (January 2026), standing committee chairs are expected to attend ASCs and Assemblies in person, except in emergencies — when the chair sends someone, preferably the alternate chair.
Tabled at the Aug 10, 2025 ASC; old business on the Jan 11, 2026 Assembly agenda. Result not yet in the published minutes.
Introduced · August 10, 2025
Last on record: Old business
Add Article VIII, “Finance Policies and Procedures,” to the Area Guidelines, starting with rules for expense reimbursement and leaving room for future reserve and contribution policies.
From the Finance Committee. Tabled at the Aug 10, 2025 ASC; old business on the Jan 11, 2026 Assembly agenda. Result not yet in the published minutes.
Tabled · August 10, 2025
Last on record: Tabled
Under the new Article VIII, require reimbursement requests within 30 days of the expense, with receipts, on the Area form, approved by the Treasurer/AP before payment.
From the Finance Committee. Time ran out at the Aug 10, 2025 ASC; tabled until the November ASC.
Introduced · June 8, 2025
Last on record: Old business · 32–15 (sent to the Assembly)
District 22 proposes to rescind the May 2024 “Four Corners” motion and give the job of organizing each Area meeting back to the host district, following the established rotation.
Sent from the Aug 10, 2025 ASC to the Sept 14, 2025 Assembly. Result not yet in the published minutes.
Introduced · June 8, 2025
Last on record: Old business
Support Area 93's proposed Conference agenda item asking the General Service Board to make its A.A. safety training video available in English and Spanish, with a French option.
Sent from the Aug 10, 2025 ASC to the Sept 14, 2025 Assembly. Result not yet in the published minutes.
Tabled · March 16, 2025
Last on record: Tabled
Ask the General Service Conference to approve a Spanish translation of the Plain Language Big Book.
Tabled at the March 16, 2025 ASC, to be discussed at the Pre-Conference.
Nothing matches those filters.
The Area Secretary updates each status from the approved minutes. Until then, a motion of this panel stays in its last known column, and one from an earlier panel moves to “Result not recorded”.
Step by step
Area 09 takes its time: a motion usually goes back to the groups before anyone votes on it.
A district, a committee, an officer or any voting member writes the motion and its background, in English and Spanish.
It is presented at an Area meeting. Members ask questions; usually there is no vote yet.
GSRs and DCMs share it with their groups and districts so they can form an informed group conscience.
At a later meeting — usually an Assembly — it is discussed and voted on. Most motions need a simple majority; the budget and long-term policy need two-thirds.
Those who voted no may be heard. If minds change, the body can vote to reconsider.
The result goes into the minutes and into the Area's motions book.
The Area keeps a record of the motions it has decided, going back to its first Assemblies in 1959.
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