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By: Thom R.

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"The History of AA" by Bob P. Submitted to the GSC but was unapproved. Not sure why, but whatever. This still contains a lot of great information and is an excellent work.


 

Just needed to share your unapproved comment jumped out at me.? At an area literature workshop I had the pleasure of meeting a former trustee who had been involved in the 4th edition process. About 5 years.? He told us that not being AA approved is not AA disapproved.? AA approval is a long involved possibly expensive process.? Not meant for everyone.? Some of the older books written by friends of Dr. Bob, some with his input now belong to Hazendon because of financial constraints for the writer.? So not necessarily disapproved just not been thru approval process.?

On Thursday, July 23, 2020, 11:35:09 AM PDT, [email protected] Notification <[email protected]> wrote:


The following files have been uploaded to the Files area of the [email protected] group.

By: Thom R.

Description:
"The History of AA" by Bob P. Submitted to the GSC but was unapproved. Not sure why, but whatever. This still contains a lot of great information and is an excellent work.


 

I use it a lot as reference. I have read that it was not approved because of "errors" which I don't know if that means it had information different from the approved literature.?

It really is detailed with great history and stories.

Thanks

On Thu, Jul 23, 2020, 13:35 [email protected] Notification <[email protected]> wrote:

The following files have been uploaded to the Files area of the [email protected] group.

By: Thom R.

Description:
"The History of AA" by Bob P. Submitted to the GSC but was unapproved. Not sure why, but whatever. This still contains a lot of great information and is an excellent work.


 

Well, since "conference approved " specifically means that the conference has agreed to pay for it and distribute it through AAWS Publishing,? this manuscript being "unapproved" could simply mean that the GSC didn't want to pay for it. It doesn't necessarily mean that there's anything wrong with it.


 

Thanks for giving me the information on this book Probably had this book for 20 years.The late archivist Earl Husband gave me this book Mine rebound in aqua boards with Gilt Title Non Approved History of A.A. 1957-1985 Any idea on the publisher John Schram Newport Beach Calif

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Subject: [AAHistoryLovers] File /Books/The History of AA by Bob P (GSC unapproved).pdf uploaded #file-notice

The following files have been uploaded to the Files area of the [email protected] group.

By: Thom R.

Description:
"The History of AA" by Bob P. Submitted to the GSC but was unapproved. Not sure why, but whatever. This still contains a lot of great information and is an excellent work.





 

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Also the Grapevine pubs are not GSC approved because the Grapevine is a separate company any can publish what it wishes.

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Well, since "conference approved " specifically means that the conference has agreed to pay for it and distribute it through AAWS Publishing,? this manuscript being "unapproved" could simply mean that the GSC didn't want to pay for it. It doesn't necessarily mean that there's anything wrong with it.


 

It is called the "AA Grapevine"
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  • Early AA groups adopted the AA Grapevine as the international journal of Alcoholics Anonymous in 1946. The General Service Conference reaffirmed this designation in 1986.?

CONFERENCE ADVISORY ACTION, 1986:
"SINCE EACH ISSUE OF THE GRAPEVINE CANNOT GO THROUGH THE CONFERENCE-APPROVAL PROCESS, THE CONFERENCE RECOGNIZES THE GRAPEVINE AS THE INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF ALCOHOLICS ANONYMOUS."

  • The AA Grapevine is produced by a staff of professional editors, writers, and artists, who are members of AA. Most of the articles are written by members of the Fellowship.

On Fri, Jul 24, 2020, 15:35 Fisk.Rick via <Fisk.Rick=[email protected]> wrote:

Also the Grapevine pubs are not GSC approved because the Grapevine is a separate company any can publish what it wishes.

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From: [email protected] <[email protected]> On Behalf Of Thom R.
Sent: Thursday, July 23, 2020 3:02 PM
To: [email protected]
Subject: Re: [AAHistoryLovers] File /Books/The History of AA by Bob P (GSC unapproved).pdf uploaded #file-notice

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Well, since "conference approved " specifically means that the conference has agreed to pay for it and distribute it through AAWS Publishing,? this manuscript being "unapproved" could simply mean that the GSC didn't want to pay for it. It doesn't necessarily mean that there's anything wrong with it.


 

There¡¯s a lot of non-AA approved AA history I think after all the work that was put into this it should get published

On Jul 24, 2020, at 1:35 PM, Fisk.Rick via groups.io <Fisk.Rick@...> wrote:

Also the Grapevine pubs are not GSC approved because the Grapevine is a separate company any can publish what it wishes.

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From: [email protected] <[email protected]> On Behalf Of Thom R.
Sent: Thursday, July 23, 2020 3:02 PM
To: [email protected]
Subject: Re: [AAHistoryLovers] File /Books/The History of AA by Bob P (GSC unapproved).pdf uploaded #file-notice

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Well, since "conference approved " specifically means that the conference has agreed to pay for it and distribute it through AAWS Publishing,? this manuscript being "unapproved" could simply mean that the GSC didn't want to pay for it. It doesn't necessarily mean that there's anything wrong with it.

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--
Eugene Lane
Redondo Bch Ca


 

Just in case there is someone under a rock there was already a publication called The Grapevine so it had to be The AA Grapevine