SAI Highlights

1. The next meeting of the SAI Board will take place on Saturday April 5^th, 2008, commencing at 9:30am at the Calgary Co-Op, lower level community room, 540 – 16^th Avenue NE. Please remember to sign in at Customer Service (located on the west side of the store).

2. The principle of this third month (as it relates to Step 3) is Faith.

3. In recognizing SAI’s Goal for this year - Outreach - Reaching out to Groups, Board Members and Group Reps are encouraged to attend meetings other than their “home” meeting. During the sharing portion you are encouraged to explain how you are involved on the SAI Board and the goal SAI has set for this year. The following meetings do not have a Group Rep: Tuesday Evening, Thursday Evening, Saturday Morning First Alliance (temporarily closed) and Saturday Morning McDougall (pending confirmation from this group that they no longer have a group rep).

4. Wednesday Afternoon Group is hosting a Marathon – Wednesday March 5^th, 2008 – 1:30pm - 3:30pm, Holy Name Church – 2223 – 34^th Street SW (NW, rear entrance), lower level. Poster attached.

5. LITERATURE NEWS! With the change in the value of the Canadian dollar against US dollars, SAI has revised the formula that costs out OA literature purchased from World Service. A motion was passed, adopting the new literature formula and agreeing to absorb the cost of shipping OA literature to outlying areas (anything outside of the Calgary city limits), to a maximum of two shipments each year. In addition, it was agreed that SAI would reimburse the difference between the previous literature formula and the new approved literature formula, for all literature orders placed from January 1^st, 2008 to current date. Literature orders can be placed by contacting Michell G at 277-1677 or 390-0196 or via email – Michell.Gillard@von.ca

6. You are encouraged to visit SAI’s website – www.oa-southernalberta.com Suggestions for website content can be sent to our webmaster Frances – fcbagley@shaw.ca

7. Region One Spring Fling (small retreat) – being held in Kelowna – April 4^th & 5^th, 2008. All Region One positions are filed with the exception of Co-Chair.

Edmonton Retreat – May 2^nd, 3^rd, 2008 – Star of the North Retreat Centre, St. Albert, Alberta. More info – contact Leila - lgbassett@yahoo.com

8. AGM – Positions Open at June 7^th, 2008 Meeting:

Two Year Positions: Secretary, Treasurer, Public Information,

One Year Positions: Archivist, Retreat & Marathon, Tape Library, Webmaster.

Group Reps are asked to advise their groups of these positions and encourage them to contact Leila B if they were interested in receiving more information regarding the positions. lgbassett@yahoo.Com

9. Spring Retreat – May 23^rd – 25^th, 2008 - $160.00/person, includes accommodation(single room in a four bedroom condo with kitchen, 2 bathrooms and living room) use of large swimming pool with waterslide and hot tubs for two hours Saturday afternoon, lunch and dinner on Saturday. Brochure attached.

10. Neighbours Article - attached you will find an article that appeared in the February 21st, 2008 edition of Neighbours.

That's it for me. Thanks everyone. Have a terrific month. See you at the next SAI Meeting - April 5th, 2008!