{"id":2,"date":"2019-08-28T16:12:47","date_gmt":"2019-08-28T16:12:47","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/district71.org\/?page_id=2"},"modified":"2023-02-07T17:08:20","modified_gmt":"2023-02-07T23:08:20","slug":"sample-page","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/district71.org\/?page_id=2","title":{"rendered":"What is District 71?"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><strong>The short answer:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>District 71 is a geographical subset of the Northeast Texas Area 65 of the AA General Service Conference.&nbsp; Its boundaries are defined in the map found <a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" aria-label=\" (opens in a new tab)\" href=\"https:\/\/www.neta65.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/NETA65Map.jpg\" target=\"_blank\">here.<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>The long answer:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>AA is a fellowship having one primary purpose&#8211;to carry its message to the alcoholic who still suffers.&nbsp; Anything which supports that effort is a service.  Services are rendered individually, by collections of individuals, and by the general service structure.&nbsp; That structure is composed of AA groups, districts, areas and the General Service Conference (GSO).  AA general service resources can be found on the GSO website <a href=\"https:\/\/www.aa.org\/pages\/en_US\/getting-involved-in-aa-general-service\">here<\/a>, along with the AA Service Manual, which describes in a generic way the group, district and area activities and their function within AA General Services.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>District 71 is both a service concept and an implementation of the AA General Service Structure.&nbsp; As a concept, it describes the activities within the geographical area described above.&nbsp; Any individual engaged in AA service within this area is welcomed to participate in District 71 activities.&nbsp; Anyone is welcome to attend District 71 meetings.  Each AA group within the district boundaries is served by District 71. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>As implemented, District 71 follows the outline for a district as described in the AA Service Manual, Chapter 3.&nbsp; Each group GSR is a member of District 71.  The district sponsors several well-defined committees with a focus in one service area, like Treatment Facilities, Public Information, Correctional Facilities, etc.&nbsp; The chair of each of those committees is a member of District 71.  The district requires the efforts of a Secretary and Treasurer who are also members of District 71.  The district is lead by the District Committee Member (D.C.M.) who also serves as a formal link to Area 65. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/district71.org\/?page_id=44\">Website Guidelines<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The short answer: District 71 is a geographical subset of the Northeast Texas Area 65 of the AA General Service Conference.&nbsp; Its boundaries are defined in the map found here. &hellip; <\/p>\n<p class=\"link-more\"><a href=\"https:\/\/district71.org\/?page_id=2\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;What is District 71?&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":41,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","template":"","meta":{"ngg_post_thumbnail":0,"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-2","page","type-page","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/district71.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/2","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/district71.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/district71.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/district71.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/district71.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=2"}],"version-history":[{"count":6,"href":"https:\/\/district71.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/2\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":435,"href":"https:\/\/district71.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/2\/revisions\/435"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/district71.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/41"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/district71.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=2"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}