May 1 in A.A. History

In 1939, the mortgage on 182 Clinton St. [right: living room] in Brooklyn was foreclosed. Five days earlier, Lois and Bill W. had moved in with Hank and Kathleen P. at 344 N. Fullerton Ave. in Montclair, New Jersey.

In 1944, A.A.’s New York City headquarters, known today as the General Service Office (GSO), relocated from 30 Vesey St. to a three-room office at 415 Lexington Ave., directly across from Grand Central Station.

May 1–7

In 2008, at the 58th General Service Conference, held at the Crowne Plaza Times Square [left: view from an upper floor] in New York City, the following were among the advisory actions: that…

• trustees’ Finance and Budgetary Committee gather input from the Fellowship on the benefits and liabilities, both spiritual and practical, of fully funding G.S.O. services to the Fellowship (G.S.O. functional expenses) by the voluntary contributions of A.A. members and groups;
• the Online Intergroup of A.A. (OIAA) be listed in a new section titled “Online Intergroups” under the section “International Correspondence Meetings” in the A.A. Directories above where “Online Meetings” appear; and
• the amendments to the 2007 General Service Board Bylaws, as forwarded from the General Service Board to include options for interim changes to member trustee ratio and composition in response to the 2007 Advisory Action, which instituted consideration of all eligible Class A and Class B trustees when selecting the chairperson of the General Service Board be approved.