in article avgKa.111564$Xl.2114978@twister.rdc-kc.rr.com, rosie readandpost
at readandpost@REMOVETHISyahoo.com wrote on 25/6/03 12:23 pm:

>
>> I just grabbed the first copy of the AA Grapevine that
>> was handy, December 2001, and on pages 32 and 33 they
>> printed a bunch of pictures of A.A. clubhouses.
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>
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> i actually helped start one of those ALANO clubs many years ago, and we were
> VERY careful NOT to imply that AA was
> connected/supporting it.
>
> i cannot account for the article you read, i can only advise you to check the
> facts with GSO.
> you will find, if you enter one of the ALANO clubs, (and they are all over the
> country) lots of AA literature, logo's,
> pictures of bob and bill, etc.
> each and every group is allowed to PLASTER the walls with that stuff if they
> wish.
> clubs, just like "AA inspired " jewelry, t-shirts, bumper stickers, etc. are
> NOT affiliated with AA in anyway.
> sorry!
>
>
Is this because of one of AA's wisest traditions No six Rosie?

"An AA Group ought never endorse finance, or lend the AA name to any related
facility or outside enterprise, lest problems of money, property and
prestige divert us from our primary purpose".


The club houses are not owned by AA but the AA group which uses a room in
the club to hold their meetings pays a (monthly or anually rent) to the
club owners for use of the room, & facilities etc for holding their
meetings.

Errol