At our spring District One meeting in Hendersonville we asked GRs to send to Cynthia nominations for district officers to serve 2011-2013. With three weeks to go before our September 8 election meeting Cynthia has reported one nomination for District Representative - Jewel whom we elected as our Alternate DR. I talked with Jewel on the phone and she is willing to stand for election as DR. I received an e-mail last week from a GR that Leland in Asheville was interested in service. He and I talked on the phone and he offered to stand for election as Alternate DR. He must be out of town September 8. We still need nominations of members willing to serve as Secretary and Treasurer. Tom Rightmyer district1dr@gmail.com

(1) Our election meeting will be held on Saturday, September 8, 2012, at Grace Episcopal Church, 394 North Haywood, Waynesville, NC. The Waynesville AFG will be our hosts. Group Representatives will elect a District Representative, Alternate District Representative, District Secretary, and District Treasurer to serve from January, 2013 through December, 2015. The Service Manual provides that a District Representative is “an incoming, outgoing, or active past Group Representative . . . elected by the other GRs.” Duties include attending four Area World Service Committee meetings and Spring and Fall Area Assemblies, convening four district meetings each year, and other duties listed in the Service Manual. The Alternate District Representative attends these meetings when the DR can’t do so, and we have been blessed by Jewel’s service as Alternate DR, and by the service of Anita as Secretary and Sandra as Treasurer. The newly elected DR and the GRs will decide about other district offices and officers. Neil has been serving as our Alateen Coordinator, and Jamie as our Phone Coordinator. Jesse with Public Information / Cooperation with the Professional Community organized and manned the Al-Anon booth when the NC alcoholism treatment professionals met in Asheville this year and Cynthia worked with Pardee Hospital’s detox program. Mike served as our district webmaster. I am grateful to them and to all who have served our fellowship over the past years. I have not yet heard of any Al-Anon members who have offered to serve in District One positions. When and if I do I will send a notice by e-mail. (2) The Gmail account for your District One group and the password is available by sending an e-mail request to district1dr@gmail.com All communications to groups have been sent to the group Gmail account. I send on to groups all messages I receive from WSO, from Patsy our WSO delegate, and from our NC/Bermuda Area 42 officers and program chairs and other district information. If you have not done so, please arrange for someone in your group to check the group Gmail account every week or two for messages. (3) The election area assembly will be held Saturday, November 3, 2012 at St. Paul’s Episcopal Church, 520 Summit Street, Winston-Salem, NC 27101. Church phone is (336) 723-4391. Group Representatives present will elect an area Delegate to World Service, an Area Chair, and other area officers. I will send hotel and registration information by e-mail when I receive them. (4) WSO delegate Patsy tells me that in 2011 24 District One groups gave $3,073.03 to the Al-Anon World Service Office. Thank you. It has been a privilege to serve the groups, the district, and the fellowship of Al-Anon. I look forward to seeing you September 8. August 6, 2012 Tom R. District One Representative district1dr@gmail.com