I wish to say thanks for the referrals SA has sent my way from callers to the Central Office. I have contacted them and we just interviewed one yesterday. He will be coming to his first meeting either tomorrow or on Monday. He lives about 50 minutes from Rochester and has children so he will have to plan his time to come here.

Another purpose of writing this letter is to let you know that SA is doing so well in Rochester (thanks be to God). The Day of Fellowship Inventory we had last October really had a lot to do with it. The Rochester Fellowship wants to share this with all of SA. Partially as a result of that day and as a result of mechanisms already in place, the Rochester Fellowship now has a formal method of having referrals. One is by having them write to the P.O. Box address, which you have on your records, and the other is through a telephone number which, at this time, is in a member’s home and is not yet published in the Rochester Telephone Book. We don’t think we are ready to have it published but feel a need to have a way for referrals to contact us by phone. There is an answering machine answered by John N. He will get back to the caller.

We have a mechanism whereby each sober member gets a chance to share in the 12th Step call. There is a voluntary list and each inquiry is given to the next one on that list. So, I guess it is time to remove my phone number from the Central Office as a contact for SA Rochester and let our procedure take over. The mechanism does work well and I will get my chance to do a 12th Step call in turn.

I know I cannot speak for the Rochester Fellowship but I do have a good feeling that we are all very appreciative of all that you do in the Central Office. My business takes quite a bit of time, but I make sure that I have sufficient time to attend meetings, do service work and sponsor people. Those things must come first or I will not have any business (or anything else for that matter). God Bless you in your work and thanks so much.