Request for Group Conscious -- DEIG:

RE: Treating trusted servants with a little bit of appreciation and respect

According to the aa.org guidelines: When one does not feel safe in AA, there should be a group conscious call to discuss the matter. (The aa.org website has been rewritten and the safety guidelines are in revision at the time of this writing.)

According to Tradition 1, 2, 4 and 12 Downeast Intergroup should be ruled by the group and not a few authoritarians.

Since Downeast Intergroup will not follow the AA guidelines, I will say they can no longer be called an AA group.

There are many people in the Downeast Intergroup area that are very capable of participation in the Downeast Intergroup leadership but refuse to do so because of the authoritarian leadership. There are a few in leadership who have taken on many roles and push out people because the people they push out do not produce the results that the ones in leadership expect. Yes, it is commendable that Willy K will chair the meeting if he can remember to show up. Yes it is commendable the Willy K is the Area 28 secretary. Yes it is commendable that he runs a 7 pm meeting everyday.

"We understand that there have been issues with some of the changes we have requested" This occured because Willy K refused to listen to the former webmaster. He expects people to do what he says without listening to what they have to say.

Power corrupts and absolute power corrupts absolutely. Willy K has turned into a bully of a leader.

Issues:

• I have sent many requests for information to both Peter B and Willy K and none of my emails have been answered.
• Willy K would offer to get help for me on the website and never followed through.
• Another former participate on the website committee offer to find one who could provide photographs for the website. It never materialized. Sadly she passed away this year. Her service to Downeast Intergroup is much appreciated.
• During the last website committee meeting that I attended,Willy K told me what he did not like about the website. According to Bill L, Willy K designed the original website. So this means Willy K did not like the website he created.
• I tried to explain why somethings where the way they are on the website and he cut me off so I could not explain the direction and steps I was taking to advance the website. As a result he has stuck the label on me that I am combative. He is taking his character default and projecting it on to me!
• If Bill L had the courage and willingness to stand up for the truth he would able to give the details.
• Bill L offered to help me with the website but never took the first small baby step to get started.
• Peter B, Bill L, and Willy K have all signed a letter saying that I am combative when they are the ones who will not listen, who are too lazy to see what changes have been done on the website and who will not listen or respond for request for help or who will not follow through on their offer to help.
• When Bill L gave the the resignation letter I was shocked at the stupidity of firing the webmaster before they had the new site up.
• I called the helpline to let them know what was going on, but the helpline did not know Downeast Intergroup has a website.
• Since no one in leadership has responded to my open letter to DEIG, I am making a formal request for a group conscious on how the leaders treat the trusted servants.
• Does Willy K know that other leaders are saying “Don't tell Willy” went it comes to getting things done for the Downeast Intergroup?
• Since Willy K is the webmaster and website committee, it is assumed he knows about:
• The aa.org guidelines for websites.
• Willy K saw the page I put on the site to show people how to find the updated guidelines on the aa.org site and told me to take it off. I put the instruction on the site so people could navigate the [aa.org site](http://aadeig.org/aa-Information.html), since the guidelines on the original Downeast Intergroup site where outdated. (aa.org has changed the layout for the guidelines to a new one that is even harder to find guidelines. And the guidelines for safety are in revision.) Does Willy K not want people to find the guidelines so he can be the authority?
• Git and GitHub (Willy K's original website is on GitHub)
• The state of the website when I was fired is also on GitHub, along with the source code for the meeting list.
• How to connect the meeting list to the Meeting App.
• The history behind the Meeting App.
• Also I am assuming Willy K knows about the TIAA and has joined the TIAA group. (TIAA sure has been a source of much needed comfort after the abuse the former webmaster received.)
• Also he must know about the NAATW
• Geoff W did not seem to appreciate my work to generate the stored procedure and API to connect to the meeting app.
• While mentioning Geoff W that reminds me that since I never did get any suggestions of what to put on the website, I would go ahead and put aa source on the website. During the meeting Geof would pull out his phone and say take this off and that off.
• Since no one had any constructive suggestions for the website, I quit going to the Downeast Intergroup meetings.

According to the aa.org guidelines: When one does not feel safe in AA, there should be a group conscious call to discuss the matter. (The aa.org website has been rewritten and the safety guidelines are in revision at the time of this writing.)

According to Tradition 1, 2, 4 and 12 Downeast Intergroup should be ruled by the group and not a few authoritarians.

Since Downeast Intergroup will not follow the AA guidelines, I will say they can no longer be called an AA group.

There are many people in the Downeast Intergroup area that are very capable of participation in the Downeast Intergroup leadership but refuse to do so because of the authoritarian leadership. There are a few in leadership who have taken on many roles and push out people because the people they push out do not produce the results that the ones in leadership expect. Yes, it is commendable that Willy K will chair the meeting if he can remember to show up. Yes it is commendable the Willy K is the Area 28 secretary. Yes it is commendable that he runs a 7 pm meeting everyday.

"We understand that there have been issues with some of the changes we have requested" This occured because Willy K refused to listen to the former webmaster. He expects people to do what he says without listening to what they have to say.

Power corrupts and absolute power corrupts absolutely. Willy K has turned into a bully of a leader.

Since Downeast Intergroup no longer follows the aa.org guildelines, I will say with confidence that the Downeast Intergroup is no longer an aa group and has morphed into the environment that encouraged me to become a drunk.

"Each member of Alcoholics Anonymous is but a small part of a great whole. AA must continue to live or most of us will surely die. Hence our common welfare comes first. But individual welfare follows close afterward." Tradition One -- Long Form

As a result of the above experiences and facts I am requesting that the Downeast Organization have a group conscious meeting with a focus on how the leadership treats others.