Category Archives: Organization
LifeRing Annual Meeting Was a Big Success
The 2012 LifeRing Annual Meeting was held May 11. 12 and 13 in San Francisco and came off very smoothly. Attendance was not overwhelming, but those who came both contributed to the meeting’s success and benefited from it. The meeting, … Continue reading
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Martin Nicolaus to be Keynote Speaker at Annual Meeting
Martin Nicolaus, one of LifeRing’s founders and its only leader until two years ago, will be the keynote speaker at the LifeRing Annual Meeting on May 12th at the LGBT Center in San Francisco. His talk is entitled, ‘Toward a … Continue reading
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LifeRing Annual Meeting Set for May 11, 12, 13 in San Francisco
Every year, LifeRing holds a get-together to handle organization matters, hear guest speakers, and get a chance for us all to come together to enjoy each others company. The 2012 Annual Meeting will be held in San Francisco on Friday, … Continue reading
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New Office Hours for LifeRing
Robert S., our erstwhile office administrator, is changing his hours. The new hours are Tuesdays and Thursdays from 1-4 and Friday, 10-3, with an hour off for lunch. In addition, Craig W., chairman of the LifeRing board, will be there … Continue reading
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A LifeRing Keeper: Why Become a LifeRing Convenor
The subject of convening LifeRing meetings came up in one of our email groups the other day and produced a response that’s worth reading: ____ wrote last night about convening LifeRing groups and I thought I’d expand a bit on … Continue reading
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A Message From LifeRing’s Executive Director, Kathleen Gargan
LifeRing’s 11th Annual Meeting and Congress will take place during the weekend of May 11th, 12th and 13th, 2012, in San Francisco. On this occasion, I will step away from my position as 2nd interim Executive Director and join the … Continue reading
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Report from the LifeRing Office Administrator
LifeRing has only one part-time employee: an office administrator who oversees the flow of book orders, emails, phone calls, etc. Robert Stump took over that job in mid-December and has been trying to systematically carry out his duties. He filed … Continue reading
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Recovery on campus – a hot issue
The New York Times has a good story about sobriety recovery in the college world and what colleges and universities are doing to try to help college age alcoholics and addicts. One takeaway? As counselor B.J. Davis mentioned at a … Continue reading
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Meet the New LifeRing Office Administrator, Robert Stump
As of the first of the new year, LifeRing’s Oakland office is being overseen by Robert Stump, already known to many in the organization for his years of service. Robert is currently the group’s Treasurer — a position he’ll hand-off … Continue reading
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LifeRing’s Office Hours a bit Uncertain in December
As happens in many places this time of the year, our office hours will be a bit irregular for the rest of this month. Definitely call before you drop by. We’ll keep up with messages, but you may not get … Continue reading
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