Category Archives: Organization
New LifeRing Website in Ireland
LifeRing Ireland has gone through some changes in the past several months and now have a new website. liferingdublin.com is now up, replacing the old liferingireland site. It shares a design, and some content, with the liferingCork.com site. The new … Continue reading
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LifeRing to Begin a Year-long Planning Process
The LifeRing Board of Directors has voted to begin a year-long planning process aimed at strengthening the organization and bringing it to a higher level of efficiency and productivity. The board voted to adopt a “Framework” for planning as suggested … Continue reading
Meet LifeRing’s new Executive Director, Kathleen Gargan
The recently concluded LifeRing Annual Meeting saw the Board of Directors electing a new Executive Director for our organization. Kathleen Gargan, the driving force behind LifeRing Colorado’s rapid growth in recent years, takes over the top spot from Craig Whalley, … Continue reading
Full Coverage of the 2011 LifeRing Annual Meeting
As mentioned previously, the 2011 LifeRing Annual Meeting was held on June 3, 4 and 5 in Oakland, CA. For a bare-bones recap click here. This report will be more comprehensive and will try to give the flavor of … Continue reading
The 2011 LifeRing Annual Meeting
The 2011 LifeRing Annual Meeting (a.k.a. “Congress,” “Expo,” “Sober Event of the Year”) is fast approaching. Set for June 3, 4, 5 in Oakland, CA, details have now been posted on the website. There are always two events happening simultaneously … Continue reading
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LifeRing Advances in Sweden
Lars B. reports from Sweden that there has been steady progress in the growth of LifeRing there. There are now 5 3 meetings in Sweden, split between Stockholm and Malmo. Delegates from the meetings recently met in the first national … Continue reading
Tweet, Tweet! LifeRing is on Twitter!
Even if you have assiduously avoided learning anything about Twitter, the wildly popular vehicle for sending brief updates about the important developments in your life (“PB&J for lunch again today. OMG – bread so stale!”) you’ll want to sign up … Continue reading
Help us Update “How Was Your Week”
Here is a new way to help LifeRing move forward: help in the re-writing and editing of one of our most important publications — “How Was Your Week? Bringing People Together in Recovery the LifeRing Way, a Handbook.” The author … Continue reading
Three New Members of LifeRing Board of Directors
At it’s Jan. 12 meeting, the LifeRing Board of Directors accepted the resignation of three of it’s members and elected replacements to serve until the next Annual Meeting, coming this Spring. The three retiring members — Robert B., Andy R. … Continue reading
Fill Out a Survey to Help LifeRing
Michael W., head of LifeRing Canada, is looking for some help in gathering information to assist in setting up a ‘buddy system’ within LifeRing. Such a system would be an enhancement of the peer-support that LifeRing has always emphasized. With … Continue reading
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