RS Platform Launch presented by Mike F. – 6/9/2026

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Mike Tuesday Night History Workshop • 2026

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Mike ABOUT THIS WORKSHOP

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Mike Mike F. speaking on "RS Platform Launch" in Tuesday Night History Workshop (June 9, 2026). This recording is preserved in high-fidelity with interactive scrolling transcripts.

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[00 00:03.779 – 00:00:08.119] Welcome to the Tuesday Night Recovery Speakers History Workshop.

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[00 00:08.119 – 00:00:11.160] Thank you everyone for joining us tonight.

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[00 00:11.160 – 00:00:21.199] My name is Tim, and today we have a special presentation, and we are doing a walkthrough and a launch

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[00 00:21.199 – 00:00:25.660] of the ble- brand new platform for Recovery Speakers.

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[00 00:25.660 – 00:00:30.699] And, uh, we will have Mike giving us a tour of the new platform.

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[00 00:30.699 – 00:00:37.140] And, uh, we meet here every Tuesday night at the same time using the same Zoom ID number.

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[00 00:37.140 – 00:00:43.859] We record the meetings every week and make the audio available on Recovery Speakers.

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[00 00:43.859 – 00:00:49.719] And my, my script got messed up.

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[00 00:49.719 – 00:00:51.140] It, it's gone now.

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[00 00:51.140 – 00:00:54.219] We're doing a whole new script going into the future.

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[00 00:54.219 – 00:00:57.359] So I just didn't even pull, pull the script tonight.

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[00 00:57.359 – 00:01:04.500] Um, so we are now going to our website, is now recoveryspeakers.org.

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[00 01:04.500 – 00:01:07.500] The .com is now gone.

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[00 01:07.500 – 00:01:11.400] And we are- I can just take over from here, Tim.

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[00 01:11.400 – 00:01:13.299] Wonderful.

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[00 01:13.299 – 00:01:13.909] Okay.

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[00 01:13.909 – 00:01:15.519] Thanks for that introduction.

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[00 01:15.519 – 00:01:18.280] And thanks for all that you do.

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[00 01:18.280 – 00:01:21.359] And please don't go to the website right now.

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[00 01:21.359 – 00:01:31.819] I'm gonna share my screen and let you see what the new Recovery

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[00 01:31.819 – 00:01:35.959] Speakers looks like.

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[00 01:35.959 – 00:01:39.159] Now, I gotta get...

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[00 01:39.159 – 00:01:42.540] Uh, how do I...

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[00 01:42.540 – 00:01:43.400] There we go.

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[00 01:43.400 – 00:01:47.019] Sorry, folks.

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[00 01:47.019 – 00:01:57.349] Do all this techy work, and then I can't, uh, I

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[00 01:57.349 – 00:01:59.120] can't operate a screen share.

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[00 01:59.120 – 00:02:03.219] All right.

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[00 02:03.219 – 00:02:04.540] You're not seeing my...

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[00 02:04.540 – 00:02:05.480] Shit.

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[00 02:05.480 – 00:02:09.519] I can see the Recovery Speakers website.

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[00 02:09.519 – 00:02:13.759] This is what I want you to see, okay?

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[00 02:13.759 – 00:02:18.620] Meeting's being transcribed.

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[00 02:18.620 – 00:02:23.159] All right, folks.

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[00 02:23.159 – 00:02:24.219] Here's what's happening.

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[00 02:24.219 – 00:02:27.819] The brand new Recovery Speakers platform.

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[00 02:27.819 – 00:02:37.819] You heard me talk about it last year that we wanted to create something that was, I don't wanna use the word futuristic because

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[00 02:37.819 – 00:02:38.819] it's here now.

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[00 02:38.819 – 00:02:48.819] But what we wanted to do is create something that would be much more, uh, appropriate for where we're at today, for the archives that we have, and

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[00 02:48.819 – 00:02:52.500] for what we would like to, uh, to be able to share.

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[00 02:52.500 – 00:03:00.419] So what we did, the, the platform crashed on May 14th.

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[00 03:00.419 – 00:03:10.599] The site went down, and we lost all of the content that we had collected and made available

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[00 03:10.599 – 00:03:11.560] for 20 years.

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[00 03:11.560 – 00:03:23.840] And then we decided that it was time to build a new platform, and

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[00 03:23.840 – 00:03:25.650] we went to work on this.

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[00 03:25.650 – 00:03:33.740] What you're seeing is a beta test now through the end of July.

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[00 03:33.740 – 00:03:43.939] By the end of July, all of the features that I'm gonna show you tonight will be all working and, uh, expanded upon.

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[00 03:43.939 – 00:03:46.060] So I'm...

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[00 03:46.060 – 00:03:50.280] And I apologize, but, ugh.

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[00 03:50.280 – 00:03:53.400] I had this thing on my screen, and it's been driving me crazy here.

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[00 03:53.400 – 00:03:54.400] It's all the faces.

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[00 03:54.400 – 00:03:56.159] I got rid of it now.

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[00 03:56.159 – 00:04:03.780] So what I wanna do for you is just kind of give you a tour of what's available on here and what's to come.

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[00 04:03.780 – 00:04:05.520] So I'm gonna log in.

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[00 04:05.520 – 00:04:09.719] What?

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[00 04:09.719 – 00:04:10.520] Come on.

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[00 04:10.520 – 00:04:19.560] And if, if I run into any snags or problems tonight, I want you to just realize that this is still at beta.

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[00 04:19.560 – 00:04:25.009] This is where, where you go when you, once you sign up and become a member.

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[00 04:25.009 – 00:04:25.899] It's free.

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[00 04:25.899 – 00:04:35.339] Once you do that and then you enter, you'll enter into, uh, this area, and it just says, "Welcome." I'm gonna start at the audio archive.

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[00 04:35.339 – 00:04:37.839] The first thing you see is a speaker of the day.

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[00 04:37.839 – 00:04:42.899] That will start to...

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[00 04:42.899 – 00:04:44.300] I'm gonna start it, Tim.

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[00 04:44.300 – 00:04:54.699] We now give you Bill W., the

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[00 04:54.699 – 00:05:04.720] sole surviving founder of Alcoholics Anonymous, speaking before the annual dinner of the Intergroup Association of

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[00 05:04.720 – 00:05:14.720] AA of New York in 1954, held in observance of Bill's 20th- So

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[00 05:14.720 – 00:05:16.220] that is the speaker of the day.

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[00 05:16.220 – 00:05:23.779] So the speaker a day, uh, of the day will always be found right on the main menu.

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[00 05:23.779 – 00:05:27.040] Tim's still gonna send a link out to it.

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[00 05:27.040 – 00:05:36.459] And the speaker of the day is an automated email that will be sent to you, um, beginning, well, it could begin tomorrow now that I see this is active.

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[00 05:36.459 – 00:05:40.560] So we were testing it, and I didn't know that it was already active.

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[00 05:40.560 – 00:05:44.060] So that's, that's how quick this is coming together.

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[00 05:44.060 – 00:05:53.079] The pioneer era, we'll go to that and show you the earliest voices that we have, from the 1930s to the '50s.

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[00 05:53.079 – 00:05:56.040] And we can go through here.

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[00 05:56.040 – 00:05:59.079] Here I'll do, uh, I'll just randomly pick this one.

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[00 05:59.079 – 00:06:05.500] Now, some of the features that are pretty cool is look at the live caption.

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[00 06:05.500 – 00:06:09.439] Certainly glad to be here, especially for the Bill's dinner.

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[00 06:09.439 – 00:06:12.120] Uh, I am an alcoholic.

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[00 06:12.120 – 00:06:14.100] More than that, I'm a powerless over alcohol.

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[00 06:14.100 – 00:06:15.959] I took my first drink when I was 17.

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[00 06:15.959 – 00:06:17.699] When I sobered up, I was 35.

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[00 06:17.699 – 00:06:20.060] I never was a controlled drinker.

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[00 06:20.060 – 00:06:22.480] I was a controlled, trying to be a controlled drunkard.

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[00 06:22.480 – 00:06:27.339] I would drink in between drinks or drinking like it was going out of style from the very beginning.

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[00 06:27.339 – 00:06:28.879] I had no reason to drink.

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[00 06:28.879 – 00:06:34.300] That's one from the pioneer era.

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[00 06:34.300 – 00:06:41.240] Now I'll just click the classic, just trying to give you an idea of what we're dealing with here.

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[00 06:41.240 – 00:06:44.100] Eh, we'll take my first sponsor.

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[00 06:44.100 – 00:06:45.560] I haven't heard this one.

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[00 06:45.560 – 00:06:55.579] Tonight we have a guest speaker who I personally

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[00 06:55.579 – 00:06:56.240] am proud of.

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[00 06:56.240 – 00:07:06.399] I met John when he first came in,

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[00 07:06.399 – 00:07:10.029] and I thought a lot of him.

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[00 07:10.029 – 00:07:11.420] I've always thought a lot of him.

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[00 07:11.420 – 00:07:15.569] Unfortunate, I have, sorry-

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[00 07:15.719 – 00:07:17.759] For the first time in 10 years the other night.

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[00 07:17.759 – 00:07:23.779] I've heard a lot about John, and we've crossed roads many, many time, but we always missed him.

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[00 07:23.779 – 00:07:33.599] John is the type of man that the first time I saw him, I liked him.

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[00 07:33.599 – 00:07:42.379] I felt that I would like to know him better, and I was fortunate enough to do that.

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[00 07:42.379 – 00:07:52.629] Because in John's early days in A in Dallas, we were together quite

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[00 07:52.629 – 00:07:56.499] a lot, I guess more than any two people around Dallas.

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[00 07:56.499 – 00:07:58.119] We used to fish a lot.

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[00 07:58.119 – 00:07:58.619] We used to...

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[00 07:58.619 – 00:08:01.399] Well, we just had a, a grand and glorious time.

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[00 08:01.399 – 00:08:04.059] John has done a wonderful job.

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[00 08:04.059 – 00:08:06.039] We're proud of him.

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[00 08:06.039 – 00:08:07.829] And now we'll give you John.

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[00 08:07.829 – 00:08:23.159] My

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[00 08:23.159 – 00:08:26.579] name is John, and I'm an alcoholic.

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[00 08:26.579 – 00:08:36.879] By attempting to follow the well-suggested steps of the recovery program and assistance from a power

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[00 08:36.879 – 00:08:44.399] greater than myself that I prefer to call God, I'm a member of Alcoholics Anonymous tonight.

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[00 08:44.399 – 00:08:50.859] My sobriety date, however, is October 28th, 1951.

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[00 08:50.859 – 00:09:00.899] So when we're going through these categories, you're gonna have tremendous amount of speakers to

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[00 09:00.899 – 00:09:01.849] select from.

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[00 09:01.849 – 00:09:11.319] The, uh, the hard launch, the beginning of August.

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[00 09:11.319 – 00:09:17.019] By September 1st, we will have 1,000 audio recordings on here.

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[00 09:17.019 – 00:09:25.039] The thing that's taking a little bit of time for us is it, uh, we're transcribing every audio that's coming on the site.

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[00 09:25.039 – 00:09:27.859] Here's the modern era.

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[00 09:27.859 – 00:10:02.499] My

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[00 10:02.499 – 00:10:02.979] name's Danny.

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[00 10:02.979 – 00:10:03.559] I'm an addict.

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[00 10:03.559 – 00:10:13.619] And, uh- Now

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[00 10:13.619 – 00:10:16.039] below, you'll see the transcript.

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[00 10:16.039 – 00:10:18.999] The complete transcript has already been done.

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[00 10:18.999 – 00:10:24.478] That is going to be a feature for the, uh, basic level.

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[00 10:24.478 – 00:10:34.219] Uh, so when you sign up for, like, a nine ninetyf- nine ninety-five level, you'll be able to download...

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[00 10:34.219 – 00:10:37.159] Or no, you'll be able to read the entire transcripts.

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[00 10:37.159 – 00:10:41.879] Uh, let's go back here.

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[00 10:41.879 – 00:10:44.138] Modern era.

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[00 10:44.138 – 00:10:49.779] Oh, and of course, we've got...

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[00 10:49.779 – 00:10:59.779] So I can fast-forward-

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[00 10:59.779 – 00:11:00.629] Well, I may have- ...

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[00 11:00.629 – 00:11:01.259] wherever I want.

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[00 11:01.259 – 00:11:03.519] I can adjust the volume.

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[00 11:03.519 – 00:11:05.139] Nine years ago- I can mute it ...

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[00 11:05.139 – 00:11:09.869] Pensacola, and then I got s- sick in the old- I can set up a playback speed ...

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[00 11:09.869 – 00:11:10.219] actually went away.

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[00 11:10.219 – 00:11:20.259] The motion sickness with the sheriff and all that, but he said- The features to come for that are the creation of

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[00 11:20.259 – 00:11:25.279] your own set list and pre-made set lists that we will be sharing.

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[00 11:25.279 – 00:11:28.539] I'm gonna go over to history now.

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[00 11:28.539 – 00:11:37.299] And the history workshops, like what we're currently doing, will all be found there at history workshops.

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[00 11:37.299 – 00:11:42.099] You can go right down, and this is 2026.

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[00 11:42.099 – 00:11:52.959] We have all of the history workshops since 2020 when we started it, and they will all be posted

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[00 11:52.959 – 00:11:55.519] right here on this page.

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[00 11:55.519 – 00:12:05.949] Now, if you're a historian and you're doing some deep research, you really wanna know some things, we have

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[00 12:05.949 – 00:12:07.259] the history library.

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[00 12:07.259 – 00:12:13.079] Right now, we've got 209 documents in this library.

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[00 12:13.079 – 00:12:17.959] We've got it set up, so for example, steps and traditions.

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[00 12:17.959 – 00:12:25.519] If I go to that, it'll tell me what the topics are here that we have.

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[00 12:25.519 – 00:12:27.479] So I'll go to...

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[00 12:27.479 – 00:12:34.859] We'll just go up here to the first one, the interpretation of our 12 steps by the Washington, DC group.

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[00 12:34.859 – 00:12:45.679] And when that opens, you have the pamphlet right here, word

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[00 12:45.679 – 00:12:46.319] for word.

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[00 12:46.319 – 00:12:59.699] Obviously, I can't take the time, but

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[00 12:59.699 – 00:13:05.459] here's a Cleveland Central Bulletin, 1942.

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[00 13:05.459 – 00:13:09.679] Now, I have all of the Cleveland Central Bulletins.

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[00 13:09.679 – 00:13:12.119] We just haven't gotten them all scanned yet.

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[00 13:12.119 – 00:13:17.659] So we're still working on this part of the library.

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[00 13:17.659 – 00:13:27.679] By August 1st, you'll see a lot of additions, but this is going to be a growing, um,

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[00 13:27.679 – 00:13:29.459] platform.

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[00 13:29.459 – 00:13:37.539] We're going to be adding more and more as time goes on and making sure the features are relevant.

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[00 13:37.539 – 00:13:40.919] There's a whole section on Bill Wilson.

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[00 13:40.919 – 00:13:51.019] And

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[00 13:51.019 – 00:13:54.299] now we'll go over here to the museum.

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[00 13:54.299 – 00:13:59.479] Now, the museum is just now beginning to take shape.

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[00 13:59.479 – 00:14:05.319] We've been able to get a lot of, uh, books and book titles to show you.

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[00 14:05.319 – 00:14:08.469] Here is an old Grapevine from 1949.

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[00 14:08.469 – 00:14:14.459] If we wanted to learn or do a little bit of research and actually see the Grapevine, here it is.

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[00 14:14.459 – 00:14:19.219] It tells, uh, some of the feature articles, what's significant about it.

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[00 14:19.219 – 00:14:25.019] And when this was done, it even described the condition and everything of this particular magazine.

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[00 14:25.019 – 00:14:31.199] So we wanted to make sure that people got an opportunity to see, you know, some of the old articles

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[00 14:32.251 – 00:14:36.671] this is really going to be expanded as time goes on.

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[00 14:36.671 – 00:14:46.671] We have, uh, the Silkworth collection gonna go there, um, some of the books from, uh, uh, Frank Amos, some of

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[00 14:46.671 – 00:14:48.371] the Oxford Group books.

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[00 14:48.371 – 00:14:52.071] So, and we are also going to have some of the temperance books.

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[00 14:52.071 – 00:14:55.671] So all of that stuff's gonna make its way to this platform.

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[00 14:55.671 – 00:14:58.851] It's just right now this is what we have.

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[00 14:58.851 – 00:15:09.131] And, and I hope that, uh, I hope you're as excited about this new platform as I am, because it has just been a labor of love

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[00 15:09.131 – 00:15:14.131] to be involved with creating this and, and making it happen.

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[00 15:14.131 – 00:15:16.831] We have a video section.

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[00 15:16.831 – 00:15:22.491] This will be widely expanded, but, you know, here's one video that just tells a little bit.

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[00 15:22.491 – 00:15:31.441] Some stories were never meant to be forgotten.

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[00 15:31.441 – 00:15:40.451] In the early 1950s, Bill and Arbutus of Texas began what was known as the Midwest Tape Library.

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[00 15:40.451 – 00:15:50.511] Their mission was simple: to gather, preserve, and make available the audio history of

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[00 15:50.511 – 00:15:56.071] Alcoholics Anonymous and other 12-step movements that were to come along.

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[00 15:56.071 – 00:16:02.131] In 2006, the baton was passed to Recovery Speakers.

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[00 16:02.131 – 00:16:11.391] They have continued to do the digitizing, pre- preservation, and make the recordings available.

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[00 16:11.391 – 00:16:21.311] The recordings have been made available all over the world in the last 20 years because of the digital capabilities that we have today.

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[00 16:21.311 – 00:16:28.601] Recovery Speakers is launching on its next journey with a brand-new platform.

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[00 16:28.601 – 00:16:36.591] This is where we need your help to help create and preserve and make available these voices.

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[00 16:36.591 – 00:16:43.951] Go to gofundme.com/recoveryspeakers to get involved.

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[00 16:43.951 – 00:16:53.951] That's one of the, uh, videos that we made available to share on GoFundMe when, uh,

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[00 16:53.951 – 00:16:57.291] the site, uh, crashed down.

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[00 16:57.291 – 00:17:07.451] This, uh, video section, obviously because of the anonymity, we're going to be, uh,

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[00 17:07.451 – 00:17:11.791] very careful about, um, showing faces, things like that.

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[00 17:11.791 – 00:17:21.831] But, um, some of the videos that we've created, we've created because it's easier to have those seen on some of the social media sites as well.

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[00 17:21.831 – 00:17:22.691] Okay.

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[00 17:22.691 – 00:17:27.211] You want to start?

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[00 17:27.211 – 00:17:33.991] Oh, thank you, Dick, and hi, everybody.

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[00 17:33.991 – 00:17:35.731] My name's Sandy, and I'm an alcoholic.

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[00 17:35.731 – 00:17:41.831] I don't know why I always get to start.

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[00 17:41.831 – 00:17:44.571] You'll find out.

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[00 17:44.571 – 00:17:52.891] Bob, Bob and I get together and decide, uh, h- you know, what the outline's gonna be and, uh, that's...

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[00 17:52.891 – 00:17:54.811] We'll get together and have a meeting.

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[00 17:54.811 – 00:18:02.231] And the only thing that gets, gets decided is that I go first, and then we cancel the meeting and go home.

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[00 18:02.231 – 00:18:13.011] I think you can tell that the quality of the audio that we've

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[00 18:13.011 – 00:18:14.731] put on here is very good.

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[00 18:14.731 – 00:18:24.751] Um, some of the old audio is still being, uh, enhanced and worked on, and that will be, uh, part of the site

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[00 18:24.751 – 00:18:27.571] as soon as we're able to.

15:27

[00 18:27.571 – 00:18:31.151] Now, about Recovery Speakers.

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[00 18:31.151 – 00:18:35.931] So what we did here was just kind of tell you about our project.

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[00 18:35.931 – 00:18:38.330] We're preserving the voices that saved lives.

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[00 18:38.330 – 00:18:46.791] Recovery Speakers is a free digital archive dedicated to preserving the earliest recorded voices of Alcoholics Anonymous.

15:45

[00 18:46.791 – 00:18:56.011] And when we say free, I wanna make sure that we're very clear that the audio will always be free.

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[00 18:56.011 – 00:18:59.671] We do not charge to carry the message.

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[00 18:59.671 – 00:19:10.271] The archives and all of the digital features, you are going to have to be a subscriber by August 1st,

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[00 19:10.271 – 00:19:20.371] but all of those features will be open for the next 50 days, so you'll have an opportunity to see exactly what they are, try it out, and get used to

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[00 19:20.371 – 00:19:20.611] it.

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[00 19:20.611 – 00:19:28.971] And I'm trying to go quick tonight because I want you all to be able to...

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[00 19:28.971 – 00:19:32.791] No, I don't want to go to my account.

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[00 19:32.791 – 00:19:34.131] Here.

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[00 19:34.131 – 00:19:40.391] About our history.

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[00 19:40.391 – 00:19:48.631] Then, uh, this section really kind of does a deep dive on what happened.

16:38

[00 19:48.631 – 00:19:58.971] The tape library was started by Bill and Arbutus back in the early '50s, and that's when the story really began, because Bill had a dream.

16:49

[00 19:58.971 – 00:20:08.531] He wanted the audio history of recovery protected, preserved, and made available.

16:54

[00 20:08.531 – 00:20:18.371] The work that they did to help start groups all over the world is incredible, by sending tapes out, all the things that they had done over the years.

17:06

[00 20:18.371 – 00:20:28.391] And then what happened in 2005, after I received a phone call, things began to work out, and it happened that I

17:15

[00 20:28.451 – 00:20:36.451] ended up obtaining the tape library and bringing it to Arizona and starting what is now Recovery Speakers.

17:23

[00 20:36.451 – 00:20:46.561] So in 2020, Recovery Speakers launched the history workshops every Tuesday night, and that's part of what

17:30

[00 20:46.561 – 00:20:47.401] we've been doing.

17:31

[00 20:47.401 – 00:20:57.531] And, uh, in May of 2026, we experienced a devastating technical loss that affected years of development work and thousands of digital

17:40

[00 20:57.591 – 00:21:00.531] resources that had been made available online.

17:43

[00 21:00.531 – 00:21:05.391] So more than 30,000 files were lost in that.

17:47

[00 21:05.391 – 00:21:14.371] Thank God that I had them backed up on various hard drives, and we will be bringing all of those back in time.

17:56

[00 21:14.371 – 00:21:16.511] We have all of them here preserved.

18:00

[00 21:16.511 – 00:21:23.051] But looking forward, every recording preserved is a voice that might otherwise have been lost.

18:06

[00 21:23.051 – 00:21:31.331] Every transcription created makes these voices accessible to those who cannot hear them in person.

18:12

[00 21:31.331 – 00:21:41.391] Every archive, every added feature extends the search and the research of recovery history

18:18

[00 21:41.391 – 00:21:45.851] so that someone somewhere can learn.

18:21

[00 21:47.103 – 00:21:57.183] All of the transcriptions that you see of the talks will be converted into various languages sometime in 2027.

18:29

[00 21:57.183 – 00:21:59.323] We're working on that.

18:31

[00 21:59.323 – 00:22:07.503] You can see a lot of what we have done, uh, has been, um, using and utilizing AI.

18:38

[00 22:07.503 – 00:22:13.123] And, uh, I wanna show you one of the features, Ask the Archive, okay?

18:44

[00 22:13.123 – 00:22:20.623] So Ask the Archive right now is only set up so that you can actually ask Bill, okay?

18:52

[00 22:20.623 – 00:22:23.703] So let's ask Bill a question.

18:55

[00 22:23.703 – 00:22:29.743] Um, who's your wife?

18:57

[00 22:29.743 – 00:22:31.903] Let's see if that answers it.

18:59

[00 22:31.903 – 00:22:40.803] So what it does is it'll bring up anywhere in the site that it found the information.

19:07

[00 22:40.803 – 00:22:51.463] It'll give you the opportunity to read the text, play the audio file.

19:12

[00 22:51.463 – 00:22:51.923] Aha.

19:13

[00 22:51.923 – 00:22:58.643] So if you find, uh, glitches like this one, the audio file's not working, okay?

19:19

[00 22:58.643 – 00:23:08.843] So if you shoot me an email and just say, "Hey, I found six files that didn't work," um, we are going to have a toggle on the bottom

19:31

[00 23:08.843 – 00:23:18.883] of the, of all of the audio pages where you can report the incident, and that just wasn't up tonight for the, for this, uh,

19:42

[00 23:18.883 – 00:23:19.503] launch.

19:43

[00 23:19.503 – 00:23:26.963] But that will be on the bottom of every page where you can report incident, and you can go on there and check that out.

19:53

[00 23:26.963 – 00:23:33.703] So for example, on the, on the Bill here, or the Ask the Archive.

19:59

[00 23:33.703 – 00:23:43.743] Eventually Ask the Archive will allow us to do a deep dive on the entire collection,

20:06

[00 23:43.743 – 00:23:48.463] everything in it, every word, every document, every transcript.

20:10

[00 23:48.463 – 00:23:52.163] That feature will come later this year.

20:13

[00 23:52.163 – 00:24:02.932] Although the beginning of August we have a expanded, um, search function that is going to be able to search through, um, 10,000,

20:22

[00 24:02.932 – 00:24:09.823] uh, documents on our site, and, uh, go off the site and pull research as well.

20:29

[00 24:09.823 – 00:24:11.863] All right.

20:30

[00 24:11.863 – 00:24:14.083] What did Bill say about the 12 steps?

20:33

[00 24:14.083 – 00:24:19.303] Here we go for our Atlanta friends.

20:37

[00 24:19.303 – 00:24:22.983] Talks about it here.

20:39

[00 24:22.983 – 00:24:25.763] Speaking in Memphis, this is a two-hour talk.

20:42

[00 24:25.763 – 00:24:30.363] Now on, uh, the, uh, the...

20:45

[00 24:30.363 – 00:24:32.063] Ask the...

20:46

[00 24:32.063 – 00:24:32.983] I'm sorry.

20:47

[00 24:32.983 – 00:24:33.803] Oh, shit.

20:49

[00 24:33.803 – 00:24:37.803] I hate when I screw up like that.

20:52

[00 24:37.803 – 00:24:41.543] Uh, here we go.

20:54

[00 24:41.543 – 00:24:45.883] I wanted to show you the transcription.

20:57

[00 24:45.883 – 00:24:51.053] Uh, all right, what did Bill say about resentments?

21:01

[00 24:51.053 – 00:24:51.663] Here we go.

21:03

[00 24:51.663 – 00:25:16.143] All

21:04

[00 25:16.143 – 00:25:16.523] right.

21:05

[00 25:16.523 – 00:25:26.923] I think you get the idea of what we've developed, what it'll do, what

21:11

[00 25:26.923 – 00:25:31.023] it's growing into, and why we've needed your support.

21:15

[00 25:31.023 – 00:25:41.483] I've also thought that it's important for those of you who have contributed to Recovery Speakers over the years, and most recently with our GoFundMe

21:25

[00 25:41.483 – 00:25:47.163] campaign and our Recovery Speakers, uh, campaign.

21:28

[00 25:47.163 – 00:25:51.483] I wanted to show you where your dollars have gone.

21:33

[00 25:51.483 – 00:25:55.743] I wanted you to see the work that's behind this.

21:37

[00 25:55.743 – 00:26:06.323] I wanted you to see that it's important to us that what you have is quality, that it's well-cared for, that it's well-preserved, and it'll be available

21:48

[00 26:06.323 – 00:26:09.523] for as long as God needs it.

21:51

[00 26:09.523 – 00:26:13.563] And I'm so grateful that I can be part of this project.

21:57

[00 26:13.563 – 00:26:17.183] And I just wanna thank everybody for being here tonight.

22:01

[00 26:17.183 – 00:26:22.183] And I'll bet you have a question or two, and we're gonna take some time and answer them.

22:09

[00 26:22.183 – 00:26:25.343] Tim?

22:09

[00 26:25.343 – 00:26:26.803] Thank you, Mike.

22:11

[00 26:26.803 – 00:26:36.843] And I just wanna double-check, do we want to do a, uh, short example of how to subscribe or

22:19

[00 26:36.843 – 00:26:37.503] how to join?

22:21

[00 26:37.503 – 00:26:37.883] Yeah.

22:21

[00 26:37.883 – 00:26:39.743] Why don't you go ahead and do that?

22:25

[00 26:39.743 – 00:26:45.243] Go ahead and set up an account so that everybody can see how to do it and how easy it is.

22:34

[00 26:45.243 – 00:26:54.363] Now, but understand that we still might have a few glitches now and then, but we are so much better off than we were on May 15th.

22:45

[00 26:54.363 – 00:26:56.643] All right.

22:46

[00 26:56.643 – 00:27:04.263] I am going to share my screen, and I will give everyone a very simple, uh, example of how to do this.

22:55

[00 27:04.263 – 00:27:06.583] Um, so this is...

22:57

[00 27:06.583 – 00:27:10.163] I'm gonna go to the landing page here just so you can see.

23:03

[00 27:10.163 – 00:27:11.223] That is.

23:04

[00 27:11.223 – 00:27:14.943] recoveryspeakers.org in here.

23:06

[00 27:14.943 – 00:27:23.703] And shortly down the page you can see the membership levels, and I'm going to create a free account.

23:14

[00 27:23.703 – 00:27:33.283] Just click the button, and can fill out this form.

23:18

[00 27:33.283 – 00:27:44.413] And all the fields are not required, however, it would be good if we had the information so that we could

23:27

[00 27:44.413 – 00:27:47.923] send you a thank you card once in a while.

23:32

[00 27:47.923 – 00:28:17.623] All

23:32

[00 28:17.623 – 00:28:18.713] right, y'all got his number?

23:35

[00 28:18.713 – 00:28:20.683] Yeah.

23:36

[00 28:20.683 – 00:28:22.763] They're calling in.

23:37

[00 28:22.763 – 00:28:45.463] All

23:38

[00 28:45.463 – 00:28:45.723] right.

23:39

[00 28:45.723 – 00:28:46.883] It's that quick.

23:40

[00 28:46.883 – 00:28:52.623] I already got an email of, uh, a confirmation that I'm subscribed.

23:46

[00 28:52.623 – 00:28:53.503] Put, put it up there.

23:48

[00 28:53.503 – 00:28:54.223] I wanna see it.

23:50

[00 28:54.223 – 00:28:57.403] Oh, it went to my watch.

23:53

[00 28:57.403 – 00:28:58.933] Oh, okay.

23:54

[00 28:58.933 – 00:28:59.863] Don't worry about it.

23:56

[00 28:59.863 – 00:29:01.863] They, they'll get it.

23:58

[00 29:01.863 – 00:29:02.433] So, uh-

23:59

[00 29:02.815 – 00:29:09.235] Uh, on the subscriptions, uh, no, no one will be charged until August 1st.

24:05

[00 29:09.235 – 00:29:10.505] So everything...

24:06

[00 29:10.505 – 00:29:19.915] If you sign up for the 9.95, um, to show us your commitment, that would be great, and, uh, you wouldn't be charged until August.

24:16

[00 29:19.915 – 00:29:22.975] If you wanna wait to do that in August, that's fine.

24:21

[00 29:22.975 – 00:29:32.175] August 1st all the free features, um, will be available and all of the subscr- subscription features will be locked.

24:30

[00 29:32.175 – 00:29:35.355] All right, uh, quest- One thing, Mike.

24:33

[00 29:35.355 – 00:29:36.125] Yeah.

24:34

[00 29:36.125 – 00:29:38.475] Uh, I have a question for you.

24:37

[00 29:38.475 – 00:29:38.725] Uh-huh.

24:38

[00 29:38.725 – 00:29:47.275] Um, I know a lot of people use Recovery Speakers and listen to audio directly from their phones and not from a computer.

24:47

[00 29:47.275 – 00:29:50.915] Um, what's the functionality like on a phone?

24:51

[00 29:50.915 – 00:29:51.775] All right.

24:52

[00 29:51.775 – 00:29:53.135] That's a great question.

24:54

[00 29:53.135 – 00:30:03.295] And again, we're working some bugs out, but we have an, uh, a website app that you can get for your Android or your iPhone.

25:04

[00 30:03.295 – 00:30:05.695] You can put it on tonight if you like.

25:08

[00 30:05.695 – 00:30:14.435] If you go to your telephone and you go to recoveryspeakers.org, it will give you a prompt to put it on your phone.

25:18

[00 30:14.435 – 00:30:16.955] You follow those instructions, it'll be on your phone.

25:22

[00 30:16.955 – 00:30:23.255] You're not downloading anything from a web-based or Apple Store, anything like that.

25:28

[00 30:23.255 – 00:30:24.835] There is no charge.

25:30

[00 30:24.835 – 00:30:32.775] It just gives you the exact thing that I just showed you on here, and it gives you an opportunity also, uh...

25:39

[00 30:32.775 – 00:30:38.675] The website, I didn't talk about it tonight because it's probably a buried feature.

25:45

[00 30:38.675 – 00:30:48.795] Um, but we have a feature where users are going to be able to upload their speaker talk or a speaker talk that they wanna recommend

25:56

[00 30:48.795 – 00:30:50.715] or another piece of archive.

25:58

[00 30:50.715 – 00:30:53.315] They will be able to do that right from the site.

26:03

[00 30:53.315 – 00:30:56.475] They'll have instructions on exactly how to do it.

26:07

[00 30:56.475 – 00:30:59.735] Tim, is that part live right now?

26:10

[00 30:59.735 – 00:31:02.005] Um, I'm looking- Are, are you on it?

26:14

[00 31:02.005 – 00:31:02.005] ...

26:14

[00 31:02.005 – 00:31:02.955] for it on my phone.

26:17

[00 31:02.955 – 00:31:03.005] No.

26:18

[00 31:03.005 – 00:31:03.005] Yeah.

26:18

[00 31:03.005 – 00:31:05.335] It, it would be on the menu, the main menu bar.

26:23

[00 31:05.335 – 00:31:11.655] We've been testing a lot of different things, folks, over the last few days, so.

26:30

[00 31:11.655 – 00:31:12.214] All right.

26:31

[00 31:12.214 – 00:31:14.095] Let me look.

26:32

[00 31:14.095 – 00:31:17.455] Um, well you can get back to us on that.

26:37

[00 31:17.455 – 00:31:19.255] We got a few questions here.

26:40

[00 31:19.255 – 00:31:23.135] So let's start with that and then, uh, we can go from there, Tim.

26:46

[00 31:23.135 – 00:31:25.995] All right.

26:47

[00 31:25.995 – 00:31:28.795] Our first question is from Joyful Jen.

26:50

[00 31:28.795 – 00:31:30.815] You can unmute and ask your question.

26:53

[00 31:30.815 – 00:31:36.755] First of all, applause.

26:55

[00 31:36.755 – 00:31:37.495] Great job.

26:56

[00 31:37.495 – 00:31:38.295] Thank you, guys.

26:58

[00 31:38.295 – 00:31:38.955] I'm glad to be here.

27:00

[00 31:38.955 – 00:31:41.375] Maybe this one is e- ...

27:03

[00 31:41.375 – 00:31:46.835] Well, first off, I have two questions, but you told me, um, and it was disappointing, you know.

27:10

[00 31:46.835 – 00:31:50.735] Are there recordings we lost, Mike, that are gone, that you- No ...

27:16

[00 31:50.735 – 00:31:52.075] we had and- No.

27:18

[00 31:52.075 – 00:31:54.055] Okay.

27:18

[00 31:54.055 – 00:31:57.265] We didn't lose any recordings.

27:21

[00 31:57.265 – 00:31:57.515] All right.

27:22

[00 31:57.515 – 00:31:58.415] Next question.

27:23

[00 31:58.415 – 00:31:59.385] I have all of them backed up.

27:26

[00 31:59.385 – 00:31:59.995] Um, that was easy.

27:28

[00 31:59.995 – 00:32:01.004] Hit the easy button.

27:30

[00 32:01.004 – 00:32:02.624] Okay, great.

27:32

[00 32:02.624 – 00:32:04.455] Okay, that's great.

27:33

[00 32:04.455 – 00:32:06.075] I can get up from off the floor now.

27:37

[00 32:06.075 – 00:32:16.075] Um, my other question is because, and then yours truly, if somebody has World Service tapes of the convention,

27:45

[00 32:16.075 – 00:32:20.155] this is quick, um, what's your liability?

27:48

[00 32:20.155 – 00:32:21.375] What's your legal stuff with that?

27:51

[00 32:21.375 – 00:32:21.895] Like my...

27:52

[00 32:21.895 – 00:32:27.115] Like I sent to you guys when I spoke at the International my talk from 2015.

27:59

[00 32:27.115 – 00:32:30.535] Um, what's your logistics with that, Michael?

28:02

[00 32:30.535 – 00:32:32.835] Are you able to put that stuff up on there or no?

28:07

[00 32:32.835 – 00:32:34.155] Because it's World Service.

28:09

[00 32:34.155 – 00:32:34.965] Well, I'm not...

28:11

[00 32:34.965 – 00:32:37.975] I, I, I will not put anything on the website that's marked GSO.

28:16

[00 32:37.975 – 00:32:40.115] Okay.

28:17

[00 32:40.115 – 00:32:42.475] Well, that's what I'm, that's what I'm, that's what I'm asking.

28:22

[00 32:42.475 – 00:32:42.935] Yeah.

28:23

[00 32:42.935 – 00:32:49.955] Now, I have convention- Plus I have a lot of recordings from the li- 1980 convention.

28:29

[00 32:49.955 – 00:32:50.355] Mm-hmm.

28:30

[00 32:50.355 – 00:32:51.835] But- Yeah.

28:31

[00 32:51.835 – 00:32:53.915] They were not recorded by AA.

28:34

[00 32:53.915 – 00:32:54.435] Okay?

28:35

[00 32:54.435 – 00:32:58.675] There was a company that recorded them and had been selling them for years.

28:41

[00 32:58.675 – 00:33:01.115] I have all of those, and they will go on.

28:45

[00 33:01.115 – 00:33:04.115] Tho- those are...

28:47

[00 33:04.115 – 00:33:05.835] We're allowed to share those.

28:49

[00 33:05.835 – 00:33:12.755] Those are not copyrighted by GSO, okay, or AAWS.

28:53

[00 33:12.755 – 00:33:20.645] So we have 1950, '55, '60, '65, '70, '75, and '80 already done.

28:58

[00 33:20.645 – 00:33:24.275] Cool.

28:59

[00 33:24.275 – 00:33:25.835] So yes, more to come.

29:01

[00 33:25.835 – 00:33:26.875] Yeah.

29:02

[00 33:26.875 – 00:33:29.055] Thank you for your question.

29:05

[00 33:29.055 – 00:33:31.015] And our next question is from Mark.

29:08

[00 33:31.015 – 00:33:31.955] You can unmute.

29:09

[00 33:31.955 – 00:33:34.375] Thanks.

29:10

[00 33:34.375 – 00:33:35.255] And thanks everybody.

29:12

[00 33:35.255 – 00:33:35.795] My name's Mark.

29:13

[00 33:35.795 – 00:33:36.415] I'm an alcoholic.

29:15

[00 33:36.415 – 00:33:38.415] Thanks, uh, for, uh, all the hard work.

29:19

[00 33:38.415 – 00:33:43.895] This is a tremendous, tremendous, uh, uh, achievement that you guys have done.

29:24

[00 33:43.895 – 00:33:51.075] And, uh, um, I make a monthly, uh, contribution, uh, and have for, I don't know, the last year or so.

29:33

[00 33:51.075 – 00:33:52.235] Like, uh, Carl D.

29:35

[00 33:52.235 – 00:33:54.955] and I, uh, and I talked about it a while ago.

29:40

[00 33:54.955 – 00:34:02.575] Um, will that just roll over into this whole new platform and in, into your, um, uh, ability- Yes ...

29:48

[00 34:02.575 – 00:34:04.095] to, to, to, to continue to fund that?

29:51

[00 34:04.095 – 00:34:04.395] Okay.

29:52

[00 34:04.395 – 00:34:04.925] Yeah.

29:53

[00 34:04.925 – 00:34:06.575] Well, we're- So there's nothing I need to...

29:57

[00 34:06.575 – 00:34:07.175] Okay, go ahead.

29:58

[00 34:07.175 – 00:34:13.055] Well, we're, we're gonna send a letter out to all of the people who already subscribe on a monthly.

30:06

[00 34:13.055 – 00:34:13.665] Yeah.

30:07

[00 34:13.665 – 00:34:16.955] Grandfa- grandfathering them in on this.

30:10

[00 34:16.955 – 00:34:17.555] Okay?

30:11

[00 34:17.555 – 00:34:17.885] Oh, okay.

30:12

[00 34:17.885 – 00:34:22.475] So as long as they continue, they will continue to have a open membership.

30:18

[00 34:22.475 – 00:34:27.635] Just, and, and just a, a, a quick, uh, one, one other thing really quickly there.

30:25

[00 34:27.635 – 00:34:37.775] Um, the information that we're gonna supply, uh, to, um, to you, I assume I know the answer to this, but, uh, will there be some, some indication on there that it won't be

30:39

[00 34:37.775 – 00:34:42.685] shared or sold or anything like that to the, the, you know, the, the, for the accounts- Absolutely ...

30:46

[00 34:42.685 – 00:34:42.995] that we have?

30:48

[00 34:42.995 – 00:34:43.475] Yeah.

30:49

[00 34:43.475 – 00:34:43.775] Okay.

30:49

[00 34:43.775 – 00:34:45.295] So absolutely.

30:51

[00 34:45.295 – 00:34:52.925] Everything shared with Recover- Nothing with Recovery Speakers is, uh, ever going outside of Recovery Speakers again.

30:58

[00 34:52.925 – 00:35:02.085] 'Cause, uh, the mistake that we had and, uh, we had a developer just kind of turn off our site and, uh- Yeah ...

31:07

[00 35:02.085 – 00:35:02.995] we lost everything.

31:09

[00 35:02.995 – 00:35:07.575] So, so right now we're being very, very protective of, uh, of everything.

31:15

[00 35:07.575 – 00:35:12.835] And, uh, one of the things I would be extremely protective is people's information.

31:21

[00 35:12.835 – 00:35:14.195] Um- Sure, sure ...

31:22

[00 35:14.195 – 00:35:15.395] that will all be secured.

31:25

[00 35:15.395 – 00:35:22.685] Now, the financial information will be handled by, uh, the, the, the Paygate company.

31:31

[00 35:22.685 – 00:35:25.455] This time we're using Stripe and DonorBox.

31:34

[00 35:25.455 – 00:35:27.655] You've been part of that for years.

31:37

[00 35:27.655 – 00:35:32.395] Um, and those are very, very well-respected companies.

31:41

[00 35:32.395 – 00:35:34.295] So we don't have to worry about that.

31:44

[00 35:34.295 – 00:35:38.815] And we don't have to maintain any of the financial records whatsoever.

31:49

[00 35:38.815 – 00:35:41.055] So we don't want any part of that.

31:53

[00 35:41.055 – 00:35:48.975] We just, that money goes into our account after they process it, and everything's safe for the, for the contributor and for us.

32:03

[00 35:48.975 – 00:35:50.665] And thank you for your support.

32:05

[00 35:50.665 – 00:35:51.195] Keep up the good work.

32:08

[00 35:51.195 – 00:35:51.995] Yeah.

32:09

[00 35:51.995 – 00:35:54.655] Keep up the good work, and I hope you get a chance to get some sleep.

32:15

[00 35:54.655 – 00:35:55.355] All right.

32:17

[00 35:55.355 – 00:35:59.955] Well, I'm going to right after this, and then I'm going away for the weekend and I'm gonna rest.

32:25

[00 35:59.955 – 00:36:01.835] Thank you.

32:26

[00 36:01.835 – 00:36:03.695] Thank you.

32:27

[00 36:03.695 – 00:36:05.955] And thank you for all of your support, Mark.

32:31

[00 36:05.955 – 00:36:09.355] And our next question is from Chilly Charlie.

32:34

[00 36:09.355 – 00:36:10.115] You can unmute.

32:36

[00 36:10.115 – 00:36:13.395] Thanks, Tim.

32:37

[00 36:13.395 – 00:36:15.095] And, uh, thank you, Mike.

32:40

[00 36:15.095 – 00:36:18.055] And, uh, man, just watching your presentation-

32:43

[00 36:18.227 – 00:36:19.487] I, I was blown away.

32:45

[00 36:19.487 – 00:36:29.627] And, uh, uh, to be h- I, I, you know, I felt like I was in the, the Cyberlink gatehouse watching a whole new thing begin, you know, see

32:57

[00 36:29.627 – 00:36:30.267] the beginning.

32:58

[00 36:30.267 – 00:36:36.427] And, uh, it's just, it's a real honor and a pleasure to, to be here and, and to experience it.

33:07

[00 36:36.427 – 00:36:46.507] Um, so the, the speaker of the days, you know, typically in the past when you have sent out the email, like if I don't have time to listen to it that day, I just, you know, save the

33:23

[00 36:46.507 – 00:36:48.687] email and then I'll, I'll listen to it later.

33:27

[00 36:48.687 – 00:36:53.567] Will there be, will you be able to listen to the past speakers of the day?

33:34

[00 36:53.567 – 00:36:54.967] Yes.

33:34

[00 36:54.967 – 00:36:55.846] Just, o- okay.

33:36

[00 36:55.846 – 00:36:56.157] Yes.

33:37

[00 36:56.157 – 00:36:59.347] But not the ones that we've done before this site.

33:41

[00 36:59.347 – 00:37:00.027] Right.

33:42

[00 37:00.027 – 00:37:01.587] So- Okay ...

33:43

[00 37:01.587 – 00:37:04.387] just, I'm not gonna go back and try to recover that.

33:48

[00 37:04.387 – 00:37:14.747] Now, we will re-feature those folks, and i- if somebody says, "Hey Mike, you had a guy, you know, Otto K., and it was a 1990

33:58

[00 37:14.747 – 00:37:15.167] talk.

33:59

[00 37:15.167 – 00:37:23.507] Uh, are you gonna have that back on there?" Because we have everything backed up, I can pull those talks and put them up.

34:09

[00 37:23.507 – 00:37:24.207] It's just gonna...

34:11

[00 37:24.207 – 00:37:27.107] W- we're just trying to take priorities right now.

34:15

[00 37:27.107 – 00:37:27.597] Absolutely.

34:16

[00 37:27.597 – 00:37:30.567] Give a little of this and a little of that and a little of that.

34:22

[00 37:30.567 – 00:37:39.447] Um, I am, I really am looking for five volunteers, uh, that could email me.

34:28

[00 37:39.447 – 00:37:48.107] Uh, go ahead and email me if you can volunteer for this task at mike@recoveryspeakers.org.

34:36

[00 37:48.107 – 00:37:53.807] That's the first time I've got to say that, mike@recoveryspeakers.org.

34:41

[00 37:53.807 – 00:38:03.047] And, uh, I can tell you what the task is, is we use some programs to, to transcribe the audio.

34:49

[00 38:03.047 – 00:38:03.747] Okay?

34:50

[00 38:03.747 – 00:38:08.827] We don't, we don't take a computer out and do it like I used to do when I was doing the books.

34:59

[00 38:08.827 – 00:38:15.827] We actually have software that will do that, and you can do that by signing online, and we can give you instructions.

35:08

[00 38:15.827 – 00:38:24.187] But I need five people that will do 50 transcriptions for me, and, uh, the sooner we can get the...

35:16

[00 38:24.187 – 00:38:32.947] 'Cause we don't wanna put anything up without a transcription, because that, that is what, what juices the archive.

35:24

[00 38:32.947 – 00:38:36.787] That's what gives us, you know, the ask the archive feature.

35:29

[00 38:36.787 – 00:38:38.737] Right.

35:30

[00 38:38.737 – 00:38:39.147] All right.

35:31

[00 38:39.147 – 00:38:39.317] Yeah.

35:32

[00 38:39.317 – 00:38:40.107] Thanks, Charlie.

35:33

[00 38:40.107 – 00:38:40.687] I, I get...

35:35

[00 38:40.687 – 00:38:42.387] Wait, I got a couple more questions.

35:38

[00 38:42.387 – 00:38:42.837] Of course.

35:39

[00 38:42.837 – 00:38:44.687] Uh, if it's okay.

35:41

[00 38:44.687 – 00:38:46.647] Yeah, you're good, man.

35:43

[00 38:46.647 – 00:38:49.407] Um, when does the modern era begin?

35:46

[00 38:49.407 – 00:38:52.267] And is it by sobriety date?

35:49

[00 38:52.267 – 00:38:54.377] By- Yeah, uh, I got a- ...

35:52

[00 38:54.377 – 00:38:55.037] talk?

35:53

[00 38:55.037 – 00:39:01.367] T- so honestly, okay, we were trying to show the organization, 'cause we don't want it too confusing.

36:00

[00 39:01.367 – 00:39:01.787] Okay?

36:01

[00 39:01.787 – 00:39:05.167] And there's so many things that la- overlap on that.

36:06

[00 39:05.167 – 00:39:05.557] Right.

36:06

[00 39:05.557 – 00:39:11.327] It's probably gonna take me six months to sort that and have it where it really makes sense.

36:14

[00 39:11.327 – 00:39:18.157] So it's possible to find, you know, uh, Lois Wilson in the p- modern, you know?

36:21

[00 39:18.157 – 00:39:20.867] I mean, it, it's just gonna happen, so.

36:24

[00 39:20.867 – 00:39:26.807] So I mean, but just like a ballpark f- are we talking '70s, '80s?

36:31

[00 39:26.807 – 00:39:28.727] Uh, for what era?

36:33

[00 39:28.727 – 00:39:30.606] Yeah, for modern era.

36:35

[00 39:30.606 – 00:39:35.327] So go, uh, whe- when you look at the icon, it's gonna tell you.

36:41

[00 39:35.327 – 00:39:35.827] Oh, okay.

36:42

[00 39:35.827 – 00:39:36.427] Yeah.

36:43

[00 39:36.427 – 00:39:38.887] Uh, we have a little description right there.

36:47

[00 39:38.887 – 00:39:38.916] Okay.

36:48

[00 39:38.916 – 00:39:41.447] That way I don't have, I don't have to remember all this stuff.

36:53

[00 39:41.447 – 00:39:47.167] And then my last one, is there, is there a yearly discount, or is it only monthly?

37:00

[00 39:47.167 – 00:39:50.547] The, uh, there is a annual, okay?

37:04

[00 39:50.547 – 00:39:56.887] And I think it's like $111 or something like that, so well worth it.

37:09

[00 39:56.887 – 00:39:58.127] You'll spend that money.

37:11

[00 39:58.127 – 00:39:58.196] Absolutely.

37:12

[00 39:58.196 – 00:39:58.727] Yeah, yeah.

37:13

[00 39:58.727 – 00:40:07.467] I, I mean, seriously, the, the idea here of a monthly contribution so that people can listen, no.

37:21

[00 40:07.467 – 00:40:10.847] I don't, that's not my, my game.

37:24

[00 40:10.847 – 00:40:11.167] Okay?

37:25

[00 40:11.167 – 00:40:21.267] You wanna do some serious research, and you want it all in one place, and you wanna find it, and you wanna see some archives, man, I'd have 10, paid $10

37:37

[00 40:21.267 – 00:40:25.987] a month my entire time sober to, to see the stuff that's on here.

37:43

[00 40:25.987 – 00:40:29.487] And what's to come is gonna be incredible.

37:46

[00 40:29.487 – 00:40:31.047] So we're really happy.

37:48

[00 40:31.047 – 00:40:36.927] And, and, you know, we raised, uh, 24,000 on the GoFundMe.

37:53

[00 40:36.927 – 00:40:45.387] I had a goal of s- of 50,000, and GoFundMe asked me to reduce it, so I reduced it to, like, 25 or something.

38:02

[00 40:45.387 – 00:40:49.127] And we raised $24,000 there.

38:04

[00 40:49.127 – 00:40:54.077] We have a $10,000 pledge, so that gives us 35,000.

38:07

[00 40:54.077 – 00:41:04.127] The, uh, invoice estimate for the work that you just saw from a, from a, uh, company to build that

38:16

[00 41:04.127 – 00:41:11.397] for us with our 25% discount, because we're a nonprofit, was $90,000.

38:20

[00 41:11.397 – 00:41:21.447] I'm happy to tell you all that we were able to do this, and a big chunk of what's gonna come, okay, with the

38:30

[00 41:21.447 – 00:41:23.847] money that was raised already.

38:33

[00 41:23.847 – 00:41:32.047] Phase two is gonna cost some money because the AI features, it, it just, it, it starts getting expensive.

38:41

[00 41:32.047 – 00:41:42.207] Um, so we are going to do a second fundraiser through Go- GoFundMe for another $50,000

38:47

[00 41:42.207 – 00:41:46.167] for phase two, and hopefully we can come close to that.

38:52

[00 41:46.167 – 00:41:49.447] And if anybody, uh, you know, has questions about...

38:56

[00 41:49.447 – 00:41:52.057] I mean, you can see what we're building.

38:59

[00 41:52.057 – 00:41:54.547] I mean, uh, so I don't...

39:02

[00 41:54.547 – 00:42:04.767] But if anybody does have questions about where the money goes or how it's being used or any of that, but please don't hesitate to send an email to me or a phone call

39:16

[00 42:04.767 – 00:42:05.567] or a text.

39:18

[00 42:05.567 – 00:42:14.227] Um, we're, we're 100% transparent with what we're doing, and we're pretty excited about what we're, we're able to share tonight.

39:26

[00 42:14.227 – 00:42:18.687] Thank you, Charlie.

39:28

[00 42:18.687 – 00:42:19.967] Um- Is that all, Tim?

39:30

[00 42:19.967 – 00:42:20.867] No.

39:31

[00 42:20.867 – 00:42:21.157] No.

39:32

[00 42:21.157 – 00:42:27.837] Mike, I just found a page that I think is very cool that I think that we didn't get to in the- Go ahead ...

39:42

[00 42:27.837 – 00:42:30.677] beginning of the meeting, so I'm gonna share my screen- Share the screen.

39:47

[00 42:30.677 – 00:42:30.677] Show it ...

39:49

[00 42:30.677 – 00:42:32.327] for just a moment.

39:51

[00 42:32.327 – 00:42:34.207] Let's let this guy in here.

39:53

[00 42:34.207 – 00:42:38.107] Oh, now he's got his hand.

39:56

[00 42:38.107 – 00:42:38.707] Okay.

39:57

[00 42:38.707 – 00:42:40.747] All right.

39:58

[00 42:40.747 – 00:42:50.857] So this, if you're on the homepage and you just click the audio archive, it brings you to the page here, and this is just

40:09

[00 42:50.857 – 00:42:53.887] the pilot page that Mike created.

40:11

[00 42:53.887 – 00:43:03.927] But you'll be able to search any speaker that you wanna look for, and here it breaks down the different, uh, decades and the, the eras, and

40:23

[00 43:03.927 – 00:43:05.287] even each person.

40:24

[00 43:05.287 – 00:43:13.067] So Pappy B, say I never heard of him, I can look and I can see, okay, I know he's in the pioneer era.

40:34

[00 43:13.067 – 00:43:17.967] And you can just click and listen to, to Pappy, and here he is.

40:40

[00 43:17.967 – 00:43:18.987] Let's listen to him.

40:42

[00 43:18.987 – 00:43:20.167] I really like this louder.

40:45

[00 43:20.167 – 00:43:25.567] The original recording was made by Duane Rolifson of San Francisco.

40:49

[00 43:25.567 – 00:43:26.307] All right.

40:51

[00 43:26.307 – 00:43:26.397] Pause it.

40:52

[00 43:26.397 – 00:43:28.147] This copy was made by Hugh Taylor.

40:55

[00 43:28.147 – 00:43:33.687] So, uh, what I did is if, if the ta-

40:59

[00 43:33.899 – 00:43:39.468] Was donated back in the '50s or early '60s by one of the tapers.

41:06

[00 43:39.468 – 00:43:44.219] I didn't want to, uh, cut off their communications.

41:10

[00 43:44.219 – 00:43:46.439] I thought it's historic.

41:12

[00 43:46.439 – 00:43:55.339] You know, if, if we can't listen to, you know, anywhere from one to five minutes of somebody introducing what it is, then there's something wrong with us, so.

41:24

[00 43:55.339 – 00:43:58.399] And we can speed ahead too, so we have that privilege.

41:29

[00 43:58.399 – 00:43:59.439] Go ahead, Tim.

41:31

[00 43:59.439 – 00:44:07.159] Now, uh, yeah, hold your browser.

41:33

[00 44:07.159 – 00:44:09.919] Yeah, hold your thing over that and it'll show it.

41:38

[00 44:09.919 – 00:44:18.619] I mean, this site is full of really cool features.

41:42

[00 44:18.619 – 00:44:24.799] Scroll up to the top, Tim, and then show the, uh, share button.

41:48

[00 44:24.799 – 00:44:27.298] Click that.

41:49

[00 44:27.298 – 00:44:36.579] Um- Here's where, here's where you can share your archive.

41:53

[00 44:36.579 – 00:44:41.279] You got some cool letters you want us to have?

41:58

[00 44:41.279 – 00:44:43.239] Scan them and send them up.

42:00

[00 44:43.239 – 00:44:47.819] Paul, Drew, keep going.

42:02

[00 44:47.819 – 00:44:51.459] So, now go slow so they can see those six.

42:07

[00 44:51.459 – 00:45:00.559] All right, so you've got audio, video, photographs, publications, documents, letters, and various memorabilia.

42:13

[00 45:00.559 – 00:45:07.819] So if you think it's something that would go good in the museum or in the archive, go ahead and submit it.

42:22

[00 45:07.819 – 00:45:10.139] This will show you exactly how to do it.

42:26

[00 45:10.139 – 00:45:11.559] Now, that will...

42:28

[00 45:11.559 – 00:45:17.399] That, that goes from you to our Amazon bucket.

42:32

[00 45:17.399 – 00:45:25.739] It gets held in confinement until it has been, uh, virus scanned thoroughly before it goes on the site.

42:40

[00 45:25.739 – 00:45:29.659] Nothing is going to go on the site that's gonna damage it.

42:45

[00 45:29.659 – 00:45:33.279] At least we're gonna do everything we can to protect that.

42:50

[00 45:33.279 – 00:45:39.879] Pretty cool.

42:51

[00 45:39.879 – 00:45:42.999] Tim, we can't hear you because you're muted.

42:54

[00 45:42.999 – 00:45:46.879] You're muted.

42:56

[00 45:46.879 – 00:45:50.919] Sorry, my dogs were barking, so I had to mute myself.

43:00

[00 45:50.919 – 00:45:51.039] No problem.

43:02

[00 45:51.039 – 00:45:55.719] Um, but on this page here you can see this is exactly how you would submit.

43:08

[00 45:55.719 – 00:46:05.919] You just put in your information, uh, title, the talk or the audio or the file, and, uh, you can just upload the file

43:18

[00 46:05.919 – 00:46:08.439] right here, and it gets sent to us.

43:22

[00 46:08.439 – 00:46:12.999] Pretty easy.

43:23

[00 46:12.999 – 00:46:14.639] It's pretty cool.

43:25

[00 46:14.639 – 00:46:16.219] All right.

43:26

[00 46:16.219 – 00:46:16.369] Thanks for finding that for me.

43:29

[00 46:16.369 – 00:46:18.219] I am going to stop my share.

43:32

[00 46:18.219 – 00:46:20.619] And we've got some more questions.

43:35

[00 46:20.619 – 00:46:21.479] Yeah.

43:36

[00 46:21.479 – 00:46:23.959] So let's go to Brian.

43:38

[00 46:23.959 – 00:46:29.739] Hi, my name is Brian.

43:40

[00 46:29.739 – 00:46:30.419] I'm an alcoholic.

43:42

[00 46:30.419 – 00:46:31.309] Welcome.

43:43

[00 46:31.309 – 00:46:32.819] Uh, this is wonderful.

43:45

[00 46:32.819 – 00:46:40.619] I was just wondering if there was any thought or idea of incorporating this history meeting onto the website- Yes ...

43:53

[00 46:40.619 – 00:46:43.699] or if it will con- continue to be on, on Zoom.

43:58

[00 46:43.699 – 00:46:50.259] Now, we are w- w- we're looking at a lot of advanced options.

44:04

[00 46:50.259 – 00:47:00.319] We're going to be launching a, uh, a weekly podcast where I'm gonna take a history topic each week, or a

44:12

[00 47:00.319 – 00:47:07.119] person who can discuss history and interview them, and that'll be a weekly podcast.

44:18

[00 47:07.119 – 00:47:12.799] And then we're gonna look to see how we can do a live stream of this meeting.

44:26

[00 47:12.799 – 00:47:22.799] So the problem we have with this is if it was me doing the meeting, it's easy, but because we have, uh, presenters all over the country and really all over

44:38

[00 47:22.799 – 00:47:30.019] the world, it starts to get a little difficult because they may not have the right equipment and internet, all of that.

44:48

[00 47:30.019 – 00:47:35.199] So we're working toward that, but the first thing that's gonna come is the podcast.

44:54

[00 47:35.199 – 00:47:37.259] Okay, cool.

44:55

[00 47:37.259 – 00:47:43.019] But thanks for, uh, for jumping on and loving what we're doing here, because- Oh, really love what you're doing.

45:04

[00 47:43.019 – 00:47:43.959] Thank you very much.

45:06

[00 47:43.959 – 00:47:45.119] Thank you.

45:07

[00 47:45.119 – 00:47:47.119] Thank you, Brian.

45:08

[00 47:47.119 – 00:47:48.879] And next is Gary.

45:10

[00 47:48.879 – 00:47:49.879] You can unmute.

45:12

[00 47:49.879 – 00:47:53.479] Um, Gary, alcoholic.

45:14

[00 47:53.479 – 00:47:54.279] Hey, Gary.

45:15

[00 47:54.279 – 00:48:03.139] Yeah, showing basically that, uh, the selfishness and self-centeredness of alcoholics should never be underestimated.

45:21

[00 48:03.139 – 00:48:07.679] What do I have to do to end up listening to my own talks that I've done on Recovery Speakers?

45:30

[00 48:07.679 – 00:48:14.509] Any- You know, when will those be back or, or what happened to them?

45:36

[00 48:14.509 – 00:48:15.179] Your talk?

45:37

[00 48:15.179 – 00:48:16.219] They're, they're in queue.

45:39

[00 48:16.219 – 00:48:16.839] Yeah.

45:40

[00 48:16.839 – 00:48:17.479] Well, yeah.

45:41

[00 48:17.479 – 00:48:18.199] Yeah.

45:42

[00 48:18.199 – 00:48:22.179] It's just, you know, we had to get something up there to get this thing started.

45:48

[00 48:22.179 – 00:48:26.359] I don't even think we have a Mike Alf up there yet.

45:54

[00 48:26.359 – 00:48:32.019] Well, I, I, I, I, I trust that eventually that'll be, uh...

45:59

[00 48:32.019 – 00:48:34.859] that, that'll happen, you know, again.

46:02

[00 48:34.859 – 00:48:41.139] But, a- and just a gener- just a general comment with a couple of screens you had for an old fart like me.

46:11

[00 48:41.139 – 00:48:48.759] Um, s- sometimes the, the, uh, font was so small and so, uh, light I couldn't read it.

46:19

[00 48:48.759 – 00:48:49.179] Right.

46:20

[00 48:49.179 – 00:48:52.239] That's ju- So that's just an observation here.

46:23

[00 48:52.239 – 00:48:52.799] Mm-hmm.

46:24

[00 48:52.799 – 00:48:56.559] I'm sure you'll, uh, you know, end up, uh, fixing those.

46:29

[00 48:56.559 – 00:48:57.378] We'll definitely- That's all I've got.

46:31

[00 48:57.378 – 00:48:57.979] Yeah.

46:32

[00 48:57.979 – 00:49:04.459] Thank you, and I, and I hope you enjoy the site and what we revealed and showed tonight, and the new technology.

46:41

[00 49:04.459 – 00:49:06.119] It's, uh, it's been a lot of fun.

46:45

[00 49:06.119 – 00:49:08.419] Thank you.

46:46

[00 49:08.419 – 00:49:16.019] And, uh, I do want to address just another question from the chat.

46:52

[00 49:16.019 – 00:49:26.019] And, uh, currently it is mostly AA recordings that are posted, but there will be, uh, re- we have on hard drives recordings from every

47:02

[00 49:26.019 – 00:49:29.979] 12-step fellowship that records their meetings.

47:05

[00 49:29.979 – 00:49:34.439] Um, and we will be making those available as soon as we can.

47:11

[00 49:34.439 – 00:49:38.659] And, uh, so no, it, it is not just AA.

47:15

[00 49:38.659 – 00:49:43.519] It is every 12-step fellowship that, uh, that we have.

47:19

[00 49:43.519 – 00:49:48.199] And the next question is Barry.

47:22

[00 49:48.199 – 00:49:49.879] You can unmute.

47:24

[00 49:49.879 – 00:49:51.939] Hi, Barry, alcoholic.

47:25

[00 49:51.939 – 00:49:54.199] Thanks everybody, and Mike, this is great.

47:29

[00 49:54.199 – 00:49:57.609] Carl, Carl, uh, is my buddy here.

47:32

[00 49:57.609 – 00:49:59.259] C- he sent me in here.

47:35

[00 49:59.259 – 00:50:06.579] I love history, and this reminds me of what the, uh, Irish monks did during the 400, 500 AD there.

47:42

[00 50:06.579 – 00:50:12.639] Everybody was destroying history, and they saved all the literature, and it, it's...

47:48

[00 50:12.639 – 00:50:13.029] Thanks.

47:49

[00 50:13.029 – 00:50:14.489] I'm gonna sign off.

47:51

[00 50:14.489 – 00:50:15.459] I need to go to sleep.

47:53

[00 50:15.459 – 00:50:16.779] Thank you, man.

47:55

[00 50:16.779 – 00:50:18.279] We appreciate your comments.

47:57

[00 50:18.279 – 00:50:22.299] Thank you, Barry.

47:59

[00 50:22.299 – 00:50:24.539] And our next question is from Chris.

48:02

[00 50:24.539 – 00:50:25.339] You can unmute.

48:03

[00 50:25.339 – 00:50:30.719] Good evening, everybody.

48:05

[00 50:30.719 – 00:50:32.639] Um, Tim, Mike, and friends.

48:07

[00 50:32.639 – 00:50:34.739] Um- Hi, Chris ...

48:09

[00 50:34.739 – 00:50:38.079] but, uh, pardon me, I didn't catch the first half hour, but, uh, here I am now.

48:16

[00 50:38.079 – 00:50:48.099] Um, with the donation of an archive item, uh, those of us who have been in the pursuit of AA's history for

48:25

[00 50:48.099 – 00:50:48.699] some time-

48:27

[00 50:49.591 – 00:51:00.091] Oftentimes end up with some things that, um, we don't necessarily have permission to reproduce, copy, or whatever that there are, um, essentially,

48:36

[00 51:00.091 – 00:51:07.171] um, uh, has some sort of copyright if they're in the Stepping Stones or the GSO archive or something like that.

48:45

[00 51:07.171 – 00:51:17.231] Um, and so it looked like the, the little screen for a donation to the archive kind of constituted something akin to a deed of

48:55

[00 51:17.231 – 00:51:17.531] gift.

48:56

[00 51:17.531 – 00:51:27.531] And, um, so for, for a lot of us who have some material, we may not have, um, permission to, to share or distribute.

49:06

[00 51:27.531 – 00:51:31.801] And then I'm wondering how do you, um, kind of set policy- Yeah ...

49:12

[00 51:31.801 – 00:51:37.911] in terms of, uh, what you accept and, and what you're able to, uh, put into the AI resource.

49:20

[00 51:37.911 – 00:51:38.211] I pass.

49:21

[00 51:38.211 – 00:51:39.131] So, yeah.

49:22

[00 51:39.131 – 00:51:39.711] Thanks.

49:23

[00 51:39.711 – 00:51:50.331] And, you know, this is gonna be a platform, platform that's gonna e- evolve, and we want to, uh, respect the AA traditions

49:33

[00 51:50.331 – 00:51:58.311] and the traditions of other 12-step, uh, fellowships, even though as a private entity we're not bound to those.

49:41

[00 51:58.311 – 00:52:01.691] We, uh, we always wanna respect them.

49:44

[00 52:01.691 – 00:52:11.911] Um, I would say that we don't wanna accept anything that somebody can't say, "You have my permission

49:52

[00 52:11.911 – 00:52:13.731] to post this," okay?

49:54

[00 52:13.731 – 00:52:23.811] "It belongs to me." Now, if something ends up on the digital archive or in the museum and somebody says, "Oh, no, you can't have

50:04

[00 52:23.811 – 00:52:26.791] that up there," and they contact me, we'll take it down.

50:09

[00 52:26.791 – 00:52:27.390] Okay?

50:10

[00 52:27.390 – 00:52:29.091] I don't have any problem doing that.

50:13

[00 52:29.091 – 00:52:30.310] We are not...

50:15

[00 52:30.310 – 00:52:34.651] The downloadable feature on our site is enable...

50:18

[00 52:34.651 – 00:52:36.071] It's not enabled.

50:20

[00 52:36.071 – 00:52:43.591] It will only be enabled for premium customers with a limited amount of downloads per month.

50:27

[00 52:43.591 – 00:52:50.251] So I don't really have to worry about people going on and just taking a bunch of stuff and putting it all over.

50:36

[00 52:50.251 – 00:52:54.631] Um, we're trying to protect it, but at the same time, we're trying to share it.

50:43

[00 52:54.631 – 00:53:03.351] So that's the, you know, the, the dilemma is how do you protect and preserve, and how do you share and make available?

50:53

[00 53:03.351 – 00:53:11.031] And how do you do it when you've got anonymous organizations that have traditions, you know, and concepts?

51:00

[00 53:11.031 – 00:53:14.490] So we want to, uh, support that.

51:03

[00 53:14.490 – 00:53:20.131] We're gonna put a whole bunch of information on the traditions and the concepts on the website.

51:10

[00 53:20.131 – 00:53:26.931] But the reality is, is we can only do the best that we can with what we have and, and we're limited.

51:20

[00 53:26.931 – 00:53:36.991] Um, I can tell you for us to get this website up and available within a month of the other site being down in the condition that

51:31

[00 53:36.991 – 00:53:40.531] it's in with the features that it has is remarkable.

51:35

[00 53:40.531 – 00:53:44.721] I mean, it's mind-blowing to me that, that we've been able to do this.

51:41

[00 53:44.721 – 00:53:47.791] So I think the future is gonna continue to get better.

51:46

[00 53:47.791 – 00:53:57.891] And people like you and Gary that can help and can feed some of this and say, "Hey." You know, like Gary's comment about not being able to see some of the text.

52:00

[00 53:57.891 – 00:53:58.621] The...

52:00

[00 53:58.621 – 00:54:00.891] I got glasses on, man.

52:03

[00 54:00.891 – 00:54:02.281] That's important to me.

52:05

[00 54:02.281 – 00:54:03.271] Okay?

52:06

[00 54:03.271 – 00:54:13.371] If that text is too light, I want it to make sure that they make it bolder and, and that's why we're gonna have that little report incident on each page so that that can immediately

52:20

[00 54:13.371 – 00:54:16.090] go to us and then passed on to the development team.

52:25

[00 54:16.090 – 00:54:18.591] Thank you.

52:26

[00 54:18.591 – 00:54:19.691] Thank you.

52:28

[00 54:19.691 – 00:54:29.891] You know, a thought that I just had, I wanna make my own comment and, uh, I know that Mike, uh, any, a lot

52:38

[00 54:29.891 – 00:54:40.391] of you that have heard Mike talk about, you know, the golden thread and the message from Howard that, you know, the, the times where, uh,

52:48

[00 54:40.391 – 00:54:49.231] you know, you were fearful or angry or, you know, whatever you were going through, if you can look back, you can see how God has pulled a golden thread through your life.

53:02

[00 54:49.231 – 00:55:00.331] And when I think of all the conversations that I've had with Mike and Andrew and our board, um, we've had these discussions of we've

53:12

[00 55:00.331 – 00:55:10.351] wanted to build a platform like this for, you know, a couple years, and we've run into blockage after blockage, whether it

53:22

[00 55:10.351 – 00:55:14.380] was monetary or time or what- whatever it was.

53:26

[00 55:14.380 – 00:55:23.071] And then all of a sudden we get our existing website ripped out of our hands, and we're forced into taking some action.

53:35

[00 55:23.071 – 00:55:30.531] And, uh, it's resulted in the, in the dream platform that we've wanted for a couple years now.

53:43

[00 55:30.531 – 00:55:40.611] And I'm just so grateful for all the support and, uh, I know Mike is as well, and, uh, and we are s- just so happy to have this platform

53:55

[00 55:40.611 – 00:55:45.451] created now and look to improve so much and to continue growing it.

54:01

[00 55:45.451 – 00:55:48.431] Cool.

54:02

[00 55:48.431 – 00:55:51.231] So- Okay ...

54:03

[00 55:51.231 – 00:55:53.291] I, I see the golden thread in all of it.

54:07

[00 55:53.291 – 00:55:57.051] Um, our next question is from Lynn.

54:10

[00 55:57.051 – 00:55:58.671] You can unmute.

54:12

[00 55:58.671 – 00:56:00.391] Thank you.

54:13

[00 56:00.391 – 00:56:00.851] Thank you.

54:14

[00 56:00.851 – 00:56:02.211] Lynn, alcoholic.

54:16

[00 56:02.211 – 00:56:06.191] Tim and Mike, I am so grateful for your consistent work.

54:20

[00 56:06.191 – 00:56:11.091] Every week, I think, "Are you still gonna be here?" And you are.

54:26

[00 56:11.091 – 00:56:16.011] My question is, uh, the GoFundMe still operating?

54:30

[00 56:16.011 – 00:56:17.231] Yes.

54:30

[00 56:17.231 – 00:56:19.651] And we are going to- Okay ...

54:33

[00 56:19.651 – 00:56:27.011] what I'm going to do tomorrow, Lynn, before I go on a short vacation to rest- Okay.

54:40

[00 56:27.011 – 00:56:27.621] Very good ...

54:42

[00 56:27.621 – 00:56:37.411] um, is I'm going to, uh, put a letter up on GoFundMe to start, uh, the second tier, phase two of this project.

54:51

[00 56:37.411 – 00:56:46.951] But at the same time, I wanna send something out to all of the people who contributed so they can actually see where their money's gone.

55:02

[00 56:46.951 – 00:56:53.131] You can go on this right now on this platform and see where your dollars have gone.

55:09

[00 56:53.131 – 00:57:03.151] And, and to me, y- I can't tell you how good that makes me feel because all the years' worth of work that I put in to get to this point and to

55:23

[00 57:03.151 – 00:57:08.451] see this thing come together, and this was in my head two years ago.

55:29

[00 57:08.451 – 00:57:11.671] I said to Tim, "This is what I want.

55:33

[00 57:11.671 – 00:57:14.611] I don't know if we can do it, but this is what I want.

55:39

[00 57:14.611 – 00:57:18.211] I want, I want people to, like, be able to ask the archive.

55:44

[00 57:18.211 – 00:57:23.031] I want, I want some cool stuff." And, uh, wow, you know, here it is.

55:51

[00 57:23.031 – 00:57:31.671] So, so any of you who, who wonder if manifesting works, um, I can let you know- ...

55:58

[00 57:31.671 – 00:57:32.731] that it works.

55:59

[00 57:32.731 – 00:57:33.271] Okay?

56:00

[00 57:33.271 – 00:57:37.211] That we can make it visible by taking the action.

56:05

[00 57:37.211 – 00:57:39.311] But Lynn, thanks so much.

56:07

[00 57:39.311 – 00:57:40.691] Thank you, Mike.

56:09

[00 57:40.691 – 00:57:42.671] Thank you.

56:10

[00 57:42.671 – 00:57:45.191] Thank you, Lynn.

56:11

[00 57:45.191 – 00:57:48.291] And next is Joyful Jen.

56:14

[00 57:48.291 – 00:57:49.111] You can unmute.

56:15

[00 57:49.111 – 00:57:50.471] Double dipping.

56:17

[00 57:50.471 – 00:57:52.571] Yeah.

56:17

[00 57:52.571 – 00:57:55.671] You know, where I come from in New York, they'd shoot you for it.

56:23

[00 57:55.671 – 00:57:56.101] Oh.

56:24

[00 57:56.101 – 00:57:57.231] But now on Zoom.

56:26

[00 57:57.231 – 00:58:05.001] Anyway, you know, I'm coming to you guys from, uh, Area 70, this, Bennington, Vermont, w- and the state where the Fed-

56:35

[00 58:05.123 – 00:58:05.703] were born.

56:36

[00 58:05.703 – 00:58:15.623] But Mike, we've talked about this, and plus I can't wait to go on your podcast and you can pick my brain for the stuff with the history in Vermont.

56:49

[00 58:15.623 – 00:58:16.343] Okay.

56:49

[00 58:16.343 – 00:58:17.423] But here's my question.

56:51

[00 58:17.423 – 00:58:28.123] When I was the District 7 archives for Vermont, um, which now what was in there is in when I opened up the repository

57:01

[00 58:28.123 – 00:58:30.023] for Area 70 in Vermont.

57:03

[00 58:30.023 – 00:58:37.023] So I got a recording from World S- Services that's the recording that Bill did with Seabrook Graves.

57:11

[00 58:37.023 – 00:58:37.662] Mm-hmm.

57:11

[00 58:37.662 – 00:58:38.143] All right?

57:13

[00 58:38.143 – 00:58:48.183] And I transcribed it, you know, and it was just, it's only as you know the paperwork is just supposed to stay at that time in

57:23

[00 58:48.183 – 00:58:49.243] District 7.

57:24

[00 58:49.243 – 00:58:54.243] Well, District 7 we moved the archives and then we just put it in the area archives.

57:31

[00 58:54.243 – 00:58:55.663] But I kept my...

57:33

[00 58:55.663 – 00:59:05.743] I'm not in that service level anymore, and, and I probably wasn't supposed to do this and I broke the rule with the copyright and I'll admit it right here and now, call the AA police.

57:48

[00 59:05.743 – 00:59:07.623] But I made my, a copy.

57:51

[00 59:07.623 – 00:59:12.693] This should, I would love it to be out there, but I transcribed it and I have the recording.

57:59

[00 59:12.693 – 00:59:20.083] And I c- can I put the transcrib- can I, can I put the transcribed from this on the...

58:07

[00 59:20.083 – 00:59:21.543] No, can't do anything with it?

58:09

[00 59:21.543 – 00:59:22.403] N- Nope.

58:11

[00 59:22.403 – 00:59:23.453] N- No.

58:12

[00 59:23.453 – 00:59:27.203] But- Especially a- especially after your five minutes of comments.

58:16

[00 59:27.203 – 00:59:29.523] What do you mean?

58:18

[00 59:29.523 – 00:59:29.573] No.

58:19

[00 59:29.573 – 00:59:30.123] Just now?

58:20

[00 59:30.123 – 00:59:31.663] Did I put my foot in my mouth again?

58:24

[00 59:31.663 – 00:59:32.723] Well, no, no.

58:26

[00 59:32.723 – 00:59:33.973] The reality is this.

58:28

[00 59:33.973 – 00:59:44.443] If you get something out of general service archives, okay, and they, they give you the, the right to use that for whatever the project is you're working on,

58:40

[00 59:44.443 – 00:59:47.623] they aren't giving you the right to release and distribute that.

58:45

[00 59:47.623 – 00:59:49.413] So we would respect- Right ...

58:47

[00 59:49.413 – 00:59:51.723] uh, their policy 100%.

58:49

[00 59:51.723 – 01:00:01.763] Well, here's the thing that's sad with that, Michael, and I respect it myself, is that in the area archives here in Vermont it's, it's, nobody,

58:59

[01 00:02.123 – 01:00:02.903] it's just gonna sit.

59:01

[01 00:02.903 – 01:00:05.073] It's gonna go into the dungeon and- Yeah ...

59:05

[01 00:05.073 – 01:00:05.793] and be there for a long...

59:08

[01 00:05.793 – 01:00:11.413] But I can talk about it and, and if I do something on the history in Vermont I can at least do that.

59:17

[01 00:11.413 – 01:00:13.623] Oh, well, now, so here.

59:20

[01 00:13.623 – 01:00:21.763] Now, the, the, for example, uh, inter-group offices.

59:23

[01 00:21.763 – 01:00:22.123] Okay?

59:24

[01 00:22.123 – 01:00:30.263] Inter-group offices are not part of the Alcoholics Anonymous general service structure.

59:29

[01 00:30.263 – 01:00:30.943] Okay?

59:30

[01 00:30.943 – 01:00:36.823] They're outside and they, and they provide services for the groups and members.

59:36

[01 00:36.823 – 01:00:37.163] Okay?

59:37

[01 00:37.163 – 01:00:43.423] I've always looked at Recovery Speakers as a similar type of thing.

59:42

[01 00:43.423 – 01:00:53.623] We're here to sup- supply services to the memberships and to their groups or, uh, a larger

59:49

[01 00:53.623 – 01:00:54.063] picture.

59:50

[01 00:54.063 – 01:01:03.063] If let's say an area archive said, "We want to digitize and make our archives available.

59:57

[01 01:03.063 – 01:01:13.303] We would like to have a, uh, um, a stamp on showing that, y- you know, a, a..." I'm, I'm so tired that my brain's

60:07

[01 01:13.303 – 01:01:16.303] not working, but, uh, watermarked, okay?

60:10

[01 01:16.303 – 01:01:21.083] And they wanted to have that on Recovery Speakers archive.

60:14

[01 01:21.083 – 01:01:31.233] We would set up a separate section for Archive 70 or whatever it would be, okay, and we would list those, and we would make it so people could

60:26

[01 01:31.233 – 01:01:36.483] not, um, right click and copy them or download them or that kind of thing.

60:32

[01 01:36.483 – 01:01:46.703] So it really would be on them, and those things would only be available at the paid subscription level so that they're

60:41

[01 01:46.703 – 01:01:49.863] not being made available to the general public.

60:45

[01 01:49.863 – 01:01:50.323] Okay?

60:46

[01 01:50.323 – 01:01:55.323] The, the traditions say don't do this stuff at the public level.

60:51

[01 01:55.323 – 01:02:05.463] So by having subscriptions, we're trying to make it so that we have a community that's together, okay, that's protected together

61:00

[01 02:05.463 – 01:02:08.423] by the subscriptions and by the membership.

61:03

[01 02:08.423 – 01:02:10.423] And I hope I answered your question.

61:06

[01 02:10.423 – 01:02:11.943] Real, real fast, Mike, since I'm not...

61:09

[01 02:11.943 – 01:02:17.483] So I have photographs from Bill Wilson's memorial service, Polaroids.

61:14

[01 02:17.483 – 01:02:17.903] Yeah.

61:14

[01 02:17.903 – 01:02:19.283] No copyright.

61:16

[01 02:19.283 – 01:02:19.333] Right.

61:16

[01 02:19.333 – 01:02:21.293] So now I can send those in to you- Yeah ...

61:21

[01 02:21.293 – 01:02:22.262] and you can put them on the site.

61:24

[01 02:22.262 – 01:02:23.343] Sure can.

61:26

[01 02:23.343 – 01:02:24.572] Oh, I love it.

61:28

[01 02:24.572 – 01:02:25.843] Yeah, I love what you guys have done.

61:31

[01 02:25.843 – 01:02:26.783] Bravo, bravo.

61:32

[01 02:26.783 – 01:02:27.462] I'm- Bravo.

61:34

[01 02:27.462 – 01:02:29.063] Thank you.

61:35

[01 02:29.063 – 01:02:30.582] Bob.

61:36

[01 02:30.582 – 01:02:32.123] Thank you.

61:37

[01 02:32.123 – 01:02:33.443] Next up is Bob.

61:39

[01 02:33.443 – 01:02:34.343] You can unmute.

61:40

[01 02:34.343 – 01:02:37.243] Hey, um, this is amazing.

61:43

[01 02:37.243 – 01:02:39.083] It's, it's fantastic.

61:44

[01 02:39.083 – 01:02:41.243] I ca- I can't wait to start playing with it.

61:49

[01 02:41.243 – 01:02:47.683] Although, although I did try to subscribe already and it's given me an error.

61:55

[01 02:47.683 – 01:02:48.463] Okay.

61:56

[01 02:48.463 – 01:02:52.343] Um, Tim, I put it in the, uh, the chat for you.

62:01

[01 02:52.343 – 01:02:54.523] Um...

62:02

[01 02:54.523 – 01:02:57.403] The, uh, Bob, send me- Yeah ...

62:04

[01 02:57.403 – 01:02:59.523] a, a email please though.

62:07

[01 02:59.523 – 01:03:00.543] Okay.

62:08

[01 03:00.543 – 01:03:03.483] And, uh, if anybody else has problems signing in.

62:12

[01 03:03.483 – 01:03:06.463] It could be because too many people are trying to use it at once.

62:18

[01 03:06.463 – 01:03:08.723] It could be that we got a little bug in it.

62:22

[01 03:08.723 – 01:03:13.663] And it could be were you ever on recoveryspeakers.org before?

62:27

[01 03:13.663 – 01:03:14.073] No.

62:28

[01 03:14.073 – 01:03:17.323] 'Cause you might have, uh, there could be a cache issue too, but.

62:34

[01 03:17.323 – 01:03:17.943] Okay.

62:34

[01 03:17.943 – 01:03:19.163] We'll get it resolved.

62:36

[01 03:19.163 – 01:03:19.803] Th- thank you, Mike.

62:38

[01 03:19.803 – 01:03:21.383] Uh, this is fantastic.

62:40

[01 03:21.383 – 01:03:22.533] Uh, amazing.

62:42

[01 03:22.533 – 01:03:23.563] I, I love it.

62:44

[01 03:23.563 – 01:03:24.433] Thanks.

62:44

[01 03:24.433 – 01:03:24.943] I love it.

62:46

[01 03:24.943 – 01:03:25.523] Thank you.

62:47

[01 03:25.523 – 01:03:27.763] Thank you, Bob.

62:49

[01 03:27.763 – 01:03:32.083] Mike, it looks like that's it for questions tonight.

62:53

[01 03:32.083 – 01:03:34.582] Any- Well, I think next week we invite the critics.

62:57

[01 03:34.582 – 01:03:39.642] Come in and tell us what we need to do to fix it.

63:03

[01 03:39.642 – 01:03:48.283] I wanna tell everybody who hears this recording or who visits recoveryspeakers.org that we did this for you.

63:11

[01 03:48.283 – 01:03:50.803] This isn't about ego.

63:13

[01 03:50.803 – 01:03:52.703] This isn't about making money.

63:15

[01 03:52.703 – 01:03:58.663] This is about making this stuff protected and available for the future.

63:20

[01 03:58.663 – 01:04:05.823] Recovery Speakers is a nonprofit 501[c][3] public charity.

63:24

[01 04:05.823 – 01:04:07.983] This is not owned by us.

63:27

[01 04:07.983 – 01:04:18.043] We have a board of directors that handles the major decisions and gives us the green light to go ahead and do things, and I'm grateful for them.

63:38

[01 04:18.043 – 01:04:20.043] I know we had some of them on tonight.

63:42

[01 04:20.043 – 01:04:26.603] So I just wanna tell everyone, you know, this is a labor of love, and I hope that you love the history.

63:52

[01 04:26.603 – 01:04:36.762] And if you have ideas or you see the work that we're doing and you say, "I can do better than that," or, "I wanna do something like that," all right, go ahead and do it, and if you need our help,

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[01 04:36.763 – 01:04:37.123] ask.

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[01 04:37.123 – 01:04:40.673] And if you wanna be part of this project, get involved.

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[01 04:40.673 – 01:04:41.603] We need you.

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[01 04:41.603 – 01:04:42.743] We need help.

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[01 04:42.743 – 01:04:45.723] We, now we have some things that you can do.

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[01 04:45.723 – 01:04:56.063] I can send you 20, 30 recordings tonight and you can begin transcribing them, and next week they'll be on, on a Recovery Speakers platform.

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[01 04:56.063 – 01:05:06.063] So if nobody has any more questions, Tim, I'm, I'm gonna just again say that I have waited and waited for this day, and I agree with

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[01 05:06.063 – 01:05:14.723] Tim, God has been pulling a golden thread through all of this and I'm so, so happy that we're here to do this tonight, so thank you.

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[01 05:14.723 – 01:05:17.163] Thank you, Mike.

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[01 05:17.163 – 01:05:20.243] And, uh, now I will allow everyone to unmute.

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RS Platform Launch presented by Mike F. – 6/9/2026

RS Platform Launch presented by Mike F. – 6/9/2026

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