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Houston, TX 77270
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Dear Members of the SAA Fellowship:
Have you ever wanted something so badly but were unable to acquire it? I wanted to stop acting out for years but again and again I failed to curb my addictive behaviors. Thankfully, SAA meetings and literature were available to me.
The relief I sought only came when I started working the Twelve Steps of SAA. My Higher Power, working through SAA, blessed me with a new life and a new purpose.
My new purpose is to embody the Twelfth Step to the best of my ability with the compassion and understanding borne of my own suffering.
I know my purpose is a shared, communal yearning because I experience first-hand the same passion and concern from SAA members and SAA groups all over the world.
Without the continued financial support of the SAA Fellowship, our ability to meet current needs and expand our outreach will be hampered, if not impossible, in some places.
Good News! SAA is Growing - Globally!
SAA has approximately 1300 meetings world-wide. The number of meetings has consistently grown 10% per year. We are growing outside of the United States at a remarkable rate. The past months have witnessed three new meetings in Israel and Spain as well as new meetings in Denmark, Peru, Norway, Slovenia, the United Kingdom, and Canada. Global growth has resulted in frequent requests for meeting support and translated literature from countries such as Korea, Russia, the Czech Republic and French-speaking Canada. Our support and outreach must expand to accommodate this growth.
Strategic Initiatives: Keys to SAA's Global Future
Two years ago our Board of Trustees set forth several strategic initiatives designed to better align capability with need.
- Translation of the website into more languages.
- Translation of our literature into more languages
- Updated, improved website functionality
- Improved SAA service website
- On-line method to register meetings/change information
- Production of an audio version of "Green Book"
- Improved website meeting search, reporting and printing
- Development of an outreach packet for SAA groups
How You can Help
As we close 2012 and look forward to 2013, the ISO wishes to express its gratitude for the many and generous financial contributions you have made. More funding is needed, however, to complete these key initiatives.
We ask for your financial contributions to this year's Annual Appeal to help us expand our reach to the many, many "addicts who still suffer" all over the world.
You can also sign up as a Lifeline Partner, or make a contribution to the Annual Appeal online using our secure server. Fill in the amount of donation below, indicate if this is an individual or group donation, and "Click to donate."
Please be generous with your gifts.
With best wishes for your recovery,
Joe H.
Director of Operations, ISO of SAA
On behalf of the ISO Board of Trustees
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2012 ISO ACTIVITY
OFFICE COMMUNICATIONS:
- OUTREACH EMAILS SENT: 408 per month*
- INCOMING PHONE CALLS: 818 per month*
- VOICE MAILS RETURNED: 65 per month* (90% OF TELEPHONE CALLS ANSWERED LIVE BY A STAFF MEMBER)
- OUTER CIRCLE NEWSLETTER NOW SENT ELECTRONICALLY TO OVER 3,600 MEMBERS ON OUR E-MAIL LIST
* By implementing enhancements to our Outreach website and voice mail scripts we made it easier for those seeking help to find meetings. The total number of calls and emails asking for help and meeting information fell twenty-two percent from the previous year, which freed up the staff to work on other projects.
STORE:
- SAA GREEN BOOKS SOLD: 1,121 per month
- CONVENTION WORKSHOP AND SPEAKER AUDIO SALES: 252 per month
- PAMPHLETS AND BOOKLETS SOLD: 5,800 per month
- CHIPS, MEDALLIONS, KEY CHAINS & BOOKMARKERS SOLD: 2,318 per month
FREE OUTREACH:
- COST OF HARDCOPY LITERATURE OUTREACHED: $208 per month
- HARDCOPY MAILING OF THE OUTER CIRCLE NEWSLETTER:
- MAILED TO PRISONERS: 400 people per issue
- MAILED TO MEMBERS UPON REQUEST: 450 people per issue
- FREE ONLINE VIEWING OF SAA LITERATURE - 2,363 per month
WEBSITE ACTIVITY:
- UNIQUE VISITORS TO OUR WEBSITE: 39,022 per month
- UNIQUE VISITORS PAGE VIEWS:
- MEETINGS - 12,011 per month
- FOR WOMAN - 3,550 per month
- SELF-ASSESSMENT- 1,628 per month
- THE OUTER CIRCLE - 528 per month
- GROUP GUIDE - 477 per month
- FREE ONLINE VIEWING OF SAA LITERATURE - 2,363 per month
SOME ACCOMPLISHEMENTS:
- 2012 Vancouver Convention was a success!
- 2012 Annual Report
- Six Outer Circle Newsletters published
- Recovery from Compulsive Sexual Avoidance published & and available on outreach website
- Purchased domain name "SAA-Recovery.com" (we had waited 10 years for this to become available)
- Added audio recording downloads of two of our recovery pamphlets to our online store
A FEW PROJECTS IN PROGRESS:
- SAA Meditation Book
- Enhance website by allowing meeting search using zip code or address
- 2013 and 2014 International Conventions
- Creating and audio version of Sex Addicts Anonymous
- Develop Online Group Registration
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