MSCYPAA Bidding Guidelines

adopted 10/2008

Note: The bids will be presented saturday morning of the conference at the advisory council meeting.

1. 3 members under forty (40) years of age, with at least one (1) year
of sobriety each, must represent the bidding city. They may be accompanied by
supporters of any age.

2. Bidders must have commitments from at least two (2) hotels, if possible, including date showing availability of banquet and speaking rooms in the hotels, and proof whether the hotels require a commitment as to number of attendees.

3. Bidders must provide a permanent mailing address for the Conference.

4. Assurance must be given that no large-scale AA activity will be held in their city within a thirty (30)-day period before and within a thirty (30)-day period after the Conference date.

5. Statements of support from the District Committee Member(s) and the Intergroup Secretary
must be brought to the Bidding Conference.

6. Prospective Bidders will be required to demonstrate financial capabilities and responsibilities
within the Traditions of AA as a whole.

7 The city hosting the next Conference agrees to turn over all proceeds from their Conference
after expenses, to the MSCYPAA. Advisory Council for their distribution. This should be
done within ninety (90) days after the Conference.

8. There will be a maximum limit of thirty (30) minutes for each bidding city's presentation.

9. The city hosting the next conference agrees that at least two of the three main speakers presented at the conference will be forty (40) years of age or under. However, the hosting city may have one of the three main speakers be over the age of forty (40), provided their continuous sobriety began before the age of thirty (30).

10. Bidders will provide a concise statement illustrating the needs and hopes for the Conference
in their area as they interpret them.