J.P. wrote this article for the San Diego A.A. Monthly Newsletter.  J.P. is the former Board of Directors Chair for the Six Step House It is worth reading and reflecting upon. 

In their final report of The 59th Annual Meeting of The General Service Conference of Alcoholics Anonymous the following statistics were detailed.

Area 8, San Diego-Imperial Counties had 899 Groups Reported with 42.6% or 384 contributing to GSO in New York.

Area 8 Groups had a membership total of 26,032 and contributed $78,620 or $3.02 per member for CY 2008.

Does your home group contribute? Does it follow a typical "pie chart" distribution?

If you can't answer these questions, you should ask your group treasurer or secretary.

It is an A.A. Tradition.