HISTORY OF THE SPRING  FLING

The Primary Purpose Group was formed in October of 1977 because many people 
missed the enthusiasm of their original home groups in Southern California.

Shortly after the group was formed, the members wanted to share their
enthusiasm with Sacramento as a whole.   Having no money and very little
experience, they found that with God's will and their enthusiasm the first
Spring Fling, held only four months after forming the Primary Purpose Group,
was a great success.

Over a period of four years, the group hosted the conference and it grew
in attendance of 250 in 1977 to 1500 in 1981.  By 1981, the conference had
taken on it's own life and personality.  During this time the Primary
Purpose Group remained stable in it's primary commitment to carry the
message to the suffering alcoholic.

Prior to the 1982 Spring Fling the Primary Purpose Group held a group
conscious and decided that too much of the group's energy was being diverted
from their primary purpose into what had become a major annual event on the
Northern California A. A.  calendar -the Spring Fling.

In the program of the 1982 Spring Fling it was announced that there
would be a meeting following the conference open to anyone interested in
continuing the Spring Fling tradition by serving on the committee for that
purpose.  The Primary Purpose Group has continued to meet it's commitment to
the suffering alcoholic in yet another new location.

From 1982 to present the Spring Fling Committee has hosted the Spring
Fling.	During this time attendance has increased from approximately 1,500
in 1982 and 1983 to 2000 in 1984 and averaging around 2500 from the
mid-eighties until 2003.  2003 also marks the entry of the Spring Fling into cyberspace with the
advent of the Committees website http://www.sacspringfling.org

The Spring Fling Committee has continued to form each year and meet the
tremendous responsibility involved in staging a conference of this
magnitude.  The Spring Fling Committee is recognized as an open A. A.
meeting which meets the first Wednesday of each month at 6:30 p.m.
Elections are generally  held on the first  Wednesday of March following each
conference, for members of Alcoholics Anonymous interested in serving.