The group can decide if the meeting will be open orclosedand when and where the meeting will be held.
Each group can decide to change its meeting format and has complete authority to spend its funds as needed.
The group can also decide how it wishes to begin and end its meetings.
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Some groups close with aprayer, while others have a moment of silence.
In all of these matters, each group has total freedom.
It is entirely up to the membership of that individual group.
Nor should groups introduce, discuss, or sell outside literature at their meeting places.
He looks forward to the different meetings now because they’re unique in their own rights.
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