1978 The first zonal meeting

"Born of an idea brought forward at the 1978 World Service Meeting, the first zonal service meeting - during which countries share experiences, strengthen unity, and offer help to A.A.s where service structures have yet to be set up - takes place in Bogota, Colombia in 1979. Delegates from ten Latin American countries convene in what is called the Ibero-American Service Meeting. Later, this biannual meeting will be called REDELA, a shortened form of Reunion de Las Americas (Meeting of the Americas). Zonal meetings will be launched in Europe in 1981, Asia/Oceania in 1995, and Sub-Saharan Africa in 2003."

(AAWS Inc)