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A SUMMARY OF CURRENT VACANT POSITIONS AT INTERGROUP FOR WHICH WE NEED TRUSTED SERVANTS TO STEP FORWARD TO HELP US CARRY THE MESSAGE TO THE STILL SUFFERING.

Please note:

Every liaison officer role involves submission of a brief report to be submitted to the secretary if not able to attend the intergroup monthly meeting.
Every liaison officer role also involves attendance at monthly Intergroup meetings. Our group conscience is that if a trusted servant cannot represent Intergroup for more than 3 months that they are requested to step down as their presence is important to our group conscience.
It is through the intergroup assembly that the intergroup liaison officer is elected It is recommended that intergroup Liaison Officers should have ideally at least two years continuous sobriety when elected, and should serve for a maximum of three years

Role of Electronic Communications Liaison Officer (ECLO): Taken from The AA Service Handbook for Great Britain.

The principal role of the ECLO is one of liaison, communication, and co-ordination between groups, intergroup, region, and the Electronics Communications Sub-Committee (ECSC) and to facilitate correlation and dissemination of relevant information between these principal service areas. Therefore, a good understanding of the Traditions and Service and Structure Handbooks is more important to the role than technical knowledge. A minimum of three years sobriety is recommended, and a general competence with the use of computers. If desired, a committee of technically skilled members could be formed to assist the ECLO in setting up/maintaining/updating any local website, with the ECLO acting as Chair of this committee. Such a committee would provide an opportunity for less experienced but technically skilled members to engage in service.

The ECLO is the liaison point between the local Fellowship and the Electronic Communications Subcommittee, advising the intergroup/region on the availability and use of the facilities available on the AAGB website. They are responsible for checking the accuracy of any local information posted on the website (i.e. meeting list addresses and postcodes, local webpage content etc) to ensure that out of date or misleading local information is not published.

Role of Employment Liaison Officer (ELO): Taken from The AA Service Handbook for Great Britain.

The responsibility of ELOs is to carry AAs message to employers within their local area supported by intergroup and region and a PI/Service Committee if one exists. Employment specifically concerns any organisation employing or serving staff companies, trade unions and associations, government departments and/or related agencies. An established period of sobriety (ideally not less than three years) and a thorough knowledge of the AA Service Handbook for Great Britain are necessary before accepting this role. Willingness to commit to three years service and the ability to deal with a wide range of professional people and talk about AA when invited to do so, are also qualities that have proven to be desirable.

Regional Representative (RR)

All intergroups, including Glasgow North West Intergroup (GNWI), can appoint three representatives to the Glasgow Regional Assembly (Region) as voting members. The requirement for an RR is suggested as 2 years continuous sobriety.

We currently have 1 vacancy for a RR at GNWI.

Glasgow Region is comprised of five Glasgow wide inter-groups as follows: -

Glasgow North West
Clydebank & District
Glasgow South
Glasgow East
Monklands

Region meets in physical format six times a year - alternating months commencing in January each year.

In addition to the intergroup members of the Regional Assembly, Glasgow Region has a Chairman, Vice Chairman, Treasurer and Secretary. This structure also reflects the structure as operated at Glasgow North West with Regional positions covering the likes of Health, Prisons, Criminal Justice, Young People, Employment, Telephones etc.

Following structure, Region does not provide any form of oversight over the affairs of its constituent intergroups and primarily exists to co-ordinate and facilitate the operation of AAs structure and communication of AAs message across Greater Glasgow as trusted servants of AA. Region facilitates the conscience of Greater Glasgow AA to the UK General Service Office in York based on the conscience of Greater Glasgow as determined by the combined conscience of the Regions constituent intergroups. The primary role of GNWIs RRs is therefore to carry the conscience of GNWI to Region and to communicate back to GNWI as trusted servants matters arising at Region for GNWIs information, review, and consideration where appropriate.

A written report is presented in advance on behalf of GNWI for each Regional Assembly based on the affairs and activities of the intergroup since the last Regional Assembly - usually by the Thursday prior to the meeting. It is suggested that GNWI RRs take alternate turns in the preparation of this report and agree its contents in advance of the required submission. In addition, the nominated GNWI RR for the relevant meeting will prepare a written report for GNWI based on the affairs and activities of Region for presentation to the next forthcoming GNWI meeting.

It is suggested that RRs for all intergroups, through participation at Glasgow Region, avail themselves of the opportunity to take on Regional LO positions as and when they become available. In addition, RRs can make themselves available as potential conference and conventions delegates for Region as they so wish.

This is an interesting opportunity to progress an individuals knowledge and awareness of AA and how it operates, and to assist in the Unity of structure that our Fellowship requires to support our other pillars of Recovery and Service.

If anyone needs/wants to be 12 stepped or chat about the role into please let our secretary know and this can be arranged.

Role of Public Information Liaison Officer (PILO)

Taken from The AA Service Handbook for Great Britain.

The service structure of AA also allows for the appointment of a regional PI Officer. PI work is sometimes referred to as �??Carrying the message to the general public�?�. This includes giving talks to doctors, nurses, social services, police, magistrates, community groups, business Page 10 of 10 groups, schools, colleges and trade and professional unions and associations. Open and public meetings, exhibitions, displays, posters, newspapers, magazines, radio and television also come under the heading of PI. The PI Officer acts as a clearing-house for talks and these should be allocated to local AA members, always remembering that those selected are ambassadors of the Fellowship. (further details on Public Information in chapter one of the AA service handbook for Great Britain

Role of Telephone Liaison Officer (TLO): Taken from The AA Service Handbook for Great Britain.

Responsibility for telephone services begins with intergroups; however in some areas it has been agreed to devolve this responsibility to regions. Officers within the structure are intergroup Telephone Liaison Officer (TLO); region TLO; Telephone Committee and the GSB member with responsibility for Telephone Service.

The main purpose of telephone services is to put the suffering alcoholic in touch with an individual contact or AA group. It is the responsibility of the members of the local group to carry out the necessary Twelfth Step work, to provide a welcome to the new members and to share their experience, strength and hope with them and to help them on the road to recovery.

The Hints and Suggestions card for 12th Steppers has been acknowledged for its simple and comprehensive guidance. Awareness of this card needs to be emphasized throughout the Fellowship.

A telephone service requires support and participation by the groups and members in its area, not only in a financial sense, but in every aspect of its existence. To ensure that this support is maintained it is essential that 12th Step contact lists are kept up to date.