An Armed Services Liaison Officer is responsible for establishing local links with the Royal Navy, the Army, the Royal Air Force and any other organisation that is connected with the Armed Services.
These trusted servants should have an established period of sobriety, ideally not less than two years, and a good working knowledge of the AA Service Handbook. It is recommended that they should serve for not less than two years and not more than three years.

It is through the intergroup assembly that the intergroup ASLO is elected and to which they subsequently report. An important task of the Armed Services Liaison Officer (as with all other trusted servants) is to keep intergroup informed of events on a regular basis.

It often takes a long time to establish a good working relationship between AA and the Armed Services. In order therefore to safeguard progress to date and ensure continuity should another member need to take responsibility at short notice,
it is good practice for the intergroup Public Information Officer to have access to all relevant Armed Services material, contacts and details of forthcoming presentations.

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)

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 Sub-Committee, advising the intergroup/region on the availability and use of the facilities available on the AAGB website.
• Is responsible for checking the accuracy of any local information posted on the website (i.e., meeting list addresses and postcodes, local web page content etc) to ensure that out of date or misleading local information is not published.

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. The main tasks of the intergroup liaison officer are

• Obtaining and reading the Liaison Officers Pack: Probation/CJS and using it as the Liaison Officer feels appropriate, and using the AA Web site’s section on Probation/ CJSWS Liaison for information and resource material

• to establish/maintain links in the intergroup area with:

• Offender management services dealing with non-custodial sentences

• Bail hostels and similar facilities

• Magistrates/Justices, local courts and court officer

• Police forces

• Solicitors’ organisations

• Other professionals having regular contact with probationers

• Report to each intergroup meeting by the Liaison Officer to keep intergroup informed on a regular basis. A copy of each intergroup report should be sent to the regional Probation/CJSWS Liaison Office , who should be kept informed of developments in the intergroup.

• Maintaining lists of contacts, Twelfth-Steppers, helpers etc so that continuity of service can be eased

• Attending regional Workshops when available, and keeping in contact with the regional Liaison Office

• Attending AA’s national Probation/Criminal Justice Social Work Seminars when these are arranged Some intergroups have a flourishing relationship with their local offender management services department. In others there will have been little contact.

It is for each Liaison Officer to decide the best way of taking the role forward. Some suggested methods are as follows:

• Setting up a committee or team to assist in the work and to Twelfth Step any probationers.

• Establishing a named contact in each local offender management service office in the area, and with the courts service, police and other organisations 6364

• Distributing approved AA literature and posters for display in offender management service offices bail hostels, court office and police stations, and to be given by them to offenders. Material given to offenders might include stories from AA members who have encountered similar problems, which are available from the AA Web site and the Prison induction pack

• Attending meetings with individuals and teams in the offender management service to inform them of how AA works and what it does and does not do. Attending similar meetings with courts staff, solicitors, the police etc.

• Arranging to provide speakers for offender groups such as alcohol awareness sessions, perhaps with the help of members who have experienced aspects of the criminal justice system.

The message from previous offenders who have changed the direction of their lives after findin AA and stopping drinking is a very powerful one

Meet with the telephone committee on Zoom every 2 months to understand the work of the committee and to report back to Intergroup at the meetings every 3 months

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Intergroups may elect up to three Regional Representatives, who attend, participate and vote in regional assemblies, carrying their intergroup’s conscience forward to the region. In most of these activities the responsibility will be shared, creating a deeper bond between groups of members all trying to carry AA’s message. Those members who do this work in isolation do not receive the same benefits as those who carry out tasks with one another. Sharing in every activity is the way the Fellowship of AA works best. The more we share our experience, strength and hope with each other, the more we will be able to maintain and deepen our sobriety.