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World Service

World Service. Who’s who in service. The Group. In Al-Anon Service everything is organized around the groups being the driving force behind what happens to Al-Anon as a whole Concept 1: The ultimate responsibility and authority for Al-Anon's World Services belongs to the Al-Anon Groups. GR.

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World Service

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  1. World Service Who’s who in service

  2. The Group • In Al-Anon Service everything is organized around the groups being the driving force behind what happens to Al-Anon as a whole • Concept 1: The ultimate responsibility and authority for Al-Anon's World Services belongs to the Al-Anon Groups.

  3. GR The Group • Group Representative is the link from the group to the rest of the Al-Anon world

  4. The District My Local Meetings

  5. Districts • All of the meetings in a specific local geographical area belong to a district

  6. GR GR GR GR GR GR District Meetings • GRs from each meeting in the district come together on a regular basis to discuss district business

  7. DR GR GR GR GR GR GR District Representative • Organizes and runs the district meetings • Elected from current and past group representatives

  8. Other District Members • District Meetings will have others in attendance • Coordinators who execute district business • Officers such as Treasurer, Alternate DR, and Secretary

  9. The Area The meetings in my state (or my half of the state)

  10. The Area • The area is a larger geographical group of meetings, composed of many districts

  11. Area Structure • Area bodies • Officers • Coordinators • Executive Committee • Other Committees • World Service Committee

  12. Officers and Delegate Chair Treasurer Delegate Alternate Delegate Secretary

  13. Alateen Institutions Literature Group Records PI/CPC Web Site Archives Diversity Bylaws/Insurance Facilities Coordinators Public Outreach Group Services Area Business

  14. Central Rep At Large Northern Rep Southern Rep At Large Executive Committee • The executive committee is a group of volunteers charged with carrying out the voted policies of the assembly

  15. Other Committees Budget Committee Convention Web Site Committee Ad Hoc Committees

  16. GR GR GR GR GR GR GR GR Assembly • An Assembly is a meeting of all Area officers, coordinators, DR’s and GR’s GR Hope For Today AFG GR Sun. 12x12 AFG GR H.O.W. Alateen GR Think AFG GR We Care AFG GR Fog Lifters AFG GR OMD AFG GR Thu. St Marks AFG

  17. Voting on Area Business • Voting Members of the Assembly • Group Representatives • Non Voting Members of the Assembly • Everyone else

  18. DR DR DR DR DR DR DR DR DR Area World Service Committee • Several times a year members of the area meet to enact the business voted on by the Assembly Delegate Officers Area Coordinators Committee Chairpersons DR’s EC

  19. GR GR GR GR GR GR GR GR GR GR GR GR GR GR GR GR GR GR GR The Link to the World • The Delegate represents the Area at another meeting called the Conference and is your link to Al-Anon in the rest of this part of the world Delegate

  20. Your Area: NCWSA • Northern California World Service Area (NCWSA) • For the purposes of doing business, NCWSA is also an incorporated 501.c.3 organization • For the purposes of better representation of groups, the area is subdivided into administrative sections that correspond to districts in the North, Central, and South

  21. NCWSA Map

  22. The World Service Conference The meetings in North America

  23. Delegates • Delegates from each Area meet once per year to decide conduct business for all Al-Anon groups

  24. World Service Conference • The meeting of all Area Delegates is called the World Service Conference or WSC

  25. WSC Business • Approval of new literature • Approval of WSO standard business (budget, audit report, annual report, treasurers report, etc.) • Committee meetings and reports (Forum, Group Services, Literature, Public Outreach, etc.)

  26. World Service Office • The business of WSC is carried out by the World Service Office (WSO) • WSO helps Al-Anon members throughout North America to communicate and find meetings

  27. Other Organizations LDC, Intergroup, Al-Anon Information Service

  28. LDC • If a district or a number of districts wants to sell Al-Anon literature they might create a Literature Distribution Center (LDC)

  29. LDCs in Northern California

  30. Intergroup or AIS • For several districts in a very close geographical area or for several groups with a common purpose or population • Commonly used to pool some resources • Typical functions might include: • LDC • Outreach to the community • Member services

  31. Intergroups in NCWSA • District 6-10 Intergroup • SCVAFG (Districts 20-21) • Spanish Intergroup

  32. Questions?

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