Meeting Minutes & Group Rep Resources
INTERGROUP SERVICE MANUAL
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​This manual was created to help new Intergroup Representatives to learn how Intergroup service works. It also explains how S.L.A.A. is organized as a whole. We hope it will help you better serve the Fellowship, your meeting, and your own recovery. A note about The Twelve Traditions: Intergroup meetings are business meetings, not recovery meetings. In fact, if this is your first service commitment above the group level, you may be surprised at first to hear so much more talk at Intergroup about The Twelve Traditions and so much less about the Twelve Steps and personal recovery. However, our business decisions are guided by the Traditions.
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All S.L.A.A. members are welcome to attend Intergroup meetings and participate in discussion, but only Group Reps and Intergroup Service Position holders may vote on Intergroup business.
​​​WHAT DO I DO AFTER THE MEETING?
Staying in touch: While certain Intergroup Servants are required to (or choose to) publish a phone number or email address in The Bottom Line, Intergroup does not maintain a contact list for public distribution. We encourage you to exchange phone numbers with other members, and stay in touch between meetings. However, unless you join a committee, you will probably not hear from Intergroup in-between meetings.
REPORTING BACK TO YOUR GROUP:
• Give your meeting a clear, complete, timely report of the business conducted at Intergroup. That means reporting announcements, upcoming events, open service positions, and Intergroup votes. You need not give details on debate.
• A complete report does not have to be long; it can easily take less than 5 minutes, often much less.
• It is especially important for you to announce open service positions and special projects so members in your meetings have the chance to come forward to do service.
• Members occasionally have questions about F.W.S. business or come forward to join Conference (international) committees. You can refer these queries to the ABM delegates.
• Can’t I just report the important things? No: “Picking and choosing” means taking on governing power (we cannot decide what is important for other members) and under Tradition 2, we do not govern.
• What if people complain that I’m taking too long? Do your best to be concise, but remember, you are supported by Tradition 2. The group conscience has elected you to do this job; you follow that group conscience by doing it thoroughly.