Group Service Representative Packet

NDANA Outreach Subcommittee
Group Service Representative Packet
Workshop - Ready
10/1/2016
Agenda from the initial presentation, Welcome Packet contents, Suggested included material, Important URL's etc.

NDANA Outreach Subcommittee

GSR Workshop Agenda

10:00am - 2:00 pm

October 1, 2016

9:30 Set UP and Welcome Packets

Pen/Paper/Agenda Various IP's Group Booklet GSR Handout Alphabet Soup Important URL's Exploring RVANA.org ASC Mtg. Format GSR Report Form Literature Order Form Motion Form Tools for ASC

10:00 Welcome!

Housekeeping Bathroom Cleanup Smoking across the parking lot

Introductions

Purpose of this Workshop

PLEASE write down questions for Q&A sessions!

Part 1 The Group

10:15 Packet Overview

IP's and other booklets to include in each handout folder

NA Group

Types of NA Meetings

Home Group

10:45 Group Booklet

Home Group Structure

Service Structure

Part 2 The GSR

11:30 Importance & responsibilities of GSR

11:45 Q&A

12:10 LUNCH

Part 3 ASC

12:40 ASC format and forms

1:00 Trusted Servants from Area and Region

1:30 Q&A

Part 4 Fellowship and….. ICE CREAM!!!!!

Suggested Literature to include in GSR Packet:

The Group Booklet (WSO Catalog Item No. EN-1600)

IP No. 24 Money Matters / Self-Support in NA

IP No. 29 An Introduction to NA Meetings

Group Business Meetings (Board-Approved Service Material Item No. 2202)

NDANA Sample GSR Report Form (Available on NDANA website)

NDANA Sample Literature Order Form (Available on NDANA website)

NDANA Sample Motion Form (Available on NDANA website)

Group Treasurer's Record (Available from WSO)

Many booklets and other service materials may be accessed directly from the WSO website:

NAWS.org

http://www.na.org/?ID=servicemat-service-material

Reproduced from A Guide to Local Services in NA Page 36

Group Service Representatives (GSR)

Each group elects one group service representative; even those groups hosting more than one recovery meeting elect just one GSR. These GSRs form the foundation of our service structure. GSRs provide constant, active influence over the discussions being carried on within the service structure. They do this by participating in area service committee meetings, attending forums and assemblies at both the area and regional levels, and sometimes joining in the work of an ASC sub-committee. If we are vigilant in choosing stable, qualified leaders at this level of service, the remainder of the structure will almost certainly be sound. From this strong foundation, a service structure can be built that will nourish, inform, and support the groups in the same way that that groups nourish and support the structure.

Group Service Representatives bear great responsibility. While GSRs are elected by and accountable to the group, they are not mere group messengers. They are selected by their groups to serve as active members of the area service committee. As such, they are responsible to act in the best interest of NA as a whole, not solely as advocates of their groups’ priorities. As participants in the area committee GSRs need to be as well informed as they can be concerning the affairs of the committee. They study the reports of the committee’s officers and subcommittee chairpersons. They read the various handbooks published by the world service office on each area of service. After carefully considering their own conscience and what they know about how their group members feel, they take active, critical parts in the discussions which form the group conscience of the entire committee.

Group Service Representatives link their groups with the rest of the NA service structure, particularly through the information conveyed in their reports to and from the area committee. At group service meetings, the GSR report provides a summary of area committee activities, often sparking discussions among group members that provide the GSR with a feel for how the area can better serve the groups need. In group recovery meetings, GSRs make available flyers announcing area and regional activities.

At area committee meetings, GSR reports provide perspectives on group growth vital to the committee’s work. If a group is having problems, its GSR can share those problems with the committee in his or her report. And if the group hasn’t found solutions to those problems, the area chairperson will open a slot on the committee’s ‘sharing session’ agenda so that the GSR can gather the experience others have had in similar situations. If any helpful solutions arise from the sharing session, the GSR can report those back to the group.

ALPHABET SOUP

"What does THAT mean?"

TERM / DEFINITION
ASC / Area Service Committee
ASR / Area Service Representative
BOD / Board of Directors
CAR / Conference Agenda Report
CARNA / Central Atlantic Region of NA
(formerly AVCNA)
CAT / Conference Approval Track
GSR / Group Service Representative
GSR/A / Alternate Group Service Representative
H&I / Hospitals and Institutions
IP / Informational Pamphlet
NDANA / New Dominion Area of Narcotics Anonymous
NA / Narcotics Anonymous
NAWS / Narcotics Anonymous World Services
PI / Public Information
RCM / Regional Committee Member
RD / Regional Delegate
RDA / Regional Delegate Alternate
RSC / Regional Service Committee
RSO / Regional Service Office
RSR / Regional Service Representative
WSO / World Services Office

Some Important URL's

http://rvana.org

http://na.org

http://www.car-na.org

http://www.nawol.org/2012_Addictionary.html

https://stepstudy.org/1953-narcotics-anonymous/

https://www.facebook.com/groups/1591624524456452/ (You must request to be added to this

closed-to-the-public Facebook page)

Exploring the website: RVANA.org

MEETING LIST MEETING SEARCH SERVICE EVENTS WHO WE ARE

Select 'Service' - you will see the areas included in the Metropolitan Richmond VA Area of Narcotics Anonymous:

They are: Blackwell-Southside, New Dominion, Richmond, and Tri-Cities

------

New Dominion Area of Narcotics Anonymous

Purpose:

The purpose of the New Dominion Area Service Committee is to support the efforts of our area groups to further their primary purpose, to carry the message of N.A. recovery to the addict who still suffers. By forming an association of local groups we can help the groups deal with day-to-day problems and form service committees to help support them in their efforts. So that hopefully, no addict seeking recovery will die without hearing our life-saving message: We Do Recover!

Mailing Address is: New Dominion Area, PO Box 25336, Richmond, VA, 23260

2/22/2017

Area Service Committee

§ ASC Chairperson

§ ASC Vice Chairperson

§ ASC Secretary

§ ASC Treasurer

Subcommittees

§ Outreach Subcommittee Chairperson

§ Public Relations Subcommittee Chair

§ H&I Subcommittee Chairperson

§ Policy Chairperson

§ Literature Chairperson

§ Special Events

§ Regional Committee Member

§ Regional Committee Member Alternate

§ Virginia Regional Convention Committee Director

§ Virginia Regional Convention Committee Director Alternate

2/22/2017

Downloadable FORMS:

2/22/2017

§ GSR ASSEMBLY 2016FLYER

§ AREA SERVICEMotion Form

§ Subcommittee Report Form

§ Group Report Form

§ Area Services Agenda

§ LITERATURE ORDERFORM

§ 2016 NDANA Policy Handbook

§ Meeting Update Form

§ MINUTES

§ Feb 2016 NDANA Service Minutes

§ Feb 2016 ND Area Service Important Information to Take Back to Home Groups

§ Regional Minutes April 2016

§ Regional Financial Statement April 2016

§ CAR CAT Voting Results and RDA Report April 2016

§ NDANA Service Minutes May 2016

§ NDANA_Treasurer_FY 2016_May

2/22/2017

Documents

· Call Our Hotline! (804) 965-1871

· Printable Meeting Lists

· Printable Event Flyers

· Cleantime Calculator

· Newsletters

Top of Form

Search for:

Bottom of Form