GSA Phone Bridge
Service Position |
Suggested
Length of Back-To-Back GreySheet Abstinence |
Suggested
Length of Service Commitment |
Description
of Duties |
GSA Phone Bridge Secretary/Leader |
Three
Months |
Three Months |
- Leads the meeting;
- Collects GreySheet-related Announcements to be made during regular meetings
- Maintains an Agenda for and takes Minutes at Group Conscience meetings
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GSA Phone Bridge Meeting Booker |
Three
Months |
Three
Months |
- Asks speakers with 90 days or more of back-to-back GreySheet abstinence to "Qualify" and lead meetings
- Calls or emails a reminder to the scheduled Qualifier a day or two in advance
- Tells the Secretary/Leader who the Qualifier will be, so the Secretary is prepared
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| GSA Phone Bridge Meeting Treasurer |
Six Months |
Six Months |
- Collects and maintains 7th Tradition donations
- Maintains Treasurer's Report, listing donations and expenses incurred
- Provides Treasurer's Report at each Group Conscience meeting
- Pays phone bridge service fees (if applicable)
- Reimburses Secretary for purchased literature
- Ensures that the group remains fully self-supporting, declining outside contributions
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GSA Phone Bridge Meeting Moderator |
Six Months |
Ability to moderate one or more weekly time slots
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Technical requirements:
- Appropriate telephone and computer capability, including high-speed internet access
- Proficiency in navigating the Internet
- Email access
- Ability to use computer and telephone simultaneously while moderating phone meeting
Primary responsibilities:
- Maintains the confidentiality of the information seen on the dashboard and any specific moderator information without exception
- Moderates agreed upon meeting(s) effectively and efficiently
- Aids meeting leaders in keeping the meeting(s) quiet
- Attempts to arrange back-up when unable to serve
- Contacts the appropriate person(s) when there are technical difficulties with the bridge
- Remains quiet while moderating, avoids controversy, and practices principles before personalities
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GSA Phone Bridge
Service Position |
Suggested
Length of Back-To-Back GreySheet Abstinence |
Suggested
Length of Service Commitment |
Description
of Duties |
GSA Phone Bridge General Service Representative (GSR)
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One Year |
One Year |
- Represents the Group at a higher level of the service structure, typically an Intergroup or Area
- Conducts Group Conscience Meetings as needed, typically once a month
- Ensures our Primary Purpose is carried out when facilitating a Group Conscience
- Cannot represent more than one group as GSR
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GSA Phone Bridge Intergroup Chairperson |
Three Years |
Two Years |
- The Chairperson is usually an elected GSR for the GSA Phone Bridge Intergroup
- Abides by the specific guidelines for the GSA Phone Bridge Intergroup Chairperson approved by the GSA Phone Bridge Intergroup
- Serves as one of several co-signers on the GSA Phone Bridge Intergroup account
- Presides over monthly open GSA Phone Bridge Intergroup Meeting using the adapted Roberts’ Rules of Order adopted by the GSA Phone Bridge Intergroup
- Convenes and presides over the GSA Phone Bridge Intergroup Steering Committee Meeting, in preparation for each open GSA Phone Bridge Intergroup meeting
- Serves as one of the liaisons between the GSA Phone Bridge Intergroup and the GSA World Service Board
- Serves as the Area Delegate for the GSA Phone Bridge Intergroup for the GSA World Service Conference
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GSA Phone Bridge Intergroup Secretary |
Two Years |
Two Years |
- The Secretary is usually an elected GSR for the GSA Phone Bridge Intergroup
- Abides by the specific guidelines for the GSA Phone Bridge Intergroup Secretary approved by the GSA Phone Bridge Intergroup
- Serves as one of several co-signers on the GSA Phone Bridge Intergroup account
- Maintains minutes for the open GSA Phone Bridge Intergroup meetings
- Maintains minutes for the GSA Phone Bridge Intergroup Steering Committee meetings
- Maintains the GSA Phone Bridge Intergroup Yahoo group
- Maintains archives of all minutes on the Yahoo group website
- Serves as one of the liaisons between the GSA Phone Bridge Intergroup and the GSA World Service Board
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GSA Phone Bridge Intergroup Treasurer |
Two Years (Financially Solvent) |
Two Years |
- The Treasurer is usually an elected GSR for the GSA Phone Bridge Intergroup
- Abides by the specific guidelines for the GSA Phone Bridge Intergroup Treasurer approved by the GSA Phone Bridge Intergroup
- Establishes and maintains a non-profit Tax ID number and necessary tax-related documents
- Establishes and maintains a bank account for the GSA Phone Bridge Intergroup
- Serves as one of several co-signers on the GSA Phone Bridge Intergroup account
- Collects and maintains 7th Tradition donations made to the GSA Phone Bridge Intergroup
- Provides a monthly Treasurer's Report available at each GSA Phone Bridge Intergroup meeting, listing donations and expenses incurred
- Ensures that the group remains fully self-supporting, declining outside contributions
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GSA Phone Bridge Intergroup Moderator Liaison |
Two Years |
One Year |
- Bring information from the Intergroup to the moderators
- Take issues to the Intergroup brought by the GSA Phone Bridge Moderatos’ Group
- Contact person from the Intergroup for the moderators and from the GSA Phone Bridge Moderators’ Group to the Intergroup
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GSA Phone Bridge Intergroup Meeting Coordinator |
One Year |
Two Years |
- The Group Coordinator is usually an elected GSR for the GSA Phone Bridge Intergroup
- Abides by the specific guidelines for the GSA Phone Bridge Intergroup Coordinator approved by the GSA Phone Bridge Intergroup
- Serves as a resources to aid any GSA Phone Bridge Meeting in getting registered with GSA World Service
- Serves as a liaison with the www.greysheet.org Webservant to ensure all GSA Phone Bridge meeting information remains as current as possible
- Coordinates the GSA Phone Bridge meeting schedule, and confirms availability to extend meetings or add meetings with existing groups, GSA Phone Bridge Intergroup, and GSA Phone Bridge moderators
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GSA Phone Bridge Area Delegates (AD) |
Three Years |
Two Years |
- Represents the Group at a higher level of the service structure. An AD represents only one Intergroup of GSA (5-20 meetings)
- Is usually a GSR but this is not a requirement
- Attends Area Intergroup meetings to learn more about issues concerning their Area so they may represent their Area at the World Service Conference
- Receives information from the Board of Trustees of GSA World Service and shares that information with their Intergroup
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