The General Service Conference Sharing the Topics with your Group
Attending the pre-conference is the beginning of the process to form a group conscience through sharing the topics from the General Service Conference. Every year our Area 72 Delegate prepares for the General Service Conference and meets with the GSRs at the pre-conference assemblies. Part of your job as GSR is to attend these meetings, take notes, then share the topics with your group. On page 35 of the Area 72 GSR handbook you will find tips to help you when you give reports to your group. These are also helpful for sharing the topics from the pre-conference. It is also important to take a lot of notes to help you answer any questions group members may have about the topics. In addition, it is a good idea to choose just a few topics your group may be interested in to discuss first. If you have time after that you can see if the group wants to discuss more topics. After you come to a group conscience you will share that information with our delegate, Courtney, before the April 13th deadline. On page 14 of the handbook in the description of the Pre-conference assemblies it says, “This way the GSRs can inform the Delegate about their groups’ thoughts on the issues so that the Delegate has a sense of our Area while attending the General Service Conference.” In the pamphlet G.S.R. General Service Representative Your group’s link to A.A. as a whole it says: You transmit ideas and opinions, as well as facts; through you, the group conscience becomes a part of the collective conscience of our whole fellowship as expressed in the General Service Conference.”
Lisa B. D21 DCM
Grays Harbor and Willapa Harbor Areas, Aberdeen, Hoquiam, Montesano, Raymond
