In a few months, elections will be held.
In our particular area, we have a small enough Intergroup to allow each person who is willing to work the opportunity to really make an impact. Last year, we needed a Public Information chair, help with 12th step within, a vice chair, and every now and then we also needed a secretary.
Chair, Vice-chair, Treasurer and Secretary positions require 30 days of back to back abstinence. The other service positions just require a willingness to help and some dedication to the Fellowship in general.
I personally need to thank the Intergroup for the loving reaction I received when I stepped down from the Chair position during the early Spring. Sometimes you need to step back to focus on your own recovery. My own ego and possibly a slight lack of fulfillment in my professional life -- which, come to think of it, I may have more power to change than I give myself credit for -- got in my way. While I was surprised by the concern the group had for me, in explicitly stating that I should probably take the website in order to still continue to do service, perhaps I shouldn't have been. Service is a key component of the program. We can only keep what we are willing to give away, after all. Maxine has been gracious about filling the void in the interim, and I'm sure many others are stepping up to do what is necessary.
Consider giving service at the Intergroup level. It's a new way to practice love and tolerance, as well as a great opportunity to learn more about the Traditions, the structure of the Fellowship, and a way to witness how an organization that says it "ought never be organized" manages to keep us all together. Like it says in the formats, it's an opportunity to give back to OA some of which you have received. Come to a meeting (after the first Saturday of the
In our particular area, we have a small enough Intergroup to allow each person who is willing to work the opportunity to really make an impact. Last year, we needed a Public Information chair, help with 12th step within, a vice chair, and every now and then we also needed a secretary.
Chair, Vice-chair, Treasurer and Secretary positions require 30 days of back to back abstinence. The other service positions just require a willingness to help and some dedication to the Fellowship in general.
I personally need to thank the Intergroup for the loving reaction I received when I stepped down from the Chair position during the early Spring. Sometimes you need to step back to focus on your own recovery. My own ego and possibly a slight lack of fulfillment in my professional life -- which, come to think of it, I may have more power to change than I give myself credit for -- got in my way. While I was surprised by the concern the group had for me, in explicitly stating that I should probably take the website in order to still continue to do service, perhaps I shouldn't have been. Service is a key component of the program. We can only keep what we are willing to give away, after all. Maxine has been gracious about filling the void in the interim, and I'm sure many others are stepping up to do what is necessary.
Consider giving service at the Intergroup level. It's a new way to practice love and tolerance, as well as a great opportunity to learn more about the Traditions, the structure of the Fellowship, and a way to witness how an organization that says it "ought never be organized" manages to keep us all together. Like it says in the formats, it's an opportunity to give back to OA some of which you have received. Come to a meeting (after the first Saturday of the