JOINING INTERGROUP:
If you are a group looking to join Intergroup – the first step is to elect an Intergroup Representative from your Group. This is a person who will attend one meeting a month on the first Wednesday of each month at the Star Facility on Wolfpit Avenue in Norwalk. The meeting is held at 7:30 p.m. and usually lasts @ 45 minutes. The purpose of this meeting is to collect newsletters for your group so they can be informed of what’s going on in and around them as well as interesting information to disseminate. It is to share information with other groups regarding any questions or group concerns that may have come up during the month that other groups may have advice/suggestions on - if they’ve encountered similar issues as well as any accomplishments. To bring up any concerns or successes about their experience with the Intergroup office during the month. To let their groups know about local AA events and anniversaries. Mainly, the most important thing is to bring information back to your group (like a G.S.R.). This is the only way we have of informing our group members about Intergroup, the phone answering process, why we need their help and the amounts of calls we’re missing when we are not there to answer the phones and the reward of taking the calls and helping the alcoholic or family member looking for help. A continuing flow of communication is vital, because although there are no dues or fees to join or be a part of Intergroup, our only income comes from groups that choose to support Intergroup. The local group members provide the volunteers to do the necessary twelfth step work. Too many newcomers and people with many years of sobriety do not know what Intergroup is, what we do, or the value of answering the phones and the feeling that comes from that exchange. There are other benefits too, such as ordering your literature through our literature chair saving your group the hassle of ordering on their own and paying their individual postage and handling. (also convenience & fast delivery)
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Re: Financial Responsibility:
Many of the AA groups that belong to Intergroup contribute monthly as part of their dispersion of funds after their expenses and prudent reserve are met. GSO has percentages that they suggest for the divvying up of these funds. This assures Intergroup of regular income and certainly helps to plan for meeting it’s own obligations. There are groups, however, who do not contribute. In these cases, the spirit of contributing voluntarily, that prevails throughout AA applies, however if groups can’t or choose not to pay their share of costs, they are not denied the services of the Intergroup affiliation.
Since Intergroup offices are established and supported by local groups, they have no authority of their own. Intergroup is responsible to the groups it serves.
I am responsible. When anyone, anywhere, reaches out for help, I want the hand of A.A. always to be there. And for that: I am responsible.
If you would like more information on how to join Intergroup, please contact our business manager at: