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ananda · 10-21-2008, 08:53 AM

American meetings vary greatly...now in our area the only secretary is the person who reads and takes minites at the business meeting.

Our service structure is very simple...GSR, Treasurer, and secretary if possible though right now we just take turns. We have a chair to start up the meeting and unlock the door. Sometimes we don't have a designated chair and who ever shows up chairs the meeting.

I'm sure it is suprising to some, but this actually works out just fine...I think maybe twice we had a problem this year with no one being there to open the 5:30 Friday meeting at 5:30...so didn't get started till a little late.

My home group only has about 6 "members" and is the original AA group for our area.

It's always neat to visit other AA groups and see how they function, but the draw back is that I have seen and expereinced that moving from one town to another can be a big adjustment as of course "AA is different" from what you are use to....the basics are the same...one alchoholic sharing with another to get and stay sober, just the forms change.

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ananda Member Join Date: Nov 2007 Posts: 11,908 Blog Entries: 1	American meetings vary greatly...now in our area the only secretary is the person who reads and takes minites at the business meeting. Our service structure is very simple...GSR, Treasurer, and secretary if possible though right now we just take turns. We have a chair to start up the meeting and unlock the door. Sometimes we don't have a designated chair and who ever shows up chairs the meeting. I'm sure it is suprising to some, but this actually works out just fine...I think maybe twice we had a problem this year with no one being there to open the 5:30 Friday meeting at 5:30...so didn't get started till a little late. My home group only has about 6 "members" and is the original AA group for our area. It's always neat to visit other AA groups and see how they function, but the draw back is that I have seen and expereinced that moving from one town to another can be a big adjustment as of course "AA is different" from what you are use to....the basics are the same...one alchoholic sharing with another to get and stay sober, just the forms change.