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CAPTAINZING2000 · 08-03-2008, 09:34 PM

Just curious

The meetings where you attend, does the chair person set up the meeting?

Pinkcuda · 08-03-2008, 09:37 PM

About 50/50

CAPTAINZING2000 · 08-03-2008, 09:46 PM

Nothing is set in stone on this. When, I first came around people chairing would set up the meeting.

I go to church an hour early each week to set up tables and chairs make coffee pass out reading etc.

Since, it's not a group owned building

Tommyh · 08-04-2008, 04:01 AM

yes, here we do

Tazman53 · 08-04-2008, 06:22 AM

In my area it varies from meeting to meeting, it is determined in the group conscience.

tommyk · 08-04-2008, 06:27 AM

Not around here.

Homegroup members set up the meetings.

**CarolD** · 08-04-2008, 08:28 AM

My home group rents space
allowing us to keep everything in place.

We currently have 35 members with
front door keys. There are always
some who come early to fellowship.
Anyone who walks in first makes coffee

It is the Chairs responsibilty to make
sure the coffee..lights... AC are off
and the dorr locked.

justanothrdrunk · 08-04-2008, 10:04 AM

My home group is really big.

We have service committments designated for:
1. Chair Set-up (mostly just straightening/arranging - chairs are generally already set)
2. Coffee Prep
3. Literature Prep (setting up the literature table with books, pamphlets, etc.). This position also maintains lit stock and collects $ from those who buy books, and arranges liberal credit terms for those who can't afford.
4. Greeters
5. Coffee clean up (separate of coffee prep)
6. Trash police

The only things, other than leading the meeting and reading the general opening stuff, the chairperson does is set up the podium and microphone.

But every meeting I've been to is different.

lizw · 08-06-2008, 02:09 PM

Here in NZ, it is usually the Secretary who sets up the meeting and holds a key to the building where the meetings are held.

I think we use different terms though for service postions.

A 'chairperson', here, is the person who leads the meeting, from what I understand over there you folks call them 'leaders'.

We do have the odd meeting though where the chairperson does not lead the meeting but rather just picks other people to share.

CAPTAINZING2000 · 08-11-2008, 01:21 PM

lol

no leaders at the meetings I go to.

Well, maybe in their own mind

barb dwyer · 08-11-2008, 01:38 PM

everything's already in place - like at Carol's.
All we gotta do is show up and make some coffee.

dgillz · 08-11-2008, 01:42 PM

Mines is somewhat like justanotherdrunk's. These are service duties, but not real set in stone. if my job is to make the coffee and I cannot make it to Thursday's meeting, then my job is to find someone for that meeting.

08-03-2008, 09:34 PM	#1 (permalink)
CAPTAINZING2000 Psalm 118:24 Join Date: Nov 2004 Location: ILLINOIS Posts: 9,445 Blog Entries: 1	Chairing a meeting Just curious The meetings where you attend, does the chair person set up the meeting? __________________ LIFE IS GOD'S GIFT TO YOU WHAT YOU DO WITH YOUR LIFE IS YOUR GIFT TO GOD J - Jesus first O - Others next Y - Yourself last John 14:6

08-03-2008, 09:46 PM	#3 (permalink)
CAPTAINZING2000 Psalm 118:24 Join Date: Nov 2004 Location: ILLINOIS Posts: 9,445 Blog Entries: 1	Nothing is set in stone on this. When, I first came around people chairing would set up the meeting. I go to church an hour early each week to set up tables and chairs make coffee pass out reading etc. Since, it's not a group owned building __________________ LIFE IS GOD'S GIFT TO YOU WHAT YOU DO WITH YOUR LIFE IS YOUR GIFT TO GOD J - Jesus first O - Others next Y - Yourself last John 14:6

08-04-2008, 06:22 AM	#5 (permalink)
Tazman53 Follow Directions! Join Date: Nov 2006 Location: Fredericksburg, Va. Posts: 9,745	In my area it varies from meeting to meeting, it is determined in the group conscience. __________________ All BB quotes are from the First Edition of the BB Follow directions! Sobriety date 18 Sept. 2006 Sober today thanks to AA

08-04-2008, 08:28 AM	#7 (permalink)
CarolD Forum Leader Join Date: Jun 2002 Location: Serene In Dixie Posts: 34,835	My home group rents space allowing us to keep everything in place. We currently have 35 members with front door keys. There are always some who come early to fellowship. Anyone who walks in first makes coffee It is the Chairs responsibilty to make sure the coffee..lights... AC are off and the dorr locked. __________________ Each Day Sober Is A Victory!! Joy In AA Recovery!

08-06-2008, 02:09 PM	#9 (permalink)
lizw God's Kid Join Date: Jun 2008 Location: New Zealand Posts: 1,561	Here in NZ, it is usually the Secretary who sets up the meeting and holds a key to the building where the meetings are held. I think we use different terms though for service postions. A 'chairperson', here, is the person who leads the meeting, from what I understand over there you folks call them 'leaders'. We do have the odd meeting though where the chairperson does not lead the meeting but rather just picks other people to share. __________________ ....blessed are the peacemakers, for they will be called the children of God.

08-03-2008, 09:37 PM	#2 (permalink)
Pinkcuda Member Join Date: Sep 2007 Location: Colorado Prairie Posts: 1,418	About 50/50

08-04-2008, 04:01 AM	#4 (permalink)
Tommyh Member Join Date: Mar 2003 Location: N.C. Posts: 18,391	yes, here we do

08-04-2008, 06:27 AM	#6 (permalink)
tommyk Awaiting Email Confirmation Join Date: Jun 2008 Posts: 2,942	Not around here. Homegroup members set up the meetings.

08-04-2008, 10:04 AM	#8 (permalink)
justanothrdrunk Retired Pro Drunk Join Date: Jul 2006 Location: Saint Paul, MN Posts: 855	My home group is really big. We have service committments designated for: 1. Chair Set-up (mostly just straightening/arranging - chairs are generally already set) 2. Coffee Prep 3. Literature Prep (setting up the literature table with books, pamphlets, etc.). This position also maintains lit stock and collects $ from those who buy books, and arranges liberal credit terms for those who can't afford. 4. Greeters 5. Coffee clean up (separate of coffee prep) 6. Trash police The only things, other than leading the meeting and reading the general opening stuff, the chairperson does is set up the podium and microphone. But every meeting I've been to is different.

08-11-2008, 01:21 PM	#10 (permalink)
CAPTAINZING2000 Psalm 118:24 Join Date: Nov 2004 Location: ILLINOIS Posts: 9,445 Blog Entries: 1	lol no leaders at the meetings I go to. Well, maybe in their own mind __________________ LIFE IS GOD'S GIFT TO YOU WHAT YOU DO WITH YOUR LIFE IS YOUR GIFT TO GOD J - Jesus first O - Others next Y - Yourself last John 14:6

08-11-2008, 01:38 PM	#11 (permalink)
barb dwyer same planet...different world Join Date: Sep 2006 Location: butte mt Posts: 10,933 Blog Entries: 7	everything's already in place - like at Carol's. All we gotta do is show up and make some coffee. __________________ Knowledge is knowing that tomato is a fruit. Wisdom is not putting it in fruit salad.

08-11-2008, 01:42 PM	#12 (permalink)
dgillz Member Join Date: Jun 2006 Location: Mobile, AL Posts: 3,459	Mines is somewhat like justanotherdrunk's. These are service duties, but not real set in stone. if my job is to make the coffee and I cannot make it to Thursday's meeting, then my job is to find someone for that meeting. __________________ He should be fine...if he survives the detox process that is..... Any quotes from the big book of AA are from the first edition, or are otherwise exempt from copyright infringement under the "fair use doctrine".

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