Public Meeting Sunday May 25, 1PM Eastern (UTC-5)
"Everything I learn in recovery I practice first doing service." This is a we program and in doing service we get a chance to practice our recovery, take the concrete actions that support recovery for all and receive the gift of recovery that comes when we do service with others. . In these roles you can build your leadership, organizational skills, tech skills… as well as (like with all service commitments) practice being in healthier relationships with your time energy and fellows in service, work and life.
There are many options for service whether it be within your group or at the World Service Level. Whether you are a newcomer, or have years of recovery under your belt, you are welcome. There are very few service positions with guidelines that limit who can serve so don't be afraid to join a committee or just show up at a meeting to see what it's like.
If you’re not sure where you’d like to practice tool #5, just try showing up at a few different committee meetings on the calendar page of WeAreAllUA.org and see what interests you.
The established and active committees are as follows:
World Service Conference Planning Committee (WSCPC) - This is a World Service Conference-Approved (WSC-A) Committee. "The World Service Conference Planning Committee’s mission is to serve the UA fellowship by creating the space where we gather annually to build and achieve the group conscience which, as the expression of our higher power, is the sole authority for our fellowship. We do this by soliciting the voice of the fellowship through the Topics of Concern Survey; making preparations for the gathering; and serving as hosts for the World Service Conference. Opportunities to participate in:
Leadership positions such as treasurer, secretary, chair or vice chair.
Tech roles at the time of the conference including zoom meeting planning and set up, managing spreadsheets, updating registration forms, updating voting forms, WSC Website (mostly pre and post conference)
Topics of Concern form updates and data sharing (ideal for google sheet geeks)
Year round organization including email and google drive
Workshop planning, whether it be recovery sessions at the World Service Conference or Build from the Base workshops introducing the Topics of Concern and WS level service opportunities in different regions.
Phone and Technology Committee (PTC) - whose mission is to "support all individuals seeking recovery from underearning by providing vision and action in service to UA wherever technology is involved. We do so in alignment with the Traditions and principles of our fellowship and in collaboration with other trusted servants." Service opportunities include:
Leadership positions such as treasurer, secretary, chair of vice chair.
App admin to keep the app a safe place
Calendar keeper - maintaining meeting listings and supporting groups in maintaining and updating their own calendars
Meeting Registration - accepts registrations of new meetings via form and adds them to the meeting list for the first time.
General Service Representatives Committee (GSRC) - This is a WSC-A Committee. From the motion establishing them as a WSC-A Committee: "The Upside Down Triangle is the basic model for UA’s Service Structure. The GSR Committee plays a primary world service leadership role in UA’s Upside Down Triangle. It derives its position as such from its GSRs who are the elected representatives of their groups. It has the power to speak and act on behalf of the members of UA. It also brings important information about UA to their groups. It is a representative voice for UA members worldwide. The GSR Committee has no other authority than the groups they represent and Higher Power." Anyone may attend GSR Committee meetings and serve on its sub-committees or working groups. To vote one must be elected as GSR by their group. Service opportunities include
Roles of chair, vice chair, secretary, treasurer, webmaster, as well as leadership of various sub committees and working groups,
Sub committee and working group participation
Being a conduit of the voice of your groups and disseminating info on what’s happening at the World Service Level of UA
The Finance Committee - This is a WSC-E Trustee Committee. The role of the committee is to work with the Treasurer and committee chairs to put together an annual budget for the fellowship. This budget is then presented at the World Service Conference for a vote. It is higher power as expressed by group conscience that leads the fellowship in all matters and without the voice of the groups, the Trustees lack the guidance required to serve as true custodians of the fellowship. Opportunities to practice:
Outreach to and liaising with Trustee and WSC-A committees to discuss budgetary needs
Outreach and liaising with groups as well as paying attention to the Topics of Concern to measure support for different expenditures and to encourage donations toward work in progress.
Spreadsheet and data skills for assembling data and building the budget
The Literature Committee - This is a WSC-A Committee. From the motion to establish the WSC-A Literature Committee: " The sole duty of this committee is to facilitate in a timely manner the creation, Conference approval, and distribution of UA Conference-Approved Literature specific to recovery from underearning. This committee shall collect, create, and edit throughout the year UA literature and bring it to the Annual World Service Conference for approval. The Committee will also establish a procedure for approved translations into languages other than English. This committee, directly accountable to its members and the groups via current Topics of Concern and the annual World Service Conference, per the upside down triangle, will function with transparency, and do its work with a spirit of cooperation, welcoming participation from all members of the Fellowship." Service roles include:
Chair, vice chair, secretary
Editing, translation, formatting documents
Maintaining the organization of the cloud drive
Updating and maintaining the Literature Committee Website linked to from WeAreAllUA.org
Outreach to groups to solicit stories and contributions of writing or Experience, Strength and Hope to be included in literature as well as for feedback on topic related literature in development.
Audio recordings…
Committees that exist but aren't currently active:
Service Structure Committee
Unity Committee
Public Information Committee
Events committee
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