HOW WE WORK:

The basic unit is the autonomous A. A. Group, with 10-20 members in the average sized Group.

The G.S.R. is the General Service Representative for the Group. The G.S.R.s represent their Groups at the District Meetings and Area Assemblies.

Every Group has one vote in District Committee and Area Assembly meetings. The. G.S.R. or the Alternate G.S.R. casts this vote, if the G.S.R. is absent. They participate in the making of A. A. policy. They carry news and opinions to and from the Group, forming the link between their Group and the rest of A. A.

The Area Committee, at the direction of the assembly, is responsible for the Area business, the Assembly Agenda, organizing the annual Area 55 Mini-Conference and hosting the Ohio State Convention every four years. The Area Committee is composed of the D.C.M.s or alternates, Treasurer, Recording Secretary, Mailing Secretary, Chairperson/Alternate Delegate and Area Delegate. In this area committee members, excluding the Delegate, are elected by the G.S.R.s at the Assembly meeting.

         Included in the Area Committee are the Group Services, CPC/PI, Archives, Shut-in/Special Needs and Grapevine chairpersons which are appointed by the incoming Delegate.

          The N.W. Ohio & S.E Michigan Area 55 is actually one of the 93 delegate Areas in the United States and Canada, to send a Delegate to the yearly General Service Conference of A.A. in New York City. The Area 55 Delegate is the representative of over 280 A. A. Groups.

          The Conference meets for six days each April. There are 142 voting members: 93  elected  Delegates from the A.A. membership, 21 Trustees, 9 A.A. World Services Inc. and Grapevine Inc. Directors.,  and 15 staffers from the General Service Office and 4 Emeriti. Seven of the Trustees are non-alcoholic.