Northern Illinois Area District 70

P.O. Box 1021
Rockford, IL 61105

Rockford Area Alcoholics Anonymous Intergroup Office

4040 Charles Street
Suite 210
Rockford, IL 61108
815-968-0333
Helpline is available 24

Service Positions in District 70 AA

NIA District 70 Website Committee

Website Content Comittee

To create and/or approve the AA District 70 website's content, which serves as a communication tool to further participation within District 70 AA, and also serves as an exchange of information about District 70 related activities.

Contact Content Committee

To submit District 70 event information for display on this website, send Event Information to the District 70 Webmaster. Please include the following information:

• Name of the event
• The date or the dates on which the event will take place
• The city and state where it will take place
• A postal contact address or an e-mail address
• A website for the event (if available)

Webmaster

To maintain the Northern Illinois Area District 70 Website in accordance with the website guidelines.

The webmaster can be contacted here.

NIA District 70 Trusted Servants

District Committee Member (D.C.M.)

The district committee member (D.C.M.) is an essential link between the group G.S.R. and the area delegate to the General Service Conference.  As leader of the district committee, made up of all G.S.R.s in the district, the D.C.M. is exposed to the group conscience of that district.  As a member of the area committee, he or she is able to pass on the district’s thinking to the delegate and the committee.

Alternate District Committee Member (D.C.M.)

The alternate is a backup for the D.C.M.

Secretary

Records and distributes minutes of the District 70 meetings.

Treasurer

Keeps financial records of the District and reports regularly to the District.

General Service Representatives (G.S.R.)

The G.S.R. has the job of linking the group to A.A. as a whole by representing the group conscience.

NIA District 70 Service Committees

Bridging the Gap Chairperson

To set up a means of “bridging the gap” from the treatment and corrections facilities to the larger A.A. community.

Cooperation with the Professional Community Chairperson

Guidelines published by the General Service Office describe the responsibilities of CPC (Cooperation with the Professional Community) Committees as:

“…this committees provide information about A.A. to those who have contact with alcoholics through their profession. This group includes health care professionals, educators, members of the clergy, lawyers, social workers, union leaders, and industrial managers, as well as those working in the field of alcoholism. Information is provided about where we are, what we are, and what we can do, and what we cannot do.”

Correctional Facilities Chairperson

The purpose of a correctional facilities committee is to coordinate the work of individual A.A. members and groups, who are interested in carrying our message of recovery to alcoholics behind the walls.

Grapevine & Literature Chairperson

To make the Fellowship aware of the existence of the Grapevine, La Vina and related Grapevine materials and the role these items can play in the enhancement of sobriety.
To make the Fellowship aware of the existence of the AA Literature and materials and the role these items can play in the enhancement of sobriety.

Public Information Chairperson

To make the public aware of the existence of the AA recovery program.

Special Needs Coordinator

To gather information and shared experience from GSO, Areas, Districts and AA Groups on ways to carry the message of AA to the still-suffering alcoholic or current members with special needs and to communicate that information to the groups and districts within NIA.

Treatment Facilities Chairperson

To coordinate the work of individual AA members and groups who are interested in carrying our message of recovery to alcoholics in Treatment Facilities.

Workshop Chairperson

To facilitate Workshops on carrying the message through Service Committees.