Thinking about doing service for our meeting? Read on…
The SMR Trusted Servants’ Commitment (the basics) sets out service guidelines and service essentials that are common to all the trusted servant service positions, and some which are specific to the group’s elected positions (such as the secretaries and treasurer positions, listed under the heading Elected Positions, below).
Meeting Positions
| Technical Host | Admits participants and assigns Co-hosts to those serving as Room Hosts and Room Moderators in Breakout Rooms. Creates Breakout Rooms. Assigns the Room Hosts and Room Moderators to the rooms and invite participants to join rooms for sharing on the daily reading. If asked, may screen-share meeting slides for the Meeting Chair. |
| Meeting Chair | Welcomes participants and reads the meeting script aloud to lead the meeting and screen-shares slides. Begins the meeting with prayer and invites a participant to read that day’s reading from Strengthening My Recovery. Following a meditation on the reading by all participants hosts Breakout Room 1. |
| Room Host | Hosts participants in a Breakout Room meeting. Reads the meeting script and invites participants to share on the day’s reading, and on a second reading. |
| Room Moderator | Joins the breakout room host and share the slides and/or times shares. |
| Newcomer-Greeter | Introduces self and newcomers in the announcement section of the main meeting. Assists the after meeting by calling on and lowering participants’ Zoom virtual hands after they begin to share. May also timeshares for participants who are unable to self-time. |
Elected Positions
| Communications Co-Secretaries | (1) vacant | Coordinates the group’s communications team and manages the mailing list and contact lists. The position is held for 6 months, with the option to renew for 6 months. Contact: info@acamorning.org |
| GC Business Meeting co-Chairs | (2) vacant | Plans and leads monthly Group Conscience business meetings, and Group-Care business meetings, when they are called. This role is open as of February 26, 2023. The position is held for 6 months, with the option to renew for 6 months. Contact: No contact at this moment |
| Service Team Co-Secretaries | (2) vacant | Lead/support a team of three to five other trusted servants who, in turn, co-ordinate all other trusted servants involved in performing service for the morning meeting over the course of a week, namely: technical hosts, meeting chairs, room hosts, room moderators, and newcomer-greeters. The position is held for 6 months, with the option to renew for 6 months. Contact: service@acamorning.org |
| Co-Treasurer | vacant as of 12/30/24 | Tracks Seventh Tradition donations. Pays for services provided to the group, and sends donations in excess of the group’s prudent reserve to ACA’s World Service Organization (WSO). Shana and Jim R. were elected on February 26, 2023. The position is held for 6 months, with the option to renew for 6 months. Contact: treasurer@acamorning.org |
| Web Servant | filled | Maintains website. Position is for 1-3 years. Contact: website@acamorning.org |
Support Positions
| Inter-group Representative | If an ACA Inter-group of online meetings is established, ACA SMR may establish a position for a trusted servant to represent the group. |
To find out more about service or to volunteer please go to the Contact page.