https://www.aaemassd25.org/home daily 1.0 2026-03-23 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6039255c06ec1122d9287dab/344e3a18-58d3-4e9b-85fe-6bae07cc5df7/D25+2026+RU+HANDS+COLOR+HIRES_icon.png https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6039255c06ec1122d9287dab/1614371604830-UW562XAISWSROUWL8SEK/Eastern_MA.png https://www.aaemassd25.org/calendar daily 0.75 2025-09-02 https://www.aaemassd25.org/for-gsrs daily 0.75 2023-06-03 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6039255c06ec1122d9287dab/1614701523718-WJT2TTWYVLSKTEQI30T3/GSC-Holding_Hands.jpg Getting Started as GSR - In personal Twelfth Step work, there is no end to communication. The sponsor talks with the drunk; speakers share their experience; we share with each other. But when it comes to general service work, communication has a tendency to break down. It can take hard work to get the attention of alcoholics, but with a creative approach, they can be encouraged to take time out from the nuts and bolts of recovery to think about another phase of their new lives. Once A.A. members are well informed about service, they often want to become involved and to take on their own service responsibilities. - Page 165 of the “AA Service Manual,” 2021-2023 ed., with permission of AA World Services, Inc. https://www.aaemassd25.org/general-service-conference daily 0.75 2026-02-26 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6039255c06ec1122d9287dab/1614708320316-KZU8MWFKCVOT3YHDSPYW/en_StructureOfTheConference.png General Service Conference https://www.aaemassd25.org/service daily 0.75 2022-01-05 https://www.aaemassd25.org/resources-links daily 0.75 2023-07-12 https://www.aaemassd25.org/service-positions daily 0.75 2025-07-02 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6039255c06ec1122d9287dab/1614721366057-A710DCY94B8N1TI1S7J5/GSC-Not_A_Glum_Lot.jpg Service Positions in D25 https://www.aaemassd25.org/contribute daily 0.75 2025-12-23 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6039255c06ec1122d9287dab/50821f66-51f3-445e-8e28-076bd397050a/treasurer_2025.jpg Contribute https://www.venmo.com/u/CoreyD1969 paypal.me/CoreyD1969 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6039255c06ec1122d9287dab/1617735243274-3P0FA28KZ4NY2JU05FOH/Donation_Percentages.jpg Contribute “Money has never been a requirement for A.A. membership, and to keep it that way all of A.A.’s trusted servants have an ongoing obligation to inform groups and individuals about the value of self-support and the need for voluntary contributions throughout the Fellowship.” https://www.aaemassd25.org/corrections daily 0.75 2025-03-16 https://www.aaemassd25.org/being-a-gsr daily 0.75 2022-01-05 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6039255c06ec1122d9287dab/1641348268610-158W3W975R88COWSM40P/unsplash-image-lsoogGC_5dg.jpg What it means to be a GSR - The Role of the GSR The role of the general service representative, or GSR, is essential to the purpose of general service. Bill W. wrote in Concept I of The Twelve Concepts for World Service: “The A.A. groups today hold ultimate responsibility and final authority for our world services.” The role of the GSR is essential to ensuring that groups can fulfill that responsibility. Only when a GSR keeps the group informed and communicates the group conscience can the Conference truly act for A.A. as a whole. This communication is a two-way street, making the GSR responsible not only for bringing forward the group’s voice, but for taking back to the group Conference actions that affect the Fellowship’s unity, health and growth. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6039255c06ec1122d9287dab/1641348453515-5460LIC4MYX6L5UGUOJ5/unsplash-image-cssvEZacHvQ.jpg What it means to be a GSR - There is more than one way for GSRs to express their group’s thoughts and wishes — their conscience — in general service. When the GSR is present at assemblies, the group’s voice is heard. The presence of a GSR says their group cares about what’s going on in the Fellowship and wants to learn and make its concerns and suggestions known. When the GSR participates, the group’s voice is heard. It can be through a GSR sharing the group’s concerns across a conference table from other GSRs in a district meeting. It can be through questioning a budget item or proposing an idea important to the group at an area assembly. It can be through making an impassioned plea about an agenda item to the delegate on the eve of the annual General Service Conference meeting. When the GSR votes, the group’s voice is heard. The GSR votes on the trusted servants to lead the district and the area as well as the delegate to represent the area at the annual General Service Conference meeting. The group’s voice is heard when the GSR votes on how best to use Seventh Tradition contributions to carry out Twelfth Step services. 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