CPC)-Trusted Servant Guidelines¶

District 8

Updated February 2024

Position Description:¶

• Distribute A.A. information to those in contact with alcoholics through their profes-sions, furthering mutual understanding and cooperation between A.A. and professionals, and increasing awareness of member and outside groups and organizations on ways of cooperating with others without affiliating.

• Use a variety of methods to reach the public to inform people where and how to get help.

Responsibilities:¶

• Attend all District Meetings, Assemblies, Area Committee Meetings (ACMs), and Ser-vice Workshops, where fully reimbursed.

• PI/CPC Chairs will be funded by District 8 to attend all of these events. Chairs shall be prudent with their spending and will find others to share rooms and rides with, in order to minimize expenses to the District.

• Submit for reimbursement of expenses in a timely manner.

• Read the A.A. Service Manual.

• Give Reports of all Committee activities and of all meetings attended.

• Obtain, read, and use the Public Information and Cooperation with the Professional Community workbooks and any GSO-related materials.

• Place meeting schedules at treatment centers, probation offices, hospitals, and other places.

• Send anonymity letters to newspaper editors in the District.

• Keep the District website updated with any group meeting changes, and post open meet-ing flyers and other flyers on the website that have to do with A.A. Do NOT post flyers or meetings that do not have anything to do with A.A.

• Encourage group members to participate in carrying the message by being on the PI/CPC Committee. This position requires more than one person to sufficiently get things done.

• Update the Trusted Servant Guidelines and submit the updates by June of the second year to the District Secretary.

• Assist the incoming PI/CPC Chair with experience, records, information, and suggestions.

• Don’t be afraid to ask for assistance.