TREATMENT CHAIR Trusted Servant Guidelines¶

District 8

Updated February 2024

Position Description:¶

• Coordinate the work on individual A.A. members and groups who are interested in car-rying our message of recovery to alcoholics in treatment centers.

• Set up a means of “Bridging the Gap” from the facility to the larger A.A. community by attending District meetings, Aitkin Area 35 Committee Meetings (ACMs) and working with the Area Treatment Chair, by meeting online, sending emails, or phone calls.

• Provide information to the Area Treatment Chair about the treatment facilities in District 8.

• Work with the treatment centers in District 8 to arrange meetings and Bridging the Gap connections in/with their facilities.

Responsibilities:¶

• Attend all District Meetings, Assemblies, ACMs, and Service Workshops, where fully reimbursed.

• Give reports of all committee activities and of all meetings attended.

• Treatment 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 or-der to minimize expenses to the District.

• Submit for reimbursement of expenses in a timely manner.

• Read the A.A. Service Manual.

• Obtain, read, and use the Treatment Facilities workbook and any GSO related materials.

• Keep a list of current facilities (including long and short-term, outpatient, inpatient, de-tox, and halfway centers).

• Work with groups on how to encourage members to participate in meetings with the facilities.

• Keep records of reports and lists of members in the district willing to work on the Committee.

• Coordinate the work of A.A. members and groups who are interested in carrying the A.A. message into treatment facilities.

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

• Assist the incoming Treatment Chair with experience, records, information, and sugges-tions.

• Don’t be afraid to ask for assistance!