Business Info

The GSR Preamble

We are the General Service Representatives. We are the link in the chain of communication for our groups with the General Service Conference and the world of A.A. We realize the ultimate authority is a loving God as he may express Himself in our Group Conscience. As trusted servants, our job is to bring information to our groups in order that they can reach an informed group conscience. In passing along this group conscience, we are helping to maintain the unity and strength so vital to our fellowship. Let us, therefore, have the patience and tolerance to listen while others share, the courage to speak up when we have something to share, and the wisdom to do what is right for our group and A.A. as a whole.

(Anonymous, 2013)

District Resources

  1. District 25 Recommendations — Latest panel recommendations for District 25 operations.
  2. District 25 Guidelines — Describes how the District operates
  3. Standard Agenda

The GSR Role & Duties

G.S.R. (General Service Representative) — An A.A. member elected by their Home Group to represent the group’s opinion at the District and Area levels, and to keep the group fully informed of A.A. activities at all levels.

  • Linking their group with A.A. as a whole.
  • Representing the voice of their Group’s conscience.
  • Reporting group conscience to the DCM and Delegate, who pass it on to the Conference.
  • Bringing Area and District suggestions and Conference actions back to their groups.
  • Becoming educated in the service structure by reading the Service Manual and Area Guidelines.

See the pamphlet “G.S.R. General Service Representative — Your Group’s Link To AA As A Whole” for more information.

About Districts & Areas

District — A geographic sub-division within a General Service Area created to come closer to the individual A.A. Group. Each group in the District sends elected GSRs to carry its group conscience forward on the chain to the Conference and to receive back important information from A.A. as a whole. Area 59 has forty-seven (47) districts.

Area — A geographical division within a State or Province. Normally there is one Area per State. Western PA is Area 60; we are in Area 59, Eastern PA.

It is customary at the start of each new Panel (every 2 years)to review past practices and to vote on those that we wish to continue. Here are the latest recommendations for District 25 operations. District-25-Recommendations