Groups & GSR Resources

Why Register Your Group With the A.A. General Service Office (GSO)? Is Your Group Linked to A.A. As a Whole?

What the A.A. Service Manual says about registering your group with General Service Office.

In the spirit of our Twelve Concepts of World Service, each group linked to the local general service structure has the opportunity to participate via District meetings and Area Assemblies in the collective conscience of A.A. in the U.S. and Canada. Each GSR communicates their group’s “conscience” on important matters and by attending Area Assemblies and District meetings, they are expressing their group’s thinking on local matters and those of the entire U.S. and Canada General Service Conference structure. This in turn helps the Area delegate at the Annual General Service Conference meeting to represent the Area’s groups and take part in decisions that affect A.A. as a whole. 

The following forms should be used to update your group information or register a new group with Area 28 General Service. Send the forms to our Area 28 Registrar. We will register your group with the General Service Office allowing both records to be updated with one form, saving us both time.   Send the form to Area 28 Registrar, 499 Broadway #225, Bangor, ME 04401.  

Resources for our GSRs

What is a G.S.R.

A General Service Representative (GSR) is the link between an AA group and AA as a whole.

On page S26 of the AA Service Manual, we find: “The GSR represents the voice of the group conscience, reporting the group’s thoughts to the district committee member (DCM) and to the delegate, who passes them on to the Conference.”

Attend the District meeting where your group is located.

Attend various Area events to learn more about what is happening in Area 28!

Click the presentation below to see this information prepared visually and to learn more about being a GSR and DCM!