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Marin County Fellowship Area Service Committee
WHEN 4th Friday of every month 7:30PM
(3rd Friday in November & December)

NEW GSR ORIENTATION 7:00 PM
WHERE Click For Map First Presbyterian Church
Mission Ave. and E St. San Rafael
LOCATION CHANGE
EFFECTIVE MARCH 2008
Beginning with the March 2008 meeting, the Area Service Committee will now meet at 555 Northgate Dr, San Rafael (across from Sears) Click For Map
PURPOSE

The purpose of the Area Service Committee (A.S.C.) is to respond to the needs of the fellowship as they arise, as well as administer and coordinate Narcotics Anonymous (N.A.) business and activities common to the various groups comprising its' membership. It does so in accordance with the Twelve Traditions of N.A. and the Twelve Concepts for N.A. Service, so that "no addict seeking recovery need ever die."

The Twelve Traditions of N.A. are the ties that bind the groups together. The Twelve Concepts for N.A. Service are our guiding principles for our service structure. It is the responsibility of the A.S.C. members to consider whether our actions are consistent with our Traditions and Concepts. When we conduct business, we ought to focus on the spiritual principles embodied in the Traditions (unity, service, and carrying the message to the addict who still suffers), and embodied in the Concepts (ensuring that we remain devoted to service, not government).

(Section II MCFNA Area Guidelines revised 02/22/06)

MAKE-UP OF THE ASC
The Area Service Committee consists of several administrative members, known as the Joint Administrative Committee, or JAC, as well as representatives from each of our Area Subcommittees, along with representatives from each of the individual groups within the Area (GSRs), and where a group has designated such, Alternate GSRs.

JOINT ADMINISTRATIVE COMMITTEE

  • Chair
  • Vice Chair
  • Secretary
  • Assistant Secretary
  • Treasurer
  • Assistant Treasurer
  • Literature Rep
  • Assistant Literature Rep
  • Regional Committee Member (RCM)
  • RCM Alternate


CONDUCTING THE BUSINESS OF THE ASC
While NA as such, aught never be organized, we do need to conduct our ASC meetings in as organized a manner as possible without going overboard, lest we never get business done! Because of this, our Guidelines allow us to conduct our business meetings based on certain principles in order of importance:
  • Compliance with the 12 Traditions and 12 Concepts of NA Service
  • Compliance with our established ASC Guidelines
  • When an issue is not clearly defined in the 12 Traditions, the 12 Concepts or our ASC guidelines, we defer in all matters to Roberts Rules of Order (revised).
    • (NOTE: Roberts Rules of Order is a set of rules detailing quite extensively how to best conduct business within a professional or service organization. We are not affiliated with, nor do we endorse this publication, it's author or publisher. We do choose, however, to rely on this method for resolving conflicts should the need arise, simply as a matter of helping to better ensure that we get done the work of our committee.)
JAC ELECTIONS
Elections are held each September where our members have the opportunity to select new people to take on each of the JAC positions with the following exceptions:

- Our guidelines allow that the person currently in the Assistant or Alternate positions have the opportunity to step up to the plate the following September and become the next Chair or lead of a given position type, if the ASC's members approve. The idea here is that the Assistant or Alternate can train "in-place", and be better able to serve the needs of the ASC and our fellowship that following year.

- The position of Assistant Literature Rep is actually up for election in January rather than September of each year.

VOTING
During the regular course of business at our ASC meetings, motions can be made by any of our members if that member feels that the fellowship can benefit from a change to how we conduct the business of our Area. When a motion is made, and if that motion is not deemed frivolous or out of order, and so long as at least one other member feels that the motion is a good idea (by stating that they "second" the motion), then it comes up for discussion, if any, and at some point the motion is then voted on by the Committee. Each member of the committee has one vote, with the following exceptions:

Under normal circumstances, the Chair does not have a vote. The exception to this guideline rule is if their vote is needed to break a tie, or, if a vote requires a simple majority, they can vote if the vote differs by just one either For or Against a motion (with the result in this situation being that the Chair's vote actually causes a tie, and thus the motion would fail.

Assistant or Alternate members of ASC do not have a vote if the person they are an Assistant or Alternate to is present. In that persons absence, their respective Assistant or Alternate then does have a vote.




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