CGAA Service Structure

(Approved by the General Service Conference on July 9, 2017.)

Tradition 9: CGAA, as such, ought never be organized; but we may create service boards or committees directly responsible to those they serve.

We use an upside-down pyramid to show where the power of decision-making lies in the CGAA service structure.  Groups are at the top.  No one compels them to do anything, and they have the power to direct the service structure beneath them.

CGAA International Services (CGAAIS) is at the bottom of the pyramid.  It holds no power over the fellowship of CGAA.   CGAAIS is a non-profit service organization that handles publishing literature, maintaining the CGAA website, answering inquiries, paying the bills, managing volunteer staff, and meeting legal requirements.  Delegates from the groups direct CGAAIS through the General Service Conference.

The General Service Conference is a meeting of group delegates and CGAAIS trustees who together decide on the overall direction of CGAAIS and decide matters such as the content of CGAA literature and the website, how to answer inquiries, the wording of steps, traditions, GSC charter, and CGAAIS bylaws, and public outreach.  (Click here to view the GSC Charter.)