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.)
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Group Conscience / Business Meeting |
General Service Conference |
Trustees Meeting |
Literature Committee |
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Who can attend? |
Anyone with the desire to stop gaming |
Anyone with the desire to stop gaming |
Anyone with the desire to stop gaming |
Anyone with the desire to stop gaming |
Who has a vote? |
Any attendee who has decided to join the group |
Trustees and Delegates from groups |
Those elected as trustees to the board of CGAAIS |
Members with six months off games and attendance at three committee meetings |
What do they do? |
Decide how to run the meetings they have organized |
Make decisions on literature, website, legal matters, nonprofit finances |
Carry out GSC decisions and manage CGAAIS |
Gather, organize, write, and edit material for CGAA literature |
Takes direction from |
No one but their own group conscience |
The groups (as communicated by group Delegates) |
The General Service Conference |
The General Service Conference |
Gives direction to |
The General Service Conference |
Trustees of CGAA International Services |
CGAA International Services |
No one |