APPLICATION FOR MEMBERSHIP



To join and/or retain your membership of the Illawarra & South Coast Central Service Office Inc.

Please complete this Membership Form each and every year. The Membership Year commences the 1st July each year.

Note:

  • To vote and/or participate at General Meetings, the group's Service Representatives will need to be registered at least a week before the meeting.
  • As AA membership is free, there are no fees for membership of the Illawarra & South Coast CSO Inc.
  • Individual members and group service representatives need one year of sobriety and 6 months clean from non-prescribed substances.
  • Illawarra and South Coast Central Service Office Inc Constitution -  Relevant Extracts below.
  • SR = Service Representative (previously called Delegate); Affiliate M = Individual Affiliate Member; ASR = Alternate Service Representative


Membership Applicatiion

Illawarra and South Coast Central Service Office Inc Constitution - Relevant Extracts

Section 4: Membership

4 The association is made up of 
 
4.1 AA Groups as voting members that 

a) have been active participants for 3 months in the Illawarra and South Coast by being listed in the association’s groups’ meeting list,
b) annually register their service representative (SR) and alternate service representative (ASR) with the association, and 

c) both may attend and speak at the general meetings, but each group has only one vote.


4.11 Criteria for service representatives and alternate  service representatives

a)    twelve (12) months physical abstinence from alcohol

b)    six (6) months physical abstinence from other drugs (other than during medical treatment) prior to appointment,

c)    bone fide home group member of the group for at least one month, and

d)    not a representative of any other eligible group in the association.


4.12 The appointing group  shall have an absolute right of withdrawal and recall of any of its service representatives.
 
4.13 A service representative and alternate service representative once appointed shall be deemed to continue to represent the appointing group until the name of another service representative is registered in their stead.
 
4.14 It is considered most desirable, that where practicable, each service representative shall only serve a term of three (3) years, without a break of at least twelve (12) months, or as determined by their group conscience.


4.2 Individual affiliate AA members

a) whose home groups are in the Illawarra and South Coast 
i. twelve (12) months physical abstinence from alcohol,
ii. six (6) months physical abstinence from other drugs (other than during medical treatment) prior to joining the association, and
iii. annually register as an affiliate AA member. 

b) Affiliate AA members may participate, speak at general meetings and the AGM, but do not have the right to vote, unless elected to the committee, where they will also be voting members .