{"id":8428,"date":"2009-03-24T04:17:05","date_gmt":"2009-03-24T04:17:05","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.aaservice.org.au\/membersonly\/servicemanual\/"},"modified":"2021-11-03T12:21:34","modified_gmt":"2021-11-03T01:21:34","slug":"servicemanual","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.aaservice.org.au\/membersonly\/service\/servicemanual\/","title":{"rendered":"Australian AA Service Manual, Ninth Version \u2013 Revised 2021"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>You can sign up to be notified when there are updates available to this manual! You\u2019ll find the signup form at the bottom of the sidebar on the right.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.aaservice.org.au\/membersonly\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/Service-Manual-Complete-for-printing.pdf\">Service Manual Complete for printing<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h2>Individual Sections<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.aaservice.org.au\/membersonly\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/Cover-Page-Foreword-Contents-Figures.pdf\">Cover Page, Foreword, Contents, Figures<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.aaservice.org.au\/membersonly\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/Section-1-The-Conference-Plan.pdf\">Section 1: The Conference Plan<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.aaservice.org.au\/membersonly\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/Section-2-The-AA-Group.pdf\">Section 2: The AA Group<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.aaservice.org.au\/membersonly\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/Section-3-The-GSR.pdf\">Section 3: The GSR<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.aaservice.org.au\/membersonly\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/Section-4-The-District.pdf\">Section 4: The District<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.aaservice.org.au\/membersonly\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/Section-5-The-Area.pdf\">Section 5: The Area<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.aaservice.org.au\/membersonly\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/Section-6-The-Area-Delegate.pdf\">Section 6 The Area Delegate<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.aaservice.org.au\/membersonly\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/Section-7-The-Conference.pdf\">Section 7: The Conference<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.aaservice.org.au\/membersonly\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/Section-8-AAs-Internationl-Activities.pdf\">Section 8: AA&#8217;s International Activities<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.aaservice.org.au\/membersonly\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/Section-9-The-Board.pdf\">Section 9: The Board<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.aaservice.org.au\/membersonly\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/Section-10-The-General-Service-Office.pdf\">Section 10: The General Service Office<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.aaservice.org.au\/membersonly\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/Section-11-AA-Literature.pdf\">Section 11: AA Literature<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.aaservice.org.au\/membersonly\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/Section-12-AAs-Traditional-\u2018Legacy-Documents-the-12-Steps-12-Traditions-12-Concepts-Conference-Charter-3rd-Legacy-Proced.pdf\">Section 12 AA\u2019s Traditional \u2018Legacy\u2019 Documents (the 12 Steps, 12 Traditions &amp; 12 Concepts, Conference Charter &amp; 3rd Legacy Proced<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.aaservice.org.au\/membersonly\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/Section-13-Service-Documents-\u2013-General-Service-Board-Memorandum-of-Association-Articles-of-Association.pdf\">Section 13: Service Documents \u2013 General Service Board (Memorandum of Association, Articles of Association)<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.aaservice.org.au\/membersonly\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/Section-Appendix.pdf\">Section Appendix<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<hr size=\"2\" width=\"100%\" \/>\n<h3><a href=\"https:\/\/www.aaservice.org.au\/membersonly\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/Section-1-The-Conference-Plan.pdf\">Section 1: The Conference Plan<\/a><\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li>AA\u2019s Legacy of Service \u2013 Bill W<\/li>\n<li>Highlights of AA Service History<\/li>\n<li>Jack Alexander Looks at AA<\/li>\n<li>Service to the Whole of AA<\/li>\n<li>Birth of the Conference<\/li>\n<li>The Conference Plan<\/li>\n<li>A Resolution (North America)<\/li>\n<li>Historical Background of AA in Australia<\/li>\n<li>A Resolution (Australia)<\/li>\n<li>The General Service Conference Structure<\/li>\n<li>The Conference Charter<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<hr size=\"2\" width=\"100%\" \/>\n<h3><a href=\"https:\/\/www.aaservice.org.au\/membersonly\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/Section-2-The-AA-Group.pdf\">Section 2: The AA Group<\/a><\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li>What is an AA Group?<\/li>\n<li>Responsibility for All Our Services<\/li>\n<li>The Final Voice<\/li>\n<li>How Much Organisation?<\/li>\n<li>Group Conscience Meetings<\/li>\n<li>The Home Group<\/li>\n<li>Group Information Sheets<\/li>\n<li>Registration for Public Liability Insurance<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<hr size=\"2\" width=\"100%\" \/>\n<h3><a href=\"https:\/\/www.aaservice.org.au\/membersonly\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/Section-3-The-GSR.pdf\">Section 3: The GSR<\/a><\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li>Qualifications &amp; Duties<\/li>\n<li>How Elected?<\/li>\n<li>The Alternate GSR<\/li>\n<li>Election Procedure<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<hr size=\"2\" width=\"100%\" \/>\n<h3><a href=\"https:\/\/www.aaservice.org.au\/membersonly\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/Section-4-The-District.pdf\">Section 4: The District<\/a><\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li>What is a District?<\/li>\n<li>The DCM<\/li>\n<li>How elected<\/li>\n<li>What the DCM does<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<hr size=\"2\" width=\"100%\" \/>\n<h3><a href=\"https:\/\/www.aaservice.org.au\/membersonly\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/Section-5-The-Area.pdf\">Section 5: The Area<\/a><\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li>\n<h4>Part 1 The Area Committee<\/h4>\n<ul>\n<li>Area Officers, Qualifications<\/li>\n<li>The Area Assembly<\/li>\n<li>Third Legacy Elections<\/li>\n<li>Area Support<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<h4>Part 2 Area Activities \u2013 Local<\/h4>\n<ul>\n<li>Non-election Assemblies<\/li>\n<li>Sharing Sessions<\/li>\n<li>Working with Central Offices<\/li>\n<li>How do we form a new Area?<\/li>\n<li>The Role of the Area Registrar<\/li>\n<li>Part 3 Areas Looking Outward<\/li>\n<li>The Area &amp; the Region<\/li>\n<li>Area, Regional &amp; National Conventions<\/li>\n<li>Regional Forums<\/li>\n<li>Regional Trustee Nominations<\/li>\n<li>The Area &amp; Conference<\/li>\n<li>Help on the Annual Conference Program<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<hr size=\"2\" width=\"100%\" \/>\n<h3><a href=\"https:\/\/www.aaservice.org.au\/membersonly\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/Section-6-The-Area-Delegate.pdf\">Section 6: The Area Delegate<\/a><\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li>The Duties &amp; Role of the Area Delegate<\/li>\n<li>Primary Duties<\/li>\n<li>Servants, not Senators<\/li>\n<li>Term, Origin, Expenses<\/li>\n<li>The Alternate Delegate<\/li>\n<li>What makes a good Area Delegate?<\/li>\n<li>The Area Delegate Goes to Conference<\/li>\n<li>Preparing for Conference (Suggestions)<\/li>\n<li>Delegate as Communicator<\/li>\n<li>Reporting Back Home on Conference<\/li>\n<li>Personal Views on General Service<\/li>\n<li>What Makes an AA \u2018Leader\u2019?<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<hr size=\"2\" width=\"100%\" \/>\n<h3><a href=\"https:\/\/www.aaservice.org.au\/membersonly\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/Section-7-The-Conference.pdf\">Section 7: The Conference<\/a><\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li>Why Do We Need a Conference?<\/li>\n<li>The Annual General Service Conference Meeting<\/li>\n<li>How Does it Work?<\/li>\n<li>Who Conference Members Are<\/li>\n<li>What They Do<\/li>\n<li>The Conference Acts for AA as a Whole<\/li>\n<li>A Reminder about \u2018Chiefs\u2019 in AA<\/li>\n<li>How to get Something Discussed at the Conference<\/li>\n<li>Advisory Actions<\/li>\n<li>Historical North American Conference Advisory Actions<\/li>\n<li>Sample of Actions of the Australian General Service Conference from 1967<\/li>\n<li>A Note About Changing the AA \u2018Service Documents\u2019<\/li>\n<li>Advisory Action Flow Chart<\/li>\n<li>Reporting to the Fellowship<\/li>\n<li>Conference Committees and how they Serve AA<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<hr size=\"2\" width=\"100%\" \/>\n<h3><a href=\"https:\/\/www.aaservice.org.au\/membersonly\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/Section-8-AAs-Internationl-Activities.pdf\">Section 8: AA&#8217;s International Activities<\/a><\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li>Overview of the International Service Structure<\/li>\n<li>Election<\/li>\n<li>Relationship to the General Service Structure<\/li>\n<li>Activities \u2013 WSM, AOSM and AOSM Zone<\/li>\n<li>Roles &amp; Responsibilities<\/li>\n<li>The International Sponsorship Fund<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<hr size=\"2\" width=\"100%\" \/>\n<h3><a href=\"https:\/\/www.aaservice.org.au\/membersonly\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/Section-9-The-Board.pdf\">Section 9: The Board<\/a><\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li>The Board<\/li>\n<li>The Trustees<\/li>\n<li>How AA Chooses its Trustees<\/li>\n<li>Why the Board Chooses its Members<\/li>\n<li>Disapproval Votes at Conference<\/li>\n<li>Trustees\u2019 Committees<\/li>\n<li>Legal Structure of the Board<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<hr size=\"2\" width=\"100%\" \/>\n<h3><a href=\"https:\/\/www.aaservice.org.au\/membersonly\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/Section-10-The-General-Service-Office.pdf\">Section 10: The General Service Office<\/a><\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li>What goes on at GSO?<\/li>\n<li>What gets done at GSO?<\/li>\n<li>How GSO is structured<\/li>\n<li>AA as a Publisher<\/li>\n<li>How GSO is supported<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<hr size=\"2\" width=\"100%\" \/>\n<h3>Section 11: AA Literature<\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li>Categories of AA Literature<\/li>\n<li>How Literature is Produced<\/li>\n<li>AA\u2019s \u2018Intellectual Property\u2019<\/li>\n<li>Copyright on AA Literature<\/li>\n<li>Acknowledging Copyright<\/li>\n<li>Licence to Print<\/li>\n<li>International Obligations<\/li>\n<li>Registered Trademarks<\/li>\n<li>Flow Chart for AA Pamphlet Development<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<hr size=\"2\" width=\"100%\" \/>\n<h3><a href=\"https:\/\/www.aaservice.org.au\/membersonly\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/Section-12-AAs-Traditional-\u2018Legacy-Documents-the-12-Steps-12-Traditions-12-Concepts-Conference-Charter-3rd-Legacy-Proced.pdf\">Section 12: AA\u2019s Traditional \u2018Legacy\u2019 Documents<\/a><\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li>The Twelve Steps<\/li>\n<li>The Twelve Traditions<\/li>\n<li>The Twelve Concepts for World Service<\/li>\n<li>The Charter of the Australian General Service Conference<\/li>\n<li>The Third Legacy Procedure<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<hr size=\"2\" width=\"100%\" \/>\n<h3><a href=\"https:\/\/www.aaservice.org.au\/membersonly\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/Section-13-Service-Documents-\u2013-General-Service-Board-Memorandum-of-Association-Articles-of-Association.pdf\">Section 13: Service Documents \u2013 General Service Board<\/a><\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li>Memorandum of Association<\/li>\n<li>Articles of Association<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<hr size=\"2\" width=\"100%\" \/>\n<h3>Group Registration Form<\/h3>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.aaservice.org.au\/membersonly\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/Group-Registration-Form-2021.pdf\">Registration Form<\/a> &#8211;\u00a0Complete and send in this form to register a group.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>You can sign up to be notified when there are updates available to this manual! 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