GNOSB Chair Job Description
Greater New Orleans Service Board
GNOSB Chair Job Description
Document Date: July 1, 2021
GNOSB Chair Job Description
DRAFT
Minimum Qualifications
- Ability to serve for a two year term (July 1, 2021 - June 30, 2023)
- Have at least four years of continuous sobriety
Highly Preferred:
- Be an active member of the AA fellowship
- Have previous leadership experience at any service level (group, committee, district,
area, conference)
- Current participation in a home group
- Have worked the 12 steps
- Be actively sponsored and sponsoring within the fellowship
- Strong leadership, communication, organization, technology, and diplomacy skills
Responsibilities
- Plans and leads monthly service board meetings with agenda/minutes
- Plans and leads monthly Trustee meetings
- Supports and advises all standing committees
- Supervises the operation of Central Office, including the Central Office Manager
- Leads and directs all activities of the Service Board
- Makes routine decisions of scope of with Service Board and Central Office
- Organizes a bi-annual Service Board Inventory and subsequent Ad-Hoc committee
(typically Nov/December in the first year of his/her term) Additional considerations
- Position term alternates with Vice-Chair/Treasurer* elections (elected every two years)
- Trustee meetings are typically virtual and can be attended from anywhere; they take
place the week prior to the SB meeting
- Service Board meetings are always held the last week of the month, on rotating days
M-Th @ 6:30pm (dates listed on website calendar at aaneworleans.org)
- Please reference additional supporting information included in the GNOSB Bylaws
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