Governing Body of the Intergroup and Membership (2000’s)

—- Written in the early 2000s —-

The governing body of OIAA is the Intergroup Committee. The Intergroup Committee consists of one Intergroup Representative or Alternate Representative from each member group; the officers of OIAA; and the past officers of OIAA (for one year after their term of office). A group is a member group of OIAA by having a representative or alternate in the Intergroup who participates in the bi-annual elections and the business of the Intergroup. However, any online A.A. group which chooses not to participate as a member group cannot be denied the services of the Intergroup (such as listing in the Meeting Directories), so long as they qualify as an A.A. group under the traditions of A.A. and the guidelines of the Intergroup. The primary qualification for an A.A. group is that, as a group, they have no other affiliation (Traditions 5, 6, & 10).

Each group has one vote (through their representative or their alternate) and no individual can have more than one vote ― so it is recommended that each representative only serve one member group. Upon election to an OIAA office, the officer-elect steps down from representing the member group which formerly elected them. In this way, each group is assured of representation specific to it’s concerns and each officer can then address the concerns of OIAA as a whole.