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GPI Service
Please click here for
general information on using the tool of service, and why it's an important part of our recovery.
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Please check here for information on sending donations to the various
service bodies of OA. |
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Please check here for information on upcoming meetings of GPI. |
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Please check here for a listing of GPI chairpeople and other trusted servants. |
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Please check here for information on current GPI chair openings, Regional Representatives/Alternates and
World Service Delegates/Alternates. In order to be a GPI chair, Regional Representative/Alternate, or
WSO Delegate/Alternate, you will need to attend the monthly GPI meeting. |
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Please check here for information on current GPI Committee needs. You can give service as a committee
member even if you can't attend the monthly GPI meeting. |
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Please check here for information and suggestions on the many ways you can give back to OA. |
30-60-10 Donation Information
OA is self-supporting, declining outside contributions. OA suggests that each group donate its excess funds to
OA's service bodies in the amounts below.
If you'd like to find out about just why your donations are needed and what they pay for, please click
here (PDF file)*.
| Amount |
Service Body |
Address |
Donation Form |
| 60% |
Intergroup |
Greater Pittsburgh Intergroup of OA
P.O. Box 5459
Pittsburgh, PA 15206
Attn: Treasurer
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Click here for the GPI Donation Form (PDF File)*. |
| 30% |
World Service |
World Service Office
PO Box 44020
Rio Rancho, NM 87174-4020
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Click here for the WSO Donation Form (PDF File)*. |
| 10% |
Region 7 |
Region 7, Inc.
3500 South DuPont Highway
Dover, DE 19901-6011
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Click here for the Region 7 Donation Form (PDF File)*. |
* PDF files are viewed with the Adobe Reader. If you need the Adobe Reader, click here to download.
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GPI Meeting Schedule
If you're new to GPI, click here for a copy of a GPI orientation
letter. You'll receive a copy of this letter and the pamphlets it references at your first GPI meeting.
| Day |
Date |
Time |
Location |
| Sunday |
July 13, 2008 |
2p-4p |
East Liberty Pres Ch, room 224
Penn & Highland Aves (Highland entrance)
Pittsburgh, PA 15206 |
| Sunday |
August 3, 2008 |
2p-4p |
East Liberty Pres Ch, room 224
Penn & Highland Aves (Highland entrance)
Pittsburgh, PA 15206 |
| Sunday |
September 7, 2008 |
2p-4p |
East Liberty Pres Ch, room 224
Penn & Highland Aves (Highland entrance)
Pittsburgh, PA 15206 |
| Sunday |
October 5, 2008 |
2p-4p |
East Liberty Pres Ch, room 224
Penn & Highland Aves (Highland entrance)
Pittsburgh, PA 15206 |
| Sunday |
November 2, 2008 |
2p-4p |
East Liberty Pres Ch, room 224
Penn & Highland Aves (Highland entrance)
Pittsburgh, PA 15206 |
| Sunday |
December 7, 2008 |
2p-4p |
East Liberty Pres Ch, room 224
Penn & Highland Aves (Highland entrance)
Pittsburgh, PA 15206 |
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GPI Roster
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GPI Openings
There are currently three GPI Executive Board positions vacant (Chair, Recording Secretary, and Bylaws), six standing committee chairs vacant (Archives, Speakers Bureau, Public Information-Professional Outreach, VOR Editor, Corresponding Secretary, Website),
as well as openings for two Region 7 Representatives, three WSO Delegates and two Alternate WSO
Delegates. For more information on the requirements and duties of any of these positions, please see the GPI
Bylaws (click here). If you're
interested in filling one of these positions, please contact your intergroup representative or any intergroup
member. Remember, service helps us to keep what we have so generously been given.
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GPI Committees
The following GPI committees are currently looking for members willing to give service. For more information, please contact the committee chairperson.
| Committee |
Position |
Requirements |
Duties |
| Voice of Recovery |
Submissions Needed |
ability to write about your OA experience, strength, and hope for printing in our local recovery newsletter, the Voice of Recovery
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submit your writing via email to voreditor@gpioa.org (please mention VOR article in the subject line), or by snail mail to the GPI mailing address at:
Greater Pittsburgh Intergroup
PO Box 5459
Pgh, PA 15206
Attn: VOR Editor |
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Position |
Requirements |
Duties |
| Speakers Bureau |
Speakers |
- 21 days of abstinence
- Willingness to carry the message of recovery to a meeting or special recovery event in the GPI area
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Speakers are needed for any or all of the following:
- Share your story at an OA meeting or special recovery event in the GPI area
- Chair a meeting/workshop at a special recovery event in the GPI area
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| Committee |
Position |
Requirements |
Duties |
| Professional Outreach |
Community Speakers |
- 21 days of abstinence
- One hour and a willingness to carry the message of recovery in the community
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Community Speakers are needed for any or all of the following:
- Speak about OA and your recovery at local high schools, middle schools, and colleges
- Visit patients in nursing homes, hospitals, and eating disorders units
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| Committee |
Position |
Requirements |
Duties |
| Professional Outreach |
Insitutional Meeting Chairpeople |
- Three (3) months current abstinence
- Be actively working the Twelve Step program of recovery for at least three (3) months
- Have a working knowledge of the Twelve Traditions of Overeaters Anonymous
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- Commit to chair an institutional OA meeting at a Pittsburgh psychiatric facility
- This meeting occurs on the 1st Thursday of the month
- You will only commit to chair for one meeting, but you can commit to as many dates as you'd like
- You are responsible for finding a speaker for each meeting you chair.
- The meeting runs from 7p to 8p, you will need to arrive at 6:50p
- For more information, click here.
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| Committee |
Position |
Requirements |
Duties |
| Professional Outreach |
Insitutional Meeting Speakers |
- One (1) month current abstinence
- Be actively working the Twelve Step program of recovery for at least three (3) months
- Have a working knowledge of the Twelve Traditions of Overeaters Anonymous
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- Be available to speak for 10-15 minutes at an institutional OA meeting at a Pittsburgh psychiatric facility
- This meeting takes place on the 1st Thursday of the month
- The meeting runs from 7p to 8p, you will need to arrive at 6:50p
- You will only commit to speak for one meeting, but you can commit to as many dates as you'd like
- For more information, click here.
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Other Service Suggestions and Opportunities
If you would like to add to this list, please contact the webmaster. Thanks!
- Below are some suggestions for giving service at the group level:
- Call a newcomer or someone else from OA and see how they're doing
- Sign up to chair your home group or another meeting
- Be a sponsor
- Does your home group have a secretary, treasurer, literature person, Lifeline representative,
Intergroup representative, and newcomer greeter? If not, are you able to take on one of these
positions?
- Sign up for the speakers list. People on the speakers list may be contacted to give their story
at an OA meeting or marathon.
- Below are some suggestions on giving service to help spread the OA message to the public:
- Contact your intergroup or regional PI (Public Information) chairperson to see if there is any specific help they need on the committee
- Contact your intergroup or regional Professional Outreach or HIPM (Hospitals, Institutions, Professionals, and Military) chairperson to see if there is any specific help they need on the committee
- Talk to your healthcare providers (doctor, dentist, nutritionist, etc.) about OA
- Talk to you clergy about OA
- Donate old copies of Lifeline to your healthcare provider for their waiting room
- Donate a subscription to Lifeline to your local library or school
- Donate OA literature to your local library or school
- Contact the church/synagogue/community center/etc. where you meeting is held to have your meeting time
and location listed in their bulletins
- Print copies of the following Public Information Cards, and post them on local community bulletin boards (for example, at the grocery store, church/synagogue/temple/mosque, coffee shop, community center)
Local GPI Public Information Cards
- For more information, check out the PI website from the OA WSO website at www.oa.org/pi_suggestions.html or the HIPM manual, which can be purchased from OA WSO
- Below are some suggestions on carrying the OA message to the still suffering compulsive overeater, food addict, bulimic, anorexic, or any other person suffering from an eating disorder:
- Be a sponsor
- Call someone you haven't seen at meetings in awhile, ask how they're doing, and let them know that you miss seeing them
- Work with your local or regional HIPM committee to sponsor meetings on eating disorder units
- If someone you know has trouble getting to meetings, offer to drive them
- If there are no meetings in your area, start one. See www.oa.org/group_support.html#start for information and suggestions on starting a meeting.
- Contact your intergroup or regional 12th Step Within committee to see what you can do to reach those still suffering within OA, or see www.oa.org/twelfth_step_within.html
- See if your meeting would be able to sponsor a workshop on relapse and recovery
- Participate in the Service by Mail/Email program. This program, sponsored by OA WSO, helps OA members reach out to one another. Participating members correspond by mail or e-mail to share recovery and to discuss working OA's Twelve-Step program of recovery with other OA members around the world. You can find an OA pen pal or a sponsor by mail, or you can sponsor another member by mail.
- Here are some additional links on OA service:
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