EVI SERVICE COMMITTEES

The EVI Service Committees are composed of a Chair and Co-Chair of elected A.A. members.
The terms of service, sobriety requirements and a brief description of the responsibilities of the positions are described below:

Activities
Chairperson: 1-year term, 1-year sobriety
Co-Chair: 1-year term, 6-months sobriety
The EVI Activities Committee organizes popular events such as dances, picnics, and potlucks for all A.A. members and their families in the Intergroup area.

Archivist
Chairperson: No term, 1-year sobriety
Co-chair: No term, 6-months sobriety
The Archivist collects, catalogues, preserves and displays relevant materials of local A.A. history of the Intergroup area. Materials may be in the form of group histories, member histories, files, artifacts, or data.

Bookkeeper
Bookkeeper: 2-years sobriety, maximum 5-year term with annual review by the FAB
The Bookkeeper is a paid position and not considered a volunteer. The Bookkeeper has a separate job description that is available at the EVI office. The Bookkeeper reports to the Treasurer and is hired by the FAB.

Cooperation with Professional Community/Public Information (CPC/PI)
Chairperson: 2-year term, 1-year sobriety
Co-chair: 2-year term, 6-months sobriety
The CPC/PI engages with the community (Doctors, Lawyers, Counseling Professionals,
Schools etc.) to spread the word of AA – of what A.A. does (and doesn’t) do to help alcoholics.

Diverter
Chairperson: 1-year term, 1-year sobriety
Co-chair: 1-year term, 6-months sobriety
The EVI diverter is the call-forwarding system which diverts the EVI office phone number to a volunteer’s home or cell phone number, allowing calls to be answered when the office is closed.

EVI Speaker Meeting
Chairperson: 2-year term, 1-year sobriety
Co-chair: 2-year term, 6-months sobriety
The EVI Speaker Meeting Committee organizes a monthly joint A.A. and Al-Anon meeting with speakers who share their experience, strength and hope.

Grapevine
Chairperson: 1-year term, 1-year sobriety
Co-chair: 1-year term, 6-months sobriety
The Grapevine Chair promotes readership and subscription to AA Grapevine: The International Journal of Alcoholics Anonymous, as well as related publications.

Hospitals & Institutions (H&I)
Chairperson: 2-year term, 2-years sobriety
Co-chair: 2-year term, 1-year sobriety
The H&I Committee coordinates A.A. visits to hospitals, treatment facilities, and correctional institutions, and provides those entities A.A. literature.

Literature
Chairperson: 1-year term, 1-year sobriety
Co-chair: 1-year term, 6-months sobriety
The Literature Committee orders Big Books, Pamphlets and other conference approved literature for groups, treatment centers and inventory at the EVE Office.

Meeting Directory
Chairperson: 1-year term, 1-year sobriety
Co-chair: 1-year term, 6-months sobriety
The purpose of the Meeting Directory Committee is to maintain the Emerald Valley Intergroup Meeting Directory on-line and for print as booklets or tri-fold fliers.

Newsletter
Chairperson: 1-year term, 1-year sobriety
Co-chair: 1-year term, 6-months sobriety
The EVI Newsletter publishes up-to-date information of interest to A.A. members in the Intergroup. It includes notices of coming events, minutes of the business meeting, changes to group meeting times and locations, a roster of people serving on EVI committees, and original essays and poetry of A.A. members. This position requires familiarity with desktop publishing software and competence in Standard English.

Outreach
Chairperson: 1-year term, 1-year sobriety
Co-chair: 1-year term, 6-months sobriety
Outreach Committee members maintain contact with and visits groups served by EVI – including Districts 6, 19, 20 and 34 primarily to inform the groups of the EVI service
committees, events, and opportunities and to encourage participation in EVI.

Treasurer
Chairperson: 2-year term, 2-years sobriety
Co-chair: 2-year term, 1-year sobriety
The Treasurer is part of the EVI Steering Committee and leads the FAB. The Treasurer
prepares the monthly financial statements and supervises the Bookkeeper.

Web/Tech
Chairperson: 1-year term, 1-year sobriety
Co-chair: 1-year term, 6-months sobriety
The purpose of the Website Committee is to maintain the EVI website, www.eviaa.org, a resource for those looking for information about AA in the Intergroup service area.

EVI Organization and Committees