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Grapevine Duties and qualifications quoted from The AA Service Manual Combined with Twelve Concepts for World Service, 2004-2005 Edition, pg S56. Other Officers An area committee usually has other officers who are responsible to the committee for special activities. Examples are public information and cooperation with the professional community chairs to head up the area P.I. and C.P.C. committees; correctional and treatment facilities chairs to coordinate this vital Twelfth Step work; a literature chairperson to act as a liaison between various service entities; a Grapevine and La Viña chairperson to disseminate information on the magazines and other Grapevine materials; an archives chairperson to gather area history and maintain the area archives; a convention chairperson to facilitate this event; a finance chairperson to encourage self-support for both area needs and those of G.S.O.; a liaison chairperson to foster communication between the area and the central office/intergroup; and other committee assignments and responsibilities as suggested by area needs. GRAPEVINE (meets jointly with members of the Grapevine Corporate Board) Responsible for reviewing the development and circulation of the Grapevine and La Viña for the past year at the group level; its members also seek suggestions and recommendations in any area of the Grapevine and La Viña, including material and format. The Grapevine Committee has been helpful in clarifying matters of policy for A.A.’s international journal, in helping develop material related to the magazine and, most recently,enabling the Grapevine to reach Spanish-speaking alcoholics through La Viña, a bimonthly magazine in Spanish. SWTA The SWTA Area Service Committee Chairperson rotating out shall provide “Guidelines” in writing to the incoming chairperson. |