Greater Pittsburgh Intergroup (GPI)

GPI Service

GPI Member Survey

OA suggests that every intergroup and group periodically take an inventory of itself. GPI recently completed this self-assessment. One of the strong conclusions was that GPI would like to increase its level of service to member groups, if possible. As a first step in doing this, GPI needed to know what each of *you* think, so we undertook a member survey.

Final results are in, and a summary can be found in the GPI Member Survey Results Summary document. Anyone interested in the raw data can see it in the GPI Member Survey Data document. These are the final results, and include both the online and paper survey responses. Thanks to everyone who participated!

The results of this survey will be used to help GPI set priorities in the coming years. If you want to be involved in that process, please join us at an intergroup meeting! The dates and locations of GPI meetings can be found at http://www.gpioa.org/GPIservice.htm#schedule.

30-60-10 Donation Information

Starting January 1, 2010, GPI no longer sends out individual confirmations when groups send in donations. The following document (PDF file)* shows details on what each group within GPI has donated to GPI within the current year (broken down by quarter). It will be updated and posted here quarterly. If you don't see a donation made by your group, please contact the GPI Treasurer.
2011 GPI Donations

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)*.

* PDF files are viewed with the Adobe Reader. If you need the Adobe Reader, click here to download.

GPI Meeting Schedule

If you're new to GPI, we've put together a GPI Orientation Letter for you. You'll receive a copy of this letter and the pamphlets it references at your first GPI meeting in your GPI Newcomer's Packet.

GPI Roster

For GPI chairs and committee members, here are the various expense report forms, advance forms, and GPI Travel Policy (Bylaws Appendix C).
GPI Expense Report      GPI Advance Form      GPI Travel Expense Form      GPI Travel Policy (GPI Bylaws Appendix C)

GPI Openings

There is currently one GPI Executive Board position vacant (Vice-Chair), six Standing Committee Chairs are vacant (12th Step Within, Public Information, Speakers Bureau, VOR Editor, Marathon, and Archives), as well as openings for three Region 7 Representatives, one alternate Region 7 Representative, four World Service Business Conference (WSBC) Delegates, and two Alternate WSBC Delegates. For more information on the requirements and duties of any of these positions, please see the current GPI Bylaws. 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.

GPI Committees

The following GPI committees are currently looking for members willing to give service:
Finance Committee
Answering Service
12th Step Within Committee
Professional Outreach Committee
Professional Outreach Speakers Committee
Voice of Recovery (VOR) Committee
Technical Committee

Other Service Suggestions and Opportunities

If you would like to add to this list, please contact the webmaster. Thanks!

• First, here's information on the tool of service from the OA WSO Website:
• http://www.oa.org/new-to-oa/tools-of-recovery.php#service
• Below are some suggestions to help carry the OA message of recovery to someone still suffering from an eating disorder:
• Call a newcomer or someone else from OA and see how they're doing
• Call someone you haven't seen at meetings in awhile, ask how they're doing, and let them know that you miss seeing them
• If someone you know has trouble getting to meetings, offer to drive them
• If there are no meetings in your area, start one. See http://www.oa.org/services-for-members/group-support.php#NewGroup for information and suggestions on starting a meeting.
• Be a sponsor
• Contact your intergroup or regional 12th Step Within committee to see what you can do to reach those still suffering within OA, or see http://www.oa.org/services-for-members/twelfth-step-within.php
• 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.
• Work with your local or regional Professional Outreach committee to sponsor meetings on eating disorder units
• Below are some suggestions for giving service at the group level:
• Sign up to chair your home group or another meeting
• 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.
• See if your meeting would be able to sponsor a workshop on relapse and recovery
• See if your meeting would be able to sponsor an OA event such as the OA birthday, Unity Day, IDEA Day, or 12th Step Within Day, or find our when your group was founded and help plan a special celebration for your group's anniversary.
• Are there no meetings in your area? Start one. See http://www.oa.org/services-for-members/group-support.php#NewGroup for information and suggestions on starting a meeting.
• Below are some suggestions on giving service to help spread the OA message to the general public and professionals who are likely to refer people to OA:
• 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
• 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 PO (Professional Outreach) chairperson to see if there is any specific help they need on the committee
• For more information, check out the Public Information Suggestions Page from the OA WSO website at www.oa.org/services-for-members/public-information-suggestions.php or the Public Information Manual, which can be purchased from OA WSO
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