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What is an ISR?
(Information Service Representative) or (Intergroup Representative)
For Houston and Surrounding Areas
To help you understand the ISR position, one must first answer the question,
"What is Intergroup?" See - Houston we have a solution page.
Now that you understand how the Al-Anon Houston-Intergroup functions, you may appreciate that it is by members and for members! Since Houston-Intergroup is yours, go ahead and take ownership, and facilitate the Houston-Intergroup and your groups to be healthier and more productive! Below are some items listed to help you understand better the ISR’s role:
- Regularly attend the quarterly ISR meetings
- Gather information about the Intergroup, District, East Assembly and WSO, and share with your group
- Oversight and feedback of operations
- Serve on committees, such as the biannual Face2Face, workshops and the Al-Anews newsletter
- Recruitment of the Board of Directors and office staff
- Bring needs of your group with solutions
- Serve on outreach programs
- Host speaker meetings for all other Al-Anon Houston groups
- Organize from your group an on-site or off-site service day for Houston-Intergroup
- Organize a social day or evening fundraiser for Intergroup
- Explore other groups
- Communicate ideas and suggestions with your group and Houston-Intergroup
- Cannot represent more than one group
- Must be an Al-Anon member from an Al-Anon group
- "Al-Anon/Alateen members who are also A.A. members do not hold office beyond the group level," so A.A. members cannot be ISRs (see G-3 and "Digest of Al-Anon and Alateen Policies," Dual Membership in Al-Anon/Alateen and A.A.).
- Suggestion only: It is suggested in the Service Manual, that Alternate GR's serve as the IR, and the GR (Group Representative) serve as the Alternate IR (See "Al-Anon Information Service Representation" in the Service Manual