TRUSTED SERVANTS

ROLE CONTACT DUTIES
Meeting Coordinator Variable (Monthly) Reminding upcoming Hosts and Co-Hosts of their commitment and finding last minute replacements
Attendance Verification Coordinators Joseph P
Logan V
Isaac E 		Validate attendance and send out attendance verification letters to members that submit requests
Step 1 Meeting Coordinators Ben B
Jace
Roelof 		Finding and assisting members willing to share their first steps or similar presentations at dedicated Step 1 Meetings
Content Coordinators (Slide Masters) Logan V
Chandler 		Reviews changes to content of slides and content of themed meeting slides
Rapid Response Coordinator Logan V Facilitates communication and coordination of the group when there are events requiring a quick response
Business Meeting Coordinator Logan V Draft Business Meeting agendas, aggregate discussion topics, draft resolutions
General Service Representative Isaac E Represents the Mindful Mornings home group at assembly meetings with other GSR delegates

Trusted Servant Role Definitions

  • 12 Step programs operate through the 12 Traditions.
  • Tradition 2: “Our leaders are but trusted servants; they do not govern”. 
  • Servants typically take direction, they do not make directions.
  • Our group conscience–representing the group members–defines the directions, and the trusted servants turn directions into actions and results.
  • For this 12 Step group, we have identified Trusted Servant roles that need to exist, for the number of types of meetings we hold
  • Definitions of these roles can be changed via group conscience
  • In this group, one member could serve in multiple trusted servant roles at one time
  • Requirements to serve include:
    • Currently, a huge amount of vital communication amongst trusted servants happens on a technology software platform called WhatsApp. If you do not use WhatsApp for a particular reason, you cannot be a Trusted Servant. If you are not in a position to put time in to learn, and use hourly or daily, the WhatsApp platform, you cannot be a Trusted Servant.
    • You need to have a cell phone with a cell number that is yours and only yours, that uses a typical operating system such as Android or Apple, so that you can reliably use or update WhatsApp.
    • You need to be using WhatsApp routinely–for example if you decide for your program to not use your smartphone for days for other reasons, it means you won’t be using WhatsApp, so thus you cannot be in a Trusted Servant role.
    • If due to your age or other historical characteristics or other characteristics, you do not understand technology, or have relied on the assistance of another, perhaps younger, person to aid your struggles or to teach you technology, you are not eligible to be in a Trusted Servant role. While willingness and desire to serve are noble, the delay in turnaround time of necessary service and the burden on those teaching are too difficult to bear in a group with 7 or more meetings.
    • Some roles require particular background or skill, and are not open to general volunteering. For example, the Attendance Verification space at times has to touch areas like legal, deep confidentiality, government or state software systems, and require a deeper level of consistent service than other types of service.
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