Regular Meetings:
Second Sunday of the month at 11:00am - Noon ET via Zoom 771 951 362 GSA Universal Passcode
Contact email address: structure@greysheet.org
Purpose
Just as GreySheet builds a foundation for our lives and guidelines for our food, the Structure Committee builds a foundation for the house that is GreySheeters Anonymous, and guidelines for the fellowship.
The purpose of the Structure Committee is to make recommendations for GreySheeters Anonymous (GSA) service structure by drafting policies and procedures to be included in our Service Manual and Conference Charter.
Policies and procedures which are approved by the Structure Committee, go through the Intergroup Service Representatives (ISRs), World Service Conference (WSC) committee chairs, and the Board of Trustees. If they are approved by those groups, they are considered interim policies and procedures until they are adopted or not adopted at the following conference.
Report
The Structure Committee has completed the following in recent years:
- Administered the 2023 Census designed to gather membership data and to connect members via the phone list and area contact list
- Added the Intergroup called La Comunidad Hispana, and merged the Midwest Intergroup and Southern Intergroup into the Southern Central Intergroup
- Produced the policy on the Role of the Intergroup Service Representative
- Produced the Standing Rules of Order for Committees policy
- Made an amendment to the Group Registration policy entitled the Group Welcome Packet, with the intent of distributing it to all groups, but the Chairs and ISRs asked for a pamphlet version which is still being created
- Produced a Minutes Template amendment to the Archives Committee proposal, Retention of Records and Recordings, which applies to required minute taking within the GSA World Service Committees and which is suggested as a format for minute taking at Intergroup meetings
- Made progress toward a Service Manual (Online)
- Conducted a survey of opinions on continuing the requirement for groups who want to be registered on the website and eligible to send a delegate to the World Service Conference
- Produced a resolution making certain time-consuming service positions on committees eligible as delegates called World Service Specialists
- Produced a document allowing chairs to be delegates and to not have to also be GSRs or ISRs in order to be delegates
Plans
During 2026-2027, the Structure Committee will continue to assemble the Service Manual for online access, to draft policies and procedures as needed by the fellowship, and to complete our Conference Charter.