DA's 12th step states: "Having had a spiritual awakening as the result of these steps, we tried to carry this message to compulsive debtors, and to practice these principles in all our affairs."
Intergroup Service Representative or "CADA Rep"
Representing your local meeting at the monthly Intergroup Meeting is a great opportunity to do service for your meeting and to enhance your DA program.
Each local meeting can send one CADA Representative to vote at the monthly CADA meeting.
At CADA meetings you will meet recovering debtors from all over the greater Washington Metropolitan area. Doing service on the intergroup level means supporting 12 step work both for your home group and your local area.
Other Service Opportunities
If you are interested in doing service on the Intergroup level, but do not wish to be a CADA rep, you are welcome to attend one of the monthly CADA meeting and volunteer to work on a committee.
The local intergroup needs on-going help with:
Special Events: Volunteers are needed to help with organizing, set-up, clean-up and planning
Meeting List: Maintaining, editing, printing the local "Where & When" publication of area DA meetings
12th Step Outreach: volunteers are needed to help with DA 12th step work in the local community
Phone Hotline: Volunteer(s) are need to help with updating and maintaining the local DA Phone Hotline
CADA Web Site:
The CADA web committee needs volunteers to help with CADA web site upgrade, as well as on-going maintenance.
Intergroup Officer Positions
CHAIR
Duties: Organizes and prepares the agenda for the monthly CADA meeting. Coordinates and Chairs meeting; maintains CADA general volume of agendas, minutes and flyers. Votes in event of tie. Time commitment : 3 hours per month. 2 year commitment.
VICE-CHAIR
Duties: Serves as back-up should Chair be unable to fulfill duties listed above. Coordinates and reserves meeting space for monthly CADA meetings. Time commitment : 30 minutes maximum to 3 hours per month (if Chair is unavailable). 2 year commitment.
SECRETARY
Duties: Prepares detailed minutes of monthly meetings, including recording meeting attendance, motions and voting results; sends draft minutes to CADA members for review prior to monthly meeting; supports Chair in Parliamentary rules. Time commitment : 90 minutes per month for meeting, plus 1-3 hours per month for transcription of minutes, depending on clerical skills. 2 year commitment.
TREASURER
Duties: Responsible for receipt of all money and for all payments by CADA; keeps full and accurate accounts of receipts and disbursements and provides full account of CADA financial transactions and financial condition at monthly meetings. Time commitment : 3-5 hours per month. 2 year commitment.
INTERGROUP SERVICE REPRESENTATIVE
Duties: The ISR is CADA's representative at the national level of DA. The DA member who holds the position of ISR must be abstinent. The ISR would be a member of one national committee and acts as the GSR to bring national news back to CADA. 3-year commitment.
*Effective with 2005 elections, Chair/Secretary positions alternate election years with Vice-Chair/Treasurer positions; at 2005 elections, Vice-Chair and Treasurer will be elected to one full 2-year term.
Terms of service for Chair, Vice Chair, Secretary and Treasurer are 2 years each. The actual dates of service are staggered so that there is continuity of service in two of those four service positions. All other service positions are for one year except the ISR which is a 3-year commitment.