MAA General Service Board (GSB) 

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Who we are?

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We are a group of recovering media addicts committed to using group conscience to make responsible decisions that serve Media Addicts Anonymous (MAA).  Our hope is to grow MAA’s fellowship by attracting more people who are suffering from media addiction and who are searching for recovery through the Twelve Steps as adapted from Alcoholics Anonymous.  Through our website at mediaaddictsanonymous.org, we provide media addicts with information about MAA’s steps, traditions, symptoms, and tools and how to access MAA recovery meetings. We serve as custodians of MAA’s Seventh-Tradition funds and manage the business affairs of the organization.

 

What are our goals?

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We are dedicated to serving the members of Media Addicts Anonymous and providing them with a program that can help them recover from media addiction.  We do this by meeting monthly to discuss how to best support the formation of new MAA meetings, interacting with the General Service Representatives in service to their home groups, creating recovery literature specific to media addiction, designing and revising webpage content, managing Zoom accounts, provide public information and professional outreach, develop federal and state documentation as legally required, review the expenditures of MAA funds, oversee the Back-to-Basics Intergroup, and plan the annual anniversary celebration. 

 

How can you help?

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We are still looking for people willing to serve as Board members.  When the Board is full, we will have 12 sober media-addicted members, 1 sober media-addicted chairperson, and 3 non-media-addicted members from the business community for a total of 16 Trustees.  If you are interested in supporting these efforts, we would be pleased to have you join our team.

 

Here are the qualifications required:

 

• Be abstinent from your alcoholic (bottom-line) media for at least six months 

• Have an MAA sponsor and be an active member of an MAA group  

• Have defined your media abstinence with an MAA sponsor

• Have completed all 12 Steps with an MAA sponsor  

• Maintain ongoing abstinence while serving on the General Service Board (i.e., if in relapse, resign from General Service Board) 

• Commit to serving on the General Service Board for a two-year term

• Regularly attend monthly meetings (currently the second Sunday at 1 pm ET on Zoom) and notify the Board if unable to attend 

• Volunteer to accept a service position within the General Service Board, if one is available, and prepare written reports on that service prior to the monthly meeting 

• Enjoy working with others and being a team member

  

As part of the application process, you will be required to complete a General Service Board application and submit it with a letter of recommendation.  If you are interested in serving, please send your request to join to GSBNominations@gmail.com.