General Information about Roanoke Area Intergroup

All groups in the Roanoke area are encouraged to have an Intergroup Representative to express the group's conscious, views, and desires at the monthly Intergroup meeting.

Meetings are held at Christ Lutheran Church the first Monday of each month, at 6:30pm. Meetings last for one hour. Intergroup is an open forum for all AA members and you are cordially invited to attend.

Financial support of Roanoke Area Intergroup is purely voluntary and is not required from any group to have a representative and a vote.

How is Intergroup financed?

Group contributions
Individual contributions from Alcholics
Sponsored activities
Sale of AAWS literature

A brief financial statement is compiled monthly summarizing expenses, revenue and all group contributions.

Intergroup supports the following AA service Committees:

• Cooperation with the Professional Community (CPC) and Public Information (PI) committees provide information about AA to individuals, media groups, government, educational, religious, medical and other organizations.

• The Corrections Facilities committee carries the AA message to individuals incarcerated in jails and prisons.

What happens at the Intergroup Office?

• Twelfth-Step Calls
The Intergroup Office maintains a listing for AA in the local telephone directory; a twelfth-step list of volunteers is maintained in the office, and these persons are contacted to call on individuals seeking help from problems with alcohol. Individuals seeking help for other problems are referred to the appropriate programs or agencies.

• Information
The Intergroup Office is the clearinghouse for information and logistical support between individual AA members, groups, local and state committees, General Service Office in New York, and the community at large.

• After-Hours Answering Service
When the Intergroup Office is closed, individual AA members take calls at their homes through the use of a call switching device (call forwarding, remote access).

• Monthly Newsletter
Intergroup's AA newsletter is distributed by Intergroup and is put together entirely by volunteers. It contains Intergroup reports, committee happenings, personal stories of recovery, and other local AA news of interest.

• Meeting List
Roanoke Area Intergroup Office maintains records of AA groups and meetings surrounding areas. A meeting list of Roanoke area groups is published monthly by the staff.

• AA Books and Literature
The Intergroup Office maintains an inventory of AA books and pamphlets for sale to AA members and the general public.