What is a GSR?
The GSR (Group Service Representative) represents the group in area service committee (ASC) meetings. This trusted servant should attend the ASC regularly to report on the status of the group, including challenges the group faces or successes they experience. This helps the group develop a relationship of mutual support with other NA groups in the area. The GSR is the group liaison to the rest of the service community, carrying ideas and concerns from the group to local service bodies and helping keep the group informed about business at the area, region, and world services levels. The GSR carries the voice of the group to NA as a whole.
What is my role at Area and my HomeGroup?
As participants in the Area Service Committee, GSRs need to be as well informed as they can be concerning the affairs of the committee. They study the reports of the ASCs officers and subcommittee chairpersons. They should read the various handbooks published by NA on each area of service. After carefully considering their own conscience and what they know about how their group members feel, they take active, critical roles in the discussions which form the group conscience of the entire committee. GSRs link their groups with the rest of the NA service structure, particularly through the information conveyed in their reports to and from the ASC. At group business meetings, the GSR report provides a summary of ASC activities, often sparking discussions among group members that provide the GSR with a feel for how the area can better serve the group’s needs. In group recovery meetings, GSRs make available fliers announcing area and regional activities.