The Lower Shore Intergroup

Committees

• The Lower Shore Intergroup meets on the second Thursday of every month at 6:00 p.m. at  of each month at the
  Wicomico Presbyterian Church 129 Broad St. Salisbury, MD 21801
• The Advisory Committee is looking for volunteers to help answer the telephone help line. If you are interested, please contact any member of the Advisory Committee.

• LSI Bylaws (updated February 2019):
  LSI Bylaws (PDF)

Lower Shore Intergroup has the following committees:

• ACTIVITIES COMMITTEE:
  This Committee carries the A.A. message by providing activities for the purpose of promoting fellowship
  among member groups, their families and friends.
• ADVISORY COMMITTEE:
  Elected committee primarily responsible for the telephone service, intergroup office, budget. May also act to advise the council and intergroup officers about matters important to intergroup affairs. (See LSI by-laws for a full description.)
  
  * The Advisory Committee is looking for volunteers to help answer the telephone help line. If you are interested, please contact any member of the Advisory Committee or email webadministrator@lsiaa.org. 
• BULLETIN COMMITTEE:
  This Committee carries the message by providing the following information, in bulletin form, on a monthly basis and in a timely manner: Coming events, committee actions, group and personal service commitments, articles on service, anniversaries, excerpts from A.A. approved literature, minutes of the previous meetings and Treasurer's reports.
  The Committee shall also mail copies of the Bulletin to Intergroup Representatives, the Officers of the Council, Committee Chairpersons and all members of the Advisory Committee.
• CORRECTIONAL FACILITIES COMMITTEE:
  This Committee encourages A.A. members to carry the message to alcoholics confined to long- or short-term institutions, by providing A.A. meetings and literature and shall review services to, "inside" groups or meetings. It is also concerned with clarifying what A.A. can and cannot do, within our Traditions, to help inmate alcoholics while they are "inside" and upon release.
• GRAPEVINE COMMITTEE:
  This Committee shall provide subscription information to all interested groups and meetings associated with LSI. Grapevine provides this information at no cost. Ordering of Grapevine subscriptions and materials is a group, meeting, or individual decision. Therefore, no need exists for any budgetary considerations by LSI.
• LITERATURE COMMITTEE:
  This Committee shall order, sell and distribute ONLY "General Service Conference" approved literature. The literature shall be maintained in the Intergroup office and will be offered for sale to member groups.
  LSI AA Literature Form (PDF) Book Prices (PDF) Pamphlet Prices (PDF)

  Note: use the two price sheets to determine what’s available and then fill out the order form and submit it, along with the money, to the LSI Literature Committee Lead. Contact webadministrator@lsiaa.org if you need assistance.

• PUBLIC INFORMATION COMMITTEE:
  This Committee tries to carry the A.A. message by providing A.A. literature and information about the Fellowship to the public. It is also concerned with anonymity breaks and misinformation at the public level. (Reprinted with permission from the "The A.A. Service Manual")
  More information Email: pi@lsiaa.org
• TREATMENT FACILITIES COMMITTEE:
  This Committee encourages A.A. members to assume responsibility for carrying the message, by providing A.A. meetings for alcoholics in treatment facilities. The Committee also reviews all aspects of service to groups and meetings in treatment facilities and shall make recommendations for improvements or changes. (Reprinted with permission from the "The A.A. Service Manual")