WHAT IS INTERGROUP?

OA is a global fellowship, divided by our World Service Office into ten regions. Wisconsin is part of Region V, which also includes Indiana, Michigan, Kentucky, nothern Illinois and southern Ontario. Madison Area Intergroup is the service body of the Madison area OA fellowship, providing a link between the individual meetings and the regional and world service structures.

Each OA meeting in the Madison area is eligible (and encouraged) to send a group rep, selected by group conscience, to intergroup meetings. Group reps bring their groups' concerns to intergroup meetings. They also get firsthand information about intergroup's projects, Region V's Assemblies (assemblies are weekend-long combination mini-conventions and business meetings), and our World Service Office news to share with their groups.

Intergroup reps are all volunteers who donate time to a variety of activities. Not only is Intergroup the "hub" between the individual groups and Overeaters Anonymous' Region V and our World Service Office, but it provides service opportunities for recovering OAs. For instance, IG members help with the Easy Does It newsletter, they get our contact information in local print media, they maintain the meeting list, and pay our phone bill, etc. Currently, there are a number of service positions open and several other service opportunities. Here are some of the positions and some of the things Madison Area Intergroup does:

• Chair - Writes up agenda for IG meetings and facilitates the IG meetings
• Treasurer - Takes monies sent to MAI by our groups and deposits them into our bank account. Completes a monthly Treasurer's Report which is presented at each IG meeting. Writes checks for IG expenses
• Secretary - Takes minutes of each meeting and presents them at the following IG meeting
• Mail - Collects mail from our PO Box at the downtown post office and brings it to IG each month.
• Meeting List - Updates our meeting list and makes copies regularly for distribution to groups
• We Care List - Updates our phone list and makes copies regularly for distribution to groups
• Easy Does It - Edits the monthly newsletter and makes copies for distribution to groups each month
• Public Information - Does whatever public information she/he feels the MAI needs, i.e., sending out PSAs or making sure OA meeting announcements are listed in area newspapers, getting our contact information placed in the Isthmus, contacting healthcare providers, (whatever else they can think of), etc.
• Web Site - Maintains this web site, www.oamadison.org
• Marathons - Organizes marathons and special meetings such as holiday meetings and IDEA Day and Unity Day celebrations
• Delegate - Attends Region V assemblies, works on their committees and brings back information from the World Service Office to the groups.

The terms of intergroup positions begin in January and end in December. The December intergroup meeting is traditionally used to to vote in the new members. There has been talk of changing the intergroup calendar, which is now January 1st to December 31st, to a start date of late spring or early summer.

Intergroup meets the first Thursday of every month at Mt Olive Lutheran Church, at 6:15 pm. We always end on time because we always attend the OA speaker meeting at Mt Olive which begins PROMPTLY at 7:30 pm!

This site last modified March 1, 2008