Secretary Guidelines

Downloadable Documents

TitleLink
Secretaries’ Online Checklist
Spiritual Progress Secretary Checklist and Service Positions updated APRIL 2025
Secretaries’ Guidelines
Secretary Guidelines updated May 2025
Safety and A.A.: Our Common Welfare

(safety tips for meetings)

SMF-209 Safety & AA rev.4/22

For New Secretaries

  • All newly elected secretaries must attend the SPG Secretary Orientation. The Secretary Coordinator will notify you of the date and time.
  • Please read the LGCC Guidelines & Info page for important details.
  • Register with Central office. Please register online using the meeting update form at www.aasanjose.org.
  • Attend a Central Office secretary workshop if you have never attended one. They are the first Saturday of each month at 10:00 am at Central Office.
  • Attend monthly steering committee meeting, 2nd Sunday 10:45 am.
  • Fill all necessary service positions for meeting:
    • Set up
    • Coffee
    • Clean up
    • Sponsorship box
  • Provide email and phone number to steering committee for contact purposes.
  • Turn money in to treasurer weekly (make arrangements with treasurer).
  • Keep headcount on meeting log

Supplies

  • Supplies such as sponsor boxes, literature rack and literature, H&I cans, baskets, the Sunday binders are in the bins in designated storage areas. 
  • Please remember to turn in 7th tradition money weekly to the treasurer.
  • If the police ever need to be called to a meeting please contact facilities coordinator after the police have been called to notify the LGREC of the occurrence. Contact info for the Facilities Coordinator is listed on the Secretary Checklist.
  • Please be sure to have Secretary Checklist printed out and in your binder.

Important Contacts for Secretaries

PositonContact
Steering Committee ChairpersonCarole R.
TreasurerDonna
Secretary CoordinatorStephanie
SuppliesEric B
LGCC Contact/Facilities CoordinatorGloria V.

Emergency Contacts

DepartmentPhone

Local police(408) 354-8600
Local fire(408) 378-4010
CALL 911 if you have an emergency and do not know what to do!

Meeting Time Table Details for SPG Meetings

DayRoomSetupMeetingCleanup
SundayLGCC6:30 AM – 7:30 AM7:30 AM – 8:45 AM8:45 AM – 9:00 AM
SundayLGCC9:00 AM – 9:15 AM9:15 AM – 10:30 AM10:30 AM – 10:45 AM
SundayLGCC
Room 206
9:15 AM – 9:30 AM9:30 AM – 10:30 AM10:30 AM – 10:45 AM
ThursdayHoly Cross Lutheran Church11:45 AM – 12:00 PM12:00PM- 1:00 PM1:00 PM –  1:15 PM

Secretary Scripts

Sunday Morning – 7:30 a.m730am SPG Script draft May 2025
Sunday Morning – 9:15 a.mSPG SUN 915am Meeting SCRIPT May 2025
Sunday Morning – 9:30 a.mSUNDAY930Am BEGINNERS MAY 2025
Thursday Noon – 12:00 p.mWomens Big Book Study JAN 2024