Approved at the December 20, 2021, ACA SMR GC Business Meeting.

Term: 12 month term, with one renewal term (begins in June, after the April Annual Business Conference)

Duties/responsibilities:

Accountable to the SMR Group Conscience Business Meeting, the WSO Representative:

• Is familiar with the SMR Trusted Servants’ Commitment (the basics)
• Attends the monthly WSO Board of Trustees business teleconference (2nd Saturday of the month, 2 pm EST (or listens to recording); questions may be asked of the Board at the end of the teleconference
• Reports on WSO activities to the SMR members; distributes information to the group, including but not limited to ongoing WSO committee work, volunteer needs and opportunities
• Brings questions and suggestions from the group to WSO, via appropriate communication channels
• Guides the ABC Proposal process
• Becomes familiar with the WSO websites https://www.adultchildren.org and https://www.acawso.org
• Becomes familiar with the ACA publications The Traveler (https://acawso.org/category/the-traveler-newsletter/) and The ComLine (https://adultchildren.org/literature/comline/)
• May be chosen as the group’s delegate to the WSO ABC (about 3 days in length)
• The WSO Representative may be supported by an alternate representative

Helpful Qualities:

• Some familiarity or experience with the WSO or an Intergroup may be beneficial

Best practices:

• Works with the ABC Delegate (if another person) to guide the proposal process
• Submits the monthly WSO Rep report on the website