WHAT IS AN ACA INTERGROUP OR REGION?
NOTE from WSO Board of Trustees (July 2024): The excerpt below is from our ACA Fellowship Text (BRB), which was published almost 20 years ago in 2006. A lot has changed since then, including advancements in technology and the global growth of ACA. As a result, our groups have evolved from being almost entirely geographic-based to including those without geographic boundaries. Thus, informally, the geographic policy for the formation of Intergroups and Regions has been amended to register virtual Intergroups and Regions.
The fellowship will need to decide how to formally change this policy at an ABC, which may result in revisions to the information below from the BRB,.
(Extracted from the Handbook Section of the ACA Fellowship Text)
In areas where many ACA meetings exist, an Intergroup is generally formed to provide a forum for conducting ACA business within a given geographical area. The individual groups continue to conduct their own group business; however, the groups can select a meeting representative to represent the group at an Intergroup meeting. The Intergroup, therefore, is composed of members from the various ACA groups. The Intergroup helps coordinate helpline functions, public information efforts, hospitals and institutions meetings, and ACA events in a given area. An ACA Regional Service Committee serves a similar function by helping coordinate ACA functions and fellowship business among Intergroups in a geographical area.
When an Intergroup is formed, each ACA group elects an Intergroup representative, who attends a monthly or quarterly Intergroup meeting. If there is no Intergroup in your area, your group can elect a Group Service Representative, who can attend the Annual Business Conference. A Regional Service Committee serves as a coordinating point for several Intergroups in a geographical area. Intergroup Representatives attend Regional Service Committee meetings as well.
The Handbook Section of the ACA Fellowship text provides additional information on how to start an Intergroup or Regional Service Committee that is directly responsible to those they serve.
We welcome all help from Intergroups, especially with getting meetings registered with the new (meeting) registration form. If your Intergroup has not registered within the past year or does not have an email listed on the website, please update your information with the Intergroup Registration form below. Thanks much!
Intergroups
- List of registered ACA Intergroups here.
- To register an Intergroup listing see here.
- To update your Intergroup listing see: here.
- For more information contact [email protected]
Regions
- List of registered ACA Regions here.
- To register a Region see here.
- To update your Region listing see: here.
- For more information contact [email protected]
Regions and Intergroups subcommittees are part of the WSO Member Services Committee. For meeting dates/times see: Committees Calendar
Regional Service Committees
Regional Service Committees are part of the Adult Children of Alcoholics and Dysfunctional Families service structure that support the membership. This ACA service structure includes meetings, Intergroups, Regions, and the World Service Organization (WSO). Information on Regions can be found in the Big Red Book, pages 604-605. Regions consist of members of Intergroups and meetings in a specific geographic areas. See the ACA Regions here.