Who is on the NANASA board?
There are currently four Board members:
|
Name |
Position |
|
Dillon M |
Local Service Board Chair |
|
Michael B |
Treasurer |
|
Joymaree |
PR Coordinator |
|
Meredith |
Acting Regional Committee Member and Hospitals & Institutions Coordinator |
Where does the Board meet?
The NANASA Board meets online on the last Monday of every month from 7.00pm-9.00pm.
Can I attend a Board meeting even though I’m not on the Board?
NA members are welcome to attend Board meetings, just email the Board and request the meeting link.
serviceboard.northernaustralia@na.org.au
How can I become a member of the Board?
NA members can nominate to become a Board member at a Local Service Conference (LSC). Additionally, NA members can be recruited and nominated by the Board.
Board member nominations and certain regional service positions (Regional Committee Member and Alternate Regional Committee Member) are decided and ratified at the LSC.
How can I contact the NANASA Board?
Members of NA can contact the Northern Australia Service Board at any time by emailing: serviceboard.northernaustralia@na.org.au or click here (insert link to Contact the Board page).
How is the Northern Australia Service Board different from the Australian Regional Service Board?
The Narcotics Anonymous Northern Australia Service Area is an area-based service system dealing exclusively with issues and service delivery within the borders of the Northern Australian Service Area.
The Australian Regional Service Committee (ARSC) is still primarily based on a Roberts Rules system similar to the old ASC model, whereas the Northern Australia Service Board functions under the Service System Project guidelines. The ARSC has switched its internal procedures to consensus-based decision making with a couple of variations.
The ARSC deals with all Australian NA Service Areas. The ARSC currently has 16 seated areas, each seated area is represented by a Regional Committee Member (RCM).
The ARSC meets once every four months and the Regional Committee Members are the only voting members of the ARSC on most issues.
Region provides services through subcommittees such as Public Relations, Outreach, IT, Policy, Indigenous, FSO and NA Today. These are all subcommittees operating under the ARSC umbrella. All subcommittee chairs are accountable to the ARSC body as a whole and are allocated a budget to effectively deliver their service.
The ARSC has an Administration Committee. Chair, Vice Chair, Treasurer, Assistant Treasurer, Secretary, Assistant Secretary, Regional Delegate and Alt Delegate. Regional & Alt Delegate carries Australia’s collective Group Conscience to World Services.
ARSC also fund flows to NAWS and to the Asia Pacific Forum (APF). Many of the APF regions/areas are dependent on fund flow from more solvent fellowships.
NA has a global presence and Australia is part of that presence through our local and regional service systems.
The ARSC meets in the third weekend of March, July (virtual) and November. More information on upcoming events can be found on the regional webpage or click here.