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Who are we?
DA Intergroup is a service arm of the
Debtors Anonymous groups in the UK. DA and BDA members have found ways out of the pain and confusion caused by debting by
participating in the DA program. We want to tell others who are experiencing the same problems that there is a solution. The
DA Intergroup combines the resources of the individual groups to carry out projects that would be difficult for a single group
to achieve.
When and where does intergroup meet?
Intergroup meet on the
last Saturday of every 2nd month from 2-5pm. Meetings are on the odd months of the year (Jan, Mar, May, July, Sept,
Nov). The location is Westminster Methodist Central Hall. Tubes: Westminster/St James' Park.
See map here. The room we have for the next meeting is the John Tudor Room. We can decide on the 28th whether this is
an acceptable location. Any DA or BDA member may attend and speak, but only group representatives may vote.
Meeting dates in 2010: - Sat 30 January (Annual General Meeting)
- Sat 27 March
- Sat 29
May
- Sat 31 July
- Sat 25 September
- Sat 27 November
Achievements in
2009 - Regular meetings on Saturdays every 2 months, to allow people from out of London to attend more easily
- Changed
meeting format to allow a focus on a particular issue, including sponsorship, service, PRGs and Public Information
- This
led to a well-attended Sponsorship Workshop in January 2010
- Held PRG days in Penzance and Bristol, in order to support
new groups
- Provided partial funding to allow Hyde Park Crescent group to send representative to World Service Conference
in the USA
- Maintained clear finances and provided monthly reports to groups
- Developed and worked to a spending
plan; agreed to move to system where Intergroup is funded on the donations from the previous year, allowing a spending plan
for the coming year to be agreed at the January AGM
- Rewrote and updated Intergroup Byelaws
- Maintained
and improved handling of postal, email and telephone enquiries
- Improved communication to and from GSRs through an
email address, intergroup@debtorsanonymous.org.uk, with messages forwarded automatically to an up-to-date list of intergroup members
- Website kept current and improved
- Provided
literature to groups
Achievements in 2008 - Regular meetings moved to Saturdays, every 2
months, to allow people from out of London to attend more easily
- Postal, email and telephone enquiries answered
- Website
kept current and improved
- Maintained clear finances and provided monthly reports to groups
- Provided literature
to groups, and set up improved email system
- Set up separate email addresses for literature and loner support
- Developed
new initiatives for loner support
- Funded representative to attend World Service Conference
- New secretary voted
in
Achievements in 2007 - Regular monthly Intergroup meetings
- Agreed new DA
visions for 2007 - 2011
- Initialised and maintained DA intergroup postal address
- Initialised and maintained
a new telephone service
- Acquired ownership of the www.debtorsanonymous.org.uk domain name
- Created a new
website that allows flexibility and can be easily maintained
- Responded to email and telephone enquiries
- Drafted
letter to be sent to Citizens Advice Bureaux
- Maintained clear finances and provided monthly reports to groups
- Voted
in new Treasurer, Vice Treasurer and Literature secretary during 2007
Donations to intergroup
Intergroup is funded largely through donations from DA and BDA groups. It has been agreed that these donations (whether
by cash or cheque) should normally be made at intergroup meetings by the group representative, so that the donation is witnessed
and recorded. Intergroup will accept donations by post from groups outside London, although attendance at intergroup is always
the preferred method.
Contacting Intergroup
See here.
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Copyright DA Intergroup UK 2008
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