Though the high point is the Conference meeting, the delegate’s job goes on year-round and involves all aspects of the Conference structure. The delegate should:

1. Attend the annual Conference meeting fully prepared. Immediately upon election, every delegate is put on the G.S.O. mailing list to receive Conference materials.
2. Communicate the actions of the Conference to area committee members and encourage them to pass on this information, and the delegate’s enthusiasm, to groups and to inter-groups/central offices. If an area is too large for the delegate to cover in person, he or she will ask area officers and committee members to share the load.
3. Be prepared to attend all area and regional service meetings and assemblies applicable to his/her respective area. From these meetings, delegates come to better understand their own areas and can make suggestions for the Conference agenda. Here, too, they come in contact with A.A. members who might not be reached otherwise.
4. Help area committees obtain financial support for the area and G.S.O.
5. Provide leadership in solving local problems involving the A.A. Traditions.
6. Remind G.S.R.s to inform groups and individuals about AA Grapevine and Conference-approved literature.
7. Cooperate with G.S.O. in obtaining information — for example, making sure that up-to-date information reaches G.S.O. in time to meet the deadline for each issue of the A.A. directory and helping carry out the triennial membership surveys.
8. Visit groups and districts in the area whenever possible.
9. Work closely with committee members and officers, sharing experience throughout the year. After G.S.R.s and committee members have reported on the Conference, learn from these A.A.s how groups and members have reacted.
10. Assume added responsibility if the area chair and alternate chair are unable to serve. Or, if an area committee is not functioning effectively, the delegate may take an active role in remedying the situation.
11. Keep the alternate delegate fully informed and active, so that the alternate can replace the delegate in an emergency.
12. Late in the second year of the term, work with newly elected delegates to pass along a basic knowledge of Conference proceedings and problems.