SJIS ISR Meetings

SJIS Information Service Representative (ISR) Meetings

SJIS holds four quarterly ISR meetings, on the third Saturday of January, April, July, and October of each year.  All 90 groups in our area can send their Information Service Representative to attend the meeting or their alternate. 

• SJIS Quarterly ISR Meeting
  Check home page for next ISR meeting date.

To make the driving fair for the attendees from across South Jersey, we alternate meetings between Vitua Hospital Conference Center in Mt Holly and the Mill Creek Community Center in Manahawkin.

The meetings start at 9:30am, with coffee/rolls, sign-in, and fellowship.  The formal meeting runs from 10:00am – 1:30pm.  No lunch is served so bring a brown bag lunch with you.

Information Service Representatives

As per the Service Manual, all groups should elect an Information Service Representative (ISR) who represents, and votes on behalf of, each group.  The term for an ISR is three years.  If the ISR cannot make a meeting, the Group Representative (GR) serves as the Alternate ISR and can attend and vote for the group.  If the group has no ISR or GR, or they cannot attend, you can hold a group conscience and send someone, just for one meeting if you like, to represent and vote on behalf of your group. 

The ISRs are the faces and voices of the groups to SJIS.  SJIS shares and reviews with the ISRs all the business and outreach activities we carry out on behalf of our groups.  We get comments, ideas/suggestions, and hopefully some volunteers to help us!

As per the Service Manual, the ISRs as Trusted Servants of their group, share what they heard at the SJIS ISR meeting with their group during the home groups’ announcements and/or business meeting.

Under the governing documents of SJIS, the ISRs:

• Elect the Steering Committee of SJIS
• Approve the budget
• Approve any amendments to the Constitution or Bylaws

In short, SJIS could not function without the attendance and active participation of our groups’ ISRs at the quarterly meeting!

SJIS Inc. Approved Bylaws

SJIS currently is an unincorported business association without any of the benefits of being incorporated as are: WSO, NJ Assembly, Jal-Con and NJIS. The Steering Committee working with a law firm created Bylaws for SJIS Inc that were put before the ISRs for vote at ther SJIS ISR Meeting on January 23, 2010. In June of 2010, SJIS Inc.'s application for incorporation was submitted to the State of New Jersey. The approved SJIS Inc Bylaws are in the following PDF.
SJIS Inc Bylaws PDF

Revised SJIS Email SIgn-Up Form

SJIS asks the ISRs to periodically print out and pass around, collect, and send to the SJIS office, the attached revised SJIS Email SIgn Up Form. Email allows us to connect the SJIS neighborhood with announcements of Anniversary Meetings and the SJIS Events such as the Spring Workshop or the Fall Luncheon. Emails, instead of mailings, also help us to keep down the costs of running SJIS.

Click here for SJIS Email Sign Up Form

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