Mission Statement
and
Site Administration
"Public Information takes many forms - the simple sign outside a meeting place that says 'A.A. meeting tonight'; listing in local phone directories; distribution of A.A. literature; and radio and television shows using sophisticated media techniques. Whatever the form, it comes down to 'one drunk carrying the message to another drunk,' whether through personal contact or through the use of third parties and the media."
- Bill W.
Frequently Asked Questions About A.A. Web Sites
The web site committee needs your help!
The web site committee needs your help! The committee endeavors to include meeting schedules and driving directions for EVERY meeting in the state. That's about 700 groups represented here.
"I am responsible. When anyone,
anywhere, reaches out for help,
I want the hand of AA always to be there. And for that: I am
responsible..."
--Responsibility Declaration, AA Grapevine Inc.
No amount of magic will gather and submit all the groups' information to the web site. It takes an effort from you. Take a look at the driving directions and schedules for your District or Zone. Then make sure your group is represented, and represented accurately. If your group is not, please read the instructions that follow, and take action.
We're not done with you yet.....
Now check out your neighboring groups (any group you know about). Are they equally represented? If not, make the group aware that we are here, and that someone in the group may contact the web site committee - or do it yourself.
We're trying to fill in the blanks on the site and make it as accurate as possible, as soon as possible, however we need everyone's help.
Thank you all very much, and we hope you enjoy your web site.
Instructions for Submitting Group Information And Updates to the Web Site
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Each District/Zone has two separate pages on the web site. The first page has two columns, one providing group name and street address, and the second, simple and concise driving directions to the group's meeting place. The second page is simply the District/Zone meeting schedule with time and type of meeting.
The web site committee needs the exact street address of the meeting place. Not the mailing address or contact address but the actual physical street address. The reason being is that we put the address into a computer program that pinpoints the exact location of the meeting place. The program is able to provide adequate information in 99% of all cases, as well as providing the webmasters with a graphical representation of the location of your meeting place - thus making the editing much simpler for the webmasters. If your meeting is within a complex of buildings at one address, then you'll need to submit additional written directions.
Last, we need a little human touch too! The address location software cannot determine what side of the road you meet on, or the type and color of the building. We need you to provide us with the information personally. We also need you to provide unique information such as; parking in the rear of building only, meeting is on second floor, or must walk to the back access of the building. Is it a church or a hospital, or any other unique information.
The web site committee has developed a uniform means of installing driving directions. This has proven to be very effective. From here, it is often very difficult to edit some handwritten driving directions, regardless of how well they were written. True especially when we have to edit directions down to thirty or forty words. Sending us the above requested information, on 99% of all occasions, allows us to determine the most popular intersection or land-marks in any given town and establish driving directions from that point. The person trying to locate a meeting need only find this most popular intersection on the crudest of maps to be able to determine the best course of travel to a meeting.
Each District / Zone also has a second page on the web site. This one is the meeting schedule. The schedules are compact and designed to be downloaded and printed off the web site to a single sheet of paper. Then photo copied at leisure by anyone in the group or district. The idea behind the on line schedules is they are more consistent and easily up-dated in a timely manner (in theory) than annual schedules, and they may be obtained by one or many in a given home group or by the interested public. The results are current schedules and reduced or shared printing costs, as well as a ready supply.
All we need here is for a responsible member of a home group or a District PI/Web Chair to go to the web site and click on webmaster@aageorgia.org on the first page. Let us know what changes are taking place in any group's meeting schedule, type, or location. Please give as complete an update as possible, and let us know as soon as there are changes.
To Make Changes to Your Group Meeting and DirectionsPlease be as thorough as possible when giving us the information about your meeting.
Please include your Group Service Number and District Number and Zone when submitting information.
Driving Instruction Group Name | Meeting Types: OD = Open Discussion CD = Closed Discussion OS = Open Speaker NS = Non Smoking SM = Smoking SS = 12 Step Study BB = Big Book Study BG = Beginners ST = Study E = Eating HA = Wheelchair Accessible WP = Women Predominate MP = Men Predominate GV = Grapevine Study G = Gay (All Alcoholics Welcome) | Is Your Meeting: Smoking? Non Smoking? Wheel Chair? Open? Closed? Discussion? Sign? Study? Step? Big Book? Speaker? Eating? Women/Men Predominate? New Comer / Beginner? Other? |
Thanks a lot for being informed! If you would like to Print a Blank Schedule or Save Blank Schedule as a .doc file to submit to Website.
Go To Blank Schedule Print Page
Go To
Blank Driving Print Page
Forms for Submitting Group Information And Updates To Macon
(Area Office) Changes to Existing Groups
(Area Office Form) New Group Form
(Area Office Form)
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These are two Forms to make Changes or Add your Group to Macon.
Of Course a Mailed Change Form is Preferred.
Mission Statement*
Online
Changes and Email Documents
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This statement is web site policy based upon a collection of voted consciences of Area 16 Alcoholics Anonymous
and the Web Site committee. We, the collective conscience of Area 16 and the
Web Site Committee wish:
*revised on 10/17/2009 per Web Site Committee
The Area 16 Web Site Committee will manage and oversee the
administration of the Area 16 web site,
www.aageorgia.org
. The Web Site Committee will
consist of nine Area 16 AA members;
-
Chair or
co-chair of the Area 16 PI/CPC Committee
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Chair or
co-chair of the Area 16 Communications Committee
-
AA member
well versed in web design
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Webmaster
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Co-webmaster
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DCM
-
GSR
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GSSA Office
Manager
-
Area
Secretary
The Web Site
Committee will elect the Chairs and Alternate Chairs to serve two year terms,
unless their service position terminates earlier.
The Chairperson of the Web Site Committee, with assistance from the
Delegate, will appoint persons to fill the Webmaster, Co-webmaster, DCM, GSR,
and Web Design Member positions as needed.
The Web Site Committee will meet regularly at each Georgia State Service
Assembly and from time to time between Service Assemblies as necessary to
complete its duties.
The webmasters
email addresses will not closely resemble the names of the webmasters, so
anonymous email addresses will be set up. There will always be two persons with
access to the webmaster’s mailbox on the web site. No one person will ever have
sole access to return emails or inquiries.
There will never
be any one person in physical control of the web site. Two persons well versed
in A.A. Traditions, web site design, and who are internet savvy, will be
appointed by the Chairperson of the Web Site Committee, with assistance from the
Delegate.
No one
individual will hold the site's accounts and domain. The site and domain name
are owned by Georgia State Service Assembly.
Web Site administrators are listed with the GSSA Office as the webmaster
and co-webmaster. Passwords are
easily changed through the hosting account. The
webmaster, co-webmaster, web design member and GSSA Office Manager will have the
passwords to the web site and hosting account until a rotation or problem
arises. Billing will be to the GSSA
office and mailed to the GSSA mailing address or e-mail address.
When service positions rotate, password changes are all that is required
to pass the web site on. All contact
phone numbers, e-mail address, and mailing address will remain with the GSSA
office location.
It is proposed
that all groups represented be regular registered groups with GSO and GSSA, and
have a group service number. Remember, this site belongs to all groups in
Georgia.
Financial Responsibilities
Last Update 3/18/2010