Guidelines
Guidelines for the Niagara Intergroup Website
Objective
www.niagaraintergroup.coM
The primary objective
of the Niagara Intergroup website is to provide members of Alcoholics Anonymous who live in or near the area of Niagara Intergroup
with:
1. An up-to-date directory of regular local AA meetings;
2.
Information on local AA Service meetings, schedules, and locations;
3.
Forms, such as Meeting Information, Service Sign Up Sheets, and Tradition Subscription;
4.
Other AA and related information.
A secondary objective
of the website is to provide a gateway into Alcoholics Anonymous for the alcoholic who still suffers.
Authority
The Alcoholics
Anonymous Niagara Intergroup owns the domain name NIAGARAINTERGROUP.COM and is the final authority for its use and content.
Problems associated
with the website shall be resolved by an ad hoc Website Problem Committee which can be formed at any time at the request of
the Intergroup Board, the Web person, or by majority vote of the Intergroup Representatives. The Website Problem Committee's
resolution of the problem shall be ratified by majority vote of the Intergroup Representatives.
Anonymity
Last names of members
of AA and personal telephone numbers will not be used on the Website unless they hold a service position that requires a phone
number for contact purposes, and then only with the permission of that member holding that service position will their number
be listed.
E-mail addresses
will be the primary means of directing communication (for instance, to obtain information about a special event). In some
cases, the e-mail address may be that of the E-Mails listed on the website for their respective position or Web person who
will relay the communication to the appropriate party.
Links
Links to the AA
General Service Office (GSO) and the AA Grapevine may be made with no qualification or reservation.
Links to other
AA websites may be made with the caveat that they are not GSO-approved because the GSO has a strict policy to not endorse
or approve websites.
Webperson
The Web person
is responsible to maintain the Website, incorporating meeting changes, special events, and, if available, the monthly newsletter
entitled “SOBRIETY NEWS.”
The Web person
is authorized to exercise his/her judgment in providing links to other websites in accordance with "Links" in these guidelines.
This judgment may be over-ridden and links may be added or deleted by a simple majority vote of Intergroup Representatives.
The Web person
shall be appointed by the Chairperson of the Intergroup Board and shall have the status of a committee chairperson. The Web
person is responsible to the Intergroup Board and shall report Website activities at Board and Intergroup Representative meetings.
The Web person
is obligated to report any criticism of the Website and the resolution of that criticism at the next Intergroup Board Meeting.
Website Continuity
The Web person
shall provide the Intergroup Treasurer with the address and passwords required to access the Website server files. In addition,
the Web person shall attempt to enlist a competent Backup Web person who will also be given the same addresses and passwords.