Guidelines

Guidelines for the Niagara Intergroup Website

Objective

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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.