Guidelines

Guidelines for the Website

Objective

The primary objective of the San Gabriel / Pomona Valley Central Service Office website is to provide members of Alcoholics Anonymous who live in or near San Gabriel / Pomona Valley with: an up-to-date directory of regular local AA meetings more information on local AA Service meetings, schedules, and locations information on special AA events that might be of interest forms, such as Meeting Information, Service Sign Up Sheets, other AA and related information that might be useful. A secondary objective of the website is to provide a gateway into Alcoholics Anonymous for the alcoholic who still suffers.

Authority

The Alcoholics Anonymous San Gabriel / Pomona Valley Intergroup owns the domain name AASGVCO.org and is the final authority their 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 Webperson, 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. 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 AA San Gabriel / Pomona Valley Central Office or Webperson, who will relay the communication to the appropriate party. In other cases, an anonymous e-mail address on the Website may be used to redirect e-mail 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. Links to websites whose interests are closely related to the interests of Alcoholics Anonymous (such as Al-Anon) may be made with the caveat that they are in no way affiliated with Alcoholics Anonymous, the San Gabriel / Pomona Valley Intergroup, or the San Gabriel / Pomona Valley Central Service Office, Inc. that they are provided for the reader\'s convenience only, and that we take no responsibility of the content of these sites or the conduct of the organizations who run them.

Web Person

The Webperson is responsible to maintain the Website, incorporating meeting changes, special events, and, if available, the monthly calendar from the San Gabriel / Pomona Valley Central Office newsletter 'The Gazette.' The Webperson 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 Webperson shall be appointed by the Chairperson of the Intergroup Board and shall have the status of a committee chairperson. The Webperson is responsible to the Intergroup Board and shall report Website activities at Board and Intergroup Representative meetings. The Webperson is obligated to report any criticism of the Website and the resolution of that criticism at the next Intergroup Board Meeting.

Website Continuity

The Webperson shall provide the Central Office Manager with the address and passwords required to access the Website server files. In addition, the Webperson and Central Office Manager shall attempt to enlist a competent Backup Webperson who will also be given the same addresses and passwords.

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