Website Guidelines and Motions

Motion to define the scope of the District 9 Website (www.district9aa.org if available) in a manner similar to Motion 536 of the Book of Motions, passed, Area 15 General Service Assembly, substituting District 9 for Area 15 in the text as follows:

 

Scope:

1)          Content shall include and be limited to:

             a)          The following AA literature:

                          i)            12 Steps, 12 Traditions, 12 Concepts;

                          ii)           A.A. Preamble;

                          iii)          “I Am Responsible” and “Declaration of Unity” statement;

             b)    Information on District 9 Meetings and Area Quarterlies, including the upcoming host district’s flyer;

             c)   Hyperlinks to any AA World Services websites, such as the

                          i)            General Service Office's, located at www.aa.org;

                          ii)           The Grapevine, located at www.aagrapevine.org

d)          A disclaimer to be found upon exiting the website to the above listed links;

             e)          Anonymous e-mail addresses of all District9 Officers (e.g. chairperson @district9aa.org, etc.);

             f)           A “Chairman's Corner” to be used by the District Chairman for communication with the                                                district;

             g)          Individual pages for any District 9 Standing Committees;

             h)          Information on Area 15 and District 9 events, workshops and activities;

Composition:

2)          To create an Area Standing Committee responsible for the creation and maintenance of the website;

3)          This committee shall be chaired by a webservant, to be voted on by the DCMs/ACMs/GSRs using the

             Third Legacy Procedure;

4)          The committee shall also consist of four additional voting members;

             a)          Members should be DCM's or ACM's or GSR's and Alternate GSR's;

             b)          Some technical knowledge about the internet is a plus;

             c)           These members will not be funded by the District;

5)          The District Chairperson shall be a member, ex officio;

6)          The initial startup costs associated with registering and hosting the domain name, developing the         website, and any other expenses shall not exceed $25, based on a $10 annual Domain Name Registration

             fee;

7)          The initial yearly budget for maintenance be $150, based on $11 per month Web Hosting fee;

8)          The website shall be maintained in accordance with the Traditions, the Concepts, District 9 and Area 15’s current practices.

 

Procedure:

1)          In the spirit of cooperation, the webservant would be responsible for preparing a quarterly report to be presented for consideration to the PI/CPC committee which shall include:

             a)          updates to the website;

             b)          website activity;

             c)           summary of requests and correspondence;

2)          Any major change or addition of the website's content must be approved by the District 9 body;

3)          The webservant shall also present a report to the District body during the District Business Meeting;

4)          The website shall be maintained in accordance with the Traditions, the Concepts, District 9 and Area 15’s current practices. Passed 10/05

Motion to expand Website services:

In order to promote better communication, unity and involvement by the groups in our general service area, the District 9 website will provide a Group Announcements website linked to from the District 9 website.  This site will include announcements and events/event flyers as submitted from the groups to the District 9 Webservant. There will be a disclaimer that District 9 is not responsible for the content of this site, although only AA group announcements and events will be accepted. The submission must be made in writing from the General Service Representative for the group and must include the Group Name and GSO #. Typically, submissions made by the 15th of the month or before the monthly District Meeting will be included in the following month. Passed 12/05

Website

Motion: By request of the former and current Support Your Services Chairpersons, I make a motion that the first name, last initial and phone numbers of the contact person be allowed on event flyers on the website. Passed 03/05

 

Motion:That a flyer be allowed on the site for any event posted on the District Calendar, such as the Old-Timer's meeting / Submitted By Sandra S. / Passed 07/06

Motion:That a link to the Broward County Institutions Committee website be added to the links area of the site / Submitted by Sandra S. / Passed 07/06

Motion: That information and flyers be allowed for the State and International AA Conventions / Submitted by Sandra S. / Passed 07/06

Motion: Add a link to the Akron Intergroup Archives website / Submitted by Sandra S. / Passed  07/06

 

Motion:That the District 9 Web Servant be authorized to work with the District 9 Cooperation with the Professional Community/Public Information Committee to design, develop and implement a link on the District 9 web site to an information page wherein local professionals can request further information via an anonymous email.  Further, that the existing CPC link at the aa.org site (http://www.aa.org/en_information_aa.cfm?PageID=8) be used as a guideline.  Details will be submitted for approval at the time of the vote on this motion.  Passed 09/06