Statement of Purpose and Website Guidelines

"Our primary purpose is to stay sober and help other alcoholics to achieve sobriety." The District 18 Web Site was created to provide a useful tool for conveying information about A.A. and District 18 activities to alcoholics, the general public and members of the professional community. Our goal is to provide A.A. groups and individual members information about A.A. General Services and invite them to get involved in service. This will help strengthen our unity within District 18 and the fellowship of A.A. The hotlines and information about A.A. on the Web site will help us fulfill our primary purpose of staying sober and carrying the A.A. message to suffering alcoholics.

Disclaimer
This is the official Web Site for District 18. It is neither endorsed, nor approved by Alcoholics Anonymous World Services, Inc. No copyrighted material shall be purposely posted herein without the express permission of those individuals or institutions possessing ownership of said copyrights. Alcoholics Anonymous®, A.A.®, and The Big Book® are registered trademarks of Alcoholics Anonymous World Services, Inc. The Grapevine® and A.A. Grapevine® are registered trademarks of The A.A. Grapevine, Inc.

Saginaw Valley Intergroup of Alcoholics Anonymous District 18 owns the domain saginawaa.org. The current Web site Chairperson shall be listed as the administrative contact. The billing contact shall be the District Treasurer.

The Web Site Committee
While many A.A. web sites are primarily a public information vehicle maintained by their Public Information Committees, our web site is also intended as a service tool for the District to reach more alcoholics. Due to the broadened scope of our web site, we felt it necessary to form a standing committee to maintain and administer the web site.

The Web Site Committee shall ideally consist of the following:

Chairperson - Responsibilities include:

• a.) Presiding over Web site committee meetings;
• b.) Providing Web Site Committee reports each month to District 18;
• c.) Primary contact for the Web Site Committee;
• d.) Keeping in contact with District 18 and GSO Public Information Committees;
• e.) Making sure information gets collected from the districts and area committees;
• f.) Dealing directly with the ISP regarding technical matters;
• g.) Formats material as a web page.
• h.) Providing reports and other printed information tools to the Area Assembly.

Co-Chairperson - Responsibilities include:

• a.) Assisting and supporting the Chairperson; and
• b.) Representing the Chairperson in his/her absence.
• c.) Primary contact for DCM's whose districts wish to post material on the Web site;
• d.) Gathering such information each month.

Secretary - Responsibilities include:

• a.) Recording Web site committee meeting minutes each month;
• b.) Maintaining official records of the Web Site Committee; and
• c.) Handling committee mailings.

Treasurer - Responsibilities include:

• a.) Collecting donations at committee meetings to help pay for expenses;
• b.) Interacts with the Area treasurer; and
• c.) Producing budget reports.

NOTE: The Web Site Committee shall also enlist the help of any A.A. members within the area who have specific knowledge of web site development and implementation to work on special projects. Interested members should attend the next Intergroup Meeting.

You may contact the Web Site Committee through the Contact Intergroup page or by writing to: Saginaw Valley Intergroup of Alcoholics Anonymous, P.O. Box 6685, Saginaw, MI 48608-6685.

Posting Instructions
It is the intent of the Web Site Committee to leave the appropriateness of the material submitted for the Web site up to the group conscience of the district and committees submitting the material. However, when considering material, please adhere to A.A.'s 12-Traditions and 12-Concepts, as well as, guidance provided in the A.A. Service Manual and subsequent revisions thereof. The Web Site Committee Chairperson is responsible for making sure that no objectionable material is published. In instances where a determination cannot be reached by the Web Site Committee, the issue will be presented to the Area Assembly for clarity in the matter. Refrain from using last names of individuals or e-mail addresses containing individual's last names at all times. Remember, we must always maintain personal anonymity at the level of press, radio and films: "an A.A. Web Site is a public medium with the potential for reaching the broadest possible audience and therefore, requires the same safeguards we use at the level of press, radio and film." Do not include personal e-mail addresses or links while participating in our sharing session. Objectionable postings will be removed immediately from this site. Anyone wishing to address such information to our Web Site Committee may do so by contacting the Intergroup. Thank you in advance for your cooperation.

External Links
Links to other web sites do not imply endorsement or approval. We exercise cooperation without affiliation. The links provided are for entities that the Committee has decided may be complementary or beneficial in helping alcoholics contact local intergroups, special events and Al-Anon Family Groups. Unauthorized external links added to this site shall be removed immediately.

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