District 70 website guidelines
A. The purpose of the district 70 website
1. To carry the AA message to
alcoholics & the general public.
2. To serve as a communication tool
within district 70 by providing information about district service activities.
3. To further service participation
within AA by serving as an exchange of information about district 70 related service
activities.
B. Content
1. The spirit of AA principles and
traditions will be followed at all times.
a.
Anonymity will be preserved and protected. The names of individuals and
individual phone numbers, postal and
e-mail addresses will not be displayed on the website without permission.
b.
There will be no endorsement or affiliation with non-AA
entities.
2. Copyrights shall be respected
and registered trademarks, when used, should be acknowledged as such. Alcoholics
Anonymous®, AA® and The Big Book® are registered trademarks of Alcoholics Anonymous
World Services,
Inc., The Grapevine® and AA Grapevine® are registered trademarks of The AA Grapevine,
Inc.
3. Only the following types of
information are approved for display on the district 70 website.
a.
Meeting information: type of meeting, time and location. Groups registered
only in district 70.
b.
District meeting time and location, mailing address.
c.
Service event information (location, time, agenda, registration form, etc.)
for AA general service functions:
quarterly assemblies, special forums, workshops,
etc.
d.
Approved links.
1) The General Service Office (www.aa.org)
2) The AA Grapevine (www.aagrapevine.org)
3) Northern Illinois Area 20 (www.aa-nia.org)
e.
Recommendations on how to submit information for display on the website.
f.
District 70 website guidelines.
C. Administration and Maintenance
1. The website shall be hosted on
the server of Northern Illinois Area 20 (http://www.aa-nia.org)
2. The website committee is a
nonstanding committee that will only consist of qualified people. This will ensure
the
integrity of the website & it's contents in protecting the reputation of the
district. Its chairperson is appointed for
renewable terms & is not elected. The chairperson may or may not also be the
webmaster.
3. At all times a printed version
of the information being displayed on the website shall be maintained by the chairperson
of the website committee and provided to the DCM of district 70 for review by members of
the district who do not
have access to "on line services."