Southeast Texas Area Assembly

Proposed Website Guidelines

Purpose: The purpose of the Website shall be to assist Alcoholics 
Anonymous (A.A.) in carrying the message of A.A. by facilitating 
the exchange of information about A.A. activity in the Southeast 
Texas Area.  It is intended to be a communication tool for those 
involved in General Service work within the Southeast Texas Area 
as well as to provide the individual A.A. member with information 
about our General Services. 

Internet Registration: 

a.      Registered in the name of the Southeast Texas Area 
Assembly with the Internic as www.aa-seta.org  

b.     Southeast Texas Area Assembly, Area 67, shall be named 
as the owner of the domain  

c.      The billing contact will be the Area Treasurer  

d.     The technical contact to the Internic must necessarily be our 
Web Host Provider.  

Webmaster/Alternate Webmaster will: 

Be elected members of the Southeast Texas Area Assembly 
Possess specific knowledge of Website development and 
implementation. 

Possess a strong understanding of A.A.'s 12 Traditions and 12 
Concepts for World Service. 

Responsibilities will include: 

i.     Insuring that the website is self-supporting by SETA without 
receiving services from any source outside the A.A. Structure or 
the A.A. Fellowship.

ii.     Monitoring and recording all expenses actually incurred in the 
maintenance and provision of the Website. An annual budget 
request shall be submitted to the Area Assembly for approval as 
required of all officers and standing committees of the Area 
Assembly. Expenditures shall be limited to approved, budgeted 
expenses of the committee.  

iii.     Making all additions, changes, and deletions to the Website. 

iv.     Interfacing with the Web Host Provider regarding technical 
matters.

v.     Insuring that no objectionable material is posted to the 
website, guarding that all posted material adheres strictly to our 12 
Traditions and 12 Concepts as well as guidance provided in the 
A.A. Service Manual and subsequent revisions thereof.  

vi.     Making a display available of and reporting on the Website at 
each Area Assembly  

vii.     Providing a printed version of the information being displayed 
on the Website to the Chairperson of the Southeast Texas Area 
Assembly for review by members of the Assembly who do not have 
access to "on line services"  

viii.     Enlisting the help of A.A. members within the Southeast 
Texas Area who have knowledge of website development and 
implementation to work on special projects.  

Site layout: 

A home page consisting of: 

i.     The title "This is the "Official" Website of the Southeast Texas 
Area of Alcoholics Anonymous, Area 67"  

ii.     A map displaying the Districts with hyperlinks pointing to 
information on the times & locations of District Sharing Sessions.  
(District links may also contain email aliases to each DCM's 
personal email address if so desired by the DCM)  

iii.     The disclaimer: "This site is not endorsed nor approved by 
Alcoholics Anonymous World Services, Inc. or any Internet service 
provider.  It is an AA service solely provided by the Southeast 
Texas Area Assembly.  No copyrighted material shall be 
purposefully posted herein without the express permission of those 
individuals or institutions possessing ownership of said copyrights. 
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."  

iv.     Links to A.A. World Services 
(http://www.alcoholics-anonymous.org/) and A. A. Grapevine, Inc. 
(http://www.aagrapevine.org/}  

v.     Links to additional pages on our site  

Additional pages: 

i.     A separate page for each standing committee and area officer 
for the purpose of posting information related to each position.  

ii.     A comprehensive list of Southeast Texas Area Assembly 
actions  

iii.     A page listing events sponsored by the Southwest Region, 
Southeast Texas Area, Districts within Southeast Texas Area, & 
Groups within Southeast Texas Area  

Posting constraints: 

At all times the last names of individuals or e-mail addresses 
containing individual last names shall not be used.  We must 
always maintain personal anonymity at the level of press, radio, 
and films; and this goes for cyberspace as well. 

Events will be accepted for posting only from voting members of the 
Assembly and must be representative of those they serve (e.g. 
GSR's may submit events sponsored by their Group, DCM's events 
sponsored by their District or Groups in their District, Committee 
Chairpersons events sponsored by their committee) 

Service events sponsored by Southeast Texas Area A.A. and 
Southwest Regional A.A. as well as the General Service 
Conference will be posted as early as the information is available.

No copyrighted material shall be posted (see item 4iii)