The job of the Website Coordinator is to maintain and extend the Vermont Area Al-Anon/Alateen website (www.vermontalanonalateen.org). The work has three main components:

Routine Posting

• posting calendar events and announcements
• updating online meeting lists
• helpful skills:
  • uploading media to website
  • generating PDFs
  • email: attaching documents and embedding links

Website Maintenance

• keeping the site software (WordPress and plugins) up to date and functioning
• handling website crashes
• liaising with hosting company
• providing website-based email accounts or forwarders on request
• helpful skills:
  • website software (preferably WordPress)
  • basic HTML, CSS
  • plugins
  • cPanel

Webmail Handling

• monitor website’s Inbox
• reply to website-related mail (flyer submissions, etc.)
• forward other mail to appropriate AWSC members
• helpful skills:
  • familiarity with email features
  • familiarity with AWSC member roles

Created: 2009
Revised: 3/2021

The Alateen Coordinator must be certified as an Al-Anon Member Involved in Alateen Service (AMIAS).

The Coordinator serves as the contact person for anyone interested in Alateen, whether wanting to serve as an AMIAS, start an Alateen group, expressing concerns about an existing group or with general questions about Alateen. The Coordinator also answers questions AMIAS may have regarding difficult situations or group issues.

The Coordinator chairs at least two AMIAS workshops (Spring Assembly and Fall Assembly) and supports or chairs additional workshops throughout Area 56.

Upon accepting the position, the Coordinator reviews all Area 56 Alateen Guidelines and Forms and brings changes and updates to the AWSC.

Maintains the records and documentation of AMIAS, determining who has qualified for certification by completing the appropriate paperwork and attending the necessary workshops.

Processes the re-certification of AMIAS annually with WSO. This can be done on the computer.

The Alateen Coordinator is a voting member of the Area World Service Committee.

Created: 2005

Revised: 3/2015

Job Description: Public Outreach Coordinator

• Liaison with and provide resources/materials for public outreach activities/opportunities to Area District Representatives or District members who do public outreach work.
• Clarify with the WSO, procedures for doing public outreach work.
• Organize and coordinate any Area projects for public outreach.

The Public Outreach Coordinator is a voting member of the Area World Service Committee.

Created: 3/2015

The work of the Group Records Coordinator (GRC) helps ensure:

• that information provided to the public about Area Al-Anon and Alateen meetings is kept up to date, so that those seeking our meetings can be sure to find us.
• that group contact information provided to the WSO is kept up to date, so that WSO’s lines of communication with Area groups will be uninterrupted.

The GRC maintains accurate group records for the Area, updating the WSO’s online database after learning of and verifying any changes. The GRC also communicates changes in meeting times, locations, and status (newly-formed or de-activated) to:

• Area Coordinators for the Website, Meeting List, and Answering Service.
• District Representative in the affected district.
• Area World Service Committee.

The GRC distributes a copy of each District’s information to the District Representatives in advance of a new printing of the Area meeting list, requesting that the information be reviewed, updated, and returned in a timely manner.

The GRC confers with the Meeting List Coordinator before the printing of the new list to ensure good correlation of information.

The GRC may participate in conference calls for GRCs conducted by the WSO.

The Group Records Coordinator is a voting member of the Area World Service Committee.

Created: 1/2000

Revised: 4/2015