Update For Policy-and-admissions – Sep 2025
Policy & Admissions Committee (PAC) Report September 2025
What We Do:
The Policy & Admissions Committee (PAC) assists new groups in registering and listing their A.A. meetings on the OIAA meeting directory. Our responsibilities include:
- Reviewing new meeting submission forms for completeness and compliance with meeting directory listing guidelines.
- Ensuring that new meetings/groups retain a Traditions statement.
- Assisting new member groups in listing their Intergroup representatives at the time of registration.
- Helping meetings/groups regain their status for relisting in the OIAA meeting directory or as Intergroup representatives if they have lapsed.
- Addressing complaints and answering questions regarding meetings/groups listed in the OIAA meeting directory.
- Providing policy and guideline advisories to any interested parties.
What we did: Committee actions from September 1 to September 30, 2025:
- New meeting submission forms reviewed: 67
- New meeting submission forms processed to listed completion: 28
- Meetings listed with an IGR: 7 (25% of September completed listings)
- Outstanding – waiting for reply: 16
- Declined listings: 5
- Sent to Steppers: 0
- Sent to PIC: 0
- Requested removal: 0
- Decided Not to List: 0
- Duplicates/Not a Listing/An Update/Hold/Spam/Already Listed: 15
- Complaints/Concerns: 0
- OIAA policy/guideline advisory: 0
During the month of September, we had three active committee members processing the emails that we received. That number includes two relatively new members who are now completely up to speed. The three of us communicate effectively via text and email and meet as needed to discuss any concerns regarding new groups asking to be added to our OIAA Meeting Directory.
The best news is that two new members who live in Mexico have expressed interest in joining our committee. One is bilingual and speaks both Spanish and English fluently, the other is a Spanish speaker. We are very excited at the prospect of having Spanish speaking committee members who will be able to communicate with our Spanish speaking groups more effectively. These two individuals have already attended one training session. As soon as the Tech Committee sets them up with PAC email addresses and adds them to our PAC Google Groups we will be able to continue the training process.
We welcome new members. Anyone wishing to serve on our committee may contact us at pac.chair@aa-intergroup.org.
Respectfully submitted,
Beth D. OIAA PAC Chair
