Update For Public-information – Jul 2024

Public Information Committee Report

2nd Quarter 2024

Purpose: 

The Public Information Committee’s primary purpose is to carry the AA message to the alcoholic who still suffers. The Committee promotes the unity of online AA groups in accordance with Tradition One; carries the message of AA in accordance with Tradition Five; and responds to the needs of the online AA groups in accordance with Tradition Nine. The Committee provides a central source of information about Alcoholics Anonymous; OIAA and answers general questions about our website; the OIAA organization; listed online meetings; the directory; requests for general information; and complaints or directs those concerns to the appropriate committee for a response.  

Second Quarter 2024:

The Public Information Committee received 183 legitimate inquiries from April 1 through June 2024. We received 33 spam emails during the same period. All spam emails were rejected and reported to Google. Those ranged from offers to purchase bitcoin, drug products, or web services. The number of spam emails that got through was reduced by about 40%, a great improvement.

Twenty-three of the legitimate requests were forwarded to another committee for a reply. All queries received prompt replies, usually within hours of receipt.

PIC has 3 active members currently and 1 volunteer who has completed training and plans to become active in the next few months. The chairperson reached out to all listed PIC members during the quarter and heard from two individuals, Dave W., and Suzanne M., that they wished to continue serving. We added one new volunteer during the quarter. He recently wrote to explain that his family has a member just diagnosed with a terminal illness. Care of that person has prevented him from actively participating to date, but he does plan to become active soon.

The Communications Committee recently completed an excellent training video for PIC. It had some minor voice-over issues that the Communications team is working on. The video should be an excellent resource for PIC when it is completed.

Respectfully submitted,

Mary M.

Public Information Committee Chair

pic.chair@aa-intergroup.org