Deadline -- March 26

Deadline to submit announcements or shares of experience, strength and hope to the Share and Care newsletter is March 26.  How are you applying the program to the pandemic situation?  What is your group doing?  Submit your share by email to:   Share and Care Editor

Change in Notifications

Because of the statewide "shelter in place" order, our "Find a Meeting" page is now going to be used to inform you of all the ON-LINE meetings that are set up by registered meetings to be held at the same time as their regular meetings.  As of this writing we have 8 on-line meetings set up.  Let us know if you have one that is not on the list.    CHECK OUT THE LIST

What About "Zoom Meetings"?

From WSO as of 3/19/20: 

1. WSO Prefers that members use the over 300 electronic meetings available through al-anon.org.
2. If meetings in local areas are setting up Zoom meetings etc - they must be set up at the same time and day as the regularly scheduled face-to-face meeting.
3. Once the electronic meeting has been established - let the DR know and the DR will inform the local AIS office.
4. Local AIS may display the electronic sign in information for meeting that replacing the face-to-face that is already registered with WSO.
THIS IS PARTICULARLY IMPORTANT SO THAT NEWCOMERS AND NEW MEMBERS HAVE RESOURCES IN OUR DISTRICT.
5. WSO says that all electronic meetings will stand down once the situation is resolved and return to face-to-face meetings.

To see what on-line meetings are available, go to our Find a Meeting page.

Message from Intergroup

From Burt P, Chairman, A.I.S. Intergroup
Thoughts on COVID-19 – from your local Al-Anon Information Service (Districts 6-10)    ---->  View Document

A.I.S. Office Closure

The AIS Office and Book Store will be closed this week and hours and services will be re-evaluated on a weekly basis.

We will only be accepting literature orders by phone or email. Orders will be taken by phone Monday through Thursday between 10am and 3pm. Please phone 916 334-2970 or email orders to aisbookcenter@yahoo.com. Don't worry if you don't have an order form. We can generate one for you.

Orders will be processed once a week on Thursdays and be shipped on Fridays. Credit card orders only. Do not include credit card info on your email. We will get that from you over the phone. Be sure to include include your name and phone number as well as group name so that we can call you to process the order. 

Thank you for your cooperation and please call with any concerns or questions. 

Be safe and be healthy!

AIS Office Staff

916 334-2970

Notes on Zoom Meetings

Notes made by Jim K. on Zoom (on-line) meetings:
0.  Zoom is not the only service that can be used; there are several others.
1.  Everyone attending the meeting has to have previously installed the Zoom App on their device.  If they have not done so, when they try to join the meeting, Zoom will guide them through the installation process, but it may take a several minutes.
2.  The FREE version of Zoom is limited to 40 minutes duration for a meeting if there are more than 2 people.  They would have to end and start a new meeting every 40 minutes.  The Pro Version meets all our needs but the person who HOSTS the meeting has to sign up to pay $14.95 per month.  The group could reimburse them.

Update on Cancelled Meetings

There is now a table of cancelled meetings on our FIND A MEETING page (black bar at top of page).  There were some additions today, 3/14.

Saturday Serenity El Dorado Hills Mtg Temporarily Suspended

Saturday Serenity AFG which typically meets at Vintage Grace Church, 931 Lassen Lane, El Dorado Hills Saturday mornings at 9:00 am has been temporarily suspended due to current unavailability of facilities resulting from coronavirus/COVID-19 concerns.

Persons interested in attending the 3/21 meeting at an alternate / temporary location please send an email to ss-temp@btpeterson.com

Roseville Mon Nite Mtg Suspended

Parents Serenity meeting that meets at the Hillcrest Church, 911 Hillcrest Avenue, Roseville, on Monday night has been suspended until further notice due to coronavirus concerns. They have suspended all gatherings at this location until further notice and that includes the Wednesday noon Parents Seeking Serenity meeting.

Meetings at Kaiser 2829 Watt Ave Cancelled

Meetings at Kaiser 2829 Watt Ave Cancelled

The Thursday Nights Men’s Stag meeting at 7:15pm in Kaiser’s Chemical Dependency and Recovery Program Facility, 2829 Watt Ave, Sacramento has been cancelled until further notice (due to Coronavirus prevention). The facility has cancelled all meetings that involve outside groups.

The Sacramento Serenity on Saturday meeting at 11:00am in Kaiser’s Chemical Dependency and Recovery Program Facility, 2829 Watt Ave, Sacramento has been cancelled until further notice (due to Coronavirus prevention). The facility has cancelled all meetings that involve outside groups.

Sutter Center Meetings Cancelled

The Spring into Recovery meeting on Tuesday nights at Sutter Center for Psychiatry has been cancelled until further notice (due to the Coronavirus.) The facility has cancelled all meetings that involve outside groups.

New Alateen Meeting, Placerville

Thursday Noon Placerville Alateen Meeting
Charter College and Career Prep.
Room 101,
12:00 noon to 1:00 p.m. **
6767 Green Valley Road
Placerville, CA 95667

** Closed during Summer Break

District 10 Business Meeting Cancelled

The District 10 Business Meeting scheduled for March 18 is CANCELLED  based on information received from Placer Health Services.

District 10 Speaker Meeting Cancelled

The District 10 Speaker Meeting for March 15 is cancelled based on information received from Placer Health Services
cancellation flier

March Share & Care

Here's the latest issue of our newsletter for the Sacramento area.
read or download ----> March Share & Care