http://aa-gb.org/forum/Blah.pl? http://www.eblah.com en http://aa-gb.org/forum/Blah.pl?m-1281820818/ http://aa-gb.org/forum/Blah.pl?m-1281820818/#num1 Sat, 14 Aug 2010 22:20:18 Administrator http://aa-gb.org/forum/Blah.pl?m-1281812129/ http://aa-gb.org/forum/Blah.pl?m-1281812129/#num1
If it is to be sustainable we should be not be competitive with the official site, but rather complementary, providing things they do not.

Possibilities are to restructure the Forum to take out all the existing sections, and replace with, for example, Newcomers - a place for newcomers to ask questions; Recovery - a place to for people to share there experience, strength, and hope (and ask questions); Public Information - a place for PI people to share what they have been doing; A Cafe - a place to put all the non-recovery related stuff - jokes - snippets; Technical - a place to share how members have solved problems
(or to ask questions) - aimed at RECLOs and ECLOs primarily.

We can add pages to the front of the site as appropriate. We will need a new front page stating what we do, and what our policies are.

Unlike the official site, we should be completely open - our committee must be prepared to state their names (AA names - not pseudonyms) and contact emails (they can be forwarders via the aa-gb.org web site, or whatever), and maybe short biographical details. So that would be a pre-requisite for joining the committee.

No secrecy. Moderation of the forums, yes - of course - but only where absolutely necessary. You will be able to type words like Google without the wrath of Forum Admin pouring down on your head. And no secret sections - no hidden bits behind passwords - all open - all above board.

To start us off in a democratic manner the time has come to vote on whether we should have a recovery section (maybe two)]]> Sat, 14 Aug 2010 19:55:29 ChrisS http://aa-gb.org/forum/Blah.pl?m-1280161428/ http://aa-gb.org/forum/Blah.pl?m-1280161428/#num1 Mon, 26 Jul 2010 17:23:48 Administrator http://aa-gb.org/forum/Blah.pl?m-1279581890/ http://aa-gb.org/forum/Blah.pl?m-1279581890/#num1 as they deemed it a ''live lane'' (inside lane of a dual carriage way) the police said it was safe for recovery
and even after police spoke to them they still refused to attend.
Such calls are not recorded but just logged. So they don't have a true record of what is said. Absolutely
ridiculous practise of working I feel.

Apparently they are only allowed to assist when the vehicle is out of the traffic flow
also they are not allowed to attend ''live lane'' incidents without the express permission
of the relevant authorities.
That must rule out most of the roads!

What was the song accompanying their advert? oh yes, You just call out my name and you know
wherever I am I'll come running to see you again, winter spring summer or fall all you have to do is call
and I'll be Ihere!

Not very happy especially as had to pay £150+vat for local firm.

AA don't do as it says on the box!

]]> Tue, 20 Jul 2010 00:24:50 bowlerchappie http://aa-gb.org/forum/Blah.pl?m-1279444328/ http://aa-gb.org/forum/Blah.pl?m-1279444328/#num1
http://www.aa.org/subpage.cfm?page=27

Hello Friends,

Don't Know if you already have seen this USA AA GSO Website

  I did know about it but hadn't realised until my recent visit how
   widely known and read it was by  US/Canada AA's.

      Maybe we could do with similar in the UK,  it might? make our
         UK GSO more open and transparent to the 'HIGHER' echelons of the

             Fellowship,  ie Members/Groups/Intergroups!!

                     In Fellowship,  Doonald

  PS - Notice how open it is to everyone = nothing to hide!
]]> Sun, 18 Jul 2010 10:12:08 Doonald