The thirty (30), or so, Al-Anon and Alateen meetings (in both English and Spanish) in the Santa Barbara and Santa Ynez Valley areas make-up District 8. District 8 is part of Southern California World Service (SCWS) also know as Area 4.
"Take Back to Meeting" for April 2024
New Announcements:
- The District is putting on a Workshop on Saturday, September 7th on the topic of Relationships. The format will be hybrid. Please contact Jessie at 805.252.7076 if you would like to be of service for this event. Save the date!
- The weekly Saturday Alateen meetings will resume on June 1st at the Church of Christ, 677 North Turnpike at 11am. Please contact Nancy P. for additional information.
- Please consider attending the Santa Barbara AA convention planning meetings, held the second Tuesday of each month at 6pm, to help represent Al-Anon at the convention. Contact Alejandra.
- The District Al-Anon website conversion task force needs volunteers. Contact Scott, our Webmaster, who is ending his long service at the end of the year. Email: Webmaster@AlAnonSantaBarbara.info
- Marie needs one or two leaders for the Beginners Meeting via Zoom, one night per month, Tuesdays at 6:15pm.
- Newcomer packets are available in both English and Spanish. Please contact Jeanne if your group needs to purchase these packets.
Ongoing Announcements
- The District's Zoom coordinators remind all groups and group hosts that the District's zoom rooms are assets of the District and groups do not have the autonomy to make changes to the zoom settings, including passwords and pictures. Hosts are reminded to "Sign/Log Out" of the account after ending the zoom call. Logging out is done by going up the SB 1, 2 or 3 in upper right corner. This leaves the zoom room available and other hosts to log into their next meetings.
- Beginning July 2024, the District's PO Box will no longer be available as a Current Mailing Address (CMA) for groups. Groups needing to change their CMA can decide whether the CMA should be the GR's personal mailing address, another group service member's personal address (i.e., Secretary), or secure a group PO Box at the group's expense. Please contact Alejandra if you have any questions.
- If you are a member who holds a service position within the District and would like your personal phone number currently shown on the meeting directory changed to a Google phone number (to maintain anonymity), please contact Mala once you have made that change. If you would like a Google email instead of or in addition to a phone number, please contact Scott.
District Opportunities and Open District Service Positions:
Public Outreach Coordinator
Help to carry the message of hope through local media and to professionals within our community. Please contact Alejandra if you are interested or have any questions.
Al-Anon Info Line Coordinator
Debra M. has answered the info line calls for some time and would like to pass the service on to someone new
District Website Coordinator
The D8 Website Coordinator position will be available no later than January 2025. This position is responsible for updating pages on the District 8 Website, adding and removing pages as requested by trusted servants acting on behalf of the District. For a complete description of duties, please review the District Service Commitment Descriptions page. Please contact Scott N. at Webmaster@AlAnonSantaBarbara.info, if you feel called to this position or would like to discuss.
Al-Anon Events
- 47th Annual Southern California AFG Convention
April 26, 2024, 2:00 p.m. - April 28, 2024, 12:00 noon. Convention flyer.
Website Change Requests
Website updates can take 7 to 14 days to implement, so please provide at least 7 to 14 day lead time on meeting change requests.