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 November 2024

District 8 Website Coordinator Position - 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. It is recommended that the interested member work with Scott early for a transfer of knowledge. Please contact Scott N. at Webmaster@AlAnonSantaBarbara.info, if you feel called to this position or would like to discuss.

Important change Please update your meeting's manual - all 7th tradition checks to the District should be made out to "Santa Barbara Al-Anon Family Group".

The Monthly Speaker Meeting has been cancelled until further notice. If you are interested in Serving as Speaker Coordinator, please contact Alejandra. Email: DistrictRep@AlAnonSantaBarbara.info.

Newcomer packets are available in both English and Spanish. Please contact Jeanne if your group needs to purchase these packets. Jeanne will deliver the packets to you! The new booklet "Healing within Our Alcoholic Relationships" is available. Please contact Jeanne if your group needs to purchase copies. Sold at cost $4.00.

Marie needs one or two leaders for the Beginners Meeting via Zoom, one night per month, Tuesdays at 6:15 pm.

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.

District Opportunities and Open District Service Positions:

• Monthly Speaker Coordinator.
• Public Outreach Coordinator.
• Institutions Coordinator.
• Debra M. has answered the info line calls for some time and would like to pass the service on to someone new.

Al-Anon Events

• Please visit https://www.scws-al-anon.org/calendar-of-events/ for events posted by Southern California World Service.

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.