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Submit Newsletter Articles for Publishing
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Newsletter Chair Panel 60
in the MSCA 09 monthly newsletter. The
ANSC is a subcommittee of the
Area Communications Committee.
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Website Submission
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How can we Improve this Website? |
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Send your ideas to
EMSC
Web Coordinator. The Electronic
Media Sub Committee (EMSC) is a subcommittee of the
Area Communications Committee. |
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Website Services, News and Statistics: |
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Website news:
2008 statistics: The website averaged 7,041
unique visitors (i.e. sessions) each month with an average of
47,148
monthly hits. Top pages viewed were the English and the Spanish home pages, followed by
newsletters, guidelines, agendas, minutes, maps,
and district pages. Please see the link below for the statistical breakdown for the year.
Web Statistics 2008
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Website Services (includes Improvement Process and Progress) (This 2-page document shows the website services we offer, and the the process we use to evaluate, accept and/or reject ideas that are sent to us on how to improve the MSCA website's usefulness to the MSCA. It also includes a list of new ideas that were accepted, rejected, and are still under discussion by the Electronic Media Subcommittee) (originally posted 9-12-05) (updated 1-14-06, 2-5-06 and 5-29-06) |
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Purpose: The
Mid-Southern California Area (M.S.C.A.)
Communications Committee (ACC) is composed
of four subcommittees for the purpose of
facilitating communication within M.S.C.A,
and the fellowship at large. The result is
that these subcommittees have an
interconnection and mutual resources, as
well as a common voice. |
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Scope: All actions of the
Area Communications Committee (ACC) are
governed by the Twelve Traditions of AA, the
Twelve Concepts for World Service, and the
Guidelines of the Mid-Southern California
Area. The guidelines of each Communications
Committee Subcommittee are incorporated
within, and are part of, the
Area Communications Guidelines
(January 2009) |
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(ANSC) Area
Newsletter Subcommittee:
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As part of the Mid-Southern
California Area (MSCA) 09 Communications
Committee, the Area Newsletter Sub-Committee
(ANSC) shall consist of volunteer AA
members, charged with the responsibility of
producing and distributing The MSCA
Newsletter (hereinafter called The
Newsletter). All members of the ANSC
are automatically members of the Area
Communications Committee and will meet with
this Committee at monthly Assemblies, ASC’s
or at other designated times. The Newsletter
is published monthly (except in April &
July). There is also no Newsletter published
in October of odd-numbered years (2003,
2005… etc.), nor in November of
even-numbered years (2004, 2006… etc.) and
is supported solely through contributions
sent to the Area. The Newsletter is
published for the benefit of the
Mid-Southern California Area AA membership
and may include but is not limited to the
following:
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Local AA news and
information about groups and committees
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Reprinted material from
AA literature
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Sharing of experience in
recovery, unity and service
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Information pertaining
to Area actions, finances and meetings
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Information regarding AA
service, events, and announcements (In
keeping with A.A.’s Tradition of
non-affiliation, no events exclusively
planned as fund raising events will be
listed in The Newsletter)
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(EMSC)
Electronic Media Subcommittee:
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The purpose of the
Electronic Media Subcommittee (EMSC) is to
use electronic media (e.g. MSCA website) to
inform the members of the MSCA and others of
the activities, history and structure of the
Area.
Your current website
coordinator will have fulfilled four years
of service by 2012. So, in less than two
years: We will need a volunteer with
HTML/web coding experience for the 2012
Website Coordinator position. It is
highly suggested that you work with the
current web coordinator several months in
advance. Reading and writing in both
English/Spanish is helpful but not required;
we have translators who have been wonderful
help. Please contact
Area
Communications Chair 2010 if you can be of service and
fill this position! |
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(ATSC) Area
Translations Subcommittee:
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The Area Translations
Sub-Committee (ATSC) is responsible to the
Area Assembly and the Area Communications
Committee.
1. Translation: The ATSC is
charged with the translation2
of all
documents received from:
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a) A member of the Area
Officers Committee,
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b) The chair, or
co-chair of any of the Area standing
committees or sub-committees,
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c) The planning
committee chair for the Pre-Conference
Workshop, the MSCA Foro or the Servathon.
Note: For continuity and in
order to avoid confusion, all requests for
translation shall be presented to the
Communications Chair who will assure that
the Translation Committee receives the
material.
2. Translation Software:
Annually, the ATSC will work with the
Communications Equipment Sub-Committee (CESC)
in evaluating and, if necessary, budgeting
for and acquiring appropriate language
translation software.
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Professional
Translation Services: When no other avenue
of timely translation is available, or the
document being translated requires
professional translation, the ATSC should
consider retaining the services of
professional translation services to ensure
that all translations are completed in a
timely manner. It is a prudent practice that
three competitive cost estimates for the
work being consigned be are obtained prior
to hiring the professional translation
service.
This type of outside professional
services should have a suitable amount
entered as a budget item each fiscal year. |
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(CESC)
Communication Equipment Subcommittee:
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The Communications Equipment
Sub-Committee(CESC) is responsible to the
Area Assembly and the Area Communications
Committee (ACC).
As part of the ACC, the CESC,
always in cooperation with the Finance Committee, is charged with
the following:
1. Maintaining an inventory
of the following equipment owned by MSCA:
2. When requested by the
ACC, the CESC is responsible for
researching, evaluating and preparing a
written recommendation (including cost
estimates) for any electronic equipment,
computer software or repairs to electronic
equipment. In most instances, it is strongly
suggested that at least three sources, along
with the corresponding cost estimates, be
provided as part of the evaluation.
3. Will take responsibility
for the lawful disposal of any broken
equipment or obsolete software having to do
with communication equipment as described
above.
4. On an annual basis, in
the third quarter, prepare a report of all
electronic equipment that would be a
candidate for replacement, with costs and
prioritization for the purchases. This
report would be presented to the ACC Chair
no later than September 30th
of each year. The preparation of this
report is a year-long activity. The CESC
should work closely with all MSCA standing
committees and sub-committees, the Area
Officers committee and especially with the
Area Finance Committee for the purpose of
ensuring that a comprehensive, accurate and
prudent report is prepared. |
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MSCA Expense Report Form
(Downloadable copy of the form used to recoup MSCA expenses.
This form is in pdf format) (updated 02-02-2010) |
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