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Archives Chair

Status
Filled

Current Servant
Gary D.

Term Ends
January 2027

At a glance

  • Sobriety: 2+ Years suggested
  • Time: 3+ month
  • Reimbursement: Yes
  • Skills: Organizing, cataloging, preservation, love of A.A. history
  • Meets:
  • Category: Standing committee
  • Reports to: DCM

What you'd actually do

  • The archivist or archive committee chair is responsible for establishing policies, procedures, and creative  parameters; as well as maintaining responsibility and authority for the use of the archives, according to  district group conscience. The archivist collects and maintains historical information and duties include:  
  • Communications with district and area using designated email: dist10archivist@area72aa.org . 
  • Collecting district committee meeting minutes, agenda, and district financial reports.  3. Collecting literature, documents, recordings, newspaper articles, photographs, event programs/flyers,  and other artifacts related to the district, area, and A.A. as a whole.  
  • Utilizing storage space shared with Literature Locker Committee in a rented locker located at Rainier  View Storage, Silverdale. Establishing and maintaining an inventory of the collection, as well as an  index and locating system.  
  • Assisting district members with archive related matters.  
  • Due to the complexity of preservation and new developments of maintaining past recordings the  Archivist may serve consecutive terms of two – 2 year terms. See motion 24.7.  
  • This position has a budgeted Line-Item for reimbursement of expenses accrued. See the Trusted  Servant Reimbursement Policy (Appendix C) for reimbursement clarifications. Included in this line-item  is the cost the Literature/Archivist storage locker rent bi-monthly.