Computer and Technology Committee

Purpose:

The Computer and Technology Committee maintains the Area’s computer located in the Area Office and finds and implements ways in which technology can be used to carry the A.A. message. The Computer and Technology Committee maintains computers, cameras, microphones, speakers, networking router, VoIP telephone equipment, and other computer-related equipment located in the Area Office. The committee also finds and implements ways in which technology can be used to help carry the message of Alcoholics Anonymous.



History:

In 2003, concerns were brought forth about the security of the office computers and its accessibility. The consensus was to form a committee whose purpose would be to maintain the security and accessibility of the Area office computers. In 2015, to assist the Area with the ever-expanding role of Technology and to find ways to better carry the message by utilizing technology, the Computer Committee was renamed the Computer and Technology committee. In -2016, an updated set of guidelines for the newly renamed Computer and Technology committee was developed to replace the existing Computer committee guidelines. These guidelines were approved by the Area Committee in July 2016. In 2018, the Area 44 Delegate asked the Computer and Technology committee to implement a shared document repository for Area 44-related documents. The committee selected Microsoft Office 365, which includes SharePoint, Outlook, Yammer, OneDrive, OneNote, and Teams. In January 2019, the system was released and named Share44. In September 2019, a recommendation was approved by ACM to declare Share44 as the official Area 44 system of record for document storage and email communication.