Most meetings scheduled at the Atlantic Club in West OC are taking place in-person at this time, in accordance with Mayor Hogan’s guidelines. Other groups are slowly reopening in-person meetings. Please visit the Meetings Page for the latest updates. Here are useful guidelines sent by Maryland General Service about 12 Steps to Safely Reopen Meetings and Contact Tracing.
Some area groups have set up online meetings. If your Home Group is doing this, please email the details to info@ocaa.org and we will post it so others can join in. Here’s some guidance on how to set up a remote meeting with Google Hangout, Zoom or FreeConferenc
Listed below are some Virtual Meetings taking place now in the Ocean City Intergroup:
- 6 pm Happy Hour via Zoom https://us02web.zoom.us/j/
84911801487 Dial in: +1 (301)-715-8592 Meeting ID: 849 1180 1487 Password: 075822
- Noon Happy Joyous and Free Women’s group reads “As Bill Sees It” via Zoom https://us02web.zoom.us/j/
86421946835?pwd= cytBUmJLVndrMVhRQVQycFhhWHh0Zz 09 Dial in: +1 (301)-715-8592 Meeting ID: 864 2194 6835 Password: 010397
- 7 pm The Promises via Zoom https://us02web.zoom.us/j/
217995249?pwd= cXlZK21CanRtY2pqOE9hSG4rNG9HUT 09 Dial in: +1 301 715 8592 Meeting ID: 217 995 249 Password: 382990 - 7 pm Al-Anon • Bayside Beginning Ocean Pines via Zoom https://us02web.zoom.us/j/
82512805793?pwd= VjJsOUt4anlJcTIyY0pBRWhTZDI2QT 09 Dial in: +1 (301)-715-8592 Meeting ID: 825 1280 5793 Password: 058548
- 8 pm Free To Be Women’s group via Zoom: https://us04web.zoom.us/j/358229631 Dial in:+1 (301)-715-8592 Meeting ID: 358 229 631 Password: 9S1PSg
- 7 pm Primary Purpose group Big Book Study Meeting via https://ppgmd.org
- 10 am Happy, Joyous and Free Women’s group reads “12 and 12” via Zoom https://us02web.zoom.us/j/84631768850?pwd=S0F3a2xtRWN5WE9QMFlrbCtDRmRZQT09 Dial in:+1 (301)-715-8592 Meeting ID: 846 3176 8850 Password: 313033
Saturday
- 7 pm Saturday Night Live! via Zoom https://us04web.zoom.us/j/
954508347?pwd= TDJ0UnNuYmZIYm9Ed1pHQmxEWHR0Zz 09 Dial in: +1 (301)-715-8592 Meeting ID: 954 508 347 Password: 646266
Sunday
- 8 pm CDA (Chemical Dependents Anonymous) • Step To It! via Zoom https://us02web.zoom.us/j/8601
1984838?pwd=RHdSaTdJSUhpNk5tUE 0zcUloZnJmUT09 Dial in: +1 (301)-715-8592 Meeting ID: 860 1198 4838 Password: 611310
Intergroups outside of Area 29 are also maintaining lists of online meetings:
- Southern Delaware
- Baltimore
- Hagerstown
- Mid Shore
- Northeast Maryland
- Southern Maryland
- West Central
Online Meeting Resources: with the statewide orders to limit in-person gatherings, many of us are experiencing online, virtual, or dial-in meetings for the first time. Please keep in mind that not everyone has online access from their home and consider ways to include those alcoholics in your virtual meetings! I want to highlight a few resources that we’ve run across which might be generally helpful as you participate in or host online or dial-in meetings:
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- Baltimore Intergroup Updates on Virtual Meetings (Anonymity, 7th Tradition, etc.)
- Protecting Anonymity in Zoom Meetings:
- Personal Anonymity in Zoom Meetings:
- Managing Attendees in Zoom Meetings:
- How to Move an AA Meeting Online in Five Simple Steps:
- Setting Up a Remote Meeting:
- Suggested Best Practices for a Digital Seventh Tradition:
AA Grapevine Available Free: the 2020 digital editions of AA Grapevine,as well as the audio versions, are available free online at: https://www.aagrapevine.org/