Complete List of Al Anon Meetings

May 3, 2011 8:15 PM

Where can I get a list of every place and time for an Al Anon meeting in the United States?

I was asked to gather a list of every Alanon meeting for a website and I can not figure out how to do this. The only solution I can see is to manually go to each state and each county of the map provided at the Alanon website. How long would that take, where could I get help for that, and is there a place I can get a full formatted list?

posted by digdan to Technology (5 answers total)

There's a telephone number on the website (1-888-425-2666) to call for meeting information. I'd suggest just calling it, telling them what you need, and seeing if you can get a complete list emailed to you. Unless you need it before 8:00 a.m. Eastern time tomorrow, in which case, it looks like copy and paste may be your best bet.
posted by jessian at 8:23 PM on May 3, 2011

If AA is any guide, there is probably not a central list of meetings, its an extremely decentralized organization. Going to the states will be your best best if you need it accurate.
posted by shothotbot at 8:46 PM on May 3, 2011

Very decentralized. Try contacting the state GSR or district rep. Meetings change so often that keeping a national directory is (in the current system) unrealistic.
posted by wowbobwow at 9:53 PM on May 3, 2011

And when you say "I was asked to gather a list" of the meetings, are you doing this on a volunteer or paid gig? If you've got a budget, it might be a job for a large set of Mechanical Turk workers...
posted by wowbobwow at 9:57 PM on May 3, 2011

Anecdotally, I can add that my own district meeting list undergoes frequent alterations, and even active members have trouble keeping up. Either meeting sites change, or new meetings are added (rarely are meetings eliminated, if anything, it appears they have trouble keeping up with the growth....)
posted by msali at 9:16 AM on May 4, 2011