Group Records
Al-Anon Group Records Changes & Registration Resources
This page contains Group Records resources for Physical and Electronic Al-Anon Family Groups. Thank you for keeping your meeting information up to date with us. To submit group changes, register a new group, or if you have questions, please contact your District Representative or our Area Group Records Coordinator at [email protected]. Thank you! Note: WSO’s Group Records forms were updated in March 2022. Please replace any old forms you may have with the new versions.
Important Note: If you send group changes directly to the Area Information Service (Pittsburgh AIS or Delaware Valley AIS), this does not automatically get sent to the PA group records coordinator, so please send any changes to the Area Group Records Coordinator at [email protected] in addition to the AIS.
Physical Al-Anon Groups Resources
An online option to submit group changes is available. Complete the WSO’s online form at this link: WSO Online Group Records Change Form (Instructions). The WSO will then send the changes to our Area Group Records Coordinator, who will make the changes at the state level and then send them back to WSO.
A PDF form option is also available. This form replaces the old GR-1 form for making updates to the WSO and PA Group Records: Al-Anon Group Records Change Form (Instructions). Completed forms should be mailed to our Area Group Records Coordinator at [email protected].
Please Note: Often the GR and CMA (Current Mailing Address) change at the same time, but we can’t read minds. When the GR changes, please fill out section 7 before submitting. The CMA information is in section 6. If both are changing, please complete both sections on the form. Also, please make sure the phone contacts in section 4 are current and correct.
New Physical Al-Anon Group Registration:
Please use the following form to add a new Al-Anon group. This form replaces the old GR-1 form for registering new groups. Email completed forms to our Area Group Records Coordinator at [email protected].
New Al-Anon Group Registration via physical form
To Register a new group online with a physical location: New Al-Anon Group Registration Form for Groups with a Physical Meeting Location
Instructions on Completing Form
Guidelines on starting and Al-Anon Group (G-12)
Click here for Annual update instructions
Electronic Al-Anon Groups Resources
Now that PA permits permanent electronic Al-Anon groups and many Districts are making decisions to welcome them, Groups that are meeting temporarily electronically or have split to a physical and electronic meeting location are encouraged to make decisions.
Groups that want to go from temporarily electronic to a permanent electronic and stay in PA can submit a group change form to the WSO directly or to our Area Groups Records Coordinator. Also, new Electronic Al-Anon groups that want to form and register in PA can submit a new electronic group registration. Groups that desire to be in the Global Electronic Area would register with WSO as a new group for that Area.
Process for group moving from a physical location to an electronic one:
Members or DR submit the Al-Anon Group Record Change Form for Groups with an Electronic Location on al-anon.org. (OR) inform the Area Group Records Coordinator to submit changes to the WSO.
Process for new electronic Al-Anon group registrations:
Please use the following form to add a new Al-Anon group. This form replaces the old GR-1 form for registering new groups. Email completed forms to our Area Group Records Coordinator at [email protected].
Members or DR submit the New Al-Anon Group Registration Form for Groups with an Electronic Location on al-anon.org. (OR) inform the Area Group Records Coordinator to submit a new group to the WSO.
Disbanded/Inactive Meetings
Use the above electronic or PDF options to report meetings that are permanently disbanded/inactive.
Group Records Archives
Alateen Records Change Form
Please visit the Alateen section on the Documents and Forms page for further information: Documents and Forms
Guideline for Electronic Groups in the Pennsylvania Service Structure
Next Steps for Electronic Al-Anon Groups in Pennsylvania
The following document is for Districts and Groups to outline the next steps in the process regarding electronic Al-Anon groups in Pennsylvania.
Next Steps for Electronic Al-Anon Groups in PA