{"id":28,"date":"2017-12-16T02:14:33","date_gmt":"2017-12-16T02:14:33","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/asp-afg.org\/members\/?page_id=28"},"modified":"2025-05-06T22:22:45","modified_gmt":"2025-05-06T22:22:45","slug":"tradition-7","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/asp-afg.org\/members\/tradition-7\/","title":{"rendered":"Tradition 7"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>Our Al-Anon 7th Tradition says . . .<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong>&#8220;Every group ought to be fully self-supporting, declining outside contributions.&#8221;<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\">You may send your contributions to:<\/p>\n<h2 style=\"padding-left: 40px;\"><strong><span style=\"color: #339966;\">A SERENITY PLACE<br \/>PO <\/span><\/strong><strong><span style=\"color: #339966;\">Box 564<br \/>Cottonwood, AZ 86326<br \/><\/span><\/strong><\/h2>\n<h4>Please make checks payable to :\u00a0 <strong>&#8220;A Serenity Place AFG&#8221;<\/strong><\/h4>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><strong>For those who prefer to use a credit or debit card via PayPal. . .<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Paypal donations can be sent to:\u00a0<a href=\"mailto:tradition7@asp-afg.org\">tradition7@asp-afg.org<\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><strong>If you include your ZIP or postal code in a comment, it will be used to identify your donation.\u00a0 Please note that the PO Box is checked for donations once a month.<br \/><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>An explanation of how we handle money at ASP can be found <a href=\"https:\/\/asp-afg.org\/members\/money-handling\/\">here<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><strong>Background info . . .<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Our\u00a0<em>A Serenity Place\u00a0<\/em>meeting<em>\u00a0<\/em>expenses are variable.\u00a0 Per <a href=\"https:\/\/asp-afg.org\/members\/group-conscience\/\">Motion 24<\/a>, the Steering Committee will discuss and revise when appropriate.\u00a0 \u00a0As of June 30<sup>th<\/sup>, 2022, our prudent reserve is set to $1600\/annually.\u00a0 Our expenses include:<\/p>\n<ul style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\n<li><strong>Regular expenses<\/strong>\n<ul>\n<li>Dedicated Server:\u00a0 $99.00 per month \u2013 which houses our Mailing List as well as our web site at no further costs to us (we also paid a one time $99.00 set up fee)<\/li>\n<li>Domain registration: $20.00 per year\u00a0\u2013 or $45.00 for 3 years (we paid for 3 years)<\/li>\n<li>Post Office box: $82.00 per year<\/li>\n<li>Zoom account: $150 annual fee<\/li>\n<li>Bank account:\u00a0 no regular fees or monthly charges<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li><strong>Additional occasional expenses<\/strong>\n<ul>\n<li>Internet access&#8211;extraordinary Internet access costs for List Administrator when traveling<\/li>\n<li>Long-distance telephone calls&#8211;once in a while there is some concern that needs to be handled by telephone rather than email<\/li>\n<li>Postage&#8211;correspondence with WSO, bank, etc.<\/li>\n<li>Annual incorporation filing fees<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><strong>Prudent Reserve<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The prudent reserve for A Serenity Place is one year&#8217;s expenses [$1600.00 USD].\u00a0 Funds in bank account in excess of expenses and prudent reserve will be reviewed and disbursed per group conscience.\u00a0 See <a href=\"http:\/\/asp-afg.org\/members\/group-conscience\/\">Motion 24<\/a> for details on the <a href=\"https:\/\/asp-afg.org\/members\/group-conscience\/\">Group Conscience page<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><strong>Reporting<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\">A financial report is posted and will be updated periodically.<\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><em><strong>Click here to view<\/strong><\/em>\u00a0<strong><a href=\"https:\/\/asp-afg.org\/members\/financial-reports\/\">Financial Reports<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 Each donation is identified by date, amount and the postal code of the donor. This protects the anonymity of the member while providing our members with a means of verifying their donation.<\/p>\n<h2>Questions for our Treasurer?\u00a0\u00a0<\/h2>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 40px;\">Please reach out to the ASP Treasurer at <a href=\"mailto:treasurer@asp-afg.org\">treasurer@asp-afg.org<\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Updated: 5\/6\/2025 3:20 PM PDT<\/p>\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Our Al-Anon 7th Tradition says . . . &#8220;Every group ought to be fully self-supporting, declining outside contributions.&#8221; You may send your contributions to: A SERENITY PLACEPO Box 564Cottonwood, AZ 86326 Please make checks payable to :\u00a0 &#8220;A Serenity Place AFG&#8221; For those who prefer to use a credit or debit card via PayPal. . 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