Tradition 7

SERENITY“Every group ought to be fully self-supporting, declining outside contributions.”

Like any face-to-face meeting, A Serenity Place depends on member donations to keep it running. The Treasurer for A Serenity Place sends out an email about once per month requesting contributions, usually entitled “Passing the Basket.” This is similar to a face-to-face meeting, in which a basket is typically passed around the room to collect member donations at a certain point during the meeting. If you live in the USA, you may contribute to ASP with a check via regular mail. If you live outside the USA or prefer to contribute using a credit or debit card, you can do so via email with Paypal.

Please make all checks payable to “ASP-AFG” and  send them to the following address:

ASP-A Serenity Place
P.O. Box 121
Dothan, AL 36302
USA

Paypal donations can be sent to: tradition7@asp-afg.org

If you include your ZIP or postal code in a comment, it will be used to identify your donation.

Background Information

Expenses for A Serenity Place are typically $1301.00 per year [$108.42 per month] (US Dollars).

Regular Expenses

  • Dedicated Server:  $99.00 per month – 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)
  • Domain registration: $20.00 per year – or $45.00 for 3 years (we paid for 3 years)
  • Post Office box: $62.00 per year
  • Bank account:  no regular fees or monthly charges

Additional Occasional Expenses

  • Internet access–extraordinary Internet access costs for List Administrator when traveling
  • Long-distance telephone calls–once in a while there is some concern that needs to be handled by telephone rather than email
  • Postage–correspondence with WSO, bank, etc.

Prudent Reserve

The prudent reserve for A Serenity Place is one year’s expenses [$1301.00 USD].  Funds in bank account in excess of expenses and prudent reserve will be donated to the Al-Anon World Service Office.

Reporting

Financial reports are updated periodically. Some donations may take an extra month or so to appear on the report. If you are concerned, please contact the ASP Treasurer at asp_treasurer@asp-afg.org. All available reports can be viewed by following the links below.

Financial Report 2017
Financial Report January 2017
Financial Report 2016
Financial Report 2015
Financial Report-New Account 2014
Financial Report-Old Account 2014
Financial Report 2013
Financial Report 2012
Financial Report 2011-Apr to Dec
Financial Report 2011-Jan to Apr
Financial Report 2010
Financial Report 2009
Financial Report 2008
Financial Report 2007
Financial Report 2005/2006