Minnesota South Al-Anon/Alateen Area

Al-Anon/Alateen Areas

Al-Anon and Alateen in the United States and Canada is made up of 67 Areas. In the US, most Areas consist of a whole state. Minnesota is one of six states that are each divided into two Areas. Most of the groups in the Twin Cities metropolitan area are in the Minnesota South Area, while a few are in the Minnesota North Area.

The primary source of information on Minnesota South Area is its web site www.minnesotasouth-al-anon.org. You can find information there on meetings across the Area, as well as a calendar of upcoming events, detailed information on featured events, and other information.

Every attempt is made to synchronize the meeting listings on this web site with the information on the Area web site. If you find any discrepencies, please let us know.

This page is not intended to supplant the Minnesota South Area web site. Its links are provided for the convenience of members. Where possible, they link to pages on the Minnesota South Area web site.

Al-Anon/Alateen Districts

Al-Anon/Alateen Areas are divided into Districts, each containing one or more Al-Anon and/or Alateen group. Minnesota South Area is officially divided into 44 Districts. However, a substantial number of them are not “organized” and currently exist only on paper. There are several groups of neighboring districts that cooperate so closely that they function as a single district.

Minnesota South Area Policies

Over the decades since the founding of Al-Anon in 1951, a number of policies have been put in place as guidelines as to what things are OK for a group, District or Area to do. These form part of the Al-Anon/Alateen Service Manual booklet. Whenever this is revised, a copy is sent to every group. The latest revision for 2010-2013 is available on line as PDF documents.

Many Areas have developed their own local policies that supplement those in the Al-Anon/Alateen Service Manual. Minnesota South Area is no exception. Our policies are gathered into a booklet, a web-readable version of which is posted here. Here is its table of contents:

  1. Procedures for arriving at policies
  2. Where to find policies
  3. Substantial unanimity
  4. Assemblies
  5. Area World Service Committee
  6. Standing committees
  7. Coordinators
  8. Area finances
  9. Miscellaneous policies
  10. Alateen safety policy

The Area is in the process of translating this into Spanish. You can download a preliminary draft in PDF format. Comments and corrections would be appreciated.

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Updated February 4, 2012