The Meeting Map

Help us update the new Meeting Finder, which contains inaccurate information regarding registered meetings in SA.

https://www.sa.org/meetings/

At the July 2025 meeting of the General Delegate Assembly (GDA), a map-based presentation of the Fellowship’s meetings was unanimously approved for rollout on September 1, 2025. This is the first in a two-part Meeting Finder system. The second part will display virtual meetings in a schedule-based format.

PLEASE CHECK THE MEETING MAP FOR ACCURACY – ALL MEETINGS ARE LISTED

The Meeting Map is constructed from the same database that was used to create the SA Census and will be used to keep it updated on a rolling basis. Information is entered using an online Meeting Registration/Update system that was approved by the GDA in 2022. In 2024, the GDA approved the Census count and the schedule to automatically keep the Delegate count distributed in an equitable manner between the Regions. The primary goal of the Meeting Map is to get a newcomer to their first meeting.

Based on the many complaints coming into SAICO since the Meeting Map came online, some of the information in the Meeting Registration/Update system is highly inaccurate! Meetings are missing. Meeting details are incorrect. Meetings are showing up that no one in the area has ever heard of. This is bad!

Now that everyone can use the Meeting Map to see the information in the Meeting Registration/Update system, let’s all do our part to make it as accurate as possible. Our newcomers depend on it. Our Service Structure depends on it. Instructions on how to start the process of fixing things are found on the Meeting Problems or Changes link at the top of the Meeting Map. Intergroups can request that SAICO send a spreadsheet of all their meetings to help speed the process of making corrections and keep information up to date.

NOTE: our automated Meeting Map update system is not finished yet, so it may take a couple of weeks for changes to the Meeting Registration/Update system to show up on the map. Please be patient.

HINTS FOR VIRTUAL MEETINGS UNTIL OUR VIRTUAL MEETING FINDER COMES ONLINE: Virtual meetings associated with some sort of location are displayed in that location. Virtual meetings with no location are displayed on “Virtual Island” in the middle of the Atlantic Ocean. Enter coordinates 30, -40 in the ZIP / county / address search box to get the list of those meetings (see Figure). You may need to use the sort menus to help you find your meeting. Not all features are working their best yet. For instance, the time zone list is in no particular order. Please be patient. Or better yet, offer to help! The IT Committee has traditionally been understaffed.

SA Is Inclusive

SA is making the necessary changes that allow meetings to be accessible to all its members, especially our brothers and sisters who are deaf, hard of hearing, or blind.

The Accessibility Committee (AC) is committed to exploring, developing, and offering resources to make the SA message and participation in our program available to everyone who reaches out for it (adapted from the Accessibility Committee’s Mission Statement).

Inclusion isn’t simply an attitude of acceptance; it is actions involving necessary changes to help another SA member participate fully in his or her recovery. It is about making adjustments, making meetings accessible to deaf and hard-of-hearing people, those who are blind, and those needing ramps to physically access the building. Inclusion is impossible when barriers are present at SA meetings. For the deaf and hard of hearing, a sign language interpreter makes the meetings accessible.

Regarding SA members experiencing blindness, the AC is in the process of producing The Real Connection and Step Into Action as audiobooks. The Real Connection audiobook will be available in early 2026. Notification of its availability will be published on our sa.org website when completed.

Currently, some SA meetings offer American Sign Language interpretation for SA members who are deaf or hard of hearing. ASL interpretation gives these SA members access to critical recovery opportunities, including meetings and fellowship. Who among us doesn’t need inclusion and fellowship?

Some members at meetings with ASL interpretation have raised concerns about anonymity being at risk. We wish to allay these fears with these reasons. Firstly, according to the ASL interpreter’s Code of Professional Conduct, all information related to an SA meeting remains confidential. Additionally, the demand on interpreters to deliver immediate interpretation to the deaf requires full concentration. Interpreters focus on what is said, not who says it. The last reason is that SA prioritizes carrying the message. Without an interpreter, deaf and hard-of-hearing sexaholics lose access to our groups and are denied the sharing of our stories, which is important to our requirement to carry the message.

For SA members who are deaf and would like to attend an online meeting with ASL interpretation, please contact our Accessibility Committee ( SAaccessibility123@gmail.com) to obtain the link to an interpreted meeting.