The method of the desk

The desk keeps a small set of working rules. They are printed here so a reader can check our work against them.

Pieces, not posts

Every entry is a "piece" , one document, role or habit , with a permanent cote (MTG, TBL, LAD, SEA) assigned in order. A cote is never reused or renumbered. When a piece is corrected, the text changes and the cote stays.

Sources are printed

Each piece carries its sources in the margin: conference-approved literature, the AA Service Manual, state area records, and the archived pages of the old District 15 site itself, which this desk preserves as evidence, not as identity. Where a fact cannot be dated, the piece says so.

Independence, twice over

AA's own traditions keep every group autonomous and every district a servant, not a governor. This desk borrows the same posture: it describes the structure without joining it, endorses nothing, accepts no sponsorship, and links only to resources a reader would plausibly need next.

Anonymity is kept

No member's name appears here. Service positions are described as offices, not people. Where the historical record contains a name in a public-facing role, we cite the office and the date, not the person.

What changes

Meeting times, hotline numbers and officer rosters change faster than a guide can print them. Anything perishable is annotated as perishable and pointed at the living source , usually New Hampshire Area 43 , rather than frozen here.