Often, When I refer to the 5 Cities website I get a baffeled look, followed by the response “We have a website?” I have gotten this response by the same people on more than one occasion. Yes, we have a website, and today I am going to point out a few useful features/updates. Chek it out by clicking here, or by cutting and pasting the following link into your browser: http://www.5citiesaa.com/

Okay, in brief. The Schedule & Location page makes it easy  to get/give direction to 5 cities. It has a built in mapquest driving directions map in addition to the schedule, and address. I have found it helpful several times when getting a call at the fellowship by someone looking for information. Also, the “Resources” link on the sites menu takes you to the website of East Bay Intergroup, a handy resource for finding other meetings around the Bay Area.

Need a Big Book, or Daily Reflections, but can’t find one around? No problem. Click  the Big Book on the menu and read, or reference the Big Book Online. You can also read the Daily Reflections RSS feed on the our home page. Not to mention, you can check out the newly added Bill W. videos recently added to the site.

Now, someone told me “a website never got anyone sober”, and that’s true, but neither has a phone book. Sabe? In the past year I’ve gotten  over 100 emails from people asking questions, we have had more than 5,000 visitors to our web site, and there are more than 300 websites linking to the 5 Cities RSS feed.  On our highest day nearly 500 people visited  5 Cities’ website. All and All that’s a lot of action for such a little site.

Finally, tell other members about the site. Your getting this because you are included in the mailing list, but there are only 12 members on the list! Forward this email to your friends at 5 Cities, and tell them to register for the newsletter. Do your part.

To show the relevance of people coming to our site I’ve included a list of the last several reffering searches quired by visitors: