This is the category where topics that don’t fit in any other categories should go:wink:. Actually, feel free to post any conversation at all in this category. If another category exists that might be more appropriate for your topic, an administrator may move a topic to another category. Also, if there are a few (3-10?) topics which seem to be long lasting and have similar common themes, administrators may create a new category and move your topic there.
Please understand that, under Discourse, categories are a relatively arbitrary demarcation of the forum. Any member will be able to easily find your post, regardless the category. Thus, the General category is always a perfectly fine place to start out a new topic of conversation.
As tiaa-forum.org evolves, administrators may combine, rename or update categories to best structure the forum for current and future conversations and updating new members.
The name you use here is not verified and only used to control for spam and bot submissions. It will not be tied to your account. You can create and edit a profile disclosing the account name and information you wish to expose to the community (not publicly visible outside the forum) when and after you join.
Email where the invitation to join will be sent. This will also become a secondary way of logging in or recovering your password. We recommend a personal email address (e.g. your_name@example.com) instead of a “positional” email address (e.g. webmaster@your_intergroup.org) unless you intend for you membership to rotate with the person holding the position in the future. This email address can be changed after you join if you wish to change it by editing your profile information.
By the group conscience of the members, this forum is only open to members of AA and those non-members of AA supporting AA services (e.g. Intergroup offices, AA service structure, etc.).
If you are interested in conversations in more than one technical topic area (e.g. web sites, answering services, virtual meetings, etc.) or have a general curiosity about AA discussions in general (e.g. topics above and beyond technology like committees and group dynamics), you would probably want to select the default “General” option.
If your primary interest is in Archives only, you probably want to select the “Archives” option. Note that with either option, you will still have access to all topics on the forum but with the “Archives” option, your “home screen” will automatically place you in the “Archives” category where most of those conversations happen.