When and How Does the Ames Intergroup Business Meeting Take Place?

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The Ames Area Intergroup business meeting is usually held on the third Thursday of each month at 7:00 pm, and it runs as a hybrid meeting — you can attend in person at the Central Office or join over Zoom. It is open to all Ames Alcoholics Anonymous members.

Meeting basics

Item Detail
Typical schedule Third Thursday of the month
Start time 7:00 pm
Format Hybrid — in person or Zoom
Who can attend Open to all Ames AA members
In-person location Central Office, Annex of the Collegiate United Methodist Church, 130 S. Sheldon Ave. #309, Ames, Iowa, 50014

Upcoming dates listed by the Intergroup

  • October 15, 2026
  • November 19, 2026
  • December 17, 2026
  • January 15, 2027

These are the dates published on the site, so they are the ones to plan around if you want to attend one of the next meetings.

How to join

In person

The Central Office is in the Annex of the Collegiate United Methodist Church at 130 S. Sheldon Ave. #309, Ames, Iowa, 50014. Note that the site says access to the Central Office requires contacting an Ames AA Group Literature Representative to assist you — so if you plan to attend face to face, arrange that contact ahead of time rather than simply showing up.

By Zoom

The Intergroup provides a Zoom link on its site for the business meeting. The same page also lists a phone dial-in option:

  • Dial-in number: +13052241968
  • Meeting/access code: 83035842516#

If you prefer to call in rather than use video, that dial-in path is the one the Intergroup publishes.

What the meeting is for

Ames Central Office Intergroup exists to aid the Ames Area AA groups in their common purpose of carrying the AA message to the alcoholic who still suffers. The business meeting is the monthly gathering where that work is discussed, and it is open to any Ames AA member who wants to take part.

Questions and other ways to reach the Intergroup

  • To talk to an Ames area AA member day or night: 515-232-8642
  • Questions by email: the address listed on the Intergroup site
  • For area events and flyers to distribute in your home group, the site points to its Events/Flyers page

If you are new to AA itself rather than to the business meeting, the Intergroup also links to introductory material on the AA recovery program, how AA groups function, and a guide to understanding AA meeting types and codes — useful if you are still figuring out which meetings to attend before getting involved in Intergroup business.