Request Form for Shared Virtual Account – New and Renewal

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Not sure what the Zoom Shared Virtual Accounts are? Check out this page to find out more.

This page goes over the steps in order to have a meeting get a Shared Zoom Account slot for the first time or to renew the slot for the coming year. Please make sure to review all parts of this page as there are important parts in each. Whether you are joining for the first time or renewing you will have to submit a payment and complete a form. Read below to find the appropriate steps to take for your group.

Joining

If this is the meetings first time joining the Shared Zoom Account make sure to do these steps to prepare:

  1. Read How This Program Works.
  2. Read Frequently Asked Questions
  3. Check the MA Al-Anon Website Meeting List to make sure this meeting is listed. To participate in this shared account this group must be listed on the MA Al-Anon website meeting list. If this group is not on the MA website meeting list, please contact office@alanon.mystaging.online and get it listed before you fill out the form.
  4. Have this group’s GR or CMA contact information. The form will require the email address of the GR or CMA as well as the person filling out this form to help ensure that the office can reach the group with information regarding the shared zoom account.
  5. Continue on to the Paying and Form sections below and then come back up here and continue
  6. After you have submitted the form below you will receive an email notification detailing your Zoom meeting information. Please be patient as we process these as they are done by someone in a service role.
  7. Update your meeting information on the MA website meeting list: When your group is ready to begin using the Zoom meeting slot, navigate to your meeting on alanonma.org/meetings/ and select “request a change to this listing”. Enter your new Zoom meeting ID, password, and URL (Zoom link). Typically, it takes a week for the meeting list to be updated.

Renewing

If your meeting is already using the shared account:
  1. Follow the instructions in the Paying and Form sections below
  2. A service member will receive your renewal form and process it along with the payment
  3. During processing a service member may reach out to you if they have any questions but in most cases you should be all set and group’s Zoom meeting will continue into the next year!
 

Paying

The fee is $29 per calendar year regardless of when you join in the calendar year. On Dec. 1st the renewal fee is due for the upcoming
year. If there is a price change for the upcoming year, groups will be notified before Dec.1st. If your group meets between 2-7 times a week the fee is $58.
 
You can make this payment in two ways.
 

Renew via credit card or PayPal

  1. Go to the MA Al-Anon/Alateen Website Group Contribution page
  2. Type the word “Zoom” followed by your groups number, group name, day, and town. For example, “Zoom 12345678 First Things First AFG Monday Cuttyhunk”
  3. Once submitted copy the transaction number down, you will need it below.
  4. Continue to the Form below

Renew by check

  1. Send a check to:
    MA Al-Anon/Alateen Westborough Office
    57 East Main Street
    Suite 109
    Westborough, MA
    01581-1457
  2. In the memo of the check put the word “Zoom” followed by your groups number, group name, day, and
    town. For example, “Zoom 12345678 First Things First AFG Monday
    Cuttyhunk”. If it all can’t fit on the memo line just try and include as much as you can.
  3. Continue to the Form below
You must submit the form below (along with all the steps above) to complete this process. Purely submitting a payment will cause delays and confusion.

First Time Request and Renewal Form