Verification of Meeting Attendance

Participants requesting verification must remain visibly present and attentive for the entire meeting hour.

• Remain on camera for the full hour.
• Keep your full face clearly visible.
• Use enough lighting for the co-host to see you.
• Remain seated or otherwise visibly present.
• Pay attention to the meeting.
• Dress and behave appropriately.
• Do not work, drive, sleep, cook, clean, exercise, watch television, or perform unrelated activities.

You are not required to speak or share, but you must visibly demonstrate that you are attending the meeting.

Simply logging into the Zoom room is not proof of attendance.

Within 10 minutes of the top of the hour, privately message the designated verification co-host with:

• Your name exactly as you want it to appear.
• Your correct email address.
• The meeting time.
• Your time zone.

Check your information carefully. If your email address is incorrect, your verification may not be delivered.

Because 319 is an international meeting, your time zone is required.

Verification is issued for one meeting hour at a time.

When attending consecutive meetings, send your name, email address, meeting time, and time zone again at the beginning of every hour.

This applies even when:

• The same co-host remains assigned.
• Your information has not changed.
• You were verified during the previous hour.
• You plan to remain in the meeting room for several hours.

A new hour requires a new verification request.

Verifications are generally emailed within 24–72 hours.

Before contacting the attendance team, check:

• Your inbox.
• Spam and junk mail.
• Promotions.
• Trash.
• Quarantine folders.
• Email filters and blocked sender settings.

Search your entire mailbox for 319verify@gmail.com, “319,” “Verification,” or “Meeting Attendance.”

Please allow the full 72 hours before contacting us.

Do not wait until the last minute to attend meetings or collect verification.

Plan as though verification will take the full 72 hours. Allow additional time to provide it to your probation officer, court, treatment provider, employer, or other outside party.

319 cannot guarantee that verification will be processed in time for a deadline created by an outside organization.

VMA is a complimentary service operated by unpaid volunteer service members.

Only two volunteers currently process the majority of our verification emails, and they receive hundreds of requests each week.

Our volunteers also have jobs, families, appointments, health needs, recovery responsibilities, and lives outside of 319.

We make every reasonable effort to process requests accurately and promptly, but immediate processing is not always possible.

Please be patient and respectful.

VMA is an optional volunteer service that provides an emailed record showing that a participant met 319’s attendance requirements for a particular meeting hour.

It is not automatic attendance tracking, court reporting, legal documentation, or a membership record.

No. Verification is only offered when an approved verification co-host is available.

No. Your request must be privately submitted to the designated verification co-host within ten minutes at the top of the hour during the meeting.

Requests emailed directly to the processing team are not accepted as proof of attendance.

• Your name as you want it displayed.
• Your correct email address.
• The meeting time.
• Your time zone.

319 is an international meeting. Including your time zone helps ensure that the correct meeting hour appears on your verification.

Yes. You must remain visibly on camera and attentive for the entire meeting hour.

No. Speaking is optional, but visible and attentive participation is required.

No. Driving, working, sleeping, cooking, cleaning, exercising, watching television, or performing unrelated activities may result in denial.

Privately message the verification co-host before leaving and again when you return.

Yes. You must submit your information at the beginning of every hour, even when the same co-host is verifying.

Most verifications are emailed within 24–72 hours.

• It has not yet been 72 hours.
• The email is in spam or junk mail.
• Your inbox is full and unable to receive new emails.
• The email address was submitted incorrectly.
• The time zone was missing.
• The request was not properly submitted.
• The attendance requirements were not met.
• The request was denied.

Check all spam, junk, promotions, trash, quarantine, and filtered-mail folders.

When it is still missing, email 319attendance@gmail.com with your complete meeting information.

Records are generally stored for approximately two weeks.

No. Verification is sent to the participant. You are responsible for providing it to your probation officer or another outside party.

Plan ahead and allow at least 72 hours for processing, plus additional time for you to provide the verification to the requesting organization.

No. 319 AA Group is not affiliated with any court, probation department, treatment facility, employer, government agency, or outside organization.

No. 319 AA Group is an anonymous fellowship and does not publish membership lists.