The World Service Conference Website Committee is developing a Style Guide to ensure that all documents published internally and externally conform to best practices for presentation and readability while maintaining a consistent GreySheeters Anonymous appearance. That guide will include logo variants and templates for Microsoft Office and Mailchimp, as well as a final color palette. Our current logos and recommended fonts for literature and other public documents are available below.

Spelling, Spacing, and Capitalization

Because our 1998 Articles of Incorporation use this spelling, “GreySheet” is spelled with an “e”, one word, with capitalization of the “S.”

As in:

• GreySheeters Anonymous
• GreySheeters Anonymous World Services
• The GreySheet (food plan)
• GreySheeters (us)

GSA Logos (web and print)

These logos are GreySheeters Anonymous World Services intellectual property, with a registered trademark. Please do not use them without written permission from GSAWS, Inc. Registered GSA groups and intergroups have limited permission (policy needed).

GSA Fonts (Ultra, Merriweather, and Source Sans Pro)

The fonts are free fonts available from Google Fonts. Anyone can use them for personal or professional purposes. They were chosen for contrast, readability, and the ability to provide a consistent experience across web, print, and email.

• Our published literature uses Merriweather (serif) for body text and Source Sans Pro (sans serif) for headings.
• The website is meant to use Source Sans Pro for body text and some headings, and Merriweather for call-out text and some headings.
• The Ultra font is a display font for large type. It is used primarily for the words "GreySheeters Anonymous" when used as logo text.

Board of Trustees Interim Style Guide

The GSAWS Board of Trustees has produced an Interim Style Guide as a Microsoft Word template meant primarily for committee reports and agendas and minutes of official meetings. This guide uses the system font Calibri throughout.

• GSAWS BOT Interim Style Guide v3.1 (September 2020)

Labeling Electronic Documents

It is imperative that we create a file labeling system that works for our member volunteers. Abbreviating and using the space bar will allow a file name up to 17 letters or characters.

Dates and Times

• International Date Format (ISO) YYYYMMDD
• International Time 1-24

Documents

• Agenda = A
• Audio Recording = AR
• Draft = DR
• Final Document = FD
• Final Report = FR
• Historical = H
• Letter = L
• Policy = PO
• Streaming Live = S
• Treasurer’s Report = TR
• Video Recording = VR

Meetings

• Chairs and ISRs = CHISR
• Committee Chairs = COCH
• Committees Connecting = COCO
• Concepts = C
• Town Hall = TH
• Traditions = T

Intergroups

• AAA Africa Australia Asia (not active)
• CT Connecticut
• EUR European
• ICE Iceland
• ISL Israel
• MW MidWest
• NE NorthEast (not active)
• NYM New York Metro
• SS Southern States
• WSI Western States

World Service Conference Committees

• AC Archives
• CC Communication
• ConC Conference
• FC Finance
• LC Literature
• PIC Public Information
• SC Structure
• WC Website

Group Abbreviations

Until we have a group registration and numbering system and groups can be distinguished by their unique Registration Number, the only way we can be sure to distinguish our 150+ groups is to use the following:

• In-Person: If the Group usually meets in-person, specify the Country or State, City, Day, Time, and Time Zone: TX HOU SAT 0900 CT or ICE REY MON 2000 GMT

• Phone Bridge: If the Group usually meets on the Phone Bridge, specify PBIG for the Phone Bridge Intergroup and give the Day and Time in US Eastern: PBIG THU 0700.

• If the Group usually meets on Zoom, another video service, or another phone service, specify Zoom or Skype or Phone, Day, Time, and Intergroup. Use the accepted time zone for that intergroup: ZOOM MON 2000 GMT EIG or SKYPE TUE 1930 AET AAA or PHONE SUN 1600 ET NYMIG

• If the Group has more than one meeting, include all meetings: NY MAN SUN 1000 & 1100 ET or NY QUE TUE & THU 1745 ET

The terms and conditions below govern your use of this website. Please read these carefully before using the website. Your use of this website indicates that you accept these terms. If you do not agree to these terms you must not use this website. Your access and use of our website is also conditioned on your acceptance of and compliance with our privacy policy. Our privacy policy describes our policies and procedures on the collection, use and disclosure of your personal information when you use the website. Please read our privacy policy carefully before using our website.

Terms and Conditions of Use

Welcome to GreySheeters Anonymous World Services, Inc.’s website. This website is owned and operated by GreySheeters Anonymous World Services, Inc. (GSAWS), a fellowship of people who share their experience, strength, and hope with each other that they may solve their common problem and help others recover from compulsive eating. The purpose of the website is to serve members of the GreySheeters Anonymous (GSA) fellowship, to provide accurate information about GSA, and to encourage participation of GSA members in various activities and services of GSA.

Our Intellectual Property Rights

GSAWS owns or is licensed to use all intellectual property rights in and to this website and all technical infrastructure (the software) relating to it. If you breach any of these terms your permission to use this website and any materials or content included in it, automatically terminates and you must immediately destroy any downloads or printed extracts from this website.

Access to and Use of This Website

• In accessing any part of this website, you agree:
• Not to use this website in such a way that disrupts, interferes with or restricts the use of this website by other users;
• Not to upload, display or transmit any materials through this website which are false, offensive, defamatory, threatening, obscene, unlawful or which infringe the rights of any other person anywhere in the world;
• Not to reverse engineer, decompile, copy or adapt any software or other code or scripts forming part of this website or attempt to transmit to or via this website any information that contains a virus, worm, trojan horse or other harmful or disruptive component; and
• Not to change, modify, delete, interfere with or misuse data contained on this website and entered by or relating to any third party user of this website.

Users Who Post and Submit Material

Users shall submit material for the website through the Website Liaison. The Website Liaison approves all requests prior to those materials being published on the website. Email liaison@greysheet.org to

• Add an event
• Add World Service Conference material
• Add resources such as recordings, brochures, etc.
• Add literature
• Add a monthly Treasurer’s report
• Ask a question about anything on the site

The webservant posts the monthly Service Matters newsletter blog. The webservant works with the web professional for technical repairs such as broken links, pages not displaying correctly, etc. or minor editing on the listed sections. 

To be added to the GSA Phone List, follow the instructions on our Phone List page.

To be added to the Area Contact list, follow the instructions on our Area Contact List page. 

All events, recordings, meetings, literature, links to social media, and links to websites must go through a review process for approval prior to publication on the website.

Users of Intellectual Property on The Website

All content on the website is the intellectual property of GSAWS. Anyone wishing to use material from the website shall obtain permission by contacting the Board of Trustees with the exceptions noted below.

Outside Entities

Outside entities include any individual who is not a member of GSA or any entity not registered or chartered by GSA. Use by outside entities of intellectual property on this website, including but not limited to, the name GreySheeters Anonymous, the abbreviation GSA, the GSA or CAL logos, sample meeting formats, downloadable publications, and web page content is prohibited. Use of the GSAWS and CAL logos and other copyrighted materials could lead to diluting the message and primary purpose of GSA. Therefore, GSAWS does not grant outside entities the right to use copyrighted intellectual property.

Various GSA Entities

Groups, intergroups, and committees that are officially registered with or chartered by GSAWS are given permission to use the GSAWS logo as well as other copyrighted materials found on this website in conducting meetings, communicating with GreySheeters, and for use in other ways in service of our primary purpose. Committees organizing official GSA events, that is those sponsored by registered groups and chartered intergroups, may produce items such as bookmarks, tee shirts or coffee cups using the GSA logo or GSA slogans without prior written authorization. 

Alcoholics Anonymous World Services, Inc. has granted GSAWS permission to adopt and adapt certain copyrighted A.A. literature which is in written material found on this website. Groups, intergroups, and committees shall ensure that any materials taken from the website be used according to A.A.’s requirements and that the entity use Greysheeters Anonymous World Service Conference approved terminology.

Public Information materials such as the sample meeting flyer, templates for wallet cards, and pamphlets found on the website for use by committees, meetings, groups, and intergroups to carry the message may be reprinted without written permission of GSAWS.

Procedure for Obtaining Permission to Use Copyrighted Trademarks and Logos

Occasionally, events are sponsored by individual members of the fellowship and not by a registered group or chartered intergroup. Organizers shall request permission from the Board of Trustees via secretary@greysheet.org. The written request shall include:

1. The name(s) contact information including mailing address, email address, and phone number, (and abstinence date, if GSA member) of the requesting individual.
2. The name of the copyrighted material being requested.
3. The explanation for making the request and the plan for use of the copyrighted material, including reason needed and date needed.

Requesting Permission to Translate

A GreySheet member who wants to translate GSA intellectual property, i.e., any content of this website, shall request permission from the Literature Committee by submitting a written request following the approved process.

Who We Are

GreySheeters Anonymous World Services, Inc (GSAWS) is an entity created to maintain services for those who seek, through GreySheeters Anonymous, the means for arresting the disease of compulsive overeating through following the principles of the GreySheet plan of eating and the application to their own lives of the Twelve Steps which constitute the recovery program upon which the Fellowship of GreySheeters Anonymous is founded.

Our website address is https://www.greysheet.org.

GSAWS takes the privacy and anonymity of its members and website visitors seriously. In accordance with the Eleventh Tradition (“We need always maintain personal anonymity at the level of press, radio, and films”), we do not publish the full names or photographs of our members.

Contact information and personal stories published here were submitted by members with their express permission for publication on this website, specifically for the purpose of carrying the message of recovery to the compulsive eater who still suffers. We do not use members’ contact information for solicitation or commercial purposes.

What Personal Data We Collect And Why We Collect It

We try to collect as little information as possible. You are free to access all public parts of this website without our knowing any personally identifiable information.  This privacy policy applies only to our online activities and is valid for visitors to our website with regards to the information that they share and/or collect in GreySheeters Anonymous.  This policy is not applicable to any information collected offline or via channels other than this website. 

By using our website, you hereby consent to our Privacy Policy and agree to its terms.

Media

If you upload images to the website or submit them for publication on the website, you should avoid uploading images with embedded location data (EXIF GPS) included. Visitors to the website can download and extract any location data from images on the website.

Contact Forms

Information collected via forms is used only for the purpose specified on the form and to respond to your inquiries.

Meeting Lists

If you designate yourself as a meeting’s contact person you consent to having your first name and last initial, city, and email address only published on the website. Email addresses published on any website are at risk of being harvested by spammers. We strongly encourage you to use a GSA-specific email address that you can replace without inconvenience should it be compromised. You may ask to be removed from these lists at any time, or update your information, by using the group registration form. All those registered as trusted servants for groups and meetings will be subscribed to our enewsletter, Service Matters. You may unsubscribe at any time.

Intergroups and Board of Trustees

If you are an Intergroup Service Representative, your first name and last initial will be published on the website as the contact for your intergroup along with your @greysheet.org email address.

If you are a member of the Board of Trustees, your first name and last initial will be published on the website along with your @greysheet.org email address if applicable.

Area Contacts

If you designate yourself as an Area Contact, you consent to having your first name and last initial, city, and email address published on the website. Email addresses published on any website are at risk of being harvested by spammers. We strongly encourage you to use a GSA-specific email address that you can replace without inconvenience should it be compromised. You may ask to be removed from these lists at any time, or update your information by emailing Communication@greysheet.org

GSA Phone List

If you register for the GSA Phone List, your contact information will be stored on our email service provider’s secure servers and added to the private phone list stored in our website database. To access this information, GSA members must log in with a username and password that changes quarterly.

You will be asked to consent to the use of your information at the time you sign up. You can ask us to remove your information by unsubscribing from the list.

Service Matters

If you subscribe to the Service Matters email newsletter, your contact information will be stored on our email service provider’s secure servers and used to send you the Service Matters monthly newsletter. You can unsubscribe from this list at any time.

Cookies

If you have an account and you log in to this site, we will set a temporary cookie to determine whether your browser accepts cookies. This cookie contains no personal data and is discarded when you close your browser.

When you log in, we will also set up several cookies to save your login information and your screen display choices. Login cookies last for two days, and screen options cookies last for a year. If you select "Remember Me", your login will persist for two weeks. If you log out of your account, the login cookies will be removed.

If you edit or publish an article, an additional cookie will be saved in your browser. This cookie includes no personal data and simply indicates the post ID of the article you just edited. It expires after 1 day.

Donations

Donations made on the greysheet.org website are processed by PayPal. GSAWS, Inc. does not have access to your payment card information or PayPal login info, and therefore cannot store it, share it, or lose it in a data breach. Read more about how PayPal protects your security.

Embedded content from other websites

Articles on this site may include embedded content (e.g. videos, images, articles, etc.). Embedded content from other websites behaves in the exact same way as if the visitor has visited the other website.

These websites may collect data about you, use cookies, embed additional third-party tracking, and monitor your interaction with that embedded content, including tracking your interaction with the embedded content if you have an account and are logged in to that website.

Analytics

Our web hosting company keeps server logs that track visits to the website. We are also going to implement Google Analytics to collect anonymized visitor information to help us understand what’s most important to you.

GreySheeters Anonymous follows a standard procedure of using log files.  These files log visitors when they visit websites.  All hosting companies do this and these logs are a part of hosting services’ analytics.  The information collected by log files include internet protocol (IP) addresses, browser type, Internet Service Provider (ISP), date and time stamp, referring/exit pages, and possibly the number of clicks.  These are not linked to any information that is personally identifiable.  The purpose of the information is for analyzing trends, administering the site, tracking users’ movement on the website, and gathering demographic information. 

Who We Share Your Data With

If you register for the GSA Phone List, your contact information is shared with other GreySheet members who have registered for the Phone List. Members of the GSA Phone List are asked not to share anyone’s contact information, even with other Greysheeters, without explicit permission.

If you register as an Area Contact, we publish your contact information on this website. It is visible to members of the public, though we do our best to protect email addresses from spambots.

If you register as a meeting contact, we share your contact information on the meeting information page, so that those interested in attending the meeting can find out more about it.

We do not share our mailing lists with anyone outside of GreySheeters Anonymous.

How Long We Retain Your Data

We retain your information until you ask us to change or remove it. For instance, if a meeting contact changes, we do not store the name, phone number, or email address of the previous meeting contact.

If you unsubscribe from the GSA Phone List, we remove you from the databaseon the website and unsubscribe you at our email service providers. If you unsubscribe from Service Matters, we unsubscribe you at our email service provider. Note that if you are subscribed to more than one list, you may need to unsubscribe from each of them separately.

What Rights You Have Over Your Data

If you have an account on this site, you can request to receive an exported file of the personal data we hold about you, including any data you have provided to us. You have the right to request that we correct any information you believe is inaccurate.  You also have the right to request that we complete the information you believe is incomplete.  You can also request that we erase any personal data we hold about you. This does not include any data we are obliged to keep for administrative, legal, financial, or security purposes.  If you would like to make a request, please contact us at liaison@greysheet.org.

Where We Send Your Data

Visitor comments and form submissions may be checked through an automated spam detection service.

How We Protect Your Data

All information you submit to this website is encrypted via Transport Layer Security (commonly known as SSL or simply HTTPS), to prevent interception by malicious third parties.

We conduct regular security scans of the website and keep all software updated to prevent data breaches. Our website database (including meeting and contact information) is stored on servers in secure data centers managed by our hosting company. Read more about our hosting company’s security practices.

Contact information submitted through the Service Matters and GSA Phone List registration forms is stored securely by our email service provider, MailChimp. Read more about MailChimp’s security practices and privacy policy.

Our Contact Information

You may contact GSAWS by emailing by postal mail at

GSAWS, Inc.
Cherokee Station

PO Box 20098

New York, NY 10021-0061

Email Addresses

Inquiries about the phone list: phonelist@greysheet.org

All other inquiries: liaison@greysheet.org