# Service Meetings Service Meetings or Business Meetings are meetings such as District/Area Service committees or subcommittees such as Public Information, H&I, IT etc. # Creating a new service meeting #### Requirements You will need permissions to access the main site of the CAUK multisite instance. You can access the WordPress administration backend for that [here](https://www.cocaineanonymous.org.uk/wp-admin). #### Emails The Email notifications will be sent to and will have the subject "New Update/Register Service Meeting Entry". These are different from the typical WTF meetings. #### How it works Service Meetings are managed as Events. However, these are **not** the same as the events on the Events subsite. After going to the main site, you can click "Events" on the left menu. [![image.png](https://docs.cocaineanonymous.org.uk/uploads/images/gallery/2026-05/scaled-1680-/image.png)](https://docs.cocaineanonymous.org.uk/uploads/images/gallery/2026-05/image.png) #### Creating the new service meeting Click "Add a New Event". The title of the event should be in the format "\[DISTRICT NAME\] \[COMMITTEE NAME\]" e.g. "South Central District Service Committee" or "Surrey & Berkshire District Public Information Committee". Add any pertinent information to the meeting description, e.g. location or online meeting details. On the right-hand side, check the "This is a recurring event" checkbox. [![image.png](https://docs.cocaineanonymous.org.uk/uploads/images/gallery/2026-05/scaled-1680-/1BEimage.png)](https://docs.cocaineanonymous.org.uk/uploads/images/gallery/2026-05/1BEimage.png) Still on the right-hand side, choose the correct category for the meeting, either "area" or "district" depending if it's for an area or a district. [![image.png](https://docs.cocaineanonymous.org.uk/uploads/images/gallery/2026-05/scaled-1680-/WpFimage.png)](https://docs.cocaineanonymous.org.uk/uploads/images/gallery/2026-05/WpFimage.png) Scroll down to the "Recurrences" section and enter the day/date information for the meeting. You will need to enter the start/end dates for the recurrences. You should use the date picker to choose the first date that you want the events to show up from (you can pick a date in the past if you need). You should use the date picker to choose an end date very far into the future, so that the event doesn't expire - anytime after 2050 should be good. The below example is for a monthly meeting on the first Wednesday of the month, from 6:30pm to 7:30pm. [![image.png](https://docs.cocaineanonymous.org.uk/uploads/images/gallery/2026-05/scaled-1680-/4GXimage.png)](https://docs.cocaineanonymous.org.uk/uploads/images/gallery/2026-05/4GXimage.png) Scroll down to the "Discussion" section and make sure "Allow Comments" is **unchecked**. [![image.png](https://docs.cocaineanonymous.org.uk/uploads/images/gallery/2026-05/scaled-1680-/hT9image.png)](https://docs.cocaineanonymous.org.uk/uploads/images/gallery/2026-05/hT9image.png) You can now scroll back up and click "Publish" on the right-hand side. [![image.png](https://docs.cocaineanonymous.org.uk/uploads/images/gallery/2026-05/scaled-1680-/Gnhimage.png)](https://docs.cocaineanonymous.org.uk/uploads/images/gallery/2026-05/Gnhimage.png) Check once the page reloads that there are no warning at the top about setting up the recurring meeting. Check that the meeting shows up correctly on the [Service Meetings page](https://www.cocaineanonymous.org.uk/service-meetings/).