Preserving IAYPAA History
The IAYPAA Conference Archive preserves a limited collection from each conference. Its purpose is to maintain the history of IAYPAA while respecting personal anonymity and avoiding the creation of a record of individual attendees or the entire conference experience.
The primary flyer used to represent and promote each annual IAYPAA conference.
The main conference speaker recording preserved from each conference when available.
The archive intentionally does not attempt to record or document the entire conference.
Conference Archive
Each available conference collection is limited to its main conference flyer and main conference speaker recording.
Iowa City, Iowa
Cedar Rapids, Iowa
Des Moines, Iowa
Quad Cities, Iowa
The IAYPAA Record
From one host community to the next, each conference represents another chapter in the history of IAYPAA.
IAYPAA XI
Waterloo, Iowa
IAYPAA X
Iowa City, Iowa
IAYPAA IX
Cedar Rapids, Iowa
IAYPAA VIII
Des Moines, Iowa
IAYPAA VII
Quad Cities, Iowa
IAYPAA VI
Des Moines, Iowa
IAYPAA V
Iowa City, Iowa
No Conference
Conference year interrupted by the COVID-19 pandemic.
IAYPAA IV
Cedar Rapids, Iowa
IAYPAA III
Des Moines, Iowa
IAYPAA II
Iowa City, Iowa
IAYPAA I
Des Moines, Iowa
Our Tradition of Personal Anonymity
The historical value of the IAYPAA archive is balanced with the responsibility to protect personal anonymity and uphold the Traditions of Alcoholics Anonymous.
There may be some here who are not familiar with our Tradition of personal anonymity at the public level:
“Our public relations policy is based on attraction rather than promotion; we need always maintain personal anonymity at the level of press, radio and films.”
We respectfully ask that A.A. speakers and A.A. members not be photographed, videoed, or identified by full name on media platforms or in published reports of our meetings, including reports appearing on public media platforms.
The assurance of anonymity is essential in our efforts to help other problem drinkers who may wish to share our recovery program with us.
Our Tradition of anonymity reminds us that A.A. principles come before personalities.