The Harbor Area Institutional Committee (HAIC) is a service committee created in harmony with Tradition 9 of Alcoholics Anonymous, in existence for the express purpose of carrying the AA message to the men and women alcoholics confined in correctional institutions and hospitals, and is a standing committee of the Harbor Area Service Committee. To be effectively helpful to the inmate and patient we must necessarily be governed by the individual rules of the hospital or institution served and must further impose certain minimum standards upon ourselves, as well as abide by each of the 12 Traditions. This committee shall be autonomous but will maintain effective liaison and cooperation with the Southern California Hospital and Institutional Intergroup Committee.