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2012 WORLD SERVICE BUSINESS CONFERENCE
Monday, April 30, 2012
4:00-7:00pm Registration Sandia IV Foyer
5:30-7:00pm Dinner (on own)
7:00-8:30pm WORKSHOP
- Action Plan: Bringing Structure, Sierra II
Balance & Manageability Into Our Lives
8:45-9:45pm OA Meeting Sierra I
Tuesday, May 1, 2012
7:00-8:00am OA Meeting Sierra I
10:00am-5:00pm Registration Sandia IV Foyer
10:00am-5:00pm Conference Support (CSC) Registration Desk
11:30am-1:00pm Lunch (on own)
11:45am-12:45pm OA Meeting Sierra I
EARLY BIRD WORKSHOPS
2:00-2:50pm - Committed Service Bodies: How Sierra II
Can the Traditions & Concepts Help?
3:00-3:50pm - Financial Health: Money Matters Sierra II
4:00-5:00pm - Strong Meetings: What Will It Sierra II
Take?
3:30-5:30pm BOARD OF TRUSTEES MEETING Sandia I-III
5:30-7:30pm Dinner (on own)
6:15-7:15pm OA Meeting Sierra I
7:30-9:00pm WORKSHOPS
- All About Conference Sierra II-III
- Public/Professional Awareness: Sandia I-II
Are We Communicating Our Message?
9:15-10:15pm OA Meeting Sierra I
Wednesday, May 2, 2012
7:00-7:45am OA Meeting Sierra I
7:30am-5:00pm Registration Sandia IV Foyer
7:30am-5:00pm Conference Support (CSC) Registration Desk
8:00-10:00am FORUM: Conceptualizing La Ventana
Principles
10:15am-Noon Committee Meetings
- Bylaws Ocotillo I
- Conference-Approved Literature Sierra II
- Finance Sandia I
- Professional Outreach Sandia II
- Public Information Sierra III
- Region Chairs Sage Boardroom
- Twelfth-Step-Within Sandia III
- Unity with Diversity Ocotillo II
- Web/Technology Sandia VI
- Youth in OA Sierra I
Noon-1:00pm OA Meeting Sierra I
Noon-1:15pm Lunch (on own)
Noon-1:15pm Green Dot Mentor Rendezvous Sierra III
1:30-4:30pm COMMITTEE MEETINGS (continued)
5:00-7:00pm REGION MEETINGS/DINNER
- Region 1 Church St. Café
- Region 2 Hotel Restaurant
- Region 3 Ocotillo I
- Region 4 St. Clair Bistro
- Region 5 Church St. Café
- Region 6 Flying Star Café
- Region 7 St. Clair Bistro
- Region 8 Hotel Restaurant
- Region 9 St. Clair Bistro
- Region 10 See Region Chair
7:15-8:30pm PARLIAMENTARY PROCEDURE La Ventana
8:45-10:00 pm LITERATURE Q&A La Ventana
10:00-11:00pm OA Meeting Sierra I
Thursday, May 3, 2012
7:00-8:15am Reference Subcommittee Orientation Ocotillo I-II
7:15-8:15am OA Meeting Sierra I
7:30am-4:00pm Registration Sandia IV Foyer
7:30am-4:00pm Conference Support (CSC) Registration Desk
8:30-11:30am BUSINESS MEETING I Sandia I-V
11:30am-1:00pm Lunch (on own)
11:45am-12:45pm OA Meeting Sierra I
11:45am-12:45pm Reference Subcommittee Ocotillo I-II
1:00-5:00pm BUSINESS MEETING II Sandia I-V
5:15-6:15pm Reference Subcommittee Ocotillo I-II
5:30-6:30pm Green Dot Mentor Rendezvous Sierra II
5:30-6:30pm OA Meeting Sierra I
5:30-7:00pm Dinner (on own)
7:30-9:00pm Abstinence: The Foundation of Sandia I-V
Our Future
7:30-10:00pm Reference Subcommittee Ocotillo I-II
9:45-10:45pm OA Meeting Sierra I
Friday, May 4, 2012
7:00-8:15am Reference Subcommittee Ocotillo I-II
7:15-8:15am OA Meeting Sierra I
7:30am-4:00pm Registration Sandia IV Foyer
7:30am-4:00pm Conference Support (CSC) Registration Desk
8:30-11:45am BUSINESS MEETING III Sandia I-V
11:45am-1:15pm Lunch (on own)
Noon-1:00pm OA Meeting (Special Focus) Sierra I
- A Vision of Unity
Noon-1:00pm Reference Subcommittee Ocotillo I-II
1:15-5:15pm BUSINESS MEETING IV Sandia I-V
5:15-9:15pm FREE EVENING
5:45-6:45pm OA Meeting Sierra I
5:30-7:15pm Dinner (on own)
6:45-10:15pm Reference Subcommittee Ocotillo I-II
9:15-10:15pm OA Meeting Sierra I
Saturday, May 5, 2012
7:00-8:15am Reference Subcommittee Ocotillo I-II
7:15-8:15am OA Meeting Sierra I
7:30-11:00am Registration Sandia IV Foyer
7:30-11:00am Conference Support (CSC) Registration Desk
8:30-11:30am BUSINESS MEETING V Sandia I-V
11:30am-1:00pm Lunch (on own)
11:45am-12:45pm OA Meeting Sierra I
1:00-2:30pm BOARD OF TRUSTEES MEETING La Ventana
3:30-4:00pm COMMITTEE TRANSITION MEETINGS
- Bylaws Sandia VIII
- Conference-Approved Literature Sierra III
- Finance Sandia VII
- Professional Outreach Sierra II
- Public Information Sandia VI
- Region Chairs Sage Boardroom
- Twelfth-Step-Within Ocotillo I
- Unity with Diversity Ocotillo II
- Web/Technology La Ventana
- Youth in OA Sierra I
6:00pm-Midnight DINNER/DANCE Sandia I-V
10:00-11:00pm OA Meeting Sierra I
Sunday, May 6, 2012
7:00am-5:00pm Baggage Storage Piñon
8:00-9:00am OA Meeting Sierra I
Noon
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OVEREATERS ANONYMOUS, INC.
51 st Annual World Service Business Conference
Embassy Suites Albuquerque Hotel and Spa, Albuquerque, New Mexico USA
April 30 – May 5, 2012
TABLE OF CONTENTS
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SECTION 1 – GENERAL INFORMATION
Welcome Letter ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 5
Regions of Overeaters Anonymous ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 7
Board of Trustees and Region Chairs ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 9
General Information --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 11
Meeting Room Layout ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ 16
Dais Seating Chart------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ 17
Parliamentary Procedures ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 18
SECTION 2 – CONFERENCE INFORMATION
Conference Tentative Agenda -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 25
Conference Standing Rules ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ 35
Glossary -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 41
Section 3 – POLICY MANUALS
Business Conference Policy Manual ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 45
OA, Inc. Bylaws, Subpart A ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 77
OA, Inc. Bylaws, Subpart B ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 89
SECTION 4 – PROPOSED POLICY MOTIONS AND BYLAW AMENDMENTS
Proposed Literature Motions ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 107
Proposed New Business Motions ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 160
Proposed Bylaw Amendments ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 177
SECTION 5 – OFFICERS’ REPORTS
Chair ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 215
Treasurer ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 218
Managing Director --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 220
SECTION 6 – REGION TRUSTEES’ REPORTS
Region One ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 225
Region Two ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 227
Region Three ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 231
Region Four------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 233
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SECTION 6 – REGION TRUSTEES’ REPORTS (CONTINUED)
Region Five ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 236
Region Six --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 239
Region Seven ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 241
Region Eight ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ 243
Region Nine ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ 245
Region Ten -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 248
SECTION 7 – BOARD COMMITTEE REPORTS
Board-Approved Literature---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 250
BOT Bylaws ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ 251
BRM Review ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 252
Conference Planning------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 253
Convention 2013 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ 254
Delegate Support Fund --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 255
Internal Information ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 257
International Publications/Translations ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- 258
Professional Tradeshows ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 259
Public Awareness ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 261
Strategic Planning ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 263
Virtual Services -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 273
SECTION 8 – CONFERENCE COMMITTEE REPORTS
Bylaws -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 274
Conference-Approved Literature -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 276
Finance ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 277
Professional Outreach ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 278
Public Information --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 279
Region Chairs ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 280
Twelfth-Step-Within ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 283
Unity with Diversity ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 285
Web/Technology ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 287
Youth in OA ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ 288
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SECTION 9 – CONFERENCE COMMITTEE MEETINGS
Information and Instructions ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 291
Suggested Conference Committee Meeting Agenda ----------------------------------------------------------- 293
Bylaws Committee Agenda --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 294
Conference-Approved Literature Committee Agenda --------------------------------------------------------- 295
Finance Committee Agenda -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 296
Professional Outreach Committee Agenda ------------------------------------------------------------------------ 297
Public Information Committee Agenda ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- 298
Twelfth-Step-Within Committee Agenda -------------------------------------------------------------------------- 299
Unity with Diversity Committee Agenda -------------------------------------------------------------------------- 301
Web/Technology Committee Agenda ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ 303
Youth in OA Committee Agenda ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 304
SECTION 10 – WORKSHOPS
Workshop Instructions ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 305
Workshops’/Forum Descriptions and Questions --------------------------------------------------------------- 306
SECTION 11 – APPENDICES
Trustee Applications ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Appendix A
2011 Financial Report ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Appendix B
FY2011/FY2012 Budget Comparison ------------------------------------------------------------------ Appendix C
2011 Regions’ Contributions Report -------------------------------------------------------------------- Appendix D
The Twelve Steps ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Appendix E
The Twelve Traditions ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Appendix E
The Twelve Concepts of OA Service -------------------------------------------------------------------- Appendix E
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Dear Conference Delegates,
Welcome to the 2012 World Service Business Conference, “Visions for the Fellowship.” I know
you are excited and proud to have been chosen to represent members from your area at this
important OA event. Some of us are returning delegates; others are “green dots.” Whatever your
status, know that your vote is extremely important to the future of Overeaters Anonymous.
During Conference, you will have the opportunity to make informed decisions for our Fellowship,
attend workshops and meet with fellow members of OA. Talk with the other delegates; listen to the
debate and then cast your vote for the good of OA as a whole.
Workshops, general sessions, committee meetings and Board of Trustees’ meetings begin on
Monday, April 30. Business sessions of Conference begin on Thursday, May 3 and conclude on
Saturday, May 5. The dinner/dance on Saturday evening is a time of fun and fellowship after a
busy and productive week.
Throughout the entire Conference week, we will each call upon our personal Higher Power many
times for direction and guidance in our decision making. Give yourself time to reflect and meditate
during the week. Ask yourself each day what you can do for the compulsive eater who still suffers,
and how our decisions will help to carry the message of recovery through the Twelve Steps of
Overeaters Anonymous. My personal “vision for the Fellowship” is that every compulsive eater
who comes to OA will find abstinence and recovery. Together we can make that dream a reality.
In OA love and service,
Teresa K.
Chair of the Board of Trustees
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APRIL/MAY 2012
Regions of Overeaters Anonymous
Region
Region One
Region Two
Region Three
Region Four
Region Five
Region Six
Region Seven
Region Eight
Region Nine
Region Ten
Service Areas
US: Alaska, Idaho, Montana, Oregon, Washington, Wyoming (except Torrington,
WY)
Canada: Alberta, British Columbia, Northwest Territories, Saskatchewan, Yukon
US: California, Hawaii, Reno/Lake Tahoe area of Nevada
Mexico
US: Arizona, Colorado, Nevada, New Mexico, Oklahoma, Texas, Utah and
Outstates IG, which includes Scottsbluff, NE and Torrington, WY
US: Illinois (except the Greater Chicago area and Central Illinois IG), Iowa,
Kansas, Minnesota, Missouri, Nebraska (except Outstates IG, which includes
Scottsbluff, NE), North Dakota, South Dakota
Canada: Manitoba, Northwestern Ontario, territory of Nunavut
US: Greater Chicago area and Central Illinois IG, Indiana, Kentucky, Michigan,
Ohio, Wisconsin
Canada: Southwestern Ontario
US: Connecticut, Maine, Massachusetts, New Hampshire, New York, Rhode
Island, Vermont
Canada: New Brunswick, Newfoundland, Nova Scotia, Ontario, Prince Edward
Island, Quebec
Bermuda
US: Delaware, District of Columbia, Maryland, New Jersey, Pennsylvania,
Virginia, West Virginia
US: Alabama, Arkansas, Florida, Georgia, Louisiana, Mississippi, North
Carolina, Puerto Rico, South Carolina, Tennessee, Virgin Islands
Central and South America
Africa, Europe, Middle East, Western Asia
Australia, Far East, New Zealand, Southeast Asia, Western Pacific Basin
Virtual Service Boards of Overeaters Anonymous
12 Step 4 COEs
OA VSB 3
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APRIL/MAY 2012
Map of Overeaters Anonymous Regions
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APRIL/MAY 2012
Board of Trustees and Region Chairs
REGION TRUSTEES
Trustee Position/Officer/Committee Email
Margie G. Region 1 Trustee
On file
Internal Information Chair
Web/Technology Chair
Meg H.
Region 2 Trustee
On file
Unity with Diversity Chair
Wanda S. Region 3 Trustee
On file
Professional Outreach Chair
Professional Tradeshows Chair
Teresa K. Region 4 Trustee
On file
Chair of the Board of Trustees
Allen B.
Region 5 Trustee
On file
Convention 2013 Chair
Youth in OA Chair
Mary Rose D. Region 6 Trustee
On file
BOT Bylaws Chair
Bylaws Chair
Barbara G. Region 7 Trustee
On file
Conference-Approved Literature Chair
Gerri H.
Region 8 Trustee
On file
Virtual Services Trustee
Board-Approved Literature Chair
Literature Review Chair
Virtual Services Chair
Esti O.
Region 9 Trustee
On file
International Publications/Translations Chair
Faith M.
Region 10 Trustee
Twelfth-Step-Within Chair
On file
GENERAL SERVICE TRUSTEES
Trustee Position/Officer/Committee Email
Barbara B. General Service Trustee
On file
Second Vice Chair
BRM Review Chair
Conference Planning Chair
Michael B. General Service Trustee On file
Karen C.
General Service Trustee
Public Awareness Chair
Public Information Chair
On file
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GENERAL SERVICE TRUSTEES (CONTINUED)
Trustee Position/Officer/Committee Email
Joe L.
General Service Trustee
On file
Treasurer
Finance Chair
Janice S.
General Service Trustee
On file
Region Chairs’ Chair
Cheryle T. General Service Trustee
First Vice Chair
Strategic Planning Chair
On file
REGION CHAIRS
Chair Position Email
Merry R. Region 1 Chair On file
Shari G. Region 2 Chair On file
Andrea M. Region 3 Chair On file
Cyndy L. Region 4 Chair On file
Bonnie L. Region 5 Chair On file
Diana G. Region 6 Chair On file
Mike B. Region 7 Chair On file
Gloria L. Region 8 Chair On file
Susan S. Region 9 Chair On file
Letitia M. Region 10 Chair On file
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APRIL/MAY 2012
General Information
EMBASSY SUITES ALBUQUERQUE HOTEL AND SPA
This is our first year with the Embassy and we look forward to a productive week. The hotel offers
two-room suites with a refrigerator and microwave. Breakfast, in the hotel lobby, is also included if
you are a guest of the hotel. Please be patient with us as we tweak the logistics throughout the week.
The first year is always a learning process for us, and we will work hard to make your Conference
experience a positive and memorable one.
CONFERENCE SUPPORT COMMITTEE (CSC)
The Conference Support Committee (CSC) desk is located in the north atrium of the hotel’s
convention center (in front of Sandia IV & V). The CSC provides such services as committee signup
(if you did not previously sign up for a committee), directions to workshops and meetings, lost
and found, Green Dot Mentor Program information, and many more. Please ask any volunteer at
the CSC desk for help. Look for the Conference Support Committee banner!
COMMITTEES AND WORKSHOPS
In addition to doing the business of Conference, it is also a time to share ideas with other delegates
and to learn new things that you can take back to your service body.
Committees will meet for the first time on Wednesday morning (May 2) from 10:15 AM to noon
and reconvene at 1:30 PM until 4:30 PM. A second session will be offered for committees to meet
on Saturday afternoon (May 5). This meeting is to confirm the goals you set earlier in the week and
to familiarize yourselves with the newly elected chairs. Please be sure to check in at the CSC desk to
sign in for your committee. If you did not receive a committee assignment in your registration
packet, volunteers at the CSC desk can help you sign up for a committee.
Note: The Conference-Approved Literature Committee (CLC) is a closed committee.
committee members were selected by the committee cochairs prior to Conference.
All
Committee membership is limited to a delegate cochair, a trustee cochair and two or more delegates
from each region, up to thirty members at WSBC. Additionally, a combination of up to six former
trustees, current trustees and non-delegate members may be appointed to participate in the work of
the committee during the year. [Business Conference Policy Manual 1991a, Item 2]
Workshops will be offered beginning Monday, April 30. Refer to your agenda on page 25 for
workshop titles, times and meeting rooms.
Reference Subcommittee orientation will be held Thursday morning (May 3) at 7:00 AM. Reference
Subcommittee meetings will begin Thursday, May 3 at 11:45 AM and are open to delegates wishing
to observe them. Times and places for Reference Subcommittee meetings are listed in your agenda
on page 25.
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FORUM
This year the forum is titled “Conceptualizing Principles!” and will be led by the region chairs.
This interactive forum will focus on practicing these principles in all our affairs. Please plan to
attend.
STRATEGIC PLANNING
The Strategic Planning session will be held after trustee elections at Business Meeting III on Friday
morning, May 4. Please plan to attend.
OFFICER, REGION AND COMMITTEE REPORTS
Please read the reports in this binder prior to Business Meeting I on Thursday morning, May 3.
These reports are written by the officers of the corporation, the region trustees and the committee
cochairs to update delegates on the accomplishments of the organization over the last year.
Delegates will have an opportunity to ask questions during the business meeting as each report is
presented.
OA MEETINGS
OA meetings will be held Monday through Saturday at various times during the day. Some meetings
have been scheduled during breakfast, lunch and dinner times. It is acceptable to bring food to these
meetings only. All OA meetings will be held in Sierra I located in the far northeast corridor of the
hotel’s convention center. This room will also be available for meditation when it is not being used
for OA meetings.
DELEGATE BADGES/CREDENTIALS
Only delegates will be seated in the voting area during general business meetings. Special seating
will be provided for alternates and visitors at the back of the room. CSC volunteers will be stationed
at all entrances as door monitors when each vote is taken. Please respect their obligation to prevent
attendees from leaving or entering the room during a vote. Badges must be worn and visible at all
meetings.
ANNOUNCEMENTS
Announcements pertaining to events during the Conference will be made by the chair at the close of
each business meeting. If you wish to submit an announcement, you may do so by giving the
announcement to a page and clearly marking your message as an announcement. The chair will not
make announcements regarding future local events or personal matters. Announcements of a
regional or personal nature may be posted on the announcement bulletin board located near the
CSC desk.
ASK-IT BASKET
Please write down any question about OA that you would like a trustee to answer and drop it in the
Ask-It Basket box located at the CSC desk. The deadline for submitting questions is 6:00 PM on
Thursday, May 3. The questions will be answered at the end of Business Meeting V on Saturday,
time permitting.
BOUTIQUE
A boutique will be available for delegates from Tuesday, May 1 through Saturday, May 5 in Piñon.
In the spirit of cooperation without affiliation, this room is provided as a courtesy to OA service
bodies (intergroups, service boards, regions) and has limited space. All articles for sale must have an
OA-related theme and must follow the guidelines for sales at OA events.
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If you are interested in selling items in the boutique, please stop by the CSC desk to pick up a list of
guidelines and to sign a waiver. This room is also available to place service body newsletters, event
flyers, event registration forms, etc.
DELEGATES’ DINNER BUFFET/ENTERTAINMENT/DANCE
Delegates attend this event at no additional charge; the dinner is included in the delegate registration
fee. If you wish to attend the dinner buffet/entertainment/dance on Saturday evening, and have not
already made your dinner reservations and received your dinner ticket, please see the WSO staff at
the OA registration desk. All reservations must be made by noon on Thursday, May 3. Guest
tickets can be purchased for $50 USD per person. Dinner tickets are required at the banquet.
Replacement tickets are not available in the event of loss. Please take good care of your dinner
ticket. Below is the dinner buffet menu.
Spring mix salad with balsamic vinaigrette and oil/vinegar (dressings on side)
Broiled salmon with butter dill sauce (sauce on side)
English-cut herb crusted strip loin
Seared chicken with artichoke hearts, lemon, tomato and basil
Fresh baked sweet potatoes
Brown rice
Chef’s choice steamed vegetable
Sliced seasonal fresh fruit
Whole wheat rolls (butter on side)
Coffee/tea service at tables
A vegetarian option is available upon request. Please notify the WSO staff at the OA registration
desk if you require a vegetarian option. Vegetarians will also have access to the dinner buffet.
Quinoa and black beans with steamed vegetables
Fresh baked sweet potato
Menu items do not include sugar as an ingredient other than what is naturally in the food. No
substitutions will be made. You are welcome to bring additional food to accommodate your food
plan.
BREAKFAST AND LUNCH BUFFETS
A breakfast buffet is complimentary to all hotel guests. Simply present your room key for access to
the breakfast buffet. The buffet is available 6:30-9:00 AM Monday through Friday and 7:00-10:00
AM Saturday and Sunday. Please know that there are other guests in the hotel and the breakfast
buffet will include flour and sugar menu items.
Breakfast Buffet Items
Plain and low-fat yogurt
Scrambled eggs
Bacon and sausage
Sliced fruits
Oatmeal
Whole wheat breads
Low-fat cottage cheese
Salsa
Regular, skim and 2% milk
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From Wednesday, May 2 through Saturday, May 5, the hotel will provide a daily lunch buffet. The
lunch buffet is $12.95 USD per person, plus tax and gratuity (includes beverage). Below is the daily
lunch buffet menu.
Wednesday, May 2
Miso soup with tofu
Stir-fried beef and vegetables with soy sauce
Stir-fried shrimp and vegetables with soy sauce
Jasmine rice
Asian spring salad with mandarin oranges, tomatoes, water chestnuts, Balsamic vinaigrette
and sun-dried tomato vinaigrette (dressings on side)
Chef’s choice of beans
Seasonal fresh fruit
Whole wheat rolls or bread
Thursday, May 3
Egg drop soup
Chicken Florentine (grilled chicken breast on bed of fresh spinach)
Salad bar includes mixed greens, sprouts, carrots, onions, hard boiled eggs, cheese,
tomatoes, bacon bits, sunflower seeds, spinach leaves, jalapenos, chopped green chile,
Ranch, lowfat Italian and Balsamic vinaigrette (dressings on side)
Brown rice
Chef’s choice of beans
Steamed seasonal vegetables
Seasonal fresh fruit
Whole wheat rolls or bread
Friday, May 4
Tomato basil soup
Bistro deli tray includes sliced turkey breast, diced chicken, assorted lettuce, chopped
tomatoes and olives, shaved carrots, quarter cheese slices, Ranch, lowfat Italian and
Balsamic vinaigrette (dressings on side)
Garden vegetable whole wheat wraps
Chef’s choice of beans
Seasonal fresh fruit
Whole wheat rolls or bread
Saturday, May 5
Vegetable broth soup
Salad bar includes mixed greens, sprouts, carrots, onions, hard boiled eggs, cheese,
tomatoes, bacon bits, sunflower seeds, spinach leaves, jalapenos, chopped green chile,
Ranch, lowfat Italian and Balsamic vinaigrette (dressings on side)
Grilled tilapia with fruited salsa
Sliced beef strips with peppercorn sauce (sauce on side)
Steamed seasonal vegetables
Chef’s choice of beans
Seasonal fresh fruit
Whole wheat rolls or bread
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CONFERENCE EVALUATION FORM
Each year the Conference Planning Committee and the WSO staff rely on feedback from the
evaluations to improve the Business Conference. An electronic evaluation link will be emailed to all
delegates for their feedback approximately one week after Conference.
Please remember that you are the liaison between the Conference and your service body, as well as
the groups that make up your service body. When you return home and give your report, please
share the information about the results of the Conference business, the many new ideas you’ve
learned and the spirit of Conference.
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APRIL/MAY 2012
Meeting Room Layout
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APRIL/MAY 2012
Dais Seating Chart
1 – Barbara B., 2 nd Vice Chair (GST)
2 – Allen B. (Region 5)
3 – Gerri H. (Region 8 & Virtual Services)
4 – Janice S. (GST)
5 – Karen C. (GST)
6 – Faith M. (Region 10)
7 – Meg H. (Region 2)
8 – Margie G. (Region 1)
9 – Cheryle T., 1 st Vice Chair (GST)
10 – Teresa K., Chair (Region 4)
11 – Jan Strand, Parliamentarian
12 – Rebbie Garza, Conference Secretary
13 – Michael B. (GST)
14 – Joe L., Treasurer (GST)
15 – Esti O. (Region 9)
16 – Wanda S. (Region 3)
17 – Barbara G. (Region 7)
18 – Mary Rose D. (Region 6)
19 – Naomi Lippel, Managing Director, other
WSO staff
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APRIL/MAY 2012
Parliamentary Procedures
These procedures are general and based on Robert’s Rules of Order. The OA, Inc. Bylaws supersede
Robert’s Rules of Order when they differ.
GLOSSARY
Appeal from the
Decision of the Chair
Consent Agenda
Divide the Question
Division of the
Assembly
General or
Unanimous Consent
Incidental Motion
Lay on the Table
Main Motion
Majority Vote
Objection to the
Consideration of the
Question
Parliamentary Inquiry
Point of Order
Privileged Motion
Proviso
Asks the assembly to decide whether it agrees or not with a ruling of the
chair. The chair may speak in debate twice (at the beginning and at the
end); all others once.
Motions that are voted on as a block without discussion or debate. Items
for the Consent Agenda can be considered if they are of a routine,
noncontroversial or housekeeping nature. It is a way to handle motions
about which there are no questions or debate, or which will not have any
amendments. This saves time for other motions that require more time for
debate. Any voting delegate may go to the center microphone to request an
item be pulled from the Consent Agenda and considered separately.
A motion allowing two or more parts of a motion on the floor to be
considered separately. Each segment must stand alone as a separate
question.
Requires a voice vote to be retaken by a rising vote. Does not require the
vote to be counted.
A vote of silent agreement without a single objection.
Related to the parliamentary situation in such a way that it must be decided
before business can proceed.
To temporarily put aside a motion in order to consider other business.
Brings business before the assembly.
More than half of those voting.
Enables the assembly to avoid a particular original main motion altogether
when it believes that it would be strongly undesirable for the motion event
to come before the assembly. This motion must be introduced as soon as
the main motion is stated by the chair; it does not require a second and is
not debatable. Requires a two-thirds vote against consideration to sustain
the objection.
A question related to parliamentary procedure regarding the issue on the
floor.
Requires chair to enforce the rules or to make a ruling.
Deals with special matters of immediate importance. It does not relate to
the pending business.
Usually used to facilitate a transition, i.e., when a change will go into effect.
A proviso requires a majority vote and is usually voted on after a motion is
adopted.
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Reconsider
Request for
Information
Rescind or Amend
Scope of Notice
Subsidiary Motion
Substitute
Amendment
Suspend the Rules
Taken from the Table
Tie Vote
Two-Thirds Vote
Withdraw a Motion
Reopens for further consideration action taken only on the same day the
original vote was taken or on the following day. Can be made only by a
person who voted on the winning side of the original motion.
Used when you have a question related to the issue on the floor.
Cancels an action that was approved or changes an action previously taken.
Motion may be made by any member and may be applied only to action
that it is not too late to undo. Debate may include the merits of the original
motion.
The parameters in which a change can be made between the existing policy
or bylaw and a proposed amendment. For example: If a number in an
original bylaw says “8” and a motion is submitted to change that to “10,”
the scope for any subsequent amendment may only be between 8 and 10. If
an amendment is submitted during the Conference to change the number to
“11,” that amendment would be outside the scope and would not be heard.
In the case of bylaws, a proposed amendment cannot be heard if it is
outside the scope. In the case of Conference policy amendments, proposed
amendments outside the scope may be heard but will require a two-thirds
vote to be adopted.
Assists the assembly in modifying or disposing of a main motion and
sometimes of other motions.
To amend by striking out an entire paragraph, section, article, complete
main motion or resolution and inserting a different paragraph or other unit
in its place.
Allows for consideration of a matter on the agenda out of its proper order or
for the presentation of urgent business not on the agenda. State the purpose
for which the agenda is to be interrupted when making this motion.
Making pending again a motion laid on the table. A motion dies if it is not
taken from the table by the end of the Conference.
Defeats a motion. The chair may vote to break a tie.
Two-thirds of those voting.
Before a motion has been stated by the chair, it may be withdrawn or
modified by the maker. After being stated by the chair, the motion may be
withdrawn or modified only by the general consent of a majority vote of the
assembly.
PROCEDURES FOR MAIN MOTION
1) Member addresses chair
2) Chair recognizes member
3) Member makes motion
4) Another member seconds motion
5) Chair states motion
6) Members debate—maker of the motion has the first right of debate
7) Chair invites questions about motion from the body
8) Chair puts question and members vote
9) Chair announces result of vote
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NOTE: For some motions other than the main motions, steps 1 and 2 and/or 4 and/or 6 are
omitted.
PROCESS OF AMENDING
1) To insert or add
2) To strike out
3) To strike out and insert, or to substitute
NOTE: Each process may involve a single word, consecutive words or a paragraph. To strike and
insert a paragraph or significant section is termed a “substitute amendment.”
PUTTING AN IDEA BEFORE THE GROUP
1) Obtaining the Floor: Before you can speak, you must obtain the floor. You should rise,
address the presiding officer by his or her official title and wait for recognition. When you
“have the floor,” you can speak, and with few exceptions, no one can interrupt you.
2) Making a Motion: All proposals seeking action on the part of the assembly must be
presented through a “motion.” You should begin by saying, “I move that. . .” or “I move to.
. .” and then briefly state your idea. To make your motion more effective and concise, write
it on a piece of paper or a motion form (available from a page or the center microphone
monitor). Not only can you read it with dispatch and accuracy, but your listeners will give
better attention.
The principal matter of business is called a “main motion.” Only one “main motion” can be
on the floor at a time. The purpose of other motions, termed “subsidiary” or “incidental
motions,” is to clear the road for action on the “main motion.”
3) Seconding a Motion: Before your idea may be discussed, it must be seconded. A second
merely implies that another person agrees that the motion should come before the assembly
and not that he/she necessarily favors it. After the motion is stated by the chair, persons
entitled to vote may discuss it and decide whether to approve or disapprove it.
4) Debating a Motion: This process provides all members with an opportunity to discuss the
pros and cons of the idea.
CHANGING AND CLARIFYING THE IDEA
1) Amending the Motion: If you wish to add to, substitute another motion for or subtract from
a motion that someone else has made, you may submit your ideas to the group by
“amending the motion.”
2) Amend the Amendment: Altering the motion can be carried one step further by another
member rising to “amend the amendment.” You then have a primary amendment and a
secondary amendment to the main motion. You may not have more than these two at one
time. Secondary amendments will be voted on first, followed by the primary amendment,
and then the main motion is open for further amendments and/or the vote.
3) Request for Information: If issues or debate become obscure or involved, you can seek
clarification by asking the chair for a “request for information.”
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4) Motion to Divide the Question: Motions often contain two or more parts. You can ask that
each part be considered separately. Such consideration can help clarify an entire motion and
salvage those portions that will benefit the group. Each part must stand on its own merits.
STICKING TO THE FACTS
1) Point of Order: A possible violation in parliamentary procedure can be checked by rising to a
“point of order.” The chair is obligated to recognize you and rule on the point of order.
2) Appeal from the Decision of the Chair: If you disagree with a decision of the chair, you can
“appeal from the decision of the chair” to the whole assembly. When your appeal has been
seconded, the chair must state the question at issue. The chair first defends his/her decision,
and then three delegates who support the appeal and three who support the chair’s decision
are allowed to speak to the issue for two minutes each. Before the vote, the chair may speak
again. Then the delegates will vote on whether they wish to sustain the rule of the chair. A
tie vote sustains the rule of the chair.
3) Orders of the Day: When the meeting goes off on a tangent and does not follow the agenda
or the order of business, you may remind the chair of this by calling for “orders of the day.”
CONCLUDING THE DECISION
1) Motion to Limit Debate: To prevent a discussion from dragging on endlessly, you can make
a motion to a) limit each speaker’s time, b) limit the number of speakers, c) limit the overall
time of debate, or d) close debate at a set time and take a vote (provided a motion of higher
rank has not been made). A two-thirds vote is required.
2) Motion to Refer: When you think a proposal needs further study, you may move that it be
referred to committee for review.
3) How to End Debate: If you feel an issue has been adequately discussed, you may move to
end debate by saying, “Mr./Madame Chair, I call the previous question.” This means you
wish a vote to be taken that will end discussion and further amendments and open the way
for a vote on the main issue before the assembly. This requires a two-thirds vote.
POSTPONING CONSIDERATION
1) Motion to Lay on the Table: To make a motion to “lay on the table” means to temporarily
put aside one motion to consider other business. After a motion has been “laid on the
table,” it may be “taken from the table” at the same Conference (provided other business has
intervened). After that, the motion is “dead.” The motion may be offered as a new main
motion at a subsequent Conference if it is submitted by the deadline. (Neither the motion to
“table” nor to “take from the table” is debatable.)
2) Motion to Postpone to a Certain Time: You can propose that discussion of an issue,
resolution or report be postponed to a later time during the current Conference.
3) Motion to Postpone Indefinitely: This is primarily a strategic motion to kill the main motion.
It can be used to defeat a main motion without risking a direct vote on it.
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VOTING AND ADJOURNING
1) Division of the Assembly: If you wish a more accurate count that a “voice vote” provides,
you may call for a “division of the assembly.” The vote will then be taken by asking
members to stand or to raise their hands.
2) Motion to Adjourn: It may be offered at any time. It is debatable if no other business is
before the assembly. It is not debatable if it interrupts discussion or is made before the
business of the day is completed. Any business that is not reached by the last business
meeting of the Conference is gone.
PROCEDURES TO CHANGE THE ADOPTED AGENDA
1) Any item of business can be taken up out of its proper order by adopting a motion to
“suspend the rules” by a two-thirds vote. This is often by unanimous consent; if there is an
objection, a two-thirds vote is required for adoption. This procedure is used when one issue
is in question.
2) When the desire is to change more than one item on an agenda, the motion to “amend
something previously adopted” is in order. A two-thirds vote is required to adopt this
motion.
FREQUENTLY USED INCIDENTAL MOTIONS
Motion Recognition Second Debatable Amendable Vote
Required Required
Required
Point of Order Yes No No No None
Appeal from the Decision
of the Chair
Yes Yes Yes No Majority*
or
Tie
*Vote required
to overturn the
ruling.
Request for Information Yes No No No None
Parliamentary Inquiry
Suspend the Rules Yes Yes No No 2/3
Withdraw a Motion Yes Yes No No Majority
Divide the Question Yes Yes No Yes Majority
Close Nominations –
Yes Yes No No 2/3
Closed Polls
Reopen Nominations – Yes Yes No No Majority
Reopen Polls
Division of Assembly Yes No No No None
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MOTIONS THAT BRING A QUESTION AGAIN BEFORE THE ASSEMBLY
Motion Recognition Second Debatable Amendable Vote Required
Required Required
Reconsider Yes Yes Yes*
No
Majority
Rescind or Amend
Something Previously
Adopted
*Debatable only if
motion to be reconsidered
was
debatable. Debate
may include the
merits of the
original motion.
Yes Yes Yes Yes Majority with
notice, 2/3
without notice, or
a majority of the
entire delegation
Take from the Table Yes Yes No No Majority
MAIN MOTION FLOW CHART
Who? What? Which Number of
Microphone? Minutes
Chair Recognizes Reference Subcommittee chair Dais N/A
Reference Reports for Reference Subcommittee Pro N/A
Subcommittee
Member
Maker Reads motion Pro N/A
Maker Speaks for motion Pro 2
Delegate Speaks against motion Con 2
Delegate Speaks for motion Pro 2
Delegate Speaks against motion Con 2
Delegate Speaks for motion Pro 2
Delegate Speaks against motion Con 2
Chair Reports amendments (refer to page 24) Dais N/A
Chair Asks for questions from the body Dais N/A
Delegates Ask questions about motion Center 20
VOTE—DONE
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AMENDMENT FLOW CHART
Who? What? Which
Microphone?
Number of
Minutes
Maker of Completes four-part form and hands to page N/A N/A
Amendment
Page Gives form to Conference secretary N/A N/A
Chair Determines total number of amendments N/A N/A
If Fewer Than
Three
Amendments,
See Below
If more than two amendments, all are referred to
Reference Subcommittee.
Chair Directs maker to microphone Dais N/A
Maker Reads amendment Pro N/A
Maker Speaks for amendment Pro 2
Delegate Speaks against amendment Con 2
Delegate Speaks for amendment Pro 2
Delegate Speaks against amendment Con 2
Chair Asks for questions from the body Dais N/A
Delegates Ask questions about amendment Center 20
VOTE—If approved, becomes part of main motion; if
more amendments, return to top of this page; if no
more amendments, return to page 23, main motion
vote.
N/A
N/A
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APRIL/MAY 2012
Conference Tentative Agenda
51 ST ANNUAL WORLD SERVICE BUSINESS CONFERENCE
Embassy Suites Albuquerque Hotel and Spa
Albuquerque, New Mexico USA
April 30 – May 5, 2012
Visions for the Fellowship
Monday, April 30, 2012
6:30 AM – 9:00 AM
0630 – 0900
7:00 AM – 8:00 AM
0700 – 0800
8:00 AM – 4:00 PM
0800 – 1600
11:45 AM – 1:15 PM
1145 – 1315
Noon – 1:00 PM
1200 – 1300
1:30 PM – 3:00 PM
1330 – 1500
4:00 PM – 7:00 PM
1600 – 1900
5:30 PM – 7:00 PM
1730 – 1900
5:30 PM – 6:30 PM
1730 – 1830
7:00 PM – 8:30 PM
1900 – 2030
8:45 PM – 9:45 PM
2045 – 2145
Breakfast
- Complimentary to hotel guests
OA Meeting
- Attendees may bring breakfast
Santa Fe Plaza Tour
- $55 per person and includes guide, bottled water
and entry fee to Loretto Chapel. Note: Santa Fe
museums are not open on Mondays.
- Lunch on own
Lunch (on own)
OA Meeting
- Attendees may bring lunch
Board of Trustees Consensus Meeting
- Delegates welcome to attend
Registration/Pre-Ordered Literature Pickup
Dinner (on own)
OA Meeting
- Attendees may bring dinner
Workshop
- Action Plan: Bringing Structure, Balance and
Manageability Into Our Lives
OA Meeting
Hotel Lobby
Sierra I
Meet in Convention Center
Lobby 10 minutes prior to
8AM
Sierra I
Ocotillo II
Sandia IV Foyer
Sierra I
Sierra II
Sierra I
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6:30 AM – 9:00 AM
0630 – 0900
7:00 AM – 8:00 AM
0700 – 0800
10:00 AM – 5:00 PM
1000 – 1700
11:30 AM – 1:00 PM
1130 – 1300
11:45 AM – 12:45 PM
1145 – 1245
2:00 PM – 2:50 PM
1400 – 1450
3:00 PM – 3:50 PM
1500 – 1550
4:00 PM – 5:00 PM
1600 – 1700
3:30 PM – 5:30 PM
1530 – 1730
5:30 PM – 7:30 PM
1730 – 1930
Tuesday, May 1, 2012
Breakfast
- Complimentary to hotel guests
OA Meeting
- Attendees may bring breakfast
Registration/Pre-Ordered Literature Pickup
Conference Support Committee (CSC)
Audio Sales
Boutique
- Hours may be extended at the discretion of the CSC
chair
Lunch (on own)
OA Meeting
- Attendees may bring lunch
Early Bird Workshops
- Committed Service Bodies: How Can the
Traditions and Concepts Help?
- Financial Health: Money Matters
- Strong Meetings: What Will It Take?
Board of Trustees’ Meeting
- Delegates welcome to attend
Dinner (on own)
Hotel Lobby
Sierra I
Sandia IV Foyer
Registration Desk
Sandia IV Foyer
Piñon
Sierra I
Sierra II
Sierra II
Sierra II
Sandia I-III
5:30 PM – 9:00 PM
1730 – 2100
Dinner Shuttles
- Shuttles will run every half hour between the hotel and Old Town.
6:15 PM – 7:15 PM
1815 – 1915
7:30 PM – 9:00 PM
1930 – 2100
OA Meeting
- Attendees may bring dinner
Workshops
- All About Conference
- Public/Professional Awareness: How Are We
Communicating Our Message?
Sierra I
Sierra II & III
Sandia I & II
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9:15 PM – 10:15 PM
2115 – 2215
6:30 AM – 9:00 AM
0630 – 0900
7:00 AM – 7:45 AM
0700 – 0745
7:30 AM – 5:00 PM
0730 – 1700
8:00 AM – 10:00 AM
0800 – 1000
10:00 AM – 2:00 PM
1000 – 1400
10:15 AM – Noon
1015 – 1200
OA Meeting
Tuesday, May 1, 2012 (continued)
Wednesday, May 2, 2012
Breakfast
- Complimentary to hotel guests
OA Meeting
- Attendees may bring breakfast
Registration/Pre-Ordered Literature
Conference Support Committee (CSC)
Boutique
- Hours may be extended at the discretion of the CSC
chair
Forum: Conceptualizing Principles!
Audio Sales
Committee Meetings
- Bylaws
- Conference-Approved Literature
- Finance
- Professional Outreach
- Public Information
- Region Chairs
- Twelfth-Step-Within
- Unity with Diversity
- Web/Technology
- Youth in OA
Sierra I
Hotel Lobby
Sierra I
Sandia IV Foyer
Registration Desk
Piñon
La Ventana
Sandia IV Foyer
Ocotillo I
Sierra II
Sandia I
Sandia II
Sierra III
Sage Boardroom
Sandia III
Ocotillo II
Sandia VI
Sierra I
Noon – 1:00 PM
1200 – 1300
Noon – 1:15 PM
1200 – 1315
OA Meeting
- Attendees may bring lunch
Sierra I
Lunch (on own)
- Lunch buffet available in Hotel Lobby ($12.95 per person + tax and gratuity)
Noon – 1:15 PM
1200 – 1315
1:30 PM – 4:30 PM
1330 – 1630
Green Dot/Mentor Rendezvous
- Meet your green dot/mentor
- Attendees may bring lunch
Committee Meetings (continued)
Sierra III
Respective Committee
Rooms
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5:00 PM – 7:00 PM
1700 – 1900
Wednesday, May 2, 2012 (continued)
Region Meetings/Dinner
- Region One
- Region Two
- Region Three
- Region Four
- Region Five
- Region Six
- Region Seven
- Region Eight
- Region Nine
- Region Ten
Church Street Café
Hotel Restaurant
Ocotillo I
St. Clair Bistro
Church Street Café
Flying Star Café
St. Clair Bistro
Hotel Restaurant
St. Clair Bistro
See Region Chair
4:45 PM – 9:00 PM
1645 – 2100
7:15 PM – 8:30 PM
1915 – 2030
8:45 PM – 10:00 PM
2045 – 2200
10:00 PM – 11:00 PM
2200 – 2300
Dinner Shuttles
- Shuttles will run every half hour between the hotel and Old Town.
Parliamentary Procedure
Literature Q&A
OA Meeting
La Ventana
La Ventana
Sierra I
6:30 AM – 9:00 AM
0630 – 0900
7:00 AM – 8:15 AM
0700 – 0815
7:15 AM – 8:15 AM
0715 – 0815
7:30 AM – 4:00 PM
0730 – 1600
Thursday, May 3, 2012
Breakfast
- Complimentary to hotel guests
Reference Subcommittee Orientation
- Attendees may bring breakfast
OA Meeting
- Attendees may bring breakfast
Registration/Pre-Ordered Literature Pickup
Conference Support Committee (CSC)
Boutique
- Hours may be extended at the discretion of the CSC
chair
Hotel Lobby
Ocotillo I-II
Sierra I
Sandia IV Foyer
Registration Desk
Piñon
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8:30 AM – 11:30 AM
0830 – 1130
10:00 AM – 5:00 PM
1000 – 1700
Thursday, May 3, 2012 (continued)
Business Meeting I
- Welcome/Introductions, Adoption of Credentials
Report, Adoption of Standing Rules, Adoption of
Agenda, Delegates’ Briefing, Procedures for Motions and
Floor Debate, Officers’ Reports (reports contained in
binder)
Audio Sales
Sandia I-V
Sandia IV Foyer
11:30 AM – 1:00 PM
1130 – 1300
Lunch (on own)
- Lunch buffet available in Hotel Lobby ($12.95 per person + tax and gratuity)
11:45 AM – 12:45 PM
1145 – 1245
11:45 AM – 12:45 PM
1145 – 1245
OA Meeting
- Attendees may bring lunch
Reference Subcommittee Meeting (if needed)
- Attendees may bring lunch
Sierra I
Ocotillo I-II
Noon
1200
Deadline
- Saturday delegate dinner/dance reservations or cancellations. Guest tickets are
$50 USD.
1:00 PM – 5:00 PM
1300 – 1700
5:15 PM – 6:15 PM
1715 – 1815
5:30 PM – 6:30 PM
1730 – 1830
5:30 PM – 6:30 PM
1730 – 1830
5:30 PM – 7:00 PM
1730 – 1900
Business Meeting II
- Region and Committee Reports (reports contained in
binder), Region/GST Nominees’ Speeches and Q&A,
New Business (if time permits)
Reference Subcommittee Meeting (if needed)
Green Dot/Mentor Rendezvous
- Meet your green dot/mentor
- Attendees may bring dinner
OA Meeting
- Attendees may bring dinner
Dinner (on own)
Sandia I-V
Ocotillo I-II
Sierra II
Sierra I
5:30 PM – 9:00 PM
1730 – 2100
6:00 PM
1800
Dinner Shuttles
- Shuttles will run every half hour between the hotel and Old Town.
Deadline
- Ask-It Basket (located at CSC desk)
7:30 PM – 9:00 PM
1930 – 2100
Workshop
- Abstinence: The Foundation of Our Future
Sandia I-V
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7:30 PM – 10:00 PM
1930 – 2200
9:45 PM – 10:45 PM
2145 – 2245
6:30 AM – 9:00 AM
0630 – 0900
7:00 AM – 8:15 AM
0700 – 0815
7:15 AM – 8:15 AM
0715 – 0815
7:30 AM – 4:00 PM
0730 – 1600
Thursday, May 3, 2012 (continued)
Reference Subcommittee Meeting (if needed)
OA Meeting
Friday, May 4, 2012
Breakfast
- Complimentary to hotel guests
Reference Subcommittee Meeting (if needed)
- Attendees may bring breakfast
OA Meeting
- Attendees may bring breakfast
Registration/Pre-Ordered Literature Pickup
Conference Support Committee (CSC)
Boutique
- Hours may be extended at the discretion of the CSC
chair
Ocotillo I-II
Sierra I
Hotel Lobby
Ocotillo I-II
Sierra I
Sandia IV Foyer
Registration Desk
Piñon
8:30 AM – 11:45 AM
0830 – 1145
10:00 AM – 5:00 PM
1000 – 1700
11:45 AM – 1:15 PM
1145 – 1315
Business Meeting III
- Region/GST Elections, Strategic Planning, New
Business (if needed), Bylaw Amendments
Audio Sales
Sandia I-V
Sandia IV Foyer
Lunch (on own)
- Lunch buffet available in Hotel Lobby ($12.95 per person + tax and gratuity)
Noon – 1:00 PM
1200 – 1300
Noon – 1:00 PM
1200 – 1300
1:15 PM – 5:15 PM
1315 – 1715
OA Meeting
- Special Focus: A Vision of Unity
- Attendees may bring lunch
Reference Subcommittee Meeting (if needed)
- Attendees may bring lunch
Business Meeting IV
- New Business (if needed), Bylaw Amendments
Sierra I
Ocotillo I-II
Sandia I-V
4:00 PM
1600
5:15 PM – 9:15 PM
1715 – 2115
Deadline
- Emergency New Business Motions (located at CSC desk)
Free Evening
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5:45 PM – 6:45 PM
17450 – 1845
5:30 PM – 7:15 PM
1730 – 1915
Friday, May 4, 2012 (continued)
OA Meeting
- Attendees may bring dinner
Dinner (on own)
Sierra I
5:30 PM – 9:00 PM
1730 – 2100
6:45 PM – 9:15 PM
1845 – 2115
Dinner Shuttles
- Shuttles will run every half hour. One shuttle will run between the hotel and ABQ
Uptown; the second shuttle will run between the hotel and Old Town.
Reference Subcommittee Meeting ( if needed)
Ocotillo I-II
9:15 PM – 10:15 PM
2115 – 2215
9:15 PM – 10:15 PM
2115 – 2215
7:00 AM – 10:00 AM
0700 – 1000
7:00 AM – 8:15 AM
0700 – 0815
7:15 AM – 8:15 AM
0715 – 0815
7:30 AM – 11:00 AM
0730 – 1100
7:30 AM – 10:00 PM
0730 – 2200
Reference Subcommittee Meeting (if needed)
- Discussion of Emergency New Business
OA Meeting
Saturday, May 5, 2012
Breakfast
- Complimentary to hotel guests
Reference Subcommittee Meeting (if needed)
- Attendees may bring breakfast
OA Meeting
- Attendees may bring breakfast
Registration/Pre-Ordered Literature Pickup
Conference Support Committee (CSC)
Boutique
Ocotillo I-II
Sierra I
Hotel Lobby
Ocotillo I-II
Sierra I
Sandia IV Foyer
Registration Desk
Piñon
8:30 AM – 11:30 AM
0830 – 1130
10:00 AM – 3:00 PM
1000 – 1500
11:30 AM – 1:00 PM
1130 – 1300
Business Meeting V
- Bylaw Amendments (if needed), Emergency New
Business, Committee and Workshop Summaries, Ask-It
Basket (if time permits)
Audio Sales
Sandia I-V
Sandia IV Foyer
Lunch (on own)
- Lunch buffet available in Hotel Lobby ($12.95 per person + tax and gratuity)
11:45 AM – 12:45 PM
1145 – 1245
OA Meeting
- Attendees may bring lunch
Sierra I
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1:00 PM – 2:30 PM
1300 – 1430
3:30 PM – 4:00 PM
1530 – 1600
6:00 PM – Midnight
1800 – 0000
10:00 PM – 11:00 PM
2200 – 2300
7:00 AM – 10:00 AM
0700 – 1000
7:00 AM – 5:00 PM
0700 – 1700
8:00 AM – 9:00 AM
0800 – 0900
Noon
1200
Saturday, May 5, 2012 (continued)
Board of Trustees Meeting
- Delegates are welcome to attend
Committee Transition Meetings
- Bylaws
- Conference-Approved Literature
- Finance
- Professional Outreach
- Public Information
- Region Chairs
- Twelfth-Step-Within
- Unity with Diversity
- Web/Technology
- Youth in OA
Delegates’ Buffet Dinner/Entertainment/Presentations
to Outgoing Trustees and Introduction of New Board of
Trustees/Dance
- Guest dinner tickets must be purchased by noon on
Thursday
OA Meeting
Sunday, May 6, 2012
Breakfast
- Complimentary to hotel guests
Baggage Storage Available for Delegates
OA Meeting
- Attendees may bring breakfast
Check Out
La Ventana
Sandia VIII
Sierra III
Sandia VII
Sierra II
Sandia VI
Sage Boardroom
Ocotillo I
Ocotillo II
La Ventana
Sierra I
Sandia I-V
Sierra I
Hotel Lobby
Piñon
Sierra I
Notes
1) OA meetings will be held in Sierra I throughout the week. The same room is available for
meditation 24 hours each day, unless in use for an OA meeting or other designated meetings.
2) An impromptu meeting room is available from Tuesday – Saturday. Delegates who wish to
use this room must reserve it at the OA registration desk. (Please note that space is very
limited during the week.)
3) The Boutique will be open daily, beginning on Tuesday, May 1, in Piñon. Items in the
Boutique room are the responsibility of the contributing service body. If you are interested
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in displaying items in the Boutique room, you must sign a release form at the CSC desk.
The Boutique’s hours will match the hours of the CSC desk, although hours may be
extended at the discretion of the CSC chair. NOTE: A refrigerator and microwave will NOT be
available in the Boutique this year. Refrigerators and microwaves are available in all guest rooms.
4) On Tuesday, May 1, a shuttle will be provided to take attendees to a local grocery store.
There are four round-trips scheduled. Delegates must sign up for the shuttle as seating is
limited.
5) From Wednesday, May 2 through Saturday, May 5, the hotel will offer an OA-friendly
breakfast, complimentary to hotel guests, and lunch ($12.95 per person + tax and gratuity).
Buffets to be served in the lobby area.
6) From Tuesday, May 1 through Friday, May 4, dinner shuttles will be available to attendees.
Shuttles are tentatively scheduled to run to Old Town and the ABQ Uptown areas. Check
the schedule for specific times.
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APRIL/MAY 2012
Conference Standing Rules
1) REGISTRATION AND CREDENTIALS REPORT
A) Each delegate will be registered by the WSO staff and issued WSBC materials including an
identification badge. Registered alternates will receive an identification badge and a WSBC
agenda only.
B) Identification badges will be worn for admission to all business meetings and committee
meetings and to the educational workshops.
C) Upon proper certification by designated WSO staff, a registered alternate may be transferred
to delegate status at any time during the WSBC. At that time, the alternate will receive a
delegate badge and the transferring delegate’s WSBC materials. If the original delegate again
becomes available, these two individuals and any others from their service body will decide
which of the two individuals will then be the active delegate.
D) A Minutes Approval Committee of three delegates shall be appointed by the chair to approve
the minutes of the WSBC.
E) Immediately following the opening ceremonies at each business meeting, and when directed
by the chair, the designated staff member will make an oral report to the WSBC on the
number of certified voting delegates and alternates registered as present with proper
credentials.
F) Delegates are expected to abstain from voting on any WSBC motions if they do not – at time
of voting – have the one-year abstinence requirement unless a delegate has received
permission for an exception in qualifications as per OA, Inc. Bylaws, Subpart B, Article X,
Section 3c1.
2) GENERAL AND COMMUNICATIONS
A) There will be designated seating in the business meetings for the Board of Trustees,
delegates, alternates and observers.
B) All communications during the business meetings will be delivered by the official pages.
C) Announcements during the business meetings will be made by the chair. Such
announcements will be written legibly, signed by the submitter, and delivered to the
Conference secretary.
D) No cameras, recording equipment, cellular phones, beeping pagers, or other forms of
wireless communication will be permitted to be used in the business meetings, committee
meetings, or educational workshops, other than those approved by the chair.
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2) GENERAL AND COMMUNICATIONS (CONTINUED)
E) There will be no children under the age of twelve and no pets. Service animals assisting
people with disabilities in the business meetings, committee meetings or educational
workshops are allowed.
F) There will be no smoking or eating in the business meetings, committee meetings or
educational workshops, except that the Reference Subcommittee shall be free to eat meals, if
necessary, during their sessions.
G) The chair will designate a center microphone monitor who will assist the delegates in its use.
H) Attendees are requested to minimize their use of scented toiletries.
3) QUORUM
The quorum for the business meetings of the WSBC will be a majority of the delegates
registered.
4) CONSENT AGENDA
There will be a consent agenda consisting of routine or non-controversial matters. The chair will
determine the matters that will be placed on the consent agenda. Any voting member may go to
the center microphone to request that an item from the consent agenda be considered separately.
The consent agenda shall require a two-thirds vote for adoption.
5) PROPOSED NEW BUSINESS MOTIONS, POLICY MOTIONS AND AMENDMENTS TO
SUBPART B OF THE OVEREATERS ANONYMOUS, INC. BYLAWS
A) The chair will call for a report from the Reference Subcommittee prior to any debate.
B) Initial debate will be limited to six speakers; no more than three pro (including the maker,
who will speak first) and three con.
C) Proposed amendments to the Bylaws will be considered article by article.
6) RECOGNITION AND DEBATE
A) At business meetings of the WSBC, a delegate will use the public address system when
speaking, and:
1) must be recognized by the chair before speaking, and
2) give his or her name, office/title, and intergroup/national or language service
board/region as appropriate.
B) All debate must be relevant to the question under consideration. All remarks must be
addressed to the chair.
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C) Any delegate speaking in debate must use one of the two floor microphones designated
“pro” and “con.” The chair will call upon the delegates to speak in order, first pro
(beginning with the maker), then con, alternating until all speakers have been heard. Each
speaker will be limited to two minutes.
D) If more than three delegates (two in the case of amendments) wish to speak either pro or con
on a motion, they will select from among themselves those who will speak. Priority will be
given to those individuals who have not spoken on the previous motion.
E) During the initial debate period, no delegate will be standing at the center microphone.
F) Before anyone will be recognized at the center microphone, all debate must be completed on
any pending main motion or amendment with the exception of a Point of Personal Privilege
(serious infraction or personal need requiring immediate attention) as determined by the
center microphone monitor.
G) A motion to move the previous question and proceed to vote is in order no sooner than ten
minutes after the requisite pro and con speakers have been heard and requires a two-thirds
vote for adoption. The motion may come from the center microphone or the chair.
H) An automatic motion to move the previous question and proceed to vote will be stated by
the chair after twenty minutes of questions. If this motion fails, the chair will automatically
ask for the vote at ten-minute intervals.
7) AMENDMENTS
A) Proposed amendments will be in legible writing on the designated four-part form, sent by
page to the Conference secretary, who will retain one copy, return one copy to the maker of
the amendment, forward one copy to the projector operator and give one copy to the
Conference chair.
B) Amendments will be considered proposed when received by the Conference secretary.
C) Upon receipt by the Conference chair of a valid third amendment to any pending New
Business Motion or Bylaw Amendment, the motion or amendment will automatically be
referred to the Reference Subcommittee. The Reference Subcommittee will report their
recommendations on the motion or amendment back to the WSBC for consideration
immediately prior to the consideration of Emergency New Business. Any amended motion
presented by the Reference Subcommittee must be voted on by the Conference delegates.
The amended motion may not be further amended. If the amended motion presented by the
Reference Subcommittee is not adopted, the original three amendments and the main
motion will be considered. New amendments to such motions are not in order.
D) If there is no time remaining on the Conference agenda for a meeting of the Reference
Subcommittee, a third amendment to any new business motion or bylaw amendment will be
declared out of order by the chair.
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E) Initial debate will be limited to four speakers; no more than two pro (including the maker,
who will speak first and begin by reading the motion) and two con. Each speaker will be
limited to two minutes.
F) The maker of an amendment will go to the “pro” microphone only when so directed by the
chair.
8) OTHER ACTIONS
The following motions will be made by delegates at the center microphone in the following order
after consultation with the center microphone monitor and recognition by the chair:
A) Point of Personal Privilege (serious infraction or personal need requiring immediate
attention)
B) Point of Order (violation of these standing rules or Robert’s Rules of Order)
C) Parliamentary Inquiry (interpretation of these standing rules or Robert’s Rules of Order)
G) Request for Information (questions of the chair)
H) Other ranking motions (including division of the assembly which is to request a standing
vote), incidental motions and motions that bring a Question again before the WSBC.
9) SPECIFIC DUTIES OF THE CHAIR
The chair of the WSBC has the specific authority and responsibility to:
A) Protect the WSBC from frivolous and dilatory motions by not recognizing them.
B) Enforce all rules relating to debate, decorum and order.
C) Expedite business in every way compatible with the rights of members.
D) Decide all questions of order.
E) Respond to all Points of Personal Privilege, Points of Order and Requests for Information.
10) EMERGENCY NEW BUSINESS
A) Emergency New Business will be submitted to the Conference secretary on the approved
form by the deadline indicated in the approved WSBC agenda unless otherwise directed by
the delegates at the Conference.
B) Criteria for qualifying as Emergency New Business:
1) The motion refers to new business only and not to Bylaw Amendments.
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2) The matter is of an urgent nature and is important to OA as a whole, and not
considering the motion immediately would be detrimental to the welfare of the
organization.
3) Emergency New Business Motions must first receive a majority vote of the Emergency
New Business Committee in order to be brought to the Conference floor.
C) A two-thirds vote by the Conference delegates is required to adopt Emergency New Business
Motions.
11) TRUSTEE NOMINEES’ QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS
A) A delegate will ask only one pertinent question of each nominee. Such questions must be
related to information presented in that nominee’s application or directly related to the
qualifications for trustee found on the application or in the bylaws.
B) The total time allotted to each trustee nominee’s question and answer period will be ten
minutes following the completion of a presentation of no more than five minutes by the
trustee nominee.
12) ELECTION
A) Trustees will be elected by ballot of the registered delegates present and voting at the time of
the election.
B) A majority vote will elect. In the event that a second ballot is required, the election will
conform to Article IX, Section 6 of OA, Inc. Bylaws, Subpart B.
C) Elections procedure will be conducted as follows:
1) Regional trustee ballots are provided on a single form, but the ballots are counted
separately by each region. General service trustee ballots are provided on a single form
and will be counted as a single ballot.
2) Mark ballot only when instructed by the chair to do so. If voting for a candidate, mark
the ballot with an “x” next to YES. If voting against a candidate, mark the ballot with an
“x” next to NO. For regional trustees vote for only one candidate per region. For general
service trustees do not vote for more candidates than instructed.
3) Fold ballot once when finished voting.
4) Give ballot to teller when instructed to do so.
5) Ballots not marked are not counted.
Please Note: As required by proper parliamentary procedure, a vote will be taken at the first
business meeting officially adopting these rules. A two-thirds vote is required for adoption, and
amendments are in order.
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APRIL/MAY 2012
Glossary
Ad-Hoc Committee
Alternate
Ask-It Basket
BOT
Board Committees
Bylaws, Subpart A
Bylaws, Subpart B
Bylaw Amendments
Center Microphone
Con Microphone
Conference-Approved
Literature
Conference Chair
Conference
Committees
Conference
Evaluation Form
Conference Policy
Manual
A special (temporary) committee formed for a specific purpose or project
either at the board or Conference level.
An OA member selected by a service body to serve as a delegate in the
event the designated delegate is unable to attend or complete Conference.
Presentation by the Board of Trustees answering questions submitted by
delegates.
Abbreviation for Board of Trustees.
Permanent or special (ad-hoc) committees of the board at the world service
level formed for a special purpose or project. A combination of up to six
former trustees, current trustees, and non-delegate members may be
appointed to participate in the work of the committee during the year.
(Refer to WSBC Policy 1991a (2).)
The governing document of the corporate organization for Overeaters
Anonymous, Inc.
The governing document setting out the identity, rights and privileges of
members of Overeaters Anonymous with respect to the corporation.
Changes to Subpart B of the bylaws submitted to the annual Conference
affecting the members of OA with respect to the corporation.
The microphone in the center of the meeting room that is used for motions
other than new business motions and bylaw amendments, which are
presented from the pro and con microphones. Debate is not permitted at
the center microphone. If in order on the motion, the chair will give further
direction on the conduct of debate.
The microphone at the front of the room to the left (as you face the dais).
This is used for debate against the motion on the floor.
Literature which has been approved by Conference and granted the
Conference Seal. (Refer to WSBC Policy 1985.)
The Board of Trustees chair who conducts the business meetings.
Standing (permanent) and special (temporary/ad-hoc) committees of the
Conference at the world service level formed for a specific purpose or
project. Committee membership will be limited to a delegate cochair, a
trustee cochair and two or more delegates from each region, up to thirty
members at WSBC. Additionally, a combination of up to six former
trustees, current trustees and non-delegate members may be appointed to
participate in the work of the committee during the year. (Refer to WSBC
Policy 1991a (2).)
The electronic form emailed to delegates approximately one week after
Conference asking for comments on Conference and suggestions for future
Conferences.
A list of ongoing policies adopted at previous Conferences. Delegates
receive this manual in both pre- and post-Conference mailings.
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Conference Standing
Rules
Conference Secretary
Credentials Report
CSC
Debate
The rules for running the Conference business meetings. These rules are
adopted at the opening business meeting by a two-thirds vote.
The secretary responsible for recording the Conference minutes. Usually
this is a paid staff member who is also administrator to the Board of
Trustees.
A report given at the beginning of each business meeting prior to voting
stating the number of delegates eligible to vote.
Abbreviation for Conference Support Committee.
Stating a viewpoint on one side or another of an issue.
Delegate
Delegate’s Badge or
Credentials
Emergency New
Business
Financial Statement
The individual who is elected at the service-body level to represent that
service body at the annual WSBC and bring back to the local areas the
results of the WSBC meeting. Region chairs and trustees also serve as
Conference delegates.
The badge received by delegates upon checking in at the registration desk.
A delegate must wear this badge to be recognized as a voting member of the
Conference.
New business motions not submitted by the Conference deadline that are
considered to be urgent and important to OA as a whole, and on which not
taking immediate action at the Conference would be detrimental to the
welfare of OA. The Emergency New Business Committee determines if
motions submitted are of an urgent nature requiring immediate attention at
the present year’s Conference. Emergency new business must be submitted
to the CSC desk by 4:00 PM on Friday at Conference.
A report that provides insight into the financial health of the organization.
Financial statements also provide a means for making informed decisions
about the current and future direction of the organization. OA’s financial
statements are audited annually by an independent CPA firm.
Fiscal-Year Budget The budget approved by the BOT for the current fiscal year (January 1 –
December 31).
Final Conference The report of the activities taken at the annual World Service Business
Report
Conference (WSBC). This report contains the minutes of the business
meetings; summaries of the workshops and presentations/discussions;
reports of the Conference committees; revised bylaws and the Conference
Policy Manual; and the names and addresses of the Conference delegates,
trustees and Conference committee chairs. The report is sent to delegates
and service bodies in early fall; it is also provided as an e-document on the
OA Web site.
Founder
General Service
Trustees
Green Dot
The founder of Overeaters Anonymous, Rozanne S. When possible, she
attends both the World Service Business Conference and the World Service
Convention. At Conference, the founder has a voice, but no vote, at the
business meetings.
The six members of the board who serve on the Executive Committee.
A term used for first-time delegates to the World Service Business
Conference. New delegates are asked to wear a green dot on their delegate
badges to identify themselves to more seasoned delegates who may be of
assistance to them.
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GST
IG
Incidental Motions
Intergroup
Intergroup Offices/
Service Centers
LSB
Main Motion
Managing Director
New Business Motion
NSB
National/Language
Service Board
Nominee
Overeaters
Anonymous, Inc.
Parliamentarian
Privileged Motions
Pro Microphone
Quorum
Reference
Subcommittee
Regional Assembly
Abbreviation for general service trustee.
Abbreviation for intergroup.
Related to the parliamentary situation in such a way that it must be decided
before business can proceed, i.e., appeal, consideration by paragraph
(seriatim), division of a question, parliamentary inquiry, request for
information, request permission to withdraw a motion, suspend the rules.
The service body that provides services to the local area groups.
Offices that may provide local area groups with such services as literature,
meeting information and responses to telephone inquiries.
Abbreviation for language service board.
Brings business before the assembly, i.e., the motions distributed in your
Conference binder.
A World Service Office (WSO) paid staff member who manages the day-today
operations of the WSO. The managing director also serves as the
secretary of the corporation.
Motions submitted to the annual Conference affecting OA members with
respect to the corporation.
Abbreviation for national service board.
The service body that provides services to the groups within one country or
language area outside the USA and Canada.
An OA member seeking a position on the Board of Trustees.
The formal structure of the organization (corporation) subject to the laws of
the state of New Mexico.
A paid professional who acts as a consultant to the Conference chair in
conducting the business of Conference in an orderly and legal manner. The
parliamentarian is also available for consultation with the board chair at
BOT meetings as required.
Deals with special matters of immediate importance that do not relate to the
pending business, i.e., adjourn, recess, raise a question of privilege, call for
the orders of the day.
The microphone at the front of the room to the right (as you face the dais).
This is used for debate in favor of the motion on the floor.
The number of registered delegates required to legally conduct a business
meeting.
A subcommittee of the Bylaws Committee consisting of the Bylaws
Committee delegate cochair, the trustee cochair and two representatives
from each region and the virtual service boards, formed to provide a forum
for discussion about amendments to submitted new business motions and
bylaw amendments.
The region business meeting to which service bodies send representatives.
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Regional
Representatives
Region Trustees
Regions
Robert’s Rules of
Order
Seal the Doors
Service Board
Service Body
Subsidiary Motions
Tellers
Treasurer’s Report
Virtual Service Board
Virtual Services
Trustee
VSB
VST
Workshops
The individuals who are elected at the service-body level to represent that
service body at regional assembly and bring back the results of the assembly
to the local area.
Ten members of the Board of Trustees who act as liaisons between OA’s
geographic areas and world service.
Ten geographic areas specifically defined in the bylaws. (Refer to the region
map in the Conference binder.)
The parliamentary authority followed to conduct the Conference business.
A copy of this book can be obtained at most bookstores or libraries.
The closing of the assembly doors prior to vote. Delegates may not enter or
leave the room during the voting process.
The body that provides services to the local area groups and/or groups
within one country or language area outside the USA and Canada. (See
also national/language service board and virtual service board.)
Any service entity that provides services above the group level (intergroups,
service boards, regions).
Assists the Conference in altering or disposing of a main motion and
sometimes of other motions, e.g., lay on the table, close debate, limit
debate, postpone to a certain time, refer to committee, amend, postpone
indefinitely.
WSO staff and CSC volunteers who collect and count written ballots.
Volunteers are never voting delegates.
Overview of the financial health of the organization.
The service body that provides services to virtual groups and meetings (i.e.,
online, telephone).
A region or general service trustee who is appointed by the board chair to
represent virtual groups and service boards.
Abbreviation for virtual service board.
Abbreviation for virtual services trustee.
Sessions during Conference that address topics of interest to OA.
World Service The annual OA business meeting which ensures that the OA process is
Business Conference maintained through the group conscience represented.
World Service The triennial (fun and recovery) OA Convention put on by the WSO.
Convention
World Service Office The World Service Office is in Rio Rancho, New Mexico USA, and has 14
paid staff members who conduct OA’s day-to-day operations.
WSBC
Abbreviation for World Service Business Conference.
WSC
WSO
Abbreviation for World Service Convention.
Abbreviation for World Service Office.
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Business Conference Policy Manual Index
A
abstinence
defined, 1988b
International Day Experiencing
Abstinence, 1992b
as primary purpose of OA, 1994a, 1995b
replaced as tool by plan of eating, 1995b
statement on, and recovery, 1988b
action plan
as tool of recovery, 2010b, 2011b
addictions
role in OA, 1994a
advertising policy, 2008e
See also media
affiliation
cooperation without, 1989a
defined, 2008c
Agenda Committee, 1984d
agenda questionnaire, 2004a, 2005c
Alcoholics Anonymous
sale of AA literature, 1979a, 1982b, 1992c,
1993b, 2010a
Twelve Concepts, 1993e
alcoholism
role in OA, 1994a
anonymity
media and, 2008b, 2011a
of members, 1990, 2003, 2011a
of speakers/leaders, 1990
statement on, 1980b
as tool of recovery, 2011b
anorexia
literature on, 1982a
members with, 1992d
Appeals Review Committee, 2004b
attract/attraction
defined, 2008c
autonomy
of groups, 1983, 1984e
B
basic creed
Twelve Steps and Twelve Traditions
endorsed as, 1962
BCPM. See Business Conference Policy
Manual
birthday
OA’s annual celebration, 1986a
Board Literature Committee, 1985
Board of Trustees
application form, 1992e
attendance at meetings by general
fellowship/observers, 1982e
communication to intergroups, 1988a
general service trustee job description,
1992e
leaves of absence, 1987b
minutes, 1988a
petitions considered by, 1980d
policies beyond sunset dates, 2005a
responsibilities, 1994c
special meetings, calling of, 1988a
Board of Trustees and committees
chair appointment responsibilities, 1991a
Executive Committee, 1994c
merging with Conference committees,
1991a
structure and membership of committees,
1984d, 1991a
See also chairs of committees; committees
Board of Trustees and literature
approvals, 2010a
literature printing discontinuations, 1996b,
2008a
literature production responsibilities, 1985
literature translation funds responsibility,
2009c
Board of Trustees and WSBC
activities for WSBC non-committee
members, 1991a
Appeals Review Committee participation,
2004b
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delegate credentials, 2004b
regional input in selecting WSBC
committee members, 1991a
registration fee, 2001
removal of completed/obsolete policies,
2005a
topics for presentation/discussion
selection, 1984d
written reports, 1982d
body weight
statement on abstinence and healthy,
1988b
budget
copies at WSBC, 1986b
bulimia, 1982a, 1992d
Business Conference Policy Manual
changes and deletions, 1989b, 2005a
distribution to delegates, 1987c
intergroup functioning, 1988a
intergroup representatives, 1988a
new business/motions submission, 2005c
obsolete/completed policies removal,
2005a
regional representatives, 1988a
tools of recovery, 2011b
updating, 1987c
WSBC delegates, 1988a
See also World Service Business
Conference (WSBC)
bylaw amendments
procedures for submission and
consideration, 2005c
procedures for undebated, 1982f
verbalization of purpose, 1980a
bylaws, removal of matters concerning
intergroups, regions, Board of Trustees
and Business Conference, 1988a
C
calendar of events
activities allowed in, 1980c
chairs of committees
appointment or election, 1984d, 1991a
at conference, 1991a
petitions to remove nonfunctioning,
1980d
closed groups, defined, 1982c
cochair, Trustee, 1991a
codependency, role in OA, 1994a
cofounder. See founder
collective conscience of Fellowship, 1994c
committees
Agenda Committee, 1984d
Appeals Review Committee, 2004b
Board Literature Committee, 1985
Board of Trustees Executive Committee,
1994c
Conference Literature Committee, 1985
coordination of, 1991a
deadline for preferences, 1991a
delegate cochairs, 1991a
delegates, optional service by, 1991a
delegates, preferences of, 1991a
funds not to be maintained by WSBC
committees, 1984c
HIPM name change, 2006
Internal Information Committee, 1984d
liaison with and reporting to Board of
Trustees, 1991a
literature responsibilities, 1985
meetings, 1984d, 1991a
members, removal from mailing list,
1991a
non-committee members, activities for,
1991a
non-delegate members, 1991a
open status, 1991a
power of, 1994c
Professional Outreach Committee, 2006
reports, 1988a, 2000b
special, to evaluate OA structure, 2002a
structure of, 1991a
temporary absences from, 1991a
Translation Committee funds, 2009c
Web/Technology Conference Committee
created, 2009d
WSBC Motions Review Committee,
2005c
Youth in OA Conference Committee
established, 2010d
See also chairs of committees
communications
anonymity of speakers/leaders in event
materials, 1990
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from Board of Trustees to intergroups,
1988a
electronic, 2000b, 2010e, 2010c
events in WSO publication calendars,
1980c
See also literature; media; web site
compulsive eater/overeater
interchangeable use of term, 1991c
compulsive eating/overeating
primary purpose of OA and, 1994a
use of term, 1991c
Conference. See World Service Business
Conference (WSBC)
Conference Literature Committee, 1985
Conference Policy Manual. See Business
Conference Policy Manual
Conference Seal of Approval
granting, 1985
removing, 2008a
contributions, 1984a
Conventions. See events/functions; World
Service Convention
cooperation
defined, 2008c
copyright
food plan information, 2000a
creed
preamble, 1984a
responsibility pledge, 1977b
Twelve Steps and Twelve Traditions
endorsed as basic, 1962
D
datebook calendar
activities allowed onto WSO calendar,
1980c
decision-making process, 1994c
defamatory policies and amendments, 2005c
Delegate Support Fund, 1993c
delegates to WSBC
appeals process for credential denial,
2004b
board meeting minutes distribution to,
1988a
budget distribution to, 1986b
Business Conference Policy Manual
distribution to, 1987c
committee preferences, 1991a
communications to, 1988a
contact information, 1979e
criteria, 1988a
Final Conference Report distribution to,
2010c
funds for attendance, 1993c
intergroup selection/instruction of, 1988a
non-delegate members of committees,
1991a
regional representatives, 1988a
registration fee, 1993d, 1997, 2001
special meetings, 1988a
terms of office, 1988a
diversity, 1992a
donations, 1984a, 1993c
dues, 1984a
duly registered
defined, 1992a
E
e-mail contact information, 2010e
eating disorders
literature on, 1982a, 1992d
electronic communications
Final Conference Report availability,
2010c
inclusion of, 2000b
postmark, 2000b
registration of groups and service bodies,
2010e
emotional recovery, 1988b
encryption program, 2003
events/functions
closing prayers/reading, 1993a
considered as outside enterprises, 1979b,
1984e
founding day celebration, 1986a
International Day Experiencing
Abstinence, 1992b
International Twelfth-Step-Within Day,
2009b
Media Awareness Month, 1995a
sale of merchandise at, 1984e
speakers/leaders, anonymity in fliers for,
1990
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Unity Day, 1986a
in WSO calendars of events, 1980c
Executive Committee
authority to discontinue literature, 1996b,
2008a
F
face-to-face groups
electronic registration of, 2010e
Final Conference Report
contact information for delegates, 1979e
electronic availability, 2010c
inclusion of updated BCPM, 1987c
financial matters
dues/fees, 1984a
funds for founder to attend Conventions,
1979d
funds for translation of materials, 2009c
matching grants, 2005b
operating and reserve, 1994c
Public Awareness Campaign, 2007
WSBC committees, funds raised or
maintained by, 1984c
WSBC delegates, copies of budget for,
1986b
WSBC delegates, funds for attendance of,
1993c
WSBC delegates, registration fee for,
1993d, 1997, 2001
WSBC treasurer’s report sent prior to,
1979c
See also sales
food plans
abstinence replaced as tool by plan of
eating, 1995b
copyright of, 2000a
groups sharing information, 2000a
non-endorsement, 1987a
outside literature, 2000a
restrictions on speakers at meetings based
on, 2000a
See also plan of eating
founder
bestowal of title on Rozanne S., 2011c
payment of expenses to Conventions,
1979d
founding day
celebration, 1986a
functions. See events/functions
G
groups
activities of, in WSO calendar, 1980c
anonymity of speakers/leaders at events,
1990
autonomy of, 1983, 1984e
closed, defined, 1982c
criteria for online or telephone, 1999
different recovery approaches allowed,
1992a
diversity of, 1992a
duly registered, defined, 1992a
electronic registration of, 2010e
financing, 1984a
intergroup representatives selection, 1988a
literature printing by groups outside US,
1978
locally produced literature, 2010a
media use, 2011a
membership requirements, 1983
open, defined, 1982c
regional representatives, 1988a
sale of merchandise, 1984e
sharing food plan information, 2000a
special focus/special purpose, 1983
“Unity with Diversity” policy statement,
1992a
use of AA Twelve Concepts, 1993e
See also literature; meetings; specific types
such as intergroups, virtual groups
GST definition on trustee application form,
1992e
H
hand and heart of OA pledge, 1977b
healthy body weight, statement on abstinence
and, 1988b
HIPM (Hospitals, Institutions, Professionals
and Military) Committee name change,
2006
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I
I Put My Hand in Yours, OA Promise, use of,
1993a
IDEA (International Day Experiencing
Abstinence), established, 1992b
intergroups
communication from Board of Trustees
to, 1988a
different approaches to recovery allowed,
1992a
duly registered, defined, 1992a
electronic registration of, 2010e
events, etc., inclusion in WSO calendar,
1980c
Final Conference Report distribution,
2010c
functioning, 1988a
meetings, closing statements/readings,
1993a
meetings, opening reading, 1996a
notice of elections, 1988a
regional representatives, selection of,
1988a
representatives, 1988a
sale of merchandise, 1984e
“Unity with Diversity” policy statement,
1992a
web site templates for use by, 2009a
WSBC agenda proposals, 1984d
WSBC delegate attendance funding,
1993c
WSBC Delegate Support Fund donations,
1993c
WSBC delegates, credential denials to,
2004b
WSBC delegates instructions, 1988a
WSBC presentations/discussion topics
proposals, 1984d
See also service bodies
Internal Information Committee, Business
Conference agenda, 1984d
International Day Experiencing Abstinence
(IDEA), established, 1992b
International Twelfth-Step-Within Day,
established, 2009b
L
language service boards. See service boards
literature
alteration, printing or transmision of by
intergroups/service boards, 1988a
approved, 1982b, 1985, 1993b, 2010a
calendars of events, activities in, 1980c
compulsive eater/overeater, use of term,
1991c
Conference Seal of Approval, 1985, 2010a
discontinued/discontinuing, 1996b, 1998,
2008a
downloaded from Web site, 2008a
on eating disorders, 1982a
food plan information, 2000a
locally produced, 2010a
non-approved, 1993b, 2000a
non-USA reprints, 1978
notification of decisions to Fellowship,
2008a
prices, 1977a
produced at world service level, 1985
recovery chips, 2008f
removal of, 2008a
sale of, 1979a, 1982b, 1992c, 2010a
Statement on Approved, 2010a
as tool of recovery, 2011b
translation funds, 2009c
violations of Tradition Six, 1993b
WSBC policy, 1982b, 1985, 1993b, 2010a
Literature Committee, 1985
locally produced literature, 2010a
M
maintainers, 1994b
matching grant program, 2005b
media
anonymity of members, 1980b, 2011a
Media Awareness Month established,
1995a
paid ads policy created, 2008e
policy created, 2008b
Public Awareness Campaign, 2007
public relations policy created, 2008c
public service announments policy
created, 2008d
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social media statement, 2011a
Statement on Public, 2011a
Media Awareness Month
established, 1995a
meetings
100-pounder, 1994b
addiction topics at, 1994a
closing prayers/readings, 1993a
food plan information at, 1987a, 2000a
gay and lesbian, 1994b
intergroup, 1988a
literature locally produced, 2010a
literature sale/display, 2010a
maintainers, 1994b
media use, 2011a
members attendance at, before WSBC,
1982e
men’s, 1994b
open and closed, defined, 1982c
opening readings, 1996a
primary purpose of, 1994a
recognition of special focus, 1994b
regions, 1988a
restrictions, 2000a
sharing at, 1994a, 2000a
special purpose/focus, 1983, 1994b
as tool of recovery, 2011b
See also committees; groups
members
anonymity of, 1980b, 1990, 2003, 2011a
anorexics and bulimics as, 1992d, 1998
attendance at Board of Trustees meetings,
1982e
attendance at WSBC committee meetings,
1991a
choice of food plan and participation,
2000a
different approaches to Twelve Steps and
Twelve Traditions, 1992a
media use, 2011a
participation, 2000a
special requirements imposed by groups,
1983
membership requirements, 1983
merchandise
group sale of, 1984e
sale at events/functions, 1984e
Motions Review Committee, 2005c
N
Names
in Final Conference Report, 1979e
publishing, 1990
national service boards. See service boards
new business motions
procedures for submission and
consideration at Conference, 2005c
non-English languages, translation funds
for, 2009c
O
O-Anon
relationship with, 1989a
OA annual birthday celebration, 1986a
OA Promise, I Put My Hand in Yours, use of,
1993a
online groups
registration criteria, 1999
See also virtual groups
open groups
defined, 1982c
out-of-order proposals, 2005c
outside issues/enterprises
addictions and other problems, 1994a
food plans, 2000a
groups and activities considered, 1979b
literature, 1993b
sale of merchandise, 1984e
P
paid ad policy, 2008e
pamphlets. See literature
petitions
Board of Trustees consideration of, 1980d
phone meetings
registration criteria, 1999
See also virtual groups
physical recovery, 1988b
plan of eating
as tool of recovery, 1995b, 2011b
See also food plans
pledges
hand and heart of OA, 1977a
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esponsibility, 1977b
See also creed
policies beyond sunset dates, 2005a
policy motions
procedures for submission and
consideration at Conference, 2005c
postmark
defined, 2000b
electronic communications, 2000b
prayers/readings
suggested closing, for meetings, events,
functions, 1993a
preamble
adopted, 1984a
primary purpose of OA included in, 1995b
primary purpose
abstinence, 1994a, 1995b
Professional Outreach Committee, 2006
promote/promotion
defined, 2008c
Public Awareness Campaign, 2007
public info toll-free line, 2002b
Public media. See media
public relations policy
created, 2008c
See also media
public service announcements policy
created, 2008d
publication calendars
activities in, 1980c
publishing. See literature
R
recovery
action plan adopted as tool, 2010b
different approaches to, 1992a
elements of, 1988b
statement on abstinence and, 1988b
tools, 1995b, 2010b, 2011b
recovery chips
sales, 2008f
regions
affirm and maintain Twelve Traditions,
1992a
appointment of committee members,
1984d
board meeting minutes distribution to,
1988a
different approaches to recovery allowed,
1992a
duly registered, defined, 1992a
electronic registration of, 2010e
events, anonymity of speakers/leaders at,
1990
media use, 2011a
meetings, closing prayers/readings, 1993a
meetings, opening reading, 1996a
representatives, selected by intergroups,
1988a
respect rights of individuals, 1992a
sale of merchandise, 1984e
“Unity with Diversity” policy statement,
1992a
web site templates available for use by,
2009a
WSBC agenda proposals, 1984d
WSBC Appeals Committee, nomination
of persons to serve on, 2004b
WSBC committees membership, 1991a
WSBC Delegate Support Fund donations,
1993c
See also service bodies
reprints of literature
by non-US groups, 1978
responsibility pledge, 1977b
Rozanne S., bestowal of title of founder,
2011c
S
Sales of AA literature, 1979a, 1982b, 1992c,
2010a
of literature other than OA- or AAapproved,
1993b, 2010a
of merchandise at events/functions, 1984e
of merchandise by groups, 1984e
of recovery chips, 2008f
statement on Approved Literature, 2010a
Seal of Approval
granting, 1985
removing, 2008a
self-supporting, 1984a
Serenity Prayer, use of, 1993a
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service
no food plan required for, 2000a
as tool of recovery, 2011b
service boards
created, 1988a
different approaches to recovery allowed,
1992a
electronic registration of, 2010e
events, anonymity of speakers/leaders at,
1990
events, inclusion in WSO calendar, 1980c
Final Conference Report distribution,
2010c
media use, 2011a
meetings, closing prayers/readings, 1993a
meetings, opening reading, 1996a
sale of merchandise, 1984e
“Unity with Diversity” policy statement,
1992a
web site templates available for use by,
2009a
WSBC Appeals Committee, nomination
of persons to serve on, 2004b
WSBC Delegate Support Fund donations,
1993c
WSBC delegates credentials, 2004b
See also intergroups; regions; service
bodies
service bodies
board meeting minutes, distribution to,
1988a
different approaches to recovery allowed,
1992a
electronic registration of, 2010e
events, anonymity of speakers/leaders,
1990
events, inclusion in WSO calendar, 1980c
Final Conference Report distribution,
2010c
matching grants, 2005b
media use, 2011a
meetings, closing prayers/readings, 1993a
meetings, opening reading, 1996a
power of, 1994c
sale of merchandise, 1984e
“Unity with Diversity” policy statement,
1992a
web site templates available for use by,
2009a
WSBC Appeals Committee, nomination
of persons to serve on, 2004b
WSBC delegate attendance funding,
1993c
See also intergroups; regions; service
boards
service offices
intergroups, service boards and, 1988a
titles, advertising and use of, 1990
share-a-thons. See events/functions
singleness of purpose, 1994a
social media use, 2011a
special focus meetings
recognition of, 1994b
spiritual recovery, 1988b
sponsorship
of OA activities, 1979b
as tool of recovery, 2011b
Step Seven Prayer, use in meeting closings,
1993a
Step Three Prayer, use in meeting closings,
1993a
Steps. See Twelve Steps and Twelve
Traditions
sunset procedures for policies, 2005a
T
telephone
as tool of recovery, 2011b
telephone groups
registration criteria, 1999
See also virtual groups
templates for web sites, 2009a
titles, 1990
toll-free line, 2002b
tools of recovery
action plan added, 2010b
defined, 2011b
listed in Business Conference Policy
Manual, 2011b
plan of eating replacing abstinence, 1995b
Tradition Eleven
media policies, 2008b, 2011a
paid ads policy, 2008e
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public relations policy, 2008c
public service announcements policy,
2008d
“Unity with Diversity” policy statement,
1992a
Tradition Five
primary purpose of OA, 1994a, 2008c
Tradition Four
“Unity with Diversity” policy statement,
1992a
Tradition One
approved literature policy, 2010a
“Unity with Diversity” policy statement,
1992a
Tradition Six
approved literature policy, 2010a
sale of non-approved literature, 1993b
Tradition Ten
approved literature policy, 2010a
O-Anon and, 1989a
Tradition Three
special focus meetings, 1994b
translation funds, 2009c
treasurer’s report, timing of, 1979c
trustees. See Board of Trustees
Twelfth-Step-Within Day
established, 2009b
Twelve Concepts
AA’s, utilization of, 1993e
of OA Service, 1994c
reading of, at meetings, 1996a
Twelve Steps and Twelve Traditions
different approaches of members, 1992a
endorsed as basic creed, 1962
prayers at meeting closings, 1993a
reading of, at meetings, 1996a
See also specific Steps; specific Traditions
U
Unity Day, 1986a
“Unity with Diversity”
policy statement, 1992a
V
virtual groups (online/telephone)
criteria for registration of, 1999
electronic registration of, 2010e
See also groups; meetings
virtual service boards. See service boards
W
web site
Datebook calendar on, 1980c
encryption program, 2003
literature available on, when
discontinued, 2008a
literature downloaded from, 2008a
templates for use by groups and service
bodies, 2009a
translation funds for non-English
languages, 2009c
WSBC proposal forms available on, 2004a
Web/Technology Conference Committee
created, 2009d
weight
statement on abstinence and healthy body,
1988b
World Service Business Conference (WSBC)
activities for non-committee members,
1991a
agenda, 1984d, 2005c
agenda questionnaire, 2004a, 2005c
budget distribution, 1986b
bylaw amendments, 1980a, 2005c
committee chairs, non-functioning, 1980d
committee meetings, 1984d, 1991a
committee reports, 1988a
committee structure 1991a
committees, special, 2002a
communications to intergroups and
regions concerning, 1988a
defamatory motions, 2005c
discussions from floor, 1984d
funds not to be maintained by
committees, 1984c
literature available for purchase at, 1992c
literature policy, 1982b, 1985, 2010a
members attendance at BOT meetings
before, 1982e
motions, procedures for submitting, 2005c
non-committee members, activities for,
1991a
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non-delegate members of committees,
1991a
out-of-order motions, 2005c
policies adopted included in Business
Conference Policy Manual, 1987c
presentations to, 1984d
proposal forms on Web site, 2004a
reading of Twelve Concepts of OA
Service, 1996a
regional representatives, 1988a
registration fee, 1993d, 1997, 2001
reports, Final Conference, 1979e, 2010c
reports available electronically, 2010c
reports from Board of Trustees, 1982d
reports from committees and workshops,
1988a
reports from treasurer sent prior, 1979c
special meetings, during, 1988a
as voice, authority and conscience, 1994c
See also Business Conference Policy
Manual; bylaw amendments;
committees; delegates to WSBC
World Service Convention
literature available for purchase at, 1992c
members attendance at meetings before,
1982e
payment of founder’s expenses to, 1979d
time and place determined by Board of
Trustees, 1984b
World Service Office (WSO)
administration, 1994c
discontinued literature, 2008a
donations to WSBC Delegate Support
Fund, annual letter requesting, 1993c
proposal forms, have available on web
site, 2004a
provide web site templates, 2009a
recovery chips, sell, 2008f
registration with, 2010e
WSBC registration fee, 1993d, 1997, 2001
writing
as tool of recovery, 2011b
WSO. See World Service Office (WSO)
Y
Youth in OA Conference Committee
established, 2010d
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APRIL/MAY 2012
Business Conference Policy Manual
A Summary of Continuing Effects Motions
1962-2011
INTRODUCTION
It is noted that all motions appearing in this summary were adopted by the group conscience of the
World Service Business Conference of Overeaters Anonymous. Furthermore, until changed, these
motions set self-imposed limits on the Fellowship. According to the Bylaws of Overeaters
Anonymous, Inc., Subpart B, Article X, Section 1a) which states:
“…The Conference shall serve as the collective conscience of the Fellowship of Overeaters
Anonymous as a whole…”
CONTINUING EFFECT MOTIONS
1962 At OA’s first Business Conference, then called the National Conference, it was adopted that:
We endorse as our only basic creed the only thing that OA in general subscribes to (from
headquarters), the Twelve Steps and the Twelve Traditions. That this is the only basic
program that OA (headquarters) believes as its creed. We acknowledge that these two things
are the only creed that OA subscribes to, basically.
1977a Rescinded 2001.
1977b It was adopted to:
Adopt a responsibility pledge: Always to extend the hand and heart of OA to all who share
my compulsion; for this I am responsible.
1978 It was adopted that:
Showing just cause, literature groups of OA from countries other than the United States may
obtain permission to reprint OA literature from OA Board of Trustees. Reprinted literature
should conform to existing Conference-approved literature.
1979a Deleted 1989. Superseded by 1982b.
1979b Deleted 1989. Superseded by 1980c and 1984e.
1979c Amended 1989. It was adopted that:
The treasurer’s report be prepared and sent out to delegates prior to the Business Conference
to allow each person time to study, assimilate and prepare any questions they might have for
the Board of Trustees.
1979d It was adopted to:
Pay founder Rozanne S.’s expenses to all future Conventions.
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1979e Amended 1989 and 2001. It was adopted to:
Include names, addresses, phone numbers and email addresses of delegates in the Final
World Service Business Conference Report. “For Use Within OA Only” should appear at
the top of this list.
1980a Amended 1989. It was adopted that:
The purpose of each proposed amendment to the World Service bylaws be clearly verbalized
by the proposing body.
1980b An anonymity statement was adopted:
Anonymity is the spiritual foundation of our program, always ensuring principles before
personalities. This means that OA itself is not anonymous, but its members are. There are
no exceptions. While OA may be publicized, we do not break our individual anonymity at
the level of press, radio, films and television; and the recognizable facial exposure of persons
identifying as OA members at the level of press, films and television is a violation of our
tradition of anonymity, even though the first name only is given or the entire name is
withheld.
1980c Amended 2002. It was adopted that:
All OA events sponsored by registered OA groups and service boards referenced in Bylaws,
Subpart B, provided they do not violate the Twelve Traditions, be placed in the WSO
publication calendars upon request of the sponsoring body.
1980d It was adopted that:
A Conference committee member can petition the Board of Trustees to consider by a twothirds
vote of the Board of Trustees to remove a nonfunctioning chairman of a specific
Conference committee. The vice chairman will then assume the chairmanship.
1982a Rescinded 1999.
1982b Rescinded 2010.
1982c Amended 1989. A definition of open and closed groups was adopted:
Open group is a group which is open to anyone.
Closed group is a group that is open to anyone with the desire to stop eating compulsively,
or anyone who thinks they may have a problem with compulsive overeating.
1982d Rescinded 2001.
1982e It was adopted that:
Through announcements in Lifeline and A Step Ahead the Fellowship be invited to attend and
observe the Board of Trustees’ meetings held prior to the annual Business Conference and
Convention. The board is to make available sufficient facilities to accommodate all who
choose to attend.
1982f It was adopted that:
Future Business Conferences begin proposed bylaw amendments directly following the last
completely debated article of the previous year.
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1982f (continued)
(Note: The intent is to apply this recommendation only in a year following a Business
Conference that was unable to debate and vote on all proposed bylaw amendments due to a
lack of time.)
1983 Amended 1989. After a presentation/discussion on requirements other than the Twelve
Steps, the following statement was adopted:
Overeaters Anonymous respects the autonomy of each OA group. We do suggest, however,
that any OA group which imposes a special purpose, task or guideline should inform its
members that this special purpose, task or guideline does not represent OA as a whole. The
only requirement for membership is the desire to stop eating compulsively. Anyone who
says they are a member is a member. We of Overeaters Anonymous welcome all members
with open arms.
1984a Amended 1990. Upon the recommendation of the Literature Committee, a preamble for
Overeaters Anonymous was adopted to read:
Overeaters Anonymous is a Fellowship of individuals who, through shared experience,
strength and hope, are recovering from compulsive overeating. We welcome everyone who
wants to stop eating compulsively. There are no dues or fees for members; we are selfsupporting
through our own contributions, neither soliciting nor accepting outside
donations. OA is not affiliated with any public or private organization, political movement,
ideology or religious doctrine; we take no position on outside issues. Our primary purpose is
to abstain from compulsive overeating and to carry this message of recovery to those who
still suffer.
1984b Amended 1993 and 2001. It was adopted that:
The World Service Convention will be held at a time and place to be determined by the
Board of Trustees.
1984c It was adopted that:
Business Conference committees not raise or maintain funds.
1984d The following procedure for Business Conference presentations/discussions was adopted:
1) Items for presentations/discussions to appear on the Business Conference agenda
questionnaire will be proposed to the board by the board Internal Information
Committee or the Conference Agenda Committee. Topics are selected by the board.
Selections for topics are made from recurring problems, topics of major interest and
topics requested by the Fellowship.
2) Intergroups or regions who propose presentation/discussion topics will be sent a letter
stating how topics are chosen and that their recommendation has been referred to the
appropriate committee for consideration.
3) Topics requiring a motion to be brought to the floor will appear on the Business
Conference agenda questionnaire for voting by the intergroups with a brief paragraph
stating what the topic will be about.
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1984d (continued)
4) Format for the presentation/discussion: Specific time will be allowed on the agenda.
From one to three presenters will give their views. The presentation will be timed, but
the time may vary based on topic and number of presenters. The presentation will be
written out and included in the Final Conference Report. The remainder of the time will
be for discussion from the floor.
5) Format for discussion from the floor: Speakers will speak from the podium microphone.
Speakers will be timed and limited to three minutes.
6) If a committee is to be formed, the chairman will appoint a trustee to chair the
committee. The committee members will be chosen with one representative from each
region.
1984e After a presentation/discussion, a statement on the sale of merchandise was adopted:
It is the will of the Business Conference that sale of merchandise, per se, is not prohibited by
the Traditions. With regard to sale of merchandise, “Each group should be autonomous
except in matters affecting other groups or OA as a whole.” If you choose to sell
merchandise, the following guidelines are suggested:
1) All sales be made by and for OA service bodies.
2) Each sale item be approved by group conscience.
3) Sales at OA events and functions should be conducted in such a manner so as not to
divert or distract from our primary purpose to carry the message to the compulsive
overeater who still suffers.
In accordance with our Traditions, each group, intergroup, region, world service and other
OA service bodies may choose to sell or not sell merchandise as they determine. Overeaters
Anonymous must be ever mindful of our Traditions, which warn against endorsement of
outside enterprise.
1985 Amended 1993. Upon the recommendation of the Literature Committee, the following
revised procedure for granting the Conference Seal of Approval was adopted:
The Conference-approved seal that appears on the back of our literature means that the
material has broad application to the Fellowship as a whole and is intended primarily to
distinguish OA literature, not to censor other literature.
The Board of Trustees oversees the production of literature at the world service level. The
Conference Seal of Approval shall be granted to OA literature upon receiving a two-thirds
vote from the delegates present and voting at the annual World Service Business Conference.
All refining will be processed by the Conference Literature Committee (CLC), Board
Literature Committee (BLC), and the Board of Trustees (BOT), according to their
procedures prior to recommending any literature for approval of the delegates.
Prior to the Business Conference, pamphlets that are recommended for the Conference Seal
of Approval will be mailed to all registered Conference delegates in press proof form.
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1985 (continued)
Recommended books will be mailed in manuscript form. At the Business Conference,
delegates will vote either to approve or reject, rather than to edit or refine the material.
(Note: Originally adopted in 1976; revised 1980, 1985 and 1993)
1986a Amended 1996 and 1998. It was adopted that:
Overeaters Anonymous celebrate an annual worldwide Unity Day on the last Saturday in
February at 11:30 a.m. pacific standard time.
To designate the third Saturday of January as the annual celebration of the January 19, 1960
founding of Overeaters Anonymous.
1986b It was adopted that:
The annual World Service Business Conference delegate binders include a copy of the
current fiscal year budget as adopted by the Board of Trustees.
1987a Rescinded 2000. Superseded by 2000a.
1987b It was adopted that:
One leave of absence for up to sixty days from all Board of Trustees activities and
responsibilities may be claimed by any member of the Board of Trustees during each of
her/his elected terms of office for any reason.
1987c It was adopted that:
All policies adopted by the Business Conference shall be placed in a document entitled
“Business Conference Policy Manual” which shall be distributed to world service delegates
as part of pre-Conference delegate materials and also updated and included in all final World
Service Business Conference reports.
1987d Superseded by 2005c.
1988a Amended 1989, 1992, 1996, 1998, 2001, 2002 and 2010. It was adopted that:
The following be deleted from Subpart B of the bylaws and added to the Business
Conference Policy Manual. These matters should be considered but are not binding upon
intergroups and regions:
Intergroups:
1) Representatives
At a meeting of which members have been given notice, each group shall select its
representative to the intergroup to be called “intergroup representative” or “IR.”
2) Functioning
a) With prior notice to all members’ groups, intergroups shall convene at least once a
year for election of officers and selection, when necessary, of delegate(s) to the
World Service Business Conference of Overeaters Anonymous.
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1988a (continued)
b) For the purpose of numbers of Business Conference delegates or any other
Conference business, only groups formally registered at the World Service Office will
be counted.
c) Intergroups may meet more often if necessary for the purpose of conducting further
business.
d) Intergroups may form service offices to assist them in communicating with the
groups.
e) Intergroups/national service boards/language service boards/general service boards
may join together to create intergroup/national service boards/language service
boards/general service boards, service associations and service offices in order to
help carry the message, providing they adhere to the Traditions and do not alter,
print or electronically transmit any OA-approved literature unless approved in
writing by the World Service Office.
3) Business Conference Delegates
a) Each delegate may be elected for a term of two years, and in addition to attending
the annual Business Conference, should serve Overeaters Anonymous World Service
Business Conference for such term.
b) A delegate should not serve for more than four consecutive years, except for reasons
to be decided by the local intergroup with respect to its own delegate.
c) In addition to the requirements set out in Article X, Section 3c) of the Bylaws,
Subpart B, it is suggested the delegates should be selected for judgment, experience,
stability, willingness and for faithful adherence to living within the concepts of the
Twelve Steps, Twelve Traditions and Twelve Concepts of Overeaters Anonymous.
It is further suggested a World Service delegate be a current or past regional
representative.
d) Delegates may be instructed as to the desires of the intergroups they represent.
e) As participants, delegates shall not be bound by the wishes of their intergroups, but
should not vote against these wishes unless situations arise at the Business
Conference that make it necessary for the best interests of Overeaters Anonymous as
a whole.
f) Communications concerning the Business Conference from the trustees and the
World Service Office of Overeaters Anonymous to the intergroups shall be through
the delegates, and each individual intergroup and regional office shall receive
duplicate communications, unless otherwise instructed by each individual service
body.
4) Regional Representatives
a) At a meeting, of which all members’ groups have been given prior notice, each
intergroup shall select its regional representative(s).
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1988a (continued)
b) Whenever possible the regional representative for an intergroup should also be the
Business Conference delegate, with delegate qualifications.
Regions: (Deleted 2005)
Board of Trustees:
Minutes
The Board of Trustees shall submit written minutes to all World Service Business
Conference delegates and service boards referenced in Bylaws, Subpart B.
Meetings of Delegates:
Annual Business Conference
a) Oral committee and workshop reports shall be made on the final day of the Business
Conference. Written reports are due in the World Service Office two weeks
following the close of the Business Conference.
b) Special meetings of delegates or committees of delegates during the Business
Conference for any purpose or purposes may be called at any time by the chairman
or by a majority of the trustees and/or delegates.
1988b Amended 2002, 2009 and 2011. The following policy statement was adopted:
Statement on Abstinence and Recovery
Abstinence in Overeaters Anonymous is the action of refraining from compulsive eating and
compulsive food behaviors while working towards or maintaining a healthy body weight.
Spiritual, emotional, and physical recovery is the result of living the Overeaters Anonymous
Twelve-Step program.
1988c Superseded by 2005c.
1989a The following policy statement was adopted:
In order to reaffirm the special relationship between OA and O-Anon and in keeping with
the spirit of Tradition Ten—cooperation without affiliation—the following be adopted:
Overeaters Anonymous, Inc. recognizes the special relationship we enjoy with O-Anon
groups, a separate but similar fellowship. OA wishes to recognize the contribution O-Anon
has made and is making to friends and families of compulsive overeaters.
It is the desire of the Conference to affirm the relationship between OA and O-Anon, and it
is also the desire of the Conference to acknowledge OA’s appreciation for O-Anon groups.
1989b Deleted 2003.
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1990 Amended 2011. The following policy statement was adopted:
The World Service Business Conference of Overeaters Anonymous suggests that
intergroups, regions, individual groups or any other sponsoring service bodies refrain from
publishing the names or non-OA titles of speakers/leaders at OA functions in any
informational materials (flyers, newsletters, etc.). OA service titles (but not names) may be
used when a speaker/leader is performing the service responsibility of his or her OA office.
1991a Amended 2003. It was adopted that:
The following Conference and board committees be restructured as follows, to begin with
the 1992 WSBC:
1) The Conference committees listed in Subpart B, Article XI of the Overeaters
Anonymous, Inc. Bylaws be combined with the corresponding board committees (except
where special provisions for membership exist in the bylaws).
2) Committee membership will be limited to a delegate cochairman, a trustee cochairman
and two or more delegates from each region, up to thirty members at WSBC.
Additionally, a combination of up to six former trustees, current trustees, and nondelegate
members may be appointed to participate in the work of the committee during
the year.
3) Cochairmen consisting of a Conference delegate (elected by committee members at
WSBC) and a trustee (appointed by the chairman of the BOT) will coordinate the efforts
of the committee. The Conference delegate cochairman will preside over the committee
meetings at WSBC. The trustee cochairman will act as liaison between the committee
and the BOT and will report to the Board of Trustees regarding committee activities.
The cochairmen will select the committee members from the delegates that have
indicated interest on the committee preference form with input from the appropriate
regional trustee based on involvement and experience in same/similar committee at
local, regional and past world service levels.
4) Committee members not responding to two consecutive mailings of the committee
which require answers will not receive future mailings unless the member has notified
one of the cochairmen of a reason for a temporary absence from committee work.
5) The committee meetings at WSBC will be open; however, only committee members will
have a voice and vote. The BOT may plan other Conference-related activities during the
committee meetings at WSBC for delegates not serving on committees.
6) Delegates should be registered by March 1 and have submitted a committee preference
form by April 1 in order to be considered for committee membership. Delegates will be
notified at or prior to WSBC if they were selected to serve on a committee. The
committee preference form will be updated to advise delegates that serving on a
committee is optional.
1991b Superseded by 2005c.
1991c It was adopted that:
The terms “compulsive overeater, compulsive eater,” and “compulsive eating, compulsive
overeating” be used interchangeably in OA literature, as determined to be appropriate by the
Literature Committee during the regular literature writing, editing and approval process.
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1992a The following policy statement was adopted:
“Unity with Diversity” Policy
THE FELLOWSHIP of Overeaters Anonymous recognizes the existence of individual
approaches and different structured concepts to working our Twelve-Step program of
recovery; that the Fellowship is united by our disease and our common purpose; and that
individual differences in approach to recovery within our Fellowship need not divide us.
THE FELLOWSHIP respects the rights of individuals, groups and intergroups to follow a
particular concept of recovery within Overeaters Anonymous and encourages each member,
group, intergroup and region to also respect those rights as they extend the embracing hand
of Fellowship to those who still suffer.
THE FELLOWSHIP encourages each duly registered group and intergroup and the various
regions to affirm and maintain the Twelve Traditions of Overeaters Anonymous by allowing
any member to share his or her experience, strength and hope in meetings regardless of the
individual approach or specific concept that member may follow. Duly registered is defined
as being in full compliance with Bylaws, Subpart B, Article V.
1992b It was adopted that:
The World Service Business Conference establish an International Day Experiencing
Abstinence (IDEA) to be held annually on the third Saturday in November.
1992c Amended 2002. The following policy statement was adopted:
We, the 2002 Conference of Overeaters Anonymous, ask that AA literature sold by the OA
World Service Office also be available for purchase at all World Service Conventions and
Business Conferences.
1992d Rescinded 1998.
1992e It was adopted that:
The World Service Board of Trustees incorporates the job description of the general service
trustee on the trustee application form.
1993a The following policy statement was adopted:
We, the 1993 Business Conference of Overeaters Anonymous, suggest that OA meetings and
events be closed with one of the following: the Serenity Prayer, the Seventh-Step Prayer, the
Third-Step Prayer or the OA Promise I Put My Hand in Yours.
1993b Amended 2010. The following policy statement was adopted:
It is the group conscience of the 1993 World Service Business Conference that the sale or
display of literature other than OA-approved literature and AA conference-approved
literature (as described in WSBC Policy 2010a) is an implied endorsement of outside
enterprises, and therefore in violation with Tradition Six.
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1993c Amended 1994, 2001, and 2002. It was adopted that:
World Service Business Conference 2002 adopt a policy that the World Service Office shall
mail an annual letter to all regions, national/language service boards, and intergroups
requesting donations to help fund delegates to attend World Service Business Conferences.
Delegates selected to receive this fund will be those from intergroups and national/language
service boards (in all regions). Priority will be given to those intergroups and
national/language service boards that have not previously sent delegates to Conference.
1993d Rescinded 2001.
1993e Deleted 1998.
1994a The following policy statement was adopted:
Our primary purpose in Overeaters Anonymous is to abstain from compulsive overeating
and to carry this message of recovery to the still suffering compulsive overeater. Other
addictions and problems may have contributed to the intensity of our disease; however, OA
is not directly concerned with recovery from these issues. They should be shared in OA
meetings only as they relate to compulsive eating. It is in our best interest to concentrate on
our primary purpose and not be distracted by focusing on issues such as alcoholism,
codependency, abuse or the treatment thereof. These and similar outside issues should be
addressed in other programs or with professionals.
1994b Amended 2008. The following policy statement was adopted:
The Fellowship of Overeaters Anonymous recognizes the existence of special focus
meetings, (i.e., gay and lesbian meetings, women’s meetings, men’s meetings, 100-pounders,
maintainers, old timers, and people of various cultural backgrounds, etc.) which have been
formed of persons who can more readily identify with fellow OAers with similar attributes.
According to the Traditions, bylaws and policies of OA, the only requirement for
membership is the desire to stop eating compulsively. We ask each person attending a
meeting to respect and consider the group conscience. All registered meetings shall welcome
and give a voice to any person who has the desire to stop eating compulsively.
1994c Deleted 1998.
1995a It was adopted that:
Overeaters Anonymous designate January as “Media Awareness Month.”
1995b It was adopted to:
Remove abstinence as a tool and replace it with a “plan of eating,” leaving abstinence as our
primary purpose as outlined in the OA Preamble: “Our primary purpose is to abstain from
compulsive overeating and carry the message of recovery to those who still suffer.”
1996a Amended 1999. The following policy statement was adopted:
We, the 1999 WSBC of OA suggest that at the beginning of every meeting, OA’s Twelve
Steps and Twelve Traditions be read. In addition, we request that intergroups,
national/language service boards, regions and WSBC read the Twelve Concepts of OA
Service.
1996b Rescinded 2008. Superseded by 2008a.
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1997 Rescinded 2001.
1998 Rescinded 2008. Superseded by 2008a.
1999 Amended 2004 and 2005. The following policy statement was adopted:
An online or telephone group will be registered with World Service as long as the listed
group meets the following criteria:
1) Take place in “real-time”;
2) Is fully interactive; and
3) Fulfill the definition of an OA group as contained in Subpart B, Article V, Section 1 of
Overeaters Anonymous, Inc. Bylaws.
2000a Amended 2005. The following policy statement was adopted:
No OA members shall be prevented from attending, sharing, leading and/or serving as a
speaker at an OA meeting due to choice of food plan. Groups sharing food plan information
must adhere to OA’s policies on outside literature, as well as copyright law.
2000b The following policy statement was adopted:
Terms used in the bylaws and policies that refer to communications, including report(s),
response(s), document(s) and notice(s), shall be understood to include suitable electronic
transmissions. The term “postmark” includes appropriate electronic date/time stamping.
2001 It was adopted that:
There will continue to be a delegate registration fee ($65 for WSBC 2000) adjusted as
deemed necessary by the BOT. A portion of this fee is nonrefundable based on cost.
2002a Deleted 2005.
2002b Deleted 2005.
2003 It was adopted that:
An encryption program be implemented no later than August 1, 2003 to allow for secure
transmission of all meeting information submitted via the OA Web site. This program will
safeguard the personal anonymity of members.
2004a It was adopted that:
The WSO have proposal forms available on the OA Web site with detailed online
instructions for submitting the proposals. The forms are to include an email address for the
maker of the proposal.
2004b Amended 2009. It was adopted that:
Appeals Process for Intergroups/Service Boards Denied Delegates Credentials at WSBC:
Pursuant to OA, Inc. Bylaws, Subpart B, Article X, Section 3 – Delegates, the following
appeals process will be utilized to provide affected intergroups/service boards a means by
which their grievance may be heard in time to seat delegates at the WSBC in question,
should they prevail upon appeal:
1) The Board of Trustees will notify the intergroup or service board of any challenges to
delegate credentials within thirty days of receipt of delegate information by the WSO.
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2004b (continued)
2) Each region will provide, at the time they submit their delegate information, a list of up
to five individuals willing to serve on an Appeals Committee in the event of denial of
delegate credentials. The Appeals Review Committee shall be composed of two
members of the Board of Trustees, two region chairmen, and two representatives of the
region bringing the appeal.
3) The Appeals Review Committee, via electronic and/or written communications, will
consider relevant information and collectively decide the final disposition of each appeal
with a deadline of one month prior to the first session of the upcoming WSBC.
4) At the expense of the intergroup or service board, a telephone conference call may be
scheduled to review the findings of the committee within two weeks of notification of the
Appeal Review Committee’s disposition.
2005a It was adopted that:
Business Conference policies that have been completed, or have passed their “sunset” date,
be presented by the Bylaws trustee cochair to the chairman of the Board of Trustees for
removal at the next Business Conference.
2005b Rescinded 2011.
2005c It was adopted to:
Combine WSBC Policies 1987d, 1988c and 1999b to read: The World Service Business
Conference (WSBC) adopts as policy the following procedures for the submission and
consideration of all a) new business motions, b) policy motions, and c) bylaw amendments
to Subpart B of the Overeaters Anonymous, Inc. Bylaws.
1) All submissions of proposed new business motions, policy motions and/or amendments
to Subpart B of the Overeaters Anonymous, Inc. Bylaws shall include a) a statement of
intent; b) a statement of the procedures necessary for the implementation of the proposal
(if necessary); c) a statement of estimated cost associated with the proposal; d) a history
of related new business items or bylaw amendments that were voted upon by the WSBC
in the past five years and the results of those votes; and e) up to one page of arguments in
favor of each new business item or bylaw amendment submitted by the maker of the
motion at the time of submission.
2) The Conference agenda questionnaire include all proposed new business and policy
motions and bylaw amendments that have been submitted within the announced
postmarked deadline, including those deemed out of order with the exception of those
such motions and bylaw amendments that, based upon opinions from legal counsel, are
deemed to be defamatory.
Proposals included in the agenda questionnaire that are deemed out of order must
include within the “WSBC Motions Review Committee Comments” an explanation of
this determination, and at the end of the “Proposed Wording” the parenthetical
comment “deemed out of order: See WSBC Motions Review Committee Comments
below.”
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2005c (continued)
Additionally, the WSBC Motions Review Committee must also include an explanation
of the general nature of the motion or bylaw amendment that resulted in it being deemed
defamatory by legal counsel and therefore not printed in the Conference agenda
questionnaire.
2006 It was adopted to:
Change the name of the HIPM (Hospitals, Institutions, Professionals and the Military)
Committee to “Professional Outreach” Committee.
2007 Rescinded 2009.
2008a It was adopted that:
The Executive Committee of the Board of Trustees may discontinue printing Conferenceapproved
literature for low-demand reasons when it is no longer cost effective to reprint and
maintain in the OA literature inventory. Every August, an annual report of sales of
Conference-approved literature will be provided to the Executive Committee.
Discontinuation of printing does not remove the Conference Seal of Approval. Conference–
approved literature which is no longer printed will be made available for downloading from
the OA Web site.
WSBC delegates may remove the Conference Seal of Approval by a two-thirds vote. If the
motion is approved by the Conference, the designated literature will not be reprinted. If the
literature is discontinued for nonobservance of Traditions, sales of that literature will cease
immediately; it will be removed from inventory and will not be distributed for any reason.
Sales of literature that is discontinued for any reason other than noncompliance with
Traditions will cease after the depletion of remaining inventory.
Notification to the Fellowship shall be through appropriate WSO publications, such as
Lifeline and A Step Ahead.
A copy marked “discontinued” with the date the piece was discontinued will be maintained
in literature archives for duplication by the WSO in case of special requests. An appropriate
amount will be charged for the time and cost of duplicating, mailing, etc.
2008b It was adopted to:
Create an Overeaters Anonymous media policy.
To raise public awareness, Overeaters Anonymous and associated service bodies may send
press releases to or make use of special events/promotions in newspapers, magazines,
television, radio, Web sites, billboards and other means of public media, providing personal
anonymity is maintained for members of Overeaters Anonymous. Contact names on media
communication can include any special worker associated with public awareness as well as
the first names of individual Overeaters Anonymous members.
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2008c It was adopted to:
Create an Overeaters Anonymous public relations policy.
If Overeaters Anonymous is to continue to exist, it must continue to grow in order to fulfill
its primary purpose of carrying its message to the compulsive eater who still suffers and to
reach those who are not yet aware of the existence of our Fellowship.
We fulfill this primary purpose most effectively by attraction and cooperation—not
promotion or affiliation. For the guidance of our Fellowship, here are definitions of those
terms:
To Attract: To draw by other than physical influence; to invite; to draw to; to encourage
approach
To Promote: To push forward; to further advance, as in a business venture (implies “hard
sell,” advancement for profit)
Cooperation: Joint operation or action (implies coming together of two or more people to
work together for a common goal or benefit or on a common problem)
Affiliation: Association or close connection; a uniting (implies lending one’s name,
endorsement, legal or financial partnership)
Overeaters Anonymous is attracting when it tells people why we are, what we are, what we
do and how; we let them know that we are available if and when help is needed. We state
the facts, which are communicated via the press, radio, TV, Internet and films, always
stressing personal anonymity at the public level.
Overeaters Anonymous is cooperating when it works with others*, rather than alone.
Working with others broadens our scope and contacts and we reach more of those in need.
Hiring outside contractors or service companies is not considered an affiliation.
*Examples could include, but are not limited to, hospitals, doctors, nurses, clergymen, treatment centers,
educators, dieticians, nutritionists, employee assistance programs and health spas.
2008d It was adopted to:
Create an Overeaters Anonymous public service announcements policy.
To raise public awareness, Overeaters Anonymous and associated service bodies may make
use of public service announcements in appropriate newspapers, magazines, television,
radio, Web sites, billboards and other means of public media.
2008e It was adopted to:
Create an Overeaters Anonymous paid ads policy.
To raise public awareness, Overeaters Anonymous and associated service bodies may
purchase ads in appropriate newspapers, magazines, television, radio, Web sites, billboards
and other public media.
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2008f It was adopted that:
The Overeaters Anonymous World Service Office (WSO) sell recovery chips marked with
years from 1 to 20, 25, 30, 35, 40.
2009a It was adopted that:
The World Service Office provide Web site templates for optional use by OA service bodies
and groups in creating or revising their Web sites.
2009b It was adopted that:
December 12 (12/12) each year be designated as OA’s International Twelfth-Step-Within
Day, the purpose of which will be to encourage OA service boards, meetings and individual
members to reach out to those within the Fellowship who are still suffering from compulsive
eating behaviors.
2009c It was adopted to:
Establish a special fund to assist in the translating of OA literature, forms, correspondence,
Web site and other materials to languages other than English. Money in this fund is in
addition to the translation committee’s budget. The BOT will establish guidelines to allocate
the funds.
2009d It was adopted to:
Create a Web/Technology Conference Committee starting at WSBC 2010.
2010a The following policy statement was adopted:
Statement on Approved Literature
In accordance with our Traditions, we suggest that OA groups maintain unity and honor our
Traditions by selling and displaying only approved books and pamphlets at their meetings.
This includes OA Conference- and board-approved literature; AA Conference-approved
literature; and locally produced OA literature. Locally produced literature must be developed
according to the OA Guidelines for Locally Produced Literature, and should be used with the
greatest discretion. Local literature should be considered temporary and discontinued when
OA literature approved for general use is available to cover the topic.
2010b It was adopted to:
Add a ninth tool: “Action Plan.”
2010c It was adopted that:
The WSBC Final Conference Report be made available electronically. All delegates and
service bodies will continue to receive the printed version unless otherwise requested.
2010d It was adopted to:
Establish a Youth in OA Conference Committee.
2010e It was adopted to:
Require all groups (face-to-face and virtual) and service bodies (intergroups, service boards,
regions) wishing to register electronically with the WSO to provide at least one email contact
and name when submitting their registration request. The required email address is for use
within the OA organization and will not be published.
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2011a The following policy statement was adopted:
Statement on Public Media
While Overeaters Anonymous has no opinion on outside issues, including social media, the
delegates of the 2011 World Service Business Conference recommend against any OA
member, group or service body endorsing (sponsoring, creating, funding or using) for OA
purposes any public media of communication where the personal anonymity of OA members
cannot be maintained.
2011b It was adopted to:
Include the tools of recovery of OA in the Conference Policy Manual.
The following are the tools of recovery of OA: A Plan of Eating, Sponsorship, Meetings,
Telephone, Writing, Literature, Anonymity, Service and Action Plan.
2011c It was adopted that:
Overeaters Anonymous Fellowship bestow the title of founder to Rozanne S.
**END**
Note: The World Service Office shall oversee that the Business Conference minutes are researched
annually in order to update this summary with any Business Conference motions which have
a continuing effect. This includes new, revised or rescinded motions adopted by the World
Service Business Conference.
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Business Conference Policy Manual
Appendix A – Rescissions and Deletions
1977a It was adopted that:
The price be put back on the literature. (Rescinded 2001)
1979a It was adopted that:
AA-approved literature to be sold at the WS Convention, with list to be submitted from the
Literature Committee to the board for approval. (Deleted 1989)
1979b It was adopted that:
Any activity (i.e., marathons, conventions and retreats) not sponsored by a registered group,
an intergroup, region or OA as a whole be considered an outside enterprise not to be
endorsed or promoted by OA and as such not appear in a world service publication. Any
marathon, convention or retreat that offers for sale any items that are not Conferenceapproved,
be considered an outside enterprise and also not be publicized in OA publications.
(Deleted 1989)
1982a After a presentation/discussion on whether OA should produce literature on anorexia
nervosa or other eating disorders, the following statement was adopted:
Overeaters Anonymous does not have any literature for specific eating disorders other than
compulsive overeating. We welcome in love and fellowship all who have the desire to stop
eating compulsively. (Rescinded 1999)
1982b After a presentation/discussion on using an OA/AA-approved literature list which includes
the 1976 Business Conference Statement on OA/AA-approved literature, the following was
adopted that:
The current World Service Business Conference policy on literature be a list (to be updated
as necessary) which includes the amended 1976 Statement on OA/AA-approved literature:
“In accordance with our Traditions, we suggest OA groups maintain unity and protect our
Traditions by selling only program books and pamphlets at their meetings. This would
include AA Conference-approved literature and OA Conference- and board-approved
literature. Intergroup or group prepared local literature should be used with the greatest
discretion. Even then, we suggest that you submit it to the World Service Office for their
information. This type of local literature should be considered temporary and discontinued
when OA literature approved for general use is available to cover the topic.” (The complete
list which includes this statement, literature and explanations is available from the World
Service Office.) (Rescinded 2010)
1982d It was adopted that:
The Board of Trustees presents a written Business Conference report of all Board of Trustees’
policies, to be updated for each Business Conference beginning May 1983. (Rescinded 2001)
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1987a Amended 1997. A policy statement on food plans was adopted:
The OA 1997 World Service Business Conference, after careful consideration, believes that
although many individual OA members choose to follow a plan of eating for their personal
plan of recovery, offering food plans at OA meetings is a violation of Tradition Ten. While
each OA member is free to choose a personal plan of eating to achieve abstinence, OA as a
whole cannot print, endorse or distribute food plan information to members.
Nutrition is a most controversial outside issue; the hiring of professionals to produce food
plans for use at meetings also violates the Eighth Tradition, as we need always remain
nonprofessional. Groups endorsing any food plans by distributing them at their meetings
affect OA as a whole. We ask all groups, intergroups and regions of OA to adhere to the
above policy statement and discontinue the use of food plan information at meetings. We
ought best concern ourselves with our suggested program of recovery—the Twelve Steps.
(Rescinded 2000)
1988a Regions:
Regional Assemblies
Regions may meet more often for the conduct of business as necessary. (Deleted 2005)
1989b Changes and deletions in the Business Conference Policy Manual were adopted.
sections marked “Revised 1989” or “Deleted 1989.” (Deleted 2003)
See
1992d The following policy statement adopted that:
The World Service Business Conference resolves to welcome anorexics and bulimics in the
OA Fellowship as full and equal members. (Rescinded 1998)
1993d It was adopted that:
Beginning 1994 the World Service Office will charge a twenty-dollar ($20) nonrefundable fee
to register a World Service Business Conference delegate. (Rescinded 2001)
1993e It was adopted that:
Until such time as the World Service Business Conference adopts concepts for OA, that all
OA service bodies study and utilize AA’s Twelve Concepts as guidelines for their service.
(Deleted 1998)
1994c The World Service Business Conference 1994 adopted:
1) The ultimate responsibility and authority for OA world services reside in the collective
conscience of our whole Fellowship.
2) The OA groups have delegated to World Service Business Conference the active
maintenance of our world services; thus, World Service Business Conference is the
voice, authority and effective conscience of OA as a whole.
3) The right of decision, based on trust, makes effective leadership possible.
4) The right of participation ensures equality of opportunity for all in the decision-making
process.
5) Individuals have the right of appeal and petition in order to ensure that their opinions
and personal grievances will be carefully considered.
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1994c (continued)
6) The World Service Business Conference has entrusted the Board of Trustees with the
primary responsibility for the administration of Overeaters Anonymous.
7) The Board of Trustees has legal rights and responsibilities accorded to them by OA
Bylaws, Subpart A; the rights and responsibilities of the World Service Business
Conference are accorded to it by Tradition and by OA Bylaws, Subpart B.
8) The Board of Trustees has delegated to its Executive Committee the responsibility to
administer the World Service Office.
9) Able, trusted servants, together with sound and appropriate methods of choosing them,
are indispensable for effective functioning at all service levels.
10) Service responsibility is balanced by carefully defined service authority; therefore,
duplication of efforts is avoided.
11) Trustee administration of the World Service Office should always be assisted by the best
standing committees, executives, staffs, and consultants.
12) The spiritual foundation for OA service ensures that:
a) no OA committee or service body shall ever become the seat of perilous wealth or
power;
b) sufficient operating funds, plus an ample reserve, shall be OA’s prudent financial
principle;
c) no OA member shall ever be placed in a position of unqualified authority;
d) all important decisions shall be reached by discussion, vote, and whenever possible,
by substantial unanimity;
e) no service action shall ever be personally punitive or an incitement to public
controversy; and
f) no OA service committee or service board shall ever perform any acts of
government, and each shall always remain democratic in thought and action.
(Adopted into OA Bylaws, Subpart B 1998)
1996b It was adopted that:
The Board of Trustees may discontinue reprinting low-demand pamphlets that are no longer
cost-effective to reprint and maintain in the OA literature inventory.
Discontinuance of a pamphlet:
Conference-approved pamphlets that have broad application to the Fellowship and which
fall within the lowest 20 percent of ranked total pamphlet unit sales shall be considered for
discontinuance.
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1996b (continued)
The World Service Office publications department will provide a quarterly report indicating
the unit demand volume on each Conference-approved pamphlet for review by the
Executive Committee.
Those pamphlets that consistently fall below the designated 20 percent of total unit demand
for four consecutive quarters may be chosen by the Executive Committee for
recommendation to discontinue reprinting.
The Executive Committee will submit a motion to the Board of Trustees for approval to
discontinue reprinting those pamphlets.
If the Executive Committee motion is approved by the Board of Trustees, the designated
pamphlets will not be reprinted and will be removed from the OA literature catalog when the
remaining inventory is depleted.
Notification to the Fellowship shall be through appropriate WSO publications, such as
Lifeline and A Step Ahead.
A copy marked “discontinued” with the date the piece was discontinued will be maintained
in the literature archives for duplication by the World Service Office for special requests. An
appropriate amount will be charged for the time and cost of duplicating, mailing, etc.
Unauthorized duplication of copyrighted discontinued pieces is prohibited.
For withdrawal of any Conference-approved pamphlet that is no longer printed; that is the
pamphlet shall no longer be available for distribution to the Fellowship in any language, will
require approval of the World Service Business Conference. (Rescinded 2008)
1997 It was adopted:
Effective with the World Service Business Conference 1998, there be established an
additional per-delegate registration fee of forty-five dollars ($45) (adjusted annually for
inflation as deemed necessary by the BOT). (Rescinded 2001)
1998 The following policy statement was adopted to:
Discontinue Conference-approved literature for reasons other than low sales, a two-thirds
vote from the delegates present and voting at the annual World Service Business Conference
is needed. (Rescinded 2008)
2002a It was adopted that:
There will be a special Conference committee consisting of four members of the Board of
Trustees, four region chairmen, and up to ten delegates to develop a plan of action to either
strengthen the current OA worldwide service structure or restructure it. The result will be
presented to WSBC no later than 2004. The chairman of the board will choose committee
members. (Deleted 2005)
2002b It was adopted that:
The Board of Trustees will investigate the feasibility of establishing a toll free line for the
purpose of public information and publish its reports to all service bodies by October 1, 2002.
(Deleted 2005)
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2005b It was adopted that:
WSBC 2005 directs the Board of Trustees (BOT) to implement a matching grant program
whereby service bodies may apply for and receive funds from OA, Inc. for projects
enhancing unity and the ability to carry the message both within and outside OA. Total
yearly funding for grants shall not exceed 1 percent of total donations to the World Service
Office (WSO) for the prior year. (Rescinded 2011)
2007 It was adopted that:
Overeaters Anonymous, Inc. conduct a Public Awareness Campaign using the services of an
outside agency. Expenses connected to this campaign will be supported by member
contributions to a special public awareness campaign fund established by the Board of
Trustees. The BOT may use up to $20,000 of current reserves for “seed” money to initiate
the campaign. Such funds are to be reimbursed from the special fund established for this
purpose. (Rescinded 2009)
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OA, Inc. Bylaws, Subpart A
Corporate Organization
ARTICLE I – NAME AND PLACE OF BUSINESS
The name of this Corporation is Overeaters Anonymous, Inc. (the “Corporation”). The principal
office for the transaction of the business of the Corporation shall be located at such place or places
within the County of Sandoval, State of New Mexico, as the Board of Trustees shall from time to
time determine. Such principal place of business shall also constitute the location of the World
Service Office of Overeaters Anonymous. The Corporation may have such other offices, either
within or without the State of New Mexico, as the business of the Corporation may require from
time to time.
ARTICLE II – PURPOSE
The Corporation is organized and incorporated under the laws of the State of New Mexico to
operate as an exempt organization within the meaning of Section 501(c)(3) of the Internal Revenue
Code of 1986, as amended (or similar provision of any future revenue law) (the “Code”) without
profit to any officer or director. The specific and primary purpose of the Corporation is to aid those
with the problem of compulsive overeating to overcome that problem through a Twelve-step
program of recovery. The general purpose and power is to promote the public health, and to work
with and furnish charitable and cultural assistance to those with problems of obesity; and to conduct
such other activities as are appropriate to these objectives. Subject to the foregoing, the Corporation
may also engage in all other activities which are permissible by law. The Corporation is the
guardian of the world services and the Twelve Steps and Twelve Traditions of Overeaters
Anonymous and shall preserve the exclusive right to use the name Overeaters Anonymous. The
Corporation shall maintain a World Service Office to serve Overeaters Anonymous.
ARTICLE III – MEMBERS
The Corporation shall have no members as such. Any action which would otherwise require
approval by the members shall require only the approval of the Board of Trustees and all rights
which would otherwise vest in the members shall vest in the trustees, except as otherwise expressly
provided herein.
ARTICLE IV – PROHIBITIONS
No part of the net earnings of the Corporation shall inure to the benefit of, or be distributable to, the
Corporation’s directors, members, officers or other private personas, except that the Corporation
shall be authorized and empowered to pay reasonable compensation for services rendered and to
make payments and distributions necessary to carry out the purposes set forth in Article Two. No
substantial part of the activities of the Corporation shall be the carrying on of propaganda, or
otherwise attempting to influence legislation. The Corporation shall not participate in or intervene
in (including the publishing or distribution of statements) any political campaign on behalf of any
candidate for public office. Notwithstanding any other provision of these Articles of Incorporation,
the Corporation shall not carry on any activities not permitted to be carried on (a) by a corporation
exempt from Federal taxation under Section 501(c)(3) of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as
amended; or (b) by a corporation to which contributions are deductible under Section 170(c)(2) of
the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended.
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ARTICLE V – DIRECTORS/MANAGEMENT
Section 1 – Powers
Subject to the limitations of the Articles of Incorporation, these bylaws and the laws of the State of
New Mexico, all corporate powers shall be exercised by or under the authority of the Board of
Directors, which shall be known as the Board of Trustees and shall control the business and affairs
of this Corporation. The term “trustees” as used in the Articles of Incorporation and these bylaws
shall mean “directors” as that term is used in the New Mexico Nonprofit Corporation Act and other
laws. The use of the term “trustees” is historic only and is not intended to vary the duties of the
trustees of this Corporation from that imposed on directors, or to establish a trust relationship.
Section 2 – Number of Trustees and Qualifications
The authorized number of trustees of the Corporation shall be sixteen until changed by amendment
to the Articles of Incorporation or by the amendment of this Section 2, Article V, Subpart A adopted
by the delegates, as provided in Article IX, Subpart B of these bylaws. The exact number of trustees
shall be fixed from time to time by resolution of the board, subject to the right of delegates as
provided by Subpart B. No paid employee at the local or national level may be a member of the
Board of Trustees.
Section 3 – Composition
The board shall consist of all “regional trustees” and “general service trustees” elected in accordance
with the procedures set forth in Subpart B of these bylaws.
Section 4 – Election and Terms of Office
Trustees shall be elected by the delegates at the annual World Service Business Conference of
Overeaters Anonymous in accordance with Subpart B of these bylaws and shall hold office until the
conclusion of the next such meeting at which their successors are elected and qualified.
Section 5 – Compensation
Trustees shall serve without compensation. Notwithstanding the foregoing, the Corporation may
reimburse the trustees for reasonable out-of-pocket expenses for travel, lodgings, meals and
miscellaneous expenses in connection with attendance at board meetings and other official business.
Section 6 – Meetings
a) Immediately following each annual World Service Business Conference meeting held
pursuant to Article X of Subpart B of these bylaws, the board shall hold a regular meeting to
elect officers and transact other business. The Board of Trustees shall meet at least quarterly,
at such place and time as it may designate from time to time by resolution of the board. In
the absence of a resolution, regular meetings shall be held at the principal office of the
Corporation. Special meetings may be called by the chair of the board or any three trustees,
and such meetings shall be held at the time, place and hour designated by the person or
persons calling this meeting.
b) Notice of the time and place of meetings shall be delivered to each trustee personally or sent
by first-class mail, at least seven days prior to any such meeting, provided, however, that
notice of regular meetings, the time of which has been designated by resolution of the board,
is hereby dispensed with.
c) More than half of the trustees shall constitute a quorum for the transaction of business.
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Section 6 – Meetings (continue)
d) In the absence of a quorum, the board shall transact no business, except as otherwise
expressly provided in these bylaws, in the Articles of Incorporation, or by law, and the only
motion the board shall entertain is a motion to adjourn.
e) Meetings of trustees shall be governed by the latest edition of Robert’s Rules of Order, Newly
Revised or such successor publication as may from time to time be published, insofar as such
rules are not inconsistent with or in conflict with these bylaws, with the Articles of
Incorporation, with law, or with special resolutions the board may adopt.
Section 7 – Resignation and Removal of Trustees
a) Any trustee may resign effective upon giving written notice to the chair of the board, the
secretary to the board, or the Board of Trustees of the Corporation, unless the notice
specifies otherwise, its acceptance by the Corporation shall not be necessary to make it
effective.
Any trustee who advises the Board of Trustees that she/he has returned to compulsive eating
will be deemed to have resigned as of the time of receipt of such notice by the Board of
Trustees.
The Board of Trustees may declare vacant the office of a trustee who has been declared of
unsound mind by a final order of court or convicted of a felony, or been found by a final
order or judgment of any court to have breached any duty under Section 53-8-25.1 or any
other relevant provision of the New Mexico Nonprofit Corporation Act.
b) Any trustee may be removed by a three-fourths vote of the Conference delegates present and
voting at the annual World Service Business Conference.
c) A vacancy shall be presumed and the office shall be declared vacant by a three-fourths vote
of all trustees under the following circumstances:
1) Any trustee who is absent from two Board of Trustees meetings during his/her term of
office without prior notice to the chair of the board or the secretary of the board and
good cause as determined by the Board of Trustees.
2) Any trustee who is absent from two Board of Trustees meetings in a twelve-month
period, or any general service trustee who is absent from three Executive Committee
meetings in a twelve-month period, beginning with the first such meeting following the
adjournment (sine die) of the annual World Service Business Conference. Absences
during a one-year term could be excused only by impassable weather, serious illness of a
trustee, death or serious illness of a trustee’s immediate family member, war or national
strike. Any member of the Board of Trustees may present a motion that an absence from
a meeting of the Board of Trustees, a meeting of the Executive Committee, and/or an
Executive Committee teleconference be approved for good cause. The motion may be
presented at a Board of Trustees meeting prior to or the meeting subsequent to the
meeting from which the trustee wishes to be excused. The motion to excuse an absence
shall be treated as any other business motion, and requires a three-fourths vote of the
Board of Trustees. The vote to excuse the absence will be taken by written ballot.
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d) To be considered in attendance at a meeting, a trustee must attend seventy-five percent of the
business meeting’s schedule on the agenda for that meeting. This stipulation may be waived
due to an emergency or other good cause that occurs during the business meeting if approved
by a three-fourths vote of the trustees present.
e) One leave of absence for up to sixty days from all Board of Trustees activities and
responsibilities may be claimed by a member of the Board of Trustees during each of his/her
elected terms of office for any reason. The provisions in Section 7c) above do not apply to
any absences of any trustee while on a leave of absence.
f) The Board of Trustees may remove any trustee for cause by an affirmative three-fourths vote
of the trustees. The failure to perform the duties and responsibilities of a trustee, as
enumerated in the OA Bylaws, Subpart B, Article IX, Section 2 may constitute cause for
removal.
g) No reduction in the authorized number of trustees will have the effect of removing any
trustee before his/her term of office expires.
Section 8 – Vacancies
Vacancies on the Board of Trustees may be filled by a majority of the trustees then in office in
accordance with Article IX, Section 7 of Subpart B of these bylaws, whether or not less than a
quorum, or by a sole remaining trustee, and each trustee elected in this manner shall hold office until
the conclusion of the next annual Conference or until his/her earlier resignation or removal or his
office has been declared vacant in the manner provided by these bylaws. A vacancy or vacancies on
the Board of Trustees shall exist on the death, resignation or removal of any trustee, or if the board
declares vacant the office of a trustee if he/she is declared of unsound mind by an order of court or is
convicted of a felony, or if the authorized number of trustees is increased, or if the delegates fail to
elect the full authorized number of trustees to be voted for at any delegates meeting at which an
election of trustees is held. If the resignation of a trustee states that it is to be effective at a future
time, a successor may be elected to take office when the resignation becomes effective.
Section 9 – Waiver of Notice or Consent
The transactions of any meeting of the Board of Trustees however called and noticed or wherever
held, shall be as valid as though it had at a meeting duly held after regular call and notice, if a
quorum is present and if, either before or after the meeting, each of the trustees not present or who,
though present, has prior to the meeting or at its commencement, protested the lack of proper notice
to him/her, signs a written waiver of notice, or a consent to holding the meeting, or an approval of
the minutes of the meeting. All such waivers, consents and approvals shall be filed with the
corporate records or made a part of the minutes of the meetings. A notice or waiver of notice need
not specify the purpose of any regular or special meeting of the Board of Trustees.
Notice of a meeting need not be given to any trustee who signs a waiver of notice, whether before or
after the meeting, or who attends the meeting without protesting, prior to or at its commencement,
the lack of notice of such trustee.
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Section 10 – Adjournment
A majority of the trustees present, whether or not a quorum is present may adjourn any meeting to
another time and place. If the meeting is adjourned for more than twenty-four hours, notice of the
adjournment to another time or place shall be given prior to the time of the adjourned meeting to the
trustees who were not present at the time of the adjournment.
Section 11 – Meetings by Conference Telephone
Members of the Board of Trustees may participate in a meeting through use of conference telephone
or similar communications equipment, so long as all members participating in such meeting can
hear one another. Participation by trustees in a meeting in the manner provided in this Section
constitutes presence in person at such meeting.
Section 12 – Action without a Meeting
Any actions required or permitted to be taken by the Board of Trustees may be taken without a
meeting. A two-thirds vote of the board shall be required for approval. Such action shall be filed
with the minutes of the proceedings of the board.
Section 13 – Chair of the Board
The Board of Trustees shall elect a chair of the board to preside over meetings of the board, and shall
elect a first and second vice chair to serve in his/her absence.
Section 14 – Executive Committee
There shall be an Executive Committee of the board, whose members shall consist of the general
service trustees. If a regional trustee is elected to the position of chairman of the Board of Trustees
or to treasurer, these officers shall serve as ex-officio members of the Executive Committee with full
rights. The Executive Committee shall meet at least monthly at such time and place as they
designate by resolution from time to time. The chair of the board shall preside at all such meetings.
In the event the chair of the board should be unable to attend any meeting of the Executive
Committee, the next highest-ranking officer in attendance shall serve as chair for that meeting.
The ranking of the officers shall be as follows:
a) First vice chair
b) Second vice chair
c) Treasurer
d) Secretary
The secretary shall not be included in the progression since the managing director holds that office.
In the event that no officer serves on the Executive Committee, the Executive Committee shall elect
an interim chairman.
Notice of the regular monthly meetings of the Executive Committee need not be given if the time
and place of such meetings have been set forth in the resolution of the committee. Otherwise, and in
the case of special meetings, notice shall be given in the manner prescribed for meetings of the board
in Article V, Section 6, Subpart A of these bylaws. All proceedings of the Executive Committee
shall be conducted as prescribed in these bylaws for the Board of Trustees. The Executive
Committee, to the extent provided in the resolution of the board or in these bylaws, shall have all the
authority of the board, except with respect to:
a) The approval of any action for which law or these bylaws also require approval of the Board
of Trustees or delegates or approval of the majority of the Board of Trustees or delegates.
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Section 14 – Executive Committee (continued)
b) The filling of vacancies on the board or in any committee which has the authority of the
board.
c) The fixing of compensation of the trustees for serving on the board or on any committee.
d) The amendment or repeal of bylaws or adoption of new bylaws.
e) The amendment or repeal of any resolution of the board, which by its express terms is not so
amendable or eligible for repeal.
f) The appointment of committees of the board or members thereof.
g) The expenditure of corporate funds to support a nominee for trustee after there are more
people nominated for trustee than can be elected.
h) The approval of any self-dealing transaction.
Section 15 – Other Committees
The board may, by resolution adopted by a majority of the trustees then in office, provided that a
quorum is present, create one or more committees, each of which shall be chaired by a trustee or
designated officer of the Corporation, to serve at the pleasure of the board. The chair of the board
shall appoint chairs of such committees. The chair shall serve as ex-officio member, without vote,
on all committees. Such committees shall not exercise the authority of the board. Any committee
exercising authority of the board must conform to the New Mexico Nonprofit Corporation Act.
Section 16 – Managing Director
There shall be a managing director who shall act as the chief operations officer of the Corporation.
The managing director shall be responsible for providing advice and assistance to members of the
Board of Trustees, and shall be responsible for administering the total operations of Overeaters
Anonymous, Inc. and the World Service Office. The managing director shall also serve as an officer
of the Corporation as its secretary.
Section 17 – Former Trustees
a) May serve on a previous committee for one year as a full voting member.
b) Shall receive minutes of formal Board of Trustees meeting automatically for one year, with
the option of extending this for an additional year.
c) Comment, concerns and historical perspective to be communicated to the chairman of the
board.
d) Shall receive the Conference Final Report following the last Conference attended as a
member of the Board of Trustees.
ARTICLE VI – OFFICERS
Section 1 – General
The corporation shall have a chair of the board, first and second vice chair of the board, a secretary
and a treasurer and such other officers as the board may elect.
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Section 2 – Qualification, Election and Vacancies
a) The chair of the board, first and second vice chairs of the board and treasurer of the
Corporation shall be elected from among the trustees by the board at its first regular meeting
following the annual Conference. Each nominated trustee will be allowed to speak (for up to
five minutes) on what he/she hopes to bring to the position to which he/she is nominated.
If a tie vote occurs on two ballots, election shall then be decided by lot.
b) No trustee shall serve in any one office for more than two consecutive one-year terms.
c) Vacancies may be filled by the board.
d) The board may elect such other officers, with such qualifications and duties as it may deem
fit, to serve at the pleasure of the board.
e) The secretary need not be a trustee.
Section 3 – Duties of Chair of the Board
The chair of the board shall be the chief executive officer of the Corporation and shall, subject to the
control of the board, supervise and control the affairs of the Corporation. He/she shall perform all
duties incident to his/her office and such other duties as are provided in these bylaws or as may be
prescribed from time to time by the Board of Trustees. The chair shall serve as ex-officio member,
without vote, on all committees.
The chair of the BOT shall appoint all members of such committees. The chair of the BOT may
appoint former trustees to serve on such committees.
Section 4 – Duties of Vice Chair of the Board
The first vice chair of the board shall perform all duties and exercise all powers of the chair of the
board when the chair of the board is absent, or is otherwise unable to act and when the first vice
chair is absent or otherwise unable to act, the second vice chair shall perform such duties and
exercise such powers. The first and second vice chairs of the board shall perform such other duties
as may be prescribed from time to time by the Board of Trustees.
Section 5 – Duties of Secretary
The secretary shall keep minutes of all meetings of the Board of Trustees, general service trustees
and World Service Business Conference delegates; shall be the custodian of the corporate records;
shall give all notices as are required by law or by these bylaws; and generally shall perform all duties
incident to the office of secretary and such other duties as may be required by law, by the Articles of
Incorporation, or by these bylaws, or which may be assigned to him from time to time by the Board
of Trustees or general service trustees.
Section 6 – Duties of Treasurer
The treasurer shall have charge and custody of all funds of the Corporation, shall deposit such funds
as required by the Board of Trustees or general service trustees, shall keep and maintain adequate
and correct amounts of the Corporation’s properties and business transactions, shall render reports
and accounting to the trustees as required by the Board of Trustees or general service trustees, and
shall in general perform all duties incident to the office of treasurer and such other duties as may be
required by law, by the Articles of Incorporation, or by these bylaws, or which may be assigned to
him/her from time to time by the Board of Trustees or general service trustees. The treasurer shall
be the chief financial officer of the Corporation.
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Section 7 – Compensation
Officers who are trustees of the Corporation shall serve without compensation.
ARTICLE VII – INDEMNIFICATION OF DIRECTORS, OFFICERS, EMPLOYEES AND OTHER
AGENTS
To the maximum extent permitted by the New Mexico Nonprofit Corporation Act, the Corporation
shall, as to its past and present trustees, and may, in other cases, indemnify each of its agents against
expenses, judgments, fines, settlements and other amounts actually and reasonably incurred in
connection with any proceeding arising by reason of the fact that any such person is or was an agent
of the Corporation, and shall advance to each such agent expenses incurred in defending any such
proceeding to the maximum extent permitted by that law. For purposes of this Article, an “agent”
of the Corporation includes any person who is or was a trustee, officer, employee or other agent of
the Corporation, or is or was serving at the request of the Corporation as trustee, officer, employee
or agent of another corporation, partnership, joint venture, trust or other enterprise, or was a
director, officer, employee or agent of a corporation which was a predecessor corporation of the
corporation or of another enterprise serving at the request of such predecessor corporation.
Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in this Article VII, the Corporation shall not be required
to indemnify any past or present trustee to the extent that the matter to be indemnified against is
covered by insurance purchased by the Corporation.
In the event that the Corporation makes any payment or assumes any obligations under this Article
VII, it shall to the extent of such payment or obligation be subrogated to all rights of the indemnified
agent, including under policies of insurance and in any cause of action and judgment in favor of
such agent arising out of or related to the indemnified matter.
ARTICLE VIII – INSURANCE
The Corporation may maintain insurance, at its expense, to protect itself and any director, officer,
partner, trustee, employee or agent of the Corporation or another corporation, partnership, joint
venture, trust or other incorporated or unincorporated enterprise against any such expense, liability
or loss, whether or not the Corporation would have the power to indemnify such person against
such expense, liability or loss under the New Mexico Nonprofit Corporation Act.
ARTICLE IX – MISCELLANEOUS PROVISIONS
Section 1 – Fiscal Year
The fiscal year of the Corporation shall be January 1 to December 31.
Section 2 – Corporate Seal
The Corporation may have a seal, which shall set forth, the name of the Corporation, the state and
date of incorporation. The seal may be affixed to any corporate instrument, but failure to affix it
shall not affect the validity of any such instrument.
Section 3 – Execution of Checks, Notes, Contracts
a) Contracts. The Executive Committee may authorize any officer or officers, agent or agents,
to enter into any contract or execute and deliver any instrument in the name of and on behalf
of the Corporation, and such authority may be general or confined to specific instances.
b) Loans. No loans up to $150,000 shall be contracted on behalf of the Corporation and no
evidences of indebtedness shall be issued in its name unless authorized by a resolution of the
Executive Committee. Loans above this amount require authorization of the full Board of
Trustees. Such authority may be general or confined to specific instances.
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Section 3 – Execution of Checks, Notes, Contracts (continued)
c) Checks, Drafts and Other Financial Instruments. Except as otherwise provided by law,
checks, drafts, promissory notes, orders for the payment of money and other evidences of
indebtedness of the Corporation shall be signed by:
1) The treasurer or other designated officer and countersigned by the chairman of the board
or by other specified officer.
2) Except that payment for any or all operating obligations may be signed by a designated
employee of the World Service Office up to the amount of their respective bond.
Section 4 – Annual Report
a) The board shall cause an annual report to be sent to the trustees not later than one hundred
twenty days after close of the Corporation’s fiscal year. Such report shall contain in
appropriate detail the following:
1) The assets and liabilities, including the trust funds, of the Corporation as of the end of
the fiscal year.
2) The principal changes in assets and liabilities, including trust funds, during the fiscal
year.
3) The revenue or receipts of the Corporation both unrestricted and restricted to particular
purposes, for the fiscal year.
4) The expenses or disbursements of the Corporation, for both general and restricted
purposes, during the fiscal year.
5) A statement of any transaction or indemnification in which the Corporation, a parent or
subsidiary was party, and in which either of the following had a direct or indirect
material financial interest:
(i) A trustee or officer of the Corporation, or its parent or subsidiary.
(ii) Any holder of more than 10 percent of the voting power of the Corporation, its
parent or subsidiary.
For the purpose of this subparagraph (5), an “interested” person is any person described in
subparagraph (i) or (ii) above of this subparagraph (5).
For the purpose of this subparagraph (5), a mere common directorship is not a material
financial interest.
The statement required by this subparagraph (5) shall describe briefly:
(i) Any covered transaction during the previous fiscal year involving more than forty
thousand dollars, or which was one of a number of covered transactions in which the
same interested person had a direct or indirect material financial interest, and which
transactions in the aggregate involved more than forty thousand dollars.
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(ii) The names of the interested persons involved in such transactions, stating such
person’s relationship to the Corporation, the nature of such person’s interest in the
transaction and, where practicable, the amount of such interest; provided, that in the
case of a transaction with a partnership of which such person is a partner, only the
interest of the partnership need be stated.
The statement required by this subparagraph (5) shall describe briefly the amount and
circumstances of any indemnifications or advances aggregating more than ten thousand
dollars paid during the fiscal year to any officer or trustee of the Corporation.
The report required by this Section 4 shall be accompanied by any report thereon of
independent accountants, or, if there is no such report, the certificate of an authorized officer
of the Corporation that such statements were prepared without audit from the books and
records of the Corporation.
Section 5 – Inspection
Every trustee shall have the absolute right at any reasonable time to inspect and copy all books,
records and documents of every kind and to inspect the physical properties of the Corporation.
Section 6 - Choice of Law
These Bylaws shall be interpreted under the laws of the State of New Mexico, and any action
brought to enforce its provisions shall be brought in a court in New Mexico.
ARTICLE X – DISSOLUTION
Upon the dissolution of the Corporation, the Board of Trustees shall, after paying or making
provision for the payment of all the liabilities of the Corporation, dispose of all of the assets of the
Corporation to an organization or organizations organized and operated exclusively for charitable,
education, religious, or scientific purposes as shall at the time qualify as an exempt organization or
organizations under Section 501(c)(3) of the Code, as the Board of Trustees shall determine. Any of
such assets not so disposed of shall be disposed of by the District Court of the county in which the
principal office of the Corporation is then located, exclusively for such purposes or to such
organization or organizations, as said Court shall determine, which are organized and operated
exclusively for such purposes.
ARTICLE XI – AMENDMENTS
Section 1 – Board of Trustees
Except as expressly stated in Subpart A, and provided there is no conflict in Subpart B, the bylaws of
Subpart A may be amended by the Board of Trustees as follows:
a) Two-thirds vote of the board provided the amendment has been given in writing forty-five
days prior to the next board meeting.
b) Seven-eighths vote of the board provided the amendment has been given in writing at least
one hour prior to the vote.
Section 2 – Record of Amendments
Whenever an amendment or new bylaw is adopted, it shall be copied and inserted into the minute
book adjacent to the original bylaws or in an appropriate section of the bylaws.
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Section 2 – Record of Amendments (continued)
If any bylaw is repealed, the fact of repeal and the date of the meeting at which the repeal was
enacted or written consent was filed, must be noted in the minutes and adjacent to the original
bylaw.
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OA, Inc. Bylaws, Subpart B
ARTICLE I – TWELVE STEPS
The Twelve Steps suggested for recovery in the Fellowship of Overeaters Anonymous are as follows:
1) We admitted we were powerless over food—that our lives had become unmanageable.
2) Came to believe that a Power greater than ourselves could restore us to sanity.
3) Made a decision to turn our will and our lives over to the care of God as we understood Him.
4) Made a searching and fearless moral inventory of ourselves.
5) Admitted to God, to ourselves and to another human being the exact nature of our wrongs.
6) Were entirely ready to have God remove all these defects of character.
7) Humbly asked Him to remove our shortcomings.
8) Made a list of all persons we had harmed, and became willing to make amends to them all.
9) Made direct amends to such people wherever possible, except when to do so would injure
them or others.
10) Continued to take personal inventory and when we were wrong, promptly admitted it.
11) Sought through prayer and meditation to improve our conscious contact with God as we
understood Him, praying only for knowledge of His will for us and the power to carry that out.
12) Having had a spiritual awakening as the result of these Steps, we tried to carry this message
to compulsive overeaters and to practice these principles in all our affairs.
ARTICLE II – TWELVE TRADITIONS
The Twelve Traditions of Overeaters Anonymous are:
1) Our common welfare should come first; personal recovery depends upon OA unity.
2) For our group purpose there is but one ultimate authority—a loving God as He may express
Himself in our group conscience. Our leaders are but trusted servants; they do not govern.
3) The only requirement for OA membership is a desire to stop eating compulsively.
4) Each group should be autonomous except in matters affecting other groups or OA as a
whole.
5) Each group has but one primary purpose—to carry its message to the compulsive overeater
who still suffers.
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6) An OA group ought never endorse, finance or lend the OA name to any related facility or
outside enterprise, lest problems of money, property and prestige divert us from our primary
purpose.
7) Every OA group ought to be fully self-supporting, declining outside contributions.
8) Overeaters Anonymous should remain forever non-professional, but our service centers may
employ special workers.
9) OA, as such, ought never be organized; but we may create service boards or committees
directly responsible to those they serve.
10) Overeaters Anonymous has no opinion on outside issues; hence, the OA name ought never
be drawn into public controversy.
11) Our public relations policy is based on attraction rather than promotion; we need always
maintain personal anonymity at the level of press, radio, films, television and other public
media of communication.
12) Anonymity is the spiritual foundation of all these Traditions, ever reminding us to place
principles before personalities.
ARTICLE III – TWELVE CONCEPTS
The Twelve Concepts of OA Service are:
1) The ultimate responsibility and authority for OA world services reside in the collective
conscience of our whole Fellowship.
2) The OA groups have delegated to World Service Business Conference the active
maintenance of our world services; thus, World Service Business Conference is the voice,
authority and effective conscience of OA as a whole.
3) The right of decision, based on trust, makes effective leadership possible.
4) The right of participation ensures equality of opportunity for all in the decision-making
process.
5) Individuals have the right of appeal and petition in order to ensure that their opinions and
personal grievances will be carefully considered.
6) The World Service Business Conference has entrusted the Board of Trustees with the
primary responsibility for the administration of Overeaters Anonymous.
7) The Board of Trustees has legal rights and responsibilities accorded to them by OA Bylaws,
Subpart A; the rights and responsibilities of the World Service Business Conference are
accorded to it by Tradition and by OA Bylaws, Subpart B.
8) The Board of Trustees has delegated to its Executive Committee the responsibility to
administer the OA World Service Office.
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9) Able, trusted servants, together with sound and appropriate methods of choosing them, are
indispensable for effective functioning at all service levels.
10) Service responsibility is balanced by carefully defined service authority; therefore,
duplication of efforts is avoided.
11) Trustee administration of the World Service Office should always be assisted by the best
standing committees, executives, staffs and consultants.
12) The spiritual foundation for OA service ensures that:
a) no OA committee or service body shall ever become the seat of perilous wealth or
power;
b) sufficient operating funds, plus an ample reserve, shall be OA’s prudent financial
principle;
c) no OA member shall ever be placed in a position of unqualified authority;
d) all important decisions shall be reached by discussion, vote and whenever possible, by
substantial unanimity;
e) no service action shall ever be personally punitive or an incitement to public controversy;
and
f) no OA service committee or service board shall ever perform any acts of government,
and each shall always remain democratic in thought and action.
ARTICLE IV – MEMBERS
Section 1 – Legal Status
The corporation may have associated with it persons who are not members of the corporation within
the meaning of Section 53-8-11 of the New Mexico Nonprofit Corporation Act, but who may be
referred to as “members of Overeaters Anonymous” or “members” in this Subpart B. The identity,
rights and privileges of such “members” with respect to the corporation shall be as set forth in these
bylaws. Reference in this Subpart B to members shall refer to such persons.
Section 2 – Qualifications
Any person may become a member of Overeaters Anonymous who has a desire to stop eating
compulsively.
ARTICLE V – OVEREATERS ANONYMOUS GROUPS
Section 1 – Definition
a) These points shall define an Overeaters Anonymous group:
1) As a group, they meet to practice the Twelve Steps and Twelve Traditions of Overeaters
Anonymous, guided by the Twelve Concepts of OA Service.
2) All who have the desire to stop eating compulsively are welcome in the group.
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3) No member is required to practice any actions in order to remain a member or to have a
voice (share at a meeting).
4) As a group they have no affiliation other than Overeaters Anonymous.
5) It has affiliated as an Overeaters Anonymous group by registering with the World
Service Office.
b) Virtual groups (groups which replicate face-to-face meetings through electronic media) may
be an Overeaters Anonymous group if they:
1) otherwise meet the definition of Overeaters Anonymous groups;
2) are fully interactive, and;
3) meet in real time.
Section 2 – Composition
a) A group may be formed by two or more persons meeting together as set forth in Article V,
Section 1.
b) Groups compose the intergroups and service boards set forth in Articles VI and VIII hereof.
ARTICLE VI – INTERGROUPS
Section 1 – Composition
a) Two or more groups may form an intergroup for the purpose of servicing and representing
the groups of which they are composed and acting as the guardian of the Twelve Steps,
Twelve Traditions and Twelve Concepts of OA Service. Each intergroup should be
composed of groups within its region, or groups within its geographical proximity, except
that virtual groups may affiliate with intergroups without regard to geographic proximity.
b) Each state/province may have at least one intergroup. In a state/province having only one
group, that group may function as an intergroup.
Section 2 – Registration
a) Each intergroup shall be duly registered with the World Service Office of Overeaters
Anonymous by submitting:
1) a completed intergroup registration form;
2) bylaws and/or a summary of its purpose and operating procedures, neither of which
shall be in conflict with OA, Inc. Bylaws. At a minimum, such bylaws or summary of
purpose shall include a statement indicating that its primary purpose is to aid those with
the problems of compulsive eating, through the Twelve Steps, Twelve Traditions and
Twelve Concepts of OA Service of Overeaters Anonymous and to serve and represent
the OA groups from which it is formed; and
3) complete registration information on each of its affiliated groups.
b) Each intergroup shall submit a copy of its bylaws and/or summary of purpose to the WSO
whenever either is updated or revised.
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Section 3 – Functioning
a) Intergroups may conduct the business of their groups by any method they choose.
b) An intergroup must be formally registered, along with its delegate information, thirty days
prior to Conference opening to send delegates to the current Conference. (See Article X,
Section 3c for qualifications and selection of delegates.)
ARTICLE VII – REGIONS
Section 1 – Composition
a) There shall be ten regions composed of intergroups, groups within each region and service
boards that fall within regional boundaries. Subject to BOT approval, language service
boards that span more than one region may choose to affiliate with one of the regions that it
spans. Virtual service boards are not included in the regional structure.
b) The regions shall be as follows:
1) Region No. 1 shall be the Pacific Northwest Region composed of Alaska, Idaho,
Montana, Oregon, Washington, Wyoming (except Torrington, WY), Alberta, British
Columbia, Northwest Territories, Saskatchewan and Yukon.
2) Region No. 2 shall be the Pacific Southwest Region composed of California, Hawaii,
Reno/Tahoe area of Nevada and Mexico.
3) Region No. 3 shall be the Southwest Region composed of Arizona, Colorado, Nevada,
New Mexico, Oklahoma, Texas and Utah and Outstates Intergroup, which includes
Scottsbluff, NE and Torrington, WY.
4) Region No. 4 shall be the West Central Region composed of Illinois (except the Greater
Chicago area and Central Illinois Intergroup), Iowa, Kansas, Minnesota, Missouri,
Nebraska (except Outstates Intergroup which includes Scottsbluff, NE), North Dakota,
South Dakota, Manitoba, Northwestern Ontario and the territory of Nunavut.
5) Region No. 5 shall be the Central Region composed of the Greater Chicago area and
Central Illinois Intergroup, Indiana, Kentucky, Michigan, Ohio, Wisconsin and
Southwestern Ontario.
6) Region No. 6 shall be the Northeast Region composed of Connecticut, Maine,
Massachusetts, New Hampshire, New York, Rhode Island, Vermont, New Brunswick,
Newfoundland, Nova Scotia, Ontario, Prince Edward Island, Quebec and Bermuda.
7) Region No. 7 shall be the Eastern Region composed of Delaware, District of Columbia,
Maryland, New Jersey, Pennsylvania, Virginia and West Virginia.
8) Region No. 8 shall be the Southeast Region composed of Alabama, Arkansas, Florida,
Georgia, Louisiana, Mississippi, North Carolina, Puerto Rico, South Carolina,
Tennessee, the Virgin Islands, Central America and South America.
9) Region No. 9 shall be composed of countries and territories in Africa, Europe, the
Middle East and Western Asia.
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Section 1 – Composition (continued)
10) Region No. 10 shall be composed of countries and territories in Australia, the Far East,
New Zealand, South East Asia and the Western Pacific Basin.
c) States/provinces/countries/territories within a region, or intergroups/national/language
service boards within a state/province/country/territory may petition the Board of Trustees
for transfer to another region that is geographically more convenient. The transfer will be in
effect immediately upon BOT approval. The BOT shall submit a motion to WSBC to amend
Subpart B, Article VII, Section 1 of the bylaws.
Section 2 – Regional Assemblies
Regional assemblies whose members shall be called “regional representatives” or “RRs” shall
convene at least once a year, after prior notice has been given to all intergroups, national/language
service boards and unaffiliated member groups, for the election of officers and the selection of
nominees for regional trustee for that region.
Section 3 – Registration
a) Each region shall be duly registered with the World Service Office of Overeaters
Anonymous by submitting bylaws and/or a summary of its purpose and operating
procedures, neither of which shall be in conflict with OA, Inc. Bylaws. At a minimum, such
bylaws or summary of purpose shall include a statement indicating that its primary purpose
is to aid those with the problems of compulsive eating through the Twelve Steps, Twelve
Traditions and Twelve Concepts of OA Service of Overeaters Anonymous, and to serve and
represent the OA groups from which it is formed.
b) Each region shall submit a copy of its bylaws and/or summary of purpose to the WSO
whenever either is updated or revised.
Section 4 – Functioning
a) Regions may conduct the business of their organization by any method they choose.
b) A region must be duly registered along with its delegate information thirty days prior to
Conference opening to send delegates specified in Article X, Section 3a) (5) to the current
Conference. (See Article X, Section 3c for qualifications and selection of delegates.)
ARTICLE VIII – SERVICE BOARDS
Section 1 – Definition
A service board shall be a duly registered service body with the purpose of dealing with issues that
require a combination of membership and financial resources of intergroups and groups not
otherwise served within the existing service structure. The service board shall serve and be
responsible and accountable to these groups and intergroups. These service boards may be known as
national service boards, language service boards or virtual service boards.
Section 2 – Composition
a) National service boards may be registered in countries outside the US and Canada in which
the intergroup serves the entire country or the groups/intergroups within a country have
formed a service board to serve the entire country. In cases in which there are common
needs that exceed the boundaries of one country, the national service board may serve more
than one country.
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b) Language service boards may be registered to serve common needs of a language group,
regardless of geographic proximity.
c) Virtual service boards may be registered to serve the needs of virtual groups.
Section 3 – Registration
a) Each service board shall be duly registered with the World Service Office of Overeaters
Anonymous by submitting:
1) a completed registration form;
2) bylaws and/or a summary of its purpose and operating procedures, neither of which
shall be in conflict with OA, Inc. Bylaws. At a minimum, such bylaws or summary of
purpose shall include a statement indicating that its primary purpose is to aid those with
the problems of compulsive eating through the Twelve Steps, Twelve Traditions and
Twelve Concepts of OA Service of Overeaters Anonymous, and to serve and represent
the OA groups from which it is formed; and
3) complete registration information on each of its affiliated groups and intergroups.
b) Each service board shall submit a copy of its bylaws and/or summary of purpose to the
WSO whenever either is updated or revised.
c) The intergroups shall register separately with the World Service Office as defined in Article
VI – Intergroups.
Section 4 – Functioning
a) Service boards shall conduct business under the bylaws and policies established by their
intergroups and groups.
b) A service board must be formally registered, along with its delegate information, thirty days
prior to Conference to send delegates to the current Conference. (See Article X, Section 3c
for qualifications and selection of delegates.)
ARTICLE IX – BOARD OF TRUSTEES
Section 1 – Composition
The Board of Trustees shall consist of ten “regional trustees,” each representing one of the ten
regions, and six “general service trustees.”
Section 2 – Duties and Responsibilities
a) Each trustee shall serve and represent Overeaters Anonymous as a whole. The members of
the board, subject to the laws of the State of New Mexico, are expected to exercise the
powers vested in them by law in a manner consonant with the faith that permeates and
guides the Fellowship of Overeaters Anonymous, inspired by the Twelve Steps of Overeaters
Anonymous, in accordance with the Twelve Traditions and Twelve Concepts of OA Service,
and in accordance with the bylaws.
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b) Subject to the limitations of these bylaws, and to the action of the delegates at the
Conference, all powers shall be exercised by or under the authority of, and the business
affairs of the corporation shall be controlled by the Board of Trustees. Without prejudice to
such general powers but subject to the same limitations, it is hereby expressly declared that
the trustees shall have the following powers:
1) To act as guardians of the Twelve Steps and Twelve Traditions, insuring that they are
not altered in any way, except as specified in Article XIV, Subpart B of these bylaws.
2) To act as guardians of the Twelve Concepts of OA Service and to promote the
understanding and implementation of the Twelve Concepts of OA Service at all levels of
service.
3) To conduct, manage and control the affairs and business of the corporation and any
charitable foundation organized in conjunction with or allied with Overeaters
Anonymous as they may deem best, and to make such rules and regulations consistent
with law, the Articles of Incorporation, or with these bylaws or the action of the
Conference taken through the delegates at the Conference.
4) To designate a place within the United States for holding of any meeting or meetings of
the delegates.
5) To manage in such a manner as they deem best all funds and real or personal property
received and acquired by the corporation, and to distribute, loan or dispense with the
same and the income.
6) To call to the attention of any group or service body any non-adherence to the Twelve
Traditions or the Twelve Concepts of OA Service which the trustee believes the group or
service body has made, acting only in an advisory capacity in matters affecting
Overeaters Anonymous as a whole.
7) To act as spokesman for Overeaters Anonymous in all matters affecting Overeaters
Anonymous as a whole.
8) To provide for and supervise publications of Overeaters Anonymous.
9) To furnish counsel and guidance to the members, groups and service bodies.
10) To supervise and guide education and attraction efforts of Overeaters Anonymous.
11) To provide forums for the interchange of ideas and information among groups and OA
service bodies and to be instrumental in carrying the OA message of recovery to
compulsive overeaters.
12) To perform such other duties as may be directed by the delegates at the Conference.
13) To prepare and present an annual report to the delegates at the Conference.
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Section 2 – Duties and Responsibilities (continued)
c) Specific Duties
1) The trustees shall attend Board of Trustees meetings and Executive Committee meetings,
if applicable, and the annual World Service Business Conference.
2) The regional trustees shall be the representatives of the Board of Trustees in their
respective regions and at the region assemblies.
3) The chairman of the board will annually appoint a regional or general service trustee to
also serve as virtual services trustee (VST), representing virtual groups and service boards
at the Board of Trustees.
4) The general service trustees shall have general authority with respect to the routine
conduct of the business affairs of the corporation, including the following specific duties:
(i) To maintain a World Service Office and to receive and disburse all funds contributed
to the World Service Office for the benefit of Overeaters Anonymous as a whole, so
that the Fellowship of Overeaters Anonymous need never be organized in any legal
or official manner.
(ii) To receive, manage, control, use and disburse in such manner as the board may
deem advantageous to Overeaters Anonymous, all gifts and contributions, monies
and properties of every kind received by the Board of Trustees for Overeaters
Anonymous.
The board must decline all outside contributions in accordance with Tradition Seven.
(iii) To have the books of the corporation and any and all affiliated bodies, foundations
and nonprofit corporations audited and to furnish an accounting of all financial
transactions at the regular annual meeting of the Conference.
(iv) To submit minutes of the general service trustees meetings to the Board of Trustees.
Section 3 – Term of Office
Trustees shall be elected at the annual World Service Business Conference for the period of three
years. Trustees may be elected at any annual Conference in order to fill the remaining term created
by a vacancy except as specified in Section 7a). Trustees shall serve no more than eight consecutive
years.
Terms of office for regional trustees shall be staggered according to the following rotation:
Regions One, Four and Seven
Regions Three, Six and Nine
Regions Two, Five, Eight and Ten
Section 4 – Qualifications
a) Qualifications for trustee shall be:
1) Seven years in the Fellowship;
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2) Five years of service beyond the meeting level;
3) Attendance as a delegate to at least two World Service Business Conferences; and
4) Five years of continuous recovery in Overeaters Anonymous as evidenced by:
(i) five years of current continuous abstinence;
(ii) maintenance of a healthy body weight for at least two years; and
(iii) emotional and spiritual growth as a result of incorporating into their lives the Twelve
Steps and Twelve Traditions as a new way of living.
b) Qualifications for trustee must be met at the time the application for trustee is submitted to
the WSO. Specifically, such trustee nominees must also have:
1) Worked through all Twelve Steps;
2) Declared themselves as practicing the Twelve Steps to the best of their ability;
3) Declared themselves as committed to the Twelve Traditions of Overeaters Anonymous;
and
4) Affirmed these additional qualifications on their trustee application forms.
c) Upon election, each trustee shall make a commitment of:
1) Adherence to the Twelve Steps, Twelve Traditions and Twelve Concepts of OA Service.
2) Continual recovery including abstinence and maintenance of a healthy body weight
throughout the entire term(s) of office. Each person shall be the judge of his or her own
recovery including abstinence and maintenance of a healthy body weight.
3) Compliance with all the terms and provisions of the prevailing Overeaters Anonymous,
Inc. Bylaws.
Additional qualifications for regional trustee may be set by each region.
d) Regional trustees are to physically reside in the region represented no less than the six
months immediately prior to election.
e) Elected regional trustees will maintain physical residency in the regions represented for twothirds
of each year of their terms, excluding OA-related business travel.
f) If a change of status of physical residency of a regional trustee occurs following election to
office, said trustee will notify the Board of Trustees of the change in status immediately. The
trustee will vacate the position at the next World Service Business Conference, where
elections will be held to fill the incomplete term.
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Section 5 – Nomination of Trustees
a) Regional Trustees
1) At least one-hundred twenty days prior to the scheduled opening of the annual
Conference of Overeaters Anonymous, all groups within a region eligible to submit
trustee nominees shall be notified by the regional officers of the forthcoming Conference,
with a request to all qualified members of the Fellowship of Overeaters Anonymous
from the region to submit nominations to the region.
2) At least ninety days prior to the annual Conference of Overeaters Anonymous, the
regional representatives of each region shall choose from the nominees submitted to it no
more than three qualified nominees from that region. Resumes of these nominees must
be sent to the Board of Trustees within one week of their selection. Copies of these
resumes must be sent to all delegates at least forty-five days prior to its annual meeting.
(See exception, Section 7.)
3) The (no more than three) nominees for regional trustees chosen by the regional assembly
or affirmed by the currently registered region representatives shall be submitted to the
Conference for election.
b) Regional Trustees for Newly Approved Regions Outside Regions One - Ten
1) Appointment
(i) The board shall appoint the first regional trustee for the region.
(ii) Each region may submit one nominee for the new regional trustee appointment in
accordance with the provisions of Section 5, a) and b) with the exception of the new
region who may submit three nominees.
2) Elections
(i) The first election of the regional trustee shall occur at the World Service Business
Conference the year following approval of the new region.
(ii) Applicants for the first elected regional trustee who live within the new region shall
submit their resume to the Board of Trustees ninety days prior to the annual
Conference.
(iii) If there are at least three qualified nominees from the new region, nominees from
other regions shall not be accepted. One nominee for the elected regional trustee
position may also be submitted from each other region in accordance with the
provisions of Section 5 a) and b) except as otherwise provided in Section 5 b) 2) (ii).
3) Copies of resumes must be sent to all Conference delegates at least forty-five days prior
to the annual Conference.
c) General Service Trustees
1) All applicants for open position(s) of general service trustee must submit their resume to
the Board of Trustees ninety days prior to the annual Conference. Such resumes must be
affirmed by a majority vote of the nominee’s intergroup/service board or a region in
which the nominee has recently served, or a majority vote of the Board of Trustees if the
nominee is a sitting trustee.
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Section 5 – Nomination of Trustees (continued)
2) The Board of Trustees, acting as a nominating committee, shall submit a list of nominees
for the open position(s), with copies of the applicants’ resumes, to all Conference
delegates at least forty-five days prior to the Conference.
Section 6 – Election of Trustees
a) To be eligible for election, each nominee must appear before the delegates at the World
Service Business Conference and address the assembled delegates from three to five minutes
and answer questions from the floor. No new nominations will be accepted from the floor.
b) To be elected, each trustee nominee must receive a majority vote of the delegates present and
voting at the time of the election.
c) If more than one ballot is necessary for any position, any candidate having less than one-fifth
of the total vote will be withdrawn automatically on subsequent ballots, except that the top
two candidates must remain. If no candidate has less than one-fifth of the votes, the
candidate with the lowest number of votes shall be dropped from the ballot.
d) Once there are only two candidates remaining for regional or general service trustee position
and neither candidate receives a majority after two ballots are taken, a vacancy is declared.
The Board of Trustees will fill this vacancy at the second full board meeting after
Conference.
e) The election of the general service trustees shall take place after the regional trustees have
been declared elected.
f) The newly elected trustees shall take office immediately at the conclusion of the Conference.
Section 7 – Vacancies
a) Regional Trustees
1) Vacancies occurring among the regional trustees shall be filled by the Board of Trustees
to serve until the conclusion of the next World Service Business Conference. When
possible, the trustee shall be selected from the region involved. The Board of Trustees
shall solicit the names of eligible candidates from the region involved.
2) Should such vacancy occur within one hundred twenty days prior to Conference, the
usual deadlines for the selection of regional trustee nominees shall be suspended. In this
case only, resumes of regional trustee candidates nominated by the region shall be
received by the Board of Trustees at least two weeks prior to the official opening of
Conference to be considered for election at that Conference. Regions may affirm the
nominations in a manner determined by the region. Copies of these resumes shall be
supplied to the delegates by the opening of Conference.
3) If a region is unable to provide applicant(s), then Article IX, Section 7 a) (1) applies.
b) Vacancies occurring among the general service trustees may be filled by the Board of
Trustees to serve until the conclusion of the next World Service Business Conference.
c) A vacancy created by action of the Conference delegates shall be filled as stated in Section 7
a) (1).
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ARTICLE X – MEETINGS OF DELEGATES
Section 1 – World Service Business Conference
a) Annual Meeting
The corporation shall sponsor an annual meeting of the delegates of the members, which
shall be known as the World Service Business Conference (hereafter may be referred to as
the “Conference”). The Conference shall serve as the collective conscience of the Fellowship
of Overeaters Anonymous as a whole.
b) Time and Location
The annual Conference shall be held during the month of May or on such dates as the Board
of Trustees may determine. The Conference shall be held in the Albuquerque, New Mexico
area or at such place as the Board of Trustees may designate.
Section 2 – Special Meetings
Special meetings of the delegates for any purpose or purposes may be called at any time by the
chairman of the board or by a majority of the trustees.
Section 3 – Delegates
The delegates to the World Service Business Conference shall be as follows:
a) Voting delegates shall consist of the following persons chosen in accordance with this Article
X, Section 3(c)1.
1) Delegates from intergroups.
2) Delegates from service boards chosen from groups, intergroups and countries not
otherwise represented.
3) Delegates from countries not having any geographically based service board.
4) Each region shall be entitled to one vote through its duly elected chairman or alternate.
5) A region that was represented at the last WSBC by fewer than forty percent of its
intergroups and other eligible service bodies may send up to five additional delegates
from the region. Preference shall be given to delegates selected from intergroups and
service bodies which would not otherwise be represented by delegates.
6) Regional trustees.
7) General service trustees.
b) Non-delegates who may address the World Service Business Conference shall consist of
officers of the corporation or any parent or subsidiary of the corporation who are not also
trustees, the Conference parliamentarian, the managing director and/or the managerial staff
of the World Service Office, and the founder of Overeaters Anonymous.
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Section 3 – Delegates (continued)
c) Qualifications/Selection
1) Qualifications for selection of World Service delegates/alternates shall be set by each
intergroup, region (in the case of region delegates) or service board provided that each
delegate/alternate shall have at least one year of current abstinence and at least two
years of service beyond the group level. (Permission for any exception in qualifications
for valid reasons, if deemed credible by the trustees, may be received by application to
the World Service Office.)
2) Each intergroup or service board shall be entitled to have one qualified delegate for up to
the first fifteen groups it represents and one for each additional fifteen groups or any
fraction thereof, except that the service board shall not represent the same groups as
intergroups represent. A group shall be recognized as registered and represented by an
intergroup or service board.
3) Countries without intergroups or national/language service boards which seek
representation at the annual Conference shall have at least one delegate. Larger
representation shall be determined by the Board of Trustees, with delegate approval in
accordance with the number of groups in that country.
4) Delegates and alternates should be selected at least one-hundred twenty days before the
annual Conference, and the names forwarded immediately upon selection to the World
Service Office of Overeaters Anonymous.
5) If a region, intergroup or service board does not select its delegate(s) and alternate(s) or
fails to inform the World Service Office of Overeaters Anonymous before the annual
meeting, such delegate(s) and alternate(s) may appear at the Conference with evidence of
their due selection deemed credible by the trustees, and such delegate(s) shall be seated.
Section 4 – Notice
Notice of the regular annual Conference and all special meetings of delegates shall be given to each
registered service body, unless otherwise instructed by each individual service body, by prepaid mail
and/or electronic transmission. Notices shall be deemed to have been given if sent by mail and/or
electronic transmission to the delegates representing each region and intergroup. Such notice shall be
sent no less than sixty days before each meeting, and shall specify the place, day and hour of the
meeting and shall state the general nature of the business to be considered at such meeting. The
notice of the annual Conference shall designate it as such.
Section 5 – Voting
No delegate shall have more than one vote. Votes may be taken by notice, by show of hands, by
ballot or as called for by the presiding officer of any meeting, provided that the delegates may
prescribe the method of voting desired on any question without regard to the method called for by
the presiding officer.
Section 6 – Presiding Officer
All meetings of delegates shall be presided over by the chairman of the Board of Trustees. In the
absence of the chairman, the first vice chairman shall preside over the meetings of the delegates.
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Section 7 – Parliamentary Authority
All meetings of the delegates shall be conducted in accordance with the latest edition of Robert’s Rules
of Order, Newly Revised, where not in conflict with the law, Articles of Incorporation, these bylaws or
special rules that delegates may adopt.
Section 8 – Business Agenda
a) The chairman shall provide that the agenda for the annual Conference includes written
reports of the treasurer, managing director, board and Conference committee chairmen.
b) Notwithstanding any action of the chairman or mandate of Section 7 above, questions of
policy shall take precedence over proposed bylaw amendments at all Conference meetings,
except for such bylaw amendments as may be required to conform with or be mandated by
any action of State or Federal statute, code or law. The agenda of the Conference shall
specifically provide for consideration of policy questions before consideration of bylaw
amendments.
c) New business to be placed on the agenda prior to Conference shall follow the same
procedure for submission as for bylaw amendments and shall be approved by 50 percent of
all intergroups and service boards responding to an agenda questionnaire by sixty days prior
to the Conference. Other new business of an urgent nature must receive a majority vote of
the Reference Subcommittee in order to be brought to the Conference floor.
ARTICLE XI – CONFERENCE COMMITTEES
The delegates may submit their preference for Conference committees in accordance with this
Article XI. Committees shall include but not be limited to the following:
Section 1 – Conference Literature Committee
a) The Conference Literature Committee shall be composed of twelve or more delegates
selected by the chairman of the Literature Committee of the Board of Trustees from among
delegates at the Conference, to obtain good geographic representation, strong abstinence and
a willingness to serve.
b) Outgoing delegates, if they desire, may serve an extra year on the committee in an advisory
capacity.
Section 2 – Bylaws Committee
The Bylaws Committee shall be composed of one or two delegates from each region, selected either
at regional assembly or by a method practical to the region. One or two delegates shall also be
selected from the collective virtual service boards by a method practical to them. In addition, other
delegates attending WSBC may choose to serve on the Bylaws Committee.
a) The Reference Subcommittee shall be composed of the Bylaws Committee chairman and
representative of the Board of Trustees who shall be the cochairmen; and the representatives
selected from each region and the virtual service boards to serve on the Bylaws Committee.
b) The Reference Subcommittee shall meet at times designated on the Conference schedule or
agenda, and other times as required by the Conference. The Reference Subcommittee will
meet on the day prior to the conclusion of scheduled new business to consider emergency
new business.
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Section 2 – Bylaws Committee (continued)
c) Names of the Bylaws Committee members selected by the regions and virtual service boards
shall be sent to the World Service Office forty-five days prior to the Conference.
d) The Reference Subcommittee shall further operate according to guidelines developed by the
Bylaws Committee and approved by the Board of Trustees.
Section 3 – Finance Committee
a) To review the annual budget and make suggestions regarding budgetary needs and decisions.
b) To give input on income needed for service work, especially increasing Seventh Tradition
contributions to the World Service Office.
c) To seek to improve communications between the Board of Trustees and the Fellowship in
any matters concerning the finances of OA.
d) To look at ways to raise funds for groups, intergroups and regions.
Section 4 – Region Chairs Committee
a) The Region Chairs Committee shall provide a channel of information and communication
between the members and the Board of Trustees through the regions and a network for the
purpose of sharing resources and solutions.
b) The Region Chairs Committee shall be composed of the current region chairmen only. A
region chairman may designate an alternate, such as the region vice chairman, to serve on
the committee in her/his absence.
c) Section 6 of Article XI does not apply to this committee.
Section 5 – Other Conference Committees as may be needed and established by the Board of
Trustees or the World Service Business Conference
Section 6 – Conference Committee Chairman
a) Election – A Conference cochairman and a vice chairman for each Conference committee
shall be elected annually by a majority of the delegates present at the annual Conference
committee meetings. The Conference cochairman shall be a delegate and shall not serve
more than two consecutive one-year terms. The vice chairman shall assume all
responsibilities in the absence of the Conference cochairman.
b) Responsibilities – One year’s active service with the committee members and chairing the
Conference committee meetings at the next annual World Service Business Conference if reelected
as a delegate.
c) Vacancies – If, for any reason, the Conference Committee cochairman is unable to fulfill the
position and there is no vice chairman, the chairman of the Board of Trustees, in
consultation with the trustee cochairman responsible for liaison between the Conference
Committee and the board, shall appoint a delegate from the committee to serve as
Conference cochairman.
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Section 6 – Conference Committee Chairman (continued)
d) A vacancy shall be presumed if the Conference Committee cochairman fails to communicate
with the committee for three consecutive months.
ARTICLE XII – FINANCES
Section 1 – Procedure
a) Full and complete disclosure of all World Service official financial matters is a prime
guidance and objective for all accounting procedures and financial statements.
b) Any delegate or trustee is entitled to examine the accounting records of the World Service
Office, and any question concerning the finances of the World Service Office is completely
proper and is to be answered promptly.
c) Accounting procedures shall be geared to periodic reporting, and financial controls shall be
established for credibility of the financial statements.
d) Statements shall be clear and easy to understand to prevent confusion and misinterpretations.
ARTICLE XIII – CORPORATION ASSETS
No delegate to the Conference or member of any local group which is a member of Overeaters
Anonymous, and no trustee, officer or employee or member of a committee or person connected
with the corporation, or any other private individual shall receive at any time any earnings or
pecuniary profit from the operations of the corporation; provided that this shall not prevent payment
to any such person of reasonable compensation for services rendered to or for the corporation in
effecting any of its purposes as shall be fixed by the Board of Trustees; and no such person or
persons shall be entitled to share in the distribution of any of the assets upon the dissolution of the
corporation.
All delegates to the Conference and all members of local groups which are members of Overeaters
Anonymous shall be deemed to have expressly consented and agreed that, upon such dissolution or
winding up of the affairs of the corporation, whether voluntary or involuntary, the assets of the
corporation then remaining in the hands of the Board of Trustees, after all debts have been paid,
shall be delivered and paid over in such amounts as the Board of Trustees may determine or as may
be determined by a court of competent jurisdiction upon application of the Board of Trustees,
exclusively to charitable, religious, scientific, literary or educational organizations which would then
qualify under the provisions of Section 501 (c) (3) of the Internal Revenue Code and its regulations
as they now exist or as they may hereafter be amended.
ARTICLE XIV – BYLAW AMENDMENTS
Section 1 – Procedure
Subpart B of these bylaws may be amended as follows:
a) Amendments to Subpart B of these bylaws may be proposed by any registered service body,
trustee, the Region Chairs Committee or the Conference Bylaws Committee and shall be
submitted to the chairman of the Board of Trustees, postmarked or be date and time stamped
through electronic transmission by December 10 before the annual meeting of the
Conference. The Board of Trustees may also submit amendments to the bylaws.
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Section 1 – Procedure (continued)
b) The chairman of the board shall cause a copy of the proposed amendments to be
communicated to each delegate whose name appears in the office of the secretary of the
corporation and to each registered service body and trustee by January 10 prior to the annual
Conference.
c) In order for an amendment proposed to be submitted to the World Service Business
Conference, these proposals will need to be approved by 50 percent of all intergroups and
service boards responding. The agenda questionnaire must be returned to the WSO by sixty
days prior to the Conference.
d) Except as otherwise specified by these bylaws, proposed amendments to Subpart B may be
adopted by a two-thirds vote of the delegates present and voting provided a quorum is
present.
e) Amendments to Article I (Twelve Steps) and Article II (Twelve Traditions) of Subpart B of
these bylaws may only be adopted if, in addition to d) above, they are ratified by threefourths
of the registered Overeaters Anonymous groups responding within six months of
notification, provided at least 55 percent of the registered groups have responded.
f) The parliamentarian may suggest editorial changes which do not alter the meaning of any
bylaws but clarify the wording or bring the bylaws and Articles of Incorporation into
conformity.
g) Amendments to Subpart B of these bylaws shall be effective at the close of the Conference
except as otherwise specified.
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APRIL/MAY 2012
2012 WSBC New Business Motion
PROPOSAL ITEM A-A
Motion
Move to grant the Conference Seal of Approval to the rewritten pamphlet, Before You Take That First
Compulsive Bite.
Submitted By
Board of Trustees
Barb G., Region 7 Trustee
Phone: On file
Email: On file
Intent
This is a procedural motion to obtain the Conference Seal of Approval in accordance with the
literature procedures adopted at the World Service Business Conference 1985.
NOTE
This is a complete rewrite of the pamphlet Before You Take That First Compulsive Bite. Therefore, the
strikethrough/underline format is not used.
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BEFORE YOU TAKE THAT FIRST
COMPULSIVE BITE, REMEMBER . . .
Our commitment to abstinence from compulsive eating is the most important thing in
our lives without exception! When we eat more (or less) food than we need, we are
quickly reminded that compulsive eating impairs our health, dulls our faculties and
disrupts any chance we have for peace of mind. Abstinence brings clarity and can help
us more quickly understand the underlying causes of our destructive relationship with
food.
When confronted with the urge to eat compulsively, we find it helpful to consider the
following points before taking that first compulsive bite.
1. Look beyond the initial pleasure of eating to the inevitable feelings of physical
discomfort, self-recrimination and hopelessness. Many OA members refer to this
practice as “thinking the bite through.”
2. Be grateful that you have found OA and no longer need to use food to solve your
problems.
3. Don’t be surprised by a desire to eat compulsively. Even after being abstinent for a
period of time, you may find that your overactive imagination tempts you with
sudden impulses to restrict or eat compulsively, feeling you will be free from the
inevitable destructive consequences.
As disturbing as these cravings and feelings are, you do not have to act on them.
4. Always remember: each time you face a situation without restricting, purging or
compulsive overeating, you strengthen your spiritual connection to your Higher
Power, making the next challenge easier.
5. Regardless of how upset you are, or how intense the desire to eat may be, you can
take specific actions to offset an inappropriate desire for food, such as praying,
calling an OA friend or writing about it.
6. Avoid self-pity! You may never be able to eat like a “normal” person. However, by
following the OA program you can learn a way of living that addresses your
shortcomings and helps you become the person you were meant to be.
7. Don’t dwell on any real or imagined pleasure you once got from certain foods.
“Change the channel!”
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8. Don’t believe the lie that food will make a bad situation better or easier to live with.
Compulsively over- or undereating your way through a bad situation only creates
more problems; remaining abstinent helps you think clearly and remain “in the
solution.”
9. Remember all the people you’ve met in program who are helping you stay abstinent.
10. Seek out ways to help other compulsive eaters. Remember, the first and best way
you can help others is to be abstinent yourself. “Those of us who live this program
don’t simply carry the message; we are the message” (The Twelve Steps and Twelve
Traditions of Overeaters Anonymous, p. 106).
11. Remember that
• each abstinent day brings with it honesty, integrity and accountability;
• each abstinent day is a gift worth going to any length to experience; and
• a decision to be abstinent today will enable you to overcome fears of not getting
enough food, attention or love.
12. Cultivate a helpful association of ideas:
• Abstinence leads to being happy, joyous and free; taking that first compulsive
bite brings back shame and remorse.
• Abstinence leads to self-respect and peace of mind; taking that first compulsive
bite activates the disease, leading to cravings and food obsession.
13. Cultivate gratitude that
• refraining from one small bite can dramatically change your outlook on life;
• you are no longer alone—you have found OA and a Fellowship of people who
truly understand and want to help you;
• you have an illness, not a moral shortcoming, and your disease can be arrested
one day at a time, simply by not taking that first compulsive bite;
• abstaining from compulsive overeating can help reverse the devastating effects of
this disease on mind, body and spirit; and
• you no longer need to use food for comfort; in time, you will learn to accept life
on life’s terms without the need to chase food for pleasure.
14. Think again and again about the joyful aspects of abstinence, such as
• the return of balance to mind and body;
• the growing sense of appreciation and gratitude for even the smallest aspects of a
new life; and
• the ability to face life’s challenges with peace of mind, self-respect and an open
heart.
15. Remind yourself that when your heart is heavy, your resistance is low or your mind
is troubled and confused, you will find comfort in the Fellowship of Overeaters
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In OA, you are among people who truly understand you—a part of something special.
Welcome to Overeaters Anonymous. Welcome home.
The Twelve Steps
1. We admitted we were powerless over food—that our lives had become
unmanageable.
2. Came to believe that a Power greater than ourselves could restore us to sanity.
3. Made a decision to turn our will and our lives over to the care of God as we
understood Him.
4. Made a searching and fearless moral inventory of ourselves.
5. Admitted to God, to ourselves and to another human being the exact nature of our
wrongs.
6. Were entirely ready to have God remove all these defects of character.
7. Humbly asked Him to remove our shortcomings.
8. Made a list of all persons we had harmed, and became willing to make amends to
them all.
9. Made direct amends to such people wherever possible, except when to do so would
injure them or others.
10. Continued to take personal inventory and when we were wrong, promptly admitted
it.
11. Sought through prayer and meditation to improve our conscious contact with God
as we understood Him, praying only for knowledge of His will for us and the power to
carry that out.
12. Having had a spiritual awakening as the result of these Steps, we tried to carry this
message to compulsive overeaters and to practice these principles in all our affairs.
Permission to use the Twelve Steps of Alcoholics Anonymous for adaptation granted by
AA World Services, Inc.
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SPONSORING THROUGH THE TWELVE STEPS
The Twelve Steps of OA
1. We admitted we were powerless over food—that our lives had become
unmanageable.
2. Came to believe that a Power greater than ourselves could restore us to sanity.
3. Made a decision to turn our will and our lives over to the care of God as we
understood Him.
4. Made a searching and fearless moral inventory of ourselves.
5. Admitted to God, to ourselves and to another human being the exact nature of our
wrongs.
6. Were entirely ready to have God remove all these defects of character.
7. Humbly asked Him to remove our shortcomings.
8. Made a list of all persons we had harmed and became willing to make amends to
them all.
9. Made direct amends to such people wherever possible, except when to do so
would injure them or others.
10. Continued to take personal inventory and when we were wrong, promptly admitted
it.
11. Sought through prayer and meditation to improve our conscious contact with God
as we understood Him, praying only for knowledge of His will for us and the power
to carry that out.
12. Having had a spiritual awakening as the result of these Steps, we tried to carry this
message to compulsive overeaters and to practice these principles in all our affairs.
Permission to use the Twelve Steps of Alcoholics Anonymous for adaptation granted by
AA World Services, Inc.
Introduction
Sponsorship is one of the vital keys to recovery in Overeaters Anonymous (OA).
Sponsors are abstinent OA members who are committed to refraining from compulsive
eating and compulsive food behaviors, while working towards or maintaining a healthy
body weight. They are practicing the Twelve Steps and Twelve Traditions to the best of
their ability, and are willing to share their experience, strength and hope with other
compulsive eaters. Sharing with others is one way sponsors maintain their recovery;
thus, both sponsor and sponsee benefit from the relationship.
By reaching out for help from a sponsor, a sponsee is putting into action the
words of the OA Promise: “I put my hand in yours, and together we can do what we
could never do alone.” Reaching out for help involves a degree of surrender. The
sponsorship relationship involves commitment from both individuals.
This guide provides suggestions to help sponsors guide their sponsees through
the Twelve Steps of Overeaters Anonymous. All sponsors are sharing the OA Twelve-
Step program up to the level of their own experience.
Many sponsors work with local sponsees, but it is not uncommon to maintain
the relationship by phone, email or letters.
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Some sponsors take a highly structured approach; others are easygoing and
flexible. Since ours is a disease of isolation, sponsors encourage their sponsees to
develop the habit of reaching out for help. It is usually the sponsee’s responsibility to
contact the sponsor. Some sponsors designate specific times for sponsees to contact
them, while others are available at any time. Whatever guidelines you use, sharing your
experience, strength and hope is as essential to being a good sponsor as is careful
listening.
If you and others in your area are all new to OA, we suggest that you pair up
and help each other use this guide. You can better understand methods of working the
Steps with another person by attending Step-study meetings or by discussing sponsorship
problems with other sponsors. But in general, the best way to learn to be a sponsor is to
have a sponsor.
The Twelve Steps of Overeaters Anonymous
The Twelve Steps are the heart of our program. Without them Overeaters
Anonymous would be just another diet club.
Reading OA-approved and AA Conference-approved literature is an excellent
way for sponsees to learn about these life-changing Steps.
This includes
• The Twelve Steps and Twelve Traditions of Overeaters Anonymous, commonly
referred to as the OA “Twelve and Twelve”;
• A Guide for Sponsors, which includes 30 questions to acquaint the sponsee with
the first three Steps of the OA recovery program; and
• The Twelve-Step Workbook of Overeaters Anonymous, which helps sponsees
strengthen their program by answering thought-provoking questions drawn
from the OA “Twelve and Twelve”;
• Alcoholics Anonymous, commonly referred to as the Big Book (specifically, the
preface through page 164); and
• AA’s Twelve Steps and Twelve Traditions (the AA “Twelve and Twelve”).
Many OA members have learned from experience that most of the suggestions in
AA literature also work for food compulsions and obsessions. Other helpful
publications include Alcoholics Anonymous, commonly referred to as the Big Book
(specifically, the preface through page 103) and AA’s Twelve Steps and Twelve
Traditions (the AA “Twelve and Twelve”). Many OA members have learned
from experience that the suggestions in AA literature also work for food
compulsions and obsessions.
If someone wants your help in working the Steps, it is useful to have information
on common practices. Most sponsors feel that frequent or daily contact is most
beneficial. Meeting with your sponsee is a good time to read the literature, discuss the
Steps and address questions or comments that may arise. Help your sponsee understand
each Step by recommending specific reading assignments from the “Twelve and
Twelve” literature and the Big Book. In addition, the sponsee will gain deeper
understanding by writing answers to Step questions rather than by discussion alone.
Sponsors often do the same writing assignments as their sponsees, sharing their written
answers after the sponsees read theirs.
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The first few weeks of the sponsoring relationship are a good time for the
sponsee to create and begin to follow a plan of eating, possibly weighing and measuring
food portions; report regularly to a sponsor; accept some sponsoring guidelines; attend
meetings; and get acquainted with using the tools of the program.
OA literature recommends visiting a qualified health-care professional such as a
nutritionist, dietitian or doctor to assist in developing healthy eating practices. The OA
pamphlet Dignity of Choice also offers ideas for suggested plans of eating.
Some sponsors and sponsees may choose to keep their relationship anonymous.
Others will be happy to be open about their sponsorship relationship. The OA Anonymity
booklet and The Tools of Recovery pamphlet explain anonymity and its importance. It is
also important that the sponsor and sponsee commit themselves to being completely
honest with each other.
Sponsees Becoming Sponsors
At certain points in the sponsoring relationship, it is appropriate to encourage
your sponsees to indicate at meetings that they are qualified sponsors. By becoming
sponsors and sharing up to their level of experience, they can start giving back what they
have received in order to maintain spiritual recovery and abstinence. While the Steps are
ongoing, the initial completion of Steps Three, Four, Five, Ten and Twelve are
especially appropriate times to do this.
You may also consider introducing the sponsee as a sponsor yourself. Or, if you
want to maintain your sponsoring anonymity, you can ask the group secretary to do the
introduction.
NOTE: Throughout this pamphlet, all references to the “Twelve and Twelve” literature
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STEP ONE: We admitted we were powerless over food—that our lives had become
unmanageable.
Step One has two parts: admitting powerlessness and admitting
unmanageability. To better understand these concepts, sponsors will have their sponsees
read Step information, either alone or with the sponsor. Suggest reading Step One from
the “Twelve and Twelve” literature. Some sponsors also suggest reading “The Doctor’s
Opinion,” “Bill’s Story” and “More About Alcoholism” from the Big Book. Discussing
the ideas or questions that arise from these readings can help in understanding
compulsive eating as a serious three-fold disease.
Following are examples of questions to use with a sponsee in discussion or
writing assignments:
How do you know you are a compulsive eater?
What evidence shows that you are powerless over food?
What methods have you used to control your eating or weight?
When do you first remember being unhappy about your size or eating behaviors?
What were the results of your last binge?
How can compulsive eating be a matter of life or death?
Is there any other diet or weight-loss program you want to try?
Can you trust yourself with food?
Do you feel defeated by food?
Are you willing to go to any length to recover?
What does “going to any length” mean to you?
How has food made your life unmanageable?
Do parts of your life seem out of control?
Recount your eating history.
If sponsees are not sure they are ready to follow a plan of eating or to work the
Steps, they will still benefit from attending more meetings or talking to other OA
members. If sponsees want to try methods other than OA (or other methods in addition
to OA) to recover from compulsive eating and compulsive food behaviors, encourage
them to do so. Sponsors share their experience, strength and hope with sponsees. OA
welcomes all who have a desire to stop eating compulsively.
If your sponsee is following suggestions and shows a willingness to embrace the
program, continue sharing your experience of working the Steps and go on to Step Two.
STEP TWO: Came to believe that a Power greater than ourselves could restore us to
sanity.
Like Step One, Step Two has two components: coming to believe and accepting
the need to have sanity restored. A commonly accepted definition of insanity is “doing
the same thing and expecting a different result.” Some sponsors discuss the idea of
insanity first, then the belief in a power greater than ourselves. Whichever approach you
use, being powerless necessitates finding some kind of power to do the seemingly
impossible. To help with this process, suggest that your sponsee read Step Two in the
“Twelve and Twelve” literature. Some sponsors also suggest reading “We Agnostics” in
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After attending meetings and seeing the recovery of other OA members, some
sponsees, particularly those who are agnostics or atheists, come to believe in the OA
Fellowship and its tools as powers greater than themselves. Although Step Two does not
mention God, some people may turn to a Higher Power from an organized religion or
their childhood understanding.
Honesty, willingness and open-mindedness are all that are necessary for
sponsees to move through this Step, whether they come into OA with a strong faith or
with an agnostic or atheistic disposition. As the OA “Twelve and Twelve” points out on
page 14, we can “set aside theological arguments and examine the idea of spiritual
power in the light of our own desperate need for help with our lives.” (p.14).
Some of these questions may be useful:
Have you demonstrated insane behaviors concerning food?
Do you believe you need to be restored to sanity?
Have you come to believe recovery is possible?
Being powerless over food, can you see the need to find a Higher Power to help
you recover?
What powers are greater than you are?
What in the OA program has helped you thus far?
What do you believe has the power to restore you to sanity?
Are you willing to believe in a power greater than you are?
One definition of a compulsion is “an irresistible urge to perform an irrational
act.” Giving socially acceptable reasons for socially unacceptable behavior is
rationalizing. Although compulsive overeaters may be rational in many respects, most
have been insane with their eating behaviors. Many OA members admit to rationalizing
and making excuses for compulsive eating. Generate discussion about compulsions and
insane behaviors by asking questions such as the following:
Do you continue to expect different results from the same behaviors?
Do you have irresistible urges to eat or control your food?
Do you make excuses for or rationalize your eating behaviors?
Have you ever considered that compulsive eating is not rational or sane?
Do you have difficulty believing the evidence shown in the mirror, on the scales
or by clothes that don’t fit?
What are irrational ways in which you use food?
Have you ever exhibited unacceptable eating behaviors alone or with others?
Do you binge, purge, sneak, hide or restrict food?
Is it impossible to stop your eating behaviors despite feelings of humiliation,
shame and remorse?
Have critical health conditions been brought on or worsened by compulsive
eating?
Have you bought excess food with money that should have been used for other
needs?
Have you ever contemplated or attempted suicide?
Is food a power greater than yourself?
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Ask your sponsee(s) if they have come to believe that a power greater than
themselves can restore them to sanity. If a sponsee indicate even a willingness to
believe, he or she is ready for Step Three.
STEP THREE: Made a decision to turn our will and our lives over to the care
of God as we understood Him.
A sponsee can prepare for this Step by reading Step Three in the “Twelve and
Twelve” literature, as well as the discussion of Step Three in the Big Book, pages 60-63.
The symptoms of food compulsion suggest that compulsive eating is a physical,
emotional and spiritual illness. The literature explains that by correcting this spiritual
disease, we can overcome physical, emotional and spiritual problems. Step Three
addresses the spiritual malady, indicating that a decision to surrender to a power greater
than ourselves is necessary for recovery on all three levels. To “turn our will and our
lives over” to a power greater than ourselves requires willingness, surrender and
humility.
The Third Step gives OA members the freedom to design their own concept of
God. Some sponsors ask their sponsees to write a list or job description of what they
want their Higher Power to be. The following questions are helpful:
Who or what is the God of your understanding?
Do you have fears about surrendering to something greater than yourself?
What does surrender mean to you?
Are you willing to try surrendering to suggestions on how to recover?
Can you come up with an idea of a loving God as described in Tradition Two?
Is the God you describe one that you would be willing to turn your will and life
over to?
Are you willing to turn your will and your life over to the care of the God of
your understanding?
If the sponsee has thought well about this decision and has discussed this Step
thoroughly, it can be helpful to say the Third-Step Prayer together (page 63 of the Big
Book). Having made this decision, the sponsee is ready for Step Four.
STEP FOUR: Made a searching and fearless moral inventory of ourselves.
Step Four is the beginning of the recommended personal housecleaning.
Directions for a written moral inventory can be found in the OA Fourth-Step Inventory
Guide, Step Four in the “Twelve and Twelve” literature, or in The Twelve-Step Workbook
of Overeaters Anonymous. It can also be helpful to Many sponsors also read the Big Book
from the bottom of page 63 through the end of Chapter 5 with their sponsees.
An inventory amounts to honestly looking at facts. In trying to do so, we recall
that we said we were willing to go to any lengths. Although others may be at fault in
many instances, the inventory is about the writer and how he or she has contributed to
the problems. Basic character defects include resentment, selfishness, dishonesty and
fear. These shortcomings give rise to a host of related defects such as self-pity, selfcenteredness,
self-righteousness, guilt, blame, jealousy, pride, arrogance, laziness,
negativity, unreasonable expectations, perfectionism, hopelessness, depression,
judgment and criticism. The list can go on and on. The Reading the suggested literature
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destructive characteristics. But however the sponsee approaches the inventory, OA
members have found that writing it down is essential.
Formats vary for taking this Step, but many sponsors agree that resentments are
the number one offender. Therefore, most sponsees begin by going back through their
lives, making a list of all persons, institutions, situations, principles and things at which
they are angry. Many people find they have some resentment toward nearly everyone
and everything.
After the sponsee makes the initial grudge list, he or she lists the reasons for the
resentments and examines his or her wrongdoings in each situation. These wrongdoings
are examples of how personal character defects add fuel to a problem and often justify
negative behaviors or skew facts in favor of the sponsee. Most inventories include a
section on fear, even when no resentments are connected to them. The sponsee can
address dishonesty and selfishness in all situations. The following questions are helpful:
Toward whom do I feel resentful?
Against what institutions, situations and principles do I hold resentments?
Would I secretly like to do the same if I could get away with it?
How have I contributed to the problem?
What unreasonable expectations do I have?
Am I asking for more than my share?
Did the outcome I wanted benefit myself more than others?
What was I afraid of losing?
What did I fear I wouldn’t get?
Where have I been dishonest, selfish or inconsiderate?
Whom have I hurt by my behaviors?
Did I arouse jealousy, bitterness or suspicion?
Where have I been at fault?
What should I have done instead?
What ideals do I think God would have me uphold from now on?
Am I willing to pray for guidance to do the right thing in each situation?
Sponsors will be available for questions during the inventory process and often
share their own experiences. Such dialog can help develop the honesty that many
compulsive eaters lack in relationships. It also helps build the trust that will be needed in
case the sponsor is chosen to hear the sponsee’s Fifth Step.
Asking a sponsee to commit to writing regularly on Step Four, even setting aside
just 10 or 15 minutes a day, works better than occasional efforts. If a sponsee gets
concerned about sharing his or her Fifth Step or about making amends, remind the
person to focus on the inventory and on the present rather than on the future.
A vital part of examining the wreckage of the past is for the sponsee to honestly
write down everything that has bothered him or her. The Big Book says that by being
thorough, a lot will have been written down. When the sponsee feels he or she is
finished writing, ask if the sponsee has been fearless and thorough. Sponsors may also
suggest that sponsees ask their Higher Power to show them if they have forgotten or
omitted anything. At this point, sponsees may begin to feel remorse or even wish
forgiveness for some of their actions and start taking a kindly or tolerant view toward
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take Step Five.
STEP FIVE: Admitted to God, to ourselves, and to another human being the exact
nature of our wrongs.
Step Five is next in the process of thorough housecleaning. To recover from
compulsive eating, it is important for the sponsee to share the exact nature of his or her
wrongs with another person. While many sponsees take their Fifth Step with their
sponsor, some turn their Fifth Step over to another abstinent OA member or to a
therapist, counselor or spiritual advisor. This decision belongs entirely to the sponsee.
Direct the sponsee toward the literature, which gives clear suggestions for choosing such
a person. Some sponsors also suggest reading pages 72 to 75 in the Big Book.
The sponsee may have developed feelings of safety and trust as the sponsoring
relationship has continued. If the sponsee chooses you to be the listener in this vital
process, it is essential that you remain open-minded and nonjudgmental, while observing
the tradition of anonymity.
It may take part of a day or many meetings to do the Fifth Step with another
person. The sponsor and sponsee will usually meet together to share the Step, sometimes
starting with a prayer. However, if you have a long-distance relationship, the telephone
may be the only reasonable solution. Most sponsors ask their sponsees to read what they
have written, although sometimes the list and writings are used for more dialog. A
sponsor will listen and make helpful comments, as well as share insights and similar
experiences.
Hopefully, it will become obvious after a short time that a sponsee has
thoroughly investigated his or her shortcomings. Occasionally, however, it may become
clear that the sponsee still has work to do. The sponsee may not have addressed large
time gaps or major defects. The inventory may consist primarily of complaining, selfpity
and fault-finding. In this case, it’s common for sponsors to share further some of
their own Fourth-Step writings to clarify how to take one’s own inventory.
Some parts of an inventory may appear redundant. However, keep in mind that
the repetition may be a necessary part of the healing process.
When sponsees have completed the Fifth Step, most sponsors ask them to take
time to reflect and pray about the process they’ve just completed and review the Steps
they’ve taken. Sponsees can ask themselves the following questions:
Is there anything I have omitted from this inventory?
Have I shared everything with another human being?
Is there anything I want to keep secret forever?
Can I see fear as an underlying factor in my problems?
Have I shared the exact nature of my wrongs?
Have I included my Higher Power in this process?
Have I been fearless and thorough to the best of my ability?
Do I have a sense of relief or freedom?
Have I experienced the nearness of my Higher Power?
Do I believe I have begun to have a spiritual experience?
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Completion of Step Five leads immediately into Step Six. Sponsees should retain
their Step-Four inventories because they will be useful when doing Steps Eight and
Nine.
STEP SIX: Were entirely ready to have God remove all these defects of character.
Step Six can be relatively short, or it may include more writing. Usually sponsees
take this Step after prayer and meditation. Some sponsors simply ask the question, “Are
you entirely ready for God to remove all your defects of character?” If a sponsee can
answer honestly that he or she is ready or willing to be ready, those sponsors consider
that Step Six has been taken.
Other sponsors have their sponsees list all the troublesome behaviors and
attitudes they discovered while writing their Fourth-Step inventory, and then examine
how these behaviors and attitudes lead to compulsive eating.
Although the Big Book devotes only one short paragraph on page 76 to this Step,
useful discussion can be sparked by reading Step Six in the “Twelve and Twelve”
literature with your sponsee. If you ask your sponsee to list problematic traits, you can
also ask the person to examine and strive for the opposite characteristics. Resentments
can be replaced by practicing kindness, patience, tolerance, forgiveness and love;
dishonesty by practicing honesty; selfishness by practicing consideration and compassion
for others; and fear by practicing faith and courage. Behaving better than how we feel
and acting well in all our affairs can result in character defects being removed.
The following questions can be helpful:
How has each defect worked for you?
How has each behavior and attitude caused you trouble?
How can these defects contribute to or affect the outcome of situations?
Do you have shortcomings you want to hold on to?
If so, what is the payoff?
Are you afraid of what will happen if you let them go?
Are you willing to allow God to remove your character defects?
Can you put aside old ideas that are no longer working for you?
Are you willing to practice letting go of these shortcomings?
Remind sponsees that willingness is the essence of Step Six, even though a
Higher Power has the job of removing character defects. If the sponsee is willing to have
shortcomings removed, he or she is ready for Step Seven.
STEP SEVEN: Humbly asked Him to remove our shortcomings.
Step Seven points to prayer and humility, implying that both are necessary to
continue taking the Steps. Humility is often considered the essence of Step Seven. Being
humble might be defined as accepting things exactly as they are. Reading and discussing
Step Seven from the “Twelve and Twelve” literature can help a sponsee more fully
understand the concept of humility and the part acceptance plays in this Step.
Some sponsors will ask sponsees to say the Seventh-Step Prayer from page 76 in
the Big Book. Other sponsors take a more involved approach. As mentioned in the OA
“Twelve and Twelve” on page 62, a sponsee “might begin with a prayer for genuine
humility.” You can ask additional questions, including:
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What does humility mean to you?
Can you see that low self-esteem, as well as pride, is evidence of a lack of
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Have you struggled to get rid of traits you don’t like?
Can you accept that some character defects may not be removed immediately?
Can you see the necessity of inviting God to remove your shortcomings?
Do you believe God can remove your defects?
If the sponsee is ready to complete Step Seven, you might suggest saying the
Seventh-Step Prayer together before approaching Step Eight.
STEP EIGHT: Made a list of all persons we had harmed and became willing to make
amends to them all.
When writing the Fourth-Step inventory, most sponsees develop a list of
resentments. Sponsors usually ask them to look over this list and write down the names
of those they have harmed as a result. To assist in deciding whether real harm has been
done, ask the following questions:
Was the harm done in thought or in action?
Have your attitudes resulted in actual harm?
When in doubt as to whether harm has been done, sponsors suggest that the
sponsee include those names on the list for later evaluation. Asking a Higher Power for
guidance about the list and for the willingness to make amends is essential. The
literature also recommends praying for the health, happiness, prosperity and benefit of
those whom the sponsee has harmed. However, sometimes the willingness to right a
wrong does not come easily. In such cases, you can guide the sponsee to organize the list
into several sections such as:
a) those to whom the sponsee is currently willing to make amends;
b) amends that will require time to make, such as long-term financial restitution
or amends that need further thought, prayer, writing and/or discussion;
c) living amends that require the sponsee not only to apologize but also to
change behavior or to repair damages; and
d) amends the sponsee is not yet willing to make.
Reviewing Fourth-Step questions from the OA “Twelve and Twelve” literature
can also be helpful when making such a list. Others might refer back to the Fourth-Step
inventory they completed when using the Big Book or any other Fourth-Step inventory
format. After the sponsee has listed all persons who have been harmed, and if the
sponsee is willing to proceed to Step Nine, then this initial Step Eight has been
completed.
Many OA members find, as time goes by in recovery, that other Step-Eight
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STEP NINE: Made direct amends to such people wherever possible, except when to
do so would injure them or others.
Step Nine can help sponsees establish better relationships. Step Nine in the
“Twelve and Twelve” literature and the Big Book contains helpful information for
making amends. By making amends for past behaviors, this Step allows sponsees to
replace fear with faith, to build self-respect, and to begin experiencing miracles of
recovery and conscious contact with a Higher Power.
Step Nine completes the process begun in Step Four. As amends progress,
resentments, self-pity and anger often disappear. Sponsees may also begin to experience
forgiveness and compassion toward those for whom they previously harbored negative
feelings. Therefore, sponsees may find they are no longer in bondage to compulsive
overeating and self-obsession.
Sponsors can reassure sponsees by sharing some of their own personal
experiences when making amends. This will help give sponsees the courage to undertake
this miraculous and transforming Step. To prepare for making each amends, sponsees
can ask themselves these questions:
What have I done to harm this person?
Will I harm this person or others if I make amends to him or her?
Is my amends implying any wrongdoing on the other’s part?
Have I kept my apology as short and simple as possible?
Am I willing to make this amends?
Do I need to ask God to give me the honesty, willingness and strength to make
this apology?
Do I need to do other amends before I’m ready to do this one?
Do I need to pray for this person?
Is it possible for me to make direct amends with this person?
What is the best way for me to make amends for this situation?
What behaviors do I need to change?
Have I experienced forgiveness in the process of making some of my amends?
After the sponsee has listed the people who have been harmed, the sponsor can
review each name with the sponsee and discuss the harm done. Then the sponsee can
write down what he or she might say to the person receiving the amends. Frequently the
sponsor goes over the wording with the sponsee and encourages the sponsee to eliminate
any blame directed toward the person to whom the reparation is to be made.
A simple, appropriate amends might include a list of defects demonstrated by the
sponsee’s behavior, possibly with an example of an incident, and a sincere apology for
harm done. Before making the amends, sponsor and sponsee might rehearse the apology
together, finding the balance of being honest and considerate without groveling.
It’s often best to make face-to-face amends, but the sponsee can write a letter or
make a phone call for long-distance apologies. Suggest that the sponsee pray before
doing each amends, asking God’s guidance and remembering that a Higher Power is in
charge of the outcome.
Sometimes it’s not evident that the sponsee’s behaviors have harmed another
person, but the sponsee may harbor resentment or ill will toward that person. In such
cases, suggest that the sponsee ask God to help him or her develop a compassionate,
forgiving and tolerant view toward that person. However, sponsees must not let ill
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Most amends will require not only that a sponsee apologize, but also change
behaviors, correct wrongs and, if possible, repair damages. These actions are often called
“living amends.” Sponsors and sponsees usually discuss these thoroughly and develop a
plan for future behaviors. If a person cannot be contacted or amends cannot be made,
suggest alternative actions such as giving to others in a selfless way. Explain that we
have harmed ourselves in many ways, and we can make living amends to ourselves by
making amends to others.
While making amends, a sponsee needs to understand that “except when to do
so would injure them or others” does not mean injury to the sponsee from
embarrassment, fear, discomfort, financial burden or shame. Instead, injury to others
might include private information that could compromise employees, family members,
friends or others. It is critical to recovery for the sponsee to take direction from the
sponsor regarding amends that may not be appropriate.
Your support and guidance are vital in Step Nine. Sponsors who have taken this
Step will be able to share the joy and relief that most amends bring. Occasionally
reparations may not be well-received. The point of Step Nine is for sponsees to clean
their side of the street and let go of the results, whether positive or negative. It is
important to remind the sponsee that whatever happens when making amends, we
become closer to God, more at peace with ourselves and better able to be of service to
others. At this point many sponsees will begin to experience the promises listed on pages
83-84 in the Big Book.
After sponsees have begun to make amends, some sponsors introduce them to
Steps Ten, Eleven and Twelve, since some amends (such as financial) may take years to
complete. Other sponsors, however, feel it is beneficial to finish each Step before
proceeding further.
STEP TEN: Continued to take personal inventory and when we were wrong,
promptly admitted it.
Steps Ten, Eleven and Twelve are often called “maintenance,” “growth” or
“living” Steps because they enable OA members to maintain physical abstinence,
emotional sobriety and spiritual well-being, and to continue improving personal
relationships. Step Ten begins the process of incorporating the principles of the previous
Steps into everyday life. Sponsees are directed to grow in understanding and
effectiveness by continuing to watch for character defects.
When discussing Step Ten, it is helpful to read the “Twelve and Twelve”
literature with your sponsee. Some sponsors also refer to Step Ten in the Big Book,
starting on page 84. Explain to your sponsee that the Tenth Step may include a mental
or on-the-spot examination as situations arise, using a checklist, writing, or doing a daily
review with a sponsor or an OA buddy. The literature also suggests asking God to
remove defects as they appear, discussing problems with another person, making
amends quickly if others have been harmed, and then helping others by showing
kindness, patience, tolerance and love. Many OA members also take an annual in-depth
inventory by reviewing old questions; taking advantage of the many face-to-face, phone
and online Step-Study meetings, workshops and retreats; or using a different sponsor.
Although OA members generally agree that sponsees should take the Steps in
order, some sponsors have their sponsees begin making a daily review as soon as they
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To help with this spiritual discipline, sponsees can ask themselves questions such
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Have resentment, dishonesty, selfishness or fear cropped up?
Did I engage in worry, remorse, guilt or negativity?
Have I asked God if corrective measures need to be taken?
Do I need to discuss something with another person right away?
Have I harmed anyone?
Do I owe an apology?
Do I need to review one or more of the Steps?
Is there someone I need to help?
Do my actions toward others demonstrate love and tolerance?
When approached with a problematic situation, you can direct your sponsees to
take the new issue through the Steps. Sponsor and sponsee can begin together with the
Serenity Prayer, and then the sponsee can take Step One. Admitting he or she is
powerless over the situation, the sponsee can list ways in which the situation is making
life unmanageable.
Then ask the sponsee to take Step Two, discussing and remembering how a
Power greater than ourselves can return us to sanity. Step Three can lead the sponsee to
decide to turn the situation over to the care of his or her Higher Power.
Step Four will direct the sponsee to look at how he or she is contributing to the
problem, looking for defects, attitudes and behaviors. Step Five will be completed with
an oral inventory, or can be shared after the sponsee has finished writing.
You and your sponsee can then go through Steps Six and Seven again, as
discussed previously. Continuing with Steps Eight and Nine, you and your sponsee can
decide if and how amends need to be made.
By reviewing the “Twelve and Twelve” literature, sponsees can also explore
whether any Traditions have not been upheld. This can help sponsees understand how
to personally apply the principles contained in the Traditions, thus deepening their
understanding of how character defects manifest themselves. By taking this daily
inventory, sponsees can minimize or prevent the return of character defects and such
feelings as resentment, self-centeredness, dishonesty or fear.
Now is a good time to introduce sponsees to the Tenth-Step promises in the Big
Book, pages 84-85.
STEP ELEVEN: Sought through prayer and meditation to improve our conscious
contact with God as we understood Him, praying only for knowledge of His will for us
and the power to carry that out.
Sponsors will have already introduced sponsees to the concepts of Step Eleven
by encouraging them to build a relationship with God. Having worked the previous
Steps, sponsees will undoubtedly have had evidence of a Higher Power working in their
lives. However, continuing to maintain conscious contact with God ensures the spiritual
fitness necessary for continued abstinence and a life that remains happy, joyous and free.
Prayer is talking to God, and meditation is listening to God. Most sponsors
recognize that prayer and meditation are highly individualized practices and that there
are as many ways to pray and meditate as there are people. However, our literature the
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“Twelve and Twelve” literature and the Big Book explain the importance of
intentionally seeking the God of our understanding every day, developing a God
consciousness, developing intuition and coming to rely on it.
Step Eleven questions could include:
How have I sought God’s will for myself today?
Am I taking time to seek God’s will through prayer and meditation?
Have I attended my regular OA meetings so I can carry the message as well as
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Have I behaved towards others today as God would have me?
Was I the best example of the OA program that I could be today?
Was I useful to others?
Our literature suggests contacting God upon arising to ask for guidance in
planning the day. Encourage your sponsees to pray that God remove their selfcenteredness,
help them consider other people and give them inspiration; and that God’s
will be done. When problems arise throughout the day, the sponsee can pause, ask
God’s direction, and then relax, knowing the answers will come.
In addition to the above information, use Step Eleven as an opportunity for
sponsees to look in depth at the Twelve Traditions. To seek spiritual growth and
improved relationships with others, sponsees can use writing or another form of
meditation to consider questions such as:
How does each Tradition apply to my life on a personal, day-to-day level?
Do I apply the principles of the Steps and Traditions in all my affairs?
How has each of the promises manifested in my life?
What actions am I taking to seek improved conscious contact with the God of
my understanding?
Have I prayed selfishly?
Do I pray for knowledge of God’s will for me and the power to carry that out?
How do I manifest God’s will for me during the day?
As we grow in program, we learn to rely more and more on a higher spiritual
power, realizing that through prayer and meditation, we will be taken care of in a way
that we never thought possible.
STEP TWELVE: Having had a spiritual awakening as the result of these Steps, we
tried to carry this message to compulsive overeaters and to practice these principles
in all our affairs.
Arriving at Step Twelve is a gradual process rather than something that happens
at a set point in time. It does not mean we are cured of this disease or can rest on our
laurels. Practicing these principles in all our affairs and seeking God’s will become daily
disciplines and a way of life. Questions to be answered might include:
How do you know you have had a spiritual awakening?
What evidence do you have of a Higher Power working in your life?
What are the principles you have learned from taking all Twelve Steps?
In what ways do you practice these principles in all your affairs?
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How do you try to carry this message to other compulsive overeaters?
What is this message?
Has your concept of God changed as a result of taking the Steps?
As the OA Responsibility Pledge states, “Always to extend the hand and heart of
OA to all who share my compulsion; for this I am responsible.” If your sponsee has not
previously offered at meetings to sponsor someone, arriving at the Twelfth Step is a good
time to do so. The new sponsor is responsible for carrying the message of the Twelve
Steps to other compulsive eaters.
Many sponsees are intimidated by the prospect of becoming a sponsor. Many
sponsors, having worked with people who are eager for recovery and willing to do the
Steps, know the joy of carrying the message through a sponsoring relationship. As the
our literature suggests, it is an experience that must not be missed. Our program
emphasize that working with others is required for continuous recovery. This could
include sharing with other compulsive eaters, helping at a meeting, being a sponsor,
becoming involved in the OA service structure, or explaining to interested family or
friends what OA is and how it works.
None of us sponsor in isolation. A new sponsor will get much guidance by
following suggestions from his or her sponsor, particularly in the early days of
sponsoring. Reading Step Twelve in the “Twelve and Twelve” literature and “Working
With Others” from the Big Book will also be helpful. We cannot keep what we have
been given unless we give it away.
However the message is carried, Step Twelve provides insurance that both new
and longtime sponsors will continue to recover and to remain happy, joyous and free.
The OA Promise sums up this message of Twelve-Step recovery:
I put my hand in yours,
and together we can do what we could never do alone.
No longer is there a sense of hopelessness,
no longer must we each depend upon our own unsteady willpower.
We are all together now, reaching out our hands for power and strength greater
than ours, and as we join hands, we find love and understanding beyond our
wildest dreams.
The Twelve Traditions of OA
1. Our common welfare should come first; personal recovery depends upon OA
unity.
2. For our group purpose there is but one ultimate authority—a loving God as He
may express Himself in our group conscience. Our leaders are but trusted servants;
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do not govern.
3. The only requirement for OA membership is a desire to stop eating compulsively.
4. Each group should be autonomous except in matters affecting other groups or OA
as a whole.
5. Each group has but one primary purpose—to carry its message to the compulsive
overeater who still suffers.
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facility or outside enterprise, lest problems of money, property and prestige divert
us from our primary purpose.
7. Every OA group ought to be fully self-supporting, declining outside contributions.
8. Overeaters Anonymous should remain forever nonprofessional, but our service
centers may employ special workers.
9. OA, as such, ought never be organized; but we may create service boards or
committees directly responsible to those they serve.
10. Overeaters Anonymous has no opinion on outside issues; hence the OA name
ought never be drawn into public controversy.
11. Our public relations policy is based on attraction rather than promotion; we need
always maintain personal anonymity at the level of press, radio, films, television
and other public media of communication.
12. Anonymity is the spiritual foundation of all these Traditions, ever reminding us to
place principles before personalities.
Permission to use the Twelve Traditions of Alcoholics Anonymous for adaptation
granted by AA World Services, Inc.
The Twelve Concepts of OA Service
1. The ultimate responsibility and authority for OA world services reside in the
collective conscience of our whole Fellowship.
2. The OA groups have delegated to World Service Business Conference the active
maintenance of our world services; thus, World Service Business Conference is the
voice, authority and effective conscience of OA as a whole.
3. The right of decision, based on trust, makes effective leadership possible.
4. The right of participation ensures equality of opportunity for all in the decisionmaking
process.
5. Individuals have the right of appeal and petition in order to ensure that their
opinions and personal grievances will be carefully considered.
6. The World Service Business Conference has entrusted the Board of Trustees with
the primary responsibility for the administration of Overeaters Anonymous.
7. The Board of Trustees has legal rights and responsibilities accorded to them by OA
Bylaws, Subpart A; the rights and responsibilities of the World Service Business
Conference are accorded to it by Tradition and by OA Bylaws, Subpart B.
8. The Board of Trustees has delegated to its Executive Committee the responsibility
to administer the World Service Office.
9. Able, trusted servants, together with sound and appropriate methods of choosing
them, are indispensable for effective functioning at all service levels.
10. Service responsibility is balanced by carefully defined service authority; therefore,
duplication of efforts is avoided.
11. Trustee administration of the World Service Office should always be assisted by
the best standing committees, executives, staffs and consultants.
12. The spiritual foundation for OA service ensures that:
a. no OA committee or service body shall ever become the seat of perilous
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c. no OA member shall ever be placed in a position of unqualified authority;
d. all important decisions shall be reached by discussion, vote and whenever
possible, by substantial unanimity;
e. no service action shall ever be personally punitive or an incitement to public
controversy; and
f. no OA service committee or service board shall ever perform any acts of
government, and each shall always remain democratic in thought and action.
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This is a procedural motion to obtain the Conference Seal of Approval in accordance with the
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You’re not alone anymore . . .
The Twelve Steps
1. We admitted we were powerless over food—that our lives had become unmanageable.
2. Came to believe that a Power greater than ourselves could restore us to sanity.
3. Made a decision to turn our will and our lives over to the care of God as we
understood Him.
4. Made a searching and fearless moral inventory of ourselves.
5. Admitted to God, to ourselves and to another human being the exact nature of
our wrongs.
6. Were entirely ready to have God remove all these defects of character.
7. Humbly asked Him to remove our shortcomings.
8. Made a list of all persons we had harmed and became willing to make amends to
them all.
9. Made direct amends to such people wherever possible, except when to do so
would injure them or others.
10. Continued to take personal inventory and when we were wrong, promptly
admitted it.
11. Sought through prayer and meditation to improve our conscious contact with
God as we understood Him, praying only for knowledge of His will for us and the
power to carry that out.
12. Having had a spiritual awakening as the result of these Steps, we tried to carry
this message to compulsive overeaters and to practice these principles in all our
affairs.
Permission to use the Twelve Steps of Alcoholics Anonymous for adaptation
granted by AA World Services, Inc.
Welcome, Newcomer!
Now that you have found Overeaters Anonymous, you may want to make sure
our program is right for you. You may find Many of us have found it useful to answer
the following questions to help determine if you we have a problem with compulsive
eating.
Are You a Compulsive Overeater?
1. Do you I eat when you’re I’m not hungry, or not eat when my body needs
nourishment?
2. Do you I go on eating binges for no apparent reason, sometimes eating until I’m
stuffed or even feel sick?
3. Do you I have feelings of guilt, and remorse after overeating? shame or
embarrassment about my weight or the way I eat?
4. Do you give too much time and thought to food? Do I eat sensibly in front of
others and then make up for it when I am alone?
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6. Do you plan these secret binges ahead of time? When my emotions are
intense—whether positive or negative—do I find myself reaching for food?
7. Do you eat sensibly before others and make up for it alone? Do my eating
behaviors make me or others unhappy?
8. Is your weight affecting the way you live your life? Have I ever used laxatives,
vomiting, diuretics, excessive exercise, diet pills, shots or other medical
interventions (including surgery) to try to control my weight?
9. Have you tried to diet for a week (or longer), only to fall short of your goal? Do
I fast or severely restrict my food intake to control my weight?
10. Do you resent others telling you to “use a little willpower” to stop overeating?
Do I fantasize about how much better life would be if I were a different size or
weight?
11. Despite evidence to the contrary, have you continued to assert that you can diet
“on your own” whenever you wish? Do I need to chew or have something in
my mouth all the time: food, gum, mints, candies or beverages?
12. Do you crave to eat at a definite time, day or night, other than mealtime? Have I
ever eaten food
• that is burned, frozen or spoiled;
• from containers in the grocery store; or
• out of the garbage?
13. Do you eat to escape from worries or trouble? Are there certain foods I can’t
stop eating after having the first bite?
14. Have you ever been treated for obesity or a food-related condition? Have I lost
weight with a diet or “period of control” only to be followed by bouts of
uncontrolled eating and/or weight gain?
15. Does your eating behavior make you or others unhappy? Do I spend too much
time thinking about food, arguing with myself about whether or what to eat,
planning the next diet or exercise cure, or counting calories?
Have you answered “yes” to three or more several of these questions? If so, it is
likely possible that you have, or are well on your way to having, a compulsive eating or
overeating problem.
As a newcomer to Overeaters Anonymous, you probably have many question
about this program of recovery. What makes OA different from other programs? How
can OA help you recover from compulsive eating and reach maintain a healthy weight
when everything else you’ve tried has failed? Can OA help you stop bingeing or yo-yo
dieting? How can you achieve freedom from food obsession and compulsive eating? Is
there any hope?
You Are Not Alone
You are no longer alone. We, too, have experienced hopelessness when we tried
to control our eating habits problems with food or eating. We have tried every diet and
used many methods to control our body size, without success. We could not enjoy life
because of our obsession with food, weight and/or size. We could not stop eating too
much even when we really wanted to. At times, some of us even refused to eat because
we were afraid we would be overcome by our appetite. We felt shame and humiliation
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We are not like normal people when it comes to eating. What all of us have in
common is that our bodies and minds seem to send us signals about food which are
seem to be quite different from those the normal eater receives. We Many of us can’t
stop once we start eating, and even if we have stopped through a diet, managed to stop
from time to time, we can’t keep from starting again. Some of us have repeatedly tried
and failed to control other compulsive eating behaviors. So the cycle continues.
In Overeaters Anonymous, we learned that we have an illness, an unhealthy
condition of body and mind that can be relieved on a daily basis. Our relationship with
food is one in which we cannot behave like normal eaters. We experience the need to
keep eating even after we have had a full meal. Certain foods, such as sugar, flour, fats
or salty snacks, may trigger our compulsion and cause uncontrollable cravings.
Sometimes even just the action of eating will stimulate us to eat more. These symptoms
of our disease are the common ground on which we base our recovery. OA offers a
solution. We find that we no longer want to return to the foods and eating behaviors that
created uncontrollable cravings in us. We have been released from our mental obsession.
We are able to achieve and maintain a healthy body weight. For us, that is nothing less
than a miracle. Many of us in OA have lost over 100 pounds (45 kg) and maintained a
healthy body size for years. We have found a way to abstain from our compulsive
behaviors with related to food, diets, weight, exercise and/or body image.
We realized that we could not recover by ourselves, so we learned to share with
other OA members. Instead of reaching for food to soothe our nerves, we went to a
meeting, wrote about our feelings, read some OA literature or called our sponsor. As we
practiced these new and healthy behaviors, we began to feel safe. We found a home in
the fellowship and support that OA offers us. We discovered that we can recover by
following OA’s Twelve Steps and by reaching out to help others with the same problem.
In OA, the only requirement for membership is the desire to stop eating compulsively—
no dues or fees are required because we support our Fellowship by giving voluntary
ontributions. We promise that if you work the Twelve Steps to the best of your ability,
regularly attend meetings and use OA’s tools, your life will change. You will experience
what we have: the miracle of recovery from compulsive eating.
How Do I Begin?
You have already begun by reading this pamphlet. We suggest that in addition to
reading OA literature, the best way to learn about OA is to attend meetings.
We consider meetings to be one of the tools essential to our recovery. At OA
meetings, you will find men and women of all ages who share the common problem of
compulsive eating and are finding a common solution through the Twelve Steps of
Overeaters Anonymous. Meetings typically last from one to one and a half hours. Some
can be as small as two people, while others may be as large as thirty or more.
The only requirement for membership is a desire to stop eating compulsively,
and newcomers are warmly welcomed at OA meetings. You are not required to
participate, although as a newcomer, you may be invited to introduce yourself with your
first name. Because anonymity is a critical principle of the OA program, you are assured
that your attendance and anything you choose to share will be held in confidence. There
are no dues or fees, but the meeting members will pass a basket for contributions used to
pay rent, buy literature and support OA’s service bodies.
Meeting formats include speaker meetings, topic meetings, Step or Tradition
meetings, and those based on OA-approved literature. Meetings usually begin with the
Serenity Prayer. Please note that OA is a spiritual program, not affiliated with any
religion. All people are welcome, regardless of whether they follow any organized
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We recommend that you attend at least six meetings to learn the many ways OA
can help you. You can find times and locations of meetings in your area on the oa.org
Web site. You can also find listings of online and telephone meetings. When you do
attend a meeting, plan to stay for a few minutes afterward to ask someone questions
about our program and how you can get started.
You will not find weigh-ins, packaged meals, dues or fees at an OA meeting.
What you will find is acceptance of who you are and understanding of the problems you
face with food!
The Twelve Steps
The OA Fellowship, founded in 1960, uses nearly is patterned after the same
Twelve Steps and Twelve Traditions as Alcoholics Anonymous (see the Steps and
Traditions on the inside front and back covers of this pamphlet), changing the words
“alcohol” and “alcoholic” to “food” and “compulsive overeater.” (see inside front and
back covers). You may think that compulsive overeating is too different from alcoholism
for the same program to apply. You may say that the alcoholic can simply stop drinking,
but we overeaters can’t quit eating. That’s really not the case! The alcoholic still has to
drink, but must stop drinking alcohol. We have to eat, but we simply have to stop eating
compulsively. Food for us has been as addictive as alcohol is for the alcoholics. We find
we suffer from the same type of thinking as any addict. We mistakenly think food will
give us relief from the difficulties of life or from our obsessive thinking, but instead
under- or overeating it often brings only the pain of guilt and disappointment in
ourselves.
Since we could not give up all food, we learned which foods and eating behavior
triggered our cravings. We started by being honest with another person about our eating.
We revealed our food secrets. By accepting that we were ill, we became willing to follow
directions given by someone who has experienced recovery. Rather than hoping we
could learn how to eat what we want when we want it, we learned that it is possible to
eat to live, rather than living to eat. We abstained from compulsive eating. This is the
beginning of Step One.
Then, Through the Twelve Steps, we found a Higher Power that restored us to
sanity. Once we were sane, We reached a point where we no longer wanted or needed to
return to compulsive eating, one day at a time.
A Power Greater than Ourselves
In Step One, we admitted our powerlessness over food. Since we could not give
up all food, we learned which foods, eating behaviors and/or emotions triggered our
cravings. If we found that all foods—any food—triggered our compulsion, we realized
that we needed to address our eating behavior rather than any particular food.
We started by being honest with another person about our eating. By accepting
that we were ill, we became willing to follow directions given by someone who has
experienced recovery. Rather than hoping we could learn how to eat what we want
when we want it, we learned that it is possible to eat to live, rather than live to eat. We
abstained from compulsive eating.
In Step Two, we learned that our recovery depends upon finding a power greater
than ourselves that can restore us to sanity. When we became willing to accept that we
were unable to find a solution on our own, we found that having this Higher Power
released us from our problem. We became ready to follow some simple directions—the
Twelve Steps—which made a difference in our thoughts, actions and emotions.
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The OA program is spiritual, not religious; the Higher Power you choose is one
of your own understanding, as it says in Step Three Step Three invites us to choose the
Higher Power of our own understanding. Some of us chose to consider the OA group as
the power greater than ourselves. Some of us chose a more traditional concept of God,
as we understood God, while others chose a different interpretation entirely. We were
not required to believe in any particular Higher Power, but we became aware that the
willpower we tried to use before OA hadn’t worked. So we became willing to stop
doubting and accepted that we needed help from some other source. By accepting and
surrendering to our own concept of a Higher Power and by working all of the Steps, we
were restored to sanity, and compulsive eating was no longer a problem for us.
We cannot emphasize strongly enough that the spiritual program of the Twelve
Steps of Overeaters Anonymous works. To recover from our disease, we needed to have
a new way of responding to life—in essence, a spiritual way of living. We found find this
through working the Twelve Steps. We don’t analyze why or how the Steps work. We
simply work them, one day at a time.
OA Is a Fellowship Working With a Sponsor
Being willing to trust another person with our feelings and thoughts was an
important step in our recovery. As newcomers we sought help in working the program
from the Fellowship—from OA members and sponsors who had the recovery we
wanted. Sponsors are OA members who are living the Twelve Steps and Twelve
Traditions to the best of their ability. They are willing to share their recovery with other
members of the Fellowship and are committed to abstinence from compulsive eating.
We find a sponsor by listening at meetings and asking someone who has the
recovery we want to sponsor us. A sponsor’s primary responsibility is to guide us
through the Twelve Steps. In this process, many sponsors help a sponsee develop a plan
of eating and an action plan of daily or long-term behaviors that will support the
sponsee’s efforts to gain and maintain abstinence.
We realized that we could not recover by ourselves, so we learned to share in
OA meetings. Instead of reaching for food to soothe our nerves, we went to a meeting,
wrote about our feelings, read some OA literature or called our sponsor.
As we repeated this healthy behavior, we began to feel safe. We found a home in
the fellowship and support that OA offered us.
A Plan of Eating, Not a Diet
The solution offered by OA does not include diet tips. We often tried diets with
the idea of reaching a goal weight and then being able to go back to eating as we would
like. In OA we discovered that this approach did not work.
To begin creating a food plan that works for you, we suggest you read the
pamphlets A Plan of Eating and Dignity of Choice. Most of us started by identifying the
foods, and eating behaviors and situations that caused us to binge, and we avoided
worked the program to avoid or minimize them. Some of us created structured food
plans, often with the help of a sponsor or health care professional. Some of us also
planned what made a daily plan of what we were going to eat on a daily basis and called
committed our plan to in our sponsor. Whatever approach we chose, we abstained from
compulsive eating.
OA takes no position on what constitutes proper food planning, either whether
for weight loss, gain or weight maintenance. OA does not furnish counseling services,
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OA members who want to learn about nutrition or who seek professional advice
are encouraged to consult qualified professionals. We may freely make use of such help,
with the assurance that OA supports each of us in our efforts to recover.
OA Literature
Whether in meetings or at home, we found OA-approved literature to be
invaluable to our recovery. Alcoholics Anonymous (the Big Book) and The Twelve Steps and
Twelve Traditions of Overeaters Anonymous and Alcoholics Anonymous (the Big Book) helped
us understand how the program works. The experience, strength and hope shared by
fellow OA members in the book Overeaters Anonymous, Second Edition; our two daily
reading books For Today and Voices of Recovery; Lifeline magazine; and other OA
publications remind us that we are not alone. Many meetings carry a supply of literature,
or you may order literature directly from the World Service Office (www.oa.org).
Just for Today
“I can do anything for 24 hours that I couldn’t do for a lifetime.” This was a new
way of thinking to for us when we came to OA. Before, we looked at our whole weight
problem, whether 5 pounds (2 kg), 100 pounds (45 kg) or more, and said, “What’s the
use? It’s too much for me. I can’t possibly do it.” overweight, underweight or unable to
stop a self-destructive behavior intended to control our weight, and found the idea of
changing our life overwhelming. “This is too much…too big… impossible… I can’t do
it.” Or we had a problem in life that would take much time to work out through, a
prospect that made all our today’s efforts seem futile inadequate.
Now we have learned that the principles of “easy does it” and “one day at a
time.” This They especially applies apply to learning the OA program. No one expects
us to understand and practice all the Twelve-Step principles at once. We need take only
one step at a time, one day at a time. We don’t have to look at everything right now—
the entire program or all the years ahead. Of course, we realize we must plan, but once
having planned, all we can do is act just for today.
Is OA for You?
Only you can decide; no one can make this decision for you. We who are now in
Overeaters Anonymous have found a way of life that enables us to live without the need
for excess food free of the food obsession. Remember, there is no shame in admitting
you have a problem; the most important thing is doing something about it you can do is
decide to take action. You’ve already taken a positive first step by reading this pamphlet.
The Twelve Traditions
1. Our common welfare should come first; personal recovery depends upon OA
unity.
2. For our group purpose there is but one ultimate authority—a loving God as He
may express Himself in our group conscience. Our leaders are but trusted
servants; they do not govern.
3. The only requirement for OA membership is a desire to stop eating
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4. Each group should be autonomous except in matters affecting other groups or
OA as a whole.
5. Each group has but one primary purpose—to carry its message to the compulsive
overeater who still suffers.
6. An OA group ought never endorse, finance or lend the OA name to any related
facility or outside enterprise, lest problems of money, property and prestige
divert us from our primary purpose.
7. Every OA group ought to be fully self-supporting, declining outside
contributions.
8. Overeaters Anonymous should remain forever nonprofessional, but our service
centers may employ special workers.
9. OA, as such, ought never be organized; but we may create service boards or
committees directly responsible to those they serve.
10. Overeaters Anonymous has no opinion on outside issues; hence the OA name
ought never be drawn into public controversy.
11. Our public relations policy is based on attraction rather than promotion; we need
always maintain personal anonymity at the level of press, radio, films, television
and other public media of communication.
12. Anonymity is the spiritual foundation of all these Traditions, ever reminding us
to place principles before personalities.
Permission to use the Twelve Traditions of Alcoholics Anonymous
for adaptation granted by AA World Services, Inc.
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Intent
This is a procedural motion to obtain the Conference Seal of Approval in accordance with the
literature procedures adopted at the World Service Business Conference 1985.
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VOICES OF RECOVERY E-WORKBOOK
This e-workbook provides thought-provoking questions for each of the daily readings in
Voices of Recovery. When answering these questions, it will be helpful to refer to either a
printed copy or an e-reader copy of the book. The e-workbook gives you unlimited space
to type your answers. You can save your answers and reopen the file to make future
additions or changes. Although this file cannot be printed, if you wish to print a hard
copy of your answers, you can copy-and-paste your text into a word-processing
program.
JANUARY
1. Have I become honest with myself about my compulsive eating? Can I list the
behaviors I know in my heart are problems for me?
2. Recovery is a process, not an event. It involves actions on the Steps, tools and
Traditions. What actions am I taking toward my recovery?
3. How will I stay or become abstinent today?
4. What troubling things that I cannot change do I need to accept?
5. A program saying is, “Leave the judging of others to God and keep my eyes on
my own path.” How am I doing on that in the OA rooms and in other parts of
my life?
6. What can I be doing that I should not expect God to do for me?
7. An OA expression says, “No problem exists that eating cannot make worse!”
What actions, instead of eating, can I take to address my problems?
8. How would I describe my recovery tapestry? What are the program threads I've
used to weave it?
9. Is there something scary in my life that I need to deal with? How can I face this
with my Higher Power’s help?
10. In what ways am I willing to do what I need to do physically, emotionally and
spiritually to become abstinent or to maintain my abstinence?
11. How do I spend time each day communicating with my Higher Power?
12. The future is nothing more than a slow unfolding of “todays.” Is my brain
engaged in today, or is it encumbered by yesterday’s regrets or tomorrow’s fears?
What examples can I give?
13. Do I judge and compare by putting others and myself on an imaginary ladder of
good or bad, fat or thin, abstinent or not abstinent, or whatever other
comparison I wish to make? What are some examples? Is that humility?
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14. Food is not love, security, acceptance, friendship, support or God. It’s simply
nourishment for the body. How can I separate “head” hunger from “body”
hunger? Do I have hunger of the spirit?
15. Am I taking the actions that the program promises will lead me to freedom?
What are they?
16. What am I doing to make sure my life is the message I want it to be for
newcomers, my family and everyone I meet?
17. How am I applying the principles of the Steps and Traditions to my daily life?
18. Understanding how program works isn’t necessary for it to work. Whether or
not I understand, how am I taking the suggested actions to support my recovery?
19. How am I reaching out to others for help, guidance or support?
20. Am I dealing with today, or am I wasting energy regretting the past or worrying
about tomorrow? What are some examples?
21. How strong is my connection with my Higher Power? How can I increase it?
22. Do I “Live and let live”? If not, what is my solution, and is it working for me?
23. Are my will and life aligned with the quiet voice within?
24. The literature spells out the instructions. Am I following all the instructions, part
of the instructions, or trying to do it my way?
25. Do I contact other OA members every day? If not, why not?
26. Getting out of my own way is not so easy. How am I able to do that?
27. A reason must exist for why so many members with long-term recovery say
abstinence is the most important thing in their lives. Is abstinence the most
important thing in my life? How do I explain my answer?
28. I can’t know how my thinking and life may change when I surrender to and
work the program. How open is my mind to the new?
29. What is the value of having a clearly defined plan of eating, including a list of
foods that may be harmful to me?
30. A simple definition of insanity is “unsound reasoning and judgment.” Where has
my reasoning and judgment been unsound around food?
31. Our Twelve-Step program can arrest the disease, not cure it. My propensity to
turn to food, because I have the disease, will always be there. What does this
mean for my life?
FEBRUARY
1. Do I believe Higher Power will give me a way to live sanely today if I’m willing
to give HP my eating for these 24 hours? What might this look like?
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2. Even if I’ve never practiced meditation, am I willing to give it a try today? Can I
close my eyes, breathe and let my concept of a loving God envelop me? What
does that feel like?
3. What actions, however small, can I take that might change my thinking about
difficult situations facing me today? Where will HP be in these actions?
4. For today, am I willing to not eat compulsively, no matter what? What tools can
I use to help me?
5. Does more than one way exist to do the things before me? Putting self aside,
how might the choice I make affect other people?
6. How can I plan a way to defuse thoughts—real or imagined—of food-related
pleasures?
7. Am I willing to let God come between my food and me, so food cannot come
between God and me? What examples can I give of doing this?
8. Us? Am I convinced I belong in OA, or am I still secretly keeping “me” separate
from “them”? What am I capable of giving if I completely join our Fellowship?
9. Abnormal tendencies, self-will, ego and denial—am I honestly using a daily
inventory to keep from eroding my recovery? What does that entail?
10. Do fear and faith play tug o’ war in my life today? I no longer have to depend
on my own unsteady willpower, but how often am I still doing so?
11. Do I remember what life was like before OA? Do I believe I can change my
tomorrows by keeping today free from resentment, guilt and fear? How can I do
that?
12. How can I take action against my isolation today? Am I willing to go to a
meeting or reach out to another OA member to remind myself I am no longer
alone?
13. Has food been a god to me? In what ways have I given food power over my life?
14. Do I try to practice the program principles in all my affairs? Describe my
attitude toward my daily reprieve based on the maintenance of my spiritual
condition.
15. Is my need for an external greater power undeniable, or do I still harbor illusions
of self-sufficiency? When and how have I surrendered by taking Steps One, Two
and Three?
16. Am I convinced that the scale is not my Higher Power? Am I willing to work
the entire OA program so I can achieve spiritual, emotional and physical
recovery? How?
17. Is my conception of my Higher Power a loving one? How do I experience this
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would I describe it?
19. If I am the OA message, what message am I carrying today?
20. Where am I today on the self-love meter? How am I reaching out to others in
love?
21. How has applying the OA principles to conflicts helped me identify and
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22. Do I sometimes suffer from “tiny God syndrome”? How big is my Higher
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23. What does being “hungry for a principle-based life” mean to me?
24. Do I still harbor illusions about being “good” and being “taken care of”? How
have I applied the Steps to these illusions? What does it mean to be fully selfsupporting?
25. Am I choosing to use the Steps and tools when the urge to eat compulsively hits
me? How do I explain my answer?
26. Has my concept of HP changed with program? How would I describe my
Higher Power today?
27. How has participating in the group conscience helped me learn to accept
different points of view in areas outside OA?
28. Do I believe the secret of success lies in surrender? How would I explain real
humility to a newcomer?
29. What gifts can I bring to my OA friends and family? Am I doing so and how?
MARCH
1. When have I allowed my new Higher Power to flow in and help me make a
good choice? What were the results?
2. When have I simply had faith that my Higher Power would resolve a problem?
Was the issue resolved?
3. When has a simple outreach phone call changed the shape of my day?
4. How do I describe my Higher Power?
5. When have I put something or someone else in my Higher Power’s place, and
what emotions and outcome resulted?
6. What can I do to carry the message to suffering compulsive eaters? Am I willing?
7. When have I asked God for willingness and directions? How did things turn out?
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8. What are the details of a recent amends that involved changing my behavior?
Have I been able to sustain the changes I committed to when I made the
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9. What is my definition of compulsiveness? What activities lead me to compulsive
behavior?
10. When was the last time I took a detour on my road to recovery? What led me
back?
11. How did I feel about my compulsive eating before program? How have those
feelings changed since working the Steps?
12. Do I believe weight loss is a side effect of working the OA program? Do I still
harbor a diet mentality? What are some examples?
13. When did I last experience significant hurt and pain? What happened? What
program Steps or tools did I use during that time?
14. What am I doing to recover? Is it enough? What am I willing to do?
15. What are some of the gifts God has given me since joining OA?
16. Can I describe a situation where I recognized a Higher Power was working in
my life?
17. What did I lose to this disease prior to OA? Have I regained what I lost?
18. Am I honest with my group about my struggles, or do I try to appear “fine”?
What would be an example of this?
19. What program-suggested behaviors have I “practiced”? Have they become
easier? What are some examples?
20. How did I feel after completing Step Five? Did I share those feelings with
someone?
21. Am I trying to live each day with calm joy, or do I hurry and worry? What are
some examples of both?
22. What do I think my Higher Power wants for me?
23. What were my feelings when I first realized I was not alone in this disease? How
important is the OA Fellowship to me?
24. Do I accept that I have an addiction? Am I demonstrating compulsive behaviors
other than eating, and if so, what are they?
25. How have my understanding and vision of my Higher Power changed since
coming to OA? Do I put limits on my Higher Power?
26. When have I remained calm and allowed my Higher Power to be in charge?
How did the situation turn out?
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27. “Black or white, all or nothing, good or bad . . .” Do I still view my life and
myself through these lenses? How can I better accept others, life and myself?
28. How have my relationships changed when I have allowed others to see and
know the real me?
29. Am I still being dishonest in any area of my life? In which situations am I
dishonest? Am I willing to be honest today?
30. Do I find excuses to decline service opportunities? Why? What benefits do I
believe service brings?
31. Am I honest about what I am feeling? If I’m not, why not? How do I express my
feelings?
1. What fears prevent me from even picking up the pen?
2. How do I feel about the repetition required to work my program?
3. What actions can I take to change from self-willed determination to a desperate
desire for Higher Power’s help?
4. What defects of character (judging, condemning, controlling, etc.) prevent me
from accepting people just the way they are?
5. How did I think HP was going to remove my weight? What made me realize I
may also have some work to do to achieve weight loss?
6. Do I check in with my Higher Power? How and when do I check?
7. Do I act out of ego-driven stubbornness, or do I persevere while surrendering to
my Higher Power? What tools can help me see the difference?
8. What are the benefits of willingness? Has this gift helped me experience the
Twelve-Step principles?
9. What do I need to “pack” on this trip toward physical, emotional and spiritual
recovery?
10. What is my primary purpose for being in this program?
11. What are some people, events or ways through which the teacher has come to
me when I sought answers?
12. Am I still afraid of making mistakes? How has practicing Step Three helped me
get past my fears?
13. Do I still play the comparison game with everyone, or have I achieved a measure
of value about myself? Using the gifts of respect, love, gratitude and humility,
can I list the values and talents of which I am now aware?
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14. What footprints have I followed and do I follow them still? What footprints am I
leaving?
15. Do I still have secrets to share? What are they? Do I see a connection between
secrets and struggles with abstinence?
16. When the desire for excess food comes, which tool do I use most often and what
are the results after I use it? What other tools could I use in these situations?
17. How would I describe one of my OA friendships, and how has this relationship
enhanced my life?
18. How does continuing to practice the Steps and their principles give my life
purpose and direction?
19. Can I allow God to take the worry, leaving me to do my footwork just for today?
How do I apply the concept of “one day at a time” in my life?
20. How do I give compassion and encouragement to those struggling within the
fellowship? Does that include me?
21. Do I offer help to others in OA? How?
22. Does hearing someone share an intimate event at a meeting help me understand
that I too can trust someone with my secrets? Do I then feel free to share? What
are some examples?
23. Describe a time when I asked my Higher Power to “feed me.” What happens
when I don’t ask for help with food choices?
24. When I receive praise and recognition, do I remember to say, “Thank you,
God”? What does humility mean to me?
25. What excuses do I use to avoid putting my recovery first?
26. What event or situation recently called for my patience, and what was the result
when I “let go and let God”?
27. Am I convinced that if I eat over any storm in my life, I will have two problems
instead of one? What simple action can I take to remind me abstinence is number
one?
28. Do I keep my commitments, striving for honesty and discipline? What is my
daily action plan?
29. What can separate me from others and feed my isolation? What actions can I
take to feel connected today?
30. How do I handle anger? Would making a gratitude list help change my
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1. Do I accept I have a disease over which willpower is useless? How do I know
that? What am I willing to do about it?
2. What is my relationship with the God of my understanding?
3. How am I keeping OA’s responsibility pledge: “Always to extend the hand and
heart of OA to all who share my compulsion; for this I am responsible”?
4. What can I do to help members struggling with the program?
5. Unconditional support can be helpful and constructive, or it can enable
unwillingness to take the actions leading to recovery. Where am I on this scale?
Am I helping or hindering?
6. Am I still fighting the disease, or have I achieved the freedom promised in the
Twelve Steps? If I’m still fighting, which part of the program am I not working?
7. Am I letting the people in my life be who they are? What examples can I give?
8. How do I get myself into, and keep myself in, good spiritual condition?
9. If I use the principles of the program as an inventory for how I’m living my life,
how am I doing?
10. “Half measures availed us nothing” (Alcoholics Anonymous, 4 th ed., p.59). Am I
committed to practicing all the Steps and using all the tools? How?
11. Staying in recovery requires taking daily actions forever. As the slogan says,
“When we rest on our oars, we drift downstream.” How would I describe my
daily actions? Are they enough?
12. Is perfectionism getting in my way? How do I celebrate my progress?
13. Other ways may exist to arrest my food problem, but I know from others that
the OA program works. How am I working it?
14. There is abstinence, or there is compulsive eating. Abstinence stops the war
within and frees me to live fully. Am I willing to do whatever I must to stay
abstinent? What examples can I give?
15. Do I do what is necessary every day to have a relationship with HP? How do I
explain my answer?
16. Does my “yesterday” sometimes crowd out my today? Do I waste today’s
energy and time tangled up in worry about tomorrow’s “what ifs”? What are
some examples?
17. If my commitment or willingness to take the actions is lagging, do I need to
revisit the Third Step? What might that bring?
18. Sometimes, after the Serenity Prayer, we close our meetings by saying, “It
works if you work it.” That’s a promise. Where am I on this promise?
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19. Indecision, like overeating, can be toxic. How do I seek my HP’s guidance and
the counsel of trusted others in my decision-making?
20. What does the phrase “Love myself first” mean to me?
21. How do I give back the love and acceptance I received when I came to OA?
22. Am I using all the help, support and guidance available to me in OA? What are
some examples?
23. Which foods and eating behaviors cause me problems?
24. Decisions, unless followed by action, are meaningless. Working and living
Steps Four through Twelve are the fulfillment of the decision made in Step
Three. How is my progress?
25. The busier or more difficult my life, the more I need the program. How do I
kick my program into a higher gear in these difficult times?
26. Sometimes we hear, “Take what you need and leave the rest.” If the program
isn’t working well for me, are some of the things I’m leaving really things I
should be taking? What are some examples?
27. Recovery from my three-fold disease requires change at the physical, emotional
and spiritual levels. More often than not, sustained abstinence is the result of
emotional and spiritual fitness. Have I made the necessary changes to my
thinking and beliefs? How do I explain my answer?
28. How am I working and living Step Ten every day? Is my inventory process
adequate?
29. Am I still resisting the idea of powerlessness? What can I do to reach an
unconscious acceptance of my need for help?
30. What did I gain physically, emotionally or spiritually from compulsive eating or
other self-destructive behaviors? Am I willing to deal with life without those
crutches?
31. The Traditions imply moral principles, including fellowship, equality,
acceptance, responsibility, trust, open mindedness and unity. How am I
applying these principles in my life?
JUNE
1. What defects do I notice most in other people? Do I still practice these defects
myself? If so, what can I do about it?
2. What problems do I expect God or other people to solve for me? Am I willing to
do my part? How do I accept responsibility for my feelings and actions?
3. Am I willing to stop compulsively eating right now, even if I am not yet able to
adhere to a “perfect” food plan? What one small thing can I do for my recovery
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4. Am I still trying to do it alone, or have I acknowledged my powerlessness over
my character defects? Can I write a prayer asking for help?
5. What can I do to be a living message of OA recovery?
6. Do I accept others as they are? Am I consciously choosing positive thoughts and
decisions? Is there a connection between my food obsession and my willingness
to accept life on life’s terms? What are some examples?
7. Do I believe and accept that my commitment to abstinence from compulsive
eating is the most important thing in my life without exception? How am I
committed and consistent in putting abstinence first?
8. Do I try to clear my mind and focus on God’s will? What prayer do I use to ask
for the power to carry out God’s will? Am I trying to do this regularly
throughout each day?
9. What excuses do I still use to break my abstinence? How do I plan well? Do I
check in with my sponsor before special occasions?
10. Do I still feel like I am a mistake when I make a mistake? Do I share my
mistakes and feelings with others? What examples can I give?
11. Am I careful about my attitude toward anger? Do I let righteous anger take up
room in my life? What do I still get out of holding onto anger and resentment?
12. What defects do I cling to and what difficulties do they cause me? Am I ready to
begin practicing a new way of living?
13. What fills me with Sacred Awe?
14. What keeps me from giving up control? In what ways do I still believe my way
is the right way?
15. Do I believe it is possible for me to have the miracle of sanity around food and
remain abstinent day after day? Am I willing to give up compulsive eating, one
day at a time? Am I honest about my plan of eating? How do I explain my
answers?
16. Am I disciplined about my recovery? Am I still doing what I can get away with
or what I want to do? Am I willing to go through the pain, discomfort and
patience that discipline requires? How do I explain my answers?
17. When have I enjoyed a period of complete freedom from the obsession with food
and the compulsion to overeat? Am I willing to work and live by the Steps to
overcome the obsession?
18. Am I using the OA tools and listening to my sponsor and others to help me
know what changes to make? In what areas are fear, control, self-pity or selfcenteredness
still interfering in my life?
19. Have I examined my past in order to understand myself and let the past go? How
am I making an ongoing effort to uncover, discover and discard?
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JULY
20. When faced with an important decision, how do I pray about it?
21. In what ways can I see my Higher Power at work in my life, giving me
guidance? What examples have I experienced of a new course of action or a
different solution that must have come from a Higher Power?
22. Do I think I might have “arrived” in OA? What is the difference between
commencing and graduating?
23. How are my shortcomings transforming into assets? Can I list the assets into
which God might transform my character defects?
24. What signals about food do I receive that are quite different from those that
normal eaters receive? Do I focus on my differences from other OA members
rather than on our common disease? In what ways do I still feel isolated,
different or ashamed?
25. Am I willing to keep coming back whether abstinent or not? Who are the right
people whom I might to ask profound questions, and what are those questions?
26. What do I have trouble accepting, and can I “act as if”?
27. Can I offer hope to others, and can I accept the hope they offer me? In what
ways can I help others feel welcome in OA?
28. In what ways do I delude myself into thinking that, apart from the eating, I am
doing fine? How is my Higher Power taking care of me?
29. Have I learned an attitude of mercy and forgiveness? Can I let go of the idea of
perfection and accept reality, loving people just the way they are? How do I
explain my answers?
30. Do I still believe in diets and focus on my weight? Can I believe my weight is
none of my business and let HP take care of it while I practice abstinence?
1. Do I have an attitude of deference, humility and trust when taking my character
defects to my Higher Power? How do I explain my response?
2. Do I spend time affirming my value and worth? What can I do through Step
Seven to create a nurturing environment within which to grow and heal?
3. How has humility manifested in my life? Am I able to see where my Higher
Power has changed my attitudes?
4. Have I surrendered my food to my Higher Power? Am I still keeping areas of my
life from my Higher Power’s grace? Am I still fighting my disease? How do I
explain my answers?
5. Who might benefit if I say the prayer, “Bless ‘so and so’ and change me”? Do I
recognize my need for Higher Power’s help even to change myself?
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6. Am I still settling for “good” when my Higher Power wants to give me “best”?
How am I experiencing the freedom of recovery today?
7. Do I still blame other people or my circumstances for my overeating, choices,
feelings or actions? How do I explain my response?
8. Do I have peace around my food, or am I still in bondage? Am I willing to
practice rigorous honesty so I can recover? How do I explain my answers?
9. Do I have a home group meeting? How do I support my home group meeting
and the other members who attend?
10. Have I considered that taking Step Seven is like applying Steps One and Two to
my shortcomings? How would this change the way I practice this Step?
11. Do I listen in meetings no matter who is speaking? Which of the OA tools can
help me learn to listen?
12. How has perseverance helped me work my program? When I “Keep Coming
Back” to my HP, is my Higher Power also reaching out to me?
13. Have I seen the promise of “We cannot fail to recover” manifest in my life? Do I
start each morning in quiet time with my Higher Power? How can I practice
trusting my Higher Power today?
14. Have I established a daily practice of writing? How has writing brought me
clarity on an issue or problem?
15. Is keeping my word a priority today? What choices can I make today to support
my commitment to my recovery?
16. How does my Higher Power speak to me? How can I cultivate my relationship
with my Higher Power?
17. Have I made time today to improve my conscious contact with my Higher
Power? Am I practicing surrender by asking my Higher Power for help? Has the
miracle happened for me?
18. How has my perspective about the disease changed? How can I cultivate
gratitude today?
19. Am I willing to ask others for help and listen to their experience? In what ways
am I teachable?
20. Am I allowing my feelings about past events to stop me from experiencing the
freedom of today? Can I describe a situation in my life that I can view through
spiritual eyes to gain a new perspective?
21. Am I still experimenting with eating instead of surrendering? How have I sought
my Higher Power’s guidance for my plan of eating?
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22. Am I making choices and taking action so I can go to sleep abstinent? What are
the benefits of continued abstinence?
23. Have I experienced a new freedom and happiness? What am I willing to give in
exchange for freedom? Can I describe the freedom that comes from turning my
will and life over to my Higher Power?
24. Do I believe self-knowledge avails me nothing? Do I still believe I can control
my eating? How am I allowing my Higher Power to help me with my eating
problem?
25. Do I accept that I must reach out to my Higher Power for help letting go of selfwill?
Is my Higher Power meeting my needs? Am I at peace with my Higher
Power today?
26. Am I committed to abstinence today? What am I willing to do to maintain the
gift of abstinence? What do I need to remember before I take that first
compulsive bite?
27. What am I trying to “figure out” today? What am I willing to surrender to my
Higher Power today?
28. Do I accept who I am today? Do I like myself? Do I love myself? Am I able to
see myself through my Higher Power’s eyes? What does that look like?
29. How would I explain the concept that we have a daily reprieve from compulsive
eating? Am I experiencing freedom today? What am I willing to do to maintain
my recovery?
30. How do I listen? Do I listen prayerfully when others are speaking? Can I practice
listening today?
31. What are some good habits I can work on in place of bad habits? To incorporate
these new habits, what might my action plan look like?
AUGUST
1. Have I experienced the healing that can occur because I’ve forgiven an old
wrong? How has learning to forgive helped me to see where I’ve been at fault
and clean my side of the street?
2. If sustained abstinence eludes me, is it because I’m not willing to ask God for
help in living within my eating guidelines? Why not?
3. If letting go of my top one or two shortcomings would move me so much closer
to being who I want to be, what exactly am I getting from each one that causes
me to hang on to it?
4. Am I holding on to any old, destructive habits? If I have divested myself of any
such habits, how has my life changed?
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5. Do I still struggle with a negative self-image, seeing myself as ugly, flawed or
unlovable? How can the Steps help me obtain a realistic image of my gifts, my
better qualities and myself today?
6. Has food been a source of comfort and relaxation for me in the past? Do I have
the willingness today to surrender my food and let go of fear? What are healthier
ways to relax?
7. Have I ever experienced food nightmares? What have I learned from them?
8. Have I skipped over any Steps? If so, why? Do I believe I’m so unique the Steps
do not apply to me?
9. Am I incorporating all Twelve Steps into my daily life in a way that makes me
an example that the program works?
10. When faced with tough decisions, how do I remind myself that I’ve taken Step
Three? After doing so, am I willing to keep my end of the bargain and ask for
HP’s guidance?
11. Am I choosing to allow negativity, resentments or fear “eat away” at my
abstinence today, or will I choose gratitude for another day in recovery? How do
I explain my response?
12. In what ways am I reaching for more recovery today? I cannot coast for long;
what will I do to stretch myself?
13. Do I have a contented abstinence? If not, how can I use the Fellowship and the
Twelve Steps to get off the treadmill of either controlling my food but not
enjoying it, or enjoying my food but not controlling it?
14. What steps can I take today to help me let go of control and just be a vessel of
service at meetings, work and home?
15. Do I show up at meetings and honestly share my experience, strength and hope?
Or do I withhold, judge and look for what I can get rather than what I can give?
How do I explain my answers?
16. Have I noticed my urge to control others is related to my attempts to control my
food? Who’s in charge today—my HP or me? How do I demonstrate this?
17. How have I cultivated my belief in a power greater than myself? How has this
Higher Power relieved my compulsions around food and eating behaviors?
18. What rewards have I experienced from my willingness to become vulnerable and
speak my truth without censoring?
19. How was I kind and courteous to myself today (which includes being abstinent)?
How was I kind and courteous toward others?
20. Has abstinence helped me to better keep commitments? Am I a more reliable
person? If not, how can I put the principles of honesty and perseverance into
practice on this shortcoming?
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22. When food begins to trouble me, how do I use the tools of writing, prayer and
meditation to uncover any emotional or spiritual problems I am experiencing?
Am I willing to reach for a pen instead of a fork when a sudden craving for “a
little something” hits me? Why or why not?
23. Is criticizing others a way of life for me? Am I able to see my character defects in
others and find compassion? How do I explain my responses?
24. How powerful has hope been in my recovery? How willing am I to offer that
same hope to newcomers?
25. Have I been lying to myself? Am I willing to go to any lengths for the recovery
OA offers? If I’m unwilling, am I at least willing to pray for willingness? How do
I explain my answers?
26. Is fear holding me back from full recovery and being fully alive? What can I do
today to let go of fear and step into the unknowns of growth?
27. How have I changed my thinking? Have I let go of a diet mentality and
embraced working the Steps and using the tools, which allow me to let HP
change me from the inside out?
28. Do I trust food more than HP? Isn’t that what I am doing if I choose to eat
instead of pray when I’m faced with adversity, fear or sadness? What can I do
differently?
29. What lies has my disease sometimes convinced me are true?
30. Do I love myself? Am I lovable? Am I capable of loving others? Why do I feel
this way?
31. Am I holding onto a problem or worry that I need to turn over to God? What is
it?
32. Have I experienced letting go of certainty and walking into the unknown with
HP? What was the outcome?
SEPTEMBER
1. Do I still have Ninth-Step amends to make because I haven’t let go of some guilt,
shame or resentment? If so, what can I do to move forward?
2. What impact did making a specific amends have on my life?
3. What was a situation where fear kept me stuck? What actions did I take or could
have taken to move forward?
4. How would I describe my relationship with my Higher Power?
5. Do I accept people in my life as they are? What expectations do I place on
people, and do those expectations cause me resentments when they are not met?
How do I explain my response?
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6. When has my Higher Power worked “for, through and in me”? Am I open to the
awareness of HP in my life?
7. What are some shortcomings that may have served me well in the past but now
may be causing problems in my life?
8. Am I honestly self-supporting in OA? Do I take my share of responsibility for
keeping OA alive? If so, how?
9. What was a situation where I prayed for guidance, and how did I receive an
answer?
10. What emotions still trigger my desire to eat? What tools do I or could I use in
place of picking up the food?
11. When and how did I realize God would help me with compulsive eating?
12. Am I aware of my continuing powerlessness over food? Do I remember the
insanity, or have I become complacent? What examples can I give?
13. What is a “want” I have defined as a “need”? Am I willing to turn it over to HP?
14. Do I equate thin with happy, or do I also recognize the importance of emotional
and spiritual recovery? What brings me happiness today?
15. Do I behave as though I can save myself from my disease? How do I accept my
Higher Power’s help?
16. What are some examples of how I’m living in joy and gratitude?
17. Can I describe a situation where I may not have wanted to do something but have
become willing to do it?
18. What are 10 or more things for which I am grateful?
19. How would I describe three instances where I have been willing to change, and
one situation where I am not yet willing?
20. Have I truly put down the fork? Am I willing to get honest about my food? What
actions can I take?
21. What is my definition of humility? How does humility free me from the bondage
of self?
22. What is my food plan, in detail? Is it working for me? Am I willing to review it
with my sponsor? Why or why not?
23. Does my concept and relationship with my Higher Power allow me to say
anything at anytime to HP? If not, why not?
24. Have I made use of the tools that have helped others in OA? If not, what am I
willing to do for recovery?
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21. How would I describe situations where I still struggle to maintain control,
handle it, or do it myself? Am I willing to discuss this with a sponsor and ask for
my Higher Power’s help and guidance?
26. Do I eat my meals in a pleasant, unhurried way, or do I need to improve the
quality of the time I spend at my meals? How could I do that?
27. What defects of character are blocking me from spiritual growth, and what am I
doing about them?
28. What do I do to support abstinence as my highest priority?
29. How would I describe a situation where I have heard my Higher Power’s
guidance?
30. What are some examples of how I am living by the decision I made in the Third
Step?
OCTOBER
1. What fears might be blocking me from relying on my Higher Power? What other
stumbling blocks are in my way?
2. How has the clarity of abstinence helped me face situations that once seemed
impossible?
3. What are some areas in which, with God’s guidance, I am taking action for my
recovery?
4. In addition to release from food thoughts, what other areas of my life are
benefitting from abstinence?
5. What areas of my life am I trying to control, and what steps can I take to turn
them over to my Higher Power?
6. How has my personality improved since I have become abstinent?
7. What wonderful character assets are replacing my defects as I practice Steps Six
and Seven?
8. Do I still sometimes think I am in charge? What tools can I use to help when my
life seems out of control?
9. How might I express exuberance in my life today?
10. How am I giving service today? How do I feel about this service? What do I get
from doing service?
11. What am I doing today to strengthen the habit of abstinence?
12. What potential, which my compulsive overeating blocked, am I discovering in
my life?
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13. How can I use the tool of writing to improve my connection with my Higher
Power?
14. Do I meditate? If so, what is my meditation practice? How can meditation
benefit me?
15. What “old ways” am I hanging onto that may shortchange my opportunity for a
new way of life?
16. How has my description of a Higher Power defined my prayer life and reliance
on God?
17. How is being present in my body helping me to be more aware of circumstances
and feelings?
18. What does “going to any length” mean for me?
19. What are the people who have gone before me in OA showing me? What am I
showing others?
20. How do I practice the slogan “Live and Let Live”? Am I truly aware and
accepting that we all have our own path to follow?
21. What gifts from my experience will I share with a newcomer?
22. Can I appreciate my past experiences but actually live in today? How has the
past contributed to the richness of who I have become?
23. Do I still think I know what others should be doing or am I keeping the focus on
my own recovery? How do I explain my answer?
24. Am I willing to change? How have the Steps contributed to my physical,
emotional and spiritual health?
25. Do I listen for commonalities and not differences when others in OA share?
When has someone’s sharing helped me recognize my own behaviors that may
need to be changed?
26. When have I “acted myself into a new way of thinking”? How might abstinence
help to get rid of fear?
27. Why would being too smart be a liability in my OA program? If I think I already
know, am I teachable?
28. Where am I out of balance today? What action that leads to greater serenity has
my Higher Power guided me to see?
29. What action do I take when I become conscious of fear’s presence?
30. What shortcomings am I ready and willing to allow God to remove?
31. How will I humbly allow my Higher Power to do what I could never do alone?
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NOVEMBER
1. How do I seek conscious contact with my Higher Power? Can I describe a
situation where I let go of my will?
2. Do I allow external forces to determine my serenity? What makes me truly
peaceful and happy?
3. Over what am I powerless? Do I act irresponsibly and call it powerlessness? For
what am I responsible?
4. Do I make an effort to listen to that inner voice, that intuitive thought? What is a
message I feel I received from HP?
5. What does surrender mean to me? What gets in the way of my relationship with
God?
6. Am I generous in sharing my recovery? Am I an example of spiritual, physical
and emotional healing? In what other ways can I help the suffering compulsive
eater?
7. What surprises have I experienced in OA?
8. How does my Higher Power speak to me? Am I paying attention?
9. In what ways do I isolate from others? What other behaviors do me harm?
10. Have I ever experienced a sense of separation from HP and others? Can I act as
if this program will work whether or not I believe it? Why or why not?
11. Have I become complacent about the daily activities that support my abstinence
and my spiritual and emotional recovery? Is there any tool I used in the
beginning that I no longer use? If so, why?
12. Can I trust God to take care of me in all ways? If so, what are some examples? If
not, what is standing in the way of that trust?
13. For what am I praying? Do I still give God instructions? Am I willing to trust?
14. When do I put principles before personalities? Can I describe a time when I let a
personality compromise my principles?
15. Am I the best example of OA I can be? Would I attract a suffering compulsive
eater to OA? If I’m not sure, what changes can I make?
16. Have I found sanity and abstinence working the Twelve Steps? If so, what must I
do to maintain these precious gifts? If not, can I do more to work this program?
17. What does humility mean to me?
18. Are the legs of equal size on my recovery’s three-legged stool? If one of the legs
is short, what can I do to help?
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19. Do I persist in trying to “fix” myself, by myself? What is mine to do, and what
do I give to my HP?
20. When has another OA member’s experience, strength and hope lifted me up?
What does the OA Fellowship mean to me?
21. How will ongoing abstinence improve my life?
22. Am I willing to assume a physical posture of humility when I pray? If not, why
not? What might this mean in my relationship with my Higher Power?
23. What type of service am I doing in the OA Fellowship? What have been the
benefits? If I am not giving service, why not?
24. Do I pick up an OA tool when food thoughts come? If I don’t take an action OA
suggests, what happens? Which tools do I use during these times?
25. Do I cling to fear and indecision in any areas of my life? How can I increase my
trust in my Higher Power?
26. Am I being responsible for myself in all areas of my life? How am I selfsupporting
in my relationships, work, obligations and recovery?
27. How do I handle special events (many of which center around food)? How have
I or have I not used the OA tools during one of these events, and how did it turn
out?
28. What does my spiritual practice include? Do I always make time for my spiritual
well-being? If not, why not?
29. How has this program helped me to mature in my relationships with others and
with God?
30. What actions do I take throughout the day to align myself with my Higher
Power? How do I feel when I am at odds with the God of my understanding?
DECEMBER
1. Each of the Twelve Steps gives us a gift. What spiritual gift have I received as a
result of my work on the Steps?
2. What fear has been bothering me? What actions am I willing to take?
3. What is something I cannot change that God is helping me to accept? What is
something I can change, and what actions would I like to take?
4. Can I write a letter to God, holding nothing back? How does writing that letter
make me feel?
5. Do I have difficulty with the word “trust”? What footwork must I still do? Am I
willing to trust my Higher Power with the result?
6. How has the fellowship aspect of this program (meetings, telephone,
sponsorship) helped me with my recovery?
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7. Which of the five P’s (practice, prayer, perseverance, patience and progress)
resonates with me right now? Would I like that word to be my mantra for today?
8. How would I describe my true desire to stop eating compulsively? How could
“acting as if” help me in difficult times?
9. Do I begin each day with prayer and meditation, or do I rush into my day
thinking I don’t have time? How has my morning routine changed since I joined
OA?
10. Do I have feelings of jealousy, shame and rage? What actions can I take to move
into acceptance?
11. Is my recovery a journey or a destination? Why?
12. Do I share when I feel complacent, or do I isolate? What steps can I take to trust
enough to share about it?
13. Besides working the Twelve Steps and asking for God’s help, what other actions
can help me make good food decisions and overcome “food fears”?
14. What would I include on a list of qualities I’d like to practice “acting as if”? For
instance: “I’d like to act as if I’m a patient person.” Have I had any awakenings
as a result of “acting as if”? If so, what were those awakenings?
15. When writing, do I have a problem identifying my feelings? Who or what can
help me?
16. What can I do to keep my program simple? Do I ask for my HP’s help daily? If
not, why?
17. Do I share my experience, strength and hope with others, or do I lecture? What
actions of mine carry the OA message?
18. When have I experienced gray, bleak days? What helped me most at the time?
Did I consult my Higher Power?
19. Can I write a letter to God acknowledging my willingness (or need for
willingness) to follow Good Orderly Direction? How am I willing to go to any
lengths to recover?
20. How do I feel when I follow my food plan? Do I need other people’s approval
for what I eat?
21. How has doing service improved my recovery?
22. Have I been denying the truth about this disease and myself? What spiritual gift
have I received as a result of my honesty?
23. What have I learned about myself by doing service?
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24. What payoff did compulsive overeating give me? What has the OA program
given me besides weight loss?
25. Have I found the peace of “letting go” of the committee in my head? What does
that feel like?
26. Which OA promises have come true for me thus far? Am I continuing to work
the Steps, use the tools and stay in the solution?
27. Can I see myself as no better and no worse than my fellows? Have I found
comfort in anonymity? How do I explain my responses?
28. Someone defined “intimacy” as “into me see.” How have I been able to look
inside myself with my Higher Power’s help?
29. Do I say “yes” to others too quickly and too often? Am I a caregiver who
neglects caring for myself? How can I balance caring for others with caring for
myself?
30. What would I include on a list of the things I wish I could change but know I
can’t change? What would I include on a list of the things I can change but have
been procrastinating because I’m afraid?
31. What would I include on a gratitude list of all the gifts OA has given me?
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APRIL/MAY 2012
2012 WSBC New Business Motion
PROPOSAL ITEM: A
Total Percentage: 98% Total Voting: 131
MOTION
Move to amend WSBC Policy 1993c by striking and inserting as follows:
CURRENT WORDING
WSBC Policy 1993c
Amended 1994, 2001, and 2002
It was adopted that:
World Service Business Conference 2002
adopt a policy that the World Service Office
shall mail an annual letter to all regions,
national/language service boards, and
intergroups requesting donations to help fund
delegates to attend World Service Business
Conferences. Delegates selected to receive
this fund will be those from intergroups and
national/language service boards (in all
regions). Priority will be given to those
intergroups and national/language service
boards that have not previously sent delegates
to Conference.
SUBMITTED BY
Board of Trustees
Mary Rose D., Region Six Trustee
Phone: On file
PROPOSED WORDING
WSBC Policy 1993c
Amended 1994, 2001, and 2002
It was adopted that:
World Service Business Conference 2002
2012 adopt a policy that the World Service
Office shall mail an annual letter to all
regions, national/language service boards,
and intergroups requesting donations
contributions to help fund delegates to attend
World Service Business Conferences.
Delegates selected to receive this fund will be
those from intergroups and national/language
service boards (in all regions) demonstrating
need. Priority will be given to those
intergroups and national/language service
boards that have not previously sent delegates
to Conference.
Email: On file
INTENT
To include virtual service boards in the list of service bodies that will be asked to contribute to or be
allowed to apply for funding assistance from the Delegate Support Fund. The amendment also
clarifies that assistance is granted according to financial need.
IMPLEMENTATION
Update Business Conference Policy Manual
COST
None
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RATIONALE
Virtual service boards are eligible to send delegates to WSBC, and should be allowed to apply for
funding assistance as well. Furthermore, this policy originally granted funding only to intergroups
and service boards from Regions Nine and Ten. Those regions were underrepresented at WSBC due
in large part to their inability to fund the great expense of travel from those areas to WSBC. The
policy was later amended to include all regions as the Fellowship recognized that any intergroups or
service board could have insufficient funds to send delegates. This motion clarifies that funding
assistance will be awarded to intergroups and service boards that would otherwise not be able to
fund delegates to attend WSBC.
HISTORY
No history in the past five years.
WSBC MOTIONS REVIEW COMMITTEE COMMENTS
None
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APRIL/MAY 2012
2012 WSBC New Business Motion
PROPOSAL ITEM: B
Total Percentage: 75% Total Voting: 133
MOTION
Move to amend WSBC Policy 2010a by striking and inserting as follows:
CURRENT WORDING
WSBC Policy 2010a
The following policy statement was adopted:
Statement on Approved Literature
In accordance with our Traditions, we suggest
that OA groups maintain unity and honor our
Traditions by selling and displaying only
approved books and pamphlets at their
meetings. This includes OA Conference- and
board-approved literature; AA Conferenceapproved
literature; and locally produced OA
literature. Locally produced literature must
be developed according to the OA Guidelines
for Locally Produced Literature, and should be
used with the greatest discretion. Local
literature should be considered temporary and
discontinued when OA literature approved for
general use is available to cover the topic.
SUBMITTED BY
Board of Trustees
Mary Rose D., Region Six Trustee
Phone: On file
PROPOSED WORDING
WSBC Policy 2010a
The following policy statement was adopted:
Statement on Approved Literature
In accordance with our Traditions, we suggest
that OA groups maintain unity and honor our
Traditions by using, selling and displaying
only approved books and pamphlets at their
meetings. This includes OA Conference- and
board-approved literature; AA Conferenceapproved
literature books with original
edition copyright 2010 or earlier; and locally
produced OA literature. Locally produced
literature must be developed according to the
OA Guidelines for Locally Produced Literature,
and should be used with the greatest
discretion. Local literature should be
considered temporary and discontinued when
OA literature approved for general use is
available to cover the topic.
Email: On file
INTENT
To affirm that the “early” AA books are among our essential founding texts and are approved for
use at OA groups, while upholding OA Traditions Six and Ten, that OA as a whole has no opinion
on the ongoing or future work of AA.
IMPLEMENTATION
Update Business Conference Policy Manual
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COST
None
RATIONALE
1) By specifying “books,” this motion identifies and limits the AA materials authorized for use
at OA groups. “AA Conference-approved literature” is an imprecise term, sometimes
applied to any printed AA literature, including pamphlets and articles from Grapevine. OA
groups sometimes treat AA’s magazine as AA Conference-approved material, which it is
not.
2) The current OA literature policy endorses the ongoing and future literary efforts of AA, a
separate society in which we do not participate, and about which we have no organizational
opinion. This thwarts our singleness of purpose, and does not honor our Traditions.
3) Setting the AA original copyright date at 2010 or earlier preserves approval for all future
editions of approved AA books, including the Big Book and the AA 12&12; while marking our
maturity as a Twelve-Step organization, recognizing that—after fifty years’ development—
OA has a robust canon of literature that is focused on recovery from the disease of
compulsive eating, which may “stand on the shoulders” of alcoholism recovery literature,
but now goes beyond it.
HISTORY
No history in the past five years.
WSBC MOTIONS REVIEW COMMITTEE COMMENTS
None
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APRIL/MAY 2012
2012 WSBC New Business Motion
PROPOSAL ITEM: C
Total Percentage: 97% Total Voting: 131
MOTION
Move to adopt WSBC Policy 2012 as follows:
Statement on Creating Service Centers
Service bodies may form service centers to assist them in communicating with the groups and to
help carry the message, providing that they adhere to the Traditions, as guided by the Twelve
Concepts of OA Service, and do not alter or print any OA board- or Conference-approved literature
unless approved by the World Service Office.
SUBMITTED BY
Board of Trustees
Barbara B., General Service Trustee
Phone: On file
Email: On file
INTENT
To indicate current practice.
IMPLEMENTATION
Update Business Conference Policy Manual
COST
None
RATIONALE
This statement is currently located in the Board of Trustees’ Board Reference Manual. Access to this
information should be open to the entire Fellowship, not just trustees.
HISTORY
No history in the past five years.
WSBC MOTIONS REVIEW COMMITTEE COMMENTS
None
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APRIL/MAY 2012
2012 WSBC New Business Motion
PROPOSAL ITEM: D
Total Percentage: 96% Total Voting: 133
MOTION
Move to adopt WSBC Policy 2012 as follows:
Statement on Group Where Access is Restricted
A group which, for compelling reasons over which it has no control, where access is restricted (i.e.,
national security, military security, ships, military bases, or institutional setting), cannot welcome all
who have the desire to stop eating compulsively will be considered to be in compliance with the
points defined in Bylaws, Subpart B, Article V, Section 1, if:
a) It has provided the Board of Trustees, in writing, the specific compelling reason.
b) The Board of Trustees specifically approves the exception.
SUBMITTED BY
Board of Trustees
Barbara B., General Service Trustee
Phone: On file
Email: On file
INTENT
To indicate current practice.
IMPLEMENTATION
Update Business Conference Policy Manual
COST
None
RATIONALE
This statement is currently located in the Board of Trustees’ Board Reference Manual. Access to this
information should be open to the entire Fellowship, not just trustees.
HISTORY
No history in the past five years.
WSBC MOTIONS REVIEW COMMITTEE COMMENTS
None
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APRIL/MAY 2012
2012 WSBC New Business Motion
PROPOSAL ITEM: E
Total Percentage: 96% Total Voting: 132
MOTION
Move to adopt WSBC Policy 2012 as follows:
Statement on Group Liability Insurance
As per OA, Inc. Bylaws, Subpart A, Article III – Members, the legal structure of OA, Inc. does not
allow for the provision of liability insurance for OA groups or service bodies.
SUBMITTED BY
Board of Trustees
Barbara B., General Service Trustee
Phone: On file
Email: On file
INTENT
To clarify that OA, Inc. cannot provide group liability insurance coverage for OA groups or service
bodies registered with the WSO.
IMPLEMENTATION
Update Business Conference Policy Manual
COST
None
RATIONALE
A statement regarding group liability insurance is currently located in the Board of Trustees’ Board
Reference Manual. Access to this information should be open to the entire Fellowship, not just
trustees.
Group liability insurance is not provided for because, as per OA, Inc. Bylaws, Subpart A, Article III
– Members, “The Corporation shall have no members as such.” Any group or service body that
chooses to register with Overeaters Anonymous is a separate entity, legally independent from OA
and responsible for itself.
HISTORY
No history in the past five years.
WSBC MOTIONS REVIEW COMMITTEE COMMENTS
None
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APRIL/MAY 2012
2012 WSBC New Business Motion
PROPOSAL ITEM: F
Total Percentage: 92% Total Voting: 131
MOTION
Move to adopt WSBC Policy 2012 as follows:
Statement on Core Values
The World Service Business Conference affirms that definitions that appear in OA, Inc. Bylaws or
have been adopted as Conference policy are “core values” of the OA Fellowship. These assist in
defining the nature of our organization, such that no service body or group has the authority to
amend those core values, either in its bylaws or in its statement of purpose. Conference, as the
effective conscience of OA as a whole (Concept Two), does have that authority.
SUBMITTED BY
Board of Trustees
Mary Rose D., Region Six Trustee
Phone: On file
Email: On file
INTENT
To provide authority to the Board of Trustees to find that service body bylaws are in agreement or in
conflict with OA, Inc. Bylaws depending on whether definitions in service body bylaws (What is an
OA group? Who may be a WSBC delegate?) reflect the definitions as set out in OA, Inc. Bylaws or
policies.
IMPLEMENTATION
Update Business Conference Policy Manual
COST
None
RATIONALE
Regional trustees review service body bylaws to determine that they are not in conflict with OA, Inc.
Bylaws. We currently say that definitions must not be in conflict, and that partial omissions within
definitions are a basis for conflict. We derive this stance from two passages of Robert’s Rules (pps.
11 and 12) which state that “The corporate charter supersedes all its other rules, none of which can
legally contain anything in conflict with the charter and that the Bylaws “defines the primary
characteristics of the organization.” While our definitions define our core values, there is no
existing policy that requires that they be preserved in service body bylaws. By adopting this motion,
the WSBC will provide the BOT with the authority to require congruence of definitions among OA,
Inc. Bylaws and those of intergroups, regions and service boards. This affirmation ensures that the
core values placed into the OA, Inc. Bylaws are matched and preserved in service body bylaws or
policies.
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HISTORY
No history in the past five years.
WSBC MOTIONS REVIEW COMMITTEE COMMENTS
None
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APRIL/MAY 2012
2012 WSBC New Business Motion
PROPOSAL ITEM: G
Total Percentage: 99% Total Voting: 132
MOTION
Move to amend WSBC Policy 1979e by striking and inserting as follows:
CURRENT WORDING
WSBC Policy 1979e
Amended 1989 and 2001
It was adopted to:
Include names, addresses, phone numbers and
email addresses of delegates in the Final
World Service Business Conference Report.
“For Use Within OA Only” should appear at
the top of this list.
SUBMITTED BY
Board of Trustees
Mary Rose D., Region Six Trustee
Phone: On file
PROPOSED WORDING
WSBC Policy 1979e
Amended 1989 and 2001
It was adopted to:
Include names, addresses, phone numbers and
email addresses of delegates only in the hardcopy
print version of the Final World Service
Business Conference Report. “For Use
Within OA Only” should appear at the top of
this list. In the online version of the report, all
names and contact information of delegates
will be redacted; only first names and last
initials will be used in minutes and reports.
Email: On file
INTENT
To reflect current practice of protecting anonymity for members at the level of public media of
communication (the Internet).
Implementation
Update Business Conference Policy Manual
COST
None
RATIONALE
Current practice honors the principle of anonymity, but it does not honor Continuing Effects Motion
1979e as written. In 1979, there was no vision of dual Final Conference Reports: a hard-copy print
version and Internet pages. Amending this motion will honor our Tradition of anonymity at the
level of public media.
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HISTORY
2010 – WSBC Policy 2010c (paraphrased)
Make Final Conference Report available electronically on OA Web site; delegates/service bodies to notify the
WSO if they do not want a printed version (adopted)
WSBC MOTIONS REVIEW COMMITTEE COMMENTS
None
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APRIL/MAY 2012
2012 WSBC New Business Motion
PROPOSAL ITEM: H
Total Percentage: 94% Total Voting: 131
MOTION
Move to rescind WSBC Policy 1982f.
CURRENT WORDING
WSBC Policy 1982f
It was adopted that:
Future Business Conferences begin proposed
bylaw amendments directly following the last
completely debated article of the previous
year.
(Note: The intent is to apply this
recommendation only in a year following a
Business Conference that was unable to
debate and vote on all proposed bylaw
amendments due to a lack of time.)
SUBMITTED BY
Board of Trustees
Mary Rose D., Region Six Trustee
Phone: On file
PROPOSED WORDING
WSBC Policy 1982f
It was adopted that:
Future Business Conferences begin proposed
bylaw amendments directly following the last
completely debated article of the previous
year.
(Note: The intent is to apply this
recommendation only in a year following a
Business Conference that was unable to
debate and vote on all proposed bylaw
amendments due to a lack of time.)
Email: On file
INTENT
To reflect current practice of debating bylaw amendments only as authorized by the current
Fellowship.
IMPLEMENTATION
Update Business Conference Policy Manual
COST
None
RATIONALE
Worldwide service bodies in a particular year decide via the agenda questionnaire what issues the
delegates of the current WSBC should address, and in what order. By rescinding CEM 1982f, we
cease obliging the current WSBC delegates to follow an agenda set by the Fellowship from a
previous year. Note that Robert’s Rules of Order, Newly Revised, 11 th Edition (pp. 90, Section 9) states:
“If two business sessions are separated by more than a quarterly time interval, or if the term of a
specific portion of the membership expires before the start of the later sessions (as may happen in an
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elected legislative assembly or in a board), then business can go over from the earlier session to the
later one only by means of referral to a committee.” If a bylaw amendment proposal is important
enough to be carried over to the next year, our rules provide for the assembly to refer it to
committee. If not, the proposal should expire.
HISTORY
No history in the past five years.
WSBC MOTIONS REVIEW COMMITTEE COMMENTS
None
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APRIL/MAY 2012
2012 WSBC New Business Motion
PROPOSAL ITEM: I
Total Percentage: 96% Total Voting: 132
MOTION
Move to rescind WSBC Policy 2009c.
CURRENT WORDING
WSBC Policy 2009c
It was adopted to:
Establish a special fund to assist in the
translating of OA literature, forms,
correspondence, Web site and other materials
to languages other than English. Money in
this fund is in addition to the Translations
Committee’s budget. The BOT will establish
guidelines to allocate the funds.
SUBMITTED BY
Board of Trustees
Joe L., General Service Trustee
Phone: On file
PROPOSED WORDING
WSBC Policy 2009c
It was adopted to:
Establish a special fund to assist in the
translating of OA literature, forms,
correspondence, Web site and other materials
to languages other than English. Money in
this fund is in addition to the Translations
Committee’s budget. The BOT will establish
guidelines to allocate the funds.
Email: On file
INTENT
To remove the WSBC directive which established a restricted fund for translations.
IMPLEMENTATION
Update Business Conference Policy Manual
The Translations Fund would cease to exist as of December 31, 2012. From that date forward, all
translations would be funded from general revenues.
COST
None
RATIONALE
The Translation Fund has served the Fellowship well in regards to highlighting the importance of
translations within our worldwide Fellowship. Both the Fellowship and the BOT now have a
heightened awareness of the need for translation. The BOT recommends that the WSBC remove the
directive for the no longer necessary special fund, bearing in mind that all future translations will be
funded from general revenues.
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Since 2009, there have been two funding sources for translations: a restricted fund specifically for
that purpose and general revenues allocated to the Translations Committee’s budget. The result has
been ongoing confusion regarding how much translations funds have been spent, how much are still
available, which projects should be funded from each source and who decides this, and all of the
ensuing accounting issues trying to keep up with both funds. As an international Fellowship,
translations are vital and are a part of the cost of doing business. For that reason they should be
supported through stable and consistent funding from general revenues, rather than depending on
the fluctuating contributions to a special restricted fund.
HISTORY
2008 – WSBC Policy (paraphrased)
Create a special fund ($20,000) for international translations (did not address)
WSBC MOTIONS REVIEW COMMITTEE COMMENTS
None
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APRIL/MAY 2012
2012 WSBC New Business Motion
PROPOSAL ITEM: J
Total Percentage: 98% Total Voting: 131
MOTION
Move to adopt WSBC Policy 2012 as follows:
World Service Business Conference delegate service is limited to no more than six continuous years
before requiring a minimum of one-year rotation out of service. Delegates who have completed four
or more years continuous service as of the close of 2012 WSBC may apply to serve continuously for
no more than two additional years.
SUBMITTED BY
WSBC Bylaws Committee
Candace O., Delegate Cochair
Phone: On file
Email: On file
Debbie H., WSBC Bylaws Committee Conference Policy Manual Subcommittee Chair
Phone: On file
Email: On file
INTENT
In the spirit of Tradition Two and Concepts 12a and 12c, to encourage and allow for substantial
long-term service to the Fellowship while recognizing that rotation of service is fundamental to being
a trusted servant in Overeaters Anonymous.
IMPLEMENTATION
Promulgation of adopted policy in A Step Ahead and the 2012 Final Conference Report. Modification
of future WSBC registration forms to indicate number of consecutive years proposed delegate has
attended the WSBC.
COST
None
RATIONALE
Most intergroup bylaws allow for a delegate to be elected for a two-year term, with the opportunity
to apply for a second two-year term. Existing policy 1988a 3b recommends that “A delegate should
not serve for more than four consecutive years, except for reasons to be decided by the local
intergroup with respect to its own delegate.” In adopting this motion, the OA Fellowship would be
affirming that rotation of service applies at the heart of our program—that is, at the WSBC—where
the group conscience of Overeaters Anonymous is developed, and that rotation of service should be
a rule rather than the exception. While returning members provide both continuity and historical
memory, no individual should hold claim to being a “permanent” trusted servant in this Conference.
We believe that by allowing delegates who have completed four or more years of continuous WSBC
service as of the close of the 2012 WSBC to apply to serve for up to two more years, service bodies
with fewer members will have sufficient time to prepare others to become delegates in 2015.
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HISTORY
No history in the past five years.
WSBC MOTIONS REVIEW COMMITTEE COMMENTS
None
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APRIL/MAY 2012
2012 Proposed Amendment to the Bylaws of Overeaters Anonymous, Inc.
Subpart B
PROPOSAL ITEM: 1
Total Percentage: 97% Total Voting: 131
MOTION
Move to amend OA, Inc. Bylaws, Subpart B, Article VII – Regions, Section 2 – Regional Assemblies
by striking and inserting:
CURRENT WORDING
Article VII – Regions
Section 2 – Regional Assemblies
Regional assemblies whose members shall be
called “regional representatives” or “RRs”
shall convene at least once a year, after prior
notice has been given to all intergroups,
national/language service boards and
unaffiliated member groups, for the election of
officers and the selection of nominees for
regional trustee for that region.
SUBMITTED BY
Board of Trustees
Mary Rose D., Region Six Trustee
Phone: On file
PROPOSED WORDING
Article VII – Regions
Section 2 – Regional Assemblies
Regional assemblies whose members shall be
called “regional representatives” or “RRs”
shall convene at least once a year, after prior
notice has been given to all intergroups,
national/language service boards and
unaffiliated member registered groups, for the
election of officers and/or the selection of
nominees for regional trustee for that region.
Email: On file
INTENT
To refer to the exact term “register” that appears in the newly updated bylaws definition of an OA
group, and to clarify that nominees for regional trustee are not necessarily selected each year.
IMPLEMENTATION
Update OA, Inc. Bylaws
COST
None
RATIONALE
1) The phrase “unaffiliated ‘member’ groups” may be confusing, whereas OA, Inc. Bylaws,
Subpart B, Article V, Section 1, Item 5 states that an OA group must be “registered.”
2) As written, the section states that assemblies meet to select regional trustee nominee(s) each
year. This is not correct.
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HISTORY
2011 – Article VII, Section 2 (paraphrased)
Delete Region Nine as an exception to region assembly meetings (adopted)
WSBC MOTIONS REVIEW COMMITTEE COMMENTS
None
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APRIL/MAY 2012
2012 Proposed Amendment to the Bylaws of Overeaters Anonymous, Inc.
Subpart B
PROPOSAL ITEM: 2
Total Percentage: 95% Total Voting: 131
MOTION
Move to amend OA, Inc. Bylaws, Subpart B, Article X – Meetings of Delegates, Section 4 – Notice
by striking and inserting:
CURRENT WORDING
Article X – Meetings of Delegates
Section 4 – Notice
Notice of the regular annual Conference and
all special meetings of delegates shall be given
to each registered service body, unless
otherwise instructed by each individual
service body, by prepaid mail and/or
electronic transmission. Notices shall be
deemed to have been given if sent by mail
and/or electronic transmission to the
delegates representing each region and
intergroup. Such notice shall be sent no less
than sixty days before each meeting, and shall
specify the place, day and hour of the meeting
and shall state the general nature of the
business to be considered at such meeting.
The notice of the annual Conference shall
designate it as such.
SUBMITTED BY
Board of Trustees
Mary Rose D., Region Six Trustee
Phone: On file
PROPOSED WORDING
Article X – Meetings of Delegates
Section 4 – Notice
Notice of the regular annual Conference and
all special meetings of delegates shall be given
to each registered service body, unless
otherwise instructed by each individual
service body, by prepaid mail and/or
electronic transmission. Notices shall be
deemed to have been given if sent by mail
and/or electronic transmission to the
delegates representing each region and
intergroup service body. Such notice shall be
sent no less than sixty days before each
meeting, and shall specify the place, day and
hour of the meeting and shall state the general
nature of the business to be considered at such
meeting. The notice of the annual Conference
shall designate it as such.
Email: On file
INTENT
To specify how notice shall be deemed to have been given to each type of service body, including
service boards.
IMPLEMENTATION
Update OA, Inc. Bylaws
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COST
None
RATIONALE
The current bylaw does not specify how notices shall be deemed to have been given to service
boards.
HISTORY
2011 – Article X, Section 4 (paraphrased)
Send special mailings to registered service bodies (adopted)
2010 – Article X, Section 4 (paraphrased)
Allow service bodies to notify the WSO if they do not want printed Conference mailings (adopted)
WSBC MOTIONS REVIEW COMMITTEE COMMENTS
None
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APRIL/MAY 2012
2012 Proposed Amendment to the Bylaws of Overeaters Anonymous, Inc.
Subpart B
PROPOSAL ITEM: 3
Total Percentage: 97% Total Voting: 132
MOTION
Move to amend OA, Inc. Bylaws, Subpart B, Article IX – Board of Trustees, Section 6 – Election of
Trustees, Part d by striking and inserting:
CURRENT WORDING
Article IX – Board of Trustees
Section 6 – Election of Trustees
d) Once there are only two candidates
remaining for regional or general service
trustee position and neither candidate
receives a majority after two ballots are
taken, a vacancy is declared. The Board
of Trustees will fill this vacancy at the
second full board meeting after
Conference.
SUBMITTED BY
Board of Trustees
Mary Rose D., Region Six Trustee
Phone: On file
PROPOSED WORDING
Article IX – Board of Trustees
Section 6 – Election of Trustees
d) Once there are only two candidates
remaining for a regional or general service
trustee position and neither candidate
receives a majority after two ballots are
taken, a vacancy is declared. The Board
of Trustees will fill this vacancy at the
second full regular board meeting after
Conference.
Email: On file
INTENT
To use the same language in OA, Inc. Bylaws, Subpart B, Article IX that appears in Subpart A,
Article V.
IMPLEMENTATION
Update OA, Inc. Bylaws
COST
None
RATIONALE
It is not clear what the word “full” means, and its inclusion might actually create confusion. If, for
example, one trustee is absent, would that still be considered a “full” board meeting? The term
“regular” is specified in OA, Inc. Bylaws, Subpart A, Article V – Directors/Management, Section 6
– Meetings: a) “Immediately following each World Service Business Conference meeting. . .the
Board shall hold a regular meeting to elect officers and transact other business. . .” and 6c) states
“More than half of the trustees shall constitute a quorum for the transaction of business.”
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HISTORY
No history in the past five years.
WSBC MOTIONS REVIEW COMMITTEE COMMENTS
None
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APRIL/MAY 2012
2012 Proposed Amendment to the Bylaws of Overeaters Anonymous, Inc.
Subpart B
PROPOSAL ITEM: 4
Total Percentage: 92% Total Voting: 131
MOTION
Move to amend OA, Inc. Bylaws, Subpart B, Article VI – Intergroups, Section 2 – Registration by
inserting Part c:
CURRENT WORDING
Article VI – Intergroup
Section 2 – Registration
a) Each intergroup shall be duly registered
with the World Service Office of
Overeaters Anonymous by submitting:
1) a completed intergroup registration
form;
2) bylaws and/or a summary of its
purpose and operating procedures,
neither of which shall be in conflict
with OA, Inc. Bylaws. At a
minimum, such bylaws or summary of
purpose shall include a statement
indicating that its primary purpose is
to aid those with the problems of
compulsive eating, through the
Twelve Steps, Twelve Traditions and
Twelve Concepts of OA Service of
Overeaters Anonymous and to serve
and represent the OA groups from
which it is formed; and
3) complete registration information on
each of its affiliated groups.
b) Each intergroup shall submit a copy of its
bylaws and/or summary of purpose to the
WSO whenever either is updated or
revised.
PROPOSED WORDING
Article VI – Intergroup
Section 2 – Registration
a) Each intergroup shall be duly registered
with the World Service Office of
Overeaters Anonymous by submitting:
1) a completed intergroup registration
form;
2) bylaws and/or a summary of its
purpose and operating procedures,
neither of which shall be in conflict
with OA, Inc. Bylaws. At a
minimum, such bylaws or summary of
purpose shall include a statement
indicating that its primary purpose is
to aid those with the problems of
compulsive eating, through the
Twelve Steps, Twelve Traditions and
Twelve Concepts of OA Service of
Overeaters Anonymous and to serve
and represent the OA groups from
which it is formed; and
3) complete registration information on
each of its affiliated groups.
b) Each intergroup shall submit a copy of its
bylaws and/or summary of purpose to the
WSO whenever either is updated or
revised.
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CURRENT WORDING
Article VI – Intergroup
Section 2 – Registration
PROPOSED WORDING
Article VI – Intergroup
Section 2 – Registration
c) Each intergroup shall update its bylaws
upon receipt of notification from the
World Service Office of amendments to
OA, Inc. Bylaws adopted at the World
Service Business Conference that require
changes to intergroup bylaws. Notices
shall be deemed to have been given if sent
by mail and/or electronic transmission to
the registered contact for each intergroup.
These updates shall be made within two
years of receipt of notice.
SUBMITTED BY
Board of Trustees
Mary Rose D., Region Six Trustee
Phone: On file
Email: On file
INTENT
To ensure that intergroup bylaws are updated to reflect motions adopted at WSBC.
IMPLEMENTATION
Update OA, Inc. Bylaws
COST
None
RATIONALE
OA, Inc. Bylaws, Subpart B do not currently require an intergroup to update or revise its bylaws.
Each intergroup’s bylaws should affirm all bylaw amendments adopted by the OA Fellowship.
HISTORY
2011 – Article VI, Section 2b (paraphrased)
Include summary of purpose in intergroup registration process (adopted)
2009 – Article VI, Section 2b (paraphrased)
Revise intergroup registration bylaw—housekeeping motion (adopted)
WSBC MOTIONS REVIEW COMMITTEE COMMENTS
None
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APRIL/MAY 2012
2012 Proposed Amendment to the Bylaws of Overeaters Anonymous, Inc.
Subpart B
PROPOSAL ITEM: 5
Total Percentage: 92% Total Voting: 131
MOTION
Move to amend OA, Inc. Bylaws, Subpart B, Article VII – Regions, Section 3 – Registration by
inserting Part c:
CURRENT WORDING
Article VII – Regions
Section 3 – Registration
a) Each region shall be duly registered with
the World Service Office of Overeaters
Anonymous by submitting bylaws and/or
a summary of its purpose and operating
procedures, neither of which shall be in
conflict with OA, Inc. Bylaws. At a
minimum, such bylaws or summary of
purpose shall include a statement
indicating that its primary purpose is to
aid those with the problems of compulsive
eating through the Twelve Steps, Twelve
Traditions and Twelve Concepts of OA
Service of Overeaters Anonymous, and to
serve and represent the OA groups from
which it is formed.
b) Each region shall submit a copy of its
bylaws and/or summary of purpose to the
WSO whenever either is updated or
revised.
PROPOSED WORDING
Article VII – Regions
Section 3 – Registration
a) Each region shall be duly registered with
the World Service Office of Overeaters
Anonymous by submitting bylaws and/or
a summary of its purpose and operating
procedures, neither of which shall be in
conflict with OA, Inc. Bylaws. At a
minimum, such bylaws or summary of
purpose shall include a statement
indicating that its primary purpose is to
aid those with the problems of compulsive
eating through the Twelve Steps, Twelve
Traditions and Twelve Concepts of OA
Service of Overeaters Anonymous, and to
serve and represent the OA groups from
which it is formed.
b) Each region shall submit a copy of its
bylaws and/or summary of purpose to the
WSO whenever either is updated or
revised.
c) Each region shall update its bylaws upon
receipt of notification from the World
Service Office of amendments to OA, Inc.
Bylaws adopted at the World Service
Business Conference that require changes
to region bylaws. Notices shall be deemed
to have been given if sent by mail and/or
electronic transmission to the chair
and/or secretary/coordinator representing
each region. These updates shall be made
within two years of receipt of notice.
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SUBMITTED BY
Board of Trustees
Mary Rose D., Region Six Trustee
Phone: On file
Email: On file
INTENT
To ensure that region bylaws are updated to reflect motions adopted at WSBC.
IMPLEMENTATION
Update OA, Inc. Bylaws
COST
None
RATIONALE
OA, Inc. Bylaws, Subpart B do not currently require a region to update or revise its bylaws. Each
region’s bylaws should affirm all bylaw amendments adopted by the OA Fellowship.
HISTORY
2011 – Article VII, Section 3b (paraphrased)
Include summary of purpose in region registration process (adopted)
2009 – Article VII, Section 3b (paraphrased)
Revise region registration bylaw—housekeeping motion (adopted)
WSBC MOTIONS REVIEW COMMITTEE COMMENTS
None
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APRIL/MAY 2012
2012 Proposed Amendment to the Bylaws of Overeaters Anonymous, Inc.
Subpart B
PROPOSAL ITEM: 6
Total Percentage: 92% Total Voting: 131
MOTION
Move to amend OA, Inc. Bylaws, Subpart B, Article VIII – Service Boards, Section 3 – Registration
by inserting Part d:
CURRENT WORDING
Article VIII – Service Boards
Section 3 – Registration
a) Each service board shall be duly registered
with the World Service Office of
Overeaters Anonymous by submitting:
1) a completed registration form;
2) bylaws and/or a summary of its
purpose and operating procedures,
neither of which shall be in conflict
with OA, Inc. Bylaws. At a
minimum, such bylaws or summary of
purpose shall include a statement
indicating that its primary purpose is
to aid those with the problems of
compulsive eating through the Twelve
Steps, Twelve Traditions and Twelve
Concepts of OA Service of Overeaters
Anonymous, and to serve and
represent the OA groups from which it
is formed; and
3) complete registration information on
each of its affiliated groups and
intergroups.
b) Each service board shall submit a copy of
its bylaws and/or summary of purpose to
the WSO whenever either is updated or
revised.
c) The intergroups shall register separately
with the World Service Office as defined
in Article VI – Intergroups.
PROPOSED WORDING
Article VIII – Service Boards
Section 3 – Registration
a) Each service board shall be duly registered
with the World Service Office of
Overeaters Anonymous by submitting:
1) a completed registration form;
2) bylaws and/or a summary of its
purpose and operating procedures,
neither of which shall be in conflict
with OA, Inc. Bylaws. At a
minimum, such bylaws or summary of
purpose shall include a statement
indicating that its primary purpose is
to aid those with the problems of
compulsive eating through the Twelve
Steps, Twelve Traditions and Twelve
Concepts of OA Service of Overeaters
Anonymous, and to serve and
represent the OA groups from which it
is formed; and
3) complete registration information on
each of its affiliated groups and
intergroups.
b) Each service board shall submit a copy of
its bylaws and/or summary of purpose to
the WSO whenever either is updated or
revised.
c) The intergroups shall register separately
with the World Service Office as defined
in Article VI – Intergroups.
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CURRENT WORDING
Article VIII – Service Boards
Section 3 – Registration
PROPOSED WORDING
Article VIII – Service Boards
Section 3 – Registration
d) Each service board shall update its bylaws
upon receipt of notification from the
World Service Office of amendments to
OA, Inc. Bylaws adopted at the World
Service Business Conference that require
changes to service board bylaws. Notices
shall be deemed to have been given if sent
by mail and/or electronic transmission to
the registered contact for each service
board. These updates shall be made
within two years of receipt of notice.
SUBMITTED BY
Board of Trustees
Mary Rose D., Region Six Trustee
Phone: On file
Email: On file
INTENT
To ensure that service board bylaws are updated to reflect motions adopted at WSBC.
IMPLEMENTATION
Update OA, Inc. Bylaws
COST
None
RATIONALE
OA, Inc. Bylaws, Subpart B do not currently require a service board to update or revise its bylaws.
Each service board’s bylaws should affirm all bylaw amendments adopted by the OA Fellowship.
HISTORY
2011 – Article VIII, Section 3b (paraphrased)
Include summary of purpose to service board registration process (adopted)
2009 – Article VIII, Section 3b (paraphrased)
Revise service board registration bylaw—housekeeping motion (adopted)
WSBC MOTIONS REVIEW COMMITTEE COMMENTS
None
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APRIL/MAY 2012
2012 Proposed Amendment to the Bylaws of Overeaters Anonymous, Inc.
Subpart B
PROPOSAL ITEM: 7
Total Percentage: 90% Total Voting: 131
MOTION
Move to amend OA, Inc. Bylaws, Subpart B, Article X – Meetings of Delegates, Section 3 –
Delegates, Part c – Qualifications/Selection by inserting Part 6:
CURRENT WORDING
Article X – Meetings of Delegates
Section 3 – Delegates
c) Qualifications/Selection
Parts 1-4 (not printed due to space)
5) If a region, intergroup or service board
does not select its delegate(s) and
alternate(s) or fails to inform the
World Service Office of Overeaters
Anonymous before the annual
meeting, such delegate(s) and
alternate(s) may appear at the
Conference with evidence of their due
selection deemed credible by the
trustees, and such delegate(s) shall be
seated.
PROPOSED WORDING
Article X – Meetings of Delegates
Section 3 – Delegates
c) Qualifications/Selection
Parts 1-4 (not printed due to space)
5) If a region, intergroup or service board
does not select its delegate(s) and
alternate(s) or fails to inform the
World Service Office of Overeaters
Anonymous before the annual
meeting, such delegate(s) and
alternate(s) may appear at the
Conference with evidence of their due
selection deemed credible by the
trustees, and such delegate(s) shall be
seated.
6) If region, intergroup or service board
bylaws are in conflict with OA, Inc.
Bylaws, including failure to include
amendments to OA, Inc. Bylaws
adopted by World Service Business
Conferences two or more years prior
to the current WSBC, that region,
intergroup or service board will not be
permitted to register delegate(s) for the
current Conference. In order to be
allowed to register delegate(s), a
service body has until thirty days
before start of Conference to submit
bylaws that are not in conflict with
OA, Inc. Bylaws.
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SUBMITTED BY
Board of Trustees
Mary Rose D., Region Six Trustee
Phone: On file
Email: On file
INTENT
To stipulate the effect on delegate credentials recognition if service body bylaws are in conflict with
OA, Inc. Bylaws.
IMPLEMENTATION
Update OA, Inc. Bylaws
COST
None
RATIONALE
OA, Inc. Bylaws do not specify the parliamentary action that shall occur when a service body’s
bylaws are in conflict with OA, Inc.’s Bylaws. This motion does.
HISTORY
2011 – Article X, Section 3c (paraphrased)
Include service boards in delegate qualifications (adopted)
2010 – Article X, Section 3c (paraphrased)
Revise delegate qualifications to two years of service “beyond” the group level (adopted)
2007 – Article X, Section 3c (paraphrased)
Refer to national/language service boards as service boards (postponed indefinitely)
WSBC MOTIONS REVIEW COMMITTEE COMMENTS
None
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APRIL/MAY 2012
2012 Proposed Amendment to the Bylaws of Overeaters Anonymous, Inc.
Subpart B
PROPOSAL ITEM: 8
Total Percentage: 96% Total Voting: 132
MOTION
Move to amend OA, Inc. Bylaws, Subpart B, Article XI – Conference Committees, Section 3 –
Finance Committee by striking and inserting:
CURRENT WORDING
Article XI – Conference Committees
Section 3 – Finance Committee
a) To review the annual budget and make
suggestions regarding budgetary needs
and decisions.
b) To give input on income needed for
service work, especially increasing
Seventh Tradition contributions to the
World Service Office.
c) To seek to improve communications
between the Board of Trustees and the
Fellowship in any matters concerning the
finances of OA.
d) To look at ways to raise funds for groups,
intergroups and regions.
PROPOSED WORDING
Article XI – Conference Committees
Section 3 – Finance Committee
a) To review the annual budget and make
suggestions regarding budgetary needs
and decisions.
b) To give input on income needed for
service work, especially increasing
Seventh Tradition contributions to the
World Service Office develop, suggest and
implement strategies with the goal of
increasing Seventh Tradition and special
funds contributions to the World Service
Office.
c) To seek to improve communications
between the Board of Trustees and the
Fellowship in any matters concerning the
finances of OA keep the Fellowship
informed of financial decisions made by
the BOT that affect groups and service
bodies.
d) To look at ways to raise funds for groups,
intergroups and regions assist group and
service body treasurers with the
performance of their responsibilities.
SUBMITTED BY
Joe L., General Service Trustee (on behalf of the WSBC Finance Committee)
Phone: On file
Email: On file
INTENT
To update the bylaws with a statement of purpose which accurately reflects current tasks and
directions of the WSBC Finance Committee.
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IMPLEMENTATION
Update OA, Inc. Bylaws
COST
None
RATIONALE
The current statement of purpose does not accurately reflect the current tasks of the committee.
HISTORY
2011 – Article XI, Section 3 (paraphrased)
Revise Finance Committee statement of purpose (did not address)
WSBC MOTIONS REVIEW COMMITTEE COMMENTS
None
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APRIL/MAY 2012
2012 Proposed Amendment to the Bylaws of Overeaters Anonymous, Inc.
Subpart B
PROPOSAL ITEM: 9
Total Percentage: 96% Total Voting: 132
MOTION
Move to amend OA, Inc. Bylaws, Subpart B, Article VI – Intergroups, Section 2 – Registration by
striking and inserting:
CURRENT WORDING
Article VI – Intergroups
Section 2 – Registration
a) Each intergroup shall be duly registered
with the World Service Office of
Overeaters Anonymous by submitting:
1) a completed intergroup registration
form;
2) bylaws and/or a summary of its
purpose and operating procedures,
neither of which shall be in conflict
with OA, Inc. Bylaws. At a
minimum, such bylaws or summary of
purpose shall include a statement
indicating that its primary purpose is
to aid those with the problems of
compulsive eating, through the
Twelve Steps, Twelve Traditions and
Twelve Concepts of OA Service of
Overeaters Anonymous and to serve
and represent the OA groups from
which it is formed; and
3) complete registration information on
each of its affiliated groups.
SUBMITTED BY
Board of Trustees
Mary Rose D., Region Six Trustee
Phone: On file
PROPOSED WORDING
Article VI – Intergroups
Section 2 – Registration
a) Each intergroup shall be duly registered
with the World Service Office of
Overeaters Anonymous by submitting:
1) a completed intergroup registration
form;
2) bylaws and/or a summary of its
purpose and operating procedures,
neither of which shall be in conflict
with OA, Inc. Bylaws. At a
minimum, such bylaws or summary of
purpose shall include a statement
indicating that its primary purpose is
to aid those with the problems of
compulsive eating, through the
Twelve Steps, and Twelve Traditions
of Overeaters Anonymous, guided by
the and Twelve Concepts of OA
Service, of Overeaters Anonymous
and to serve and represent the OA
groups from which it is formed; and
3) complete registration information on
each of its affiliated groups.
Email: On file
Page 193

INTENT
To provide the same language as used in OA, Inc. Bylaws, Subpart B, Article V, Section 1a1
defining an OA group.
IMPLEMENTATION
Update OA, Inc. Bylaws
COST
None
RATIONALE
There is value in stating and repeating that we are guided by the Twelve Concepts of OA Service.
By reflecting this also in the Article VI definition of intergroups, we highlight this value.
HISTORY
2011 – Article VI, Section 2b (paraphrased)
Include summary of purpose in intergroup registration process (adopted)
2009 – Article VI, Section 2b (paraphrased)
Revise intergroup registration bylaw—housekeeping motion (adopted)
WSBC MOTIONS REVIEW COMMITTEE COMMENTS
None
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APRIL/MAY 2012
2012 Proposed Amendment to the Bylaws of Overeaters Anonymous, Inc.
Subpart B
PROPOSAL ITEM: 10
Total Percentage: 96% Total Voting: 132
MOTION
Move to amend OA, Inc. Bylaws, Subpart B, Article VII – Regions, Section 3 – Registration by
striking and inserting:
CURRENT WORDING
Article VII – Regions
Section 3 – Registration
4) Each region shall be duly registered with
the World Service Office of Overeaters
Anonymous by submitting bylaws and/or
a summary of its purpose and operating
procedures, neither of which shall be in
conflict with OA, Inc. Bylaws. At a
minimum, such bylaws or summary of
purpose shall include a statement
indicating that its primary purpose is to
aid those with the problems of compulsive
eating through the Twelve Steps, Twelve
Traditions and Twelve Concepts of OA
Service of Overeaters Anonymous, and to
serve and represent the OA groups from
which it is formed.
SUBMITTED BY
Board of Trustees
Mary Rose D., Region Six Trustee
Phone: On file
PROPOSED WORDING
Article VII – Regions
Section 3 – Registration
4) Each region shall be duly registered with
the World Service Office of Overeaters
Anonymous by submitting bylaws and/or
a summary of its purpose and operating
procedures, neither of which shall be in
conflict with OA, Inc. Bylaws. At a
minimum, such bylaws or summary of
purpose shall include a statement
indicating that its primary purpose is to
aid those with the problems of compulsive
eating through the Twelve Steps, and
Twelve Traditions of Overeaters
Anonymous, guided by the and Twelve
Concepts of OA Service of Overeaters
Anonymous, and to serve and represent
the OA groups from which it is formed.
Email: On file
INTENT
To provide the same language as used in OA, Inc. Bylaws, Subpart B, Article V, Section 1a1
defining an OA group.
IMPLEMENTATION
Update OA, Inc. Bylaws
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COST
None
RATIONALE
There is value in stating and repeating that we are guided by the Twelve Concepts of OA Service.
By reflecting this also in the Article VII definition of regions, we highlight this value.
HISTORY
2011 – Article VII, Section 3b (paraphrased)
Include summary of purpose in region registration process (adopted)
2009 – Article VII, Section 3b (paraphrased)
Revise region registration bylaw—housekeeping motion (adopted)
WSBC MOTIONS REVIEW COMMITTEE COMMENTS
None
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APRIL/MAY 2012
2012 Proposed Amendment to the Bylaws of Overeaters Anonymous, Inc.
Subpart B
PROPOSAL ITEM: 11
Total Percentage: 95% Total Voting: 132
MOTION
Move to amend OA, Inc. Bylaws, Subpart B, Article VIII – Service Boards, Section 3 – Registration
by striking and inserting:
CURRENT WORDING
Article VIII – Service Boards
Section 3 – Registration
a) Each service board shall be duly registered
with the World Service Office of
Overeaters Anonymous by submitting:
1) a completed registration form;
2) bylaws and/or a summary of its
purpose and operating procedures,
neither of which shall be in conflict
with OA, Inc. Bylaws. At a
minimum, such bylaws or summary of
purpose shall include a statement
indicating that its primary purpose is
to aid those with the problems of
compulsive eating through the Twelve
Steps, Twelve Traditions and Twelve
Concepts of OA Service of Overeaters
Anonymous, and to serve and
represent the OA groups from which it
is formed; and
3) complete registration information on
each of its affiliated groups and
intergroups.
SUBMITTED BY
Board of Trustees
Mary Rose D., Region Six Trustee
Phone: On file
PROPOSED WORDING
Article VIII – Service Boards
Section 3 – Registration
a) Each service board shall be duly registered
with the World Service Office of
Overeaters Anonymous by submitting:
1) a completed registration form;
2) bylaws and/or a summary of its
purpose and operating procedures,
neither of which shall be in conflict
with OA, Inc. Bylaws. At a
minimum, such bylaws or summary of
purpose shall include a statement
indicating that its primary purpose is
to aid those with the problems of
compulsive eating, through the
Twelve Steps, and Twelve Traditions
of Overeaters Anonymous, guided by
the and Twelve Concepts of OA
Service of Overeaters Anonymous,
and to serve and represent the OA
groups from which it is formed; and
3) complete registration information on
each of its affiliated groups and
intergroups.
Email: On file
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INTENT
To provide the same language as used in OA, Inc. Bylaws, Subpart B, Article V, Section 1a1
defining an OA group.
IMPLEMENTATION
Update OA, Inc. Bylaws
COST
None
RATIONALE
There is value in stating and repeating that we are guided by the Twelve Concepts of OA Service.
By reflecting this also in the Article VIII definition of service boards, we highlight this value.
HISTORY
2011 – Article VIII, Section 3b (paraphrased)
Include summary of purpose in service board registration process (adopted)
2009 – Article VIII, Section 3b (paraphrased)
Revise service board registration bylaw—housekeeping motion (adopted)
WSBC MOTIONS REVIEW COMMITTEE COMMENTS
None
Page 198

APRIL/MAY 2012
2012 Proposed Amendment to the Bylaws of Overeaters Anonymous, Inc.
Subpart B
PROPOSAL ITEM: 12
Total Percentage: 98% Total Voting: 132
MOTION
Move to amend OA, Inc. Bylaws, Subpart B, Article IX – Board of Trustees, Section 1 –
Composition and Section 2 – Duties and Responsibilities, Part c3) by striking and inserting:
CURRENT WORDING
Article IX – Board of Trustees
Section 1 – Composition
The Board of Trustees shall consist of ten
“regional trustees,” each representing one of
the ten regions, and six “general service
trustees.”
Section 2 – Duties and Responsibilities
c) Specific Duties
3) The chairman of the board will
annually appoint a regional or general
service trustee to also serve as virtual
services trustee (VST), representing
virtual groups and service boards at
the Board of Trustees.
SUBMITTED BY
Board of Trustees
Mary Rose D., Region Six Trustee
Phone: On file
PROPOSED WORDING
Article IX – Board of Trustees
Section 1 – Composition
The Board of Trustees shall consist of ten
“regional trustees,” each representing one of
the ten regions, and six “general service
trustees.,” and one “virtual services trustee.”
Section 2 – Duties and Responsibilities
c) Specific Duties
3) The chairman of the board will
annually appoint a regional or general
service trustee to also serve as virtual
services trustee (VST), will
representing virtual groups and service
boards at the Board of Trustees.
Email: On file
Gerri H., Region Eight Trustee/Virtual Services Trustee
Phone: On file
Email: On file
INTENT
To create a new trustee position to support virtual groups and service boards.
IMPLEMENTATION
Update OA, Inc. Bylaws
Nominations will be accepted according to OA, Inc. Bylaws, Subpart B, Article IX, Section 7 –
Vacancies.
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COST
$6,500 per year for travel to board meetings
RATIONALE
The structure of virtual services has in some ways been established for three years and in others is
still in formation and transition as members experience the similarities and the differences between
virtual groups and face-to-face groups. The differences start with how a group may be formed, and
involve concerns as to how Seventh Tradition contributions might be made, how a meeting might
take a group conscience, how numbers of meetings might band together to hold business meetings,
and how virtual service boards might identify, elect and fund delegates to attend the World Service
Business Conference. A virtual services trustee would develop and conduct virtual Service,
Traditions and Concepts workshops, hold online meetings focused on OA’s main goals (strong
meetings, committed service bodies, public/professional awareness and financial health), and do the
basic member and group support that each regional trustee does within his or her geographic area.
This is a service that is large enough, important enough, that it is no longer sufficient to add it to a
regional trustee’s assignment; rather, it requires and deserves a trustee dedicated to the concerns of
this critical and growing segment of OA recovery.
HISTORY
2011 – Article IX, Section 2c (paraphrased)
Include virtual services trustee appointment as part of board duties and responsibilities (adopted)
2005 – Article IX, Section 2c (paraphrased)
Appoint existing trustee to oversee virtual service boards (adopted)
WSBC MOTIONS REVIEW COMMITTEE COMMENTS
None
Page 200

APRIL/MAY 2012
2012 Proposed Amendment to the Bylaws of Overeaters Anonymous, Inc.
Subpart B
PROPOSAL ITEM: 13
Total Percentage: 96% Total Voting: 131
MOTION
Move to amend OA, Inc. Bylaws, Subpart B, Article VI – Intergroups, Section 3 – Functioning by
inserting:
CURRENT WORDING
Article VI – Intergroups
Section 3 – Functioning
a) Intergroups may conduct the business of
their groups by any method they choose.
b) An intergroup must be formally
registered, along with its delegate
information, thirty days prior to
Conference opening to send delegates to
the current Conference. (See Article X,
Section 3c for qualifications and selection
of delegates.)
PROPOSED WORDING
Article VI – Intergroups
Section 3 – Functioning
a) Intergroups may conduct the business of
their groups by any method they choose.
b) An intergroup must be formally
registered, along with its delegate
information, thirty days prior to
Conference opening to send delegates to
the current Conference. (See Article X,
Section 3c for qualifications and selection
of delegates.)
c) Unless intergroup bylaws specify
otherwise, an intergroup may be
deregistered only by notifying the World
Service Office that a motion to deregister
has been adopted by two-thirds vote of an
intergroup meeting for the stated purpose
of discussing intergroup deregistration,
called with a 30-day advance notification
to member groups.
SUBMITTED BY
Caledonian Intergroup, Region Nine
Linda C.
Phone: On file
Email: On file
Mary Rose D., WSBC Bylaws Committee Trustee Cochair
Phone: On file
Email: On file
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INTENT
To ensure that an intergroup cannot be deregistered without advance notification, meeting and vote.
IMPLEMENTATION
Update OA, Inc. Bylaws
Ask the World Service Office to notify the regional trustee, who will contact the region or the
national service board for that intergroup to verify that the decision to deregister was made by a
legally constituted meeting scheduled for that purpose.
COST
None
RATIONALE
Caledonian Intergroup was recently deregistered by a chair who had resigned. Although a new
board had been elected, the request to deregister the intergroup was made by members from the
previous board.
No individual(s) should have the authority to deregister an intergroup without advance notification,
meeting and vote. Current practice allows intergroup deregistration to be requested by only one or
two individuals.
This situation can be prevented in future circumstances if the region or the national service board for
an intergroup is notified of any such deregistration request. A region or national service board
would be in a position to substantiate the legitimacy of the request.
HISTORY
No history in the past five years.
WSBC MOTIONS REVIEW COMMITTEE COMMENTS
None
Page 202

APRIL/MAY 2012
2012 Proposed Amendment to the Bylaws of Overeaters Anonymous, Inc.
Subpart B
PROPOSAL ITEM: 14
Total Percentage: 93% Total Voting: 132
MOTION
Move to amend OA, Inc. Bylaws, Subpart B, Article IX – Board of Trustees, Section 2 – Duties and
Responsibilities, Parts b and c by striking and inserting:
CURRENT WORDING
Article IX – Board of Trustees
Section 2 – Duties and Responsibilities
b) Subject to the limitations of these bylaws,
and to the action of the delegates at the
Conference, all powers shall be exercised
by or under the authority of, and the
business affairs of the corporation shall be
controlled by the Board of Trustees.
Without prejudice to such general powers
but subject to the same limitations, it is
hereby expressly declared that the trustees
shall have the following powers:
7) To act as spokesman for Overeaters
Anonymous in all matters affecting
Overeaters Anonymous as a whole.
c) Specific Duties
3) The chairman of the board will
annually appoint a regional or general
service trustee to also serve as virtual
services trustee (VST), representing
virtual groups and service boards at
the Board of Trustees.
SUBMITTED BY
WSBC Bylaws Committee
Candace O., Delegate Cochair
Phone: On file
Isabella V., WSBC Bylaws Subcommittee Chair
Phone: On file
PROPOSED WORDING
Article IX – Board of Trustees
Section 2 – Duties and Responsibilities
b) Subject to the limitations of these bylaws,
and to the action of the delegates at the
Conference, all powers shall be exercised
by or under the authority of, and the
business affairs of the corporation shall be
controlled by the Board of Trustees.
Without prejudice to such general powers
but subject to the same limitations, it is
hereby expressly declared that the trustees
shall have the following powers:
7) To act as spokesman for speak on
behalf of Overeaters Anonymous in
all matters affecting Overeaters
Anonymous as a whole.
c) Specific Duties
3) The chairman of the board will
annually appoint a regional or general
service trustee to also serve as virtual
services trustee (VST), representing
virtual groups and service boards at
the Board of Trustees.
Email: On file
Email: On file
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INTENT
To make the language of OA, Inc. Bylaws, Subpart B gender neutral.
IMPLEMENTATION
Update OA, Inc. Bylaws
COST
None
RATIONALE
Language in OA, Inc. Bylaws, Subpart B always refers to chairman or chairmen, neither of which
necessarily reflects reality. Use of “chair” is one of the “variations on the form” that are “now
frequently encountered” and “may be in use as the general practice in particular assemblies.”
(Roberts Rules of Order, Newly Revised, p. 23)
HISTORY
No history in the past five years.
WSBC MOTIONS REVIEW COMMITTEE COMMENTS
None
Page 204

APRIL/MAY 2012
2012 Proposed Amendment to the Bylaws of Overeaters Anonymous, Inc.
Subpart B
PROPOSAL ITEM: 15
Total Percentage: 92% Total Voting: 133
MOTION
Move to amend OA, Inc. Bylaws, Subpart B, Article X – Meetings of Delegates, Section 2 – Special
Meetings, Section 3 – Delegates, Section 6 – Presiding Officer and Section 8 – Business Agenda by
striking and inserting:
CURRENT WORDING
Article X – Meetings of Delegates
Section 2 – Special Meetings
Special meetings of the delegates for any
purpose or purposes may be called at any time
by the chairman of the board or by a majority
of the trustees.
Section 3 – Delegates
The delegates to the World Service Business
Conference shall be as follows:
a) Voting delegates shall consist of the
following persons chosen in accordance
with this Article X, Section 3(c)1.
4) Each region shall be entitled to one
vote through its duly elected chairman
or alternate.
Section 6 – Presiding Officer
All meetings of delegates shall be presided
over by the chairman of the Board of
Trustees. In the absence of the chairman, the
first vice chairman shall preside over the
meetings of the delegates.
Section 8 – Business Agenda
a) The chairman shall provide that the
agenda for the annual Conference
includes written reports of the treasurer,
managing director, board and Conference
committee chairmen.
PROPOSED WORDING
Article X – Meetings of Delegates
Section 2 – Special Meetings
Special meetings of the delegates for any
purpose or purposes may be called at any time
by the chairman of the board or by a majority
of the trustees.
Section 3 – Delegates
The delegates to the World Service Business
Conference shall be as follows:
b) Voting delegates shall consist of the
following persons chosen in accordance
with this Article X, Section 3(c)1.
4) Each region shall be entitled to one
vote through its duly elected chairman
or alternate.
Section 6 – Presiding Officer
All meetings of delegates shall be presided
over by the chairman of the Board of
Trustees. In the absence of the chairman, the
first vice chairman shall preside over the
meetings of the delegates.
Section 8 – Business Agenda
a) The chairman shall provide that the
agenda for the annual Conference
includes written reports of the treasurer,
managing director, board and Conference
committee chairmens.
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CURRENT WORDING (CONTINUED)
Article X – Meetings of Delegates
Section 8 – Business Agenda
b) Notwithstanding any action of the
chairman or mandate of Section 7 above,
questions of policy shall take precedence
over proposed bylaws amendments at all
Conference meetings, except for such
bylaw amendments as may be required to
conform with or be mandated by any
action of State or Federal statute, code or
law. The agenda of the Conference shall
specifically provide for consideration of
policy questions before consideration of
bylaw amendments.
SUBMITTED BY
WSBC Bylaws Committee
Candace O., Delegate Cochair
Phone: On file
Isabella V., WSBC Bylaws Subcommittee Chair
Phone: On file
PROPOSED WORDING (CONTINUED)
Article X – Meetings of Delegates
Section 8 – Business Agenda
b) Notwithstanding any action of the
chairman or mandate of Section 7 above,
questions of policy shall take precedence
over proposed bylaws amendments at all
Conference meetings, except for such
bylaw amendments as may be required to
conform with or be mandated by any
action of State or Federal statute, code or
law. The agenda of the Conference shall
specifically provide for consideration of
policy questions before consideration of
bylaw amendments.
Email: On file
Email: On file
INTENT
To make the language of OA, Inc. Bylaws, Subpart B gender neutral.
IMPLEMENTATION
Update OA, Inc. Bylaws
COST
None
RATIONALE
Language in OA, Inc. Bylaws, Subpart B always refers to chairman or chairmen, neither of which
necessarily reflects reality. Use of “chair” is one of the “variations on the form” that are “now
frequently encountered” and “may be in use as the general practice in particular assemblies.”
(Roberts Rules of Order, Newly Revised, p. 23)
HISTORY
No history in the past five years.
WSBC MOTIONS REVIEW COMMITTEE COMMENTS
None
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APRIL/MAY 2012
2012 Proposed Amendment to the Bylaws of Overeaters Anonymous, Inc.
Subpart B
PROPOSAL ITEM: 16
Total Percentage: 94% Total Voting: 133
MOTION
Move to amend OA, Inc. Bylaws, Subpart B, Article XI – Conference Committees, Section 1 –
Conference Literature Committee, Section 2 – Bylaws Committee, Section 4 – Region Chairs
Committee and Section 6 – Conference Committee Chairman by striking and inserting:
CURRENT WORDING
Article XI – Conference Committees
Section 1 – Conference Literature Committee
a) The Conference Literature Committee
shall be composed of twelve or more
delegates selected by the chairman of the
Literature Committee of the Board of
Trustees from among delegates at the
Conference, to obtain good geographic
representation, strong abstinence and a
willingness to serve.
Section 2 – Bylaws Committee
a) The Reference Subcommittee shall be
composed of the Bylaws Committee
chairman and representative of the Board
of Trustees who shall be the cochairmen;
and the representatives selected from each
region and the virtual service boards to
serve on the Bylaws Committee.
Section 4 – Region Chairs Committee
b) The Region Chairs Committee shall be
composed of the current region chairmen
only. A region chairman may designate
an alternate, such as the region vice
chairman, to serve on the committee in
her/his absence.
PROPOSED WORDING
Article XI – Conference Committees
Section 1 – Conference Literature Committee
a) The Conference Literature Committee
shall be composed of twelve or more
delegates selected by the chairman of the
Literature Committee of the Board of
Trustees from among delegates at the
Conference, to obtain good geographic
representation, strong abstinence and a
willingness to serve.
Section 2 – Bylaws Committee
a) The Reference Subcommittee shall be
composed of the Bylaws Committee
delegate chairman and representative of
the Board of Trustees who shall be the
cochairmens; and the representatives
selected from each region and the virtual
service boards to serve on the Bylaws
Committee.
Section 4 – Region Chairs Committee
b) The Region Chairs Committee shall be
composed of the current region chairmens
only. A region chairman may designate
an alternate, such as the region vice
chairman, to serve on the committee in
her/his absence.
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CURRENT WORDING (CONTINUED)
Article XI – Conference Committees
Section 6 – Conference Committee Chairman
a) Election – A Conference cochairman and
a vice chairman for each Conference
committee shall be elected annually by a
majority of the delegates present at the
annual Conference committee meetings.
The Conference cochairman shall be a
delegate and shall not serve more than
two consecutive one-year terms. The vice
chairman shall assume all responsibilities
in the absence of the Conference
cochairman.
c) Vacancies – If, for any reason, the
Conference committee cochairman is
unable to fulfill the position and there is
no vice chairman, the chairman of the
Board of Trustees, in consultation with
the trustee cochairman responsible for
liaison between the Conference committee
and the board, shall appoint a delegate
from the committee to serve as
Conference cochairman.
d) A vacancy shall be presumed if the
Conference committee cochairman fails to
communicate with the committee for
three consecutive months.
SUBMITTED BY
WSBC Bylaws Committee
Candace O., Delegate Cochair
Phone: On file
Isabella V., WSBC Bylaws Subcommittee Chair
Phone: On file
PROPOSED WORDING (CONTINUED)
Article XI – Conference Committees
Section 6 – Conference Committee Chairman
a) Election – A Conference cochairman and
a vice chairman for each Conference
committee shall be elected annually by a
majority of the delegates present at the
annual Conference committee meetings.
The Conference cochairman shall be a
delegate and shall not serve more than
two consecutive one-year terms. The vice
chairman shall assume all responsibilities
in the absence of the Conference
cochairman.
c) Vacancies – If, for any reason, the
Conference committee cochairman is
unable to fulfill the position and there is
no vice chairman, the chairman of the
Board of Trustees, in consultation with
the trustee cochairman responsible for
liaison between the Conference committee
and the board, shall appoint a delegate
from the committee to serve as
Conference cochairman.
d) A vacancy shall be presumed if the
Conference committee cochairman fails to
communicate with the committee for
three consecutive months.
Email: On file
Email: On file
INTENT
To make the language of OA, Inc. Bylaws, Subpart B gender neutral.
IMPLEMENTATION
Update OA, Inc. Bylaws
COST
None
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RATIONALE
Language in OA, Inc. Bylaws, Subpart B always refers to chairman or chairmen, neither of which
necessarily reflects reality. Use of “chair” is one of the “variations on the form” that are “now
frequently encountered” and “may be in use as the general practice in particular assemblies.”
(Roberts Rules of Order, Newly Revised, p. 23)
HISTORY
No history in the past five years.
WSBC MOTIONS REVIEW COMMITTEE COMMENTS
None
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APRIL/MAY 2012
2012 Proposed Amendment to the Bylaws of Overeaters Anonymous, Inc.
Subpart B
PROPOSAL ITEM: 17
Total Percentage: 94% Total Voting: 133
MOTION
Move to amend OA, Inc. Bylaws, Subpart B, Article XIV – Bylaw Amendments, Section 1 –
Procedure, Parts a and b by striking:
CURRENT WORDING
Article XIV – Bylaw Amendments
Section 1 - Procedure
Subpart B of these bylaws may be amended as
follows:
a) Amendments to Subpart B of these bylaws
may be proposed by any registered service
body, trustee, the Region Chairs
Committee or the Conference Bylaws
Committee and shall be submitted to the
chairman of the Board of Trustees,
postmarked or be date and time stamped
through electronic transmission by
December 10 before the annual meeting of
the Conference. The Board of Trustees
may also submit amendments to the
bylaws.
b) The chairman of the board shall cause a
copy of the proposed amendments to be
communicated to each delegate whose
name appears in the office of the secretary
of the corporation and to each registered
service body and trustee by January 10
prior to the annual Conference.
SUBMITTED BY
WSBC Bylaws Committee
Candace O., Delegate Cochair
Phone: On file
Isabella V., WSBC Bylaws Subcommittee Chair
Phone: On file
PROPOSED WORDING
Article XIV – Bylaw Amendments
Section 1 - Procedure
Subpart B of these bylaws may be amended as
follows:
a) Amendments to Subpart B of these bylaws
may be proposed by any registered service
body, trustee, the Region Chairs
Committee or the Conference Bylaws
Committee and shall be submitted to the
chairman of the Board of Trustees,
postmarked or be date and time stamped
through electronic transmission by
December 10 before the annual meeting of
the Conference. The Board of Trustees
may also submit amendments to the
bylaws.
b) The chairman of the board shall cause a
copy of the proposed amendments to be
communicated to each delegate whose
name appears in the office of the secretary
of the corporation and to each registered
service body and trustee by January 10
prior to the annual Conference.
Email: On file
Email: On file
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INTENT
To make the language of OA, Inc. Bylaws, Subpart B gender neutral.
IMPLEMENTATION
Update OA, Inc. Bylaws
COST
None
RATIONALE
Language in OA, Inc. Bylaws, Subpart B always refers to chairman or chairmen, neither of which
necessarily reflects reality. Use of “chair” is one of the “variations on the form” that are “now
frequently encountered” and “may be in use as the general practice in particular assemblies.”
(Roberts Rules of Order, Newly Revised, p. 23)
HISTORY
No history in the past five years.
WSBC MOTIONS REVIEW COMMITTEE COMMENTS
None
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APRIL/MAY 2012
2012 Proposed Amendment to the Bylaws of Overeaters Anonymous, Inc.
Subpart B
PROPOSAL ITEM: 18
Total Percentage: 96% Total Voting: 131
MOTION
Move to amend OA, Inc. Bylaws, Subpart B, Article VIII – Service Boards, Section 4 – Functioning
by inserting:
CURRENT WORDING
Article VIII – Service Boards
Section 4 - Functioning
a) Service boards shall conduct business
under the bylaws and policies established
by their intergroups and groups.
b) A service board must be formally
registered, along with its delegate
information, thirty days prior to
Conference to send delegates to the
current Conference. (See Article X,
Section 3c for qualifications and selection
of delegates.)
PROPOSED WORDING
Article VIII – Service Boards
Section 4 - Functioning
a) Service boards shall conduct business
under the bylaws and policies established
by their intergroups and groups.
b) A service board must be formally
registered, along with its delegate
information, thirty days prior to
Conference to send delegates to the
current Conference. (See Article X,
Section 3c for qualifications and selection
of delegates.)
c) Unless service board bylaws specify
otherwise, a service board may be
deregistered only by notifying the World
Service Office that a motion to deregister
has been adopted by two-thirds vote of a
service board meeting for the stated
purpose of discussing service board
deregistration, called with a 30-day
advance notification to member groups.
Attendance count and vote will be of and
by group representatives only; no
additional vote will be accorded to
intergroup(s).
SUBMITTED BY
Mary Rose D., BOT Bylaws Committee Chair
Phone: On file
Email: On file
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INTENT
To ensure that a service board cannot be deregistered without advance notification, meeting and
vote.
IMPLEMENTATION
Update OA, Inc. Bylaws
Ask the World Service Office to notify the regional or virtual services trustee, who will contact the
service board to verify that the decision to deregister was made by a legally constituted meeting
scheduled for that purpose.
COST
None
RATIONALE
No individual(s) should have the authority to deregister a service board without advance
notification, meeting and vote. Current practice allows service board deregistration to be requested
by only one or two individuals.
Before a service board is deregistered, it is critical that the regional or virtual services trustee contact
the service board to substantiate the legitimacy of the request.
HISTORY
No history in the past five years.
WSBC MOTIONS REVIEW COMMITTEE COMMENTS
None
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APRIL/MAY 2012
Chair’s Report
At WSBC 2011 I was re-elected to serve a second three-year term as Region Four trustee. I was also
elected as chair of the Board of Trustees. The last year has been an incredible experience. I have
loved serving as trustee for my region, and in that capacity, serving OA as a whole. But since
election as chair, I have also been serving on the Executive Committee with the general service
trustees, which manages the “business” side of the corporation and oversees the World Service
Office. I have chaired the monthly Executive Committee meetings and traveled to the World Service
Office to meet with the staff. Although I don’t formally serve on any committees, I am an ex-officio
member of all of them, and am copied on many of the committee emails. The result is that I have
been getting a broad overview of all of the activities of the Board of Trustees and the World Service
Office staff. We are truly blessed to have so many talented people working to help carry the message
of recovery to those who still suffer.
Here are a few highlights of the past year.
CONFERENCE 2012-2014
After many years at Hotel Albuquerque at Old Town, the WSBC will be held at the Embassy Suites
Hotel and Spa for the next three years. As an all-suites hotel, each room has a refrigerator and
microwave, very helpful in enabling all of us to follow our usual plans of eating while attending the
WSBC. Breakfast is included in the room rate, and a lunch buffet will be provided Wednesday-
Saturday. Complimentary shuttle service to grocery stores will be available Tuesday, and dinner
shuttles to both ABQ Uptown and Old Town are available Tuesday through Friday, so we can still
get a taste of local culture if we so desire. The rooms all have complimentary Internet, and it
promises to be a wonderful venue for our Business Conference. We also have a newly revised index
to the Business Conference Policy Manual, which will be a wonderful resource as we conduct the
business of OA.
CONVENTION 2013
Plans are well under way for Convention 2013, to be held August 29 – September 1, 2013 in
Cleveland, Ohio. The theme is “Recovery to Rock Our World.” There will be workshops, “rockin”
entertainment, and sharing experience, strength and hope with fellow OA members from around the
world. It promises to be a great time. Start saving and join us as we celebrate our recovery in this
wonderful Fellowship!
LIFELINE
Lifeline, our international magazine of recovery, received a makeover in 2010, with a whole new
look for the print version and the new Lifeline Weekly to accompany the electronic version. What
hasn’t changed is the wonderful content. Each issue has a different theme, with regular features
focusing on the Steps, Traditions, service, spirituality and newcomers. In 2012 we launched an
ambitious campaign to make Lifeline self-supporting, asking that each group purchase a subscription
and renew it for the life of the group. It’s a wonderful resource to hand to newcomers along with
their newcomer packet, and it’s small enough to tuck in a purse or lunchbox. If you don’t already
subscribe, I challenge you to make this the year to turn over a new leaf – or a new page!
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LITERATURE
Delegates at the WSBC 2011 approved A Common Solution: Diversity and Recovery, as well as the
revised Tools of Recovery pamphlet with the definition of the newest tool, action plan. Members asked
for an abbreviated version that they could read in meetings, so the Board of Trustees approved the
Abridged Tools of Recovery and included it in the Suggested Meeting Format. The board also
contracted for an index to The Twelve Steps and Twelve Traditions of Overeaters Anonymous, so now you
can easily find the reference to the assignment your sponsor gave you! This year we will consider the
revised To the Newcomer and Sponsoring Through the Twelve Steps, as well as the new e-Workbook to
accompany Voices of Recovery.
PROFESSIONAL TRADESHOWS
The WSO staff represented OA at three professional tradeshows during the past year. The American
Association of Diabetes Educators met in Las Vegas, Nevada August 3-5 with attendance of 5,200.
The American Academy of Family Physicians (AAFP) met September 15-17, 2011 in Orlando,
Florida with 8,357 professionals in attendance. The American Public Health Association (APHA)
met in Washington, DC October 30 – November 2, 2011 with attendance of 13,300. The Board of
Trustees has budgeted for the WSO staff to attend two professional tradeshows this year: the
American Association of Diabetes Educators (AADE) and the American Academy of Family
Physicians (AAFP). The Professional Exhibits Fund is available to help defray the cost of service
body attendance at professional tradeshows in your local area, and the application form is available
for download on the OA Web site. Literature to distribute at the events may be purchased at cost
through your regional trustee.
PUBLIC AWARENESS
Our public awareness efforts have really paid off in the last year. It seems that references to OA are
everywhere – magazines, television shows, newspaper articles, blogs, radio shows –there seems to be
no end to the venues for carrying the message that we have a solution to compulsive eating. With
obesity at epidemic levels and research exploding about food addiction, it’s wonderful that people
are recognizing the role OA can play in recovering from these deadly diseases. Later this year, OA
will be producing a thirteen-week Internet radio series on Voice America, with the potential to reach
3.5 million international listeners each month.
STRATEGIC PLAN
I am pleased to report that once again the WSO staff, region chairs and Board of Trustees have
completed all of the tasks on the 2011 Operations Plan. Not content to rest on our laurels, we have
already started work on the tasks we have set for 2012, and just this last week at the BOT meeting in
Albuquerque we began setting our main goals and objectives for 2013, the final year in our five-year
Strategic Plan. The WSBC 2012 is centered on the Strategic Plan’s four main goals, so we will be
talking about the plan all week, focusing on making sure that all levels of our service structure are
participating in achieving our goals.
TECHNOLOGY
Technology has begun to play a huge role in our OA recovery. More and more literature is being
produced in e-Reader format, and OA is keeping pace with the changes. To date, our five bestselling
books are available in the most popular e-Reader formats for computers, mobile devices and
smart phones. Later this year, we will be reformatting the rest of our books for e-Readers as well. By
downloading a free application from the Internet and loading it on my computer and smart phone,
my OA literature now accompanies me everywhere I go, so inspiration is never farther away than
my pocket. The same device allows me to listen to OA podcasts, write out my daily action plan, and
attend a phone or online meeting. My contacts are stored right in my phone, allowing me to connect
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to my sponsor or other OA members via phone, email, voice-over-Internet, texting, or instant
messaging. I could still opt for isolation, but OA and recovery are always a mere touch away.
TRUSTEE APPOINTMENT
Vicki Wilcox, general service trustee, resigned as of close of WSBC 2011, with two years left in the
term of office. After soliciting applications from the Fellowship, Michael B. was appointed by the
Board of Trustees to fill the vacancy until WSBC 2012, leaving a one-year term still vacant as of
WSBC 2012. I am pleased to say that we have trustee nominees for all vacant positions.
VIRTUAL SERVICES
The number of virtual meetings has exploded in the last couple years. With nearly 300 meetings via
phone, online or voice-over-Internet, meetings are available everywhere at almost any time. There
are currently two virtual service boards, and this is the third year that one of the VSBs has sent
delegates to WSBC. This year the delegates will consider a motion to elect a trustee dedicated to
serving the virtual Fellowship and helping the groups to more fully integrate into the service
structure.
WEB SITE
In February 2012 we launched the new OA Web site, with the newly redesigned Find-A-Meeting
function. As anticipated, the changeover was not without problems, but the staff and Web developer
have been working tirelessly to identify and correct the bugs in the system. The result will be a vast
improvement over the old system.
WORLD SERVICE OFFICE
Last but not least, my report wouldn’t be complete without acknowledging our wonderful staff at the
World Service Office. Each one is a professional dedicated to serving the Fellowship, and all of them
deserve our thanks and appreciation. We are blessed to have such talented people working alongside
us to carry the message of recovery to those who still suffer.
Thank you for the privilege of allowing me to serve as your chair for the last year. This wonderful
program has saved my life, and it has truly been an honor to serve the Fellowship that I love so
dearly.
Yours in service,
Teresa K.
Region Four Trustee/Chair of the Board of Trustees
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APRIL/MAY 2012
Treasurer’s Report
As your treasurer, I am the trustee cochair of the Finance Committee and I am chair of the WSBC
2012 Delegate Support Fund Allocation Committee. You can find a complete report on those
committees in the Reports section of your WSBC 2012 delegate binder. I will not be addressing them
in this report.
OA, INC. BUDGET FY2012
At the November 2011 Board of Trustees meeting, the Executive Committee presented the proposed
2012 budget to the full BOT and it was approved. For a detailed rendering of the OA, Inc. budget
FY2012, see Appendix C in your 2012 WSBC delegate binder.
2011 OVERVIEW
At the World Service level, we finished the year 2011 with a near-perfect balance between income
and expense. That elusive “zero balance” is of course our goal as we enter the budget proposal
sessions every year, but it is rare that the year-end reality so closely resembles the best-guess
predictions of fifteen months earlier. Each member of the Board of Trustees and each World Service
Office employee are to be commended for their efforts in minimizing expenses and sticking to the
budget (bearing in mind of course that this commendation will not be monetary in nature).
In 2011 World Service received over 6 percent more Seventh-Tradition contributions than in 2010.
Considering the fact that 2011 presented some continued tough worldwide economic conditions, this
figure is outstanding! You, the OA Fellowship, have presented a very convincing display of
commitment to recovery and a willingness to reach out to the still-suffering compulsive eater. For
that you deserve a hearty pat on the back. But I cannot in good conscience present those facts
without a gentle reminder that we cannot afford to rest on our laurels. As you are well aware from
your personal finances, expenses continue to rise. As we continue to replenish our literature
inventory, the printing cost will be higher than it was previously. Taxes, insurance, utilities, travel
and shipping (just to mention a few) are unavoidable costs of doing business, and those costs also
continue to escalate. So let us always bear that in mind as we pass the basket in our meetings. Keep
up the good work!
In 2011, OA, Inc.’s total revenue was made up of the following:
53 percent literature sales
27 percent Seventh-Tradition contributions
9 percent shipping
8 percent Lifeline sales
1 percent World Service Business Conference revenue
2 percent other
On our Strategic Plan, one of our goals is to increase Seventh-Tradition contributions. The WSBC
Finance Committee and the BOT continue to work on ideas to achieve that goal. And on that
thought, it couldn’t hurt to offer your local Fellowship the insight that a “Buck in the Basket” and
“It Takes Two” are slogans from the past and need to be eradicated. Our World Service Business
Conference (the voice and conscience of OA) decided that our new “Give as Though Your Life
Depends on It” slogan seems more appropriate. Our Seventh-Tradition pamphlet (Item # 802) is
free from the online oa.org bookstore. You only need to pay shipping if ordering the pamphlets on
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their own. Also be aware that the Seventh-Tradition pamphlet text is available as a free download at
the oa.org Web site. Please make certain that your local Fellowship has some on hand. And for the
international Fellowship, a condensed, single-page rendition of the Seventh-Tradition pamphlet is
available in eight different languages. Spanish, Polish, Italian, Danish, Swedish, Greek, French and
Portuguese are available now. Hebrew, Arabic and Dutch are currently being worked on and should
be available soon. Please contact the World Service Office for copies of any of the languages
mentioned.
2011 OA, INC. AUDIT
As per state law requirements, OA, Inc. hired a professional accounting firm to perform our annual
complete audit in mid-January. As per the auditor’s report, Sarah Armstrong, our associate director/
controller and her staff have, yet again, done an excellent job maintaining our financial records and
inventories. The complete FY2011 Financial Report is in Appendix B of your 2012 WSBC delegate
binder.
PRUDENT RESERVE
At the end of 2011, OA, Inc. had $481,212 in our prudent reserve. That figure represents more than
3.7 months of our 2011 operating expenses.
ON A PERSONAL NOTE
As I type this report, I am again feeling a lot of gratitude. I feel driven to say thank you to the
delegates who saw fit to place me on the Board of Trustees. Beyond that, I feel honored that my
fellow board members saw fit to trust me with the rather noteworthy task of serving two terms as
treasurer. This continues to be an absolutely amazing experience, quite beyond my wildest dreams!
That brings me to my final thought. When service opportunities appear in your path, ponderously
consider that your Higher Power may be speaking to you by way of the OA Fellowship. If you have
the time to fulfill the service obligation, and the OA members around you insist that you have the
capacity, then it is quite possibly not relevant whether you believe you have “what it takes.” I can
personally attest to this concept in my personal OA service history, many times over! When HP
speaks, I hope you listen!
Yours in gratitude and service,
Joe L.
General Service Trustee/Treasurer
March 2012
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APRIL/MAY 2012
Managing Director’s Report
Welcome to the 2012 World Service Business Conference, “Visions for the Fellowship.” The staff
and board have completed another productive year; read on to learn more about what we
accomplished together.
FINANCIAL INFORMATION
We ended 2011 in the red by $18,022. While this sounds like bad news, the loss is attributed only to
an unrealized loss in our prudent reserve investments and restricted funds that have not yet been
spent. It is also much less than the amount we had anticipated needing to take from prudent reserves
to put towards special projects; in fact, we did not need to take any money from our reserves to pay
for budgeted expenses. As indicated in the treasurer’s and auditor’s reports, contributions were up
about 6 percent, literature sales were down only 4 percent from the prior year, and expenses have
remained stable in all categories. Our auditors have again given us a clean bill of financial health,
and reported that our accounting practices are the cleanest and most well organized of all of their
non-profit clients.
LIFELINE
Lifeline magazine’s average monthly circulation in 2011 was 7,123. This is almost a 9 percent decline
compared to the year-end 2010 circulation. At the end of 2011, we launched the Lifeline 1x1
Campaign, encouraging all groups to purchase a Lifeline subscription for their group. We are already
starting to see positive results in this effort, so pass the word to groups in your service bodies to
subscribe, if they haven’t already, so Lifeline can continue to be the important recovery tool it is for
so many.
STRATEGIC PLANNING
We continue with implementing and completing projects and activities on the Strategic Plan. Some
of the major objectives completed in 2011 were:
Re-distributed our radio public service announcement to over 3,000 US and Canada radio
stations.
Published the new Membership Survey pamphlet, which has proven to be a valuable
resource for media and professionals.
Translated key portions of the Web site into French. The French site will be available later in
2012.
See the Strategic Planning Committee report for more information.
GROUPS AND SERVICE BODIES
In 2011 the number of OA meetings worldwide, including telephone and online meetings, averaged
around 7,054 in about eighty countries, with 327 service bodies. Our number of groups has been
steadily increasing since 2008. When a new group registers with the WSO, the secretary receives a
packet of information for the group. The WSO mailed out a total of 588 new group packets in 2011.
When the WSO hears from people who want more information about OA, a packet of information
is mailed to them. In 2011, 104 general information and 409 family packets were mailed out.
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The unaffiliated groups in OA receive a mailing from the WSO in October of every year, which
contains information sent to the intergroups for the quarterly mailings. Last year, 494 unaffiliated
groups received a compilation of relevant news and fliers from the past year’s mailings.
Please remember it is critical to ensure your meeting and service body information is current with
the WSO so that those who request meeting information from the WSO will be assured that what
they receive is accurate.
OA PUBLICATIONS
The following revised Conference-approved literature will be presented for approval at WSBC 2012:
Before You Take That First Compulsive Bite
Sponsoring Through the Twelve Steps (with additional Big Book references)
To the Newcomer
In addition, one new item will be presented for approval:
Voices of Recovery e-Workbook
The following board-approved literature was created or updated last year:
About OA was updated to reflect new policies and information.
The 2010 Membership Survey Report containing information about members’ OA experience
and demographics
The Professional Outreach Manual was updated to reflect new policies and information.
The Professional Outreach Guidelines were updated to correspond with the revised text for the
Professional Outreach Manual.
The Suggested Meeting Format was revised to incorporate more inclusive language, an
emphasis on abstinent sponsors, added focus on Lifeline magazine and updated guidelines for
collecting Seventh-Tradition contributions.
The Abridged Tools of Recovery is now part of the Suggested Meeting Format, and is also
available as a stand-alone document for download from www.oa.org. This document
includes two- or three-sentence descriptions of each tool, taken directly from The Tools of
Recovery pamphlet. OA groups can use this abridgement to save time during meetings.
The pamphlets that were approved at WSBC 2011 are now available for purchase:
A Common Solution: Diversity and Recovery
Recovery Checklist
The Tools of Recovery (incorporating the Action Plan tool)
E-reader books continue to be popular with OA members. OA significantly expanded its offerings
of e-reader books in 2011. Five top-selling books are now available for popular e-reader and mobile
formats: The Twelve Steps and Twelve Traditions of Overeaters Anonymous; For Today; Voices of Recovery;
Overeaters Anonymous, Second Edition; and Abstinence. In 2011, 5,840 e-reader books were sold, and
we are in the process of preparing the rest of OA’s books in e-reader format.
OA.ORG
The oa.org Web site continues to be the primary avenue through which many people find OA and
get support for their groups and service bodies. On average we have over 63,500 unique visitors per
month, with over half of those being new visits. About 88 percent of OA’s literature sales in 2011
came via the Internet.
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At the end of January 2012, OA launched an updated Web site that features new ways of navigating
and an enhanced version of the online Find-a-Meeting feature.
OA members will find that the site has a similar look and feel. Formatting changes make navigation
easier, including a single navigation bar at the top of each page that helps users move to key sections
of the site. In addition, the left-hand column on each page highlights page-navigation tabs.
The Find-a-Meeting application now combines all three types of meetings—face-to-face, online and
telephone—on one page. Newcomers and existing OA members can search for face-to-face meetings
by location (country and state or province) by entering an address or zip code and searching for all
meetings within a specified distance, by service body number or by selecting other options. In
addition, users can search for service bodies by country and state or province. You will find that the
new interface is more user-friendly and returns the data more quickly and accurately.
New sorting functions allow users to sort face-to-face meetings by city, day, time, location name,
special topic or special focus. Each listing includes contact information, whether the meeting is open
or closed, the language spoken, and a map of the meeting location. Users can search for telephone
and online meetings by time zone, and they can sort the meeting lists by group number, day, special
topic and special focus.
INTERNATIONAL PUBLICATIONS/TRANSLATIONS
According to our records, OA literature has been translated, or is in the process of being translated,
into twenty-seven languages in thirty-five countries. Hungary and Estonia are two new countries
that are translating OA literature.
The designated Translation Fund collected $5,558 in contributions from members in 2011. Last
year, $15,300 was awarded in Translation Assistance Funds, including money from the Translation
Fund and funds budgeted for the International Publications/Translations Committee. Two service
bodies returned $2,775 in funds that they were unable to use from previous years. These funds were
added to the Translation Fund for future use by other service bodies.
Other translation activities included: Four of the OA Guidelines were translated into French and six
of the OA Guidelines were translated into Japanese. These were sent to the service bodies that
requested them. Key portions of the Web site have been translated into French for the creation of a
French Web site later this year.
PUBLIC AWARENESS
Our public awareness efforts continue to garner increased media attention and interest in OA. We
have been included in numerous articles and Internet radio programs, and the hope that one day OA
will become a “household name” is becoming a reality. Refer to the Public Awareness Committee
report for more information on activities in the past and current year.
PROFESSIONAL TRADESHOWS
The WSO participated in the following tradeshows in 2011:
American Association of Diabetes Educators (AADE)
Las Vegas, NV – August 3-5, 2011
Attendance: 5,200
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American Academy of Family Physicians (AAFP)
Orlando, FL – September 15-17, 2011
Attendance: 8,357
American Public Health Association (APHA)
Washington, DC – October 30-November 2, 2011
Attendance: 13,300
In 2012 we will host booths at the following tradeshows:
American Association of Diabetes Educators (AADE)
August 1–4, Indianapolis IN
Expected Attendance: 7,000
We will also be sending a mailing with OA info to the membership list of this organization
following their conference.
American Academy of Family Physicians (AAFP)
October 17–20, Philadelphia, PA
Expected Attendance: 5,000
The Courier newsletter, an annual publication targeted to the health care community, was sent out in
late January to a mailing list of over 400 health care professionals. Professionally printed Couriers
continue to be available to purchase through the OA catalog, and you can download it for free from
the Web site.
PROFESSIONAL EXHIBITS FUND
The Professional Exhibits Fund gives financial assistance to service bodies wishing to host booths at
local professional tradeshows. Contributions to the fund last year were $3,320, and applicants
received $2,936 to help defray the cost of exhibiting. Please consider passing the basket an extra time
to help fund service bodies carrying the message to the professional community. Financial assistance
is only available when the Fellowship contributes to this restricted fund.
HISTORY AND ARCHIVES
In late 2011, the History and Archives Committee (formerly chaired by GST Michael B.) was
removed from the board committees and given its own budget in WSO expenses. Great strides have
been made in the past several years, thanks to former trustee Craig R. and other volunteers, in
digitizing Conference and Convention tapes and archival documents, and there is still much to do.
This year, a professional archivist has been hired to provide guidance in further preserving and
organizing our 50+ years of archival material.
WSO FACILITIES
The WSO building is about eighteen years old, and several things needed to be upgraded or
replaced. In 2011 we gave the interior a fresh coat of paint and replaced some worn-out desks. In
early 2012, after a theft of copper wiring for the building’s electrical system (the replacement of
which was covered by insurance), we installed fencing around the junction box and security cameras
on the external perimeter of the building. We also repaired cracks in the parking lot and gave it a
new overlay/seal coat that should last around ten years, and replaced bushes that were killed by frost
last year.
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STAFF
While all of our hard-working staff deserve recognition for outstanding performance, several times a
year the WSO names specific staff members for the Employee of Distinction award. Last year three
employees were nominated by their co-workers for the award: Shipper/Receiver Sue McMaster,
Member Services Assistant Sandy Hickox, and Board Administrator/Conference Secretary Rebbie
Garza.
In mid-2012 we will be hiring a new associate editor in the publications department as we bid
farewell to Christine Fredriksen, who will be moving out of state.
I could not do what I do without the skill and engagement of every member of the WSO staff. Each
of them plays a vital role in serving you, whether it be answering your calls, taking and shipping
your orders, developing and publishing your literature and Web site, keeping your meeting database
current, taking accurate minutes at your board and Conference meetings, carefully shepherding your
Fellowship’s finances, planning the conferences and conventions you enjoy, and much more. . .all
provide the necessary support and dedication to carry OA’s message of recovery and to fulfill your
visions for the Fellowship.
With gratitude,
Naomi L.
Managing Director
March 2012
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APRIL/MAY 2012
Region One Report
Alaska, Idaho, Montana, Oregon, Washington, Wyoming (except Torrington, WY), Alberta, British
Columbia, Northwest Territories, Saskatchewan and Yukon
2012 2011
Affiliated Groups 364 365
Unaffiliated Groups 44 53
Total Number of Groups 408 418
Total Number of Intergroups 26 26
REGION ONE ASSEMBLY
The Region One Assembly was held in Vancouver, WA, right across the Columbia River from
Portland at the Heathman Lodge on September 28-30, 2011. There were eighteen of the twenty-five
(40 percent) intergroups represented at the assembly. Region One has done a great job of budgeting
and funding delegates if there is a need. We held workshops, general sessions, reviewed the OA
Strategic Plan and looked at how the Region One committees could help implement some of the
goals and objectives of the Plan. Elections were held on Friday. Kim H. was elected chair, Merry
R. was elected cochair, Deborah R. was elected treasurer, and Cynthia W.-P. was appointed at the
post-assembly board meeting as communication’s coordinator. The secretary position is open.
Kevin Connelly served as parliamentarian.
Since the assembly, Kim H. has had some things change in her life and she has resigned; Merry R.
stepped up to be chair. There are two applications for cochair to be considered at the Region One
board meeting on March 24, 2012. No one has applied to be secretary yet.
OA REGION ONE YAHOO GROUP
The Region One OA Yahoo Group is now a fully functioning group. The purpose of this group is to
keep the regional representatives/WSBC delegates and intergroups aware of issues, exciting new
ideas and to communicate with one another about service and Traditions. There have been spurts of
activity and quiet spells but the Yahoo group is always available. As trustee I frequently send
information out by using this Yahoo group, including Lifeline Weekly.
REGION ONE BOARD MEETINGS
Upcoming Region One board meetings are scheduled for:
March 24, 2012: Vancouver, BC
June 30, 2012: Bellingham, WA
September 26-30, 2012: Spokane, WA (including the region chairs meeting and followed by
the region’s convention)
In addition the board has been connecting via conference call on the first Saturday of the month at 9
AM. Some of the officers have also been meeting on conference calls with intergroup chairs and
committee chairs on those first Saturdays.
REGION ONE CONVENTION
The Region One Assembly was held at the Heathman Lodge in Vancouver, WA September 30 –
October 2, 2011. It was an excellent convention. We raffled off the Region One quilt, which was
beautiful and raised some money.
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OTHER ACTIVITIES
Service, Tradition, Concepts workshops were held in Vancouver, BC; Baker City, OR;
Spokane, WA; and Kelowna, BC. One is scheduled for March in Regina, SK.
Currently serves on one World Service Conference committee and two BOT committees.
Reviews service body’s bylaws
Responds to questions and helps reason out Traditions issues
Margie G.
Region One Trustee
March 2012
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APRIL/MAY 2012
Region Two Report
California, Hawaii, Reno/Lake Tahoe area of Nevada, Mexico
2012 2011
Affiliated Groups 1,069 1,067
Unaffiliated Groups 68 79
Total Number of Groups 1,137 1,146
Total Number of Intergroups 34 34
Following are some of the highlights of the year since the WSBC 2011 report.
JULY, 2011 REGION TWO CONVENTION, LOS ANGELES, CA
“Recovery, a Blueprint for Life” was the theme. It was a great success with 468 attendees. Eightyone
speakers focused on the Steps and Traditions and a concerted effort was made to represent our
diversity in the speakers. This was the largest Region Two convention in southern California in a
long time. David H., the convention chair, included on his committee many long-timers who had
never worked on a Region Two convention before. There were attendees from Australia, Mexico,
Texas, Connecticut, Canada, California and Hawaii. The convention netted $13,700.
ST&C WORKSHOPS
1) March 4-6, 2011, Camp Aloha Retreat, Luau for Life, Maui Friends Intergroup, Maui,
Hawaii: Pamela W., former Region Two chair, and Mary M., former Region Two
publications coordinator, also came from California to lead the retreat. Teresa W., the
retreat coordinator, put us all up at her house and cooked our meals. Uncharacteristically it
rained for most of the week we were there. The retreat was at a beach front camp with
primitive cabins. Two members were the main cooks and we all signed up for shifts. I gave a
service and sponsorship workshop and Mary, Pamela and I were a panel on sponsorship
with a lively Q&A. There were twenty-five attendees from three Hawaiian islands,
California, Oregon, and Ontario, Canada. One highlight was a meeting Saturday afternoon
with the Hawaiian members. It was the first time members from Oahu, Maui and the Big
Island met face to face. They shared the state of their program on each island. Maui and
Oahu have intergroups; the Big Island does not. They discussed how to reach out to the
other islands and discussed a possible OA Hawaiian Summit. The retreat was a success in
several ways but most telling was that at a local meeting Monday night, almost everyone
raised their hand as available to sponsor! That was a direct result of the retreat. As a
footnote, after I was back on the mainland, a new member from Kauai asked for help in
starting a meeting there. Good timing! The other islanders will be a resource and she can be
a contact for outreach on Kauai.
2) Mexican Congress: The 9 th Annual Mexican Congress put on by Intergrupal Mexico, was
held in Oaxtepec, Morelos, July 15-17 (a couple of hours from Mexico City). In Mexico
City I attended a local meeting, one of seventeen a week that meet in one house they rent as
a group. In Mexico, a group is made up of all the meetings that meet in one location and the
members are loyal to their group. At the Congress, Shari G., Region Two chair, and I gave
workshops: one on sponsorship and two on the tools. Carolina R. translated all the
materials into Spanish and was our interpreter throughout the weekend. It was a successful
Congress with 120 attendees and many family members along for a vacation. The numerous
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other well attended workshops were presented by various groups from around the country.
Shari and I encouraged members who spoke English to consider coming to Region Two
assemblies and the WSBC. We encouraged some members who were interested in starting a
third Mexican intergroup in northern Baja California. Throughout the Congress a collection
was taken in a large pink ceramic pig to send to Region Two and the WSO. It was broken
open like a piñata to reveal $191 (in dollars and Mexican pesos), which far surpassed their
goal of $100. This and cash donations to the WSO from a couple of groups and an
individual were a touching gesture from this low income country. This year the registration
for the Congress included hotel and delicious abstinent meals enjoyed by all.
3) Oct. 1, 2011 ST&C for the California Central Coast Intergroup (CCCI) in Santa Maria, CA:
It is a 3-hour plus drive one way from my home: Mary M. also drove three hours from her
home one way. Mary, a former board member, and I gave workshops on service and
Traditions. There were thirty attendees, a large turnout for an intergroup with only twelve
meetings. There was overall good energy and enthusiastic participation. They raised $200
for the intergroup, have reps coming to assembly, a new Lifeline rep, and have had good
results both in meetings and in intergroup participation. There is a concerted effort to reach
all Region Two intergroups. New board members are already giving workshops with a
mentor. If any Region Two intergroup wants this free service contact vicechair@oar2.org.
OUTREACH EVENTS, PROFESSIONAL EXHIBITS:
In California, we had a booth with our Region Two tabletop display at the California Dietetic
Association and at the West Coast Symposium of Addictive Disorders with local intergroups
manning the booths. There was considerable interest at both events.
FUND A FRIEND
One Region Two intergroup, Mid-Peninsula, had extra money and decided to help Intergrupal
Mexico send a rep to the Region Two Spring Assembly. The intergroup is paying for all the rep’s
necessary expenses and will provide housing and sightseeing before and after the assembly. Region
Two funds reps from the two Mexican intergroups only to our fall assembly because it is a 2-day
meeting, but none to the one day spring assembly. This is a first!
REGION TWO BOARD MEETINGS
The Region Two board meets six times a year, at two assemblies, one convention and three
additional weekends. The meeting January 6-8, 2012 at the SFO Doubletree was our first meeting
with three new board members. We worked together well and covered a lot of material. We funded
four intergroups to send delegates to WSBC 2012. We picked the theme for 2012: “Abstinence is
Golden.” For the assembly we reviewed motions, chose abstinence literature for me to order and
bring, and brainstormed for the workshop and icebreaker. We set the board meetings for the rest of
the year and are considering having a future meeting as a conference call.
REGION TWO ASSEMBLIES
There are two a year and each include a Friday night speaker and entertainment, Saturday lunch
speaker, a workshop for recovery as well as business meetings and discussion of intergroup concerns
and a Saturday night speaker meeting. The fall assembly continues with business and elections on
Sunday morning.
SPRING 2011 ASSEMBLY AT THE LAX MARRIOTT
“Unity in Region Two” was the theme. Forty-three reps represented twenty-five intergroups. Nine
motions were considered; all but one passed. There was a luncheon speaker, a panel on
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sponsorship, and an evening speaker meeting. Intergroup concerns were addressed and seven
committees met and reported their progress.
FALL 2011 ASSEMBLY IN SACRAMENTO, CA
Forty-six region reps, representing twenty-six intergroups, adopted the 2012 Region Two budget,
elected a vice chair, secretary and events coordinator for two-year terms. The assembly approved
donations to: World Service Delegate Support Fund $250; WSO $500, and Translations $250.
There was a panel on diversity with three speakers representing various backgrounds and ways of
working the program.
REGION TWO BOARD
Chair, Shari G.
Vice Chair, Nancy J.
Secretary, Linda M.
Treasurer, Jerry J.
Publications, Michael D.
Events Coordinator, Cher B.
Administrative Assistant, Joyce F. (paid support services)
Web Services, John K. (paid support services)
REGION TWO WEB SITE
The Region Two Web site, oar2.org, features a Spanish section and free downloadable podcasts of
speakers at Region Two events. It is now easy to enter events in the calendar and to register for
assemblies and conventions.
REGION TWO COMMITTEES
1) PI is polling the intergroups to see how Region Two can better serve their PI needs.
2) IG Outreach Committee members have taken on specific intergroups to contact and share
their assembly experiences.
3) Diversity is working on a diversity workshop format and outreach to the mental health
community.
4) Bylaws continues to make our bylaws and policies and procedures match what we do.
5) Young People is creating a phone meeting format for young people.
6) Twelfth-Step-Within is developing a “Best Practices” list to reach members in relapse.
LOS ANGELES INTERGROUP (LAIG)
The intergroup put on their annual OA Birthday Party (52nd), January 20-22, 2012, with the theme
“Into Action” and 450 attendees from across the country participated. There were four panels, five
workshops, nineteen marathon meetings, a Big Book intensive, four meditation sessions, two
morning yoga sessions, two sponsor meet-and-greet sessions, and four optional catered meals.
2012 EVENTS
The theme for the year is “Abstinence is Golden.”
Spring Assembly, March 30-31, SFO Doubletree
Region Two Convention, July 27-29, Sacramento Hilton Arden, “Recovery: More Precious
than Gold” (Come visit our capital.)
Fall Assembly, October 26-28, SFO Doubletree
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2013 EVENTS
Spring Assembly, April 12-13, Hilton, downtown Palm Springs
Region Two Convention, June 28-30, Palm Springs Hilton
2014 EVENT
Region Two Convention, July 4-6, Hyatt Regency SFO
Please check our Web site, oar2.org, for information on all these events.
Meg H.
Region Two Trustee
February 2012
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APRIL/MAY 2012
Region Three Report
Arizona, Colorado, Nevada, New Mexico, Oklahoma, Texas, Utah, Outstates Intergroup, which
includes Scottsbluff, NE and Torrington, WY
2012 2011
Affiliated Groups 450 446
Unaffiliated Groups 58 63
Total Number of Groups 508 509
Total Number of Intergroups 25 26
Region Three holds two assemblies each year with a recovery convention being held along with the
assembly. The 2011 Fall Assembly was held in Denver, Colorado in October, at which time officers
were elected. Due to moving out of Region Three, Francene A. resigned as chair and the vice chair,
Andrea M., assumed the duties of chair. Roni B. was elected as vice chair, and Barbara R. was
elected as communications secretary. Re-elected as treasurer was Barbara V. Two applicants for
Region Three trustee were affirmed, Vicki W. and Janis R.; however Janis R. withdrew due to
family and work matters which she felt would interfere with her doing this service at this time.
The Spring 2012 Assembly and Convention is being held in Abilene, Texas. In the Friday afternoon
workshop, there will be a Service, Traditions and Concepts workshop. One goal of Region Three is
that the entire Steering Committee be trained to facilitate these workshops. The theme of the
convention is “Recovery in Action,” which will influence the topics for the workshops: action.
The Las Vegas, Nevada intergroup will host the Fall 2012 Assembly/Convention, and the Fall 2013
Assembly/Convention will be in Tucson, Arizona. The dates for the Spring 2013 Assembly and
Convention were left available for the event; the region wanted to plan a cruise in conjunction with
it, but at this time the cruise planning has been put on hold, with the likelihood of a cruise in March
2014.
Conventions, workshops and retreats; Service, Traditions and Concepts workshops; workshops on
the Strategic Plan; health fairs; and tradeshows have all been part of the work being done in Region
Three this year.
Region Three committees meet at the assembly and below is a brief report on some of the work.
TWELFTH-STEP-WITHIN
1) The committee continues to contact unaffiliated groups. Many of the unaffiliated groups are
so isolated that they prefer to remain unaffiliated but wish to receive information from the
region.
2) The committee sends a monthly Twelfth-Step-Within Day reminder on the twelfth day of
the month.
3) The committee also continues to contact intergroups which have not sent representatives to
the assemblies
4) The committee is working to review and revise the Region Three speaker list.
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BYLAWS
The committee continues to review and revise the Region Three bylaws and brings amendments to
the assemblies as needed.
COMMUNICATIONS/TECHNOLOGY
This committee worked to have a demo for Webcasting at the fall assembly, which was very
successful. Some of the goals of this committee are to draft a manual of guidelines and a motion for
Webcasting the assemblies, and continues to add to the Region Three Web site to facilitate
communication of committees, share documents, etc.
PUBLIC INFORMATION/PROFESSIONAL OUTREACH
The committee completed the handbook draft and mission statement, and advised intergroup chairs
of available PI/PO materials.
WAYS/MEANS/FINANCE
The committee followed up ideas from the Cruise Committee and brainstormed future fundraising
ideas.
On a personal note, it is with joy mixed with sadness that I write this report, as I will be stepping
down as Region Three trustee at the end of this Conference. What a ride this has been since
October 2007 when I put in my application to do this service! Serving the Fellowship as a trustee
has been one of the most wonderful experiences of my life. How thankful I am that I have had the
chance to see from this vantage point the dedication of the members of Overeaters Anonymous in
doing the work necessary to keep this wonderful Fellowship alive and well. I thank you all from the
bottom of my heart.
Wanda S.
Region Three Trustee
February 2012
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APRIL/MAY 2012
Region Four Report
Illinois (except the Greater Chicago area and Central Illinois Intergroup), Iowa, Kansas, Minnesota,
Missouri, Nebraska (except Outstates Intergroup, which includes Scottsbluff, NE), North Dakota,
South Dakota, Manitoba, Northwestern Ontario, Nunavut
2012 2011
Affiliated Groups 274 287
Unaffiliated Groups 21 28
Total Number of Groups 295 315
Total Number of Intergroups 19 19
Our officers are Cyndy L. (St. Peters, MO), chair; Michele M. (Owatonna, MN), vice chair; Jane S.
(Minneapolis, MN), secretary; and Debbie S. (Nebraska City, NE), treasurer. Our treasurer will step
down as of the end of March due to health problems, and we hope to elect or appoint a replacement
at the spring assembly.
2011-2012 REGION ASSEMBLIES
Greater Kansas City Area Intergroup hosted our Spring Assembly April 15-16, 2011 in Overland
Park, KS. Eight of our nineteen intergroups sent representatives (42 percent representation). The
workshop on Saturday afternoon was a presentation/discussion on the fourth section of OA’s
Strategic Plan, Financial Health. We discussed where Seventh-Tradition contributions go,
distributed tent cards and budget guidelines, and had an Ask-It Basket session. The intergroup held a
recovery event next door to the assembly, and all attended the workshop. We also adopted a new
region logo and motto, and approved the printing and sale of an OA daily journal as a Region Four
fundraiser.
Our Fall Assembly was September 30 – October 1, 2011, hosted by St. Louis Bi-State Intergroup.
Eight of our nineteen intergroups sent representatives (42 percent representation). The workshop on
Saturday afternoon was a presentation/discussion on Committed Service Bodies, and included the
Rotation-of-Service skit from WSBC 2011. Representatives received Region Four tent cards,
showing the OA service structure, and we later mailed the tent cards to all of the groups in the
region. All committee chair and coordinator positions were filled. We approved our budget for 2011,
including funding for the Region Chairs Committee to help offset costs for regions who need
assistance.
SIGNIFICANT ITEMS FROM ASSEMBLY
Our name changed from Region IV to Region 4.
We reworded our motto to “Region 4 Abstinence Recovery Freedom.”
We have had great success with the Region Four Tenth Step journals and will continue to
print and sell them.
We provided two of our intergroups with the PSA, which they will use in their local area.
A reminder about Lifeline and the new campaign was presented.
Our Spring Assembly will be April 13-14 in Eagan, MN, hosted by Unity Intergroup. The workshop
on Saturday afternoon will be a sneak preview of the first workshop at WSBC 2012, titled
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“Abstinence: The Foundation of Our Future.” Our secretary is writing a skit, and the trustee and
officers will all conduct a portion of the workshop.
2011-2012 REGION BOARD MEETINGS
Region Four has quarterly board meetings, held in conjunction with the region assemblies or region
convention. When another event is not held, board meetings are held via Skype.
2012 REGION CONVENTION
Greater Omaha Intergroup will host the 2012 Region Four Convention in Omaha, Nebraska, July
13-15, 2012. The theme will be “Region 4 Abstinence Recovery Freedom.” Information and online
registration are available on the region Web site at www.oaregion4.org. We will be selling t-shirts,
pins and the Tenth Step journals with our new logo and motto.
REGION WEB SITE
The region Web site provides hosting space for Web sites for our intergroups who want to have one,
but cannot afford the expense. To date, eight intergroups have availed themselves of the opportunity.
INTERGROUPS
Greater Kansas City Area Intergroup
To facilitate rotation of service, created a service manual explaining duties and
responsibilities
Greater Omaha Intergroup
Strong turnout at family events where spouses and children are invited
Focus on Traditions – has intergroup workshops
Asked the members what they want in an intergroup meeting; meetings now open with a
group forum
St. Louis Bi-State Intergroup
Has had an increase in calls since their billboard and bus signs campaign started
Public Information Committee is attending health fairs and rather than having a booth, they
are talking to medical professionals who have booths at the shows
Allots $25 per group in free pamphlets and newcomer packets
Bought each group a subscription to Lifeline
Unity Intergroup
Annually attends the Gay Pride Festival and Diabetes Expo; will attend Minnesota State
Fair this year
Launched “Touch 2012 in 2012” campaign; collected 2012 health care provider names and
addresses and will send them an invitation to an Open House in the fall to hear speakers talk
about the benefits of OA
Digital OA sign (with local and world Web site and phone numbers) being used on monitors
in public buildings, hospitals and clinics in Anoka County
INTERGROUP SUPPORT
We provide several types of assistance to our intergroups.
Funding to send region representatives to assembly
Funding to send delegates to WSBC
Funding for public information/professional outreach projects
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Funding to bring in event speakers from outside the local area
Funding to help new groups purchase literature
List of speakers for local events
List of available sponsors
We are also stepping up our Green Dot Mentor Program for new representatives at the assemblies.
SERVICE, TRADITION AND CONCEPT WORKSHOPS
We notified all intergroups via postcard that the region trustee and region board are available to
conduct workshops on Service, Traditions and Concepts, as well as on OA’s Strategic Plan. We will
send the postcards out again this summer. Our region chair spoke at an IDEA day event hosted by
Quad Cities Intergroup in November, and is scheduled to go to Midcontinent Intergroup in April.
We are planning to conduct a workshop for Heart of Canada Intergroup in late spring or early
summer.
It is a great privilege to serve as Region Four trustee, and to give back a little of what OA has given
me.
Teresa K.
Region Four Trustee
March 2012
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APRIL/MAY 2012
Region Five Report
Greater Chicago area and Central Illinois Intergroup, Indiana, Kentucky, Michigan, Ohio, Wisconsin,
Southwestern Ontario
2012 2011
Affiliated Groups 573 576
Unaffiliated Groups 52 55
Total Number of Groups 625 631
Total Number of Intergroups 30 30
HOT OFF THE PRESSES. . .“RECOVERY’S ALIVE IN REGION 5”
The Region Five board sponsored a contest for creating a new logo. The words and artwork were
voted on by the intergroups. They did a little mix matching and chose a new design for our logo.
We are looking at having the finished product available for our next assembly. During our last
assembly we had new tent cards available for our reps. They showed the OA service structure and
the geographical area that Region Five serves. Our Intergroup Outreach Committee is in the process
of contacting intergroups who were not in attendance at the March Assembly. They will be sending
the tent cards to them along with a cover letter.
WE ARE GOING GREEN
Registration for our assemblies will now be an online process. We started this for our March 2012
Assembly. The Region Five reps are now able to register on our Web site for upcoming assemblies
and can download the reports and other information they will need to bring. My report is being
written prior to our assembly. The Region Five board has not indicated any problems to date with
this system and is pleased with the way things have been going with this transition. Our Web master
Kevin gave a presentation to the assembly in November regarding the details along with an
informative Q&A session.
REGION 5 TOLL-FREE LINE HAS ENDED
The phone service we had been using for Region Five is no longer in business. There were several
discussions by our assembly participants regarding possible alternatives. The assembly voted to
discontinue the use of a Region Five telephone service. Intergroups will handle this for their local
areas. Several of the intergroups in our region already have a way of responding to calls regarding
meetings they serve as well as newcomers who are first finding out about the OA program. This
should also help with more accurate information reaching those looking for meetings for a particular
location.
REGION 5 IS ON THE MOVE
Region Five will have our final scheduled assembly at the Ft. Wayne Hilton on March 16-17, 2012.
We have been there for nearly ten years. The following meeting scheduled for July 13-14, 2012 will
be held at our new location in Merrillville, Indiana. Our Intergroup Outreach Committee created a
time analysis for driving. Merrillville, although a bit further for some (me) will be considerably
closer for others. It will take an hour longer to get there from Cleveland but it will shave off more
than three hours travel time for our reps in Wisconsin. This should allow more reps to participate
since our meetings will be more centrally located. It has some nice new amenities there as well.
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LIFELINE REPS
The BOT and the region chairs met together in August. During one of our sessions, Terry Stuart
gave a presentation regarding our Lifeline magazine. We are so lucky to have this publication
available for our Fellowship but so many of our members don’t even know it exists. We
brainstormed ideas for getting the word out to our members. Bonnie L., Region Five chair, and I
became official Lifeline reps and shared about it at our following assembly. Those in attendance
were asked to consider being a Lifeline rep at their home groups. When I first came into OA, most of
the meetings I attended had that as a service position. We gave out coupons for two free copies of
Lifeline at the assembly for anyone who did not have a current subscription. If they were already
receiving Lifeline they could pass it on to other members at their meetings.
TRUSTEE ON THE ROAD. . .ST&C/STRATEGIC PLAN AND RETREAT
My wife and I were joint retreat leaders for Greater Cincinnati Intergroup in September. The
theme for the weekend was “Recovery of the Mind, Body & Spirit.” There were more than fifty
members who participated at the event. Several members shared that they had been struggling
with abstinence and re-committed themselves to their recovery.
I led a workshop for Southwestern Ontario Intergroup in September as well. The focus was on
creating stronger meetings through abstinence and service. Region Five Chair Bonnie L. was
there that day and participated in the sessions. It was a smaller group which allowed for
intimate sharing. The program seemed well received.
Region Five Treasurer Denise O. and I did a workshop together in Louisville, Kentucky. There
were more than forty-five members who participated. We began the morning with a
presentation that focused on the Twelve Traditions, using a skit to address their importance in a
lighthearted way. Later we shared our personal stories of how giving service beyond the group
level has enhanced our recovery. Our stories also included examples of how following OA’s
Twelve Traditions as well as OA’s Twelve Concepts helped unite us within the Fellowship. The
afternoon session focused on the need for abstinent sponsors. We began with a sponsorship
panel that demonstrated a diversity of styles. Later some members performed in “The Twelfth
Step Mystery.” This skit is located in the Twelfth-Step-Within Manual. This began a discussion
on how we could help those suffering from relapse to find recovery. We finished up the day
with an Ask-It Basket session.
DID YOU “STEP INTO THE CIRCLE OF RECOVERY IN CIRCLE CITY”? (REGION FIVE
CONVENTION 2011)
Patty and her committee did an outstanding job putting together the Region Five Convention for
2011. Each part of the process was organized with the finest precision to detail. It was a huge
success, registering nearly 400 members. I was one of them! All the workshops were well attended.
We received numerous positive comments on how much people enjoyed participating in them. The
convention was the perfect blend of recovery and fellowship. I know that during these events,
miracles happen. These miracles are sometimes profound and you know just when it is happening.
There are other times, however, where these miracles are subtle and are too hard to pinpoint. Either
way I am betting that someone’s life will forever be changed by what they heard, who they met or
what they experienced.
DO YOU WANT TO ATTEND OUR NEXT REGION FIVE CONVENTION IN 2012?
Recoverystock. . .is headed for Cleveland, Ohio October 5-7, 2012. A groovy place to be, a place
where Higher Power is way cooler than flour power. Be a part of it. This is one recovery party that
you will remember you were at!
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“RECOVERY TO ROCK OUR WORLD”
Save those directions! Region Five invites you all back to Cleveland when we host “Recovery to
Rock Our World.” Our next World Service Convention will be held in Cleveland, Ohio; August 29 –
September 1, 2013.
Allen F. B.
Region Five Trustee
March 2012
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APRIL/MAY 2012
Region Six Report
Connecticut, Maine, Massachusetts, New Hampshire, New York, Rhode Island, Vermont, New
Brunswick, Newfoundland, Nova Scotia, Ontario, Prince Edward Island, Quebec, Bermuda
2012 2011
Affiliated Groups 964 971
Unaffiliated Groups 62 61
Total Number of Groups 1,026 1,032
Total Number of Intergroups 42 42
REGION SIX BOARD
Diana G., Greater NY OA Metro IG, Chair
Debbie H., Nassau IG, Vice Chair
Zazu G., Southwest Connecticut IG, Treasurer
Laura R., Suffolk County IG, Secretary
Tobi H., Nova Scotia IG, Coordinator
Devyn C., Greater NY OA Metro IG, Web Site and Publications Coordinator
REGION CONVENTIONS
“I Recovery,” our 2011 convention in White Plains, NY, was both a recovery and a financial
success, providing the region and the World Service Office with resources to sponsor PI blitzes,
provide support to the WSBC Delegate Support Fund, and budget additional funds to allow region
officers to conduct Service, Traditions and Concepts workshops throughout the region.
For 2012, Region Six invites you to Ottawa, Canada for our October 26-28 convention.
“RECOVERY, A CAPITAL IDEA”
The convention itself will have the international flavor of a walkable, cosmopolitan city, plus
Français-English translation services for keynote addresses and workshops. We warmly welcome
you to this international event, and encourage you to share your recovery by signing up for speaker
service with us. You can register online at http://oaregion6.org/2012/.
2012 WSBC DELEGATE SUPPORT
This year, the Region Six board again worked with intergroups requesting assistance for funds to
allow attendance at WSBC, brainstorming ways for the intergroups themselves to raise funds; then
awarding funds from the Region Six treasury; and only lastly requesting assistance from the WSO
Delegate Support Fund (DSF). Initially, three groups requested $3,300 from the WSO DSF. After
the intergroups themselves and then the region reworked their financials, only two groups required
and received financial assistance of $2,100 from the WSO DSF, thus freeing remaining DSF funds
for other regions to utilize.
PUBLIC INFORMATION BLITZ AWARDS
Healthcare Professionals Mass Mailing: Western Mass IG
Is Food a Problem For You? Newspaper Ad Campaign: Greater NY Metro IG
Community News Ad Campaign; Mass Mailing to Medical Professionals; PI Meetings:
Island IG (Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada)
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WEB SITE UPGRADES
In 2010-2011, the Region Six Web site became bilingual, in French and English. In 2011, we
reduced our use of paper for assembly business, fully implementing online, automated registration
for assembly (with a mail-in option where needed). All assembly mailings are now sent
electronically only, unless an intergroup requests a hard copy. In 2012, we are once again
revamping the site, preparing to go live with online donation functionality in time for our April 21
Spring Assembly.
REGION SIX WORKSHOPS
In 2010, the Board of Trustees voted to expand the focus of the Service, Traditions and Concepts
workshops funded by the regional trustee budgets to include the section goals of the Strategic Plan:
Strong Meetings, Public/Professional Awareness, Committed Service Bodies and Financial Health.
DURING THE 2011-2012 TRUSTEE YEAR, REGION SIX HELD THE FOLLOWING WORKSHOPS
You CAN Recover – Central Maine IG, Bangor, ME, May 2011
Montreal’s Magnificent Moment of Truth – Montreal IG, Quebec, Canada, August 2011
Connecting Connecticut – Connecticut IG, South Windsor, CT, March 2012
OTHER TRUSTEE ACTIVITIES
St. Louis Bi-State Intergroup Convention – Weekend speaker; St. Louis, MO, March 2011
Sexuality and Intimacy in Recovery – Weekend retreat; Ithaca, NY, April 2011
TRUSTEE NOTE
Being encouraged and elected to serve as the Region Six trustee has been one of the great gifts of my
life. There is no better way to understand the heart of the OA program, the richness of our literature
and the creativity and boundless energy of our greatest resource—our Fellowship—than to say a
willing “Yes!” and then to jump into this service to explore its unknown possibilities. It is lifeaffirming.
It is transformative. As my predecessor, Margaret Ann, advised me: “It will change you,
in ways you will have no idea. You will change. There is nothing like it.” Having lived this truth, I
now say, “If you only knew, you would be knocking down doors to do this service.”
Now you know.
With great respect and gratitude,
Mary Rose D.
Region Six Trustee
March 2012
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APRIL/MAY 2012
Region Seven Report
Delaware, District of Columbia, Maryland, New Jersey, Pennsylvania, Virginia, West Virginia
2012 2011
Affiliated Groups 534 545
Unaffiliated Groups 31 25
Total Number of Groups 565 570
Total Number of Intergroups 25 25
This past year Region Seven continued its series of workshops designed to strengthen meetings with
a Relapse and Recovery workshop led by Maria B. and myself. One part consisted of sharing based
on the “Relapse Stepping Stones” article from the September/October 2011 issue of Lifeline. This
article not only fit in with the topic, but also served to publicize Lifeline and encourage support of our
wonderful magazine of recovery. In addition, I handed out a list of relapse and recovery resources
including print literature and online resources such as “Ideas that Work” and Twelfth-Step-Within.
We broke up into subgroups and Maria led us in an exercise creating silly anti-relapse slogans to
reinforce the relapse and recovery message through creativity and fun.
Last year ten intergroups participated in our Abstinence Workshop Challenge. All intergroups
holding an abstinence workshop by a set deadline participated in a drawing. The winning
intergroup received the assembly registration fees for all of its region representatives waived. The
above-mentioned Relapse and Recovery workshop is this year’s workshop challenge.
I am very pleased and grateful about Region Seven’s wonderful response to the “Jazzy
Communications” call for each meeting to add an extra $10 to their annual World Service Office
donation to carry the message. Let’s keep up the good work!
We are doing background work for a return to rotating assemblies in 2013. In the past, intergroups
held a marathon in conjunction with the region assembly. Region Seven representatives were the
speakers and the intergroup kept all Seventh-Tradition proceeds. We are planning to adapt the
Region Eight Assembly Manual to assist us in the process of educating intergroups about what needs
to be done in order to host a regional assembly/marathon.
To strengthen our intergroups we are planning an intergroup chairs retreat to be held in June of
2012. This will be led by Don C. who will share his experience promoting service at the intergroup
level.
We have held a number of Service, Traditions and Concepts workshops and have more scheduled
for the coming year. Some intergroups have not held these workshops perhaps out of unfamiliarity
with the benefits. To address this barrier we are discussing writing a sample agenda and workshop
description and publicizing it at region events in hopes this will elicit invitations from intergroups
who have not held this event previously.
Work on the Region Seven cruise scheduled for 2014 continues with the formation of an ad-hoc
committee. We extend many thanks to the generous support from Region Three, especially Andrea,
in sharing what was learned from the successful Region Three cruise in March 2011.
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Feedback from a 2010 Region Seven inventory and assembly questionnaires continues to give us
ideas for improvement. We are expanding the green dot orientation. Green dot and former green
dot Ask-It Basket questions/answers will be posted in a special area of our Web site similar to what
is done on oa.org. We have found personal outreach is the most effective in attracting additional
participation by intergroups in the regional service structure. Currently, this job is being done by
region board members. To expand intergroup outreach we are exploring ways to bring Outreach
Committee members into this process. We have identified current policy requirements for region
committee chairs as a barrier to new people willing to serve. In addition, we have changed our
committee meeting schedule for the Spring 2012 Assembly to reduce committee meeting schedule
conflicts.
We are investigating options to address the issue of facilities who require liability insurance in order
to rent a room for OA meetings.
Barbara G.
Region Seven Trustee
March 2012
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APRIL/MAY 2012
Region Eight Report
Alabama, Arkansas, Florida, Georgia, Louisiana, Mississippi, North Carolina, Puerto Rico, South
Carolina, Tennessee, the Virgin Islands, Central America, South America
2012 2011
Affiliated Groups 670 668
Unaffiliated Groups 141 133
Total Number of Groups 811 801
Total Number of Intergroups 55 56
Total Number of Service Boards 3 3
In 2010, Region Eight had a dream to embrace the Latin American countries within our region.
That dream began to take shape when Region Chair Stephanie D. and I visited Bogota, Colombia
for the National Service Board of Colombia’s Assembly. We encouraged them to attend our region
assembly in Orlando, and to bid on the 2011 Fall Assembly. Since the region chairs were planning to
attend for their committee meeting, no less than five intergroups also threw their names into the hat.
To our amazement, Colombia was selected by substantial unanimity to host our 2011 Fall
Assembly! And then the work began!
We spent the entire year working with the Colombians, talking weekly electronically, and finally it
happened, the first international assembly for Region Eight in Medellin, Colombia. It was a huge
success and opened the door to truly move forward as an international region.
We had elections for our board, committee chairs and region delegates at the November assembly.
Two SBC candidates were able to address the assembly electronically and address the reps. We
continue to explore the opportunity for virtual attendance at the business meetings via Oovoo. Our
Tech-Web Committee is tasked to iron out the kinks and we hope to develop a method, not only for
visitors to attend but also reps to vote with this new technology.
The region chairs also joined us in Medellin and volunteered to speak at the convention workshops,
which ran concurrently with the business meetings. The highlight for me was the Saturday luncheon
where we all held hands to say Rozanne’s promise in English and Spanish. As we joined hands,
hundreds of white butterflies were released into the room and I don’t believe there was a dry eye in
the house! The South Americans truly embrace recovery, unity and service with pizzazz!
That’s just the beginning; we have so much work to do to carry the message to Latin American
countries and the islands in our region! Please join us in welcoming delegates to the World Service
Business Conference from Aruba, Colombia, Venezuela, Costa Rica and Brazil!
Our March assembly was held in Baton Rouge, LA and Nashville, TN in July, 2011. Both were
financial and recovery successes!
Thank you again, to our outgoing chair, Stephanie D. We also lost our treasurer, Karen C., who was
elected as general service trustee in 2011. What an impact both of these trusted servants have made
in Region Eight!
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We elected a new chair in November, Gloria L. She joins Jane C., secretary; Patty S., treasurer
(elected to take the place of Karen C.); and newly appointed vice chair, Sander B. (our only man on
the board). We have seven committees: Bylaws & Electronic Documents, Technology, 12 Step
Within, Intergroup Outreach, Ways and Means, Public Information/Professional Outreach and
Unity with Diversity.
We received very late notice that the National Service Board of Colombia was holding their
assembly on the last weekend in February 2012. I had just accepted a workshop for the Florida State
Convention. Region Eight and NSBC appreciate General Service Trustee Janice S., who attended in
Medellin, Colombia on our behalf. She had a translator at all times and arrived back just in time to
jet to Albuquerque for our March Board of Trustees meeting.
The SOAR 8 board continues to uphold abstinence as the most important work we do in our region.
2011 national statistics still place seven of the top ten morbidly obese states in our region. Both the
board and trustee conducted many workshops throughout the region, on abstinence, strong
meetings, Traditions, Concepts of Service, and stepping into the 21 st century world of PowerPoint
presentations. This has provided new opportunities for us to carry the message and engage our
members in dialogue. We have held workshops and retreats in Nashville, TN; Jacksonville, FL;
Atlanta, GA; Baton Rouge, LA; Hilton Head Island, SC; Mobile, AL; Caracas and San Cristobal,
Venezuela; and Medellin, Colombia. It is Twelfth-Step work at its finest.
I truly believe in rotation of service. As much as I have enjoyed my time as the trustee of Region
Eight, I will rotate out next year. This will complete nine years at region and World Service levels of
service. While service won’t get me abstinent, I must say that it has enriched my recovery in ways I
would not have dreamed possible. I’m also a stronger person for having served with some of the
finest people in the world! Perhaps God is nudging you towards service at a region or World Service
level; I’d be happy to sit down with anyone who has questions, to help you make the most exciting
decision of your recovery, to offer yourself for service as a World Service trustee!
At this writing, Region Eight meets three times a year, but there is a motion for the March Assembly
to reduce this to two. Ask me at Conference how it went!
Oh, and thank you for allowing me the honor and privilege to be of service!
Gerri H.
Region Eight Trustee
March 2012
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APRIL/MAY 2012
Region Nine Report
Africa, Europe, the Middle East, Western Asia
2012 2011
Affiliated Groups 729 715
Unaffiliated Groups 128 127
Total Number of Groups 857 842
Total Number of Intergroups 44 42
Total Number of Service Boards 12 12
Region Nine consists of many countries and is characterized by many different languages. This
makes the task of spreading the message of OA to those who still suffer more difficult than it is in
most other regions. Only a small percentage of Region Nine is English speaking. Therefore, in order
to spread the message of OA, there have to be some English speakers who are familiar with OA.
They also need to have the desire to do service by starting a local OA meeting and to help with
translating some basic literature for those who don’t know English and cannot use the existing
literature.
Language barriers and lack of money are most likely the reasons why we don’t have representatives
from all countries with OA meetings at our annual region assembly. In order to encourage
representation of those countries, each representative at a recent assembly agreed to contact an
unrepresented country in order to encourage them to attend the next region assembly and take part
in our region activities. The unrepresented countries are informed about the funds that are available
to assist in sending delegates to WSBC and to the Region Nine Assembly. We let these countries
know that we believe that participating in this service is a great way to spread the message of OA
throughout their country.
As a result of this activity, this year we had new representation from Hungary and Slovakia. A lot
was learned and they went back home to share what they learned and to spread the message. Also as
a result of this activity, we received an email from Dubai informing us that they have five meetings a
week there and one in Abu Dhabi. Each meeting has about fourteen members. They can use help
and support from the Fellowship.
We continue to encourage countries, intergroups and meetings in non-English-speaking countries to
translate OA literature as a very important and useful tool to spread the message of OA.
Both the WSO and Region Nine provide funds for translation of OA literature. Recently, the funds
made it possible to translate some basic pamphlets into Hungarian with the hope that this will help
OA to grow there.
REGION NINE ASSEMBLY AND CONVENTION 2011
The 29th Region Nine Assembly was held in La Foresta, Belgium (a remote village about an hour
from Brussels) from November 23-25 and was followed by a convention with the theme “I Put my
Hand in Yours.”
Twenty five representatives from seventeen countries (Greece, the Netherlands, United Kingdom,
France, Iceland, South Africa, Sweden, Poland, Belgium, Spain, Israel, Italy, Hungary, Slovakia,
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Norway, Ireland and Denmark) attended the assembly. We adopted the budget for the year, and
discussed business motions and bylaws amendments.
We had a Strategic Plan presentation and brainstorming session. Workshops were held on the
following topics: Seventh Tradition, Translations and Abstinence.
Elections were held for officers, committee chairs and to affirm a trustee nominee. The following
were elected:
Chair, Susan from Israel
Treasurer, Isabella from Sweden
Secretary, Patrick from UK
Trustee Nominee, Esti from Israel
Twelfth-Step-Within Committee Chair, Mette from Denmark
Translation Committee Chair, Irenne from Denmark
Bylaws Committee Chair, Joanna from UK
PI Committee Chair, Shibon from Ireland
Electronic Communications Committee Chair, Karolina from Sweden
Poland was chosen as the assembly and convention venue for 2012 and Israel was chosen as the
venue for the Region Nine Assembly and Convention in 2013.
The Region Nine Convention followed the assembly and was a great success. About eighty-five
members attended the convention. They represented approximately twenty-one nationalities. The
convention was held in three languages: English, French and Flemish (which is similar to Dutch).
The meetings were held in each of those three languages in different rooms.
Our Web site is a source of information and communication for the members of Region Nine and is
constantly changing and improving for the benefit of its users.
Our Region Nine newsletter is published every two months and is sent to all region contacts. They
can then forward the newsletter to Region Nine members. It is also placed on Region Nine’s Web
site.
ASSEMBLIES AND CONVENTIONS AND SPECIAL EVENTS HELD IN REGION NINE
In the past year, there were many assemblies and conventions throughout the region including:
Poland National Assembly and Convention, May 2011
NSB of UK Assembly and Convention, October 2011: The theme was “Living in The
Sunlight of The Spirit.”
Spain National Assembly and Convention, November 2011
Italy National Assembly and Convention, October 2011: The theme was “Recovery, The
Center of My Life.”
Greece Assembly and Convention, November 2011
Israel NSB Assembly and Convention, June 2011
English LSB held a retreat in a medieval castle overlooking the Rhine in September 2011
The Netherlands had a retreat in April 2011 and will have one at the beginning of March
2012 with the theme “Sharing the Solution.”
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TRUSTEE ACTIVITIES
Attended the Polish Assembly and Convention and held a Service, Traditions and Concepts
workshop
Visited the Fellowship in Dublin, Ireland in August 2011 and held a Service, Traditions and
Concepts workshop
Held a Service, Traditions and Concepts workshop in Copenhagen, Denmark in September
2011
Attended the Spanish Assembly and Convention in November 2011
Attended the Region Assembly and Convention in Belgium in November 2011 and the
Region board monthly meetings that we have via Skype
Attended three BOT meetings in Albuquerque
Chaired the International Publications/Translation Committee
Member of the BOT Bylaws and BRM Review Committees
Responded to numerous inquiries about issues of concern to OA members
ON A PERSONAL NOTE
I am completing my term as Region Nine trustee at the next WSBC and have decided to submit my
application for another term. It is a lot of work and a lot of traveling but there is a lot to do and I feel
enthusiastic about it. Thank you all for giving me the opportunity to do this service which helps me
maintain my abstinence, grow spiritually and learn more about this program and about myself.
Esti O.
Region Nine Trustee
March 2012
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Region Ten Report
Australia, the Far East, New Zealand, South East Asia, the Western Pacific Basin
2012 2011
Affiliated Groups 170 161
Unaffiliated Groups 10 18
Total Number of Groups 180 179
Total Number of Intergroups 10 12
Total Number of Service Boards 1 1
Region Ten was established in 1994 and comprises countries and territories in Australia, the Far
East, New Zealand, Southeast Asia and the Western Pacific Basin. Intergroups are located in
Brisbane, Sydney, Melbourne, Adelaide and Perth serving the Australian fellowship; Auckland,
Hamilton, Wellington and Canterbury serving the New Zealand fellowship; and Japan International
Intergroup serves the English-speaking fellowship. The Japanese Language Service Board serves the
Japanese-speaking fellowship and works on translations of literature and mailings from the region
and the World Service Office.
We have ten unaffiliated meetings in Region Ten located in Hong Kong and Beijing, China; Daegu
and Seoul, South Korea; Singapore; Thailand; and Indonesia.
The Region Ten board is comprised of the Chair Letitia M. from Kaiapoi, New Zealand; Secretary
Cliff B. from Sydney, Australia; and Cath G. from Rotorua, New Zealand.
The annual Region Ten Business Assembly and Recovery Convention (the region’s eighteenth
assembly) was held in Burleigh Heads on the Gold Coast of Australia from October 12-16, 2011. To
accommodate the geographic spread of Region Ten, only one assembly and convention is held with
the assembly occurring over the first two and a half days followed by the weekend convention,
which had the theme of “Whatever It Takes.” The next Region Ten Assembly and Convention will
occur in Elanora, Sydney, Australia in late October 2012.
Region Ten is indebted to the amazing work carried out by its committees. The Outreach/Youth
Committee is reaching out to members of the Fellowship in our widely dispersed region. In
particular they are supporting loners and providing intergroups with information about resources for
youth. They are also challenging all intergroups to brainstorm ways to let youth know about OA.
We have a newsletter, News Sheet, that is published three times a year that keeps all in the region
aware of what is happening at the service level. In 2011 the assembly attendees were interviewed
about their experiences of attending the assembly; these have been transcribed and are being
included in News Sheet throughout this year. The Fund Raising Committee has set themselves a big
target; this is helped considerably by international sales of the large Twelve Steps and Twelve
Traditions banners through Sydney Intergroup. Our new Web Technology Committee is in the
process of launching a new Region Ten Web site.
Last year’s Ad Hoc Committee was set up to investigate the feasibility of sending Region Ten
delegates to WSBC. Our region has never had a Region Ten WSBC delegate. A questionnaire was
sent to all intergroups. The responses highlighted several challenges that impact delegates attending
WSBC. Most commonly mentioned were time and distance (approximately ten days away) and the
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funding required. Service expectations for the WSBC delegate, abstinence requirements, meeting
service requirements for position, and a lack of interest were also mentioned. All intergroups
understood WSBC to be the collective conscience of the Fellowship of Overeaters Anonymous.
Interestingly many intergroups’ requirements for their own WSBC delegates exceeded the
requirements set out in OA’s bylaws. After an informed discussion, it was the will of the assembly
not to have region delegates at the moment but rather look at ways to increase support so that
intergroups can get their delegates to WSBC.
As a result of fundraising, profit from the 2010 assembly and convention, and intergroup and
individual contributions to Region Ten, there were sufficient funds in the 2012 budget to send
contributions to the WSO, as well as to the Translations Fund and the Delegate Support Fund. To
increase attendance at the assembly and WSBC, extra funds were set aside to assist delegates
attending the 2013 WSBC and representatives attending the 2012 assembly. Further, money was set
aside to support professional exhibits within our region. In particular a subcommittee is looking to
create display resources located in both Australia and New Zealand for the Fellowship to use at
events targeting professionals. Current work is underway identifying key conferences in the region to
attend.
On a personal note, this is my first year as a trustee and I am in awe of the work undertaken by my
fellow trustees and am inspired by their enthusiasm and commitment to their many responsibilities. I
have much to learn. I am also indebted to the work carried out by previous Region Ten trustees, to
Jill H., Di C., and Janice S. They have left big footsteps to fill. I am very grateful for the support and
service given by my fellow Region Ten board members.
Faith M.
Region Ten Trustee
February 2012
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Board-Approved Literature Committee Report
The Board-Approved Literature (BAL) Committee has been very busy in 2011. The committee
consists of Gerri H., Region Eight trustee, and General Service Trustees Michael B. and Cheryle T.
COMPLETED PROJECTS
Suggested Meeting Format was revised, including more emphasis on Lifeline magazine,
increasing the Seventh Tradition, and also adding the Abridged Tools of Recovery. If your
meetings are not using this great new format, please download it from the OA Web site at
http://www.oa.org/pdfs/suggested_meeting_format.pdf.
Abridged Tools of Recovery was necessary, as several ‘unofficial versions’ were in use
throughout the Fellowship. Text from the Tools of Recovery pamphlet was extracted verbatim
to create this free download. This can also be obtained from the OA Web site at
http://www.oa.org/pdfs/Abridged_Tools_2011_final.pdf.
ONGOING PROJECTS
A Taste of Lifeline is our anticipated new book, an exciting collection of Lifeline stories, with a
delicious menu which includes Appetizers (newcomers), First Course (Steps), International
Cuisine (Stories from our members around the world), Intermezzo, Indigestion and more!
You’ll have to allow your imagination to run wild and wait for 2013 for its release.
The Abstinence Book is being updated with more recent stories from Lifeline magazine. These
stories replace those which referred to abstinence as a tool.
UPCOMING PROJECTS
The committee will be reviewing these items from the Strategic Publications Plan:
A New Beginning
Introducing OA to Health Care Professionals
Fifteen Questions
I Put My Hand in Yours (wallet card)
Recovery from Relapse Packet
Spanish Literature
The BAL Committee attributes its success to the always available assistance of our World Service
staff, especially Terry Stuart and Christine Fredriksen.
Gerri H.
Trustee Chair
March 2012
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BOT Bylaws Committee Report
The BOT Bylaws Committee was formed in 2010 to support the work of the Fellowship and the
Conference Bylaws Committee in reviewing, interpreting and proposing updates to the OA, Inc.
Bylaws. The committee members are Barbara B., GST and second vice chair of the Board of
Trustees; Teresa K., Region Four trustee and chair of the Board of Trustees; Esti O., Region Nine
trustee; and Mary Rose D., Region Six trustee; with the advice and support of Naomi Lippel,
managing director of Overeaters Anonymous.
Our committee has proposed numerous “housekeeping” motions for the 2012 agenda, many of
which may be approved via the consent agenda, without need for extended debate. A number of
motions, however, will require the group conscience of the Fellowship to decide. Some examples:
Proposal B amending WSBC Policy 2010 regarding OA-approved literature, Proposal 7 regarding
the seating of WSBC delegates whose sponsoring service body’s bylaws are in conflict with OA, Inc.
Bylaws, and Proposal 12 creating a board position for a virtual services trustee.
In the course of our service this year, the BOT Bylaws Committee clarified sections of the Sample
Intergroup/ Service Board Bylaws (http://www.oa.org/pdfs/SampleBylaws.pdf) and the Sample
Statement of Purpose (http://www.oa.org/pdfs/SampleStatementofPurpose.pdf).
The BOT Bylaws Committee, the Conference Bylaws Committee, the Board of Trustees and the
World Service Office staff are delighted and honored to present the revised Index to the Overeaters
Anonymous Inc. Business Conference Policy Manual (BCPM): A Summary of Continuing Effect
Motions appearing in this 2012 WSBC binder for the first time. While the motions from 1962
through 2011 fill twenty-one pages, the revised double-columned index itself requires nine pages to
allow delegates to accurately locate these motions. The Index to the BCPM is a living document
that will be managed and updated to reflect the decisions made at each yearly WSBC. We trust that
this index will be a useful tool in accessing and understanding the history of prior Business
Conference motions. If you have recommendations for updates, please forward your suggestions to
the BOT Bylaws Committee.
With respect and gratitude,
Mary Rose D.
BOT Bylaws Committee Chair
March 2012
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BRM Review Committee Report
The 2011-2012 Board Reference Manual (BRM) Review Committee consists of Esti O., Faith M.
and Barbara B. In addition, Vicki W., a former trustee, accepted an appointment to serve on the
committee for a term ending May 5, 2012. The committee also acknowledges the valuable support
of other members of the Board of Trustees, as well as members of the WSO staff.
STATEMENT OF PURPOSE
1) To review the Board Reference Manual (BRM) for inconsistencies and inaccuracies.
2) To submit motions to the BOT when changes are required except when WSBC bylaws and
policy motions affect the BRM content. In those cases, no motion is required.
3) To direct the board administrator to make any necessary editorial changes to the BRM.
Such changes will be reviewed by the managing director and BRM Review Committee for
accuracy.
This year, each member of the committee was designated to work on a section of the BRM for
possible revisions needed. Some major changes included the deletion of Section V (Organizational
Structure), portions of which were moved to other, more appropriate sections of the BRM, and
submitting three motions to the 2012 WSBC Agenda Questionnaire (Statement on Creating Service
Centers, Statement on Group Where Access is Restricted, and Statement on Group Liability
Insurance.) Other major changes this year involved the updating of Section III
(Literature/Publications/WSO Products).
The BRM Review Committee constantly reviews the BRM to make sure that it reflects current
practice. It listens to input from members of the Board of Trustees, other committees and the WSO
staff regarding suggested updates and changes.
Respectfully submitted,
Barbara B.
Trustee Chair
February 2012
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Conference Planning Committee Report
This will be an exciting year as the 2012 World Service Business Conference moves to our new
location at the Embassy Suites Albuquerque Hotel and Spa. This year’s theme is “Visions for the
Fellowship.” The theme and workshops emphasize and focus on the four broad categories of our
Strategic Plan, namely ‘Strong Meetings,’ ‘Public/Professional Awareness,’ ‘Committed Service
Bodies’ and ‘Financial Health’. We welcome new and returning delegates, and thank you for giving
your time to provide service to our OA Fellowship around the world.
The 2012 Conference agenda is comprised of five business sessions, numerous workshops and
committee meetings, and a forum entitled, “Conceptualizing Principles!” There is also time for both
first time delegates (green dots) and returning delegates to attend OA meetings, go on a local tour,
meet with other delegates from around the world, enjoy the special Saturday dinner/dance and
entertainment, and spend some time in the beautiful city of Albuquerque. Special arrangements
have been made to ensure a positive experience for all who attend. This year, in addition to the
lunch buffets, we will provide grocery shuttles (Tuesday) and dinner shuttles to Old Town and ABQ
Uptown (Tuesday-Friday).
To help ensure this Conference week goes as smoothly as possible, the Conference Support
Committee (CSC) will make themselves available. Many thanks to Donna A., CSC chair; Kathy
M., volunteer coordinator; and their staff of many volunteers who give their time and energy and to
Karen B., center microphone monitor, for helping to keep order on the Conference floor and
supporting the chair.
There are many others involved in planning this year’s World Service Business Conference and I
would like to acknowledge their help and support. Thanks to the other members of the Conference
Planning Committee, Cheryle T. and Wanda S., for their input and great ideas. Thanks to Teresa
K., chair of the board, the entire Board of Trustees, and the World Service Office staff. And, thanks
to the Region Chairs Committee for their willingness and enthusiasm to facilitate the forum again
this year.
As Conference Planning chair, my most special ‘thank you’ must be extended to Sandy
Zimmerman, member services manager. Sandy’s expertise in meeting planning, and all that it
involves, will benefit all who attend this Conference. She continues to guide and help coordinate all
details and it is a privilege to work with her.
In OA love and service,
Barbara B.
Trustee Chair
February 2012
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Convention 2013 Committee Report
Theme: “Recovery to Rock Our World”
SAVE THE DATE
Convention 2013 will be rock’n in Cleveland, Ohio. The Convention is scheduled for August 29 –
September 1, 2013.
The Convention 2013 Committee last met together at the March BOT meeting. Those in attendance
were:
Meg H. – Region Two Trustee and former Trustee Chair, Convention 2010
Joe L. – GST and Treasurer
Allen B. – Region Five Trustee and Trustee Chair, Convention 2013
Sandy Hickox – Member Services Assistant
Sandy Zimmerman – Member Services Manager
Sandy Z. reported on the progress with Convention site. Everything is on schedule for the
Convention location site. This is a brand new facility in Cleveland, Ohio. Numerous restaurants,
shops and touring sites are easily accessible. Contact has been made with the host hotel regarding
room blocks as well as researching a second hotel for overflow (if necessary). Sandy Z. has arranged
to meet with Allen for a Convention site visit during the first week in June.
Allen asked Region Five Chair Bonnie L. if she would take on the role of World Service Convention
2013 vice chair. Bonnie has graciously agreed. (No arm twisting was required.) Allen will be
meeting with Bonnie at the Region Five Assembly in March do outline the process.
Committee work through the year:
The committee agreed on and presented our theme; “Recovery to Rock Your World” to the
BOT for approval.
The Convention Committee 2013 budget was established for 2012.
Marketing plan/calendar will be presented to Sandy Z. to coordinate with the WSO.
Allen F. B.
Trustee Chair
March 2012
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Delegate Support Fund Committee Report
We received eighteen requests for the WSBC 2012 Delegate Support Fund (DSF). It is exciting to
see so many members wishing to attend WSBC and participate in the OA service structure. The
good news is we were exceptionally fortunate this year in that we had $17,284 in the Delegate
Support Fund. The bad news is that the total of the requests was $24,156.
The Delegate Support Fund Allocation Committee (DSFAC) consists of the regional trustee from
each region having a request (nine this year), and the treasurer, making a committee of ten for 2012.
There were no requests from Region Five.
The DSFAC formally meets at the November Board of Trustees (BOT) meeting, but we began to
work on this noteworthy task three weeks in advance via email and telephone. During these three
weeks, Region Six made a decision to remove two of their delegates’ requests from WSBC DSF and
financed them with regional funds. Region Four also pulled their delegate’s application and financed
with regional funds. Some region chairs saw fit, upon being informed that the DSF requests far
exceeded our capacity to assist, to take an action at their region and contribute further funds to the
WSBC 2012 DSF.
When the DSFAC met at the November BOT meeting, our task, though still challenging, looked
considerably more manageable. To summarize, we originally had eighteen applications: three were
pulled and financed by their region and thirteen received assistance from the 2012 World Service
DSF.
$16,750 was allocated and $534 was rolled over into the 2013 DSF. Service bodies receiving funds
for WSBC 2012 are as follows:
Region One – Greater Columbia IG
Region Two – North Rivers IG, Valley Sierra OA/HOW IG
Region Six – Montreal English IG, Ottawa District IG
Region Seven – Diamond State IG
Region Eight – Aruba IG, Costa Rica IG, NSB Venezuela
Region Nine –South Coast IG, Spirit of Hope IG, NSB OA Denmark
Region Ten – Brisbane OA IG
Please note that there were some requests not considered because they arrived at the WSO after the
deadline. So be certain that you take the time to fill out the application completely, legibly and get it
submitted before the November 1 deadline. The application for the DSF is available on the oa.org
Web site.
I think it goes without saying that these are tough economic times for all of us. Therefore it seems
noteworthy that you, the very generous OA Fellowship were undeterred! We had a record amount
of contributions in the 2012 Delegate Support Fund! This gave us the capacity to reach out to our
international service bodies whose travel costs are so incredibly expensive and to all service bodies
not quite yet on their feet. We will have thirteen WSBC delegates this year, who without your
gracious contributions would not have been able to experience this often life-changing assembly. I
believe I can speak for all of us who participated in the DSFAC meeting in saying that we left the
meeting feeling happy, joyous and free! You, the OA Fellowship, gave us, the DSFAC the capacity
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to make a difference! These are the types of actions which make our Fellowship stronger and
healthier.
Many, many thanks to everyone!
Joe L.
Trustee Chair
February 2012
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Internal Information Committee Report
Three trustees make up the Internal Information Committee (IIC). This committee provides
oversight of the OA periodical publications and the OA.org Web site, and endeavors to ensure
faithfulness to the Twelve Traditions of Overeaters Anonymous. The periodical publications
include Lifeline, our magazine of recovery; A Step Ahead, a quarterly informational newsletter for OA
members; and the annual Courier newsletter, which provides information for the professional
community.
The three trustees on this year’s committee are General Service Trustee Joe L., General Service
Trustee Janice S. and Region One Trustee Margie G. We work very closely with the excellent WSO
staff in this work.
The Strategic Plan calls for a number of articles to be included in Lifeline magazine and A Step Ahead
during the coming year. We will be encouraging sponsors to inform their sponsees of the value of
service, including sponsoring and service at the group, service body or World Service level. We are
also featuring articles about OA literature on the importance of abstinence.
More and more people in general are using the Internet to connect with reading material, and OA
has responded by having e-books available. Both the Courier and A Step Ahead are available on the
OA Web site. Anyone can subscribe to Lifeline magazine online instead of or in addition to
subscribing to a printed copy. A bonus piece of literature, Lifeline Weekly, is sent out via email to
people who subscribe to the online version of Lifeline.
Margie G.
Trustee Chair
March 2012
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International Publications/Translations Committee Report
The members of this committee are Gerri H., Region Eight trustee; Faith M., Region Ten trustee;
and myself, Region Nine trustee.
One of the most important tools of recovery is literature. It is also a very essential tool for spreading
the OA message to those who still suffer from compulsive eating. Most of our literature is published
in English, and for many non-English-speaking OA members the language is a barrier they cannot
cross.
The main goal of this committee is to encourage the translation of OA literature into as many
languages as possible. The focus is on basic literature where OA is just beginning. Any literature
may be eligible to be translated for those who already have some basic OA literature available in
their local language.
The committee allocates funds twice a year, February and August. In 2011 the committee allocated
funds to Sweden, Israel, Hungary, Poland and Belgium.
Hungary is starting a new Fellowship. They are very small but are very dedicated to the program.
They applied for funds to translate some basic pamphlets so they can spread the OA message to the
Hungarian people, very few of whom are English speakers.
The committee continues to encourage the translations of the Seventh-Tradition (short-version)
pamphlet into additional languages. For example, recently the committee was informed that it was
translated into Finnish and distributed to meetings in Finland.
The committee decided that the WSO would translate some basic guidelines, including Intergroup
Treasurer Guidelines, Guidelines for Locally Produced Literature, Guidelines for Translating OA
Literature, Guidelines for Member Retention and Strong Meeting Checklist into French and
Japanese in order to assist the local Fellowships in working the program.
The committee will continue to look for ways to encourage translation of literature into as many
languages as possible. We want to introduce translations of OA literature to non-English-speakers
so they can spread the message in their local language.
Esti O.
Trustee Chair
March 2012
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APRIL/MAY 2012
Professional Tradeshows Committee Report
The primary role of this committee is to oversee the Professional Exhibits Fund and to make
decisions about the distribution of the fund. In addition, this committee decides which tradeshows
Overeaters Anonymous, Inc. will attend and host a booth.
PROFESSIONAL EXHIBITS FUND
This is a special fund for assisting service bodies attending tradeshows in their local area. The
application for this fund is found in the document section on www.oa.org.
Currently the Professional Exhibits Fund balance as of the writing of this report is $3,931.04. Note
that as of the writing of this report there is money available to help fund participation at tradeshows
in your local area. Let your local area know about the fund so they can donate to it and request it as
needed.
The following events were partially funded through the Professional Exhibits Fund since May 2011.
Wellfest 2011, May 21, 2011, Orchard Park, NY
Wellfest 2011, June 1, 2011, Buffalo, NY
Western New York Intergroup - $315.00
Obesity 2011 29 th Annual Scientific Meeting, Orlando, FL
October 1-5, 2011
Central Florida Intergroup - $549.00
Congress Eating Disorders 2011, Alpbach/Tirol, Austria
October 20-21, 2011
Austria Intergroup - $1,852.84
This was a first time request from Austria.
Eyewitness News 4 Health Fair, Albuquerque, NM
January 28-29, 2012
Central New Mexico Intergroup - $160.50
Colorado Society of Osteopathic Medicine, Cooper Mountain, CO
2012 Midwinter CME Conference
February 19-21, 2012
Region Three - $470.50
TRADESHOWS 2011
In addition to the Professional Exhibits Fund, OA also has a budget for OA, Inc. to host a booth at
selected professional tradeshows. Sandy Zimmerman and Sandy Hickox are the staff who represent
OA, Inc. at these professional tradeshows. The three tradeshows where OA, Inc. hosted a booth in
2011-2012 were:
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American Association of Diabetes Educators (AADE)
Las Vegas, NV – August 3-5, 2011
Attendance: 5,200
American Academy of Family Physicians (AAFP)
Orlando, FL – September 15-17, 2011
Attendance: 8,357
American Public Health Association (APHA)
Washington, DC – October 30-November 2, 2011
Attendance: 13,300
TRADESHOWS 2012
The Professional Tradeshows Committee selected and budgeted for two tradeshows in 2012.
American Association of Diabetes Educators (AADE)
Indianapolis, IN – August 1-4, 2012
Expected Attendance: 7,000
American Academy of Family Physicians (AAFP)
Philadelphia, PA – October 17-20, 2012
Expected Attendance: 5,000
This committee is currently made up of Chair Wanda S., Region Three trustee; Barbara G., Region
Seven trustee; Karen C., general service trustee; and Teresa K., BOT chair, as ex-officio.
Wanda S.
Trustee Chair
February 2012
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Public Awareness Committee Report
COMMITTEE MEMBERS
Naomi Lippel, Managing Director
Karen C., General Service Trustee
Meg H., Region Two Trustee
Allen B., Region Five Trustee
ACTIVITY FOR 2011-2012
1) Purchased ad in January/February 2011 issue of Psychotherapy Networker
2) Purchased additional three months of PSA (January-March 2011) playing on Super Screen
in Times Square Plaza
3) Distributed six news releases throughout 2011, including a press release in December
covering New Year’s resolutions about compulsive eating, which resulted in three Internet
radio interviews in January 2012
4) Added a podcast of a reading of the revised Tools of Recovery
5) Published 2010 Membership Survey pamphlet for use with the media and other interested
parties
6) Sent information packets to five national health organizations
7) Redistributed radio PSA to 3,000 stations in the US and Canada
8) Began working with Banyan Communications in 2012 for most of our public awareness
activities
10) Edited and redesigned press kit
11) Contracted with VoiceAmerica.com for a thirteen-episode show starting in October; plans
for the show have already begun
12) Discontinued pay-per-click advertising program and applied for and received a Google grant
for future ads
13) Press releases sent out in March 2012—a general release to the media and one specifically for
health care professional publications.
14) We will begin receiving quarterly media clippings of articles and other media mentions of
OA.
15) We were included in the book But I’m Hungry! and in an article on acefitness.org.
In 2011, the managing director brought to the committee information concerning VoiceAmerica
radio show for thirteen weekly episodes. The committee reviewed cost, format, topics, timing, and
feasibility. The committee recommended budget appropriation for the expense in 2012. Further
discussion concerning topics, speakers, timing of the episodes, and running a promotional flyer in
conjunction with the airing continues through 2012.
PSA total airplays from March – August 2011 were 5,578 in the US (tracking does not occur from
Canada stations so it is likely higher).
The Banyan Radio Tracking Report for March 14 – September 11, 2011:
Total number of radio stations: 152
Total number of radio markets: 65
Total number of radio broadcasts: 5,916
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Our television PSA has been distributed to 3,000 US and Canadian television stations. Tracking
airplay (in US) will be for six months mid-February through mid-August.
Custom media kits were sent to the American Academy of Family Physicians, American Medical
Association, US Department of Health and Human Services, and WebMD.
Kit includes:
Cover letter
Questions and Answers
Member Anonymity and the News Media
Twelve Steps
Media Contact List
“Hearing is Believing:OA Members Speak” podcast disc
Membership survey
Is Food a Problem for You?
Professional Community Courier
The managing director coordinated a radio show interview on 900WURD in Philadelphia, which
included local members, a dietitian, (Theresa Wright), an eating disorder specialist (Dr. Marty
Lerner) and members who called in from all over the country to report their success in OA.
The managing director did interviews on Protect Health Radio Chicago, Illinois; Her Scene magazine
in Louisville, Kentucky; a freelance writer for ACE Certified News (publication for personal
trainers); and Tony Rovere for health-and weight-loss-tips.com
Submitted,
Karen C.
Trustee Chair
March 2012
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APRIL/MAY 2012
Strategic Planning Committee Report
MESSAGE TO THE DELEGATES
Note that the 2008-2013 Overeaters Anonymous Strategic Plan is included in the delegate binder. A
one-hour delegate Strategic Planning session will be held during Conference. Review the plan,
process, and come prepared with ideas for local level support and implementation.
At the March BOT meeting, we reviewed the completed 2011 Strategic Plan. We were amazed that
we accomplished what we set out to accomplish. Personally, I’ve never seen a non-profit board so
competent at completing the tasks we decide to accomplish. Together we can do what we can never
do alone! Everyone needs to give themselves a pat on the back.
STRATEGIC PLANNING PROCESS
The Board of Trustees, region chairs, and the WSO staff work together to create and manage a fiveyear
Strategic Plan. The Strategic Planning Committee chair and the WSO managing director
facilitate each planning session and together with the entire Strategic Planning Committee, oversee
the planning process.
The Strategic Plan includes section goals, main goals, objectives, completion dates and tasks
assigned to the WSO staff and service providers, Board of Trustees, and/or region chairs.
Each year at WSBC, the Strategic Planning Committee presents the current plan to WSBC
delegates. If time permits, delegates generate ideas for local service body support/implementation.
The Strategic Plan is broken into the following four categories, which are included as part of the
2012 Conference logo.
Strong Meetings
Public/Professional Awareness
Committed Service Bodies
Financial Health
ANNUAL STRATEGIC PLANNING SCHEDULE
1) March Board of Trustees (BOT) Meeting: Develop main goals and objectives for the next
calendar year
2) April/May BOT/Region Chairs Committee (RC) Meeting: Review, adjust, and finalize the
main goals and objectives generated at the February BOT meeting
3) WSBC: 1 hour Delegate Strategic Planning Session
Gives overview of Plan and process to delegates
Allows small groups of 2-4 people to discuss ideas/activities for local service body
implementation; each delegate will turn in their favorite idea and the strategic planning
category it belongs in
Collects the local level implementation ideas for inclusion in the Final Conference
Report
Reads selected local level implementation ideas to delegates as time permits
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4) August BOT/RC Meeting: Develop tasks for upcoming year; these tasks drive the October
budgeting session
STRATEGIC PLANNING COMMITTEE ACTIONS
The Strategic Planning Committee chair and managing director facilitated each strategic planning
session. They reviewed and fine-tuned the strategic planning process to clarify the process and role
of the Strategic Planning Committee and the WSO managing director. After each strategic planning
session, the managing director and the committee review and adjust the goals, objectives, and tasks
for clarity and compliance with process.
COMMITTEE MEMBERS
General Service Trustee and First Vice Chair Cheryle T. (committee chair)
Region Seven Trustee Barbara G.
Region One Trustee Margie G.
Region Five Chair Bonnie L.
Chair of the Board Teresa K. (ex-officio member)
Cheryle T.
Trustee Chair
March 2012
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OA BOARD OF TRUSTEES
Strategic Plan 2008-2013
Operations Plan 2012
I. STRONG MEETINGS
Filled with abstinent members; all service positions filled; active rotation of service; meeting is growing;
newcomers stay and become abstinent; sufficient sponsors; operates in the spirit of all Twelve Traditions.
Main Goal Objective Tasks
By 2013, the member base of Overeaters Anonymous will increase by at least 20%.
By end of 2012,
educate Fellowship
about how personal
Increase awareness
of current literature
on abstinence
abstinence impacts
abstinence literature resources.
strength of group.
By end of 2012,
educate Fellowship
about value of
service positions at
group level.
By end of 2012,
educate Fellowship
about value of
focusing on
solution instead of
problem.
By end of 2012,
increase member
base by increasing
service in meetings.
Ongoing
Educate Fellowship
about strong
meetings
Increase awareness
of abstinent
sponsors
Encourage sponsors
to educate sponsees
about service
positions
Raise awareness of
Steps and Traditions
studies in meetings
Raise newcomers’
awareness of how to
become abstinent
and stay in
Fellowship
Educate the
Fellowship about
the importance of
service
Raise awareness of
benefits to
individuals and the
Fellowship
regarding
sponsorship
Write feature article/ad for LL/ASA/SB newsletters
quarterly dealing with specific abstinence literature.
Have workshops at region/IG events that feature
Amend SMF/Meeting Record Book to specify
abstinent sponsors.
Encourage identification of abstinent sponsors at all
OA events.
Feature LL/ASA ad/article asking sponsors to
educate sponsees.
Encourage use of “Sponsorship Workshop” at region
to encourage sponsees to serve at group level.
Publicize Concepts skits at region assemblies,
conventions and future WSBCs.
Promote use/understanding of OA Handbook.
Encourage use of available resources at region/IG like
multiple meeting formats and OA download page.
Expand statement on sharing solution not problem in
meeting format which is “abstinence through working
OA’s 12 step program of recovery.”
Feature articles on positive pitches in LL/ASA.
Create and distribute tent card with a region map and
service structure.
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Ongoing
Educate re: goal to
increase
membership
Increase number of
sponsors in
Fellowship
Increase number of
newcomers who
become abstinent
members and stay in
the Fellowship
Increase frequency
of Step and
Tradition studies in
meetings
Promote Steps as the
solution, regular
study of Traditions,
service and
sponsorship
Pass out bulletin board attraction cards at assemblies.
More sponsorship workshops at SB.
Articles in region newsletters to ask sponsors to
encourage sponsees to sponsor.
Promote newcomer meeting packet/format.
Encourage IGs to establish Step and Tradition study
meetings.
Remind others re: Steps, Traditions, sponsorship
during sharing and encourage others to do the same.
II. PUBLIC/PROFESSIONAL AWARENESS
All members, groups and service bodies working at carrying the message so that the possibility of recovery is
offered to the still-suffering compulsive eater.
Main Goal Objective Tasks
By the end of 2013, OA will have invested $100,000 additionally to money already budgeted on
public/professional awareness.
By end of 2012,
develop and
implement outreach
plans for each
targeted
professional
organization.
In 2012, continue
to create name
recognition for OA
in professional
community.
Work with staff,
PAC/PO
Committees, and
PR firm to create
and implement
outreach plan
Encourage
attendance at
professional
tradeshows
Provide guidelines/
materials to local
service bodies for
distribution to local
professionals
Continue work with staff, committees and PR firm on
outreach plan.
Regions will encourage intergroups to attend local
tradeshows and utilize Professional Exhibits Fund.
Make regions/SBs aware of outreach plan and
materials.
Encourage intergroups to use PI/PO committees or
volunteers to complete specific activities.
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Main Goal Objective Tasks
By the end of 2013, OA will have invested $100,000 additionally to money already budgeted on
public/professional awareness.
By end of 2012,
evaluate Spanish
and French OA
Web sites for ease
of use so OA can
evaluate whether to
move forward with
other language OA
Web site
translations.
In 2012, continue
with public
awareness
activities.
Collect and evaluate
feedback about
Spanish and French
OA Web site
translations
Work with PI
Committee and
regions to inform
what publicity
materials are
available
Redistribute
publicity materials
to the media
Put notice on Spanish and French sites asking for
feedback/comments.
Encourage regions to establish and keep current page
on Web sites to post info and/or links to PI/PO pages
on oa.org.
Encourage intergroups to fill PI/PO positions.
Encourage use of posters and radio/TV PSAs in local
media contacts.
Redistribute and track TV PSA.
By 2013, selected sections of oa.org will be available in two languages.
By the end of 2012,
selected sections of
oa.org will be
available in French.
Build site
Translate site, review translation, build site.
Include notices in ASA, LL, SB mailings.
Widely promote
new language
features in
appropriate areas of
world
Ongoing
By the end of 2013, oa.org will be updated relative to programming, functionality, design,
marketing, and content to improve public face in/outside Fellowship.
III.COMMITTED SERVICE BODIES
All service positions filled; active rotation of service; operates within the spirit of the Twelve Traditions and
Twelve Concepts; involve carrying the message locally, regionally, internationally.
Main Goal Objective Tasks
By 2013, at least 50% of registered service bodies will be represented at WSBC and region
assemblies.
By end of 2012,
increase by 5%
attendance of
registered service
bodies at
Conference and
region assemblies.
Review 2011 WSBC
and region assembly
evaluation results;
develop action plan
to address financial
barriers
Increase awareness of Delegate Support Fund (DSF).
Review DSF contribution letter to service bodies.
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Main Goal Objective Tasks
By 2013, at least 50% of registered service bodies will be represented at WSBC and region
assemblies.
By end of 2012,
increase by 5%
attendance of
registered service
bodies at
Conference and
region assemblies.
Ongoing
By end of 2012,
increase by 5%
attendance of
registered service
bodies at
Conference and
region assemblies.
Review 2011 WSBC
and region assembly
evaluation results;
develop action plan
to address personal
barriers and apathy/
negative perception
barriers
At WS and region,
increase available
funds to attend
WSBC/assemblies
and advertise it
Train all region
board members/
trustees to do STC
workshops and
provide with manual
Personally invite
and encourage
service bodies to
attend region
assemblies and
WSBC
Create podcast/handbook (podcast transcript) for
members to share positive experiences at WSBC and
region assemblies.
Encourage cooperation between SBs in regions to
attend WSBC (“Fund a Friend”).
Contact service bodies to schedule them (start with
intergroups who have not attended).
Promote assemblies at region conventions.
At STC workshops, talk about the importance of
attending WSBC and assemblies.
Phone calls to service bodies not represented at WSBC
(by Aug. of each year).
IV. FINANCIAL HEALTH
Sufficient contributions to enable OA to grow; sufficient contributions to do outreach to the public and
professionals; all levels of service structure are fully self-supported; and sufficient contributions to decrease the
reliance on literature sales for income.
Main Goal Objective Tasks
By the end of 2013, combined revenue from sales and contributions will exceed 2008 levels by 20%.
By the end of 2012,
number of SBs and
groups contributing
at WS level will
increase by 10%
over 2011.
Regions will
encourage
unaffiliated groups
to affiliate
Region level committees contact unaffiliated groups.
Educate Fellowship
of the importance of
identifying
contributions by
group/service body
number
Encourage individual contributions to use group
numbers.
Each group identify group number in meeting format.
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Main Goal Objective Tasks
By the end of 2013, combined revenue from sales and contributions will exceed 2008 levels by 20%.
By the end of 2012,
number of SBs and
groups contributing
SBs will conduct
annual workshops
on financial service
Educate members that “Money Matters” workshop is
on oa.org.
Perform financial workshop (regions, IGs).
at WS level will
increase by 10%
over 2011.
structure
Help SBs/groups
understand what
being self supporting
means in regards to
contributing to
beyond the group
level through
workshops and
promoting available
Educate meeting treasurers on specific contribution
procedures.
In 2012, integrate
virtual services into
OA financial
structure to
encourage
contributions and
service.
By end of 2012,
number of LL
subscriptions will
increase 10% above
2011 level.
resources
Amend Suggested
Meeting Format
with clear suggested
contributions (go
back to $3 or more)
Recommend local
groups and IGs
establish a group
conscience re:
collecting/
distributing their
contributions
appropriately among
their service bodies
Define ways to
increase
contributions.
Establish method of
financial self-support
for virtual groups
and SBs
Increase number of
Lifeline Reps by
10%
Revise Suggested Meeting Format.
Encourage Fellowship to use Suggested Meeting
Format.
Hand out Suggested Meeting Format at assemblies
and workshops.
Present at region assemblies, in newsletters, IG
mailings and STC workshops.
Create a mechanism for easy virtual meeting
contributions.
Set up recurring contributions (Automated Recurring
Billing).
Develop contribution “hot button” on Web site.
VS Committee encourage forming SBs and educating
them in method for making contributions account.
Create bank account for virtual SBs and groups.
Encourage each IG and region to have a Lifeline rep,
and each trustee and region chair becomes a Lifeline
rep.
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Main Goal Objective Tasks
By the end of 2013, combined revenue from sales and contributions will exceed 2008 levels by 20%.
By end of 2012,
number of LL
subscriptions will
increase 10% above
2011 level.
Initiate Lifeline
campaign to have all
groups purchase a
group subscription.
Notify Fellowship of campaign through the year.
Operations Plan
Completed in 2011
I. STRONG MEETINGS
Filled with abstinent members; all service positions filled; active rotation of service; meeting is growing;
newcomers stay and become abstinent; sufficient sponsors; operates in the spirit of all Twelve Traditions.
Main Goal Objective Tasks
By end of 2011,
increase member
base by increasing
service in meetings.
Educate the
Fellowship about
the importance of
service
Ongoing
Educate Fellowship
about strong
meetings.
Educate Fellowship
about rotation of
service
Increase number of
newcomers who
become abstinent
members and stay in
the Fellowship
Increase frequency
of Step and
Tradition studies in
meetings
Increase number of
sponsors in
Fellowship
Educate members
re: available support
materials
Ask sponsors to encourage sponsees to give service at
all levels via Lifeline articles, region newsletters, and
IG newsletters.
Create skit on rotation of service.
Make skit available for distribution after BOT
approval.
Present skit at WSBC ’11 “Concepts: A Guide for All
Who Serve” workshop.
Promote Twelfth-Step-Within workshops to SBs.
Modify Suggested Meeting Format to encourage Step
and Tradition studies.
More sponsorship workshops at SB.
Articles in region newsletters to ask sponsors to
encourage sponsees to sponsor.
Regions provide OA Handbook to all intergroups.
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II. PUBLIC/PROFESSIONAL AWARENESS
All members, groups and service bodies working at carrying the message so that the possibility of recovery is
offered to the still-suffering compulsive eater.
Main Goal Objective Tasks
By the end of 2011,
OA will target five
professional
organizations for
the purpose of
raising awareness
that OA is a
recovery
organization that
works for
compulsive eating
and compulsive
food behaviors.
Work with staff and
Professional
Outreach
Committee to create
outreach plan
In 2011, continue
with public
awareness
activities.
By the end of 2011,
selected sections of
oa.org will be
available in French.
Redistribute
publicity materials
to media
Select company to
do translations
Widely promote
new language
features in
appropriate areas of
the world
Target five organizations.
Strategize how to reach them.
Begin implementation.
Publish/distribute new survey pamphlet.
Redistribute radio PSA to stations.
Distribute press releases.
Distribute print PSA ad.
Purchase pay-per-click ads.
Solicit and evaluate quotes, write contract.
ASA, LL, SB mailings.
III.COMMITTED SERVICE BODIES
All service positions filled; active rotation of service; operates within the spirit of the Twelve Traditions and
Twelve Concepts; involve carrying the message locally, regionally, internationally.
Main Goal Objective Tasks
By the end of 2011,
increase to 38%
attendance or
registered service
bodies at
Conference and
region assemblies.
Re-evaluate
structure
Reduce barriers
On WSBC evaluation, ask about barriers to attending
and get suggestions on how to increase WSBC
participation.
Within regions, brainstorm potential options for
WSBC/assembly attendance.
Generate interest by inviting people to share about
attendance and how it has benefited their recovery via
region newsletters and assemblies.
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Ongoing
By the end of 2011,
increase f 38%
attendance of
registered service
bodies at
Conference and
region assemblies.
Re-evaluate
structure
Generate
enthusiasm for
participation
Research why
service bodies are
not represented at
WSBC/assemblies
Personally invite
and encourage
service bodies to
attend region
assemblies and
WSBC
Poll IGs not attending WSBC and/or region
assemblies to find out why they have not attended.
Educate mentors at WSBC/region assemblies.
Develop strategies to address barriers.
Promote assemblies at region conventions.
At STC workshops, talk about the importance of
attending WSBC and assemblies.
Phone calls to service bodies not represented at WSBC
(by Aug. of each year).
IV. FINANCIAL HEALTH
Sufficient contributions to enable OA to grow; sufficient contributions to do outreach to the public and
professionals; all levels of service structure are fully self-supported; and sufficient contributions to decrease the
reliance on literature sales for income.
Main Goal Objective Tasks
By the end of 2011,
increase in
contributions will
represent 26% of
total revenue.
Define ways to
increase
contributions
Publicize Seventh Tradition skits.
Increase
contributions to
Delegate Support
Fund by 10% over
2009
Define ways to
increase
contributions.
Invite a recipient to speak at assemblies or IGs of
benefits of DSF.
Develop one-page document called “This Is What It
Takes.”
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APRIL/MAY 2012
Virtual Services Committee Report
This has been an exciting and interesting year to serve as your virtual services board trustee. Having
attended phone and online meetings, I felt confident that I could make a difference in this service
capacity.
The first thing I did was print out the meeting lists and started to attend them all. There are hundreds
of meetings. This of course was very good for my recovery, but also gave me the opportunity to
understand who I was representing.
The virtual services trustee doesn’t serve alone. The committee this year consisted of fellow trustees
Mary Rose D., Michael B. and past trustee Vicki W. Past VSB trustee Teresa K. also attended all of
our committee meetings for a smooth transition.
We had some very challenging goals this year:
Encouraging groups to use the revised Suggested Meeting Format, available for download at
http://www.oa.org/pdfs/suggested_meeting_format.pdf. It has been difficult for members
to make a Seventh-Tradition contribution, and have that credited to the correct virtual
meeting. The new format announces the meeting number. By correctly identifying virtual
meeting donations, funding may be available to assist virtual service boards’ delegates to the
World Service Business Conference. The virtual meeting world continues to grow and there
are expenses to represent you.
The World Service Office receives many telephone and email inquiries about virtual
meetings. We hope to soon have a list of commonly asked questions and answers to assist
our staff in helping you.
The committee also is assisting phone and online meetings to ensure that they meet all the
qualifications of a group, as outlined in the Bylaws, Article V, Section 1.
The responsibilities of virtual service boards have been handled by one of the region trustees.
Perhaps it is time that this rapidly growing segment of our Fellowship deserves its own trustee.
While I hope to have made a positive difference in my service to VSBs this past year, I know that so
much more could be accomplished with proper representation.
Gerri H.
Trustee Chair
March 2012
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APRIL/MAY 2012
Bylaws Committee Report
The Conference Bylaws Committee officers for 2011-2012 are:
Candace O., Delegate Cochair
Ann B., Vice Chair
Debbie H., Secretary
The subcommittee officers for 2011-2012 are:
1) Bylaws Review Subcommittee
Isabella V., Chair
Debbie S., Secretary
2) Business Conference Policy Manual Subcommittee
Debbie H., Chair
Kat M., Secretary
2012 WSBC AGENDA
The Bylaws Review Subcommittee has presented Proposals 14, 15, 16 and 17 to make the
language of OA, Inc. Bylaws, Subpart B gender neutral.
The Business Conference Policy Manual Subcommittee has presented Proposal J, to limit
continuous delegate service at the World Service Business Conference to no more than six
consecutive years.
In the course of the 2011-2012 year of delegate service, the Bylaws Review Subcommittee reviewed
OA, Inc. Bylaws, Subpart B, Articles IV through XIII, ensuring that the language is gender-neutral,
accurate, and clear; and that the content is in accord with the past three years’ continuing effects
motions.
The Business Conference Policy Manual Subcommittee began its service with a project to restructure
the BCPM into a revised format. However, this revealed additional difficulties beyond the original
problem the committee was addressing. Since the purpose of the restructuring was to make the
BCPM accessible to the delegates—particularly in creating a way to find all motions related to a
word/search term—the World Service Office suggested and the Board of Trustees agreed to contract
with a professional indexer to create a new index for the Business Conference Policy Manual.
Over a four-month period, the first draft of the revised Index to the Business Conference Policy
Manual was professionally developed, then reviewed by the WSO staff, the BOT Bylaws
Committee, delegates of the CBC BCPM subcommittee, the WSO staff (again) and lastly the
professional indexer for final adjustments. The finished product was certified as board-approved
literature at the March 3 meeting of the Board of Trustees, and is making its debut in this 2012
WSBC binder.
We are grateful to the dedicated Conference Bylaws Committee members who researched our
Bylaws and Continuing Effects Motions, and offered solutions to the concerns we faced. After this
committee “year of living bylaws,” those members of the CBC who have been appointed/elected by
their respective regions to be so will now become the 2012 Reference Subcommittee.
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The Reference Subcommittee will meet Thursday morning to review the subcommittee’s mandate,
orient new members, and review the upcoming motions and service body comments from the
returned agenda questionnaires.
On Friday night, if need be, the Reference Subcommittee becomes the Emergency New Business
Committee. The procedure for consideration of proposed emergency new business is contained in
the Conference Standing Rules.
All delegates, alternates and visitors are invited to attend the Reference Subcommittee meetings.
The parliamentary service we do is at the heart of our personal and organizational recovery.
With respect and gratitude,
Candace O., Delegate Cochair
Mary Rose D., Trustee Cochair
March 2012
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APRIL/MAY 2012
Conference-Approved Literature Committee Report
Four pieces of literature will be presented at the 2012 World Service Business Conference for the
delegates’ consideration. Sponsoring Through the Twelve Steps pamphlet revision will return with Big
Book references added as requested by the delegates. To the Newcomer and Before You Take that First
Compulsive Bite updates have also been completed. If approved by Conference, Voices of Recovery e-
Book writing journal will represent a new direction for OA literature that is published only in digital
form.
Work is continuing on the revision of Overeaters Anonymous, Second Edition. We received over 180
submissions by the deadline of January 31. In addition, there will be a few updates from long-time
abstaining members whose stories are already published in the book. Stories will be selected based
on the criteria stated in the Call for Submissions. Work has begun on the companion writing e-Book
based on For Today.
Two literature proposal forms have been submitted and will be discussed by the Conference-
Approved Literature Committee at Conference. This coming year the OA Handbook for Members,
Groups and Service Bodies will be updated.
As CLC trustee cochair I want to thank my delegate cochair, Gail, for keeping so many projects on
track this year. And I also want to thank Terry Stuart for patiently explaining the complicated
literature approval process. Both Gail and I want to extend our deepest appreciation for all the hard
work done by the entire CLC, but especially to the subcommittees and chairs this past year in
preparing and revising the manuscripts in time for the deadline.
Gail V.B., Delegate Cochair
Barb G., Trustee Cochair
March 2012
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APRIL/MAY 2012
Finance Committee Report
GOALS DISCUSSED AT WSBC IN MAY 2011
1) Collect information and begin creating a resource for service bodies to help decide if, when
and how to become tax-exempt and/or a 501(c)3 entity
2) Create and distribute a contributions communication package
3) Survey service bodies to assess needs for training and managing OA’s money
4) Update and distribute the existing Frequently Asked Questions (FAQs) document for
treasurers
5) Review and revise the Finance Committee’s statement of purpose
UPDATE ON GOALS/TASKS AND TIMELINES
1) 501(c)3 Information Collection
Status: Survey questions have been created and we asked permission to have the World
Service Office (WSO) send the survey out to all WSBC delegates using an online survey.
We are currently preparing questions to ask a professional tax attorney, with the idea of
including those answers in the Frequently Asked Questions (FAQs) document.
2) Contributions Communication Package
Status: The “Jazzy” Communications Subcommittee is happy to report that the 2011
contributions increased by 6 percent overall! The subcommittee continued to reach out to all
ten regions with emails, phone calls and flyers. We suggest that the WSO communicate this
accomplishment and give a big “thank you” for all of the extra contributions, and also what
we did with that extra money. A thought for future years, ask the groups to increase their
additional contributions by $1 each year (i.e., $12 in 2012, $13 in 2013, etc.).
3) Survey service bodies to assess needs for training and managing OA’s money
Status: The subcommittee has collected responses from the region chairs about the financial
status of their regions and intergroups, and their willingness to provide training to the
intergroups/service boards and groups they serve. The region chairs’ responses regarding
training needs were a strong positive reaction, as in “Yes, please!!” The chairs and treasurers
are willing to help with training at the intergroup level. Financial statuses were inconsistent,
but everyone thought training would be helpful even if their organization was doing well.
Next on the subcommittee’s agenda is to develop the training method.
4) Update Draft FAQ document
Status: There is no change since the November BOT report. The subcommittee is reviewing
the current document and is expected to make additional changes after the research is
concluded on the 501(c)3 and assessing the training needs of service bodies.
5) Review and revise the Finance Committee’s statement of purpose
Status: The motion was submitted by the trustee cochair and is on the WSBC 2012 agenda
questionnaire, revising Article XI, Section 3.
Submitted by,
Bob L., Delegate Cochair
Joe L., Trustee Cochair
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APRIL/MAY 2012
Professional Outreach Committee Report
OFFICERS 2011-2012
Wanda S., trustee cochair
Jill F., delegate cochair
Eric G., delegate vice chair
Committee members received copies of the Professional Outreach Manual and encouraged service
bodies to purchase one for use in professional outreach. Updated Professional Outreach Manuals
are now available on www.oa.org and will be provided to committee members for 2012-2013.
The committee canvassed for Courier submissions. Three submissions were received and submitted
for publication in the Courier. The 2012 Courier newsletter has been posted online at www.oa.org.
A resource document to provide information about what is available and useful to service bodies for
professional outreach is being completed.
Committee members have participated in local service bodies’ professional outreach efforts, such as
health fairs and professional conferences.
The committee wishes to thank the staff for working to provide current information on professional
outreach to the Fellowship through A Step Ahead, Lifeline and the Courier.
Jill F., Delegate Cochair
Wanda S., Trustee Cochair
February 2012
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APRIL/MAY 2012
Public Information Committee Report
STATEMENT OF PURPOSE
To encourage and assist intergroups and regions in making the public aware of Overeaters
Anonymous through print and broadcast media, participation in community events and any other
public means available, being always mindful of the need to observe the Traditions of Overeaters
Anonymous.
The Public Information Committee developed the following goals at WSBC 2011:
1) Develop ways to inform local service bodies about the availability of publicity material.
2) Develop mentorship guidelines for implementation.
Due to unforeseen circumstances the secretary resigned in May and the delegate cochair resigned in
June. There was only one committee member who responded to communications concerning the
goals for 2011. Therefore, the trustee cochair made the decision to re-evaluate the goals to realistic
expectations and to have some suggested guidelines for the mentorship program for the WSBC 2012
committee. The goal of PI mentorship should be an ongoing goal for future PI committees.
Karen C., Trustee Cochair
March 2012
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APRIL/MAY 2012
Region Chairs Committee Report
The Region Chairs Committee (RCC) is a very active, congenial committee that allows the chairs to
share and exchange ideas on a regular basis. The region chairs provide a vital service within the OA
organization. Not only do they do important work within their regions, but also work as a group to
improve OA visibility in all regions. This work is for the good of OA as a whole.
Listed below are some of the major activities and accomplishments of the RCC since WSBC 2011.
STRATEGIC/OPERATIONS UPDATE
This continues to be a high priority for all region chairs. We continue to carry out the tasks assigned
to the region chairs in the Operations Plan focusing on Strong Meetings, Public/Professional
Awareness, Committed Service Bodies and Financial Health. The BOT is very appreciative for all of
the hard work done by the chairs on the Strategic Plan.
GREEN DOT MENTOR PROGRAM
The region chairs are responsible for the Green Dot Mentor Program and have finalized the
procedures. The RCC created a liaison to the WSO who will coordinate communications between
the WSO (Sandy Zimmerman) and the region chairs. This task is rotated to a new chair each May,
and helps to avoid duplication and confusion. The liaison this year is newly elected Region Eight
Chair Gloria L.
WSBC 2012 FORUM
Led by Cyndy, Region Four chair, the RCC will present the WSBC 2012 Forum titled
“Conceptualizing Principles!” with a focus on the principles behind each Concept. The committee
has worked throughout the year to come up with a very informative and interactive forum that we
hope will once again be well received by the delegates.
RCC REFERENCE MANUAL
The RCC continue to update our reference manual as needed. This manual addresses the RCC
mission statement, scheduled meetings, Strategic Operations Plan, officers’ duties and
responsibilities, other RCC member responsibilities, WSBC Green Dot Mentor Program, RCC
mentor program, among other things. This manual serves as our guideline for conducting business.
REGIONS’ GENERAL INFORMATION SHEET
The RCC has developed a general information sheet which helps us compare policies and
procedures. The intent is not to standardize these for all regions, but often allows them to see a
better way of conducting region business. Topics are added as needed.
RCC WEB SITE
The RCC Web site contains documents, a calendar, and shared information, which helps us to share
information and plan RCC-related events around the schedules of each region (where possible). In
addition to the use of our Web site, we share files through Google docs and Dropbox for easy access
and updates.
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LIFELINE
The region chairs are honorary Lifeline reps, and are committed to promoting Lifeline at our
assemblies and throughout our regions.
RCC FALL ASSEMBLY MEETING
The RCC has the wonderful opportunity each year to conduct business and carry the message of
recovery at an annual meeting that rotates throughout the regions. In early November 2011, the
RCC was hosted by Region Eight who held their first international business assembly and recovery
convention in beautiful Medellin, Colombia, South America. Our thanks to Region Eight and
Stephanie D., Region Eight chair for hosting this marvelous experience. The theme was “United We
Maintain Our Abstinence.” Our South American members are very talented and spiritual. The
welcome and hospitality they gave us was beyond measure. It was fellowship at its finest. Each time
they closed a meeting or workshop with the OA Promise in Spanish, they all knew it and rang it out.
Each meeting and workshop had a lighted candle. We were told that represented the Superior
Power. Most definitely, the Power was all around.
This was a very unique experience for many of us who have no language barriers within our regions,
and it brought home the need for ongoing translations of our literature as well as the need for
sponsors throughout the world. Plans are underway for the 2012 fall RCC meeting hosted by Region
One. It will take place in Spokane, Washington from September 27-30!
TENT CARDS
Each region has created and distributed table tent cards throughout their regions which show the
geographic makeup of each region on one side, and the service structure of OA (inverted triangle) on
the other side. Regions Eight and Nine use more than one style of tent card and have translated
these into multiple languages to better serve their regions.
Additionally, the RCC provides written updates within their committee highlighting their region
accomplishments and activities which are consolidated into a report prior to their meetings.
From the list of activities credited to the RCC, it is obvious this committee of dedicated members is a
vital link in our ability to carry the message of recovery to the still suffering compulsive eater. It is
our goal to continue to serve the Fellowship to the best of our ability.
Respectfully submitted,
Bonnie L., Delegate Cochair
Janice S., Trustee Cochair
February 2012
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REPORT FROM REGION CHAIRS COMMITTEE 2012
Each of the ten region chairs has been working to address the tasks assigned on the Strategic
Operations Plan (SOP) for this year. Some examples of items accomplished this year are:
GOAL 1: STRONG MEETINGS
Workshops held at assemblies to promote the Strong Meeting Checklist
Reminders at assemblies to encourage identification of abstinent members
Region Two provided their delegates with a copy of the plan of eating, Lifeline issue
OA group handout provided to intergroups by the regions
Funding available for STC workshops which include the topic of abstinence and sponsorship
Performance of Rotation-of-Service skit at assemblies
Distribution of new Suggested Meeting Format
Distribution to groups and on Web sites of tent cards showing levels of service
GOAL 2: PUBLIC AND PROFESSIONAL AWARENESS
Encouraged and financially supported local intergroups and groups to participate in health
fairs and expos
Provided PSAs to intergroups to encourage local use
Discussed importance of professional outreach at assemblies
GOAL 3: COMMITTED SERVICE BODIES
Contact made with intergroups and members to encourage more participation above the
group level
Discussed ongoing need for members to give service at assemblies
GOAL 4: FINANCIAL HEALTH
Discussed the importance of being self supporting at assemblies
Shared about Seventh Tradition skits available on oa.org
Plan to distribute new Suggested Meeting Format that mentions the $3.00 suggested
donation
Supporting the sale of Lifeline to individuals and groups
While the measurement of success for these items may not be meeting our goals, each region
assembly is addressing and will continue to address the items on the Strategic Operations Plan. The
RCC is planning on discussing more definitive ways to address the tasks associated with the goals to
make this reporting more specific in the future.
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Twelfth-Step-Within Committee Report
2011-2012 COMMITTEE OFFICERS
Delegate Cochair Michele M.
Delegate Vice Chair Chris B.
Trustee Cochair Faith M.
STATEMENT OF PURPOSE
1) To carry the message of recovery to those who suffer WITHIN the OA Fellowship
2) To deal with relapse and issues of membership retention offering the message of hope
3) To encourage OA members to maintain and prevent relapse
The twenty-nine members of the Twelfth-Step-Within Committee met at the 2011 WSBC to discuss
projects to focus on in 2011-2012. The four subcommittees from the previous year were retained:
Speakers List, Promotions and Communications, Ideas That Work and Step Study Workshop
Subcommittee.
SPEAKERS LIST SUBCOMMITTEE
Purpose: To verify and update the current Twelfth-Step-Within Speakers List and to establish
communications with regions.
The Speakers List Subcommittee chair is Chris B. The speakers list was divided into regions and
assigned to different members. The speakers list includes contact details (address, email and phone),
years in OA, abstinence length, language(s) spoken, special focus, preferred group size, how far will
travel, and date information updated.
Achievements: Throughout the year the committee connected with contacts in each region and was
able to provide the WSO with an updated speakers list in June 2011 and January 2012. There are
now 201 members of the Fellowship on the speakers list; they have an average of nineteen years in
program and an average of sixteen and a half years abstinence.
Long-term goal: Creation of database from region contacts, investigate adding additional
information to the speakers list, and increase the number of members on speakers list.
PROMOTIONS AND COMMUNICATIONS SUBCOMMITTEE
Purpose: Educate regions and intergroups about the Twelfth-Step-Within resources about “Ideas
that Work” on OA.org Web site and add contact details.
Promotions and Communications Subcommittee chair is Linda H.
Achievements: A flyer has been created to advertise Twelfth-Step-Within (TSW). Communications
were established with Lifeline and the committee was advised they could not dedicate a whole issue
to TSW though the December 2011 issue did have focus on TSW. Lifeline does have articles about
TSW some months. Lifeline has space limitations which preclude them from having a dedicated page
for Twelfth-Step-Within. Good news is TSW has been publicized in Lifeline. The March/April issue
and the May issue had the TSW page link under the “Web Links” feature. Also, the forthcoming
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June issue will publish an article from the Twelfth-Step-Within Committee. The main topic for
December 2012 will again be TSW.
IDEAS THAT WORK SUBCOMMITTEE
Purpose: To update the “Ideas That Work” resources on the Twelfth-Step-Within section of the
OA.org Web site.
Ideas that work Subcommittee chair is Judy L.
Achievement: The Ideas That Work Subcommittee continued to expand the topics listed on the
Twelfth-Step-Within Ideas That Work section of the oa.org Web site. There are now nine topics
including abstinence, communication, fellowship, newcomers, special events, carrying the message,
Twelfth-Step-Within Day, membership retention, and creative handouts.
Long-term goals: Draft an “Ideas That Work” handbook.
A STEP-STUDY GUIDE FOR RECOVERY FROM COMPULSIVE EATING
The subcommittee reviewed A Step-Study Guide for Recovery from Compulsive Eating focusing
particularly on revising the Step study questions and referencing sources. This guide has been
developed and following discussions at the March BOT meeting the document is being submitted to
the Conference-Approved Literature Committee to be put through the process needed for it to be
submitted to WSBC for Conference approval.
ONGOING GOALS
Continuous contact of subcommittees within TSW Committee
Development of deadlines for flyers to promote subcommittee work
Respectfully submitted by,
Michele M., Delegate Cochair
Faith M., Trustee Cochair
March 2012
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Unity with Diversity Committee Report
STATEMENT OF PURPOSE
Recognizing the significance that acceptance of diversity plays in our ability to effectively carry the
message of recovery, this committee intends to encourage awareness within and outside the
Fellowship of the importance of unity while honoring and respecting diversity.
2011-2012 COMMITTEE OFFICERS
Meg H., Region Two Trustee – Trustee Cochair
Francine C., Region Six – Delegate Cochair
Jana W., Region Six – Vice Chair
Christen M., Region Five – Secretary
Dave C., Region Eight – Cultural Diversity Survey
Cindy C., Region Three – Manifestations of the Disease Survey
Mary M., Region Two – Diversity Checklist
The Unity with Diversity (UWD) Committee is planning a special focus meeting at WSBC 2012 on
Friday, May 4 at noon. Our working title is “A Vision of Unity.” We would like to hear how
people have come to OA feeling different and have felt, through the program, unified.
The Cultural Diversity Subcommittee has created a summary of the results of the survey that was
created, distributed and collected last year. The survey asked groups and service bodies how they
reach out to each other to strengthen cultural diversity. Once the summary has been approved it will
be sent out to the Fellowship.
The Manifestations of the Disease Subcommittee has continued to develop a survey of the
effectiveness of OA for those who don’t identify themselves as compulsive overeaters, e.g., anorexics
and bulimics. After the survey has been approved it will be distributed to regions where there are a
significant number of anorexic and bulimic members.
The survey poses the following questions:
1) How has program helped people suffering from these forms of the disease?
2) Have they been helped?
3) How have others in OA been helped or affected by members suffering from anorexia or
bulimia?
The Diversity Checklist Subcommittee has edited the Diversity Checklist to a form they intend to
submit to the Conference-Approved Literature Committee as a piece of literature to be placed on the
Web site. It is intended as a tool for group and service body inventories, for workshops on unity and
as a discussion suggestion for Unity Day.
The Steps, Traditions and Concepts are Enough Subcommittee concluded that our focus must
continually be on the Steps, Traditions and Concepts of our program. Although we need to honor
and respect our differences, we unite in recovery by practicing the Steps, Traditions and Concepts.
The subcommittee decided “The Steps, Traditions and Concepts are Enough” is a statement rather
than a subcommittee and has disbanded as a subcommittee.
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This is a wonderful committee and we are so pleased to be a part of it!
Respectfully submitted,
Francine C., Delegate Cochair
Meg H., Trustee Cochair
February 2012
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Web/Technology Committee Report
The committee’s new statement of purpose was passed by the board at the August 2011 BOT
meeting. The mission of the Web/Technology Committee is to assess technology and make general
recommendations available to service bodies about efficient uses of technology to carry the message
in accordance with the Twelve Steps and Twelve Traditions of OA. The committee serves as the
hub for the exchange of technology information within OA.
LONG-TERM GOALS
1) Assess technologies that would be of potential value to the OA Fellowship in carrying the
message
Determine existing technology needs of service bodies
Gather information about technologies that other OA service bodies are currently using
2) Advise the OA Fellowship on the use of relevant technologies
Let service bodies know about our committee and what services we can provide (i.e.,
technology resources and recommendations)
3) Serve as a hub for exchange of technology information within OA
Create a physical, albeit virtual, Web presence for the Web/Tech hub
Use this presence to build a repository of resources and documentation of what’s being
used and what might be useful guidelines and testimonials
The committee was able to assemble many questions and lists of contacts to whom to send the
survey for the purpose of determining what is being used and how well those technologies are
working.
Due to unforeseen circumstances and service rotation of committee members, there were several
resignations from the committee during the year. This cochair wishes to thanks all members who
served on this committee, for even a short while, so that this important cutting-edge technology
work can continue. We have a vision of the best technology available being used by the most service
bodies possible to carry the recovery message.
Tom G., Delegate Cochair
Margie G., Trustee Cochair
March 2012
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Youth in OA Committee Report
STATEMENT OF PURPOSE*
1) To provide and maintain a conduit of communication between “youth minded” people
within our Fellowship and young newcomers.
2) To provide a process of welcoming and working with teen OA members.
3) To be involved in the “youth focused” literature revisions and creations.
4) To assist the World Service staff with telephone and email responses to questions regarding
“youth in OA.”
*The above Statement of Purpose is listed in the BRM and was last updated on February 21, 2009. Youth
in OA was a board committee at that time.
The Youth in OA (YIOA) Committee was initially formed (re-established) the year prior by the
voting delegates of the WSBC 2010. Donna A. assisted with the transition and took on
responsibilities as the trustee cochair. There was only a small initial meeting at that time as
committee assignments were established prior to that Conference. Officers were not voted in during
that earlier meeting.
The YIOA Committee met together at the WSBC 2011 where officers were elected, goals were
established and the subcommittees were created. The committee also created a new statement of
purpose to define their mission. This will be submitted to the BOT for approval.
The officers elected during that meeting were Susan S., secretary; Anna S., vice chair; and Laura R.,
delegate cochair. The subcommittees established at that meeting were: Literature, Under Age Youth
and Young People 18-25.
The Suggested Meeting Format – Adaptations for Young People was scheduled for literature review.
The committee felt there should be some revisions to the existing format. They initiated some
changes. I will be forwarding this on to Terry Stuart, our publications manager. She will then
review these updates with the Board of Trustees. The committee will determine if additional
changes will be recommended for the Young Peoples Meeting Kit as well.
There have been numerous inquiries sent to the WSO asking about OA meetings and other
resources available for young people. The questions were sent on to Allen B., who responded as
requested. Most of these requests came from parents and other concerned relatives. The ages of the
youth involved varied as did their compulsive eating behaviors.
The committee is looking to establish an “Ideas That Work” session on the oa.org Web site. Several
intergroups in Region Seven have participated in the “Adopt a College” activity. The committee
would like to list those details under that section.
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The YIOA Committee would like to thank Susan S. for her past service as secretary. Susan needed
to step down in November when she was elected as the Region Nine chair. We know that she will
do a wonderful job for her region and we wish her the best.
Yours in service,
Laura R., Delegate Cochair
Allen F. B., Trustee Cochair
March 2012
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Conference Committee Information and Instructions
PRESIDING OFFICER
The delegate committee cochair elected at the 2011 WSBC (or his/her replacement) presides over
the committee’s meetings. If the current delegate cochair is not present, the current trustee cochair
will preside over the committee’s meetings. In the absence of a chair of the meeting, someone may
be appointed by the committee to serve as chair of the meeting. The delegate cochair may ask the
trustee cochair to preside over the meetings.
Both cochairs are expected to listen carefully to committee input and to keep their individual input
to a minimum to allow for the greatest amount of delegate participation.
MINUTES OF THE MEETING
One member of each committee shall take minutes of the proceedings of the committee meeting.
Minutes should include the topics discussed, major decisions made, and actions to be taken with
assignments and deadlines. For each committee member to participate fully, it is recommended that
a flipchart be used to record the discussion and decisions of the committee as they occur. The
resulting “group memory” can be used to create the meeting’s minutes. The meeting’s minutes
(Committee Summary Report) should be given to the OA registration desk for copying. Copies of
the meeting’s minutes will be available for committee cochairs only.
NOTE: The WSO will distribute the minutes to all members within two weeks of the close of the
Business Conference.
COMMITTEE ROSTERS
The first item of business for each committee should be to circulate the committee sign-in sheets to
all committee members. It is very important that committee members print their names and
addresses legibly using dark ink. Please drop off the completed the committee roster at the OA
registration desk for copying. Copies of the committee rosters will be available for committee
cochairs only.
NOTE: The WSO will distribute the complete committee roster to all members within two weeks of
the close of the Business Conference.
REPORTS
Each committee must complete and return the Goals Report form and the Committee Summary
Report (refer to Minutes of the Meeting section above) included in the delegate cochair’s committee
packet. These reports must be turned into the OA registration desk by noon on Saturday, May 5.
During Business Meeting V, time permitting, a brief oral report of the committee’s activities will be
given by the presiding delegate cochair. This two-minute oral report should summarize the ideas
discussed, goals set and actions taken by the committee during its meetings, and announce the
names of the incoming delegate cochair and other officers if any, elected.
The presiding delegate cochair and trustee cochair must jointly prepare a written report of the
complete committee proceedings for inclusion in the Final Conference Report of the World Service
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Business Conference 2012. This written report must be received by the World Service Office no
later than Monday, May 21, 2012.
TRANSITION MEETING
Outgoing committee cochairs are responsible for meeting with the incoming cochairs to provide
them with the required materials and information needed for the coming year. At this time, the
committee notebook(s) should be passed to the incoming cochairs.
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Suggested Conference Committee Meeting Agenda
WEDNESDAY, MAY 2, 2012
1) Opening reading(s)
2) Introductions
3) Appoint temporary chair, if necessary
4) Select secretary/recorder
5) Circulate sign-in sheet
6) Read committee’s statement of purpose
7) Report committee’s activities since the close of 2011 Conference
8) Establish norms and expectations of committee members, including frequency and methods
of communication within the committee
9) Discuss issues concerning the committee
10) Establish short- and long-term goals for the committee
11) Establish objectives or action plans to meet the goals
12) Assign tasks and deadlines as dictated by the action plan
13) Elect officers for coming year
14) Confirm meeting’s proceedings including goals, objectives, assignments, deadlines, followup
plans, next meeting time, committee mailings, etc.
15) Closing
SATURDAY, MAY 5, 2012
1) Opening reading(s)
2) New cochairs’ introductions
3) New officers’ introductions
4) Summarize committee short- and long-term goals for upcoming year(s)
5) Summarize committee communication methods
6) Closing
Goals Report and Committee Summary Report forms must be completed and returned to the OA
registration desk by noon on Saturday, May 5. Committee sign-in sheets must be returned to the
OA registration desk by the end of the committee’s meeting on Wednesday, May 2.
An oral report of the committee’s goals, decisions and actions will be given by the presiding delegate
cochair during Business V, time permitting. A complete written report prepared by the presiding
delegate cochair and trustee cochair must be submitted to the World Service Office no later than
Monday, May 21, 2012.
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Bylaws Committee Meetings’ Agenda
STATEMENT OF PURPOSE
1) To review and propose changes to OA, Inc.’s current bylaws and policies.
2) To advise other service bodies on forming, adopting and refining their own bylaws.
3) To foster a greater awareness for the uses and purposes of our bylaws.
WEDNESDAY, MAY 2, 2012
1) Opening: Serenity Prayer, Third-Step Prayer
2) Introductions
3) Appoint temporary chair (if necessary)
4) Select secretary/recorder
5) Circulate sign-in sheet
6) Read committee’s statement of purpose, as approved by the Board of Trustees
7) Report activities of committee since the close of 2011 WSBC
8) Establish subcommittees as needed
9) Establish norms and expectations of committee members, including frequency and methods
of communication within the committee and/or subcommittee
10) Discuss issues concerning the committee
11) Establish short- and long-term goals for the committee
12) Establish objectives or action plans to meet the goals
13) Assign tasks and deadlines as dictated by the action plan
14) Elect officers for the coming year
15) Confirm proceedings of meeting including goals, objectives, assignments, deadlines, followup
plans, and next meeting time, committee mailings, etc.
16) Closing: I Put My Hand in Yours
SATURDAY, MAY 5, 2012
1) Opening: Serenity Prayer, Seventh-Step Prayer
2) New cochairs introductions
3) New officers’ introductions
4) Summarize committee short- and long-term goals for the upcoming year(s)
5) Summarize committee communication methods
6) Closing: OA Responsibility Pledge
OA RESPONSIBILITY PLEDGE
Always to extend the hand and heart of OA to all who share my compulsion; for this I am
responsible.
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Conference-Approved Literature Committee Meetings’ Agenda
STATEMENT OF PURPOSE
1) To review drafts for new or revised literature in cooperation with the WSO publications
department, the appropriate Conference Literature subcommittee and other relevant OA
committees.
2) To recommend and/or review proposals for literature revisions and new literature proposals
for further development.
WEDNESDAY, MAY 2, 2012
1) Open with Seventh Step Prayer
2) Introductions of all members
3) Circulate sign-in sheet
4) Select a secretary/recorder for meeting notes
5) Statement of Purpose
6) CLC Activity Report for 2011-2012
7) What to expect as a member
8) Terry Stuart, WSO publications manager, will provide timeframe for BOT meetings and
other important information
9) Discuss and vote on new literature proposal(s)
10) Create subcommittees for 2012-2013
11) Breakouts for subcommittees/select chairs and secretaries
a) Establish short- and long-term goals
b) Assign tasks and deadlines as dictated by action plan including frequency and methods
of communication within committee
c) Complete required form
12) Subcommittee reports
13) Confirm goals, objectives, action plans, etc. (due by noon on Saturday)
14) Elect delegate cochair and vice chair for 2012-2013
15) Close with I Put My Hand in Yours
SATURDAY, MAY 5, 2012
1) Open with Serenity Prayer
2) New cochairs’ introductions
3) New officers’ introductions
4) WSO publications manager, Terry Stuart, reiterate projected timeframes
5) Summarize committee short- and long-term goals
6) Summarize committee communication methods
7) Close with I Put My Hand in Yours
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Finance Committee Meetings’ Agenda
STATEMENT OF PURPOSE
1) To review the annual budget and make suggestions regarding budgetary needs and decisions.
2) To give input on income needed for service work, especially increasing Seventh Tradition
contributions to the World Service Office.
3) To seek to improve communications between the Board of Trustees and the Fellowship in
any matters concerning the finances of OA.
4) To look at ways to raise funds for groups, intergroups and regions.
WEDNESDAY, MAY 2, 2012
1) Serenity Prayer
2) Introductions
3) Committee Officers 2011-2012
a) Trustee Cochair – Joe L.
b) Delegate Cochair – Bob L.
c) Vice Chair – Anne O.
d) Secretary – Deborah R.
4) Circulate sign-in sheet
5) Read committee’s current statement of purpose and the proposed 2012 WSBC New Business
motion revising Article XI, Section 3
6) Report committee’s activities since the close of 2011 Conference
a) 501(c)3 and Tax-Exempt Status Information Subcommittee
b) “Jazzy” Contribution Communications Subcommittee
c) FAQ/Train the Trainer Subcommittee
7) Establish norms and expectations of committee members, including frequency and methods
of communication within the committee
8) Discuss issues concerning the committee
9) Elect officers for coming year 2012-2013
10) Establish subcommittees
11) Establish short- and long-term goals for the committee for 2012-2013
12) Establish objectives or action plans to meet the goals
13) Assign tasks and deadlines as dictated by the action plan
14) Confirm meeting’s proceedings including goals, objectives, assignments, deadlines, followup
plans, next meeting time, committee mailings, etc.
15) Closing
SATURDAY, MAY 5, 2012
1) Serenity Prayer
2) New cochairs’ introductions
3) New officers’ introductions
4) Summarize committee short- and long-term goals for upcoming year(s)
5) Summarize committee communication methods
6) Closing
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Professional Outreach Committee Meetings’ Agenda
STATEMENT OF PURPOSE
1) To assist intergroups and regions in apprising professionals of the Twelve-Step program of
recovery available through Overeaters Anonymous.
2) To promote the use of the Professional Outreach Manual.
3) To assist the WSO with the OA CARES (Overeaters Anonymous Committed to Action for
Recovery, Encouragement and Support) program, a correspondence created to establish a
network of support for compulsive overeaters who are incarcerated.
WEDNESDAY, MAY 2, 2012
1) Opening reading(s)
2) Introductions
3) Appoint temporary chair, if necessary
4) Select secretary/recorder
5) Circulate sign-in sheet
6) Read committee’s statement of purpose
7) Report committee’s activities since the close of 2011 Conference
8) Establish norms and expectations of committee members, including frequency and methods
of communication within the committee
9) Discuss issues concerning the committee
10) Establish short- and long-term goals for the committee
11) Establish objectives or action plans to meet the goals
12) Assign tasks and deadlines as dictated by the action plan
13) Elect officers for coming year
14) Confirm meeting’s proceedings including goals, objectives, assignments, deadlines, followup
plans, next meeting time, committee mailings, etc.
15) Closing
SATURDAY, MAY 5, 2012
1) Opening reading(s)
2) New cochairs’ introductions
3) New officers’ introductions
4) Summarize committee short- and long-term goals for upcoming year(s)
5) Summarize committee communication methods
6) Closing
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Public Information Committee Meetings’ Agenda
STATEMENT OF PURPOSE
1) To encourage and assist intergroups and regions in making the public aware of Overeaters
Anonymous through print and broadcast media, participation in community events and any
other public means available, being always mindful of the need to observe the Traditions of
Overeaters Anonymous.
2) To provide intergroups and regions with ideas and materials for their local efforts.
3) To address concerns within the Fellowship related to anonymity and misinformation about
OA on a public level using the Public Information Manual and PSA tapes when appropriate.
4) To encourage the purchase and use of the Public Information Manual and PSA tapes by
regions and intergroups.
WEDNESDAY MAY 2, 2012
1) Opening reading(s)
2) Introductions
3) Appoint temporary chairman, if necessary
4) Select secretary/ recorder
5) Circulate sign-in sheet
6) Read committee’s statement of purpose, as approved by the Board of Trustees
7) Report activities of committee since the close of Conference in prior year
8) Establish norms and expectations of committee members, including frequency and methods
of communication within the committee
9) Discuss issues concerning the committee
10) Establish short- and long-term goals for the committee
11) Establish objectives or action plans to meet the goals
12) Assign tasks and deadlines as dictated by the action plan
13) Elect officers for coming year
14) Confirm proceedings of meeting including goals, objectives, assignments, deadlines, followup
plans, and next meeting time, committee mailings, etc.
15) Closing
SATURDAY MAY 5, 2012
1) Opening reading(s)
2) New chair introductions
3) New officers’ introductions
4) Summarize committee short- and long-term goals for upcoming year(s)
5) Summarize committee communication methods
6) Closing
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Twelfth-Step-Within Committee Meetings’ Agenda
STATEMENT OF PURPOSE
1) To carry the same message of recovery to those who still suffer WITHIN the OA
Fellowship.
2) To deal with relapse and issues of membership retention offering the message of hope.
3) To encourage OA members to maintain recovery and prevent relapse.
WEDNESDAY, MAY 2, 2012
1) Opening reading(s)
2) Introductions
3) Appoint temporary chair, if necessary
4) Select secretary/recorder, if necessary
5) Circulate sign-in sheet
6) Read committee’s statement of purpose, as approved by the Board of Trustees
7) Report activities of committee since the close of Conference in prior year
a) Step Study Subcommittee
b) Speakers List Subcommittee
c) Promotions and Communications Subcommittee
d) Ideas that Work Subcommittee
8) Elect officers for coming year
a) Delegate cochair
b) Delegate vice chair
c) Secretary/recorder
9) Establish subcommittees for 2012-2013
a) Brainstorm ideas for TSW
b) Review previous long-term and ongoing goals
c) Determine subcommittees: should they be the same as last year or change going
forward?
d) Members choose which subcommittee they want to participate in
10) Break into subcommittees:
a) Choose a subcommittee chair and secretary/recorder
b) Establish short- and long-term goals for the subcommittee
c) Establish objectives or action plans to meet the goals
d) Establish norms and expectations of subcommittee members, including frequency and
methods of communication within the subcommittee
e) Assign tasks and deadlines as dictated by the action plan
11) Discuss norms, expectations, and goals concerning the committee as a whole
12) Confirm proceedings of meeting and next meeting time on Saturday, May 5
13) Closing
SATURDAY, MAY 5, 2012
1) Opening reading(s)
2) New cochairs’ and officers’ introductions
3) Break into subcommittees:
a) Continue planning short- and long-term goals, objectives, action plans and tasks
b) Complete the goals and objectives worksheet
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4) Reports from each subcommittee chair on their short- and long-term goals for the upcoming
year(s)
5) Discuss other issues and goals concerning the committee as a whole
6) Review frequency and method of communication and expectations of participation, etc.
7) Plan for phone/Skype meeting
8) Closing
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Unity with Diversity Committee Meetings’ Agenda
STATEMENT OF PURPOSE
Recognizing the significance that acceptance of diversity plays in our ability to effectively carry the
message of recovery, this committee intends to encourage awareness within and outside the
Fellowship of the importance of unity while honoring and respecting diversity.
WEDNESDAY, MAY 2, 2012
1) Opening reading(s)
3) Introductions
4) Appoint temporary chair, if necessary
5) Select secretary/recorder, if necessary
6) Circulate sign-in sheet
7) Read committee’s statement of purpose, as approved by the Board of Trustees
8) Report activities of committee since the close of Conference in prior year
a) For our entire committee
b) Cultural Diversity Subcommittee
c) Manifestations of the Disease Subcommittee
d) Diversity Checklist Subcommittee
9) Finalize plans for special focus OA meeting to be held Friday, May 4 at noon
10) Elect officers for coming year
a) Delegate cochair
b) Delegate vice chair
c) Secretary/recorder
11) Establish subcommittees for 2012-2013
a) Determine subcommittees: should they be the same as last year or change going
forward?
b) Members choose which subcommittee they want to participate in
12) Break into subcommittees
a) Choose a subcommittee chair and secretary/recorder
b) Establish short- and long-term goals for the subcommittee
c) Establish objectives or action plans to meet the goals
d) Establish norms and expectations of subcommittee members, including frequency and
methods of communication within the subcommittee
e) Assign tasks and deadlines as dictated by the action plan
13) Discuss norms, expectations, and goals concerning the committee as a whole
14) Confirm proceedings of meeting and next meeting time on Saturday, May 5.
15) Closing
SATURDAY, MAY 5, 2012
1) Opening reading(s)
2) New cochairs’ and officers’ introductions
Break into subcommittees
a) Continue planning short- and long-term goals, objectives, action plans and tasks
b) Complete the goals and objectives worksheet
3) Reports from each subcommittee chair on their short- and long-term goals for the upcoming
year(s)
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4) Discuss other issues and goals concerning the committee as a whole
5) Review frequency and method of communication and expectations of participation, etc.
6) Plan for phone/Skype meeting
7) Closing
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Web/Technology Committee Meetings’ Agenda
STATEMENT OF PURPOSE
The mission of the Web/Technology Committee is to assess technology and make general
recommendations available to service bodies about efficient uses of technology to carry the message
in accordance with the Twelve Steps and Twelve Traditions of OA.
WEDNESDAY, MAY 2, 2012
1) Opening reading(s)
2) Introductions
3) Appoint temporary chair, if necessary
4) Select secretary/recorder
5) Circulate sign-in sheet
6) Read committee’s statement of purpose
7) Report committee’s activities since the close of 2011 Conference
8) Establish norms and expectations of committee members, including frequency and methods
of communication within the committee
9) Discuss issues concerning the committee
a) Review Web site Guidelines which need to be reviewed and updated this year
10) Establish short- and long-term goals for the committee
11) Establish objectives or action plans to meet the goals
12) Assign tasks and deadlines as dictated by the action plan
13) Elect officers for coming year
14) Confirm meeting’s proceedings including goals, objectives, assignments, deadlines, followup
plans, next meeting time, committee mailings, etc.
15) Closing
SATURDAY, MAY 5, 2012
1) Opening reading(s)
2) New cochairs’ introductions
3) New officers’ introductions
4) Summarize committee short- and long-term goals for upcoming year(s)
5) Summarize committee communication methods
6) Closing
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Youth in OA Committee Meetings’ Agenda
STATEMENT OF PURPOSE
1) To provide and maintain a conduit of communication between “youth-minded” people
within our Fellowship and young newcomers.
2) To provide a process of welcoming and working with teen OA members.
3) To be involved in the “youth-focused” literature revisions and creations.
4) To assist the World Service staff with telephone and email responses to questions regarding
“youth in OA.”
WEDNESDAY, MAY 2, 2012
1) Opening reading(s)
2) Introductions
3) Select secretary/recorder
4) Circulate sign-in sheet
5) Read committee’s statement of purpose (as listed in BRM)
6) Report committee’s activities since the close of 2011 Conference
7) Establish norms and expectations of committee members, including frequency and methods
of communication within the committee
8) Discuss issues concerning the committee
a) Statement of Purpose developed by YIOA Committee
9) Establish short- and long-term goals for the committee
10) Establish objectives or action plans to meet the goals
a) Break into subcommittees based on progress of past goals and new goals established
11) Assign tasks and deadlines as dictated by the action plan
12) Elect officers for coming year
13) Confirm meeting’s proceedings including goals, objectives, assignments, deadlines, followup
plans, next meeting time, committee mailings, etc.
14) Closing
SATURDAY, MAY 5, 2012
1) Opening reading(s)
2) New cochairs’ introductions
3) New officers’ introductions
4) Summarize committee short- and long-term goals for upcoming year(s)
5) Summarize committee communication methods
6) Closing
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Workshop Instructions
The Conference Planning Committee has invited trustees, delegates and others to co-lead the nine
workshops and the Wednesday morning forum.
For more information on all the workshops, please refer to pages 306-307.
The workshop leaders should ask someone to take notes on the workshop. It would be helpful f the
notes are shared with the leader to ensure accuracy at the end of the session.
These workshops are being offered to provide practical assistance to groups and service bodies in
matters of importance to the Fellowship. All workshops will be recorded. CDs and MP3s may be
purchased through Alliance Audio Visual during and after Conference. Workshop leaders should
return speaker audio release forms to the OA registration desk after the completion of their
workshop.
An oral report summarizing the workshop should be given by the designated workshop leader
(determine which leader from your workshop will give the summary) during Business V, time
permitting. A complete written report prepared by the speakers must be submitted to the World
Service Office no later than Monday, May 21, 2012.
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Workshops’/Forum Descriptions and Questions
MONDAY, APRIL 30, 2012
7:00 PM – 8:30 PM
Action Plan: Bringing Structure, Balance and Manageability Into Our Lives (Sierra II)
Purpose: To share the benefits of incorporating this new tool in your program of recovery
Questions:
1) How has the new tool helped with your recovery (physical, emotional and spiritual)?
2) How has your daily life (program, family, job) benefited by this new tool and program of
action?
3) How have you personally incorporated this new tool into your program?
TUESDAY, MAY 1, 2012
2:00 PM – 2:50 PM
Committed Service Bodies: How Can the Traditions and Concepts Help? (Sierra II)
Purpose: To develop the unity necessary to attract trusted servants responsible to those they
serve
Questions:
1) How can you use the principle of attraction, rather than promotion, to attract viable trusted
servants?
2) How does unity help effective functioning at all service levels?
3) How are the Traditions and Concepts strengthening your service body?
3:00 PM – 3:50 PM
Financial Health: Money Matters (Sierra II)
Purpose: To review issues and practices which impact the financial health of groups and service
bodies
Questions:
1) Does your group or service body have a budget, and how has it helped?
2) How do you encourage groups and service bodies to contribute to all service levels?
3) How do you keep a ‘fear of financial insecurity’ from governing decisions?
4:00 PM – 5:00 PM
Strong Meetings: What Will It Take? (Sierra II)
Purpose: To focus on the elements of strong meetings which keep members and newcomers
coming back to OA
Questions:
1) Why is it important to have abstinent sponsors in meetings?
2) What are the benefits of following a suggested meeting format to keep the meeting on track?
3) How do good meetings get better?
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TUESDAY, MAY 1, 2012
7:30 PM – 9:00 PM
All About Conference (Sierra II & III)
Purpose: To provide delegates the opportunity to hear experienced members discuss the
workings of Conference and have their questions and concerns answered
Public/Professional Awareness: How Are We Communicating Our Message? (Sandia I & II)
Purpose: To encourage public and professional outreach events by service bodies
Questions:
1) Does your service body have a Public Information/Professional Outreach committee, and if
so, how do they carry the message to the public and to professionals?
2) How does your service body encourage member participation in public service or
professional outreach events?
3) What OA ‘tools’ have been helpful to your service body in planning and implementing a
public information or professional outreach event?
WEDNESDAY, MAY 2, 2012
8:00 AM – 10:00 AM
Forum: Conceptualizing Principles! (La Ventana)
Purpose: To focus on practicing these principles in all our affairs
7:15 PM – 8:30 PM
Parliamentary Procedure (La Ventana)
Purpose: To facilitate an orderly Conference by reviewing parliamentary procedures with
delegates
THURSDAY, MAY 3, 2012
7:30 PM – 9:00 PM
Abstinence: The Foundation of Our Future (Sandia I-V)
Purpose: To emphasize the importance of abstinence in our program of recovery
Questions:
1) How do you personally share your commitment to abstinence?
2) How does personal abstinence impact the strength of the group?
3) Are abstinence requirements for service positions being set that match the current level of
recovery in your group, intergroup or service board?
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Appendices
APPENDIX A
Trustee Applications
APPENDIX B
FY2011 Financial Report
APPENDIX C
FY2011/FY2012 Budget Comparison
APPENDIX D
FY2011 Region Contributions
APPENDIX E
The Twelve Steps
The Twelve Traditions
The Twelve Concepts of OA Service

APRIL/MAY 2012
Appendix A – Trustee Applications

APRIL/MAY 2012
Appendix B – FY2011 Financial Report

TEMPORARILY RESTRICTED NET ASSETS:
NET ASSETS AT BEGINNING OF YEAR:
DELEGATE SUPPORT FUND $ 13,414.18
PROFESSIONAL EXHIBIT FUND $ 3,429.94
TRANSLATION FUND $ 5,774.51
TOTAL NET ASSETS AT BEGINNING OF YEAR $ 22,618.63
CONTRIBUTIONS:
DELEGATE SUPPORT FUND $ 14,844.33
PROFESSIONAL EXHIBIT FUND $ 3,320.38
TRANSLATION FUND $ 7,058.29
TOTAL 2011 CONTRIBUTIONS $ 25,223.00
NET ASSETS RELEASED FROM RESTRICTIONS:
DELEGATE SUPPORT FUND $ 10,928.93
PROFESSIONAL EXHIBIT FUND $ 2,936.28
TRANSLATION FUND $ 1,125.00
TOTAL NET ASSETS RELEASED $ 14,990.21
TOTAL CHANGES IN TEMPORARILY RESTRICTED NET ASSETS $ 10,232.79
NET ASSETS AT END OF YEAR $ 32,851.42
DELEGATE SUPPORT FUND $ 17,329.58
PROFESSIONAL EXHIBIT FUND $ 3,814.04
TRANSLATION FUND $
$
11,707.85
32,851.47

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Appendix C – FY2011/FY2012 Budget Comparison

OVEREATERS ANONYMOUS, INC.
Budget FY 2012
Overview:
Budget Actuals FINAL 2012
RECEIPTS 2011 12/31/2011 Budget
Funds from prior year reserves $48,050 $18,022 $23,300
Contributions $475,000 $462,743 $485,000
WSO Restricted Fund Contribution $11,000 $14,990 $11,000
Literature Sales (Gross) $265,000 $265,634 $267,500
Discount Allowed - Literature ($1,800) ($1,123) $0
Book Sales (Gross):
Overeaters Anonymous $65,000 $59,458 $60,000
For Today $93,100 $94,357 $93,000
Voices of Recovery $68,000 $66,815 $66,000
Lifeline Sampler $18,000 $17,130 $17,000
The Twelve Steps & Twelve Traditions of OA $214,300 $218,010 $226,500
Abstinence $33,650 $30,548 $30,000
Twelve Step Workbook $88,500 $85,269 $88,000
Beyond our Wildest Dreams $10,000 $10,758 $11,000
A New Beginning $15,000 $14,279 $14,500
A A Big Book $39,000 $35,234 $36,500
Seeking the Spiritual Path $24,000 $17,543 $15,000
Spanish Literature $1,800 $2,944 $3,000
Digital Literature $21,000 $32,757 $50,000
Tape/CD Sales - 12&12 $5,700 $4,600 $4,000
Lifeline Magazine $161,500 $137,117 $165,500
International Royalties $2,500 $3,592 $5,000
Shipping & Handling $161,850 $159,107 $158,000
Interest $50 $301 $0
Investment Gain/Loss $10,000 ($13,657) $10,000
Disposal of Assets ($1,450) $3,000 $3,000
World Service Business Conference $19,600 $21,762 $21,000
World Service Convention $0 $0 $0
Miscellaneous $4,800 $29,940 $11,350
Total Receipts: $1,853,150 $1,791,130 $1,875,150
EXPENDITURES
World Service Office $496,700 $493,444 $521,050
Lifeline Magazine $184,400 $178,299 $190,800
Member Services $258,800 $229,159 $240,800
Publications $412,500 $416,039 $404,650
Board of Trustees $112,150 $120,200 $134,900
Region Trustees $44,000 $32,857 $42,550
Board & Conference Committees $30,700 $27,722 $31,950
WS Business Conference $69,550 $58,909 $67,950
Cost of Goods Sold $244,350 $234,501 $240,500
Total Expenditures: $1,853,150 $1,791,130 $1,875,150
Increase/(Decrease) in Reserves: $0 $0 $0
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OVEREATERS ANONYMOUS, INC.
World Service Office:
Budget Actuals FINAL 2012
Line Item: 2011 12/31/2011 Budget
Bank & Other Svc Fees $4,450 $3,165 $3,150
Bldg Maintenance, Landscaping, HVAC $17,000 $27,070 $12,000
Computer Supplies $10,400 $9,748 $8,500
Depreciation $69,850 $58,668 $67,450
Duplicating Paper & Supplies $1,900 $1,335 $1,600
Employee Benefits - Allocated ($87,150) ($86,189) ($94,600)
Equipment Lease $17,650 $16,793 $18,000
Equipment Repair $1,000 $447 $500
Group Insurance $96,300 $95,049 $109,350
Human Resources $1,800 $1,323 $1,300
Insurance (Prop, Liab, Fidel.) $23,600 $23,753 $23,750
Janitorial Service and Supplies $9,350 $9,843 $11,700
Kitchen Supplies $1,450 $1,241 $1,450
Mail Box Rental $1,250 $1,280 $1,350
Mileage Reimbursement $450 $452 $500
Miscellaneous $100 $18 $100
Office Supplies $7,000 $7,242 $7,000
Payroll $552,050 $536,028 $551,850
Payroll Allocated ($385,600) ($376,163) ($370,900)
Payroll Taxes $42,250 $38,971 $42,200
Payroll Taxes Allocated ($29,500) ($27,280) ($28,350)
Postage $2,750 $2,338 $2,350
Professional Services - Acctg/Audit $9,100 $9,095 $10,150
Professional Services - Archive $0 $0 $6,550
Professional Services - Computer $15,550 $9,597 $12,500
Professional Services - Legal $3,000 $1,356 $3,000
Professional Services - Payroll Service $1,150 $1,203 $1,250
Professional Services - Public Relations $36,000 $62,141 $47,000
Professional Staff Development $3,900 $2,945 $3,900
Recruiting $200 $0 $250
Security $950 $787 $950
Staff Expenses-BOT Meetings $1,500 $832 $1,500
Subscriptions/Dues $600 $400 $450
Taxes & Licenses $900 $545 $700
Telephone $8,050 $7,356 $6,000
Temporary Help $4,000 $929 $1,100
Tuition Reimbursement Benefit $1,500 $895 $1,500
Utilities $25,000 $25,327 $26,500
Workers Comp Insurance $2,500 $2,636 $2,650
WSO Staff Functions $1,250 $1,179 $1,500
WSO Health and Safety $250 $233 $350
WSO Staff Pension Plan $22,950 $20,856 $23,000
Total World Service Office: $496,700 $493,444 $521,050
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OVEREATERS ANONYMOUS, INC.
Lifeline Magazine:
Budget Actuals FINAL 2012
Line Item: 2011 12/31/2011 Budget
Single Copy Sales $1,500 $2,634 $2,500
Subscription Income $160,000 $134,483 $163,000
Total Income: $161,500 $137,117 $165,500
Artwork $1,050 $1,233 $1,300
Mailing - Envelopes $4,650 $2,844 $2,000
- International $7,050 $6,860 $7,150
- Meter $750 $1,494 $1,300
- Non Profit $11,400 $9,048 $10,950
- Service $5,200 $4,716 $5,800
Marketing/Promotions $600 $400 $3,600
Miscellaneous $0 $0 $0
Postage Due $400 $314 $300
Printing $41,500 $37,745 $43,400
Renewal Effort $3,100 $3,414 $2,900
Employee Benefits $18,850 $18,715 $21,300
Payroll $83,450 $85,592 $84,350
Payroll Taxes $6,400 $5,924 $6,450
Total Lifeline Expenditures: $184,400 $178,299 $190,800
Lifeline Net Income (Expense): ($22,900) ($41,182) ($25,300)
OVEREATERS ANONYMOUS, INC.
Member Services:
Budget Actuals FINAL 2012
Line Item: 2011 12/31/2011 Budget
Literature @ Cost $250 $88 $200
Miscellaneous $150 $0 $100
New Group and New Secretary Mailing $2,000 $2,296 $1,000
Postage $500 $454 $3,500
Professional Tradeshows $35,450 $27,138 $32,850
Professional Kits $1,050 $203 $200
Public Information Response $100 $57 $50
Registration/Change Form $350 $264 $400
Service Body Quarterly Mailings $1,050 $1,077 $200
Special Project - Mexico Mailing $100 $4 $0
Special Project - Unaffiliated Meetings $400 $396 $100
Employee Benefits $37,750 $37,431 $39,050
Payroll $166,900 $147,904 $151,550
Payroll Taxes $12,750 $11,847 $11,600
Total Member Services Expenditures: $258,800 $229,159 $240,800
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OVEREATERS ANONYMOUS, INC.
Publications
Budget Actuals FINAL 2012
Line Item: 2011 12/31/2011 Budget
Bad Debt Expense $250 $78 $150
Copyright & Other Fees $1,100 $950 $1,200
Copyright Attorney $5,750 $0 $4,000
Courier $350 $313 $300
Credit Card Charges $47,750 $51,194 $45,700
Freelance Work $1,000 $1,000 $1,500
Inventory Adjustment $1,000 $1,635 $1,000
Inventory Shrinkage $550 $2,368 $1,000
Literature Catalog Expenses $3,600 $3,153 $3,400
Postage/UPS (Cost of Shipping Literature) $140,150 $142,782 $134,950
Shipping Supplies $11,500 $8,457 $11,500
Web Site Improvements $5,000 $6,077 $5,000
Web Site Operation and Maintenance $11,350 $10,747 $12,900
Web Site Translation $7,000 $5,066 $2,500
Employee Benefits $30,550 $30,043 $34,250
Payroll $135,250 $142,667 $135,000
Payroll Taxes $10,350 $9,509 $10,300
Total Publications Expenditures: $412,500 $416,039 $404,650
OVEREATERS ANONYMOUS, INC.
Board of Trustees:
Budget Actuals FINAL 2012
Line Item: 2011 12/31/2011 Budget
Delegate Support Fund $3,500 $10,929 $3,500
Professional Exhibit Fund $2,500 $2,936 $2,500
Translation Fund $5,000 $1,125 $5,000
BOT - Meeting Room Fees $3,900 $3,811 $3,700
BOT - Recognition Awards $500 $433 $250
Chairman's Expenses $4,300 $2,790 $2,300
Equipment for BOT/EC meetings $1,050 $554 $350
Grant Fund $200 $0 $0
Insurance $2,500 $2,487 $2,600
Literature @ Cost $200 $143 $200
Miscellaneous $100 $133 $100
Nominee Travel Reimbursement $2,000 $0 $2,000
Office Supplies $2,200 $1,539 $1,500
Parliamentarian $3,350 $2,625 $2,750
Postage $700 $639 $600
Telephone $1,000 $184 $150
Teleconference - Trustee Meetings $550 $562 $500
Travel - Trustee Mtgs - Lodging $23,550 $30,515 $36,500
Travel - Trustee Mtgs - Meals $10,000 $12,347 $14,450
Travel - Trustee Mtgs - Transp $41,650 $44,390 $53,350
Treasurer's Expenses $1,400 $1,331 $1,400
Trustee Business Equip/Fax Equip $2,000 $727 $1,200
Total Board of Trustees Expenditures: $112,150 $120,200 $134,900
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OVEREATERS ANONYMOUS, INC.
Region Trustees:
Budget Actuals FINAL 2012
Line Item: 2011 12/31/2011 Budget
Region 1 $5,000 $4,297 $5,150
Region 2 $5,000 $3,850 $5,050
Region 3 $2,000 $1,915 $2,000
Region 4 $2,350 $697 $2,450
Region 5 $3,450 $3,537 $3,800
Region 6 $3,550 $2,945 $4,050
Region 7 $2,600 $987 $2,400
Region 8 $5,800 $5,225 $6,150
Region 9 $7,500 $4,486 $7,500
Region 10 $6,750 $4,918 $4,000
Total Region Trustees Expenditures: $44,000 $32,857 $42,550
OVEREATERS ANONYMOUS, INC.
Board & Conference Committees:
Budget Actuals FINAL 2012
Line Item: 2011 12/31/2011 Budget
Bylaws $0 $0 $0
BRM Review $0 $0 $0
Convention 2013 $2,000 $1,535 $7,900
Finance $0 $0 $0
History and Archives $1,050 $128 $0
Internal Information $0 $0 $0
Literature in Review $0 $0 $0
Professional Outreach $300 $262 $300
Public Information $450 $69 $300
Publications - Board Approved Literature $0 $6 $0
Publications - Conference Approved Literature $100 $0 $100
Region Chairs $6,500 $9,402 $8,100
Strategic Planning $0 $0 $0
Technology $0 $0 $0
Translations/International Publications $20,000 $16,121 $15,000
Twelfth Step Within $200 $189 $100
Unity with Diversity $0 $0 $0
Virtual Meetings $0 $0 $0
Youth in OA $50 $10 $150
Miscellaneous Committee $50 $0 $0
Total Board Standing & Ad Hoc Committees: $30,700 $27,722 $31,950
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OVEREATERS ANONYMOUS, INC.
World Service Business Conference:
Budget Actuals FINAL 2012
Line Item: 2011 12/31/2011 Budget
Banquet $16,400 $15,246 $15,400
Cancellation Insurance $0 $0 $0
Conference Planning Expenses $800 $404 $600
Conference Support Committee Expenses $4,800 $2,963 $4,400
Conference Audio Recording Expense $0 $0 $0
Delegate Material Expenses $11,450 $10,879 $12,850
Entertainment $1,200 $1,000 $1,200
Equipment Rental $9,500 $8,683 $10,300
Final Conference Report $3,900 $3,887 $3,900
Founder's Expenses $0 $0 $0
Miscellaneous $200 $13 $100
MPI Conference $2,800 $446 $2,800
Parliamentarian $2,900 $2,697 $3,000
Postage $8,000 $6,263 $6,600
Staging $700 $778 $700
Tours $2,500 $3,405 $2,500
Workshops $500 $65 $400
WSO Staff Expenses $3,900 $2,180 $3,200
Total WSBC: $69,550 $58,909 $67,950
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Appendix D – FY2011 Region Contributions

12/30/2011
Contributions to World Service in
2011
Region 01
Intergroups and Unaffiliated Meetings
09001
09043
Group # Name
City
State
51887 United Methodist Church
Homer
AK
50812 Call for information
Victoria
BC
50649 Medical Arts South
Billings
MT
51187 Northern United Place
Yellowknife
NT
00391 Crossroads Treatment Center
Lakewood
WA
09215 Southern Alberta IG Calgary AB
09001 Anchorage Area IG Anchorage AK
09366 Juneau IG Douglas AK
09217 Sea To Sky IG Burnaby BC
09263 Vancouver Island IG Victoria BC
09087 BIG Sky IG Billings MT
09488 Eagle Cap Baker City OR
09592 Central Oregon IG Of OA Bend OR
09043 Oregon OA IG Portland OR
09202 Regina IG Regina SK
09480 Unity With Diversity IG Bellingham WA
09132 North Cascades IG Bow WA
09194 Greater Seattle IG Seattle WA
Anchorage Area IG
Group # Name
City
State
51700 Homer United Methodist Church
Homer
AK
Oregon OA IG
Group # Name
City
State
50461 Clatsop Care Center
Astoria
OR
22065 Bethel Congregational Church
Beaverton
OR
22923 All Saints Episcopal Church
Hillsboro
OR
33618 United Church Of Christ
Lake Oswego
OR
33913 United Church Of Christ
Lake Oswego
OR
47035 The Fisherman Lutheran Church
Lincoln City
OR
23622 Paulist Fathers Center
Portland
OR
32536 St Barnabas Episcopal Church
Portland
OR
29424 St Pauls Episcopal Church
Salem
OR
25939 Tillamook Hospital
Tillamook
OR
00046 Meridian Park Hospital Ed Center
Tualatin
OR
50311 1414 Club
Longview
WA
51721 1414 Club
Longview
WA
00543 Call first!
Seaview
WA
36544 Ocean Beach Oa (Bills Place)
Seaview
WA
51512 SW Medical Center, Health Education Bldg.
Vancouver
WA
Amount
$ 3,953.19
$3.00
$9.46
$ 50.00
$ 75.00
$ 18.00
$ 961.59
$ 1,966.45
$ 361.57
$ 4,854.77
$ 851.05
$ 165.00
$ 35.40
$ 70.10
$ 483.80
$ 130.30
$ 103.92
$ 100.00
$ 2,606.01
$ 16,798.61
Amount
$ 15.00
$ 15.00
Amount
$ 10.00
$ 20.00
$ 15.00
$ 249.70
$ 249.70
$ 24.00
$ 391.80
$ 131.67
$ 35.50
$ 120.00
$ 145.00
$ 35.00
$ 10.00
$ 10.00
$ 10.00
$ 10.00
$ 1,467.37
1

12/30/2011
Contributions to World Service in
2011
Region 01
09087
BIG Sky IG
Group # Name
34973 Medical Arts South Building
City
Billings
State
MT
Amount
$ 50.00
$ 50.00
09093
Greater Columbia IG
Group # Name
37945 Kennewick First Lutheran Church
40251 First Presbyterian Church
50095 Summitview Church Of Christ
City
Kennewick
Yakima
Yakima
State
WA
WA
WA
Amount
$ 21.80
$ 12.00
$ 99.91
$ 133.71
09107
Lake Country IG
Group # Name
50144 Seventh Day Adventist Church
25370 Moran United Methodist Church
51379 Holy Family Hospital
50206 Valley Hosptial Health and Ed. Center
City
Hayden
Spokane
Spokane
Spokane Valley
State
ID
WA
WA
WA
Amount
$5.88
$ 20.87
$1.00
$ 150.00
$ 177.75
09132
North Cascades IG
Group # Name
24943 Anacortes Lutheran Church
17140 Burlington Lutheran Church
35818 Providence Medical Center
22924 House next to Friday Harbor Presbyterian Church
45594 Mountain View Presbyterian Church
City
Anacortes
Burlington
Everett
Friday Harbor
Marysville
State
WA
WA
WA
WA
WA
Amount
$ 30.00
$ 103.50
$ 71.91
$ 60.00
$ 40.00
$ 305.41
09166
*Emerald Empire IG
Group # Name
29117 Yurt, Behind Whitebird Clinic
37668 Yurt, Behind Whitebird Clinic
48752 Newport Senior Center
City
Eugene
Eugene
Newport
State
OR
OR
OR
Amount
$ 15.00
$ 10.00
$ 142.46
$ 167.46
09189
Oasis IG
Group # Name
50140 Blessed Sacrament Montpelier
City
Montpelier
State
ID
Amount
$ 34.81
$ 34.81
2

12/30/2011
Contributions to World Service in
2011
Region 01
09193
Pierce County IG
Group # Name
25423 Fircrest United Methodist Church
37659 St Nicholas Church
45016 Fireside Meeting
00661 Christ Community Baptist Church
01588 Christ Episcopal Church
19585 Gloria Dei Lutheran
41120 Visitation Church
City
Fircrest
Gig Harbor
Gig Harbor
Puyallup
Puyallup
Tacoma
Tacoma
State
WA
WA
WA
WA
WA
WA
WA
Amount
$ 60.00
$ 109.90
$ 45.00
$ 14.22
$ 21.00
$7.50
$ 73.00
$ 330.62
09194
Greater Seattle IG
Group # Name
19698 Hallmark Nursing Home
27247 St Paul's United Church Of Christ
39177 Peace Lutheran Church
45019 Downtown YMCA
51081 Vashon Island Senior Center
City
Federal Way
Seattle
Seattle
Seattle
Vashon
State
WA
WA
WA
WA
WA
Amount
$ 26.25
$ 10.00
$ 10.00
$ 20.40
$ 50.00
$ 116.65
09196
Peninsula IG
Group # Name
30245 Eagle Harbor Congregational Church
47159 Eagle Harbor Cong. Church
35596 Kitsap Lake Baptist Church
37815 Bethany Pentecostal Church
49276 West Sound Treatment Center
37875 St Pauls Episcopal Church
40836 St Pauls Episcopal Church
39716 St Olaf Catholic Church
36929 St. Lukes Episcopal Church
49243 St. Luke's Episcopal Church
50654 St. Luke's Episcopal Church
City
Bainbridge Island
Bainbridge Island
Bremerton
Port Angeles
Port Orchard
Port Townsend
Port Townsend
Poulsbo
Sequim
Sequim
Sequim
State
WA
WA
WA
WA
WA
WA
WA
WA
WA
WA
WA
Amount
$ 30.00
$ 36.00
$ 33.53
$ 97.22
$ 20.00
$ 117.00
$ 192.48
$ 25.90
$ 73.50
$ 90.00
$ 120.00
$ 835.63
09202
Regina IG
Group # Name
00856 St James United Church
33107 Whitmore United Church
39484 Whitmore Park United Church
48006 Canadian Martyrs Church
50970 Broadway United Church
51430 St James United Church
51738 Location
City
Regina
Regina
Regina
Regina
Regina
Regina
Regina
State
SK
SK
SK
SK
SK
SK
SK
Amount
$ 148.03
$9.46
$9.46
$9.46
$9.46
$ 10.00
$ 10.00
$ 205.87
3

12/30/2011
Contributions to World Service in
2011
Region 01
09215
Southern Alberta IG
Group # Name
50122 St Francis Of Assisi Anglican Church
17363 Southwood United Church
26511 Christian City Church North Calgary
46198 Bethany Care Center
City
Airdrie
Calgary
Calgary
Calgary
State
AB
AB
AB
AB
Amount
$ 85.00
$ 400.00
$ 58.56
$ 149.77
$ 693.33
09217
Sea To Sky IG
Group # Name
41174 Maryhouse
City
Whitehorse
State
YK
Amount
$ 60.00
$ 60.00
09235
Northern Lights IG
Group # Name
00884 St Joseph's Basilica
10959 St Anthonys Church
33607 Misericordia Hospital
50821 call for
16988 Star Of The North Retreat House
17343 Northern United Place
City
Edmonton
Edmonton
Edmonton
Fort McMurray
Saint Albert
Yellowknife
State
AB
AB
AB
AB
AB
NT
Amount
$ 80.00
$ 48.77
$ 130.00
$ 60.00
$ 342.44
$ 114.13
$ 775.34
09263
Vancouver Island IG
Group # Name
19687 Blanshard Community Centre
City
Victoria
State
BC
Amount
$ 10.00
$ 10.00
09279
Bitterroot IG
Group # Name
47679 Bigfork Senior Citizens Center
46534 St James Episcopal Church
38935 Presbyterian Church
21753 First United Methodist Church
45438 First United Methodist Church
City
Bigfork
Bozeman
Hamilton
Missoula
Missoula
State
MT
MT
MT
MT
MT
Amount
$ 20.00
$ 18.48
$ 15.33
$ 49.56
$ 99.66
$ 203.03
09285
Southern BC Interior IG
Group # Name
02562 Anglican Church
46736 Kelowna District Society for Community Living
00830 North Okanagan Health Unit
City
Grand Forks
Kelowna
Vernon
State
BC
BC
BC
Amount
$5.00
$ 126.00
$ 18.00
$ 149.00
4

12/30/2011
Contributions to World Service in
2011
Region 01
09292
Snake River IG
Group # Name
01438 All Saints Church
11531 St Stephens Episcolpal Church
City
Boise
Boise
State
ID
ID
Amount
$ 30.00
$ 60.00
$ 90.00
09384
Jefferson State IG
Group # Name
30951 First Baptist Church
40111 First Baptist Church
50537 St. Luke's Church
26650 Rogue Valley Medical Center
City
Ashland
Ashland
Grants Pass
Medford
State
OR
OR
OR
OR
Amount
$ 103.50
$ 67.50
$ 50.00
$ 50.00
$ 271.00
09488
Eagle Cap
Group # Name
18983 Presbyterian Church
City
Baker City
State
OR
Amount
$ 10.00
$ 10.00
09529
Catch The Wave IG
Group # Name
00959 United Presbyterian Church
City
Reedsport
State
OR
Amount
$ 115.00
$ 115.00
09587
South Sound Intergroup
Group # Name
49002 Immanuel Lutheran
00514 First United Methodist Church
18468 Capital Medical Center
48261 Capital Medical Center
27120 Unity Church Of Tacoma
City
Centralia
Olympia
Olympia
Olympia
Tacoma
State
WA
WA
WA
WA
WA
Amount
$ 30.00
$ 49.98
$ 40.00
$ 20.00
$ 10.00
$ 149.98
09592
Central Oregon IG Of OA
Group # Name
36392 First United Methodist Church
41289 First United Methodist Church
45593 First United Methodist Church
46129 First United Methodist Church
City
Bend
Bend
Bend
Bend
State
OR
OR
OR
OR
Region 01
Amount
$ 60.15
$ 60.11
$ 60.15
$ 31.97
$ 212.38
$23,377.95
5

12/30/2011
Contributions to World Service in
2011
Region 02
Intergroups and Unaffiliated Meetings
Group #
45441
45442
47806
50691
40803
50479
50482
50675
50284
36731
00136
15274
45443
09051
09013
09009
09004
09222
09100
09008
09012
09007
09071
09020
09294
09005
09329
09585
09325
Name
City
State
Club 12 Building
Ajijic Jalisco
Club 12 Building
Ajijic Jalisco
Coronado Hospital
Coronado
CA
Fairfield-Cordelia Library
Fairfield
CA
Manhattan Beach Community Church
Manhattan Beach
CA
Kaiser Women & Children Blgd, Room B17 1st Floor Roseville
CA
The Cottages
Santa Monica
CA
Holy Cross United Methodist Church
Stockton
CA
La Ventana Eating Disorder Programs
Thousand Oaks
CA
Unity of the Valley Church
Vacaville
CA
Kaiser Permanente
Vallejo
CA
Kaiser Permanente Hospital
Vallejo
CA
Woodland Hills United Methodist Church
Woodland Hills
CA
SACO Southern Alameda County IG Fremont CA
San Joaquin Valley IG Fresno CA
San Gabriel Valley Inland Empire Glendora CA
Los Angeles IG Los Angeles CA
California Central Coast IG Morro Bay CA
Unity IG Oakland CA
San Fernando Valley IG Reseda CA
Sacramento Valley IG Sacramento CA
San Diego County IG San Diego CA
San Francisco IG San Francisco CA
Silicon Valley IG San Jose CA
Mid-Peninsula IG San Mateo CA
Orange County IG Santa Ana CA
Intergrupal Mexico Tacubaya, Cp DF
Maui Friends Of Recovery IG Kula HI
Northern Nevada Sierra IG Carson City NV
Amount
$ 13,491.88
$ 133.20
$ 132.91
$ 30.00
$ 51.00
$ 369.00
$ 30.00
$ 217.85
$ 136.60
$ 135.61
$ 75.00
$ 41.25
$ 65.00
$ 160.45
$ 587.00
$ 12.00
$ 20.34
$ 39.03
$ 1,668.31
$ 18.00
$ 260.23
$ 25.00
$ 70.14
$ 3,214.77
$ 3,482.12
$ 3,164.00
$ 648.00
$ 178.00
$ 100.00
$ 26.00
$ 28,582.69
6

12/30/2011
Contributions to World Service in
2011
Region 02
09003
Foothill IG
Group # Name
00451 White Chapel Church
21666 Glendale Adventist Medical Center Rehab
51111 Chevy Chase Baptist Church
05322 Christ's Church
19199 La Encinas Hospital
19621 Pasadena Presbyterian Church
22430 Presbyterian Church
25388 Pasadena Presbyterian Church
25538 Pasadena Presbyterian Church
28126 St Phillips Parish Center
35998 Presbyterian Church
40630 Pasadena Presbyterian Church
45083 All Saints Church
46114 Neighborhood Church
City
Burbank
Glendale
Glendale
Los Angeles
Pasadena
Pasadena
Pasadena
Pasadena
Pasadena
Pasadena
Pasadena
Pasadena
Pasadena
Pasadena
State
CA
CA
CA
CA
CA
CA
CA
CA
CA
CA
CA
CA
CA
CA
Amount
$ 275.58
$ 145.09
$ 36.75
$9.00
$ 35.00
$ 30.00
$ 74.72
$ 60.00
$ 30.00
$ 109.02
$ 75.00
$ 62.71
$ 51.42
$ 21.00
$ 1,015.29
7

12/30/2011
Contributions to World Service in
2011
Region 02
09004
Los Angeles IG
Group # Name
07343 Roxbury Park
00882 Grace Lutheran Church
17222 Veterans Memorial Building
45660 Grace Lutheran Church
50137 Location
24888 Clare Foundation
47613 St Thomas Church
50001 The Village
28100 Huntington Park Library
32469 First Presbyterian Church
00459 St Brigids School
12872 Artists In Abstinence
24919 Westwood Hills Congregational Church
26046 City Hall
26367 Beit T'Shuvah
45854 Brentwood Presbyterian Church
51506 Silverlake Alano club/Silverlake
48104 Hollywood Lutheran Church
48453 Mt Hollywood UCC
00469 Forbes Hall Unitarian Church
05590 Mt. Olive Lutheran Church
08089 Church In Ocean Park
10562 Cottage
13033 Church In Ocean Park
14277 Church In Ocean Park
14663 Mount Olive Lutheran Church
14820 Friends Church
16063 Sunday in the Garden
24825 Temple Beth Shir Salom
28855 Mount Olive Lutheran Church
30724 Joslyn Park
32605 Cottage
47612 The Cottage
38106 The Cow's End
13898 Lions Clubhouse
20584 Community Room P1
20948 West Hollywood Recovery Center
21330 Lions Club Log Cabin
26759 The West Hollywood Recovery Center
32553 Spiritual Awakening
45954 Lions Club Log Cabin
45989 St Thomas Church
46769 Community Rm Pl Level
50293 Community Rm Sunset Plaza
50761 St Thomas Church
00414 Palms Park - The Living Room
38481 Club House
07346 United Methodist Church
City
Beverly Hills
Culver City
Culver City
Culver City
Culver City
Culver City (Los Angeles)
Hollywood
Hollywood
Huntington Park
Ingelwood
Los Angeles
Los Angeles
Los Angeles
Los Angeles
Los Angeles
Los Angeles
Los Angeles
Los Feliz
Los Feliz
Santa Monica
Santa Monica
Santa Monica
Santa Monica
Santa Monica
Santa Monica
Santa Monica
Santa Monica
Santa Monica
Santa Monica
Santa Monica
Santa Monica
Santa Monica
Santa Monica
Venice
West Hollywood
West Hollywood
West Hollywood
West Hollywood
West Hollywood
West Hollywood
West Hollywood
West Hollywood
West Hollywood
West Hollywood
West Hollywood
West Los Angeles
West Los Angeles
Westchester
State
CA
CA
CA
CA
CA
CA
CA
CA
CA
CA
CA
CA
CA
CA
CA
CA
CA
CA
CA
CA
CA
CA
CA
CA
CA
CA
CA
CA
CA
CA
CA
CA
CA
CA
CA
CA
CA
CA
CA
CA
CA
CA
CA
CA
CA
CA
CA
CA
Amount
$ 883.58
$ 166.81
$ 37.53
$ 30.00
$ 35.88
$ 50.90
$ 89.79
$ 54.68
$ 57.22
$ 28.88
$ 108.98
$ 68.60
$ 108.45
$ 29.01
$ 75.28
$ 189.77
$ 24.00
$ 119.00
$ 75.33
$ 355.17
$ 160.40
$ 207.41
$ 64.58
$ 247.75
$ 336.93
$ 172.16
$ 38.74
$ 97.13
$ 148.60
$ 48.52
$ 581.28
$ 248.60
$ 318.69
$ 617.30
$ 1,039.03
$ 78.00
$ 114.92
$ 84.46
$ 290.77
$ 89.40
$ 42.27
$ 16.50
$ 32.70
$ 144.70
$ 96.40
$ 373.22
$ 167.56
$ 339.76
8

12/30/2011
Contributions to World Service in
2011
Region 02
38208
Holy Nativity Church
Westchester
CA
$ 355.80
$ 9,142.44
09005
Orange County IG
Group # Name
00228 Kaiser Medical Center
13584 Anaheim Medical Center
27910 North Orange County Chiropractic & Wellness Center
38888 Christ Lutheran Church
51497 The Wellness Center
47265 Calvary Church
00078 St Johns Episcopal Church
00869 St. John's Episcopal Church
10912 St Johns Episcopal Church
19504 St Johns Episcopal Church
51925 Costa Mesa Alano Club
15488 Banco Popular
28470 St Phillip Benize Church
10884 United Methodist Church
19502 First Methodist Church
22255 St Wilfreds Outreach
00552 Concordia University
00970 Pacific Church
51283 Kaiser Permanente Irvine Medical Center
00330 Crossroads Community Church
38814 Her Place
40892 Her Place
45024 Unity Community Church
47412 Her Place
20268 Presbyterian Church Of The Master
22800 Mission Viejo Church Of Christ
26322 Newport Club
00084 St Matthews Church
12673 St Matthew's Church
16757 St Mathews Church
21777 Grand Street Center
22636 First Presbyterian Church
34839 St Matthews Church
50671 Location
50870 The Effect
07394 Grace Community Church
15382 South Coast Medical Center
48095 St Matthias Episcopal Church
51264 St Martin's Catholic Church
City
Anaheim
Anaheim
Brea
Brea
Brea
Capistrano Beach
Costa Mesa
Costa Mesa
Costa Mesa
Costa Mesa
Costa Mesa
Fullerton
Fullerton
Huntington Beach
Huntington Beach
Huntington Beach
Irvine
Irvine
Irvine
La Habra
Laguna Hills
Laguna Hills
Laguna Hills
Laguna Hills
Mission Viejo
Mission Viejo
Newport Beach
Orange
Orange
Orange
Orange
Orange
Orange
San Clemente
San Juan Capistrano
Seal Beach
South Laguna Beach
Whittier
Yorba Linda
State
CA
CA
CA
CA
CA
CA
CA
CA
CA
CA
CA
CA
CA
CA
CA
CA
CA
CA
CA
CA
CA
CA
CA
CA
CA
CA
CA
CA
CA
CA
CA
CA
CA
CA
CA
CA
CA
CA
CA
Amount
$ 150.00
$ 148.87
$ 240.00
$ 53.00
$ 117.00
$ 18.04
$ 42.00
$ 34.43
$ 137.47
$ 300.01
$ 32.00
$ 55.28
$ 165.00
$ 101.24
$ 280.40
$ 239.99
$ 93.30
$ 48.00
$ 76.10
$ 193.50
$ 252.00
$ 15.35
$ 296.55
$ 92.00
$ 234.50
$ 137.14
$5.00
$ 154.37
$ 28.00
$ 38.00
$ 111.86
$ 85.70
$ 431.48
$ 83.57
$ 28.20
$ 184.60
$ 37.95
$ 140.27
$ 64.65
$ 4,946.82
9

12/30/2011
Contributions to World Service in
2011
Region 02
09007
San Diego County IG
Group # Name
00401 Pilgrim Church
45878 First Baptist Church
00201 Seacoast Community Church
22922 Seacoast Community Church
23050 Rancho Bernardo Community Church
35605 Penasquitos Lutheran Church
10906 Serenity Shop
30159 Kaiser Hospital
37977 Kaiser
38376 St Pauls Episcopal Church
51155 Clubhouse
00369 Oasis
10844 Oasis
13631 Oasis
16189 Oasis
26657 Oasis
26659 Oasis
31354 Oasis
37520 Oasis
45264 Oasis
45979 Oasis
46406 Oasis
46409 Oasis
47119 Oasis
47658 Oasis
47841 Oasis
47904 Oasis
50575 Oasis
51340 Oasis
48361 Location
13186 Unity Way Church
35805 Lifeway Baptist Church
45101 Unity Way Church
46425 Unity Way Church
City
Carlsbad
Chula Vista
Encinitas
Encinitas
Rancho Bernardo
Rancho Penasquitos
San Diego
San Diego
San Diego
San Diego
San Diego
San Diego (Mission Gorge)
San Diego (Mission Gorge)
San Diego (Mission Gorge)
San Diego (Mission Gorge)
San Diego (Mission Gorge)
San Diego (Mission Gorge)
San Diego (Mission Gorge)
San Diego (Mission Gorge)
San Diego (Mission Gorge)
San Diego (Mission Gorge)
San Diego (Mission Gorge)
San Diego (Mission Gorge)
San Diego (Mission Gorge)
San Diego (Mission Gorge)
San Diego (Mission Gorge)
San Diego (Mission Gorge)
San Diego (Mission Gorge)
San Diego (Mission Gorge)
Santee
Vista
Vista
Vista
Vista
State
CA
CA
CA
CA
CA
CA
CA
CA
CA
CA
CA
CA
CA
CA
CA
CA
CA
CA
CA
CA
CA
CA
CA
CA
CA
CA
CA
CA
CA
CA
CA
CA
CA
CA
Amount
$ 10.00
$ 90.00
$ 265.21
$ 583.14
$ 89.40
$ 45.47
$ 35.00
$ 192.02
$ 63.00
$ 135.00
$ 81.00
$ 80.95
$ 250.11
$ 392.21
$ 305.97
$ 45.00
$ 90.00
$ 32.00
$ 216.47
$ 231.29
$ 60.00
$ 177.57
$ 191.68
$ 194.23
$ 338.50
$ 72.00
$ 120.60
$ 68.28
$ 19.02
$ 26.35
$ 20.00
$ 42.00
$ 142.50
$ 45.00
$ 4,750.97
10

12/30/2011
Contributions to World Service in
2011
Region 02
09008
San Fernando Valley IG
Group # Name
05788 Mae Boyer Park
05544 United Methodist Church
28225 Westminster Presbyterian Church
07791 Encino Community Center
40723 Church Of Religious Science
00338 Barnabas House
46348 Barnabas House
46542 Spirit Of Studio 12
40122 Mae Boyer Park Rec Center
51183 Kaiser Permanente Medical Center Oasis Cafeteria
06113 OA Office
01033 Santa Clarita United Methodist Church
51650 Congregation Beth Shalom
24676 Sherman Oaks Hospital
45718 United Methodist Church
02098 Studio City Park
22193 Unitarian Church
22237 Unitarian Church
22327 Unitarian Church
23078 Unitarian Church
25200 Unitarian Church
36520 Unitarian Church
47758 Little Brown Church
51339 Unitarian Church
08719 La Ventana
51332 La Ventana
51469 Location
06412 Christ The King Lutheran Church
City
Agoura Hills
Burbank
Burbank
Encino
La Crescenta
Newhall
Newhall
North Hollywood
Oak Park
Panorama City
Reseda
Santa Clarita
Santa Clarita
Sherman Oaks
Simi Valley
Studio City
Studio City
Studio City
Studio City
Studio City
Studio City
Studio City
Studio City
Studio City
Thousand Oaks
Thousand Oaks
Thousand Oaks
Van Nuys
State
CA
CA
CA
CA
CA
CA
CA
CA
CA
CA
CA
CA
CA
CA
CA
CA
CA
CA
CA
CA
CA
CA
CA
CA
CA
CA
CA
CA
Amount
$ 90.88
$ 137.00
$ 1,100.80
$ 552.17
$ 30.00
$ 28.35
$ 135.00
$ 65.00
$ 531.12
$ 774.67
$ 706.29
$ 117.48
$ 44.62
$ 409.94
$ 78.00
$ 503.05
$ 138.00
$ 225.45
$ 120.07
$ 119.71
$ 248.51
$ 261.98
$ 223.72
$ 60.00
$ 535.23
$ 85.45
$ 27.50
$ 284.47
$ 7,634.46
09009
San Gabriel Valley Inland Empire
Group # Name
31708 Community Baptist Church
23866 Joslyn Senior Center Acacia Rm
29956 Friends Meeting House
36914 Our Lady Assumption Church
37014 Episcopal Church
51025 Friends Meeting House
51333 Our Lady of the Assumption Church
21791 SGVIE Intergroup Office
23784 SGVIE Intergroup Office
23893 SGVIE Intergroup Office
00492 San Dimas Community Hospital
45361 Location
City
Alta Loma
Claremont
Claremont
Claremont
Claremont
Claremont
Claremont
Glendora
Glendora
Glendora
San Dimas
Upland
State
CA
CA
CA
CA
CA
CA
CA
CA
CA
CA
CA
CA
Amount
$4.00
$ 91.28
$ 172.57
$ 30.00
$ 35.65
$ 69.15
$ 120.00
$ 32.08
$ 364.78
$ 213.63
$ 229.40
$ 30.00
$ 1,392.54
11

12/30/2011
Contributions to World Service in
2011
Region 02
09010
South Bay IG
Group # Name
50486 First Southern Baptist Church
04950 West Lakewood Baptist Church
15224 West Lakewood Baptist Church
48494 Christ Presbyterian Church
06831 Saint Marks Presbyterian Church
19487 Saint Marks Presbyterian Church
35481 St Margaret Mary Parish Center
27906 Los Altos Grace Brethren Church
31477 Belmont Heights Church
38832 Alpert Jewish Community Center
40410 Gloria Dei Lutheran Church
45059 Grace Methodist Church
51287 Christ Lutheran Church
51470 Journey of Faith- Harbor Building
17667 St. Peter's Episcopal Church
40933 Peninsula Recovery Ctr.
07682 Del Amo Hospital
12163 First Christian Church of Torrance
15653 First Christian Church of Torrance
48732 Unity Church
City
Gardena
Lakewood
Lakewood
Lakewood
Lomita
Lomita
Lomita
Long Beach
Long Beach
Long Beach
Long Beach
Long Beach
Long Beach
Manhattan Beach
San Pedro
San Pedro
Torrance
Torrance
Torrance
Torrance
State
CA
CA
CA
CA
CA
CA
CA
CA
CA
CA
CA
CA
CA
CA
CA
CA
CA
CA
CA
CA
Amount
$ 18.00
$ 257.28
$ 165.00
$ 30.00
$ 175.50
$ 120.00
$ 50.00
$ 416.69
$ 150.00
$ 40.77
$ 98.12
$ 171.01
$ 232.00
$ 23.84
$ 112.00
$ 65.00
$ 240.00
$ 316.00
$ 120.00
$ 20.00
$ 2,821.21
12

12/30/2011
Contributions to World Service in
2011
Region 02
09012
Sacramento Valley IG
Group # Name
33285 Davis Lutheran Church
48684 Davis Lutheran Church
38805 St Lukes Lutheran Church
45445 Location
39494 Journey Church
48460 Journey Church
00842 Briarpatch Coop Community Room
40370 Sutter Amador Hospital
01305 Trinity Episcopal Church
49736 Episcopal Church of our Savior
45680 Cordova Neighborhood Church
18446 Restoration Church
49049 Warehouse Christian Ministries
12708 Saint Lukes Lutheran Church
13412 Valley Grace Community Chruch
20105 Friends Community Church
20215 Westminster Presbyterian Church
29079 Sutter Cancer Center
30499 Heritage Oaks Hospital
31758 Friends Community Church
34774 Sunlight Of The Spirit Bookstore
35209 Friends Community Church
36145 Sierra Club CA
40140 Point West Kaiser Hospital
48743 Gateway Fellowship Church
00525 Center For Spiritual Awareness
50606 Alanon Room in Alano Club
City
Davis
Davis
Elk Grove
Elk Grove
Folsom
Folsom
Grass Valley
Jackson
Nevada City
Placerville
Rancho Cordova
Roseville
Roseville
Sacramento
Sacramento
Sacramento
Sacramento
Sacramento
Sacramento
Sacramento
Sacramento
Sacramento
Sacramento
Sacramento
Sacramento
West Sacramento
Woodland
State
CA
CA
CA
CA
CA
CA
CA
CA
CA
CA
CA
CA
CA
CA
CA
CA
CA
CA
CA
CA
CA
CA
CA
CA
CA
CA
CA
Amount
$ 36.00
$5.50
$ 15.00
$ 253.00
$ 30.00
$ 55.50
$ 30.00
$ 270.00
$ 20.00
$ 20.00
$ 72.00
$ 280.50
$ 30.00
$ 55.50
$ 39.30
$ 330.00
$ 93.16
$ 696.00
$ 140.78
$ 80.00
$ 42.68
$ 60.00
$ 337.22
$ 30.00
$ 189.60
$ 123.87
$6.94
$ 3,342.55
09013
San Joaquin Valley IG
Group # Name
49455 Unity Church Of Modesto
36644 First United Methodist Church
47834 First United Methodist Church
46269 Christ Lutheran Church
City
Modesto
Turlock
Turlock
Visalia
State
CA
CA
CA
CA
Amount
$ 25.00
$ 22.50
$ 22.50
$ 218.00
$ 288.00
13

12/30/2011
Contributions to World Service in
2011
Region 02
09068
Channel Islands IG
Group # Name
07100 Christ Is King Episcopal Church
15648 Goleta Presbyterian Church
32642 Goleta Presbyterian Church
00243 Unity Church, Upstairs
11982 Unity Church
36031 Grace Lutheran Church - Library
36036 First Congregational Church
36037 Unitarian Society
32396 Missionary Church Counseling Center
35960 Bible Fellowship Church
36029 Bible Fellowship Church
36038 Ventura County Medical Center (VCMC)
City
Goleta
Goleta
Goleta
Santa Barbara
Santa Barbara
Santa Barbara
Santa Barbara
Santa Barbara
Ventura
Ventura
Ventura
Ventura
State
CA
CA
CA
CA
CA
CA
CA
CA
CA
CA
CA
CA
Amount
$6.00
$ 146.25
$ 146.25
$ 52.50
$ 60.00
$ 65.00
$ 30.00
$ 11.82
$ 30.00
$ 15.00
$5.20
$ 80.00
$ 648.02
09071
San Francisco IG
Group # Name
20097 St James Episcopal Church
40386 Cal Pacific Med Center
45340 Apted
City
San Francisco
San Francisco
San Francisco
State
CA
CA
CA
Amount
$ 120.00
$ 98.10
$ 28.00
$ 246.10
09083
Marin County IG
Group # Name
18924 Marin Lutheran Church
13206 Church Of Our Savior
22506 Marin Jewish Community Center
25454 Church Of The Nativity
48477 Church Of The Nativity
City
Corte Madera
Mill Valley
San Rafael
San Rafael
San Rafael
State
CA
CA
CA
CA
CA
Amount
$ 71.00
$ 89.25
$ 80.00
$ 92.23
$ 14.37
$ 346.85
14

12/30/2011
Contributions to World Service in
2011
Region 02
09100
Unity IG
Group # Name
10933 Home Of Truth Spiritual Center
40980 St Alban's Church
49637 Sutter Delta Medical Center
04833 St Johns Presbyterian Church
20866 Newman Hall - Holy Spirit Parish
30152 Northbrae Community Church
31335 Acton Street Cultural Center
49454 Gray Panthers Office
49791 Brentwood Community United Methohdist Church
12763 Bethel Baptist Church
45699 St Bartholomews Episcopal Church
26755 Creekside Open Bible Church
00138 Kaiser Mosswood Bldg
24336 St Paul's Episcopal Church
24350 St Paul's Episcopal Church
24366 St Paul's Episcopal Church
24383 St Paul's Episcopal Church
24411 St Paul's Episcopal Church
26575 Kaiser Hospital
31305 St Paul's Episcopal Church
31306 St Paul's Episcopal Church
36950 Kaiser Fabiola Building
37431 Saint Pauls Lutheran Church
37833 Kaiser Hospital
46479 Beebe Memorial Cme Temple
46535 Piedmont Gardens
46536 Piedmont Gardens
37831 Piedmont Community Church
47333 Piedmont Community Church
34017 St Marks Lutheran Church
25707 Unity Church
45785 San Leandro Hospital
00124 Walnut Creek United Methodist Church
City
Alameda
Albany
Antioch
Berkeley
Berkeley
Berkeley
Berkeley
Berkeley
Brentwood
Concord
Livermore
Martinez
Oakland
Oakland
Oakland
Oakland
Oakland
Oakland
Oakland
Oakland
Oakland
Oakland
Oakland
Oakland
Oakland
Oakland
Oakland
Piedmont
Piedmont
Pleasant Hill
San Leandro
San Leandro
Walnut Creek
State
CA
CA
CA
CA
CA
CA
CA
CA
CA
CA
CA
CA
CA
CA
CA
CA
CA
CA
CA
CA
CA
CA
CA
CA
CA
CA
CA
CA
CA
CA
CA
CA
CA
Amount
$ 27.00
$ 62.00
$ 38.00
$ 103.65
$ 60.60
$ 18.30
$ 51.02
$ 67.10
$ 75.00
$ 15.00
$ 99.21
$ 23.48
$ 189.00
$ 82.46
$ 82.46
$ 82.46
$ 82.46
$ 283.69
$ 570.26
$ 82.46
$ 82.46
$ 1,056.00
$ 564.72
$ 150.00
$ 150.00
$ 144.00
$ 301.92
$ 157.50
$ 566.86
$ 147.18
$ 90.00
$ 36.00
$ 30.00
$ 5,572.25
09111
Aloha Hawaiian Service IG
Group # Name
00547 Right side of the Aquarium at Kapiolani Park
37047 St Clements Episcopal Church
34020 Kailua Beach Park, across from Buzz's Steak House
City
Honolulu Oahu
Honolulu Oahu
Kailua Oahu
State
HI
HI
HI
Amount
$ 81.00
$ 45.00
$ 18.00
$ 144.00
09222
California Central Coast IG
Group # Name
46927 North County Connection
47149 Cambria Connection Center
City
Atascadero
Cambria
State
CA
CA
Amount
$ 100.50
$ 100.00
$ 200.50
15

12/30/2011
Contributions to World Service in
2011
Region 02
09245
Sonoma County IG
Group # Name
31481 Church Of The Oaks
38906 Church Of The Oaks
22660 Vanderhurtst Hall
22186 First United Methodist Church
28652 Elim Lutheran Church
00156 The Earle Baum Center of The Blind
23322 Westview Christian Church
24116 Christ Church United Methodist
26186 Sequoia Gardens
46306 Christ Church United Methodist
48662 Christ Church United Methodist
48664 Christ Church United Methodist
12292 Community Church
City
Cotati
Cotati
Healdsburg
Napa
Petaluma
Santa Rosa
Santa Rosa
Santa Rosa
Santa Rosa
Santa Rosa
Santa Rosa
Santa Rosa
Sebastopol
State
CA
CA
CA
CA
CA
CA
CA
CA
CA
CA
CA
CA
CA
Amount
$ 44.58
$ 71.36
$ 71.40
$ 48.00
$ 117.05
$ 108.40
$ 65.00
$ 291.74
$ 29.50
$ 96.00
$ 74.09
$ 70.00
$ 12.00
$ 1,099.12
09267
Santa Cruz County IG
Group # Name
15299 Calvary Episcopal Church
16421 Sutter Maternity/Surgery Center
20464 St Stephens Lutheran Church
29997 Saint Stevens Church
45449 St Stephans Lutheran Church
49668 Bayside Baptist
30658 Soquel Congregational Church
51719 Watsonville Hospital
City
Santa Cruz
Santa Cruz
Santa Cruz
Santa Cruz
Santa Cruz
Santa Cruz
Soquel
Watsonville
State
CA
CA
CA
CA
CA
CA
CA
CA
Amount
$ 117.00
$ 313.00
$ 225.00
$ 44.00
$ 84.84
$ 69.00
$ 60.00
$ 26.00
$ 938.84
09294
Mid-Peninsula IG
Group # Name
22672 Methodist Church Choir Rm
City
Half Moon Bay
State
CA
Amount
$ 30.00
$ 30.00
09301
Lake Mendocino IG
Group # Name
46138 Mendocino Recreation Center
36927 Ukiah United Methodist Church
39702 Ukiah United Methodist Church
City
Mendocino
Ukiah
Ukiah
State
CA
CA
CA
Amount
$ 57.79
$ 25.00
$ 25.00
$ 107.79
16

12/30/2011
Contributions to World Service in
2011
Region 02
09325
Northern Nevada Sierra IG
Group # Name
10299 First Presbyterian Church
47974 First Presbyterian Church
50936 First Presbyterian Church
41148 Trinity Episcopal Church
50938 Renown South Meadows Medical Center
40425 Tahoe Community Church
City
Carson City
Carson City
Carson City
Reno
Reno
Stateline
State
NV
NV
NV
NV
NV
NV
Amount
$ 152.59
$ 98.80
$ 121.00
$ 175.12
$ 102.00
$ 92.00
$ 741.51
09331
How-OA Northern California IG
Group # Name
49256 Placer Title
City
Walnut Creek
State
CA
Amount
$5.00
$5.00
09356
Monterey County IG
Group # Name
21552 St Timothys Lutheran Church
45341 St Timothys Lutheran Church
47453 St Timothys Lutheran Church
City
Monterey
Monterey
Monterey
State
CA
CA
CA
Amount
$ 30.00
$ 27.00
$ 75.00
$ 132.00
09400
North Rivers IG
Group # Name
40840 First Christian Church
45601 St Johns Episcopal Fellowship Hall
45089 Paradise Ridge Family Resource
City
Chico
Chico
Paradise
State
CA
CA
CA
Amount
$ 43.00
$ 20.00
$ 23.20
$ 86.20
09434
Northcoast IG
Group # Name
25525 Humboldt State University
51158 St. Paul's Episcopal Church
47026 Christ Episcopal Church
City
Arcata
Crescent City
Eureka
State
CA
CA
CA
Amount
$ 15.00
$ 10.00
$ 11.00
$ 36.00
17

12/30/2011
Contributions to World Service in
2011
Region 02
09492
Inland Empire Intergroup
Group # Name
00222 Carpenter's House Church
00593 Carpenter's House Church
50778 Carpenter's House Church
37464 Grand Terrace Community Center
00054 The Unity Club
50776 Pathway Church
51297 Pathway Church
23177 Riverside Community For Spiritual Living
49251 Community Center for Spiritual Living
00064 Lutheran Church Of Our Savior
48783 First Congregational UCC Church
38404 Provident Bank
48306 Center For Spiritual Living
50152 St Catherines Catholic Church
50795 Mountain View Community Church
45887 Faith Lutheran Church Library
46021 Faith Lutheran Church Library
City
Corona
Corona
Corona
Grand Terrace
Redlands
Redlands
Redlands
Riverside
Riverside
San Bernardino
San Bernardino
Sun City
Sun City
Temecula
Wildomar
Yucaipa
Yucaipa
State
CA
CA
CA
CA
CA
CA
CA
CA
CA
CA
CA
CA
CA
CA
CA
CA
CA
Amount
$ 21.54
$ 179.23
$ 30.00
$ 60.00
$ 83.80
$ 35.00
$ 24.00
$ 150.00
$ 15.00
$ 94.00
$ 30.00
$ 117.20
$ 60.00
$ 55.00
$ 52.80
$ 18.00
$ 90.00
$ 1,115.57
09494
Unity With Diversity Desert IG
Group # Name
00555 Leahy Building
00048 Faith Lutheran Church
26560 Christ Of The Desert Church
47863 St. Margaret's Episcopal Church (School)
37073 Eisenhower Hopsital
50719 Yucca Valley United Methodist Church
City
Indio
Joshua Tree
Palm Desert
Palm Desert
Rancho Mirage
Yucca Valley
State
CA
CA
CA
CA
CA
CA
Amount
$ 16.00
$ 18.00
$ 51.50
$ 60.00
$ 13.52
$ 12.00
$ 171.02
09599
Valley Sierra OA/How IG
Group # Name
50273 St Paul's United Methodist Church
40738 Unity Church
45109 Trinity United Presbyterian Church
33185 St Annes Episcopal Church
City
Manteca
Modesto
Modesto
Stockton
State
CA
CA
CA
CA
Region 02
Amount
$ 84.00
$ 63.00
$ 27.00
$ 15.00
$ 189.00
$75,726.74
18

12/30/2011
Contributions to World Service in
2011
Region 03
Intergroups and Unaffiliated Meetings
Group #
49835
50832
45703
46262
47389
00518
22882
50965
45480
35942
00519
09601
09078
09116
09014
09191
09024
09416
09074
09167
09097
09378
09163
09229
09047
09617
09050
09513
09244
09462
09159
Name
City
State
Mission Bell United Methodist Church
Glendale
AZ
Mission Bell United Methodist Church
Glendale
AZ
Church of the Beatitudes
Phoenix
AZ
Life Care Center
Scottsdale
AZ
Life Care Center
Scottsdale
AZ
New Hope Presbyterian Church
Castle Rock
CO
Greeley Group
Greeley
CO
First Baptist Church
Farmington
NM
Gila Regional Medical Center Boardroom
Silver City
NM
Center for Spiritual Living
Midland
TX
First Christian Church
Tyler
TX
AZ Serenity In The Desert Phoenix AZ
Southeastern Arizona IG Tucson AZ
Pikes Peak Serenity IG Colorado Springs CO
Central Colorado IG Glendale CO
Northern Colorado IG Longmont CO
Central New Mexico IG Albuquerque NM
Northern New Mexico OA IG Santa Fe NM
Las Vegas OA IG Las Vegas NV
Greater Oklahoma City IG Oklahoma City OK
Tulsa Green Country IG Tulsa OK
Big Country IG Abilene TX
Tri County IG Arlington TX
Heart Of Texas IG Austin TX
Coastal Bend IG Corpus Christi TX
El Paso Serenity IG El Paso TX
Houston Metro IG Houston TX
OA-HOW HOUSTON IG INC. Houston TX
San Antonio Area IG San Antonio TX
Golden Crescent IG Victoria TX
Northern Utah IG Salt Lake City UT
Amount
$ 9,256.14
$ 249.83
$ 254.94
$ 241.23
$ 52.00
$ 27.74
$ 60.00
$ 20.00
$ 26.00
$ 50.83
$ 29.80
$ 135.34
$ 3,320.00
$ 100.00
$ 1,281.55
$ 1,309.00
$ 60.00
$ 1,525.00
$ 440.64
$ 98.68
$ 544.67
$ 200.19
$ 150.00
$ 119.50
$ 308.00
$ 57.32
$4.40
$ 90.00
$ 774.71
$ 1,439.37
$ 10.00
$ 516.55
$ 22,753.43
19

12/30/2011
Contributions to World Service in
2011
Region 03
09014
Central Colorado IG
Group # Name
26030 King Of Glory Church
46121 Smoky Hill United Methodist Church
47500 United Church Of Broomfield
40603 Carbondale United Methodist Church
00969 Smoky Hill United Methodist Church
25186 Grace United Methodist Church
47501 S Broadway Christian Church
47727 S Broadway Christian Church
47835 S Broadway Christian Church
48255 S Broadway Christian Church
48807 St Joseph's Hospital
50714 St. Peter Lutheran Church
00704 Shepherd Of The Hills Presbyterian Church
24051 Mile High Church Of Religious Science
40141 Shepherd Of The Hills Presbyterian Church
48269 Church of the Nazarene
28791 Ave Maria Catholic Church
49949 North Metro Church, Sbc
18135 Westminster United Methodist Church
00705 West Pines
City
Arvada
Aurora
Broomfield
Carbondale
Centennial
Denver
Denver
Denver
Denver
Denver
Denver
Greenwood Village
Lakewood
Lakewood
Lakewood
Montrose
Parker
Thornton
Westminster
Wheat Ridge
State
CO
CO
CO
CO
CO
CO
CO
CO
CO
CO
CO
CO
CO
CO
CO
CO
CO
CO
CO
CO
Amount
$ 453.38
$ 21.30
$ 48.00
$ 149.48
$ 87.92
$ 256.39
$ 120.00
$ 50.00
$ 118.63
$ 106.50
$ 183.00
$9.45
$ 98.00
$ 556.00
$ 49.00
$ 63.66
$ 18.00
$ 70.30
$ 66.46
$ 180.85
$ 2,706.32
09024
Central New Mexico IG
Group # Name
13245 Christ The King Lutheran Church
45882 Christ The King Lutheran Church
12836 Saint Lukes Lutheran Church
12923 Presbyterian Hospital
15483 Sombra Del Monte Church
17414 Presbyterian Kaseman Hospital
18099 Sombra Del Monte Church
33471 Presbyterian Kaseman Hospital
45269 Presbyterian Kaseman Hospital
45482 First United Methodist Church
48441 O S Lutheran Church
49798 First Unitarian Church
51389 Presbyterian Hospital
46731 Location
01859 Unity Church
47690 Newman Center
49961 Christian Fellowship Church
51768 Christian Fellowship Church
50937 United Methodist Church
51038 Community Of Joy Lutheran Church
51682 Community of Joy Lutheran Church
City
Durango
Durango
Albuquerque
Albuquerque
Albuquerque
Albuquerque
Albuquerque
Albuquerque
Albuquerque
Albuquerque
Albuquerque
Albuquerque
Albuquerque
Estancia
Las Cruces
Las Cruces
Los Lunas
Los Lunas
Rio Rancho
Rio Rancho
Rio Rancho
State
CO
CO
NM
NM
NM
NM
NM
NM
NM
NM
NM
NM
NM
NM
NM
NM
NM
NM
NM
NM
NM
Amount
$ 132.00
$ 168.00
$ 74.42
$ 176.98
$ 112.08
$ 217.29
$ 112.10
$ 372.00
$ 50.59
$ 41.31
$ 68.49
$ 159.54
$ 78.00
$ 30.00
$ 210.00
$ 30.00
$ 44.00
$5.00
$ 150.00
$ 12.00
$ 20.00
$ 2,263.80
20

12/30/2011
Contributions to World Service in
2011
Region 03
09047
Coastal Bend IG
Group # Name
20751 St Johns Methodist Church
31035 St. Johns United Methodist Church
45857 Villa Maria Senior Living Center
49622 Villa Maria Main Office Bldg
City
Corpus Christi
Corpus Christi
Corpus Christi
Corpus Christi
State
TX
TX
TX
TX
Amount
$ 74.91
$ 19.31
$ 64.02
$ 84.66
$ 242.90
09048
Dallas Metroplex IG
Group # Name
23839 Charlton Methodist Hospital
47769 Holy Trinity Pastoral Care Bldg
47774 Holy Trinity Pastoral Care Bldg
49312 Congregation Ohr Hatorah
49883 St Matthews Episcopal Cathedral
49907 Medical City Hospital
50521 First Baptist Church
17821 Ridgeview Presbyterian Church
27624 Ridgeview Presbyterian Church
51496 First United Methodist Church
51531 First United Methodist Church
08816 First United Methodist Church
50286 First United Methodist Church
00103 Medical Center of McKinney - Wysong Campus
51494 First United Methodist Church
18100 Highland Oaks Church Of Christ
38852 Prairie Creek Baptist Church
27205 United Methodist Church
45774 Wood Street Church Of Christ
50586 Christ Church Episcopal
City
Dallas
Dallas
Dallas
Dallas
Dallas
Dallas
Denton
Farmers Branch
Farmers Branch
Frisco
Frisco
Lewisville
Lewisville
McKinney
Mesquite
Plano
Plano
Prosper
Sherman
Tyler
State
TX
TX
TX
TX
TX
TX
TX
TX
TX
TX
TX
TX
TX
TX
TX
TX
TX
TX
TX
TX
Amount
$ 22.50
$ 156.00
$ 167.73
$ 750.00
$ 257.15
$ 40.00
$ 20.00
$ 492.90
$ 47.21
$ 51.64
$9.64
$ 110.61
$ 15.00
$ 66.00
$ 10.00
$ 75.30
$ 1,030.50
$ 40.14
$ 78.87
$ 126.10
$ 3,567.29
09050
Houston Metro IG
Group # Name
20581 St Thomas Early Learning Center
31648 Conroe Regional Medical Center Hospital
35434 Conroe Regional Medical Center Hospital
14821 Oasis Club
36777 St Annes Catholic Church
38894 Bear Creek United Methodist Church
48260 1st Cumberland Presbyterian Church
37498 Call for
47077 Atascocita United Methodist Church
00285 St. Michael's Catholic Church
45758 Christ United Methodist Church
City
College Station
Conroe
Conroe
Houston
Houston
Houston
Houston
Humble
Humble
Lake Jackson
Sugar Land
State
TX
TX
TX
TX
TX
TX
TX
TX
TX
TX
TX
Amount
$ 67.32
$ 23.19
$ 108.79
$ 40.00
$ 150.00
$ 123.00
$ 31.00
$ 40.00
$ 20.00
$ 60.00
$ 25.53
$ 688.83
21

12/30/2011
Contributions to World Service in
2011
Region 03
09074
Las Vegas OA IG
Group # Name
51292 Kingman Regional Hospital
City
Kingman
State
AZ
Amount
$ 20.00
$ 20.00
09078
Southeastern Arizona IG
Group # Name
47074 Sobriety House
34898 St Francis In The Valley Church
37169 St Francis In The Valley Church
49982 St Francis In The Valley Church
00439 Oro Valley Urgent Care
17537 Church Of Christ
39367 Church Of Christ
40592 Church Of Christ
04330 Streams in the Desert Lutheran Church
12117 St. James United Methodist Church
14251 Streams in the Desert Lutheran Church
23957 Cottonwood De Tucson
30601 Posada del Sol
39507 First United Methodist Church
40522 Abounding Grace Church
40963 Dove Of Peace Lutheran Church
45377 Streams in the Desert Lutheran Church
45696 Eastside Evangelical Covenant Church
47942 Abounding Grace Church
49144 Friends Meetinghouse
49600 St. Frances Cabrini Church
50226 St. Frances Cabrini Church
50717 St. Frances Cabrini Church
47822 Gloria De Cristo Church
City
Benson
Green Valley
Green Valley
Green Valley
Oro Valley
Sierra Vista
Sierra Vista
Sierra Vista
Tucson
Tucson
Tucson
Tucson
Tucson
Tucson
Tucson
Tucson
Tucson
Tucson
Tucson
Tucson
Tucson
Tucson
Tucson
Yuma
State
AZ
AZ
AZ
AZ
AZ
AZ
AZ
AZ
AZ
AZ
AZ
AZ
AZ
AZ
AZ
AZ
AZ
AZ
AZ
AZ
AZ
AZ
AZ
AZ
Amount
$ 21.00
$ 51.50
$ 51.50
$ 51.50
$ 300.30
$ 123.00
$ 140.70
$ 76.03
$ 157.92
$ 110.40
$ 186.39
$ 209.00
$ 100.00
$ 24.00
$ 310.00
$ 228.00
$ 22.50
$ 385.80
$ 209.63
$ 60.00
$ 119.42
$ 79.00
$ 71.00
$ 27.00
$ 3,115.59
09097
Tulsa Green Country IG
Group # Name
51211 Our Savior Lutheran Church ELCA
49354 First Christian Church
03281 Southern Hills Baptist Church
45276 First Baptist Church
City
Bartlesville
Stillwater
Tulsa
Tulsa
State
OK
OK
OK
OK
Amount
$ 63.00
$ 102.69
$ 127.87
$ 95.45
$ 389.01
09116
Pikes Peak Serenity IG
Group # Name
46509 Calvary Baptist Church
City
Walsenburg
State
CO
Amount
$9.00
$9.00
22

12/30/2011
Contributions to World Service in
2011
Region 03
09159
Northern Utah IG
Group # Name
36934 Mt Tabor Lutheran Church
City
Salt Lake City
State
UT
Amount
$ 10.00
$ 10.00
09163
Tri County IG
Group # Name
48493 Acton United Methodist Church
00193 United Memorial Christian Church
02448 South Hills Christian Church
26280 South Hills Christian Church
45896 Bethel United Methodist Church
48880 King Of Glory Lutheran Church
50529 St Albans Episcopal Church
City
Acton
Euless
Fort Worth
Fort Worth
Fort Worth
Fort Worth
Waco
State
TX
TX
TX
TX
TX
TX
TX
Amount
$ 20.00
$ 80.00
$ 15.00
$ 40.00
$ 106.59
$ 41.73
$ 160.15
$ 463.47
09167
Greater Oklahoma City IG
Group # Name
25212 St Thomas More University Parish
City
Norman
State
OK
Amount
$ 61.87
$ 61.87
09191
Northern Colorado IG
Group # Name
25896 Unity Of Boulder
31341 Unity Church
45839 1st Baptist Church
48399 Unity Of Boulder
00328 Harmony Presbyterian Church
21111 St Johns Lutheran Church
20167 Trinity United Methodist
City
Boulder
Boulder
Boulder
Boulder
Fort Collins
Fort Collins
Loveland
State
CO
CO
CO
CO
CO
CO
CO
Amount
$ 106.50
$ 120.69
$ 24.87
$ 84.50
$ 45.00
$ 66.00
$ 63.00
$ 510.56
23

12/30/2011
Contributions to World Service in
2011
Region 03
09229
Heart Of Texas IG
Group # Name
00822 First Cumberland Church
12501 St Georges Episcopal Church
12518 St Martin's Lutheran Church
13646 Congress Avenue Baptist
24802 St Georges Episcopal Church
31924 Austin Christian Fellowship
38607 Red River Church
40288 Red River Church
41143 Red River Church
45279 St. John's Espicopal Church
45470 Dell Jewish Community Center
45840 Christ Workshop
51793 Cedar Creek United Methodist Church
51325 Live Oak Unitarian Universalist Church
00247 Emmanual Episcopal Church
45659 St. Barnabas
45827 First Lutheran Church
50800 First Lutheran Church
City
Austin
Austin
Austin
Austin
Austin
Austin
Austin
Austin
Austin
Austin
Austin
Austin
Cedar Creek
Cedar Park
Lockhart
Round Rock
San Marcos
San Marcos
State
TX
TX
TX
TX
TX
TX
TX
TX
TX
TX
TX
TX
TX
TX
TX
TX
TX
TX
Amount
$ 103.81
$ 300.00
$ 60.00
$ 407.40
$ 411.65
$ 24.00
$ 54.57
$ 28.88
$ 35.94
$ 110.31
$ 88.85
$ 30.00
$ 22.80
$ 23.00
$ 55.56
$ 98.36
$ 46.86
$ 56.04
$ 1,958.03
09244
San Antonio Area IG
Group # Name
28110 Church Of Reconciliation
City
San Antonio
State
TX
Amount
$4.70
$4.70
09342
Galveston/ Bay Area IG
Group # Name
46923 House Of Prayer Lutheran Church
City
Clear Lake
State
TX
Amount
$ 28.00
$ 28.00
09374
Rio Grande Valley IG
Group # Name
50199 Agape Center
City
Brownsville
State
TX
Amount
$ 30.00
$ 30.00
09378
Big Country IG
Group # Name
47781 Episcopal Church Of Heavenly Rest
50499 Highland Church of Christ
29506 St. Christopher's Church
49653 St. Christopher's Church
City
Abilene
Abilene
Lubbock
Lubbock
State
TX
TX
TX
TX
Amount
$ 200.00
$ 145.20
$ 41.00
$ 46.00
$ 432.20
24

12/30/2011
Contributions to World Service in
2011
Region 03
09416
Northern New Mexico OA IG
Group # Name
38350 Christus/St. Vincent Hospital
City
Santa Fe
State
NM
Amount
$ 27.25
$ 27.25
09513
OA-HOW HOUSTON IG INC.
Group # Name
00647 1st Cumberland Presbyterian Church
37940 Hope Episopal Church - Scout Meeting Bldg
40958 St. Martins Episcopal Church
51815 St. John the Divine
City
Houston
Houston
Houston
Houston
State
TX
TX
TX
TX
Amount
$ 78.90
$ 146.70
$ 56.40
$ 30.00
$ 312.00
25

12/30/2011
Contributions to World Service in
2011
Region 03
09601
AZ Serenity In The Desert
Group # Name
51357 Cross of Christ Lutheran Church
51461 Cross of Christ Lutheran Church
50420 Professional Plaza
47447 Presbyterian Church
46421 St Andrew The Apostle Church
46703 St Andrew The Apostle Church
49664 Holy Trinity Lutheran Church
50401 Holy Trinity Lutheran Church
00067 Verde Valley Med. Ctr, Conf. Rm. A
51238 Four Peaks Community Church
48879 LDS Church
50605 Gilbert-Mercy Hospital
48155 Community Church Of Joy
00920 Church Of Jesus Christ Of Latter Day Saints
47091 Location
19597 Banner Health Education Ctr
25592 Sunland Village East
47175 Mesa Public Library
47635 Church Of The Master
48749 Mesa Spirit Rv Resort
51374 Mesa Downtown Library
31247 United Methodist Church
38597 Rim Country Apts Rec Rm
27476 Healthsouth Rehabilitation Center
31248 Celebration Lutheran Church
31849 Celebration Lutheran Church
32131 Celebration Lutheran Church
00028 Unity Education Center
48475 Acupuncture Center
51176 1st Congregational Church
49167 Step One Community Center
47271 N Scottsdale Fellowship Club
10632 Summit Regional Medical Center
33686 Summit Hospital- East Campus
50729 Community Presbyterian Church
48149 Unity Church Of Sun City
00951 Word of life Lutheran church
08332 Pyle Adult Recreation Center
21510 Pyle Adult Recreation Center
City
Anthem
Anthem
Avondale
Casa Grande
Chandler
Chandler
Chandler
Chandler
Cottonwood
Fountain Hills
Gilbert
Gilbert
Glendale
Goodyear
Kingman
Mesa
Mesa
Mesa
Mesa
Mesa
Mesa
Paradise Valley
Payson
Peoria
Peoria
Peoria
Peoria
Prescott
Prescott
Prescott
Prescott Valley
Scottsdale
Show Low
Show Low
Springerville
Sun City
Surprise
Tempe
Tempe
State
AZ
AZ
AZ
AZ
AZ
AZ
AZ
AZ
AZ
AZ
AZ
AZ
AZ
AZ
AZ
AZ
AZ
AZ
AZ
AZ
AZ
AZ
AZ
AZ
AZ
AZ
AZ
AZ
AZ
AZ
AZ
AZ
AZ
AZ
AZ
AZ
AZ
AZ
AZ
Amount
$ 45.26
$ 32.60
$ 73.05
$ 192.00
$ 50.00
$ 30.00
$ 354.80
$ 73.28
$ 25.60
$ 30.00
$ 261.90
$ 125.00
$ 35.00
$ 12.60
$ 150.00
$ 93.03
$ 55.00
$8.00
$ 20.00
$ 55.00
$7.60
$ 50.00
$ 15.00
$ 50.62
$ 32.83
$ 32.83
$ 32.92
$ 18.00
$ 90.00
$ 16.00
$ 16.00
$ 62.26
$7.10
$ 10.00
$ 15.00
$ 45.00
$ 10.00
$ 195.00
$ 129.00
$ 2,557.28
09617
El Paso Serenity IG
Group # Name
23274 First Presbyterian Church
49796 Highland Presbyterian Church
City
El Paso
El Paso
State
TX
TX
Region 03
Amount
$6.50
$ 45.10
$ 51.60
$42,203.13
26

12/30/2011
Contributions to World Service in
2011
Region 04
Intergroups and Unaffiliated Meetings
09021
Group # Name
City
State
51581 Cedar Hills Community Church
Cedar Rapids
IA
05491 Fort Madison Community Hospital
Fort Madison
IA
51363 Wesleyan Church Library
Colby
KS
51337 Huron Baptist Church
Huron
SD
09183 Central Iowa IG Des Moines IA
09214 Northeast Iowa IG Waterloo IA
09143 Heart Of Illinois IG Peoria IL
09153 Mid-Continent IG Wichita KS
09204 Heart Of Canada IG Winnipeg MB
09589 Unity IG Minneapolis MN
09029 Saint Louis Bi-State IG Saint Louis MO
09211 Red River Valley IG Fargo ND
09135 OA Links Of Lincoln IG Lincoln NE
09075 Greater Omaha IG Omaha NE
Promises Of Eastern Iowa IG
Group # Name
City
State
30084 Mercy Medical Center
Cedar Rapids
IA
33749 Mercy Medical Center
Cedar Rapids
IA
00416 Trinity Episcopal Church
Iowa City
IA
06957 Trinity Episcopal Church
Iowa City
IA
18486 Zion Lutheran Church
Iowa City
IA
48376 Trinity Episcopal Church
Iowa City
IA
07779 Free Methodist Church
Ottumwa
IA
Amount
$ 3,779.23
$9.00
$ 30.00
$5.00
$ 36.30
$ 59.40
$ 10.00
$ 150.00
$ 154.40
$ 768.98
$ 1,886.50
$ 1,287.00
$ 981.91
$ 286.20
$ 1,008.94
$ 10,452.86
Amount
$ 38.00
$ 21.67
$ 15.00
$ 210.00
$ 83.00
$ 75.00
$ 49.76
$ 492.43
27

12/30/2011
Contributions to World Service in
2011
Region 04
09029
Saint Louis Bi-State IG
Group # Name
50027 St Clare's Hospital (St. Louis area )
04699 First Presbyetrian Church
33869 Blessing Hospital
05047 Unity Church
33891 Waterloo Human Support Service (St. Louis area)
49999 Christ Episcopal Church
20413 ODAAT Oasis
35575 St. Andrews Lutheran Church
45074 Community of Christ Church
50600 First Baptist Church
00990 Concord Trinity United Methodist Church
07418 OA Office
24305 St Mary's Health Center
45964 OA Office
03448 Saint Mark's Presbyterian Church
47388 Samuel Ucc Church
07276 St Pauls Evangel Church
07984 Saint Peters Chapel
21534 Church of the Nazarene
07570 Saint Marks Methodist Church
28629 Kirkwood Baptist Church
35190 Concordia Lutheran Church
45077 Kirkwood Baptist Church
06234 St Mary's Health Center
20852 St Joseph Health Center
31507 SSM St Joseph Medical Park
08734 Webster Groves Christian Church
11652 Webster Groves Nazarene Church
50392 Christ Christian Church Youth and Community Center
City
Alton
Carbondale
Quincy
Springfield
Waterloo
Cape Girardeau
Columbia
Columbia
Jefferson City
Kirksville
Saint Louis
Saint Louis
Saint Louis
Saint Louis
Saint Louis (Ballwin)
Saint Louis (Clayton)
Saint Louis (Creve Coeur)
Saint Louis (Ferguson)
Saint Louis (Ferguson)
Saint Louis (Florissant)
Saint Louis (Kirkwood)
Saint Louis (Kirkwood)
Saint Louis (Kirkwood)
Saint Louis (Richmond Height
Saint Louis (Saint Charles)
Saint Louis (Saint Peters)
Saint Louis (Webster Groves)
Saint Louis (Webster Groves)
Saint Louis (Webster)
State
IL
IL
IL
IL
IL
MO
MO
MO
MO
MO
MO
MO
MO
MO
MO
MO
MO
MO
MO
MO
MO
MO
MO
MO
MO
MO
MO
MO
MO
Amount
$ 40.00
$ 10.00
$ 56.00
$ 74.57
$ 203.09
$6.00
$ 25.00
$ 25.00
$ 15.00
$ 30.00
$ 172.44
$ 55.93
$ 132.90
$ 72.00
$ 23.00
$ 454.00
$ 30.00
$ 99.00
$ 101.50
$ 72.00
$ 20.00
$ 101.00
$ 715.96
$ 745.56
$ 162.26
$ 188.09
$ 853.66
$ 282.14
$ 131.46
$ 4,897.56
09135
OA Links Of Lincoln IG
Group # Name
32191 Jefferson County Health Center
17114 Mary Lanning Hospital - Medical Services Building
City
Fairbury
Hastings
State
NE
NE
Amount
$7.00
$7.46
$ 14.46
09153
Mid-Continent IG
Group # Name
47070 Cloud County Health Center
48989 Episcopal Church
48760 Christ Cathedrial Church ( Parish Hall )
22114 St. Stephens Episcopal Church
City
Concordia
Independence
Salina
Wichita
State
KS
KS
KS
KS
Amount
$ 50.00
$ 36.60
$ 25.97
$ 10.00
$ 122.57
28

12/30/2011
Contributions to World Service in
2011
Region 04
09183
Central Iowa IG
Group # Name
00026 309 Elm Building
24722 Alano Club
11835 Lutheran Hospital
22953 Central Presbyterian Church
47908 Grace United Methodist Church
49227 Unity Church
51125 1st Christian Church
13766 Marshalltown Public Library
38877 Mercy Medical Center North Iowa
00290 Second Reform Church
01820 St. Timothy's Episcopal Church
City
Atlantic
Clear Lake
Des Moines
Des Moines
Des Moines
Des Moines
Des Moines
Marshalltown
Mason City
Pella
West Des Moines
State
IA
IA
IA
IA
IA
IA
IA
IA
IA
IA
IA
Amount
$ 12.00
$ 42.00
$ 12.90
$ 175.50
$ 86.31
$ 110.85
$ 88.95
$ 23.25
$ 48.00
$ 62.50
$ 120.00
$ 782.26
09211
Red River Valley IG
Group # Name
00475 First Lutheran Church
03829 Emmanuel Community Nursing Home
40844 Our Redeemer Lutheran
18388 Pontoppidan Lutheran Church
40051 Pontoppidan Lutheran Church
30526 Sharon Lutheran Church
33710 Sharon Lutheran Church
49110 Sharon Lutheran Church
City
Detroit Lakes
Detroit Lakes
Moorhead
Fargo
Fargo
Grand Forks
Grand Forks
Grand Forks
State
MN
MN
MN
ND
ND
ND
ND
ND
Amount
$ 33.00
$ 20.00
$ 16.83
$ 75.00
$ 105.00
$ 143.59
$ 143.58
$ 89.14
$ 626.14
09214
Northeast Iowa IG
Group # Name
35880 Sartori Hospital
35298 Mercy Medical Center
39745 The Source
06345 Faith Lutheran Church
34242 Allen Memorial Hospital
38038 Kimball Avenue United Methodist Church
50598 Allen Hospital
50395 Community Center
City
Cedar Falls
Dubuque
Dubuque
Waterloo
Waterloo
Waterloo
Waterloo
Dickeyville
State
IA
IA
IA
IA
IA
IA
IA
WI
Amount
$ 267.06
$ 10.00
$ 45.50
$ 77.87
$ 203.13
$ 106.58
$ 155.30
$5.00
$ 870.44
09227
Decatur Outreachers IG
Group # Name
14497 Saint Marys Hospital
18839 Saint Marys Hospital
City
Decatur
Decatur
State
IL
IL
Amount
$ 101.00
$ 52.50
$ 153.50
29

12/30/2011
Contributions to World Service in
2011
Region 04
09246
Quad Cities IG
Group # Name
22408 Bettendorf Library
48875 Musser Public Library
51571 Dixon Senior Citizens Center
51845 University Baptist Church
45404 Faith Lutheran Church
45553 The Trinity Hospital
50048 Sterling Hospital
City
Bettendorf
Muscatine
Dixon
Macomb
Moline
Moline
Sterling
State
IA
IA
IL
IL
IL
IL
IL
Amount
$ 40.00
$ 60.00
$ 30.00
$ 20.00
$ 20.00
$ 25.00
$ 84.00
$ 279.00
09276
Sunflower IG
Group # Name
15155 United Methodist Church
49262 Mercy Hospital On College Blvd
01403 Westminster Presbyterian
13536 Saint Francis Hospital
32963 Saint Francis Hospital
City
Burlington
Manhattan
Topeka
Topeka
Topeka
State
KS
KS
KS
KS
KS
Amount
$ 45.00
$ 18.00
$ 30.00
$ 96.11
$ 81.00
$ 270.11
09346
Greater Ozarks IG
Group # Name
19180 National Avenue Christian Church
City
Springfield
State
MO
Amount
$ 105.00
$ 105.00
09418
Hills And Plains OA IG
Group # Name
21893 Emmanuel Episcopal Church
26398 Emmanuel Episcopal Church
City
Rapid City
Rapid City
State
SD
SD
Amount
$ 46.30
$ 46.30
$ 92.60
09422
Northern Serenity IG
Group # Name
15593 Our Saviors Lutheran
40376 Lake View Hospital-Cd Unit
City
Duluth
Two Harbors
State
MN
MN
Amount
$ 20.00
$ 75.00
$ 95.00
09440
Tri-State Siouxland OA IG
Group # Name
21250 St Lukes Hospital
24142 Hawkeye Club
City
Sioux City
Sioux City
State
IA
IA
Amount
$ 72.89
$ 103.50
$ 176.39
30

12/30/2011
Contributions to World Service in
2011
Region 04
09525
Greater Kansas City Area IG
Group # Name
00406 Atonement Lutheran Church
18253 Unity Church Of Overland Park
45537 Unity Church Of Overland Park
30272 Grandview United Methodist Church
45851 Maywood Baptist Church
04558 Swope Ridge Geriatric Center
38120 Community Christian Church Activities Center
38121 Community Christian Church Activities Center
49575 Central United Methodist Church
33178 St Francis Hospital
04526 Davis Memorial Center
41234 The Quiet House
20501 Wyatt Park Christian Church
City
Overland Park
Overland Park
Overland Park
Grandview
Independence
Kansas City
Kansas City
Kansas City
Kansas City
Maryville
Oak Grove
Raytown
Saint Joseph
State
KS
KS
KS
MO
MO
MO
MO
MO
MO
MO
MO
MO
MO
Amount
$ 140.00
$ 170.00
$ 25.00
$ 37.00
$ 22.00
$ 42.00
$ 34.50
$ 34.50
$ 70.56
$ 30.00
$ 84.88
$ 125.00
$ 60.00
$ 875.44
31

12/30/2011
Contributions to World Service in
2011
Region 04
09589
Unity IG
Group # Name
04913 First Congregational Church
00188 Cedar Valley Church
46930 Zion Lutheran Church
47708 Faith Covenant Church
47920 Our Saviors Lutheran Church
01122 1st Lutheran Church
28391 Pax Christi Church
49124 St Andrews Lutheran Church
50189 Falcon Heights United Church Of Christ
20820 Unity Christ Church
48671 United Methodist Church
00558 Hutchinson Public Library
03141 Lynnhurst Congregational Church
08275 Saint Joan Of Arc Church
18284 Bethel Lutheran
32983 Minnehaha United Methodist Church
34724 Pearl Park
31497 St David's Episcopal Church
49557 Plymouth Two Alano/oak Knoll Lutheran Church
50259 River Valley Church
26135 Plymouth 2 Alano
48761 Robbinsdale United Church of Christ
14852 Zumbro Lutheran Church
47680 Calvary Episcopal Church
05539 Saint Christophers Episcopal Church
25814 St Christopher's Episcopal Church
25104 Whitney Senior Center Boardroom
36858 Peace United Church Of Christ
00530 St. Joseph Resurrection Lutheran Church
01115 Prince Of Peach
45778 Spirit of Christ Community Lutheran Church
46492 Prince Of Peace
14430 Macalester Plymouth United Church
17188 Macalester Plymouth United Church
27041 Womanwell Spirituality Center
45697 Macalester Plymouth United Church
46950 St Paul United Church Of Christ
50774 Hazelden Fellowship Club
50865 Hamline United Methodist Church
51239 Peter J King Family Health Center
51294 Christ Lutheran Church
16606 Presbyterian Church Of The Way
26505 Rice Memorial Hospital
22101 Faith Lutheran Church
48384 Faith Lutheran Church
46116 Woodbury Lutheran
48117 Five Oaks Community Church
18613 Franciscan Skemp Healthcare
City
Anoka
Bloomington
Buffalo
Burnsville
Circle Pines
Crystal
Eden Prairie
Eden Prairie
Falcon Heights
Golden Valley
Hastings
Hutchinson
Minneapolis
Minneapolis
Minneapolis
Minneapolis
Minneapolis
Minnetonka
Minnetonka
New Ulm
Plymouth
Robbinsdale
Rochester
Rochester
Roseville
Roseville
Saint Cloud
Saint Cloud
Saint Joseph
Saint Louis Park
Saint Louis Park
Saint Louis Park
Saint Paul
Saint Paul
Saint Paul
Saint Paul
Saint Paul
Saint Paul
Saint Paul
Saint Paul
Shakopee
Shoreview
Willmar
Winona
Winona
Woodbury
Woodbury
La Crosse
State
MN
MN
MN
MN
MN
MN
MN
MN
MN
MN
MN
MN
MN
MN
MN
MN
MN
MN
MN
MN
MN
MN
MN
MN
MN
MN
MN
MN
MN
MN
MN
MN
MN
MN
MN
MN
MN
MN
MN
MN
MN
MN
MN
MN
MN
MN
MN
WI
Amount
$ 427.50
$ 50.00
$ 40.00
$ 344.64
$ 165.00
$ 98.42
$ 354.00
$ 318.00
$ 423.60
$ 400.00
$ 10.00
$ 75.00
$ 100.00
$ 279.00
$ 430.01
$ 65.00
$ 25.00
$ 60.00
$ 342.50
$ 37.75
$ 92.00
$ 195.00
$ 10.00
$ 120.40
$ 30.00
$ 20.00
$ 12.38
$ 21.39
$ 50.00
$ 20.00
$ 256.07
$ 95.71
$ 135.30
$ 541.20
$ 100.00
$ 48.00
$ 285.00
$ 45.00
$ 75.00
$ 47.00
$ 56.28
$ 50.85
$ 10.00
$ 30.00
$ 30.00
$ 40.80
$ 293.17
$ 100.00
32

12/30/2011
Contributions to World Service in
2011
Region 04
Region 04
$ 6,855.97
$27,161.73
33

12/30/2011
Contributions to World Service in
2011
Region 05
Intergroups and Unaffiliated Meetings
Group #
50316
50505
38165
17631
00902
51049
24989
15387
18628
28143
25830
51629
51759
09118
09168
09539
09291
09022
09251
09208
09354
09618
09026
09134
09041
09102
09274
09161
Name
City
State
Chicago Temple
Chicago
IL
New Hope Recovery Center
Chicago
IL
Southwestern Behavioral Health Care, Inc.
Evansville
IN
St Boniface Catholic Church
Bay City
MI
Freedom Worship Center
Fairview
MI
Aspirus Keweenaw Hospital
Laurium
MI
Hazel Sliger Library
Trout Creek
MI
Gene Smart Community Service Center
Defiance
OH
Trinty Methodist Church
Chippewa Falls
WI
Trinty Methodist Church
Chippewa Falls
WI
Trinity Lutheran Church
Eau Claire
WI
St. John's Lutheran Church
Ladysmith
WI
Kilbourn Public Library
Wisconsin Dells
WI
Suburban North IG Buffalo Grove IL
Chicago West Farout IG Lisle IL
Chicago Suburban Southwest IG Oak Forest IL
Northwest Indiana IG Chesterton IN
Louisville Metro IG Louisville KY
Greater Ann Arbor Area IG Ann Arbor MI
Western Michigan IG Cedar Springs MI
Jackson Area IG Jackson MI
Upper Peninsula Of Michigan Marquette MI
Greater Detroit IG Southfield MI
Central Ohio Service IG Columbus OH
Cleveland Central IG Parma OH
Toledo IG Toledo OH
Crossroads Of Hope IG Mercer PA
Madison Area IG Madison WI
Amount
$ 20,554.27
$ 16.50
$ 99.00
$ 50.00
$ 100.00
$ 102.63
$ 15.00
$5.00
$ 45.00
$ 30.00
$ 30.00
$ 150.00
$ 10.00
$ 25.00
$ 102.00
$ 300.00
$ 901.00
$ 36.74
$ 1,200.00
$ 500.00
$ 240.00
$ 20.00
$ 154.94
$ 131.22
$ 1,015.00
$ 60.00
$ 50.00
$ 50.00
$ 1,400.00
$ 27,393.30
34

12/30/2011
Contributions to World Service in
2011
Region 05
09022
Louisville Metro IG
Group # Name
00551 Lifesprings Community Center
14646 Hillvue Heights Church
00329 Salem United Church Of Christ
12459 Baptist East Hospital
23706 Episcopal Church Of The Advent
31624 St. Matthews Baptist Church
33828 Highland Presbyterian Church
37719 St Andrews Episcopal Church
37907 Salem United Church Of Christ
37910 Salem United Church Of Christ
45007 St. Matthews Baptist Church
49145 Salem United Church Of Christ
50955 Salem United Church of Christ
City
Jeffersonville
Bowling Green
Louisville
Louisville
Louisville
Louisville
Louisville
Louisville
Louisville
Louisville
Louisville
Louisville
Louisville
State
IN
KY
KY
KY
KY
KY
KY
KY
KY
KY
KY
KY
KY
Amount
$ 300.00
$ 50.00
$7.00
$ 200.00
$ 218.60
$ 50.00
$ 119.14
$ 1,620.81
$ 50.00
$ 20.00
$ 75.00
$ 71.48
$ 24.20
$ 2,806.23
35

12/30/2011
Contributions to World Service in
2011
Region 05
09026
Greater Detroit IG
Group # Name
00930 Trinity United Methodist Church
32345 Clarkston Community Church Of God
38899 Clarkston Community Church
47969 Clarkston Community Church Of God
07433 Peace Presbyterian Church
47540 Henry Ford Macomb Hospital
00646 Henry Ford Retirement Village (edison Room)
20238 Good Shepherd Methodist Church
01089 Detroit Unity Temple
32949 Sinai Grace Hospital
03874 St Basil School
35412 1st Methodist Church
08267 Calvary Presbyterian
50283 West Flint Church Of Nazarene
39685 Garden City Hospital Health & Ed Ctr
23567 Unity Of Livonia
38554 Marian Professional Building At St Marys Hospital
11932 Providence Park Hospital
50804 St. John's Episcopal Church
32950 Port Huron Hospital North Classroom
49338 Mercy Hospital
41259 Saint Augustine School
00549 First Congregational Church
07045 First Congregational Church
46110 Crittenton Hospital (conf Rm 2f)
49562 St. Athanasius Church School, Rm 103
03315 State Street Methodist Church
12628 State United Methodist Church
50036 Bethel Lutheran Church
25852 OA Office
22761 St Ephrem Church Hall
02787 Heritage Hospital
16078 Heritage Hospital Conf. Rm. C
26105 Renaissance Unity
51167 Renaissance Unity
35730 Henry Ford Wyandotte Hospital
City
Allen Park
Clarkston
Clarkston
Clarkston
Clinton Township
Clinton Township
Dearborn
Dearborn
Detroit
Detroit
Eastpointe
Ferndale
Flint
Flint
Garden City
Livonia
Livonia
Novi
Plymouth
Port Huron
Port Huron
Richmond
Rochester
Rochester
Rochester
Roseville
Saginaw
Saginaw
Saint Clair Shores
Southfield
Sterling Heights
Taylor
Taylor
Warren
Warren
Wyandotte
State
MI
MI
MI
MI
MI
MI
MI
MI
MI
MI
MI
MI
MI
MI
MI
MI
MI
MI
MI
MI
MI
MI
MI
MI
MI
MI
MI
MI
MI
MI
MI
MI
MI
MI
MI
MI
Amount
$ 169.50
$ 30.00
$ 37.20
$ 85.13
$ 189.00
$ 270.67
$ 40.32
$ 21.00
$ 38.00
$ 30.00
$ 77.55
$ 141.07
$ 51.00
$ 25.00
$ 27.00
$ 76.50
$ 100.00
$ 200.00
$ 39.25
$ 118.09
$ 20.10
$ 48.00
$ 45.00
$ 105.00
$ 15.00
$ 25.50
$ 95.20
$ 121.70
$ 165.56
$7.50
$ 15.00
$ 70.50
$ 129.00
$ 236.62
$ 120.00
$ 98.70
$ 3,084.66
36

12/30/2011
Contributions to World Service in
2011
Region 05
09040
Greater Cincinnati IG
Group # Name
51284 Lawrenceburg Community Center
49252 First Baptist Church
49336 Epworth Methodist Church
14857 Erlanger Christian Church
14771 St. Elizabeth Hospital-Ft. Thomas
24532 Lakeside Presbyterian Church
12085 Pilgrim United Church Of Christ
12766 Spring Grove Village
13878 Kenwood Church Of Good Shepard
18232 Hyde Park United Methodist Church
18655 St. Timothyâ€s Episcopal Church
18938 Church Of The Savior
34054 Hyde Park United Methodist Church
37138 Knox Presbyterian Church
47594 Hyde Park United Methodist Church
48021 Hyde Park United Methodist Church
47097 Covenant Community Church
48942 Covenant Community Church
39229 Lebanon United Methodist Church
50121 Milford First United Methodist Church
48407 Notre Dame Hall
37214 West Chester Presbyterian Church
City
Lawrenceburg
Cold Spring
Covington
Erlanger
Fort Thomas
Lakeside Park
Cincinnati
Cincinnati
Cincinnati
Cincinnati
Cincinnati
Cincinnati
Cincinnati
Cincinnati
Cincinnati
Cincinnati
Fairfield
Fairfield
Lebanon
Milford
Reading
West Chester
State
IN
KY
KY
KY
KY
KY
OH
OH
OH
OH
OH
OH
OH
OH
OH
OH
OH
OH
OH
OH
OH
OH
Amount
$ 13.50
$ 72.47
$ 88.00
$ 71.50
$ 69.48
$ 30.00
$ 171.00
$ 45.00
$ 30.00
$ 213.94
$ 162.00
$ 45.00
$ 75.00
$ 165.00
$ 125.39
$ 90.00
$ 65.00
$ 39.00
$ 132.00
$ 25.00
$ 30.00
$ 100.50
$ 1,858.78
37

12/30/2011
Contributions to World Service in
2011
Region 05
09041
Cleveland Central IG
Group # Name
50506 Christ United Methodist Church
04243 Heritage Presbyterian Church
05488 Lord Of Life Lutheran Church
49022 Bay Village Presbyterian Church
19937 United Methodist Church
50558 Archwood United Church of Christ
47705 Church Of The Redeemer
40943 TriPoint Medical Center
00915 First United Methodist Church
38181 St Johns Lutheran Church
13089 Lakewood Baptist Church
22635 United Methodist Church
36793 Cove Methodist Church
40463 Lakewood Baptist Church
07447 Lyndhurst Community Presbyterian Church
20456 Meridia Hillcrest Hospital
25004 Meridia Hillcrest Hospital
02169 Saint Pauls Episcopal Church
01041 Mentor United Methodist Church
08503 John Knox United Presbyterian Church
46541 North Royalton United Methodist
15272 Saint Andrews Presbyterian Church
35869 St. Francis de Sales Catholic Church
02612 Parma Heights Library
05141 New Directions
47848 Rockport United Methodist Church
04811 St Peters United Church Of Christ
47588 The Briarwood Nursing Home
50839 United Church Of Christ
22079 St Johns Westshore Hospital
05387 Shoregate United Methodist Church
26274 Shoregate United Methodist Church
City
Akron
Amherst
Bainbridge
Bay Village
Bedford
Cleveland
Cleveland Heights
Concord Township
Elyria
Elyria
Lakewood
Lakewood
Lakewood
Lakewood
Lyndhurst
Mayfield Heights
Mayfield Heights
Medina
Mentor
North Olmsted
North Royalton
Olmsted Falls
Parma
Parma Heights
Pepper Pike
Rocky River
Seven Hills
Stow
Vermilion
Westlake
Willowick
Willowick
State
OH
OH
OH
OH
OH
OH
OH
OH
OH
OH
OH
OH
OH
OH
OH
OH
OH
OH
OH
OH
OH
OH
OH
OH
OH
OH
OH
OH
OH
OH
OH
OH
Amount
$ 11.02
$ 180.00
$ 157.50
$ 215.01
$ 93.00
$ 33.60
$ 30.00
$ 60.00
$ 85.00
$ 55.00
$ 57.60
$ 114.00
$ 173.78
$ 148.16
$ 30.00
$ 100.00
$ 150.00
$ 108.00
$ 30.00
$ 156.21
$ 164.99
$ 127.80
$ 187.50
$ 30.00
$ 60.00
$ 127.50
$ 165.00
$ 228.50
$ 54.00
$ 71.10
$ 30.00
$ 105.00
$ 3,339.27
38

12/30/2011
Contributions to World Service in
2011
Region 05
09053
Milwaukee Area IG
Group # Name
49329 Cross Lutheran Church
46721 United Methodist Church
00866 Emmanual United Church Of Christ
22299 First United Methodist Church
00122 Faith Community Church
32466 Community Bank & Trust
36962 Community Bank & Trust
49816 Hartford Public Library
50513 Kenosha Memorial Hospital
51150 Kenosha Memorial Hospital
48802 First Cong United Church Of Christ
21024 Good Shepherd Church
39445 Mequon United Methodist Church
02058 St Catherines Annex
30176 Christ Church
35116 All Saints Cathedral
00849 North Shore Congregational Church
03631 Resurrection Lutheran Church
15418 Lord Of Life Lutheran Church
24667 Lord Of Life Lutheran Church
47407 Our Savior Lutheran Church
00347 Atonement Lutheran Church
00400 Waukesha Memorial Hospital
46819 1st Congregational Church
02063 Wisconsin Heart Hospital
20992 Unity Church
25991 Unity Church
32465 Martin Luther Church Lower Level
38390 Martin Luther Church
49018 Wisconsin Heart Hospital
50055 Unity West Church
51069 Martin Luther Church
00307 First Baptist Church Of West Allis
01741 Saint Peters Episcopal Church
04055 Calvary United Methodist Church
05175 Greenfield Park Lutheran Church
32326 First United Methodist Church
03478 St James Episcopal Church
City
Burlington
Delavan
Dousman
Elkhorn
Franklin
Glendale
Glendale
Hartford
Kenosha
Kenosha
Lake Geneva
Menomonee Falls
Mequon
Milwaukee
Milwaukee
Milwaukee
Milwaukee (Fox Point)
New Berlin
Oconomowoc
Oconomowoc
Oconomowoc
Racine
Waukesha
Waukesha
Wauwatosa
Wauwatosa
Wauwatosa
Wauwatosa
Wauwatosa
Wauwatosa
Wauwatosa
Wauwatosa
West Allis
West Allis
West Allis
West Allis
West Allis
West Bend
State
WI
WI
WI
WI
WI
WI
WI
WI
WI
WI
WI
WI
WI
WI
WI
WI
WI
WI
WI
WI
WI
WI
WI
WI
WI
WI
WI
WI
WI
WI
WI
WI
WI
WI
WI
WI
WI
WI
Amount
$ 52.50
$ 38.40
$ 30.00
$ 54.18
$ 37.50
$ 183.52
$ 16.74
$ 110.07
$ 75.00
$ 68.78
$ 30.00
$ 142.95
$ 281.10
$ 105.00
$ 58.43
$ 15.00
$ 23.75
$ 66.48
$ 36.90
$ 37.50
$ 45.00
$ 137.50
$ 118.70
$ 120.00
$ 77.73
$ 72.00
$6.00
$8.10
$ 346.13
$4.50
$ 55.43
$ 107.85
$ 78.76
$7.71
$ 52.80
$ 68.20
$ 30.00
$6.00
$ 2,806.21
39

12/30/2011
Contributions to World Service in
2011
Region 05
09096
Central Indiana IG
Group # Name
21906 Batesville Memorial Bldg
36184 Concordia Luthern Church
40309 Greenwood United Methodist Church
01026 First Baptist Church
12098 Old Bethel United Methodist Church
22838 St. Mark Catholic Church
23081 Union Chapel Church
26994 Orchard Park Presbyterian Church
36536 Chapel Rock Christian Church
46922 Harry W Moore Funeral Home
47644 Friedens United Church of Christ
47819 Fairbanks Hospital
51804 First Baptist Church
29422 Faith Presbyterian Church
39334 Healthsouth Rehab Hospital
46384 Central Christian Church
46768 St Thomas Aquinas-Purdue University
City
Batesville
Greenwood
Greenwood
Indianapolis
Indianapolis
Indianapolis
Indianapolis
Indianapolis
Indianapolis
Indianapolis
Indianapolis
Indianapolis
Indianapolis
Kokomo
Kokomo
Terre Haute
West Lafayette
State
IN
IN
IN
IN
IN
IN
IN
IN
IN
IN
IN
IN
IN
IN
IN
IN
IN
Amount
$ 80.31
$ 252.45
$ 190.00
$ 60.00
$ 171.53
$ 115.75
$ 132.00
$ 174.07
$ 175.00
$ 105.93
$ 58.35
$ 222.00
$ 54.00
$ 27.60
$ 16.04
$ 63.00
$ 20.00
$ 1,918.03
09118
Suburban North IG
Group # Name
48032 St. Peter Parish Catholic Church
04179 St Simons Episcopal Church
34091 Belmont Village Assisted Living Faciltiy
51151 Holy Trinity Lutheran Church
34562 St Matthews Church
46438 St Matthews Church
50681 Northwestern Lake Couseling
40646 The Glenview New Church
37421 St Andrews Episcopal Church
22469 Highland Park Hospital
40832 Union Church
33402 St Lawrence Episcopal Church
15457 Niles Community Church
07207 St. Giles Episcopal Varies Church
07972 Saint Marcelline Church
22058 Skokie Hospital
50457 Skokie Hospital
06854 Saint Benedicts Abbey
City
Antioch
Arlington Heights
Buffalo Grove
Elgin
Evanston
Evanston
Fox Lake
Glenview
Grayslake
Highland Park
Lake Bluff
Libertyville
Niles
Northbrook
Schaumburg
Skokie
Skokie
Benet Lake
State
IL
IL
IL
IL
IL
IL
IL
IL
IL
IL
IL
IL
IL
IL
IL
IL
IL
WI
Amount
$ 50.00
$ 109.00
$ 260.00
$ 134.00
$ 510.00
$ 232.96
$ 127.66
$ 35.00
$ 258.93
$ 270.00
$ 65.00
$ 70.50
$ 205.50
$ 163.80
$ 150.00
$ 116.00
$ 272.03
$ 104.02
$ 3,134.40
40

12/30/2011
Contributions to World Service in
2011
Region 05
09134
Central Ohio Service IG
Group # Name
24005 Salvation Army
02089 Northwest Christian Church
08083 Northwest Christian Church
22107 Overbrook Presbyterian Church
29746 Saint Lukes Methodist Church
35369 North Community Lutheran Church
46557 All Saints Lutheran Church
48912 Mother Angeline McCrory Manor
48977 Hilliard Public Library
49978 Chalmers Wylie VA Ambulatory Care Center
29749 St Johns Lutheran Church
50068 St Marks Episcopal Church
00382 Faith Covenant Church, Youth House
23004 Faith Covenant Church
17037 Central Presbyterian Church
City
Cambridge
Columbus
Columbus
Columbus
Columbus
Columbus
Columbus
Columbus
Columbus
Columbus
Columbus (Grove City)
Columbus (Upper Arlington)
Columbus (Westerville)
Columbus (Westerville)
Zanesville
State
OH
OH
OH
OH
OH
OH
OH
OH
OH
OH
OH
OH
OH
OH
OH
Amount
$ 92.16
$ 105.00
$ 146.00
$ 144.00
$ 30.00
$ 129.00
$9.50
$ 61.52
$ 25.00
$ 30.00
$ 111.10
$ 50.04
$ 40.00
$ 396.36
$ 277.37
$ 1,647.05
09141
*Southwest Michigan IG
Group # Name
51889 WOW Center
00069 St Catherine Of Siena Catholic Church
25968 Church of the Epiphany
City
Holland
Portage
South Haven
State
MI
MI
MI
Amount
$ 10.00
$ 10.00
$ 30.00
$ 50.00
09145
Three Rivers IG
Group # Name
02327 First Presbyterian Church
00256 Reliable Cleaning Services
03792 Park Center
37739 Parkview Ymca
47393 St John Lutheran Church
33135 St Joseph Parish Center
51350 Various homes and buildings
22495 Trinity Lutheran Church
City
Elkhart
Fort Wayne
Fort Wayne
Fort Wayne
Fort Wayne
Garrett
Garrett
Goshen
State
IN
IN
IN
IN
IN
IN
IN
IN
Amount
$ 75.00
$ 84.30
$ 115.35
$ 173.02
$ 104.43
$ 18.00
$ 54.30
$ 72.18
$ 696.58
41

12/30/2011
Contributions to World Service in
2011
Region 05
09161
Madison Area IG
Group # Name
51134 Presbyterian Church
00782 St Joseph's Outreach Center (next to city hall)
18324 Meriter Hospital
22626 St. John's Church
22801 Plymouth Congregational Church
32315 St. John's Church
34657 Meriter Hospital
36971 Fitchburg Serenity Club
49495 Dean Clinic East
36517 Mcfarland Municipal Center
City
Cambridge
Hillsboro
Madison
Madison
Madison
Madison
Madison
Madison
Madison
McFarland
State
WI
WI
WI
WI
WI
WI
WI
WI
WI
WI
Amount
$ 21.00
$ 25.00
$ 90.00
$ 44.63
$ 149.81
$ 44.62
$ 300.94
$ 89.93
$ 68.51
$ 105.26
$ 939.70
09168
Chicago West Farout IG
Group # Name
35368 Mercy Center
30514 Fox Valley Unity church
38938 Burr Ridge United Church Of Christ
00937 Lord Of Life Lutheran Church
35752 Lord Of Life Lutheran Church
51048 Lord of Life Lutheran Church
40820 NIU Lagoon-Walk & Talk
45133 Senior Center
04530 St Lukes United Presbyterian Church
47257 St Lukes United Presbyterian Church
32222 Elmhurst Hospital
45132 St Thomas United Methodist
50044 First Congregational Church
08909 Saint Olaf Lutheran Church
31732 Grace United Methodist Church
35325 Grace Lutheran Church
36157 Trinity Lutheran Church
24164 Hosanna Lutheran Church
00804 Saint Paul Lutheran Church
39585 Central Dupage Hospital Bhs
00777 Rush-Copley Healthcare Center
City
Aurora
Batavia
Burr Ridge
Darien
Darien
Darien
De Kalb
De Kalb
Downers Grove
Downers Grove
Elmhurst
Glen Ellyn
La Grange
Montgomery
Naperville
River Forest
Roselle
Saint Charles
Wheaton
Winfield
Yorkville
State
IL
IL
IL
IL
IL
IL
IL
IL
IL
IL
IL
IL
IL
IL
IL
IL
IL
IL
IL
IL
IL
Amount
$ 25.00
$ 79.35
$ 458.10
$ 42.00
$ 40.00
$ 192.30
$ 30.00
$ 30.00
$ 126.00
$ 60.00
$ 180.00
$ 118.37
$ 35.70
$ 120.00
$ 32.09
$ 270.00
$ 123.00
$ 50.00
$ 18.00
$ 173.66
$ 67.80
$ 2,271.37
09175
Greater Dayton IG
Group # Name
13472 Hillcrest Baptist Church
17574 Shiloh Church
21586 Mighty Fortress Church
City
Bellefontaine
Dayton
Dayton (Kettering)
State
OH
OH
OH
Amount
$ 55.47
$ 31.20
$ 42.00
$ 128.67
42

12/30/2011
Contributions to World Service in
2011
Region 05
09180
Southwestern Ontario IG
Group # Name
49473 St Johns Hall, In Eastgate Apt
City
Windsor
State
ON
Amount
$ 50.00
$ 50.00
09201
Northeast Wisconsin IG
Group # Name
31798 Langlade Memorial Hospital
01556 St Bernards
33867 Appleton Medical Center
48452 Unitarian Universalist Fellowship
51443 Appleton Comm. Free Evangelical Church
38435 Covenant Methodist Church
28065 The Bridge
13389 Lakeshore United Methodist Church
40998 Location
39166 St Marks
39254 New London Family Medical Center
00574 Aurora Medical Center
49710 Wild Rose Hospital
27297 Moravian Church
City
Antigo
Appleton
Appleton
Appleton
Appleton
Fond Du Lac
Green Bay
Manitowoc
Manitowoc
Neenah
New London
Two Rivers
Wild Rose
Wisconsin Rapids
State
WI
WI
WI
WI
WI
WI
WI
WI
WI
WI
WI
WI
WI
WI
Amount
$ 42.89
$ 23.10
$ 60.00
$ 21.00
$ 30.00
$ 50.00
$ 10.00
$ 10.00
$ 10.00
$ 12.00
$ 67.00
$ 10.00
$ 12.00
$ 96.00
$ 453.99
09208
Western Michigan IG
Group # Name
47812 Mecosta County General Hospital
50345 North Ottawa Community Hospital
00410 Evergreen Ministries
49919 Evergreen Ministries
16847 Plymouth Congregational Church
50950 Leland Library
41089 Bethany Luthern Church
01953 Forest Park Covenant Church
03411 Our Savior Lutheran Church
50366 Kings Court Movile Home Park
50895 Evangelical Covenant Church -
City
Big Rapids
Grand Haven
Hudsonville
Hudsonville
Kentwood
Leland
Ludington
Muskegon
Scottville
Traverse City
Whitehall
State
MI
MI
MI
MI
MI
MI
MI
MI
MI
MI
MI
Amount
$ 30.00
$ 96.69
$ 60.00
$ 45.00
$ 42.40
$ 31.24
$ 50.00
$ 11.91
$ 80.00
$ 15.00
$ 18.00
$ 480.24
09251
Greater Ann Arbor Area IG
Group # Name
46681 Siena Hgts Univ. Dominican Hall
11595 Mount Hope Church
24484 Christ Presbyterian Church
35698 Sisters Of Notre Dame Provincial House
City
Adrian
Grand Blanc
Toledo
Toledo
State
MI
MI
OH
OH
Amount
$ 10.00
$ 73.50
$ 162.08
$ 61.90
$ 307.48
43

12/30/2011
Contributions to World Service in
2011
Region 05
09274
Crossroads Of Hope IG
Group # Name
20893 Forum Health Northside Hospital
45952 New Life Lutheran Church
47556 Imaging And Diagnostic Center
City
Youngstown
Youngstown
Hermitage
State
OH
OH
PA
Amount
$ 90.00
$ 10.00
$ 20.00
$ 120.00
09291
Northwest Indiana IG
Group # Name
48323 Duneland Health & Wellness Center
50102 Oak Grove Retirement Community
00832 First United Methodist Church
08095 First United Methodist Church
22619 First United Methodist Church
24741 First Christian Reform Church
50824 Lake Station New Chicago Library
14137 St Anthony Memorial Hospital
46764 Barker Hall At Trinity Church
51632 Trinity Church
50967 North Judson Library
41218 Quiet Care
19220 Porter Memorial Hospital
49895 Family Life Center
City
Chesterton
Demotte
Hammond
Hammond
Hammond
Highland
Lake Station
Michigan City
Michigan City
Michigan City
North Judson
South Bend
Valparaiso
Westville
State
IN
IN
IN
IN
IN
IN
IN
IN
IN
IN
IN
IN
IN
IN
Amount
$ 40.53
$ 18.60
$ 17.81
$ 14.20
$ 19.22
$ 16.50
$5.10
$ 42.00
$ 63.00
$ 12.00
$1.05
$ 162.25
$ 40.00
$ 29.25
$ 481.51
09311
Kiss IG
Group # Name
07294 First United Methodist Church
40247 United Presbyterian Church
47740 First United Methodist Church
City
Bloomington
Bloomington
Bloomington
State
IN
IN
IN
Amount
$ 26.27
$ 23.20
$ 70.00
$ 119.47
09354
Jackson Area IG
Group # Name
34924 Dominican Life Center
City
Adrian
State
MI
Amount
$ 25.00
$ 25.00
09373
Mad River Valley IG
Group # Name
40685 Alano Club
City
Springfield
State
OH
Amount
$ 10.00
$ 10.00
44

12/30/2011
Contributions to World Service in
2011
Region 05
09467
Turning Point IG
Group # Name
02041 Northwestern Hospital, Galter Pavilion
03735 Alano Club
04174 Alano Club of the North Side
24094 Hazelden Treatment Center
28216 Our Lady Of The Resurrection
30462 St Scholastica High School
31119 New Town Alano Club
32205 St John Episcopal Church
39338 Illinois Masonic Hospital
39340 Gil Park Field House
39762 Chicago Temple Pierce Hall
41015 St John's Episcopal Church
41018 Illinois Masonic Hospital
49214 St. Margaret-Mary
49809 St. Margaret-Mary
50304 Swedish Covenent Hospital
35993 St Lukes Church
35994 St Lukes Church
31293 Riveredge Hospital
40019 Good Shepherd Lutheran Church
51233 Pilgrim Congregational Church
City
Chicago
Chicago
Chicago
Chicago
Chicago
Chicago
Chicago
Chicago
Chicago
Chicago
Chicago
Chicago
Chicago
Chicago
Chicago
Chicago
Evanston
Evanston
Forest Park
Oak Park
Oak Park
State
IL
IL
IL
IL
IL
IL
IL
IL
IL
IL
IL
IL
IL
IL
IL
IL
IL
IL
IL
IL
IL
Amount
$ 24.00
$ 678.07
$ 30.00
$ 38.35
$ 30.00
$ 80.00
$ 15.50
$ 79.80
$ 265.50
$ 131.80
$ 30.00
$ 151.47
$ 120.00
$ 176.50
$ 30.00
$ 57.00
$ 150.21
$ 10.00
$ 60.00
$ 150.00
$ 120.00
$ 2,428.20
09475
Bluegrass IG
Group # Name
25133 Centenary Methodist Church
City
Lexington
State
KY
Amount
$ 150.00
$ 150.00
09482
Central Illinois IG
Group # Name
00417 Holy Trinity Parish Center
18855 Crosswinds Community Church
26433 Crosswinds Community Church
00755 Wesley United Methodist Church & Foundation
46934 First Presbyterian Church Of Urbana
City
Bloomington
Bloomington
Bloomington
Urbana
Urbana
State
IL
IL
IL
IL
IL
Amount
$ 72.90
$ 60.00
$ 60.00
$5.00
$ 120.00
$ 317.90
45

12/30/2011
Contributions to World Service in
2011
Region 05
09539 Chicago Suburban Southwest IG
Group # Name
04667 Our Savior Lutheran Church
04737 Our Savior Lutheran Church
01232 Washington Park Field House
36275 Chicago High School For Agricultural Sciences
48491 Martin Temple Ame Zion Church
31397 Hyde Park Union Church
47667 Crete Public Library
13296 Little Company of Mary Hospital
47796 1st Assembly Of God Church
49833 First Presbyterian Church
49518 Riverside Medical Center
34566 Mokena Public Library
40607 St John UCC
33054 Salem United Church
40848 Salem United Church
46915 Calvary Church
14691 Palos Heights Christian Reform Church
11921 Faith United Protestant Church
51504 St. Margaret Mercy Hospital
City
State
Burbank
IL
Burbank
IL
Chicago
IL
Chicago
IL
Chicago
IL
Chicago (Hyde Park) IL
Crete
IL
Evergreen Park
IL
Joliet
IL
Joliet
IL
Kankakee
IL
Mokena
IL
Mokena
IL
Oak Lawn
IL
Oak Lawn
IL
Orland Park
IL
Palos Heights
IL
Park Forest
IL
Dyer
IN
Region 05
Amount
$ 174.00
$ 601.95
$ 54.00
$ 288.77
$ 60.00
$ 77.00
$ 90.00
$ 202.75
$ 30.00
$ 21.00
$ 24.90
$ 269.87
$ 104.47
$ 90.00
$ 15.00
$ 168.00
$ 81.00
$ 95.00
$ 36.41
$ 2,484.12
$59,502.16
46

12/30/2011
Contributions to World Service in
2011
Region 06
Intergroups and Unaffiliated Meetings
Group #
51837
51116
51100
50498
00063
49195
50425
50890
09278
09531
09025
09125
09556
09357
09200
09130
09106
09516
09327
09473
09316
09190
09262
09148
09150
09137
09439
09206
09368
09586
09033
09038
09056
09275
09110
09140
09330
09449
09543
Name
City
State
1st Church of Christ
Unionville
CT
Location
Branchport
NY
Cortland Regional Medical Center
Cortland
NY
Trinity Episcopal Church
Fayetteville
NY
The Turning Point
Oneonta
NY
St James Episcopal Church
Oneonta
NY
Terrace Gardens Retirement Home
Toronto
ON
Rutland Turning Point Center
Rutland
VT
Southwestern Connecticut IG Milford CT
South Eastern Connecticut IG West Mystic CT
Mass Bay IG Arlington MA
Cape Cod IG Centerville MA
South Coastal Mass IG Hull MA
Metrowest IG Needham Heights MA
North Shore IG Reading MA
Western Mass IG Springfield MA
Central Massachusetts IG Worcester MA
Central Maine IG Bangor ME
Southern Maine IG Portland ME
Seacoast IG York ME
OANB (New Brunswick IG) Saint John NB
New Hampshire OA IG Derry NH
Nova Scotia IG Lower Sackville NS
Overeaters Anonymous Southern Tier IG Binghamton NY
Bronx IG Bronx NY
Staten Island IG Eltingville NY
Ithaca New York IG Ithaca NY
Mid Hudson IG Monroe NY
Long Island How IG N Babylon NY
R.C.OA IG New City NY
Greater NY OA Metro IG Inc. New York NY
Westchester United IG White Plains NY
Western New York IG Williamsville NY
Ottawa District IG Ottawa ON
Central Ontario IG Toronto ON
Montreal English IG Chomedey Laval QC
Intergroupe OA Quebec Quebec QC
Ocean And Bay IG Providence RI
Green Mountain North IG Burlington VT
Amount
$ 25,907.81
$ 28.47
$ 95.00
$ 99.00
$ 137.45
$ 25.00
$ 25.00
$ 122.12
$5.00
$ 100.00
$ 874.50
$ 888.86
$ 993.58
$ 1,475.93
$ 2,464.60
$ 1,617.29
$ 22.50
$ 10.00
$ 102.63
$ 800.00
$ 1,482.00
$ 240.00
$ 753.27
$ 391.86
$ 200.00
$ 100.00
$ 20.00
$ 61.00
$ 1,600.00
$ 65.40
$ 150.00
$ 168.30
$ 750.00
$ 330.00
$ 15.03
$ 5,144.98
$ 125.00
$ 588.81
$ 472.80
$ 200.00
$ 48,653.19
47

12/30/2011
Contributions to World Service in
2011
Region 06
09025
Mass Bay IG
Group # Name
45148 Ballardvale Community Church
00813 Arlington Senior Center
00166 Youville Hospital Center
45499 Salvation Army
36235 Carney Hospital
19821 St Memorial Hospital
34970 Newton Wellesley Hospital Rm B-2
32247 St Johns Episcopal Church
45063 North Andover Senior Center
45634 St Michael Catholic Church
40962 Caritas Norwood Hospital
38115 Church Of The Good Shepard
24111 Shaughnessy-Kaplan Rehab Center
34757 Shaughnessy Rehab Hospital
45662 Christ Church United Methodist
City
Andover
Arlington
Cambridge
Chelsea
Dorchester
Lowell
Newton
Newtonville
North Andover
North Andover
Norwood
Reading
Salem
Salem
Wellesley
State
MA
MA
MA
MA
MA
MA
MA
MA
MA
MA
MA
MA
MA
MA
MA
Amount
$ 75.00
$ 81.60
$ 427.50
$ 260.00
$ 150.00
$ 23.70
$ 1,416.53
$ 211.95
$ 37.50
$ 50.40
$ 60.00
$ 45.00
$ 92.28
$ 271.54
$ 120.00
$ 3,323.00
48

12/30/2011
Contributions to World Service in
2011
Region 06
09033
Greater NY OA Metro IG Inc.
Group # Name
02048 Coney Island Hospital
21458 The Old Stone House
35740 First Unitarian Church
38445 Highlawn Library
45171 First Unitarian Church
48442 Brooklyn Heights Synagogue
48858 Maimonides Mental Health Ctr
50882 Brooklyn Heights Synagogue
00500 St. Peters Church @ Citicorp Center
03729 St. Veronica's Catholic Church
04272 St Ignatius Loyola Church
07701 Jan Hus Church
12094 LGBT Center
13417 Holy Name Parish Rectory
15778 St Thomas Church
16781 West Side YMCA
25302 Hudson Guild
30345 St Jean Baptiste Community Center
31415 Hudson Guild Community Center
31437 Ramaz 1st Floor
31449 All Angels Church
31462 Gracie Square Hospital
31463 Gracie Square Hospital
31464 Christ & St Stephens Church
35941 Central Synagogue
45158 Ripley-Grier Studios
45163 St Thomas Church
45164 Columbia Presbyterian Hospital
45172 The 4th Universalist Society
45173 Realization Center
45175 Church Of St Paul & St Andrew
46464 Church Of St Paul & St Andrew
46465 Church Of St Paul & St Andrew
47256 Hudson Guild Community Center
47526 Hudson Guild Community Center
47978 Realization Center
47992 LGBT Center
47997 St Thomas Church
47998 Hudson Guild Community Center
47999 LGBT Center
48000 LGBT Center
48004 Hudson Guild Community Center
48017 Holy Trinity Church
48814 The LGBT Community Center
49300 YMCA
00496 Sunnyside Reformed Church
City
Brooklyn
Brooklyn
Brooklyn
Brooklyn
Brooklyn
Brooklyn
Brooklyn
Brooklyn
New York
New York
New York
New York
New York
New York
New York
New York
New York
New York
New York
New York
New York
New York
New York
New York
New York
New York
New York
New York
New York
New York
New York
New York
New York
New York
New York
New York
New York
New York
New York
New York
New York
New York
New York
New York
New York
Sunnyside
State
NY
NY
NY
NY
NY
NY
NY
NY
NY
NY
NY
NY
NY
NY
NY
NY
NY
NY
NY
NY
NY
NY
NY
NY
NY
NY
NY
NY
NY
NY
NY
NY
NY
NY
NY
NY
NY
NY
NY
NY
NY
NY
NY
NY
NY
NY
Amount
$ 75.87
$ 133.34
$ 360.00
$ 37.00
$ 229.55
$ 90.00
$ 50.00
$ 15.00
$ 54.70
$ 567.12
$ 265.85
$ 23.63
$ 30.20
$ 75.00
$ 20.31
$ 131.76
$ 110.70
$ 243.00
$ 328.88
$ 289.15
$ 78.00
$ 222.62
$ 200.93
$ 125.00
$ 180.00
$ 18.90
$ 146.89
$ 30.00
$ 48.63
$7.50
$ 44.64
$ 97.00
$ 31.60
$ 290.70
$ 70.00
$ 156.30
$ 159.81
$ 57.39
$6.79
$ 118.20
$ 76.32
$ 329.55
$ 119.00
$ 253.10
$ 504.22
$ 45.00
$ 6,549.15
49

12/30/2011
Contributions to World Service in
2011
Region 06
09034
Nassau County IG
Group # Name
50277 New Island Hospital
49639 Temple Bethel
01188 Ascension Lutheran Church
50864 Freeport Memorial Library
01371 Parkway Community Church
17780 Parkway Community Church
25336 Parkway Community Church
28686 Levittown Hall
29049 Parkway Community Church
46247 Parkway Community Church
50023 Temple Israel- Kiddush Room
00350 Parkway Community Church
05148 Congregational Church
05822 Unitarian Universalist Church
50356 Unitarian Universalist Congregation Church
08178 John Burns Park
24950 Massapequa Library Bar Harbour Branch
00511 Merrick Library Annex Wing
00892 South Nassau Community Hospital
04973 South Nassau Community Hospital
19694 South Nassau Community Hospital
48709 First United Methodist Church
00945 North Shore Plainview Hospital
02031 North Shore Univ Hospital
31017 North Shore Hospital
City
Bethpage
Cedarhurst
Franklin Square
Freeport
Hicksville
Hicksville
Hicksville
Hicksville
Hicksville
Hicksville
Lawrence
Levittown
Manhasset
Manhasset
Manhasset
Massapequa
Massapequa
Merrick
Oceanside
Oceanside
Oceanside
Oceanside
Plainview
Plainview
Plainview
State
NY
NY
NY
NY
NY
NY
NY
NY
NY
NY
NY
NY
NY
NY
NY
NY
NY
NY
NY
NY
NY
NY
NY
NY
NY
Amount
$ 180.00
$ 32.00
$ 30.00
$ 100.00
$ 60.00
$ 105.00
$ 171.00
$ 215.10
$ 111.00
$ 15.00
$ 45.00
$ 80.00
$ 50.00
$ 430.80
$ 110.00
$ 360.00
$ 60.00
$ 154.48
$ 70.00
$ 667.00
$ 176.00
$ 61.50
$ 77.10
$ 500.00
$ 200.00
$ 4,060.98
09036
Suffolk County IG
Group # Name
25540 St John Nepomucene Church
39217 St Lawrence Of Canterbury
00837 East Islip Public Library
04630 Calvary Lutheran Church
49538 Hauppauge High School
17073 Lutheran Church Of Our Savior
39326 Lutheran Church Of Our Savior
47449 Lutheran Church Of Our Savior
47964 Brookhaven Memorial Hospital
01293 Mather Memorial Hospital
28080 Mather Memorial Hospital
32987 St Charles Hospital
00935 Peconic Bay Medical Center
00953 Peconic Bay Medical Center
49302 Middle Country Public Library-Branch
37707 Long Island State Veterans Home
46619 The North Shore United Methodist Church
City
Bohemia
Dix Hills
East Islip
Hauppauge
Hauppauge
Patchogue
Patchogue
Patchogue
Patchogue
Port Jefferson
Port Jefferson
Port Jefferson
Riverhead
Riverhead
Selden
Stony Brook
Wading River
State
NY
NY
NY
NY
NY
NY
NY
NY
NY
NY
NY
NY
NY
NY
NY
NY
NY
Amount
$ 17.50
$ 10.00
$ 36.00
$ 60.00
$ 20.00
$ 41.00
$ 135.00
$ 30.00
$ 28.00
$ 60.00
$ 30.00
$ 51.00
$ 52.60
$ 15.00
$ 110.00
$ 25.00
$ 60.00
$ 781.10
50

12/30/2011
Contributions to World Service in
2011
Region 06
09038
Westchester United IG
Group # Name
46838 Putnam Community Services, Towne Center
37761 Seventh Day Adventist Church
49225 Katonah United Methodist Church
46308 Town Of Mamaroneck Fire House
01121 United Methodist St. Church
40175 Ossining Community Center
01788 Huguenot Memorial Church
38602 Huguenot Memorial Church
48469 Huguenot Memorial Church
28732 United Methodist Church Of Tarrytown
17757 Presbyterian Church
33291 White Plains Hospital
46371 St Marks Community Center
38273 United Methodist Church
City
Brewster
Hartsdale
Katonah
Larchmont
Mount Kisco
Ossining
Pelham
Pelham
Pelham
Tarrytown
White Plains
White Plains
Yonkers
Yorktown Heights
State
NY
NY
NY
NY
NY
NY
NY
NY
NY
NY
NY
NY
NY
NY
Amount
$ 127.71
$ 28.00
$ 12.00
$ 72.00
$ 412.50
$ 39.60
$ 290.00
$ 30.00
$ 180.00
$ 110.82
$ 210.00
$ 78.00
$ 90.00
$ 45.00
$ 1,725.63
09054
Connecticut IG
Group # Name
50693 Collinsville Congregational Church on the green
17253 Faith Lutheran Church
17557 Enfield Congregational Church
34273 Saint Marys Church
39397 Congregational Church
34617 St Paul's Episcopal Church
36214 St Pauls Episcopal Church
48999 Terryville Congregational Church
37359 Westminster Presbyterian Church
28098 St Pau'ls Lutheran Church
City
Collinsville
East Hartford
Enfield
Manchester
South Glastonbury
Southington
Southington
Terryville
West Hartford
Wethersfield
State
CT
CT
CT
CT
CT
CT
CT
CT
CT
CT
Amount
$ 24.95
$ 19.00
$ 30.00
$ 144.00
$ 20.00
$ 21.00
$ 65.37
$ 13.05
$ 205.57
$ 10.00
$ 552.94
09056
Western New York IG
Group # Name
04957 Trinity Old Lutheran Church
45850 Grace Church
11330 St Stephens Church
30927 Cleveland Heights Christian Church
38127 Mid-Erie Counseling Center
38171 Cleveland Heights Christian Church
04841 St Matthews Church
13808 Kenmore Presbyterian Church
45430 Pilgrim Lutheran Church
46090 Pilgrim Lutheran Church
51472 The Hope Center
51473 The Hope Center
City
Amherst
Buffalo
Cheektowaga
Cheektowaga
Cheektowaga
Cheektowaga
Hamburg
Kenmore
Kenmore
Kenmore
Williamsville
Williamsville
State
NY
NY
NY
NY
NY
NY
NY
NY
NY
NY
NY
NY
Amount
$ 23.00
$ 116.00
$ 183.50
$ 97.00
$ 92.50
$ 76.50
$ 66.00
$ 32.50
$ 14.00
$ 43.50
$1.50
$4.50
$ 750.50
51

12/30/2011
Contributions to World Service in
2011
Region 06
09063
Queens Unity IG
Group # Name
04157 (Rego Park) Library
16787 (Rego Park) Long Island Consultation Center
17981 (Hollis Hills) Chapel Of The Redeemer Church
19925 (Hollis) Hollis Presbyterian Church
24534 (Jamaica) Holliswood Hospital
28996 (Jamaica) Holliswood Hospital
30452 (Hollis Hills) Chapel Of The Redeemer Church
50317 (Flushing) Unity Center Of Flushing
51926 (Hollis Hills) Chapel Of The Redeemer Church
City
Queens
Queens
Queens
Queens
Queens
Queens
Queens
Queens
Queens
State
NY
NY
NY
NY
NY
NY
NY
NY
NY
Amount
$ 120.00
$ 90.00
$ 42.50
$ 142.50
$ 18.00
$ 30.00
$ 42.50
$ 45.00
$5.00
$ 535.50
09067
Greater Syracuse IG
Group # Name
49515 Pebble Hill Presbyterian Church
37788 Christ Episcopal Church
38972 First Baptist Church
49666 Bethany United Methodist Church
City
Dewitt
Manlius
Oneida
Watertown
State
NY
NY
NY
NY
Amount
$ 10.00
$ 41.44
$ 57.60
$ 10.00
$ 119.04
09079
NYS Capital District IG
Group # Name
26970 VA Hospital
39167 St Peters Hospital
41284 The Unity Church
35476 Evergreen Commons
48697 Evergreen Commons
32843 Queensbury United Methodist Church
49152 St. Josephs Church: in brick Rectory
50297 Christ Episcopal Church
46211 Will Rogers Saranac Village
37190 Nolan House Ne Presbyterian Church
50145 Sunnyview Hospital
36478 Pine Knolls Alliance Church
38628 Bennington Free Library
City
Albany
Albany
Albany
East Greenbush
East Greenbush
Glens Falls
Greenwich
Hudson
Saranac Lake
Saratoga Springs
Schenectady
South Glens Falls
Bennington
State
NY
NY
NY
NY
NY
NY
NY
NY
NY
NY
NY
NY
VT
Amount
$ 372.00
$ 314.00
$ 36.00
$ 75.00
$ 75.00
$ 30.00
$ 120.00
$ 40.43
$ 40.00
$ 185.00
$ 150.00
$ 60.00
$ 57.90
$ 1,555.33
52

12/30/2011
Contributions to World Service in
2011
Region 06
09106
Central Massachusetts IG
Group # Name
21415 The Highlands
51534 Madonna of the Holy Rosary Church
10899 Legend Rehabilitation & Nursing Center
24214 Leominster Hospital
37222 Leominster Hospital
23052 Veteran's Inc.
24451 Southboro Public Library
35955 St Michaels On The Heights
47961 Unitarian Universalist Church
City
Fitchburg
Fitchburg
Gardner
Leominster
Leominster
Shrewsbury
Southborough
Worcester
Worcester
State
MA
MA
MA
MA
MA
MA
MA
MA
MA
Amount
$ 10.00
$ 10.00
$ 12.31
$ 10.00
$ 10.00
$ 10.00
$ 60.00
$ 25.00
$ 20.00
$ 167.31
09125
Cape Cod IG
Group # Name
38593 South Dennis Police Department
City
Cape Cod (South Dennis)
State
MA
Amount
$ 129.30
$ 129.30
09130
Western Mass IG
Group # Name
48402 Pilgrim House
48177 South Congregational Church
31670 Faith United Methodist Church
18016 St Davids
46942 St Davids Episcopal Church
00980 Fairview Hopital Ambulance Garage
23196 Fairview Hospital
32448 Fairview Hospital
32106 St James Church
25365 Holyoke Medical Center
45495 Berkshire Mall Community Rm
34696 Lenox Community Center
04267 First Church
28818 First Church Of Christ
36354 1st Church Of Christ
45156 Cooley Dickinson Hospital
50748 Masonic Building - Friends Meeting House
50141 Pelham Community Center--Library
04387 Location
48371 Southwick Congregational Church
03263 St Barnabas And All Saints Church
16748 Grace Lutheran Church
02642 Church Of Atonement
City
Canaan
Amherst
Chicopee
Feeding Hills
Feeding Hills
Great Barrington
Great Barrington
Great Barrington
Greenfield
Holyoke
Lanesborough
Lenox
Longmeadow
Longmeadow
Longmeadow
Northampton
Northampton
Pelham
Pittsfield
Southwick
Springfield
West Springfield
Westfield
State
CT
MA
MA
MA
MA
MA
MA
MA
MA
MA
MA
MA
MA
MA
MA
MA
MA
MA
MA
MA
MA
MA
MA
Amount
$ 40.00
$ 49.45
$ 229.00
$ 96.00
$ 30.50
$ 78.00
$ 90.00
$ 64.50
$ 30.00
$ 13.00
$ 90.09
$ 50.00
$ 90.00
$ 252.00
$ 87.30
$ 22.86
$ 18.00
$ 71.70
$ 50.00
$ 53.50
$ 60.00
$ 10.00
$ 54.00
$ 1,629.90
53

12/30/2011
Contributions to World Service in
2011
Region 06
09137 Staten Island IG
Group # Name
00776 St Andrews Church
16559 St Andrews Church
17545 St Andrews Church
20770 St Andrews Church
21292 St Andrews Church
40470 Staten Island University Hospital
49552 Staten Island University Hospital N
09140 Montreal English IG
Group # Name
00672 AGAPE
05255 St Genevieve United Church
09150 Bronx IG
Group # Name
46275 Calvery Hospital
City
State
Staten Island
NY
Staten Island
NY
Staten Island
NY
Staten Island
NY
Staten Island
NY
Staten Island
NY
Staten Island
NY
City
State
Montreal (Chomedy) QC
Montreal (Dollard Des Ormeau QC
City
State
Bronx
NY
Amount
$ 20.00
$ 20.00
$ 20.00
$ 20.00
$ 20.00
$ 83.31
$ 30.00
$ 213.31
Amount
$ 35.05
$ 35.05
$ 70.10
Amount
$ 10.00
$ 10.00
54

12/30/2011
Contributions to World Service in
2011
Region 06
09190
New Hampshire OA IG
Group # Name
47049 Christs Church Of Amherst
00947 Bethany Covenant Church
49151 St Elizabeth Seton Parish
49228 St Joseph Church
08468 East Congregational Ucc
47647 South Congregational Church
24472 Marian Gerrish Community Center
40908 Marian Gerrish Community Center
45144 First Parish Congregational Church
51424 St. Matthew's Church
46146 Hollis Congregational Church
22474 St Andrews Parish Library
47666 Keene Public Library Green Rm
45936 United Methodist Church
51079 Alice Peck Day Hospital
37178 Elliot Hospital
46164 Brookside Congregational Church
49532 Brookside Congregational Church
30600 St Josephs Hospital, Carl Amelio Rm
35286 Main Street Methodist Church
40476 Main Street Methodist Church
40655 Emmanuel Covenant Church
00541 First Baptist Church
47951 Brattleboro Memorial Hospital
49504 Samuel Elliot Apartment Building
51330 Brattleboro Memorial Hospital
City
Amherst
Bedford
Bedford
Belmont
Concord
Concord
Derry
Derry
Derry
Goffstown
Hollis
Hopkinton
Keene
Lebanon
Lebanon
Manchester
Manchester
Manchester
Nashua
Nashua
Nashua
Nashua
New London
Brattleboro
Brattleboro
Brattleboro
State
NH
NH
NH
NH
NH
NH
NH
NH
NH
NH
NH
NH
NH
NH
NH
NH
NH
NH
NH
NH
NH
NH
NH
VT
VT
VT
Amount
$ 228.20
$ 316.54
$ 352.57
$ 60.00
$ 22.00
$ 173.99
$ 123.88
$ 237.81
$ 100.62
$ 27.00
$ 200.00
$ 87.35
$ 84.60
$ 18.00
$ 29.92
$6.10
$ 76.20
$ 334.17
$ 427.74
$ 86.27
$ 116.10
$ 20.00
$ 49.95
$ 47.80
$ 10.00
$ 47.76
$ 3,284.57
09200
North Shore IG
Group # Name
45029 Manchester Community Center
City
Manchester By The Sea
State
MA
Amount
$ 50.00
$ 50.00
09206
Mid Hudson IG
Group # Name
20165 Cornwall United Methodist Church
36099 Cornwall United Methodist Church
27316 Family Of Ellenville
01598 Catskill Regional Medical Center
01357 High Falls Community Church
47415 Family Of New Platz
48932 Lutheran Church Parish Hall
38963 Christ The King Episcopal Church
27311 Woodridge Municipal Building
22578 Woodstock Reformed Church
City
Cornwall
Cornwall
Ellenville
Harris
High Falls
New Paltz
Red Hook
Stone Ridge
Woodridge
Woodstock
State
NY
NY
NY
NY
NY
NY
NY
NY
NY
NY
Amount
$ 75.00
$ 15.00
$ 30.00
$ 127.69
$ 24.00
$ 20.00
$ 60.90
$ 70.00
$ 37.80
$3.00
$ 463.39
55

12/30/2011
Contributions to World Service in
2011
Region 06
09262
Nova Scotia IG
Group # Name
19740 St James Church
00361 Location
City
Hammonds Plain
Charlottetown
State
NS
PE
Amount
$ 50.00
$ 30.00
$ 80.00
09275
Ottawa District IG
Group # Name
38440 Fall Island Trinity Church
49852 Pilgram Reader Books
49918 Meeting House
37085 Royal Canadian Legion - Bells Corners Branch #593
50786 Nepean Museum
08847 Mcnabb Community Center
08866 Mcnabb Community Centre
47515 Salvation Army Family Centre
City
Potsdam
Combermere
Kingston
Nepean
Nepean
Ottawa
Ottawa
Perth
State
NY
ON
ON
ON
ON
ON
ON
ON
Amount
$3.97
$ 10.00
$ 100.00
$ 76.50
$ 25.35
$ 60.00
$ 165.00
$ 28.00
$ 468.82
09278
Southwestern Connecticut IG
Group # Name
51221 St. Peter's Episcopal Church
18147 El Dorado Center For Behavioral Health
19472 El Dorado Center For Behavioral Health
49326 Location
27850 Darien Norwalk Ywca
27859 Darien-Norwalk Ywca
35263 Sacred Heart University
17250 First United Methodist Church of Greenwich
20928 First United Methodist Church
00870 Christ Episcopal Church
00857 Mary Taylor Church
47135 Trinity Lutheran Church
50887 Mary Taylor Church school building
47811 Immanuel Lutheran Church
39634 Church of the Redeemer
47494 Center Church Parish House
50722 Center Church on the Green Parish House
14098 1st Congregational Church
35269 All St Episcopal Church
39633 St Pauls Episcopal Church
45143 Trinity Episcopal Church
45608 Trinity Episcopal Church
22445 First Congregational Church
19369 Christ Episcopal Church
36141 Grace Lutheran Church
City
Cheshire
Danbury
Danbury
Danbury
Darien
Darien
Fairfield
Greenwich
Greenwich
Guilford
Milford
Milford
Milford
Naugatuck
New Haven
New Haven
New Haven
Norwalk
Oakville
Shelton
Southport
Southport
Stamford
Stratford
Stratford
State
CT
CT
CT
CT
CT
CT
CT
CT
CT
CT
CT
CT
CT
CT
CT
CT
CT
CT
CT
CT
CT
CT
CT
CT
CT
Amount
$ 51.00
$ 169.63
$ 44.00
$ 69.30
$ 206.41
$ 48.62
$ 139.52
$ 25.00
$ 60.00
$ 120.00
$ 75.00
$ 57.00
$ 18.00
$ 140.00
$ 60.00
$ 39.80
$ 48.65
$ 180.00
$ 75.00
$ 18.00
$ 75.00
$ 75.00
$ 88.05
$ 55.50
$ 149.10
$ 2,087.58
56

12/30/2011
Contributions to World Service in
2011
Region 06
09316
OANB (New Brunswick IG)
Group # Name
50836 Miramichi Regional Hospital
City
Miramichi
State
NB
Amount
$ 19.50
$ 19.50
09327
Southern Maine IG
Group # Name
34713 Maine General Hospital
23741 Midcoast Hospital
37459 St. Pauls Episcopal Church
50927 Brunswick Seventh-day Adventist Church
50024 Central Maine Medical Ctr
40258 Maine Medical Center
40294 Woodfords Congregational Church
46925 Maine Medical Center/Brighton Campus
26987 W Scarborough Methodist Church
38864 West Scarborough Methodist Church
City
Augusta
Brunswick
Brunswick
Brunswick
Lewiston
Portland
Portland
Portland
West Scarborough
West Scarborough
State
ME
ME
ME
ME
ME
ME
ME
ME
ME
ME
Amount
$ 64.47
$ 60.00
$ 50.00
$ 51.50
$ 100.00
$ 300.00
$ 30.00
$ 121.75
$ 116.40
$ 250.50
$ 1,144.62
09357
Metrowest IG
Group # Name
00335 Acton Congregational Church
45610 Robins Library
35562 The Paulist Center
19695 Brighton Marine Health Center
21664 All Saints Parish
00294 First Congregational Church
00745 University Lutheran Church
48844 First Congregational Church
50331 First Congregational Church
01867 Metrowest Medical Ctr, Framingham Union Hospital
15043 Metrowest Medical Center
18990 Metrowest Medical Center
22935 Metrowest Medical Center
18980 1st Congregational Church
19132 Holliston Fire Station
31285 1st United Methodist Church
32696 Farnsworth House
12877 Temple Israel
18460 Temple Israel
03476 Stephen Palmer Senior Center
36919 Stephen Palmer Senior Center
47571 Eliot Church
38116 Elliot Church Of Newton
38114 Southborough Library
39733 St John's Lutheran Church
40388 West Roxbury Va Hospital
25617 First Parish Of Westwood
City
Acton
Arlington
Boston
Brighton
Brookline
Cambridge
Cambridge
Cambridge
Cambridge
Framingham
Framingham
Framingham
Framingham
Holliston
Holliston
Hudson
Jamaica Plain
Natick
Natick
Needham
Needham
Newton
Newton Corner
Southborough
Sudbury
West Roxbury
Westwood
State
MA
MA
MA
MA
MA
MA
MA
MA
MA
MA
MA
MA
MA
MA
MA
MA
MA
MA
MA
MA
MA
MA
MA
MA
MA
MA
MA
Amount
$ 15.00
$ 25.50
$9.00
$ 15.00
$ 130.50
$ 105.00
$ 132.00
$ 45.00
$ 90.00
$ 100.20
$ 120.00
$ 77.90
$ 51.00
$ 97.50
$ 100.50
$ 51.00
$ 368.10
$ 30.37
$ 45.00
$7.50
$ 25.53
$ 164.00
$ 66.90
$ 15.00
$9.00
$ 115.50
$ 247.00
$ 2,259.00
57

12/30/2011
Contributions to World Service in
2011
Region 06
09368
Long Island How IG
Group # Name
49322 Salisbury Park
21870 St. Rose Of Lima Church
City
East Meadow
Massapequa
State
NY
NY
Amount
$ 60.00
$ 117.00
$ 177.00
09392
Island IG
Group # Name
00033 Mary Queen Of The World Church
19038 St James United Church
27772 St Thomas Church
50097 Aspens & Oaks
City
Mount Pearl
St John's
St John's
St John's
State
NL
NL
NL
NL
Amount
$ 213.47
$ 144.11
$ 140.00
$ 38.40
$ 535.98
09439
Ithaca New York IG
Group # Name
44039 Mennonite Community Center
City
Corning
State
NY
Amount
$ 58.86
$ 58.86
09449
Ocean And Bay IG
Group # Name
49382 Riverside Congregational Church
00415 Middletown Police Station
38721 Newport County YMCA
00908 St .marys Parish House
51375 Kent County Hospital
City
East Providence
Middletown
Middletown
Portsmouth
Warwick
State
RI
RI
RI
RI
RI
Amount
$ 24.00
$ 52.00
$ 95.40
$7.00
$ 50.00
$ 228.40
09516
Central Maine IG
Group # Name
00694 Hamond St Congregational Church
11864 Willette Conference Room
39319 St Josephs Hospital
23865 St Peter's Episcopal Church
45431 First Congregational Church,
City
Bangor
Bangor
Bangor
Rockland
Waterville
State
ME
ME
ME
ME
ME
Amount
$ 88.00
$ 152.30
$ 15.00
$ 15.00
$ 20.54
$ 290.84
58

12/30/2011
Contributions to World Service in
2011
Region 06
09543
Green Mountain North IG
Group # Name
00787 CVPH Medical Center
38265 Fanny Allen Hospital-Fahc
38210 1st Congregational Church
16081 Jericho United Methodist Church
00667 Johnson Municipal Building
46035 First Congregational Church
31960 Northeast Vermont Regional Hospital
31962 Northeast Vermont Regional Hospital
50535 Turning Point Club
City
Plattsburgh
Colchester
Essex Junction
Jericho
Johnson
Morrisville
Saint Johnsbury
Saint Johnsbury
Wilder
State
NY
VT
VT
VT
VT
VT
VT
VT
VT
Amount
$ 50.00
$ 82.69
$ 171.00
$ 32.00
$ 85.00
$ 17.00
$ 101.53
$ 101.55
$ 105.00
$ 745.77
09556
South Coastal Mass IG
Group # Name
04986 Saint Bridgets
00720 First Congregational Church
22959 1st Congregational Church
24276 First Congregational Church
26706 Church of St. John the Evangalist
49139 Holy Trinity Lutheran Church
22331 House Of Prayer Lutheran Church
38098 House Of Prayer Lutheran Church
40881 House Of Prayer Lutheran Church
25339 United Church Of Christ
36400 St Gabriels Church
39480 St Gabriels Church
41086 Plainville United Methodist
28542 Jordan Hospital
07079 Stoughton Public Library
22103 Stoughton Library
23649 Goddard Center
City
Abington
Braintree
Braintree
Braintree
Duxbury
Easton
Hingham
Hingham
Hingham
Lakeville
Marion
Marion
Plainville
Plymouth
Stoughton
Stoughton
Stoughton
State
MA
MA
MA
MA
MA
MA
MA
MA
MA
MA
MA
MA
MA
MA
MA
MA
MA
Amount
$ 22.50
$ 40.50
$ 133.50
$ 135.00
$ 52.50
$ 15.00
$ 24.00
$ 30.00
$ 45.00
$ 60.00
$ 15.00
$ 15.00
$ 90.00
$ 30.00
$ 30.00
$ 15.00
$ 12.00
$ 765.00
09586
R.C.OA IG
Group # Name
39011 St Stephens Church
City
Pearl River
State
NY
Region 06
Amount
$ 55.00
$ 55.00
$83,540.61
59

12/30/2011
Contributions to World Service in
2011
Region 07
Intergroups and Unaffiliated Meetings
Group #
47570
50557
17502
27769
36365
48696
45643
51429
00639
18466
39605
50802
09088
09509
09031
09057
09344
09520
09069
09170
09465
09197
09098
09045
09044
09207
09253
09136
Name
City
State
Shomrei Emunah Congregation
Baltimore
MD
The Serenity Center
Columbia
MD
St Stevens Lutheran Church
Erie
PA
Mount Calvary Lutheran Church
Erie
PA
Elmwood Presbyterian Church
Erie
PA
First Reformed United Church Of Christ
Sunbury
PA
Agape Fellowship
Williamsport
PA
Saint Benedict Monastery
Bristow
VA
First Baptist Church
Charlottesville
VA
Christ Episcopal Church
Charlottesville
VA
Trinity Episcopal Church
Charlottesville
VA
Haygood United Methodist Church
Virginia Beach
VA
Baltimore Area IG Baltimore MD
Northern Blue Ridge IG Frederick MD
Central Jersey IG Cranford NJ
North Jersey IG Fair Lawn NJ
Jersey Shore IG Manahawkin NJ
West Jersey IG Parsippany NJ
South Jersey IG Voorhees NJ
Penn-Jersey IG Allentown PA
Lackawanna Area IG Clarks Summit PA
South Central Penn IG Fleetwood PA
Northeastern PA IG Kingston PA
Greater Pittsburgh IG Pittsburgh PA
PA IG Philadelphia Area IG Warminster PA
Central Virginia IG Richmond VA
Southwestern Virginia Agape IG Roanoke VA
Tidewater IG Virginia Beach VA
Amount
$ 18,492.23
$ 121.60
$7.00
$5.00
$ 35.00
$ 16.85
$ 50.00
$ 100.00
$ 23.25
$ 66.00
$ 22.09
$ 150.00
$ 15.00
$ 384.93
$ 659.30
$ 1,380.00
$ 4,157.37
$ 2,816.05
$ 1,180.00
$ 640.00
$ 1,000.00
$ 125.00
$ 600.00
$ 200.00
$ 660.00
$ 1,100.00
$ 1,000.00
$ 166.76
$ 229.00
$ 35,402.43
60

12/30/2011
Contributions to World Service in
2011
Region 07
09015
Washington Dc Area IG
Group # Name
31854 Saint Thomas Episcopal Church
37429 Church Of The Reformation
38537 Washington Hebrew Congregation
39659 Triangle Club
39747 Saint Columba's Church
50105 UDC, Van Ness Campus
50117 Chevy Chase Presbyterian Church
03361 United Church Of Christ
48181 United Church Of Christ
00662 St Andrews Episcopal Church
00112 Ascension House
40149 Church Of The Ascension
49319 Grace United Methodist Church
01498 Greenbelt Baptist Church
40880 180 Club
49950 Holy Redeemer Catholic Church
01531 Faith United Methodist Church
40148 Rockville Church Of Christ
01705 Memorial United Methodist Church
30114 Holy Cross Hospital
38457 Holy Cross Hospital
45416 St Luke's Lutheran Church
47971 Riderwood Village
City
Washington
Washington
Washington
Washington
Washington
Washington
Washington
Bethesda
Bethesda
College Park
Gaithersburg
Gaithersburg
Gaithersburg
Greenbelt
Hyattsville
Kensington
Rockville
Rockville
Silver Spring
Silver Spring
Silver Spring
Silver Spring
Silver Spring
State
DC
DC
DC
DC
DC
DC
DC
MD
MD
MD
MD
MD
MD
MD
MD
MD
MD
MD
MD
MD
MD
MD
MD
Amount
$ 40.00
$ 148.00
$ 34.20
$ 30.00
$ 240.00
$ 30.00
$ 39.93
$ 537.90
$ 405.98
$ 30.00
$ 246.00
$ 150.00
$ 30.00
$ 90.00
$ 30.00
$ 203.19
$ 54.00
$ 104.40
$ 120.30
$ 1,057.56
$ 157.01
$ 147.00
$ 190.50
$ 4,115.97
61

12/30/2011
Contributions to World Service in
2011
Region 07
09031
Central Jersey IG
Group # Name
20848 The Church In Brielle
49559 Califon United Methodist Church
00332 St. Davids Episcopal Church
10966 Calvary Lutheran Church
00581 St. James Memorial Church
50756 St. James Memorial Church
19592 Temple Emanu-El
45567 Hunterdon Medical Center
49555 Pride Center Of NJ
50193 Reformed Church Of Highland Park
47678 Hillsborough Fellowship Bible Church
37949 St Veronicas Church
46774 Community Covenant Church
02619 Cross Of Glory Lutheran Church
37901 Cross Of Glory Lutheran Church
18182 First Presbyterian Church
46167 Jersey Shore Medical Center
22395 New Providence United Methodist Church
39823 Raritan Bay Medical Center, Ferry Rd off Rt. 18
51108 St. Francis Episcopal Church
14022 Unitarian Universalist Church
23658 Unitarian Universalist Church of Princton
41107 Robet Wood Johnson UH at Rahway
46150 Robert Wood Johnson UH at Rahway
06772 United Methodist Church
19994 First Baptist Church
31108 Mary Jacobs Memorial Library
23033 Scotch Plains Baptist Church
51161 The Presbyterian Church of Shrewsbury
23995 Wilson Memorial Church
City
Brielle
Califon
Cranbury
Cranford
Eatontown
Eatontown
Edison
Flemington
Highland Park
Highland Park
Hillsborough
Howell
Laurence Harbor
Matawan
Matawan
Metuchen
Neptune
New Providence
Old Bridge
Piscataway/Dunellen
Princeton
Princeton
Rahway
Rahway
Red Bank
Red Bank
Rocky Hill
Scotch Plains
Shrewsbury
Watchung
State
NJ
NJ
NJ
NJ
NJ
NJ
NJ
NJ
NJ
NJ
NJ
NJ
NJ
NJ
NJ
NJ
NJ
NJ
NJ
NJ
NJ
NJ
NJ
NJ
NJ
NJ
NJ
NJ
NJ
NJ
Amount
$ 105.00
$ 93.33
$ 40.00
$ 146.00
$ 10.00
$ 23.10
$ 340.00
$ 224.00
$ 86.00
$ 10.00
$ 69.00
$ 30.00
$ 135.00
$ 30.00
$ 90.00
$ 61.50
$ 90.00
$ 19.00
$ 40.00
$ 92.00
$ 179.97
$ 270.00
$ 180.00
$ 60.00
$ 259.00
$ 43.20
$ 21.00
$ 30.00
$ 22.50
$ 37.50
$ 2,837.10
62

12/30/2011
Contributions to World Service in
2011
Region 07
09044
PA IG Philadelphia Area IG
Group # Name
05182 Eddington Presbyterian Church
46067 Cairncrest
49797 Doylestown Hospital
25148 St Lukes Lutheran Church
30184 St Albert The Great
00430 Church Of The Messiah
37046 Friends Meeting House
26822 Redeemer Lutheran Church Friday Night Live
45984 Redeemer Lutheran Church
00481 Hahnemann/ Drexel University - 3rd fl, room 3208
22401 William Way Community Center
25284 Roxborough Memorial Hospital
32355 First Baptist Church
32822 Nazareth Hospital
33813 Bustleton Free Library
37101 Roxborough Memorial Hospital
46302 St. Marys Episcopal Church
51324 Nazareth Hospital
48318 1st United Church
23924 Penn Foundation
48431 Good Sheppard Church
16598 Hatboro Federal Savings
45366 Warminster Presbyterian Church
47224 St. Andrews United Methodist Church
City
Bensalem
Bryn Athyn
Doylestown
Dublin
Huntingdon Valley
Lower Gwynedd
Newtown
Penndel
Penndel
Philadelphia
Philadelphia
Philadelphia
Philadelphia
Philadelphia
Philadelphia
Philadelphia
Philadelphia
Philadelphia
Quakertown
Sellersville
Southampton
Warminster
Warminster
Warminster
State
PA
PA
PA
PA
PA
PA
PA
PA
PA
PA
PA
PA
PA
PA
PA
PA
PA
PA
PA
PA
PA
PA
PA
PA
Amount
$ 354.27
$ 114.00
$ 76.87
$ 184.57
$ 162.16
$ 30.00
$ 89.23
$ 509.17
$ 86.70
$ 12.00
$ 66.00
$ 315.00
$ 51.30
$ 95.00
$ 25.00
$ 20.40
$ 15.00
$ 135.00
$ 120.00
$ 60.00
$ 60.00
$ 450.00
$ 307.80
$ 30.00
$ 3,369.47
63

12/30/2011
Contributions to World Service in
2011
Region 07
09045
Greater Pittsburgh IG
Group # Name
49332 Memorial Park Presbyterian Church
45420 Community United Methodist Church
35744 Trinity Episcopal Church
00242 UPMC Bedford Memorial Hospital
38451 Agh Suburban Campus Hospital
46206 Agh Suburban Campus Hospital
47733 St Annes Church
40088 Cranberry Municipal Bldg
16716 Rocky Grove Presbyterian Church
49691 former Steps In Time Bookstore
37759 Homestead Avenue United Methodist Church
50003 Bethel United Methodist Church
05339 Monessen Public Library
18053 Good Shepherd Lutheran Church
26529 Monroeville Public Library
08183 Mt Lebanon United Pres Church
35379 Asbury Heights
38284 Asbury Heights
39185 First Presbyterian Church
46651 Eastminster Presbyterian Church
47045 East Liberty Presbyterian Church
40871 The Union Project
00972 Church Of The Acsension
27279 Bellefield Presbyterian Church
35382 United Cerebral Palsy of Greater Pittsburgh
45564 Church of the Ascension
30636 Hillman Cancer Center
35532 Calvary Episcopal Church
38180 First Unitarian Church
50391 Aleph Institute
32035 The Presbyterian Church
40275 Pittsburgh Mennonite Church
47701 St Peters Church
48922 West View United Methodist Church
30840 Perry Highway Lutheran Church
36017 Wheeling Hospital
40050 Ohio County Public LIbrary
City
Allison Park
Aspinwall
Beaver
Bedford (Everett)
Bellevue
Bellevue
Castle Shannon
Cranberry
Franklin
Homestead
Johnstown
Lower Burrell
Monessen (Westmoreland)
Monroeville
Monroeville
Mount Lebanon
Mount Lebanon
Mount Lebanon
Pittsburgh (Downtown)
Pittsburgh (East Liberty)
Pittsburgh (East Liberty)
Pittsburgh (Highland Park)
Pittsburgh (Oakland)
Pittsburgh (Oakland)
Pittsburgh (Oakland)
Pittsburgh (Oakland)
Pittsburgh (Shadyside)
Pittsburgh (Shadyside)
Pittsburgh (Shadyside)
Pittsburgh (Squirrel Hill)
Sewickley
Swissvale
Uniontown
Westview
Wexford
Wheeling
Wheeling
State
PA
PA
PA
PA
PA
PA
PA
PA
PA
PA
PA
PA
PA
PA
PA
PA
PA
PA
PA
PA
PA
PA
PA
PA
PA
PA
PA
PA
PA
PA
PA
PA
PA
PA
PA
WV
WV
Amount
$ 14.84
$ 368.82
$ 114.00
$ 30.00
$ 45.00
$ 90.00
$ 180.00
$ 574.50
$ 30.00
$5.18
$ 25.00
$ 184.50
$ 30.00
$ 66.00
$ 90.00
$ 90.00
$ 75.00
$ 60.00
$ 15.00
$ 112.80
$ 17.88
$ 24.50
$ 96.90
$ 96.35
$ 60.00
$ 133.80
$ 145.88
$ 148.80
$ 12.78
$ 115.00
$ 134.48
$ 48.00
$ 10.00
$ 25.00
$ 105.00
$ 45.00
$ 45.00
$ 3,465.01
09057
North Jersey IG
Group # Name
27934 United Methodist Church
27668 Gloria Dei Lutheran
City
Berkeley Heights
Chatham
State
NJ
NJ
Amount
$ 198.53
$ 2,086.38
$ 2,284.91
64

12/30/2011
Contributions to World Service in
2011
Region 07
09069
South Jersey IG
Group # Name
40170 Burlington Mall Ministry
45032 Burlington Mall Ministry
20100 Kennedy Memorial Hospital
22705 Kennedy Memorial Hospital
29087 Kennedy Memorial Hospital
34201 Kennedy Memorial Hospital
46122 Temple Emanuel
04374 Bethany Presbyterian Church
49142 Presbyterian Church
23945 St Marks United Methodist Church
34031 St Marks United Methodist Church
00952 Prince of Peace Lutheran Church
38588 Prince Of Peace Lutheran Church
38950 Prince Of Peace Lutheran Church
46193 Prince Of Peace Lutheran Church
46170 Grace St Pauls Episcopal
46171 Grace St Pauls Episcopal
48727 Grace St Pauls Episcopal
30224 First Presbyterian Church
04791 St Mathew's Lutheran Church
40057 Gloucester County Library
38589 Kennedy Memorial Hospital
38951 Stratford JFK Hospital
48253 Vineland 1st Church Of Nazarene
49247 Vineland 1st Church Of Nazerene
39524 Hope United Methodist Church
08392 St Marks Episcopal Church
49344 Underwood Memorial Hospital
City
Burlington
Burlington
Cherry Hill
Cherry Hill
Cherry Hill
Cherry Hill
Cherry Hill
Haddon Heights
Haddonfield
Hamilton Square
Hamilton Square
Marlton
Marlton
Marlton
Marlton
Mercerville
Mercerville
Mercerville
Merchantville
Moorestown
Mullica Hill
Stratford
Stratford
Vineland
Vineland
Voorhees
Williamstown
Woodbury
State
NJ
NJ
NJ
NJ
NJ
NJ
NJ
NJ
NJ
NJ
NJ
NJ
NJ
NJ
NJ
NJ
NJ
NJ
NJ
NJ
NJ
NJ
NJ
NJ
NJ
NJ
NJ
NJ
Amount
$ 77.49
$ 69.60
$ 102.60
$ 185.12
$ 240.00
$ 120.63
$ 110.32
$ 90.00
$ 30.00
$ 15.00
$ 15.00
$ 124.00
$ 171.00
$ 312.00
$ 40.00
$ 61.85
$ 61.86
$ 61.86
$ 87.00
$ 345.00
$ 120.00
$ 25.00
$ 96.10
$ 35.00
$ 22.00
$ 135.00
$ 84.60
$8.06
$ 2,846.09
65

12/30/2011
Contributions to World Service in
2011
Region 07
09088
Baltimore Area IG
Group # Name
00318 Bnai Jacob Shaarei Zion Synagogue
12423 First English Lutheran Church
20936 First English Lutheran Church
23146 Second Presbyterian Church
35097 Church Of The Redeemer
45417 First English Lutheran Church
47706 Etz Chaim Center-Pikesville
49643 St. Peter's Evangel Lutheran Church
50092 Baltimore Hebrew Congregation
06324 Salem Lutheran Church
23054 Serenity Center
36525 Serenity Center
46205 Serenity Center
48113 Medical Pavilion at Howard County
35284 St Johns United Methodist Church
18117 United Methodist Church
51204 St Timothy Lutheran Church
47567 Calvary Baptist Church
City
Baltimore
Baltimore
Baltimore
Baltimore
Baltimore
Baltimore
Baltimore
Baltimore
Baltimore
Catonsville
Columbia
Columbia
Columbia
Columbia
Lutherville
Parkville
Timonium (Baltimore)
Towson
State
MD
MD
MD
MD
MD
MD
MD
MD
MD
MD
MD
MD
MD
MD
MD
MD
MD
MD
Amount
$ 317.46
$ 10.00
$ 143.20
$ 15.00
$ 160.21
$ 75.89
$ 60.00
$ 16.50
$ 80.00
$ 31.69
$ 37.20
$ 27.30
$ 75.00
$ 75.00
$ 91.73
$ 209.70
$ 10.00
$ 279.66
$ 1,715.54
09098
Northeastern PA IG
Group # Name
32306 Beaver Memorial United Meth Church
49452 Town Hill Methodist Church
City
Lewisburg
Shickshinny
State
PA
PA
Amount
$ 200.00
$ 75.00
$ 275.00
09136
Tidewater IG
Group # Name
21650 St Thomas Eposcipal Church
02907 Denbigh First Presbyterian Church
25486 Hidenwood Presbyterian Church
38782 Emmanuel Episcopal Church
39743 Eastern Shore Chapel
46141 Emmanuel Episcopal Church
City
Chesapeake
Newport News
Newport News
Virginia Beach
Virginia Beach
Virginia Beach
State
VA
VA
VA
VA
VA
VA
Amount
$ 357.58
$ 33.90
$ 60.00
$ 162.00
$ 44.44
$ 297.80
$ 955.72
09158
Diamond State IG
Group # Name
46510 Newark United Church Of Christ
12973 St Barnabas Episcopal Church
50236 Aldersgate United Methodist Church
47693 Buckingham Presbyterian Church
39544 Christ United Methodist Church
City
Newark
Wilmington
Wilmington
Berlin
Salisbury
State
DE
DE
DE
MD
MD
Amount
$ 43.00
$ 255.00
$ 206.73
$ 16.50
$ 60.00
$ 581.23
66

12/30/2011
Contributions to World Service in
2011
Region 07
09170
Penn-Jersey IG
Group # Name
02573 Asbury United Methodist Church
49628 St Peters Lutheran Church
49874 Holy Trinity Lutheran Church
38927 E Stroudsburg Presbyterian Church
10634 St. Matthew's E. C. Church
23159 Zion United Church of Christ
City
Allentown
Allentown
Bethlehem
East Stroudsburg
Emmaus
Stroudsburg
State
PA
PA
PA
PA
PA
PA
Amount
$ 180.00
$ 90.00
$ 100.00
$ 50.00
$ 43.00
$ 80.00
$ 543.00
09197
South Central Penn IG
Group # Name
45326 Zion Lutheran Church
50569 Ephrata Community Hospital
25756 St Marks Lutheran Church
48152 St Catherine Rectory
20676 Church Of The Redeemer
00890 Hempfield Methodist Church
20389 Good Shepherd Lutheran Church
34022 Hempfield United Methodist Church
49711 Grace United Methodist Church
27676 Trinity UCC
00878 Reformation Luthern Church
51276 Reformation Lutheran Church
16491 St Andrews Church
39264 St Andrews Church
48911 Muhlenburg Community Library
18153 Reading Hospital Education Building Room B
18240 Atonement Lutheran Church Annex
49089 Wyomissing Church of the Brethren
41242 Memorial Hospital
City
Enola
Ephrata
Harrisburg
Harrisburg
Hershey
Lancaster
Lancaster
Lancaster
Lemoyne
Mount Penn
Reading
Reading
State College
State College
Temple
West Reading
Wyomissing
Wyomissing
York
State
PA
PA
PA
PA
PA
PA
PA
PA
PA
PA
PA
PA
PA
PA
PA
PA
PA
PA
PA
Amount
$9.00
$ 45.77
$ 60.00
$ 111.00
$ 73.00
$ 138.75
$ 136.70
$ 153.00
$ 30.00
$ 15.00
$ 24.92
$ 54.00
$ 105.00
$ 10.00
$ 186.98
$ 63.00
$ 75.00
$ 32.24
$ 189.00
$ 1,512.36
09207
Central Virginia IG
Group # Name
00794 Skipwith United Methodist Church
13849 Brookland United Methodist Church
30205 McShin Foundation
40286 Christ Church Episcopal
40581 Skipwith United Methodist Church
46362 Brookland United Methodist Church
47181 Retreat Hospital
48365 Skipwith United Methodist Church
51500 Skipwith United Methodist Church
City
Richmond
Richmond
Richmond
Richmond
Richmond
Richmond
Richmond
Richmond
Richmond
State
VA
VA
VA
VA
VA
VA
VA
VA
VA
Amount
$ 42.56
$ 77.40
$ 15.00
$ 165.30
$ 117.90
$ 121.80
$ 77.68
$ 102.00
$ 76.70
$ 796.34
67

12/30/2011
Contributions to World Service in
2011
Region 07
09253
Southwestern Virginia Agape IG
Group # Name
51582 Ascension Lutheran Church
50096 St Pauls Episcopal Church
33489 Christ Lutheran Church
47005 Christ Lutheran Church
07961 Thrasher Memorial United Methodist Churhc
City
Danville
Lynchburg
Roanoke
Roanoke
Vinton
State
VA
VA
VA
VA
VA
Amount
$ 30.13
$ 83.68
$ 126.01
$ 45.00
$ 10.89
$ 295.71
09254
Brandywine IG
Group # Name
38535 Becoming Center At Artman
49758 United Methodist Church
35201 Messiah Lutheran Church
35131 Renaissance Nutrition Center
50677 Gulph United Church of Christ
38495 Bethany Collegiate Church
49994 Trinity Lutheran Church
48016 King Of Prussia Church Of Christ
48010 Church Of The Nazarene
50272 Church Of The Nazarene
38330 Coventry Church Of The Brethren
15342 Greentree Church Of The Brethren
00523 Overbrook Presbyterian Church
33668 St Martins Episcopal Church
47396 Christ Episcopal Church
10792 Royersford Baptist Church
17095 Zion Lutheran Church
23889 The Commons In Valley Forge
23940 St. Davids Episcopal Church
31568 St Davids Episcopal Church
31567 Grove Methodist Church
46488 Calvary Lutheran Church
City
Ambler
Conshohocken
Downingtown
East Norriton
Gulph Mills
Havertown
Havertown
King Of Prussia
Media
Media
North Coventry
Oaks
Philadelphia
Radnor
Ridley Park
Royersford
Spring City
Valley Forge
Wayne
Wayne
West Chester
West Chester
State
PA
PA
PA
PA
PA
PA
PA
PA
PA
PA
PA
PA
PA
PA
PA
PA
PA
PA
PA
PA
PA
PA
Amount
$ 60.90
$ 171.00
$ 30.00
$ 75.00
$ 60.00
$ 663.00
$ 45.00
$ 118.00
$ 24.00
$ 47.49
$ 60.00
$ 159.78
$ 90.00
$ 90.00
$ 36.00
$ 60.00
$ 306.00
$ 95.40
$ 268.20
$ 102.00
$ 231.00
$ 42.00
$ 2,834.77
09271
Mountain State IG
Group # Name
38172 Trinity Episcopal Church
41295 Marshall Newman Center
23182 Good Sheppard Church
City
Huntington
Huntington
Parkersburg
State
WV
WV
WV
Amount
$ 30.00
$ 30.00
$ 80.04
$ 140.04
68

12/30/2011
Contributions to World Service in
2011
Region 07
09339
Annapolis Area IG
Group # Name
19053 Spa Creek Center
24077 Calvary United Methodist Church
47247 Northeast Community Center
49836 South Shore Recovery Center
32998 Middleham Parish Hall
17204 Our Shepherd Lutheran Church
30992 Our Shepherd Lutheran Church
City
Annapolis
Annapolis
Chesapeake Beach
Crownsville
Lusby
Severna Park
Severna Park
State
MD
MD
MD
MD
MD
MD
MD
Amount
$ 180.00
$ 30.00
$ 10.00
$ 220.00
$ 10.00
$ 134.00
$ 60.00
$ 644.00
09344
Jersey Shore IG
Group # Name
46758 Brigantine Library
00490 Lakewood Municipal Building
45566 Kimball Medical Center
City
Brigantine
Lakewood
Lakewood
State
NJ
NJ
NJ
Amount
$ 65.00
$ 110.00
$ 60.00
$ 235.00
09348
Tri State Recovery IG
Group # Name
02510 Grace Evangelical Lutheran Church
City
Winchester
State
VA
Amount
$ 43.81
$ 43.81
69

12/30/2011
Contributions to World Service in
2011
Region 07
09358
Northern Virginia Outreach IG*
Group # Name
00316 Groveton Baptist Church
02442 Fairlington United Methodist Church
22718 Fairlington United Methodist Church
49108 Hope Lutheran Church
00480 Arlington Presbyterian Church
01795 Shipshape 12 Culpepper Gardens
32574 St Charles Upper Room
32575 St Charles Upper Room
32576 St Charles Upper Room
32577 St Charles Upper Room
32578 St Charles Upper Room
39584 St Charles Upper Room
07504 Burke Lake Gardens
47922 Fairfax Circle Baptist Church
28430 The Unity Club
32441 The Unity Club
34747 St Pauls Lutheran Church
39297 St. Pauls Lutheran Church
49743 St Pauls Lutheran Church
30534 St Mary Of The Immaculate Conception
48801 Trinity Episcopal Church
20794 St. Annes Episcopal Church
17733 Westwood Baptist Church
21268 Westwood Baptist Church
33041 Church Of The Good Shepherd Umc
City
Alexandria
Alexandria
Alexandria
Annandale
Arlington
Arlington
Arlington
Arlington
Arlington
Arlington
Arlington
Arlington
Burke
Fairfax
Falls Church
Falls Church
Falls Church
Falls Church
Falls Church
Fredericksburg
Manassas
Reston
Springfield
Springfield
Vienna
State
VA
VA
VA
VA
VA
VA
VA
VA
VA
VA
VA
VA
VA
VA
VA
VA
VA
VA
VA
VA
VA
VA
VA
VA
VA
Amount
$ 10.00
$ 233.48
$ 358.82
$ 51.00
$ 60.50
$ 110.00
$ 484.31
$ 30.25
$ 30.26
$ 30.26
$ 175.93
$ 72.00
$ 60.00
$ 120.00
$ 188.60
$ 43.95
$ 16.98
$ 50.00
$ 108.43
$ 27.00
$ 68.94
$ 345.00
$ 104.35
$ 371.45
$ 186.38
$ 3,337.89
09385
Greater Erie Area IG*
Group # Name
22156 Our Savior Lutheran Church
City
Erie
State
PA
Amount
$ 17.30
$ 17.30
09465
Lackawanna Area IG
Group # Name
35009 Immaculate Conception Church
City
Scranton
State
PA
Amount
$ 40.00
$ 40.00
09509
Northern Blue Ridge IG
Group # Name
23180 St. Ignatius of Loyola Catholic Community
50289 Westminster Recovery Center
City
Ijamsville
Westminster
State
MD
MD
Amount
$ 35.00
$ 50.00
$ 85.00
70

12/30/2011
Contributions to World Service in
2011
Region 07
09520
West Jersey IG
Group # Name
50591 Summit Medical Group
00483 Hackettstown Community Center
City
Berkeley Heights
Hackettstown
State
NJ
NJ
Amount
$ 225.00
$ 30.00
$ 255.00
09622
Loudoun Intergroup
Group # Name
45036 Ashburn Presbyterian Church
00199 Leesburg United Methodist Church
40722 Leesburg Presbyterian Church
49107 Leesburg United Methodist
49944 St. Peter's Episcopal Church
47681 Galilee Methodist Church
City
Ashburn
Leesburg
Leesburg
Leesburg
Purcellville
Sterling
State
VA
VA
VA
VA
VA
VA
Region 07
Amount
$5.66
$ 149.59
$ 53.69
$ 72.95
$ 25.50
$ 22.46
$ 329.85
$68,958.54
71

12/30/2011
Contributions to World Service in
2011
Region 08
Intergroups and Unaffiliated Meetings
Group #
46778
23534
51799
50554
50703
50773
00413
50301
39647
50583
00432
29885
32498
24872
50278
49246
51453
09581
09119
09283
09209
09016
09412
09231
09104
09089
09095
09386
09233
09364
09611
09065
09114
09300
09281
09023
09213
09115
09230
09185
09314
09080
09431
09260
09228
Name
City
State
Parroquia de Nuestra Senora de Fatima
Lima
Location
Little Rock
AR
St Mark UMC
Crestview
FL
Midway Road Church of Christ
Fort Pierce
FL
United Methodist Church
Alpharetta
GA
Edgewood Presbyterian Church
Columbus
GA
Christian Life Today
Eatonton
GA
First Presbyterian Church
Savannah
GA
St Peter Church- Hall (upstairs)
Carencro
LA
Bon Temp
Marksville
LA
St Luke's
Tupelo
MS
First Baptist Church
Beaufort
NC
First Baptist Church
Havelock
NC
Church Of The Servant
Wilmington
NC
Pine Valley United Methodist Church
Wilmington
NC
St. Johns United Methodist Church
Aiken
SC
Trinity Episcopal
Myrtle Beach
SC
*Intergrupos Venezuela
San Cristobal Estado Tachira
Central Alabama IG Birmingham AL
Tennessee Valley IG Cullman AL
Western Arkansas Oa IG Fort Smith AR
Central Florida IG Casselberry FL
Pinellas Tradition IG Clearwater FL
OA Of Southwest Florida IG Fort Myers FL
Space Coast IG Indialantic FL
North Florida IG Jacksonville FL
Gold Coast IG Lighthouse Point FL
Miami-Dade IG Miami FL
Palm Beach County IG Palm Beach Gardens FL
Freedom IG Port Richey FL
Treasure Coast IG Port St. Lucie FL
Suncoast IG Tampa FL
Central Atlanta IG Atlanta GA
Yana (You Are Never Alone) IG Greenville GA
Southwest Louisiana IG Lake Charles LA
Central Office Of Louisiana IG Schriever LA
North Louisiana IG Shreveport LA
*Gulf Coast IG Gulfport MS
Western Carolina IG Ashville NC
Piedmont IG Charlotte NC
Triangle IG Raleigh NC
Central Midlands IG Columbia SC
Grand Strand IG Myrtle Beach SC
Unity IG Chattanooga TN
Middle Tennessee IG Nashville TN
Amount
$ 8,994.21
$ 130.00
$ 33.00
$ 10.00
$ 65.00
$ 32.89
$ 21.34
$ 30.00
$ 10.00
$ 100.00
$ 30.00
$ 30.00
$ 60.00
$ 37.08
$ 134.03
$ 61.98
$ 100.00
$ 30.00
$ 50.00
$ 180.00
$ 115.00
$ 60.00
$ 2,400.00
$ 725.34
$ 258.22
$ 1,113.94
$ 2,383.20
$ 12,000.00
$ 200.00
$ 2,097.00
$ 180.00
$ 165.70
$ 55.00
$ 925.00
$ 502.50
$ 60.00
$ 1,074.05
$ 400.00
$ 50.00
$ 260.00
$ 511.50
$ 45.00
$ 151.93
$ 261.04
$ 100.00
$ 600.00
$ 36,833.95
72

12/30/2011
Contributions to World Service in
2011
Region 08
09016
Central Florida IG
Group # Name
45648 Church for the Nations
39845 Christ The King Church
47815 Dr. Phillips Hospital
51142 St. Cloud Warehouses
48859 Grace Presbyterian Church
City
Kissimmee
Orlando
Orlando
Saint Cloud
Winter Springs
State
FL
FL
FL
FL
FL
Amount
$ 50.00
$ 160.00
$ 120.00
$ 10.00
$ 16.85
$ 356.85
09023
Central Office Of Louisiana IG
Group # Name
04439 Terrebonne Parish Main Branch Library
City
Houma
State
LA
Amount
$ 10.00
$ 10.00
09064
Baton Rouge IG
Group # Name
04914 Jefferson United Methodist Church
13023 University Presbyterian Church
17676 Trinity Episcopal Church
17957 Jefferson United Methodist Church
21701 St. Patricks Catholic Church
22714 Our Saviour Lutheran Church
24044 Broadmoor United Methodist Church
City
Baton Rouge
Baton Rouge
Baton Rouge
Baton Rouge
Baton Rouge
Baton Rouge
Baton Rouge
State
LA
LA
LA
LA
LA
LA
LA
Amount
$ 295.19
$ 111.07
$ 14.00
$ 60.00
$ 38.82
$ 32.70
$ 89.54
$ 641.32
09065
Suncoast IG
Group # Name
28117 Apostle Lutheran Church
47875 Apostle Lutheran Church
50680 St Anne Parish Center
40576 Prince Of Peace Parish Center
00030 St Catherines Episcopal Church
29328 Lake Magdalene United Methodist Church
38520 Turning Point Of Tampa
45695 St Marks Episcopal Church
City
Brandon
Brandon
Ruskin
Sun City Center
Tampa
Tampa
Tampa
Tampa
State
FL
FL
FL
FL
FL
FL
FL
FL
Amount
$ 41.00
$5.60
$ 18.00
$ 45.00
$ 42.00
$ 95.00
$ 37.91
$ 145.00
$ 429.51
73

12/30/2011
Contributions to World Service in
2011
Region 08
09080
Central Midlands IG
Group # Name
50327 Healthy Start House
04584 Saint Andrews Lutheran Church
22852 St. Johns Episcopal Church
30235 Seven Oaks Presbyterian Church
37975 Windsor United Methodist Church
48063 Good Shepherd Lutheran Church
51417 Holy Trinity Lutheran Church
50981 Easley Presbyterian Church
15821 St Michai's Lutheran Church
50339 St. Francis Women's Hospital
49956 Oakwood Baptist Church
City
Dublin
Columbia
Columbia
Columbia
Columbia
Columbia
Columbia
Easley
Greenville
Greenville
Lexington
State
GA
SC
SC
SC
SC
SC
SC
SC
SC
SC
SC
Amount
$ 30.94
$ 318.80
$ 195.30
$ 194.99
$ 157.50
$ 210.00
$ 62.34
$ 30.68
$ 27.19
$ 61.31
$ 30.00
$ 1,319.05
09089
North Florida IG
Group # Name
47664 Wilson/Epstein Diag Rehab Center
City
Jacksonville Beach
State
FL
Amount
$ 44.80
$ 44.80
09095
Gold Coast IG
Group # Name
21830 Saint Benedicts Episcopal Church
40172 St Benedicts Episcopal Church
41217 St Benedicts Episcopal Church
City
Plantation
Plantation
Plantation
State
FL
FL
FL
Amount
$ 10.00
$ 10.00
$ 35.00
$ 55.00
09104
Space Coast IG
Group # Name
51162 Cocoa Beach Public Library
19210 Eastminster Presbyterian Church
48909 Eastminster Presbyterian Church
24750 Holy Name Of Jesus Church
46391 West Melbourne Library
41112 Our Lady of Grace Church
49122 Port St John Library
46729 Circles Of Care
49948 Hope Community Fellowship Church
12999 First Church Of God
50977 Trinity Episcopal Church
City
Cocoa Beach
Indialantic
Indialantic
Indian Harbor Beach
Melbourne
Palm Bay
Port Saint John
Rockledge
Titusville
Vero Beach
Vero Beach
State
FL
FL
FL
FL
FL
FL
FL
FL
FL
FL
FL
Amount
$ 17.18
$6.84
$ 18.39
$ 12.00
$ 54.60
$ 19.20
$ 13.95
$ 30.30
$6.00
$ 60.00
$ 30.00
$ 268.46
74

12/30/2011
Contributions to World Service in
2011
Region 08
09114
Central Atlanta IG
Group # Name
48795 H.O.W. Place
00614 Belmont Baptist Church
45694 St Andrew Methodist Church
41252 St James Episcopal Church
30341 Edgewood Presybterian Church
51710 Edgewood Presbyterian Church
00663 Benton House Assisted Living facility
45995 Laurelwood
28905 Our Lady Of The Mountain Catholic Church
27008 Christ Episcopal Church
45985 The Tabernacle
37146 All Saints Lutheran Church
10326 St Ann's Catholic Church
13930 St Ann's Catholic Church
20039 St Ann's Catholic Church
20176 1st Baptist Church Of Powder Springs
26418 Cumberland United Methodist
00698 Centerville Community Center
City
Acworth
Calhoun
Carrolton
Clayton
Columbus
Columbus
Douglasville
Gainesville
Jasper
Kennesaw
Lawrenceville
Lilburn
Marietta
Marietta
Marietta
Powder Springs
Smyrna
Snellville
State
GA
GA
GA
GA
GA
GA
GA
GA
GA
GA
GA
GA
GA
GA
GA
GA
GA
GA
Amount
$ 142.46
$ 110.00
$ 60.00
$ 32.70
$ 21.32
$ 21.34
$ 149.41
$ 13.50
$ 99.00
$ 355.00
$ 32.74
$ 96.61
$ 41.00
$ 109.80
$ 41.00
$ 168.10
$ 132.00
$ 33.28
$ 1,659.26
09119
Central Alabama IG
Group # Name
13730 Grace Methodist Church
01454 Vestavia Hills Umc
45879 Unity of Montgomery
49718 Unity Church
City
Auburn
Birmingham (Vestavia Hills)
Montgomery
Montgomery
State
AL
AL
AL
AL
Amount
$ 50.00
$ 50.00
$ 30.00
$ 30.00
$ 160.00
09126
Smoky Mountain IG
Group # Name
34731 Paraclete Catholic Books
City
Knoxville
State
TN
Amount
$ 25.00
$ 25.00
09138
Central Arkansas IG
Group # Name
20506 St Marks Episcopal Church
46559 St Marks Episcopal Church
City
Little Rock
Little Rock
State
AR
AR
Amount
$ 90.00
$ 179.70
$ 269.70
09165
Greater Memphis Area IG
Group # Name
29247 Christ United Methodist Church
City
Memphis
State
TN
Amount
$ 115.00
$ 115.00
75

12/30/2011
Contributions to World Service in
2011
Region 08
09179
Highland Ridge
Group # Name
47852 Avon Park Seventh Day Adventist Church
47015 First Presbyterian Church
45669 Highlands Regional Hospital
51243 St. John United Methodist Church Education Bldg.
City
Avon Park
Lake Wales
Sebring
Sebring
State
FL
FL
FL
FL
Amount
$ 50.00
$ 102.00
$ 60.00
$ 21.00
$ 233.00
09213
North Louisiana IG
Group # Name
35936 Trinity Lutheran Church
City
Monroe
State
LA
Amount
$ 75.00
$ 75.00
09220
*CSRA OA IG
Group # Name
25879 Covenant Presbyterian Church
27007 St Andrews Presbyterian Church
City
Augusta
Augusta
State
GA
GA
Amount
$ 201.00
$ 50.00
$ 251.00
09228
Middle Tennessee IG
Group # Name
48360 United Methodist Church 1st
20608 Middle TN IG Office
22523 Middle TN IG Office
30496 West End Methodist Church
30501 Middle TN IG Office
48459 Sherith Israel Synagogue
45919 Old Spring Hill High School
City
Hendersonville
Nashville
Nashville
Nashville
Nashville
Nashville
Spring Hill
State
TN
TN
TN
TN
TN
TN
TN
Amount
$ 25.20
$ 150.00
$ 87.59
$ 263.40
$ 145.50
$ 365.36
$ 79.62
$ 1,116.67
09230
Western Carolina IG
Group # Name
38204 First Congregational United Church of Christ
40428 Biltmore United Methodist Church
48116 Grace Episcopal Church
00270 Saint James Episcopal Church
45241 First United Mehtodist Church
49525 Ist Presbyternian Church
08047 YMCA
04965 Wesley Memorial United Methodist Church
City
Asheville
Asheville
Asheville
Black Mountain
Franklin
Sylva
Spartanburg
Johnson City
State
NC
NC
NC
NC
NC
NC
SC
TN
Amount
$ 35.58
$ 114.96
$ 93.00
$ 91.25
$ 68.60
$ 41.34
$ 120.00
$ 300.00
$ 864.73
09231
OA Of Southwest Florida IG
Group # Name
51301 1149 Foundation
City
North Fort Myers
State
FL
Amount
$ 20.00
$ 20.00
76

12/30/2011
Contributions to World Service in
2011
Region 08
09233
Palm Beach County IG
Group # Name
27229 Regents Park Nursing Home
46092 Jewish Community Center
35759 Crossroads Club
48439 Emmanuel Catholic Church
50607 Emmanuel Catholic Church
34780 450 Club
16767 Saint Marks Church
City
Boca Raton
Boynton Beach
Delray Beach
Delray Beach
Delray Beach
North Palm Beach
Palm Beach Gardens
State
FL
FL
FL
FL
FL
FL
FL
Amount
$ 23.00
$ 10.00
$ 10.00
$ 20.00
$ 10.00
$ 20.00
$ 20.00
$ 113.00
09240
Manasota IG
Group # Name
38981 Our Lady Queen of Martyrs Catholic Church
39393 Our Lady Queen Of Martyrs Church
41233 Trinity Lutheran Church
47485 Trinity Lutheran Church
15412 Venice Nokomis United Methodist Church
29157 Venice Nokomis United Methodist Church
40253 Peace River Health Pk
05140 Pilgrim United Church Of Christ
04059 First Presbyterian Church
20781 Unitarian Universalist Church
25384 Bahia Vista Mennonite Church
48703 Unity Church Of Sarasota
47166 Church of the Holy Spirt Episcopal
City
Bradenton
Bradenton
Bradenton
Bradenton
Nokomis
Nokomis
North Port
Port Charlotte
Sarasota
Sarasota
Sarasota
Sarasota
Sarasota (Osprey)
State
FL
FL
FL
FL
FL
FL
FL
FL
FL
FL
FL
FL
FL
Amount
$ 20.00
$ 60.00
$ 45.00
$ 25.00
$ 90.00
$ 30.00
$ 50.00
$ 45.00
$ 366.14
$ 336.80
$ 188.16
$ 69.60
$ 60.00
$ 1,385.70
09260
Unity IG
Group # Name
51422 Church Of The Nazarene
City
Cleveland
State
TN
Amount
$ 99.50
$ 99.50
09283
Tennessee Valley IG
Group # Name
06099 First Cumberland Presbyterian Church
02176 Helen Keller Hospital Wellcare Cnt
11665 1st Methodist Church
City
Florence
Muscle Shoals
Fayetteville
State
AL
AL
TN
Amount
$ 50.00
$ 100.00
$ 45.00
$ 195.00
77

12/30/2011
Contributions to World Service in
2011
Region 08
09300
Yana (You Are Never Alone) IG
Group # Name
10364 St John's Episcopal Church Parish Hall
20296 Tallahassee Memorial Behavioral Hlth
50745 Tallahassee Memorial Behavioral Health Center
36405 Sumter Regional Hospital
50016 St. Elizabeth Anne Seton Catholic Church
14581 Saint Thomas Episcopal Church
City
Tallahassee
Tallahassee
Tallahassee
Americus
Cairo
Thomasville
State
FL
FL
FL
GA
GA
GA
Amount
$ 124.85
$ 152.56
$ 91.00
$ 26.10
$ 22.20
$ 83.00
$ 499.71
09304
*Central Mississippi IG
Group # Name
47600 Bowmar Baptist Church
City
Vicksburg
State
MS
Amount
$ 66.00
$ 66.00
09314
Triangle IG
Group # Name
06494 Bethesda Presbyterian Church
48786 AA Bldg
02519 Carrboro United Methodist Church
50296 Carrboro United Methodist Church
51040 Carrboro United Methodist Church
10387 Greenwood Forest Baptist Church
12897 Olin T Binkley Memorial Baptist Church
32098 Evergreen United Methodist Church
51521 Gospel Tabernacle Church
20756 Westminster Presbyterian Youth Hut
28531 First Presbyterian Church
45514 Structure House Rm220
33594 VA Medical Center
37188 Westminster Presbyterian Church
00102 Fuquay Varina United Methodist Church
33461 Hillsborough United Methodist Church
39161 Hillsborough United Methodist Church
00394 Royal Bean Coffee House
04874 Grace Lutheran Church
08041 Highland United Methodist Church
16772 Holy Trinity Lutheran
50409 Grace Lutheran Church
City
Aberdeen
Aberdeen
Carrboro
Carrboro
Carrboro
Cary
Chapel Hill
Chapel Hill
Dunn
Durham
Durham
Durham
Fayetteville
Fayetteville
Fuquay Varina
Hillsborough
Hillsborough
Raleigh
Raleigh
Raleigh
Raleigh
Raleigh
State
NC
NC
NC
NC
NC
NC
NC
NC
NC
NC
NC
NC
NC
NC
NC
NC
NC
NC
NC
NC
NC
NC
Amount
$ 125.00
$ 20.00
$ 171.42
$ 221.96
$ 25.64
$ 214.00
$ 133.30
$ 225.00
$ 10.50
$ 163.91
$ 66.54
$ 204.00
$ 21.15
$1.78
$ 45.00
$ 81.00
$ 180.00
$ 116.04
$ 90.00
$ 347.89
$ 332.69
$ 30.79
$ 2,827.61
78

12/30/2011
Contributions to World Service in
2011
Region 08
09364 Freedom IG
Group # Name
50348 West Hernando Branch Library
27737 Calvary Chapel
17950 Unity Church Of Port Richey
08937 Saint Andrews Episcopal Church
51055 Atonement Lutheran Church
45421 7th Day Adventist Church
50159 Florida Hospital Of Pasco County
09386 Miami-Dade IG
Group # Name
00772 Riviera Presbyterian Church
45505 St Pauls Lutheran
09412 Pinellas Tradition IG
Group # Name
27235 First Lutheran Church
32923 Morton Plant Hospital
46184 Windmoor Healthcare of Clearwater
47788 Friendship United Methodist Church
49784 St Cecelias Church
49012 Gulfport Neighborhood Center
51708 St. Dunstan's Episcopal
10359 On the beach in front of the Snack Shack.
45426 Palm Harbor Presbyterian Church
46182 Lutheran Church Of The Resurrection
46183 Palm Harbor Presbyterian Church
36776 Pinellas Park Public Library
01530 St Anthonys Hospital
48303 Jewish Community Center
49602 Unity of St. Petersburg
09431 Grand Strand IG
Group # Name
46402 Trinity Episcopal Church
46356 Trinity Presbyterian Church
49819 Little River United Methodist
City
State
Brooksville
FL
New Port Richey
FL
Port Richey
FL
Spring Hill (Brooksville) FL
Wesley Chapel
FL
Zephyrhills
FL
Zephyrhills
FL
City
State
Miami
FL
Miami
FL
City
State
Clearwater
FL
Clearwater
FL
Clearwater
FL
Clearwater
FL
Clearwater
FL
Gulfport
FL
Largo
FL
Madeira Beach
FL
Palm Harbor
FL
Palm Harbor
FL
Palm Harbor
FL
Pinellas Park
FL
Saint Petersburg
FL
Saint Petersburg
FL
Saint Petersburg
FL
City
State
Myrtle Beach
SC
Myrtle Beach (Surfside Beach) SC
North Myrtle Beach (Little Riv SC
Amount
$ 27.60
$ 26.80
$ 169.59
$ 76.02
$ 24.90
$ 90.00
$ 211.00
$ 625.91
Amount
$ 46.00
$ 25.10
$ 71.10
Amount
$ 75.00
$ 40.00
$ 109.00
$ 92.57
$ 33.46
$ 68.07
$ 22.00
$ 58.00
$ 47.50
$ 40.00
$ 47.50
$3.00
$ 45.00
$ 17.87
$ 33.30
$ 732.27
Amount
$ 120.00
$ 52.54
$ 11.41
$ 183.95
79

12/30/2011
Contributions to World Service in
2011
Region 08
09445 Triad IG
Group # Name
05564 Christ Lutheran Church
30654 First Lutheran Church
47460 Lebanon United Methodist Church
47869 Lebanon United Methodist Church
47435 Medical Arts Complex
09493 Sea-Renity Pensacola IG
Group # Name
33274 Baptist Hospital Behavioral Med Bldg
41096 Baptist Hospital Behavioral Medicine Center
09495 Emerald Coast IG
Group # Name
19876 St Pauls Lutheran Church
09533 Coastal Carolina IG
Group # Name
48036 First Presbyterian Church
09604 Costa Rica IG
Group # Name
46547 Local Aa Grupo Concordia
09605 Intergrupo Do Distrito Federal
Group # Name
00141 Igreja Sao Jose-Parca Do Bicalho
09615 Coastal South Carolina
Group # Name
07241 Beaufort Memorial Hospital
09619 Aruba IG
Group # Name
49701 AA Hall
City
State
Greensboro
NC
Greensboro
NC
High Point
NC
High Point
NC
North Wilkesboro
NC
City
State
Pensacola
FL
Pensacola
FL
City
State
Niceville
FL
City
State
Greenville
NC
City
State
Santa Ana
City
State
Brasilia
City
State
Beaufort
SC
City
State
Noord
Region 08
Amount
$ 76.00
$ 77.00
$ 45.09
$ 12.60
$ 31.50
$ 242.19
Amount
$ 100.00
$ 100.00
$ 200.00
Amount
$ 75.00
$ 75.00
Amount
$ 30.00
$ 30.00
Amount
$ 214.00
$ 214.00
Amount
$ 330.00
$ 330.00
Amount
$ 50.00
$ 50.00
Amount
$ 100.00
$ 100.00
$52,789.24
80

12/30/2011
Contributions to World Service in
2011
Region 09
Intergroups and Unaffiliated Meetings
Group #
45799
09424
09965
09459
09967
09561
09971
09139
09961
09960
Name
Living Word Tabernacle
Anonyme Overspisere Intergruppe Oslo
*Italian National Service Board
Flemish IG
*Junta Nacional De Servicios De Espana
Cork IG
NSB OA Denmark
OA South & East England IG
OA Great Britain
Israel NSB (Masha)
City
Harare
0164 Oslo
20148 Milano
2100 Deurne
28031 Madrid
Cork
Dk 8000 Aarhus C
London
London
Ramat Gan
State
Amount
$ 17,067.39
$ 200.00
$ 266.00
$ 4,176.00
$ 252.53
$ 2,400.32
$ 280.00
$ 696.51
$ 3,080.41
$ 798.99
$ 750.00
$ 29,968.15
09139
OA South & East England IG
Group # Name
51249 St Mark's Center
City
London (Greenwich)
State
Amount
$ 94.00
$ 94.00
09524
Northern Israel (Tzafon)
Group # Name
40627 Shlook
City
Kfar Havradim
State
Amount
$ 77.00
$ 77.00
09593
West Of England
Group # Name
30698 United Reformed Church
City
Salisbury
State
Amount
$ 30.00
$ 30.00
09608
North West Intergroup
Group # Name
39196 Fallowfield Baptist Church
21243 Marple Methodist Church
City
Manchester
Marple
State
Amount
$ 139.98
$ 81.23
$ 221.21
09974
NSB OA Of Greece
Group # Name
50546 Crete (Kriti)
City
Iraklion
State
Region 09
Amount
$ 50.00
$ 50.00
$30,440.36
81

12/30/2011
Contributions to World Service in
2011
Region 10
Intergroups and Unaffiliated Meetings
Group #
09218
09433
09336
09239
09072
09426
Name
Auckland IG
Canterbury IG
Brisbane OA IG
Sydney IG
OA Melbourne IG
OA Wellington IG
City
Auckland
Christchurch
City East Brisbane Qld
Dulwich Hill NSW
Melbourne
Wellington
State
Amount
$ 11,303.57
$ 196.00
$ 353.00
$ 798.00
$ 1,000.00
$ 912.40
$ 60.00
$ 14,622.97
09239
Sydney IG
Group # Name
46522 Roseville Uniting Church
City
Sydney Roseville
State
Amount
$ 171.00
$ 171.00
09973
Japan Language Service Board
Group # Name
38465 Kusanagi Internal Medicine
City
Shizuoka-Shi
State
Region 10
Amount
$ 39.42
$ 39.42
$14,833.39
82

12/30/2011
Contributions to World Service in
2011
Region Others
Intergroups and Unaffiliated Meetings
Group #
55001
55002
55011
55014
55018
55021
55023
55026
55034
55035
55036
55037
55039
55040
55041
55042
55043
55044
55062
55064
55065
55067
55085
55115
55127
55129
55142
55152
55167
55173
55175
55178
Name
City
State
Region Others
Amount
$ 4,424.45
$ 908.00
$ 200.00
$ 417.20
$2.00
$ 25.00
$ 132.00
$ 36.00
$ 225.33
$ 22.23
$ 22.23
$ 22.23
$ 22.23
$ 27.23
$ 22.16
$ 22.23
$5.00
$ 25.00
$ 12.00
$5.00
$ 61.00
$ 420.00
$ 25.00
$ 26.00
$6.00
$ 375.61
$ 60.00
$5.00
$5.00
$ 26.00
$ 132.11
$ 22.23
$ 22.23
$ 7,763.70
$7,763.70
$486,297.55
83

APRIL/MAY 2012
Appendix E – Readings

APRIL/MAY 2012
The Twelve Steps
The Twelve Steps suggested for recovery in the Fellowship of Overeaters Anonymous are as follows:
1) We admitted we were powerless over food—that our lives had become unmanageable.
2) Came to believe that a Power greater than ourselves could restore us to sanity.
3) Made a decision to turn our will and our lives over to the care of God as we understood Him.
4) Made a searching and fearless moral inventory of ourselves.
5) Admitted to God, to ourselves and to another human being the exact nature of our wrongs.
6) Were entirely ready to have God remove all these defects of character.
7) Humbly asked Him to remove our shortcomings.
8) Made a list of all persons we had harmed, and became willing to make amends to them all.
9) Made direct amends to such people wherever possible, except when to do so would injure
them or others.
10) Continued to take personal inventory and when we were wrong, promptly admitted it.
11) Sought through prayer and meditation to improve our conscious contact with God as we
understood Him, praying only for knowledge of His will for us and the power to carry that out.
12) Having had a spiritual awakening as the result of these Steps, we tried to carry this message
to compulsive overeaters and to practice these principles in all our affairs.

APRIL/MAY 2012
The Twelve Traditions
The Twelve Traditions of Overeaters Anonymous are:
1) Our common welfare should come first; personal recovery depends upon OA unity.
2) For our group purpose there is but one ultimate authority—a loving God as He may express
Himself in our group conscience. Our leaders are but trusted servants; they do not govern.
3) The only requirement for OA membership is a desire to stop eating compulsively.
4) Each group should be autonomous except in matters affecting other groups or OA as a
whole.
5) Each group has but one primary purpose—to carry its message to the compulsive overeater
who still suffers.
6) An OA group ought never endorse, finance or lend the OA name to any related facility or
outside enterprise, lest problems of money, property and prestige divert us from our primary
purpose.
7) Every OA group ought to be fully self-supporting, declining outside contributions.
8) Overeaters Anonymous should remain forever non-professional, but our service centers may
employ special workers.
9) OA, as such, ought never be organized; but we may create service boards or committees
directly responsible to those they serve.
10) Overeaters Anonymous has no opinion on outside issues; hence, the OA name ought never
be drawn into public controversy.
11) Our public relations policy is based on attraction rather than promotion; we need always
maintain personal anonymity at the level of press, radio, films, television and other public
media of communication.
12) Anonymity is the spiritual foundation of all these Traditions, ever reminding us to place
principles before personalities.

APRIL/MAY 2012
The Twelve Concepts of OA Service
The Twelve Concepts of OA Service are:
1) The ultimate responsibility and authority for OA world services reside in the collective
conscience of our whole Fellowship.
2) The OA groups have delegated to World Service Business Conference the active
maintenance of our world services; thus, World Service Business Conference is the voice,
authority and effective conscience of OA as a whole.
3) The right of decision, based on trust, makes effective leadership possible.
4) The right of participation ensures equality of opportunity for all in the decision-making
process.
5) Individuals have the right of appeal and petition in order to ensure that their opinions and
personal grievances will be carefully considered.
6) The World Service Business Conference has entrusted the Board of Trustees with the
primary responsibility for the administration of Overeaters Anonymous.
7) The Board of Trustees has legal rights and responsibilities accorded to them by OA Bylaws,
Subpart A; the rights and responsibilities of the World Service Business Conference are
accorded to it by Tradition and by OA Bylaws, Subpart B.
8) The Board of Trustees has delegated to its Executive Committee the responsibility to
administer the OA World Service Office.
9) Able, trusted servants, together with sound and appropriate methods of choosing them, are
indispensable for effective functioning at all service levels.
10) Service responsibility is balanced by carefully defined service authority; therefore,
duplication of efforts is avoided.
11) Trustee administration of the World Service Office should always be assisted by the best
standing committees, executives, staffs and consultants.
12) The spiritual foundation for OA service ensures that;
a) no OA committee or service body shall ever become the seat of perilous wealth or
power:
b) sufficient operating funds, plus an ample reserve, shall be OA’s prudent financial
principle;
c) no OA member shall ever be placed in a position of unqualified authority;

d) all important decisions shall be reached by discussion, vote and whenever possible, by
substantial unanimity;
e) no service action shall ever be personally punitive or an incitement to public controversy;
and
f) no OA service committee or service board shall ever perform any acts of government,
and each shall always remain democratic in thought and action.