Aug 29, 2025 – WS Conference Minutes – Unity Report – Day 2

SUMMARY OF COMMITTEE MOTIONS:

1. Motion to rename the “C.A. Unity Committee” to “Unity Committee.”

2. Motion to approve the updated CAWSC Unity Guidelines (Attachment 1)

3. Motion to approve the Suggested Unity Workshop Resource: Unity (Attachment 2)

4. Motion to approve the Suggested Unity Workshop Resource: Our Common Welfare (Attachment 3)

5. Motion to approve the Suggested Unity Workshop Resource: Speed Traditions (Attachment 4)

6. Motion to approve the Suggested Unity Workshop Resource: Tradition Breakers (Attachment 5)

7. Motion to approve the 2026 Celebrate Around the World – A Last Resort artwork (Attachment 6)

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REFERRALS THAT WERE FORWARDED TO OTHER COMMITTEES:

None

REFERRALS STILL IN COMMITTEE:

None

CLOSED REFERRALS:

REFERRAL # 15689021 – CAWS Archives Submission

Asking each committee and the boards to adopt pp15-17 of the Archives handbook to unify naming conventions for saved materials (literature, documents, handbooks, files, digital assets, etc). Further, that each committee/board determine that their current files/documents etc confirm to the naming convention.

RESPONSE:

The CAWS Unity Committee voted internally to adopt this recommendation from CAWS Archives Committee. All future documents will be saved according to the naming conventions set in the CAWS Archives handbook.

REFERRAL # 15189680 – Individual submission

Please discontinue the Unity Breakfast! The time allotted could be better spent in committee breakout sessions. Time for committee business has been severely curtailed the past few years making it difficult to handle the business of new referrals submitted before the deadline, leaving very little time to get to know and acclimate new committee members.

Delegates are sent to Conference to do the business of C.A. not attend a speaker meeting. There are regularly scheduled meetings on site for those who need or want one. Thank you.

RESPONSE:

The CAWS Unity Committee would not be in support of cancelling the Unity Breakfast at this time. We believe that the time spent together at a dining event is valuable to the connections and fellowship building actions of the Conference. We agree that the Conferences primary objective is the business of the fellowship (service) but, it is also necessary to have the balance of our other legacies present in the form of meetings (recovery), and social events (unity). The committee did discuss in 2023 the merit of the Unity Breakfast in accordance with our guidelines and didn’t feel it was serving our Conference attendees in the best way possible. This precipitated us presenting a motion at Conference 2024 that passed on the floor which allow us to now adapt this

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event into a different format and perhaps different time of day. The Unity Committee does not set the Conference schedule but will be presenting some different options to Conference Committee in 2025 to hopefully better meet the needs of all Conference attendees.

PRESENTATIONS OF CURRENT ACTIVITIES OR TASKS (no motions)

Our Ongoing Plans Include:

• Continuing the review and revision of Unity Committee Guidelines to ensure they remain current, relevant and useful.
• Receive and take guidance from the results of the Unity Breakfast/Dining Survey to better meet the needs of the fellowship at future conferences.
• Following the success of our European CommUnity Calls, we hope to welcome more members to the committee and aim to replicate this project in North America to further expand our reach and connection.

• Continue collaborating with the Unity Chairs for the 2026 and 2027 World Conventions, supporting the planning and delivery of Unity Events in both Florida and Washington.
• Begin to ask for and collect artwork submissions for 2027 Celebrate Around the World – Beyond Human Aid.

CLOSING COMMENTS:

I just want to close by saying thank you to the committee and its members for your tireless work in service to our fellowship. We have been a small but mighty team this year, united in our primary purpose. It has been my great honour to serve as the CAWSC Unity Chair the past 2 years, and I look forward to being able to see what we accomplish in the future.

Respectfully Submitted:

Miriam F

CAWSC Unity Chair

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Conference Parliamentarian to complete

Date of receipt of Conference Report:_____9 Aug 25_____________

Comment:

Date of receipt of final Conference Report:_____9 Aug 25_________

Parliamentarian Signature:_________DM_____________

Miriam F – Opening report read

Miriam F – Motion 24: to rename the “C.A. Unity Committee” to “Unity Committee.” Seconded

Russell S – Would you like to speak to the motion?

Miriam F – Speaking to the motion

Russell S – Seeing no further debate, prepare to vote.

Motion passes with minor opposition

Uvonna W – Motion 25: to approve the updated CAWSC Unity Guidelines (Attachment 1)

Seconded

Russell S – Would you like to speak to your motion?

Uvonna W – Not at this time.

Russell S – Any debate?

Yohan T – Friendly amendment – add the OSA logo.

Russell S – What two logos are missing? Miriam F – If there are more than that we will ensure they are all on the page.

Tai Point of information – There are two missing Miriam F – We will add them

Chad L – Friendly amendment to add online presence as well, because in 2019 conference approved that logo for conference approved information.

Miriam F – We do not accept the friendly amendment

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Russell S – Any further debate, seeing none, prepare to vote.

Motion passes with minor opposition

Jackie R – Motion 26: to approve the Suggested Unity Workshop Resource: Unity (Attachment 2)

Seconded

Russell S – Would you like to speak to your motion?

Jackie R – Not at this time

Russell S – Any debate?

Jason L – Speaking against the motion.

Peter McG – Speaking in favour of the motion

Jennifer S – Speaking against the motion

Joni E – Speaking against the motion

Russell S – Seeing no further debate, please prepare to vote Motion fails

Sara L – Motion 27: to approve the Suggested Unity Workshop Resource: Our Common Welfare (Attachment 3)

Seconded

Russell S – Would you like to speak to your motion?

Sara L – Not at this time.

Andrew C – question – on the side title traditions check (4^th page). Are they digital Sara L – Digital

Russell S – Seeing no further debate, prepare to vote Motion passes

Caroline H.- Motion 28: to approve the Suggested Unity Workshop Resource: Speed Traditions (Attachment 4)

Seconded

Russell S – Would you like to speak to your motion?

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Caroline H – Speaks for the motion

Russell S – Any debate?

Jason L – Speaking in favor of the motion

Parthi T. – Speaking against the motion

Patrice F – Speaking against the motion

Lou B – Question – can they do a video

Caroline – We would love to

Russell S – Seeing no further debate, prepare to vote Motion passes with minor opposition

Russell S – All of the content, is it 100% from conference approved materials? Did you add additional text?

Caroline – I believe it is. I may have. I can’t say.

Caroline H. – Motion 29: to approve the Suggested Unity Workshop Resource: Tradition Breakers (Attachment 5)

Seconded

Russell S – Would you like to speak to the motion?

Caroline H – Not at this time

Russell S – Any debate?

Joe B – The one that’s in the box now isn’t the one sent out?

Caroline H – Yes

Russell S. – When did you switch it?

Miriam F – Before conference when it went out. Just prior to the conference.

Russell S – Ruled in order. Don’t believe the content is hazardous in accordance and it was switched over prior to the conference reports being presented. Any further debate?

Laurie S – Speaking against the motion

Joe B – Speaking against the motion

Lou B – Speaking in favor of the motion

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Auroa L – Speaking in favor of the motion

Judd W – Speaking in favor of the motion

Harry P – Speaking against the motion

Nadz L – Question – how will the resources be made available?

Caroline H – If approved it will be on the website.

Donna K – Speaking against the motion

Veronica W – Speaking in favor of the motion

Melanie R – Speaking against the motion

Jason L – Speaking in favor of the motion

Nakea B. – Speaking in favor of the motion

Jennifer G – Speaking in favor of the motion

Dawn S – Speaking in favor of the motion

Leslie R – Speaking against the motion

Yasmine R. – Speaking in favor of the motion

Kelly C – Speaking in favor of the motion

Uvonna W – Speaking in favor of the motion

Lou B – Question – is this resource supposed to be fun and bring us together or is this a strict workshop about what’s wrong?

Caroline H – It’s supposed to be fun

Lilly N. – Speaking against the motion

Harry P – Speaking against the motion

Brenda S – Speaking for the motion

Randy G – Speaking in favour of the motion

Miriam F – Speaking in favour of the motion – wanted to clarify that our hope is that these are on the world website under our tab. We have to approve it here first and then it goes through the proper steps before it can be put up on the website. It can’t just be put up there by us. After we submit the flyer to the trustee’s if they state we need to change things, we will.

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Alex D. – Speaking in favor of the motion

Donna K. – Point of Inquiry – is that true, if it’s approved on the floor, it can’t go right up to the website?

Russell S – Yes, it has to be reviewed and approved on this floor and then it can go through the process to be placed on the website. For something that is conference approved, it has to be “conference approved”.

Donna K – So it has to be approved by the floor and then the trustees? Russell S – No

Robert B – Question – is this now an unfinished document?

Miriam F – I thought that someone else had to check it after we got it approved. We thought they had to check the content. We will take the suggestions and update it accordingly. Apologies.

Robert B – Question – if it is voted for and voted for, are you planning on changing it for content?

Caroline H – Not the document, just the grammar like commas and periods, but not content.

Caroline H. – We would like to request to take this back to committee.

Russell S. – Please allow unity to take this back to committee and take on some of the feedback and bring it back before end of conference? Will need unanimous consent from the floor. Approved

John S. Motion 30: to approve the 2026 Celebrate Around the World – A Last Resort artwork (Attachment 6)

Seconded

Russell S – Would you like to speak to your motion?

John S. Not at this time

Russell S – Any debate?

Jetske K – Speaking against this motion

Crawford B – Question – this is the name of the 2026 convention, is there any conflict around this?

Russell S – No

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Harry P – Question – the C.A. logo looks like it touching something.

Miriam F – It is not

Claudine S. Speaking against the motion

Melanie R. – Speaking against the motion

Halley K. Friendly amendment – would you accept getting rid of the palm trees?

Russell S – Friendly amendment to artwork, don’t think we’ve done this.

Steven C. – Speaking against the motion

Yohan T. – Speaking in favor of the motion

Jesse Go – Speaking against the motion

Parthi T – Question – how many submissions did you get?

John S – 6

Joe B – Question – would you be okay to put the trademark into the circle? Miriam F – Yes

Jesse Ga – Speaking in favor of the motion

Auroa L – Speaking in favor of the motion

Lee A – Speaking in favor of the motion

Lou B – Question – is it common practice to bring up one option?

Russell S – They will have a bunch of options for them to choose and they made the choice to bring this one forward

Steven C – Question – can I get rid of the red and just put black?

Miriam F – Yes

John S – (motion maker) speaking for the motion – this is about unity Jackie R – Speaking for the motion

Russell S – Seeing no more debate, prepare to vote.

Motion passes noted opposition.

Stu E. logo change, making sure it gets changed.

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Russell S. – Kurtina will make sure it gets changed

Russell S – how does one submit artwork for the next submission?

Miriam F. – Unity@ca.org this will be in our after conference report

Russell S – seeing no questions please welcome me in thanking unity. Hopefully they will return to bring back their motion that is being taken back into committee.

Russell S. – we are at 5:23pm, and we will break for dinner. Please return at 7pm sharp. Russell S Welcome back it is now 7:04

The petition to recognize Holland as an area happened 25 years ago.

Jetske – serenity prayer

Structure & Bylaws will now return to the podium to speak of their motion that was taken back into committee. They have amended the motion and will be bringing it back to the floor

Anita L. S&B Motion 31: to add new language to pg46. of the WSM (under the heading “WSC Committee Officers”)

Every Committee should nominate and select their own officers at conference prior to submitting their closing reports to the Conference Committee to become effective after the gavel falls at end of conference. Committees should prioritise are encouraged to elect delegates to committee officer positions over alternate delegates or members at large to avoid an additional financial burden on the World Service Office. This is not to override the consideration of concept 9.

Seconded

Russell S – Would you like to speak to your motion.

Anita L – Yes – speaking to motion

Russell S – Prepare to vote – motion passes with minor opposition

Literature, Chips & Formats Report

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