COCAINE ANONYMOUSWORLD SERVICE BOARD OF TRUSTEES
RECORD OF BOARD MEETING CALL OCTOBER 13TH 2013
FINAL
Since this report is a confidential C.A. document for members only, it may contain members’ full names. This usage to facilitate communication within the fellowship was approved by the 1990 World Service Conference. Such confidential use does not, of course, violate in any way our Tradition on anonymity in public communications media (press, radio, TV, etc)
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WSBT Conference Call
October 13, 2013 – 10:00 am PST
Record of Minutes
• Moment of silence followed by the “We” version of the Serenity Prayer
• Roll Call:
Ira Land – WST
Jay Parker – SWRT
Terry Marsden – PNRT
Brian Tenenbaum – MWRT
Kathy Jo Rangno – WSOT
Duane Miller – PSRT
Yves White – ANRT/Assistant Secretary
Rob Wellhauser – TaL/WSBT Secretary
Kenny Williams – ASRT/WSBT Vice Chair
Russell Sedman – ERT/WSBT Chair
All Present
• Chair Announcements: Thank you for being up and running right after conference. Stay on committees except for jay to finance and Brian to H&I. Thanks Terry
1) CAWS Convention updates:
– CAWS 2014 (Duane) moving forward, on point and in harmony with the WSO. Board came to last committee meeting. Preconvention fundraising might be behind. Looking for the program of events.
– CAWS 2015 (Rob) Theme picked this Monday.
– CAWS 2016 (Brian) Main hotel the Suisse might be ready for TNC.
– CAWS 2017 (Terry) Chair to be picked next week.
– PLACE MARKER – BUSINESS ITEMS
WSBT Call
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MARKER 2006.02.20 Copyright and trademark protection (Ira) –
- To remain on agenda for quarterly review
- Next Review – Principle register – September 4, 2020
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Service Marks |
Where Protected |
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We’re here and |
we’re free |
USA and EU |
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Cocaine Anonymous name |
USA EU |
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C.A. |
USA |
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CA logo |
USA EU |
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The following marks have been registered in Canada:
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1. |
Trademark: |
WE’RE HERE AND WE’RE FREE |
Renewal Date; September 30th 2027 |
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2. |
Trademark: |
CA HOPE FAITH COURAGE & Design |
Renewal Date: August 9,2021 |
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3. |
Trademark: |
COCAINE ANONYMOUS |
Renewal Date: December 13, 2021 |
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4. |
Trademark: |
C.A. |
Renewal Date: June 12, 2022 |
Review of On-Line Copyright Issues (Kenny) None at this time.
MARKER 2006.08.13 Signature of annual corporate documents (All)
- To be completed @ at fall Quarterly- Taken care of at conference.
MARKER 2009.05.09 Financial status CAWS Inc. – (Ira/KJ) Trying to reduce . Must look into all areas in why the 7th tradition is down. Power of the purse. We are the strongest we have been in the last 8 years. Encourage the 70/30 split at the group level. Need to increase membership.
MARKER 2012.11.01 General CAWSO status/activity (KJ)
· WSOB OVERVIEW
Richard continues to work diligently with the WSO staff and has them turning in weekly task worksheets so he can stay current on their activities and see the progress in tasks he assigns.
Director Recruiting § During meeting the board went into Executive Session and Laurie was interviewed for DAL position. She was unanimously elected by the WSOB and her resume was forwarded to the WSBT Chair for trustee ratifications
It is the intention of the WSOB to bring Laurie on as a DAL and, once on board, put her on the Treasurer slate for the WSBT’s November quarterly meeting.
WSOB will continue to seek director resumes; specifically WSOB needs to recruit DALs to fill the Treasurer and Secretary openings.
Transcripts for 2012 and 2013 WSC were forwarded to transcribers and the work has begun.
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WEBSITE § The website was hacked during conference. WSO paid Network Solutions $60 to add a security layer to the website in an effort to stop this from occurring in the future. Paul and Richard will continue to look at options for adding more security but this may not be feasible due to the piecemeal nature of current site.
OCT UPDATE: Linda is waiting on Network Solutions to add the security layer to the CAWSO site which will force user to enter the characters found in a “swirly image” in order for them to download from site.
Paul is done with bugzilla tickets; Paul has added the ca.org emails as requested by the WSBT
MOTION: To have WSO perform 7th tradition analysis over the past couple years and provide a monthly chart showing regional donations overtime (KJ is paraphrasing this ;p)
UPDATE: Charts have been forwarded to trustees
PSA -No update o EUFC – No update o Royalty Agreements: No update
Holland Book : No update · CAWSO &WSOB POLICIES: No update
LCF Meditation Book –
Linda provided additional information on pricing. The WSO is waiting on final approval of the Meditation book by LCF so the final number of pages, book size, etc. can be submitted.
KJ will send a copy of the web expenses to Kenny
MARKER NADCP – (Rob) Anaheim Convention Center, May 28-31st 2014 have booked one room at the Hilton.
MARKER TEC – (Brian) send him the slates. Need the TEC reps from each region. PNRT, ASRT, ERT and WSOT are open.
OLD BUSINESS
2011.03.01 – European fulfillment facility (KJ) office pulling inventory. Putting cost together. Put out a RFP for venders.
NEW BUSINESS
Trustee Finance Committee (KY) will work with Jay.
Which financial reports we would like to see and the timing (KJ) will work with jay and Yves bring up at Quarterly
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Assignment of referrals completed waiting for any post conference referrals.
What region should Peru go in? Ask them what region they would like to be in, we suggest the ASR.
Do you need a room for your regional caucus at the world convention? Please ask your regions if they need a room.
Does your conference committee need a room at the world convention? Please ask your committees if they need a room.
B to B meeting Kenny and Russell will look at it.
Motion by Rob to approve the 1008 record of minutes including B to B second by Yves. Motion passes
Newsgram article Brian and Kenny will write for December.
Next meeting November 22nd at 5pm to the 24th at 1pm at the 4 points LAX.
CORRESPONDENCE/ RESPONSES FROM/TO THE FELLOWSHIP:
None
IN-CONFERENCE REFFERRALS TO BE ADDRESSED:
#7130 Rob Yves
Please provide brief minutes of WSBT meetings. These to be distributed to the fellowship whilst they are still relevant.
#7131 Rob Yves
Please desist from producing full transcript minutes of the WSBT meetings. It is understood that there is no legal requirement to produce these and it is a huge drain on time and financial resources. The time taken to produce full transcriptions makes the information contained obsolete.
#7255 Russell KJ
With regard to the proposed European literature fulfillment facility/centre. Please to be able to make a “one stop shop” for all our literature requirements.
This would entail being able to purchase not only C.A. literature but also the AA publications as listed under the Advisory Opinions section of the WSC Approved Literature. A facility that does not do this will not meet our needs.
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#7322 Kenny Duane Brian Ira
To change all “CA” owned entities to private foundations and change 501c3 to 509c2.
See attachment for reasons.
• The would limit legal expenses’
• This would eliminate the 150 mile rule
• This would change (increase) member’s ability to donate
• This would eliminate State mandates imposed on public benefit not-for-profits
• This would change four tax status and save us money
#7326 Kenny Yves
Social media is a big part of our lives today. I see our C.A. logo quite a lot! I feel it be necessary to have social media added in to our 11th Tradition. It is trademarked. Anyone can use it without C.A.’s authorization. I do not state C.A. in any of my posts etc. because there are those such as my son who do not need to have my anonymity broken for his sake. I feel that newcomers can misconstrue this and be okay adding the C.A. logo or using it not knowing it is a tradition violation.
#7282 Brian Jay Terry Duane
It is my understanding that any votes tallied by the TEC are counted by the trustees alone. If this is true, I would recommend that this process be changed so that there is equal representation by both trustees and delegates doing the counting process.
POST-CONFERENCE REFERRALS TO BE ADDRESSED:
None
Close – Adjourned after 2hours 48 minutes.
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