CA WORLD SERVICE BOARD OF TRUSTEES SUMMARY MINUTES OF MEETING CONFERENCE CALL MEETING
April 10, 2016
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 WS Conference. Such confidential use does not, of course, violate in any way out Tradition on anonymity in public communications media (press, radio, TV, etc.).
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Moment of silence and Serenity Prayer – Rob
Roll call
Ira Land – WST
Suzanne Veltman – ERT
Rob Wellhauser – TAL/PNRT
Yves White – ANRT
Jeannette Johnson – MWRT/WSBT Assistant Secretary
Anne Bouley Meyer – ASRT/WSBT Secretary
Jay Parker – SWRT/WSBT Vice-Chair
Duane Miller – PSRT / WSBT Chair
Chair’s opening remarks: (Duane M) Looking to make this a one hour conference call.90 minutes max). We will attempt our most urgent issues only. The agenda is not meant to be completed. It is to placemark our items for continuity. Proposed at this time are trademarks and South Africa Keychain.
BUSINESS POSTPONED FROM 1602 QUARTERLY
REFERALS – SEE BELOW – One referral addressed on call.
2015PC-WSBT (Jeannette) to be referred to LCF.
CORRESPONDENCE – SEE BELOW – Rob spoke with Ray at Colorado convention. Anne/Jeannette will draft courtesy response for approval.
Trademark Renewal (Ira) – There is a motion currently online to pay
the remaining legal fees associated with renewals. Will be over budget from $3,500 ($4,125) After discussion we have decided to vote on call today.
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MOTION: I would like to make a motion to pay the attached bill for additional costs of $1735.05 less the $646.05 just authorized, or $1089 for March, date Stamped April 1, 2016 at the WSO, for the EU Hope Faith and Courage Trademark renewal – Ira. Second – Jay. Passes unanimously.
Trademarks other than EU, US, Canada (Yves) Yves will renew motion which was postponed at February Quarterly at next Quarterly in June 2016 (MOTION: To protect our name Cocaine Anonymous, C.A., and our logo anywhere as we have approved Areas by the conference)
NADCP (Rob) – Still has room. WSOB will support Rob attending. Discussion regarding having enough local members/manpower to pick up the supplies and return the supplies to the office. Duane will convey information to Scott.
PI Report submitted (Duane) – NOT ADDRESSED ON THIS CALL Creating Area support spending guidelines (Ira) – Suzanne will take the lead. NOT ADRESSED ON THIS CALL.
Discuss d/b/a CAWSO (Jay/Duane) – NOT ADDRESSED ON THIS CALL.
Use of CA.org E-mail addresses (Yves) – NOT ADDRESSED ON THIS CALL.
NEW BUSINESS
South Africa key chain (Suzanne) – Have previously been given support with free merchandise. Are now getting creative on how to be self-supporting. Have recently created their own keychains and handing them
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out for free until they can afford the CA chips. Discussion regarding usin
trademark without royalty agreement. No trademark in South Africa. They
do have a royalty agreement on pamphlets. ERT will clarify the cost of
chips they are making versus cost of getting chips from WSO.
CORRESPONDENCE/ RESPONSES FROM/TO THE FELLOWSHIP:
From: Ray Richmond [mailto:ray@rayrichco.com]
Sent: Wednesday, February 17, 2016 9:52 AM
To: cawso@ca.org
Subject: Looking to speak with someone from CA for my book on cocaine and coke addiction.
Hello Cocaine Anonymous World Services Office.
My name is Ray Richmond, and I’m a journalist and author working on a book entitled “The White Plague” about cocaine and coke addiction worldwide (focusing primarily on the U.S.). It will cover the history, the rise, the fall, the comeback, the victims coke has claimed, the toll (financial, logistical, psychological, spiritual) it has exacted – and the success stories of those who have survived to tell their tale.
I’m looking to speak with addicts (active and recovering), drug counselors, government officials, rehab specialists, health experts and educators, historians and economists — anyone who can weigh in with an educated opinion on where cocaine falls today in drug the addiction scheme.
I am also obviously interested in having CA weigh in. (Full disclosure: I am a recovering addict myself.)
Hoping to discuss this with someone in authority at CA at your earliest opportunity. Also wanted to gauge your opinion on whether it might be beneficial for me to attend a CA convention such as the one planned for Denver in early April.
Thanks so much in advance. Looking forward to hearing back.
Best,
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Ray Richmond
Author, “The White Plague”
ray@rayrichco.com
(818) 728-1130
PROPSED RESPONSE
Courtesy response to be drafted by Anne and Jeannette and submitted for approval.
REFERRALS OUTSTANDING:
2015WSBT-02 (Rob)
When I send a referral about the TEC election process, why does it get kicked to the Trustees? I understand that the conference charter and bylaws are legal documents and not changed by S&B, but the rest of world service manual has is worked on by S&B. The problem is the conference body never gets a chance to change this process. It could look poorly that the Trustees are manipulating the process for their own purpose.
2015WSBT-03 (Duane)
Start considering non-addict trustees. I believe it would be invaluable to have a non-addict brain to give a different perspective.
2015WSBT-04 (Ira)
I am concerned with the fact the direction of the Trustee Negotiating Committee’s current practices. There seems to be a significant disconnect between the negotiation needed and the needs of the applicable Conference Committee. The trustees have to communicate with the Committee along the way to make sure that what they are negotiating makes any sense and is not done in a vacuum. I could give very specific examples related to the Meditation Book editor process and the contract negotiation for the Conference Contract. In the case of the Conference contract, the TNC took the contracts for the three years negotiated with the hotel and the committee heard nothing again until the contracts were signed. This left the committee in an untenable position at several levels. There has to be better communication back and forth and some concrete time frames on when the responses will be forthcoming all well before the respective contracts are finalized and signed. The TNC has to be and remain keenly aware of what the committee needs and why at every step of the way.
2015WSBT-05 (Duane)
I am concerned with the fact that the WSBT Chair is given his/her own room at the Conference and CAWS Convention. This is now given even when there is not an odd man out situation. I’d like us to go back to honouring the inverse pyramid please and do
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away with this practice which makes no sense to me at any level. Please re-examine.
Thank you.
2015WSBT-06 (Anne)
The fellowship no longer uses the reading “How it works” in it’s adapted form. Do we have permission to use AA’s Preamble in it’s adapted form?
POST-CONFERENCE REFERRALS TO BE ADDRESSED:
2015PC-WSBT-1 (Jay) – REFERRED TO S&B – SENT BACK TO CONFERENCE COMMITTEE (E-MAIL TO JAY S AND SUSAN L. 3/26/16) TO FORWARD TO S&B
My question is as follows: Is an Alternate Delegate, who is here for his/her first conference allowed to be voted in for the Trustee Election slate for next year’s voting process. As I read in the Bylaws, it doesn’t have any info for Alternate Delegates, only states a Delegate. Do we even know that they will be back for there vote at next year’s Conference? Thank you, Bob Obraskin. 09/05/15 – Bob Obraskin, (917) 716-8043, milkman1960@aol.com, CANY
2015PC-WSBT-2 (Yves)
Please change the name of Cocaine Anonymous incorporated to CAWSO incorporated to protect the fellowship from potential controversy that may follow if the company was to default on filing tax returns, etc. or possible lawsuits. In the UK, our company was names “Cocaine Anonymous England & Wales.” The company defaulted on its tax returns, as a result, the Company name was then published in the national press (as per English Company law) as a company that had defaulted on its tax returns. This brought the good name of Cocaine Anonymous into disrepute in the public eye. We resolved to protect the name Cocaine Anonymous by renaming our company
“CAUK England & Wales.” 9/5/15 – Jim Silverlock, +44-7825614616, jimcauk.delegate@yahoo.com, CAUK
2015PC-WSBT-3 (Jeannette)
This is a follow up to a previous referral. I know you like suggestions so I suggest we replace our adapted version of AA’s Preamble with something like
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this: Preamble: Cocaine Anonymous is a Fellowship of addicts and alcoholics who meet together to share our hope, faith, and courage for the purpose of staying sober and helping others achieve the same freedom. Everything heard at our meetings is to be treated as confidential. There are no dues or fees of any kind. To be a member, you only have to want to quit. We also exchange phone numbers, and give and seek support from one another between meetings. We are all on equal footing here. We are men and women of all ages, races and social backgrounds, with the common bond of addiction. Many years of experience have demonstrated the value of one addict helping another. We use the Twelve Step Recovery Program because it has already been proven that the Twelve Step Recovery Program works.
MOTION: TO REFER TO LCF – Jeannette, Second – Yves. Passes.
DONM ~ WSBT Conference Call – Saturday, May 7, 2016 9:00 AM PDT
DONM ~ WSBT Quarterly – Chicago, IL – Monday, June 27, 2016 (Meet 5:00 PM CDT for Dinner.)
Close – Serenity Prayer