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Saturday, September 5, 1992
After Lucy Snider, the Conference Chairperson, opened with a moment of silence and The Serenity Prayer, Isaac Walters read “How It Works.”
Formal Roll Call revealed 78 Delegates carrying 107 votes, 8 Trustees, 4 WSO Officers and 3 non-Delegate Conference Committee Chairpersons (w/1 vote @).
The vote total was 122 with 82 votes being the quorum requirement.
After surviving an unsuccessful motion to refer back to committee and a MOTION TO CLOSE DEBATE passed, the PI committee motion to APPROVE THE STORYBOARD, “GOING DOWN” FOR PRODUCTION INTO VIDEO FORMAT passed by a vote of 67 to 44.
A PI committee motion to ACCEPT THE NEW PUBLIC INFORMATION WORKBOOK passed. (Appendix A)
After surviving an unsuccessful motion to refer back to committee and a MOTION TO CLOSE DEBATE passed, the PI committee motion to APPROVE THE “THIS COULD BE YOUR DAY” VIDEO passed.
A PI committee motion to APPROVE THE 1993 PI COMMITTEE BUDGET OF $8975 ($6950 – PSA SUBCOMMITTEE, $665 – SURVEY SUBCOMMITTEE, $200 – WSO LIAISON HOTLINE SUBCOMMITTEE, $400 – UNITY OUTREACH LIAISON SUBCOMMITTEE, $760 – COST OF NON-DELEGATE CHAIRPERSON) passed. (App. B p. B8)
After the presentation of bids from Utah and Central California to host the 1995 World Service Convention, a motion to APPROVE SALT LAKE CITY, UTAH AS THE SITE FOR THE 1995 CA WORLD SERVICE CONVENTION passed.
A Convention committee motion to APPROVE THE “PROPOSAL TO HOST WORLD SERVICE CONVENTION” FORM passed. (App. B pp. B1-B6)
A Convention committee motion to CHANGE THE STATEMENT OF PURPOSE OF THE DANCE-AROUND-THE-WORLD TO “THE DANCE-AROUND-THE- WORLD WILL BE HELD ON AN ANNUAL BASIS, THE SECOND SATURDAY IN FEBRUARY TO PROMOTE THE WORLD SERVICE CONVENTION, PROVIDE SEED MONEY FOR THE CONVENTION AND SUPPORT THE WORLD SERVICE OFFICE OPERATING FUND” passed.
A Convention committee motion to CHANGE “ANY PAST AND CURRENT REGIONAL WSCCC TRUSTEE” TO “TRUSTEE FROM THAT REGION” ON PAGE 3 OF THE WORLD SERVICE CONVENTION GUIDELINES UNDER “APPOINTMENT OF CHAIRPERSON” passed. (App. B Guidelines p. 4)
A Convention committee motion to APPEND “WITHIN 60 DAYS OF THE CLOSING OF THE CONVENTION” TO NUMBER TWELVE ON PAGE FOUR OF THE WORLD SERVICE CONVENTION GUIDELINES passed. (App. B Guidelines p. 5)
A Convention committee motion to ADD A “PASSING IT ON” FACT SHEET AT THE END (PAGE 18) OF THE WORLD SERVICE CONVENTION GUIDELINES passed. (App. B Guidelines p. 22)
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A Convention committee motion to ADD TO ITEM THIRTEEN ON PAGE FOUR OF THE WORLD SERVICE CONVENTION GUIDELINES THE PHRASE, ’INCLUDING THE ATTACHED ’’PASS IT ON” FACT SHEET’ passed. (App. B Guidelines p, 5)
A Convention committee motion to ADD, ON PAGE FOUR OF THE WORLD SERVICE CONVENTION GUIDELINES UNDER ’’POLICY’’ AND “FUNDRAISING CHAIRPERSON’S RESPONSIBILITY”, THE SENTENCE, “TRADITIONALLY PRE-CONVENTION FUNDRAISING IS A VITAL PART OF A CONVENTION’S FINANCIAL SUCCESS AND HELPS PROMOTE UNITY” passed. (App. B Guidelines p. 18)
A Convention committee motion to ADD THE FOLLOWING SENTENCE, “IT IS SUGGESTED THAT THE CONVENTION ROTATE FROM REGION TO REGION, NOT TO BE HELD IN THE SAME REGION IN TWO CONSECUTIVE YEARS.” TO NUMBER FOUR ON PAGE SEVENTEEN OF THE WORLD SERVICE CONVENTION GUIDELINES passed. (App. B Guidelines p. 21)
A Convention committee motion to APPROVE THE CONVENTION COMMITTEE BUDGET OF $600 ($200 – DANCE-AROUND-THE-WORLD, $400 – COPYING, MAILING, PHONE, MISC) passed. (App. B p. B8)
A Convention committee motion to APPROVE THE BUDGET FOR THE WORLD SERVICE CONVENTION IN HOUSTON passed. (App. B p. B7)
A brief discussion of the 1992 Montreal convention preceded Steve Levine’s pronouncement that the Montreal convention made approximately $ 11,300 net.
A Hospitals and Institutions committee motion to APPROVE THE H & I COMMITTEE BUDGET OF $400 ($150 – PHONE, $120 – POSTAGE, $130 – PRINTING) passed. (App. B p. B8)
A Hospitals and Institutions committee motion to APPROVE THE STEP STUDY MEETING FORMAT FOR USE IN HOSPITALS AND INSTITUTIONS passed.
After a motion to “allow areas to make and distribute paper book markers to take into facilities” passed, and a motion to RECONSIDER THE PAPER BOOK MARKER ISSUE passed, Susan Turnbull was allowed to withdraw the motion.
A general discussion regarding some of the Trustee’s actions, especially their method, timing and presentation of an additional Trustee-At-Large, was punctuated by the Parliamentarian’s comments that, while the Trustees were generally terrible at public relations with the Conference and the fellowship, they always seek to serve the best interests of the fellowship.
A Hospitals and Institutions committee motion to HAVE THE WSO DESIGN AND DISTRIBUTE A PAPER BOOKMARKER TO EACH AREA FOR USE IN HOSPITALS AND INSTITUTIONS passed.
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A Finance committee motion to ADD “HAVE MONTHLY FINANCIAL STATEMENTS OF EACH WORLD SERVICE CONVENTION SENT TO THE WSO, THE WSBOT AND THE WSC FINANCE COMMITTEE CHAIRPERSON” TO THE WORLD SERVICE CONVENTION GUIDELINES UNDER RESPONSIBILITIES OF THE TREASURER passed. (App. B Guidelines p. 7)
A Finance committee motion to REMOVE ALL RESTRICTIONS ON THE SALE OF CA MERCHANDISE BY THE WSO IN ORDER TO CARRY THE MESSAGE AND COVER OPERATING EXPENSES OF THE WSO passed 55 to 53. A motion to reconsider failed 56 to 59.
A Finance committee motion that “the WSO no longer be required to sell literature to H & I committees at a 50% discount” failed.
A Finance committee motion that RETURNING DELEGATES WHO DO NOT BRING THE PREVIOUS YEARS BINDERS WITH THAT YEARS INSERTS BE CHARGED FOR THE COST OF A NEW CONFERENCE BINDER passed.
A Finance committee motion to “approve the 1993 World Services budget as presented” was initially passed, then rescinded and reworded to APPROVE THE 1993 WORLD SERVICES BUDGET AS PRESENTED BUT WITHOUT THE PROJECTED COMMITTEE EXPENSES which passed. (Appendix Bp. B8)
Kevin Murphy gave one day’s notice of his intent to attempt to rescind the previously passed motion dealing with “removing restrictions on the sale of CA merchandise.”
A Finance committee motion to ACCEPT THE FINANCE COMMITTEE BUDGET OF $800 (PHONE, POSTAGE AND COPYING) passed. (App. B p. B8)
A Conference committee motion to REPLACE STANDING RULE 14A WITH “THERE SHALL BE THREE CONFERENCE OFFICERS: CHAIRPERSON, VICE-CHAIR/PARLIAMENTARIAN AND SECRETARY” passed. (App. C WSM p. 37)
A Conference committee motion to REPLACE STANDING RULE 14C WITH THE JOB DESCRIPTIONS IN THE HANDOUT passed. (App. C WSM pp. 37-39)
A Conference committee motion to INSERT IN THE AGENDA IN STANDING RULE 18C THE ITEM, “TRUSTEE NOMINEE APPROVAL PROCESS” passed. (App. C WSM p. 36)
A Conference committee motion to ACCEPT THE CONFERENCE COMMITTEE BUDGET OF $590 ($210 – POSTAGE, COPIES, PHONE; $280 – CONFERENCE REPORT PRINTING AND MAILING; $100 – MISC.) passed. (App. B p. B8)
A Conference committee motion to APPROVE WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 1, 1993 THROUGH SUNDAY, SEPTEMBER 5, 1993 AS THE DATES FOR THE TENTH WORLD SERVICE CONFERENCE passed.
Bill Zimmerman, speaking on behalf of the Conference, thanked Lucy Snider and P. Clay Vollmer, the Conference Chairperson and Parliamentarian, respectively, for their six years of service in those positions and presented each with a gold Cross pen and pencil set purchased by Delegate’s contributions.
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A motion to SUSPEND THE RULES TO CONDUCT NOMINATIONS FOR CONFERENCE OFFICERS passed. Steve Downs, Ronny Mintz, P. Clay Vollmer, Richard Lieberman, Heidi Jonathan and Howard Eley accepted nominations for Chairperson.
Ronny Mintz, Charles Lewis, Jonathan Davidson, Peter Joneth, Ben Lesko, Amy Blumenfield and Tom Tabet accepted nominations for Vice-Chair/Parliamentarian. Ben Lesko and Jim Hirschman accepted nominations for Conference Secretary. After nominations, each of the candidates qualified themselves in brief statements.
A morion to SUSPEND THE RULES IN ORDER TO CONSIDER LENGTHENING THE CONFERENCE SESSION passed and a morion to CONTINUE UNTIL 11:00 PM passed.
A Structure and Bvlaws committee motion to REPLACE THE FIRST PARAGRAPH UNDER ‘DESCRIPTION OF A DISTRICT AND DISTRICT SERVICE COMMITTEE” ON PAGE SIXTEEN OF THE WORLD SERVICE MANUAL WITH NEW TEXT passed. (App. C WSM p. 17)
A Structure and Bylaws committee motion to REPLACE THE FIRST SENTENCE OF THE SECOND PARAGRAPH UNDER ‘DESCRIPTION OF A DISTRICT AND DISTRICT SERVICE COMMITTEE” ON PAGE SIXTEEN OF THE WORLD SERVICE MANUAL WITH “A DISTRICT SERVICE COMMITTEE IS A GROUP MADE UP OF THE GROUP SERVICE REPRESENTATIVES FROM THE INDIVIDUAL GROUPS IN THE DISTRICT, THE DISTRICT SERVICE REPRESENTATIVES AND THE DSC OFFICERS” passed. (App. C WSM p. 17)
A Structure and Bylaws committee motion to REPLACE THE ENTIRE SECTION UNDER “OFFICERS OF THE DSC” ON PAGE 16 OF THE WORLD SERVICE MANUAL WITH NEW TEXT passed. (App. C WSM pp. 17-18)
A Structure and Bylaws committee motion to REPLACE THE ENTIRE SECTION WHICH DEFINES THE DISTRICT SERVICE REPRESENTATIVE’S DUTIES AND QUALIFICATIONS ON PAGES SEVENTEEN AND EIGHTEEN OF THE WORLD SERVICE MANUAL WITH NEW TEXT passed. (App. CWSMpp. 18-19)
A Structure and Bylaws committee motion to REPLACE THE SECTION WHICH DEFINES A REGION, THE PROCESS FOR CHANGING REGIONS AND THE PROCESS TO BECOME A NEW REGION ON PAGE 27 OF THE WORLD SERVICE MANUAL WITH NEW TEXT passed. (App. C WSM p. 28)
A Structure and Bylaws committee motion to REPLACE THE PETITION TO BECOME A NEW REGION WITH AN AMENDED VERSION passed.
A Structure and Bylaws committee motion to APPROVE THE PETITION TO CHANGE REGIONS passed.
A Structure and Bylaws committee motion to REQUIRE THAT ALL TRUSTEE 357 NOMINEE CANDIDATES BE REFERRED TO THE WORLD SERVICE CONFERENCE FOR RATIFICATION BY A TWO-THIRDS VOTE AND DELETE ALL REFERENCES TO “DISAPPROVAL ONLY” passed. (App. C WSM p. 43)
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A Structure and Bylaws committee motion to APPROVE THE PIECE ENTITLED “WORLD SERVICE OFFICE” WITH ONE CHANGE, REPLACE “APPOINTED BY THE CHAIRPERSON AFTER CONSIDERING THE GROUP CONSCIENCE OF THE BOARD” TO “ARE ELECTED BY THE GROUP CONSCIENCE OF THE BOARD” passed. (App. C WSM p. 47)
A Structure and Bylaws committee motion to REMOVE ALL REFERENCES TO “CONTINGENT” TRUSTEES AND THE SECTION ENTITLED “CONTINGENT TRUSTEE ELECTION PROCESS” AND REPLACE THAT SECTION WITH THE PIECE ENTITLED “ELECTION OF TRUSTEE” passed. (Ref. “TRUSTEE NOMINEE SELECTION & ELECTION …” App. C WSM p. 43)
A motion to SUSPEND THE RULES IN ORDER TO CONSIDER A MOTION TO CONTINUE THE CONFERENCE SESSION passed and a motion to EXTEND THE CONFERENCE SESSION UNTIL MIDNIGHT passed.
A motion that THE PREVIOUS MOTION REGARDING THE “ELECTION OF TRUSTEE” TAKE EFFECT IMMEDIATELY passed.
A Structure and Bylaws committee motion to APPROVE A PIECE ABOUT TRUSTEE ELECTION AND SELECTION TO BE PLACED ON PAGE 40 OF THE 92 WSM WITH 3 AMENDMENTS; 1, CHANGE “I.E.” TO “E.G.” AT THE END OF THE 1ST PARAGRAPH; 2, THAT THE PIECE BE ENTITLED, “TRUSTEE NOMINEE SELECTION AND ELECTION PROCESS”; 3, THAT THE FIFTH LINE OF THE FIRST PARAGRAPH SHALL BE, “THE NEW REPLACEMENT TRUSTEE SHALL BE SELECTED FOR A TERM EXPIRING AT THE END OF THE FIFTH SUCCEEDING CONFERENCE” AND THAT THIS MOTION TAKE EFFECT IMMEDIATELY passed. (App. C WSM p. 43)
A Structure and Bylaws committee motion to APPROVE A PIECE ENTITLED “TRUSTEE ELECTION COMMITTEE” TO BE PLACED IN THE WSM, WITH TWO CHANGES; ONE, UNDER (F) REPLACE “A THIRD” WITH “THE FINAL YEAR OF THEIR” AND TWO; CHANGE “SIX WORLD SERVICE CONFERENCE DELEGATES” UNDER TRUSTEE ELECTION COMMITTEE COMPOSITION TO “ONE WORLD SERVICE CONFERENCE DELEGATE FROM EACH REGION” AND THAT THIS MOTION SHALL TAKE EFFECT IMMEDIATELY passed. (App. C WSM p. 43)
Current Trustee Election Committee Delegate Members
Roger Gray Pacific South
Kevin Lynch Pacific North
Jim Last Midwest
Pamela Markoya Southwest
Walter Johnson Atlantic South
Jim Wilson Atlantic North
(Serve from election until beginning of the 1993 WS Conference)
A Structure and Bylaws committee motion to MAKE THE NECESSARY CHANGES TO THE CONFERENCE CHARTER TO CONFORM TO THE NEW TRUSTEE ELECTION COMMITTEE PROCEDURE passed by a 2/3rds margin.
After a motion to suspend the rules in order to consider extending the Conference session failed, a motion to SUSPEND THE RULES IN ORDER TO CONSIDER STARTING EARLIER ON SUNDAY passed, and a motion to START AT 8:00 AM ON SUNDAY passed.
A motion to ADJOURN preceded The Lord’s Prayer.