CAWSO BOARD OF DIRECTORS
OPEN BOARD MINUTES
January 13, 1994
SERENITY PRAYER
TRADITION 2 — Jerry
CONCEPT 2 — Ken
ROLL CALL
- Brian N. — WSOB Chair
- Jerry L. — WSO Vice-Chair
- Berry G. — WSOB Treasurer
- Greg D. — WSOB Secretary
- Carrie C. — WSO Director
- Bill Z. — WSO Trustee
- Bob C, — WS Trustee
- Lee Arter — Pacific South Trustee
- KD McCann — WSO Manager
- Ken Cross
READ MINUTES: from 12/9/93 Open Board. Changes made (1993 to 1994. Sylvia to Sylvie. Editing costs to Book expenses. “H&I referred to Trustee meeting” removed). Approved with revisions.
COMMITTEE REPORTS
H& I — Lee A. reported that meeting was successful. Delegates in attendance and delegates conferred with via phone (4 or 5 of 6 Area delegates) unanimously voted to remove names from H&I pamphlet.
Public Information — requested box of books to be sent to national figures (tabled to new business).
Trustee Report — no report
World Service Office Computer —no report
Unity Outreach — no report
Literature, Chips, & Format — no report
Finance Conference — no report
BREAK PRIOR TO CLOSED BOARD MEETING
(Bill Z. asked Chair to suspend rules so that pamphlets could be dealt with first, Chair suspended rules.)
PAMPHLETS
Discussion of WSC motions affecting the right of the WSO to proof literature for spelling, grammar, and consistency. Was agreed that extent of Publications Committee editing had, in rare instances, had exceeded the spiritual nature of the proofing process. Addressed concerns of Trustees who responded to request for review of literature proofing.
Page 1 of 3
Jim Scott’s conflicts;
Choosing Your Sponsor
- page 2 first paragraph – problems with deletion of sentences
- page 2 bottom’— change to “of recovery”
- 2nd to last paragraph — do not insert “only”
Higher Power
- paragraph 4 — “without a conscious belief” w “no conscious belief” changed meaning.
And All Other Mind-Altering Substances
- paragraph 3 sentence 3 — “or* maybe it was a the combination of…” to “combination with” a change in moaning.
- 4th line — “by our Fellowship” should not be deleted
Suggestions for Relapse Prevention and Recovery
- last page fifth bullet — closed quote mark should be between care and attitude instead of after attitude.
Debbie Harris’ conflicts:
Tools of Recovery
- ‘first paragraph —”clarity” change.
- bottom of page 1 — change from pamphlet to pieces of literature.
- page 2 under Sponsor — does sentence need to be inverted?
- under One Day At A Time — adding “if things get rough” wrong.
To The Newcomer
- second to last paragraph on last page — do we need to add “ever”?
And All Other Mind-Altering Substances
- last page last paragraph — changes to sentence with “drugs that are prescribed to you.”
Bill Zimmerman’s conflicts:
First 30 Days
- page 2 third line under One Day At A Time — do not add “we stay clean and sober”.
Suggestions for Relapse Prevention
- page 1 bottom — “here many of us” had been changed to “with this* many of us”.
- Item 3 — “we suggest at least one meeting”,
- Item 10—”difficult”.
Discussion of non-approval of Amy B.’s version of Who Is An Addict that appears in book.
Not presented to floor of 1992 WSC.
Motion: Change book’s version of Who Is An Addict to match current pamphlet format (friendly amendment accepted: with necessary punctuation corrections). Barry seconded. Motion passed.
PAMPHLET CORRECTIONS
And All Other Mind-Altering
- Motion 1 — page 1 para 3 to remove “with” in 3rd line but keep comma. Motion passed.
Page 2 of 3
And All Other Mind-Altering (continued)
- Motion 2 — next line put back in “by our Fellowship”. Motion passed,
- Motion 3 —• 4th para return “earlier” to “old,” Motion passed.
- Motion 4 — next line to reinsert “in chemicals”. Motion passed.
- Motion 5 — page 3 last para return to “what drugs you Lake or are prescribed to you.” Motion passed.
Higher Power
- Motion 1 — 4th para page 1 return to “that you are open-minded”. Motion passed.
Suggestions for Relapse Prevention
- no changes
Tools of Recovery
- Motion 1 — page 1 first para to return to “free for a moment with a little clarity.” Motion passed,
Choosing Your Sponsor
- Motion 1 — bottom of page 2 last line of 2nd to last para return to “mind off the purpose of purpose of Cocaine Anonymous.” with addition of “of.” Motion passed.
- Motion 2 — page 3 entire first paragraph needs to be reinserted, with addition of comma and lower case “but” on 2nd sentence. Motion passed,
- Motion 3 — end of 2nd paragraph do not add “only”. Motion passed.
To The Newcomer
- Motion 1 — last page 2nd to last para remove “ever”. Not passed.
First 30 Days
- Motion 1 — add “or more” at bottom of first page. Motion passed.
- Motion 2 — return last sentence to original. Motion passed.
Portion of Chris P.’s letter read. Said he would accept changes as long as WSO Board willing to take responsibility.
BLUE LINE PROOFS
- Resize logo on ISBN page.
- Change developed backed to evolved on page XXX.
- Page 59 Capitalize all slogans — “We knew for sure”
- Last page “Tips For Staying Clean and Sober” should be sorted.
OFFICE REPORT
Read report. Change approval of minutes to minutes of last Board meeting. Get set of minutes to KD on Friday and send them to Board members. KD and Carrie to produce list of corrections and marked pages to he faxed and mailed to Crawfordsville immediately.
Honey Do List
See attached.
FINANCE REPORT
Tabled to January 20th meeting.
NEW AND OLD BUSINESS
Tabled to January 20th meeting.
NEXT BOARD MEETING JANUARY 20 @7 PM
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