CA WORLD SERVICE BOARD OF TRUSTEES SUMMARY MINUTES OF MEETING QUARTERLY BOARD MEETING
March 8th 2015
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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WSBT Quarterly
Sunday March 8th, 2015
Agenda
Call in; 7124320390
Access code; 465750#
Moment of silence and Serenity Prayer
Roll call
Ira Land – WST
Frank Pappano – WSOT
Rob Wellhauser – TAL / ERT
Anne Bouley Meyer – ASRT
Jay Parker – SWRT
Deborah Giles – PNRT
Yves White – ANRT / WSBT Secretary
Duane Miller – PSRT / WSBT Vice-chair
Brian Tenenbaum – MWRT / WSBT Chair
Reading of the 12 Traditions –
Read long form of Tradition 5 and discuss –
Read Concept 5 and discuss –
Skipped
Chair’s opening remarks: (Brian T)
Thank you all for being on the call, saving $ to CA and Condolences for Anne WSBT officer reports (discussion on reports previously submitted for review): Chair (Brian)
Vice-Chair (Duane)
Secretary (Yves)
Trustee reports (discussion on reports previously submitted for review):
Atlantic North Regional Trustee (Yves)
Atlantic South Regional Trustee (Anne)
Midwest Regional Trustee (Brian)
Pacific North Regional Trustee (Deborah)
Pacific South Regional Trustee (Duane)
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-Southwest Regional Trustee (Jay)
European Regional Trustee (Rob)
Trustee At Large (Rob)
World Service Office Trustee Report (Frank)
World Service Trustee Report (Ira)
WSBT Subcommittee reports – lead member listed first (discussion on reports previously submitted for review):
Finance (Frank)
International Structure and Development (Yves)
Legal (Duane)
Long Term Planning (Rob)
NewsGram (Deborah)
Orientation (Duane)
Trustee Election (Jay)
Trustee Negotiating (Ira, Brian, Duane, Jay, Rob)
Trustee Outreach (Brian)
World Service Conference (Anne)
Trustee Conference Committee reports (discussion on reports previously submitted for review):
Archives (Frank – Duane 2nd)
Conference (Anne – Ira 2nd)
Convention (Ira – Brian 2nd)
- CAWS 2015 (Rob)
- CAWS 2016 (Brian)
- CAWS 2017 (Deborah)
- CAWS 2018 (Yves)
Finance (Jay– Brian 2nd)
Hospitals & Institutions (Brian – Deborah 2nd)
IT (Yves – Rob 2nd)
Literature, Chips & Format (Rob – Anne 2nd)
Public Information (Duane – Jay 2nd)
Structure & Bylaws (Yves – Duane 2nd)
Unity (Deborah – Frank 2nd)
Motion to approve the all the reports by Rob, seconded IRA voted unanimously
CAWS Convention updates
- CAWS 2015 (Rob) 2 weeks ago, final steering committee meeting before the convention. Issue with the new web site. Hotel block is filled. Addendum for more rooms has been
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signed. So things are looked well. Jay: preregistration (275) is the biggest ever at this time.
- CAWS 2016 (Brian) Moving along slowly. Concerned about fundraising. All positions filled except for decoration and special needs. Rob: will there be a presentation during the banquet? Yes they are working on it. Nothing finalized regarding selling of t-shirt at CAWS2015. Ira, need to nail their banquet and brunch costs… Price and costs are probably nailed down now.
- CAWS 2017 (Deborah) Going slowly… Negotiation with a hotel near the airport. Various positions available. Meeting were pretty well attended. Will provide minutes to our email loop.
- CAWS 2018 (Yves)
CAWS2019 Bid updates.
Jay has ask the region to consider bidding. Sweden is looking forward too.
PLACE MARKER – BUSINESS ITEMS
MARKER 2006.02.20 Copyright and trademark protection (Ira) –
To remain on agenda for quarterly review
Next Review – Principle register – September 4, 2020
Review of On-Line Copyright Issues
| Service Marks | Where Protected | ||
| We’re here and we’re free | USA and EU | ||
| Cocaine Anonymous name | USA EU | ||
| C.A. | USA | ||
| CA logo | USA EU | ||
The following marks have been registered in Canada:
| 1. | Trademark: WE’RE HERE AND WE’RE FREE | Renewal Date: 9-30– 2027 |
| 2. | Trademark: CA HOPE FAITH COURAGE& Design Renewal Date: 8-9-2021 | |
| 3. | Trademark: COCAINE ANONYMOUS | Renewal Date: 12-13-2021 |
| 4. | Trademark: C.A. | Renewal Date: 6-12- 2022 |
Ira: discrepancies within Canada and WSO papers. It will be on the next WSOB
MARKER 2006.08.13 Signature of annual corporate documents (All)
To be completed @ at fall quarterly
MARKER 2009.05.09 Status of WSO – (Frank & Ira)
Frank: There will be a motion to proceed to sell our book to Amazon and other. See report. Ira: eBooks is free for us so a good way to bring income if we have a good deal with the sellers. Looking with the lawyer about the Scottish issue, and the billing received. Thank you to Frank for bringing good people to our board. Jay: any contract
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will be coming to TNC? Yes. Jay: important to look at termination language for copier lease, they are made complicated by intent. Rob: do we need a copier that can print pamphlets? They are looking at it.
MARKER NADCP – (Rob)
Rob: no update. I would like to have Anne replace me at the NADCP to save traveling and have more time for EUR. Motion to have the ASR trustee replace the TAL for NADCP in Washington DC by Rob seconded Ira, voted unanimously
MARKER TEC – (Jay, Rob second)
Jay: contacted all for interview at convention: Patrice and one probably from EUR
OLD BUSINESS
2011.03.01 European fulfillment facility – (Rob/Frank/Brian)
Brian: talked to Russell, volunteering. He’s working on formalizing a report within 2 weeks. Rob: spend some time with Russell. It is a WSO project
2013.10.02 Legal Update (Duane)
Duane: Nothing to report
2013.11.06 Transcriptions of the quarterly update (Yves/Anne)
Anne: with Odesk, there is one person who would do 1 hour of transcription for 25$ and another is 5$/hour.
2014.01.01 New www.ca.org site update (Yves/Brian/Frank)
Yves:
2014.05.03 Financial year – Jay
Jay: nothing to add from Frank report
2014.06.02 Long term financial comparison – Jay No
-Fiscal Year Start Update (Frank)
2014.12.08 On schedule to happen for January 1st 2016, with the budget
-Discuss the Holland translation of the First Step (Rob)
Rob: Will be in Holland to have a tradition inventory, before going into this.
-Selling chips and literature at Hazelden and other venue (Frank).
Frank: No update Rob: LCF discuss to have chips of different colors. This is not under the purview of LCF, but a WSO responsibility. Frank will bring this to the WSO
NEW BUSINESS
-Newsgram Article “Fun In Recovery” due by end of March
Any volunteer: Deborah will do one article
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– Scotland CA Trademark (Ira)
Ira: background, charters accountant filed opposition for TM CA; last April, WSBT approved to sign a deal about not using it out of recovery, but the Scotland Chartered accountant didn’t sign and even didn’t answer. So the attorney is continuing to push on this, so there is a costs of 500$ a month. Jay: motion to suspend any action on this matter until further notice, by Jay, seconded by Yves motion passes unanimously.
- CAWS2015 Registration and Responsibilities (Brian)
- Transportation – Airport to Hotel
- LTP & Meet the Trustee’s & WS Forum
- Appropriate dress
- Banquet – meal choice and greeting
- “be around, be available, be helpful”
CORRESPONDENCE/ RESPONSES FROM/TO THE FELLOWSHIP:
None
REFERRALS OUTSTANDING:
2014WSBT-01 Lead: Brian, Duane and Ira support
To remove the H&I can as a separate fund raising tool of H&I. The simple fact is H&I is not an autonomous entity within CA it’s not unlike any other standing committee. H&I like PI should have a designated budget. Passing a separate can creates financial dispensation from financial responsibility of the Area or District. It creates an unfair disadvantage and the language in the H&I Guidelines almost insinuates that its expenditures are agreed on by only its committee when in fact any funding should reside in the body in which created the committee either the District or the Area. When H&I has more money in donations then the District does to pay for vital necessities like rent, it creates an unfair disadvantage. And to use H&I money for anything other than H&I is fraud.
2014WSBT-02 Lead: Jay and Rob support
To expand the Cocaine Anonymous brand in order to make it more drug inclusive by adding a tagline that coincides with what are first step says we are: Suggestions include: COCAINE ANONMYOUS “Recovery from cocaine and all mind altering substances.” or COCAINE ANONYMOUS “And all other mind altering substances”
POST-CONFERENCE REFERRALS TO BE ADDRESSED:
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2015WSBT-01 Lead: Duane
When the new trustees that are voted in and announced to the conference floor, that the new Trustee stand up and be visually identified so we can know who these new trustees are and what they look like.
2015WSBT-02 Lead: Yves and Deborah, support
Please consider to provide the candidates being interviewed for a position, a written version of the same questions that are provided to the TEC members – for ONLY the time of the actual interview off course. Some questions are quite lengthy and providing a written version to the candidate can help them ‘get’ (all of the aspects- of) the questions. I feel this will benefit non-English native people specifically. Both ways: when a non-English native TEC member reads out the question, possible mispronunciations may lead to a misconception off the question. On the other side of the table, non -English native speaking candidates will be a lot better facilitated if they were able to read along when a question is read out to them. Thus eliminating (some of the) unwanted discrimination between candidates based on what language you natively speak. Thank you. P.S. My phone number is 0031 6 420 912 93.
2015WSBT3-03 Lead Rob
In the preamble, change “experience, strength and hope” to “hope, faith and courage
DONM ~ WSBT Conference Call
Nothing schedule before our May quarterly
DONM ~ WSBT Quarterly
Sunday May 17th 5pm for dinner
Close – Serenity Prayer
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