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Aug 18, 1989 – Day 3 – WS Conference Minutes

Posted on August 18, 1989November 27, 2022 by caws.archivist

****** FRIDAY EVENING AUGUST 18TH 6:40 PM ******

The Chairperson opened the session with The Serenity Prayer.

Debbie B. took Roll Call. A vote total of 91 votes was declared.

Nominations continued for the WSBOT. Mike P., Rhonda M. and Bob C. were nominated.
After a motion to close WSBOT nominations from the floor passed, there was a FIRE ALARM in the hotel.

All nominated Trustee candidates vere individually ratified: David G., Howard E., Sandy P., Richard W., Mike P., Rhonda M. and Bob C. are now Conference approved as Trustee candidates.

CORRECTED AND APPROVED MINUTES – 6TH WSC (AUG/89) Page 7 OF 16

Sandy P. (Finance) presented the 89-90 budget and projections for the 3rd and 4th Quarter 89-90 budget and asked for each committee member to submit their budget for Conference approval, individually.

19 H. Lee S.’s motion to ACCEPT THE H&I BUDGET AS PROPOSED($350) passed.

Kelly L. presented the proposed S&B Committee budget, which contained travel expenses for committee members, generated much discussion and Kelly withdrew his motion to accept the S&B budget.

Sandy P.’s motion to APPROVE THE PROPOSED BUDGET FOR THE 3RD AND 4TH QUARTERS OF 1989 AND THE CALENDER YEAR 1990, PENDING APPROVAL OF THE COMMITTEE BUDGETS passed. (Appendix B)

Mike P. noted a mathematical error in the l3t column – Total Income should be $154,000 not $153,500.

Sandy P.’s motion for the WSO to pay up to $1500 annually for health insurance for the WSO office employee was withdrawn because that line item was included in the budget just passed.

Sandy p.’s motion THAT THE TIMING AND RELEASE INTO THE GENERAL FUND OF THE DANCE-AROUND-THE-WORLD FUNDS BE AT THE DISCRETION OF THE WSBOT passed.

Carla A.’s motion to suspend the rules to consider a motion to accept into the Roll Call 4 tardy L.A. Area delegates failed. Tardy members have voice but lose their vote for the remainder of the session.

After a 10 minute recess, Sandy P. handed out Suggested Treasurer’s Report guidelines for any committee handling money, reaffirmed the primary purpose of Literature was to carry the message and declared a long term goal to lower the price of Literature to the fellowship.
Jim S. (Finance) described the 70/30 Plan, approved in 1988, led a brief discussion on the Plan and urged all Groups, Areas and Districts to follow the 70/30 Plan.

The Conference Committee will append, to the minutes, all documents approved or accepted at the WSC, after corrections have been made.

Fenn P. (Conference) responded to all items addressed to the Conference Committee.

The Conference Committee motion that PROPOSED MATERIAL PREPARED PRIOR TO THE CONFERENCE, TO BE REVIEWED BY THE DELEGATES FOR POSSIBLE CONSIDERATION BY THE CONFERENCE, MUST BE RECEIVED BY THE WSO AT LEAST 90 DAYS BEFORE THE WSC SO THAT ALL DELEGATES CAN RECEIVE MATERIALS AT LEAST 60 DAYS PRIOR TO THE CONFERENCE passed. (Standing Rule #15)

CORRECTED AND APPROVED MINUTES – 6TH WSC (AUG/89) Page 8 OF 16

A Conference Committee motion to UPDATE CONFERENCE VOTING METHODS, IN THE SUMMARY OF MOTIONS, 3 WAYS, 1) DELETE METHOD #3, 2) CHANGE #2 TO READ “SHOW OF HANDS”, AND 3) CHANGE CURRENT #2 TO 3 AND RENAME “COUNT OF HANDS” AND NUMBER THE PAGES IN THE SUMMARY OF MOTIONS passed. (Appendix C)

The Conference Committee motion to CHANGE ALL OCCURRENCES, IN THE SUHMARY OF MOTIONS, OF CHAIRMAN TO CHAIRPERSON AND CORRECT THE TYPOGRAPHICAL ERROR REGARDING THE OUTCOME OF VOTES:
“IF AYES < NAYS , THE MOTION FAILS” passed. (Appendix C)

The Conference Committee motion that STANDING RULE #10 BE REVISED TO “ALL MAIN MOTIONS FROM COMMITTEES WILL BE SUBMITTED IN WRITING TO THE CONFERENCE CHAIRPERSON” passed. (Appendix D)

The Conference Committee motion to ACCEPT THE FORMS TITLED “DELEGATE”, “ALTERNATE”, THE 3 PROXY FORMS, THE ALTERNATE DELEGATE SIGN-IN SHEET AND “AREA CHAIRPERSON CONFIRMATION OF DELEGATE/ALTERNATE” passed. (Appendix E)

The Conference Committee motion to HAVE THE 1990 WSC ON AUGUST 15-19, 1990 passed.
The Conference Committee motion to ACCEPT THE REVISED CONFERENCE COMMITTEE STATEMENT OF PURPOSE, “THE PURPOSE OF THE WORLD SERVICE CONFERENCE COMMITTEE IS TO ORGANIZE THE WORLD SERVICE CONFERENCE WHICH INCLUDES:

* HOTEL SELECTION AND NEGOTIATION
* PREPARATION OF THE AGENDA
* PREPARATION AND REVIEW OF THE MINUTES FROM EACH CONFERENCE FOR DISTRIBUTION
* COMPILE THE DELEGATE PACKETS
* DEVELOP POLICIES AND PROCEDURES FOR THE CONFERENCE

A SUB-COMMITTEE OF THE CONFERENCE COMMITTEE ALSO SERVES AS A CREDENTIALS COMMITTEE. THIS COMMITTEE REVIEWS ALL PETITIONS TO THE WSC FOR AREA RECOGNITION, AS WELL AS THE DELEGATE CREDENTIAL FORM.” passed.

The Conference Committee motion to ADOPT STANDING RULE #16, “DELE¬GATES ARRIVING AFTER THE VOTE TOTALS AND QUORUM ARE ANNOUNCED AT THE END OF ROLL CALL FOR A PARTICULAR SESSION, MAY NOT VOTE DURING THAT SESSION, BUT MAY SPEAK AND MAKE MOTIONS” passed. (Appendix D)

The Conference Committee motion to CHANGE STANDING RULE #11 TO READ, “ALL MAIN MOTIONS SHALL BE DISPLAYED IN WRITING AT THE FRONT OF THE CONFERENCE FLOOR, EXCEPT FOR COMMITTEE MOTIONS PROVIDED IN HANDOUTS TO THE CONFERENCE FLOOR” passed. (Appendix D)

CORRECTED AND APPROVED MINUTES – 6TH WSC (AUG/89) Page 9 OF 16

The Structure and Bylaws committee motion to CHANGE ITEM 6 ON PAGE 4
IN THE TEMPORARY WORKING GUIDE TO THE SERVICE STRUCTURE TOC “DELEGATE ELECTIONS, WHEN NECESSARY, ARE TO BE HELD PRIOR TO 120 DAYS BEFORE THE WSC MEETING, BECAUSE DELEGATES MUST BE REGISTERED 120 DAYS BEFORE THE WSC” passed.

Kelly L. coordinated the deletion of some unnecessary pages from the Delegate’s TWGTTSS. (Appendix F)

The S&B Committee motion to ACCEPT 3 FORMS:

“GENERAL INFORMATION FOR PETITIONERS AS NEW C.A. AREAS”, (WITH TWO AMENDMENTS 1) ADD A #11 WHICH READS, “PLEASE ATTACH A MAP SHOWING PROPOSED AREA BOUNDARIES”, AND 2) ADD TO LINE 2, “PLEASE ATTACH A MEETING SCHEDULE”),

“PETITION FOR DISTRICTS TO CHANGE AREAS”, AND

“PETITION FOR AREAS TO CHANGE REGIONS” passed. (Appendix F)

The S&B motion to ACCEPT THE REVISED FLOW CHART FOR INCLUSION INTO THE WS MANUAL AND THE TWGTTSS passed. (Appendix F)

A motion to start Saturday’s session at 8 AM instead of 9 AM failed.

The Chairperson concluded the session at 11:05 PM with the Lord’s Prayer.

CORRECTED AND APPROVED MINUTES – 6TH WSC (AUG/89) Page 10 OF 16

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