Aug 26 – Sep 2, 2018 – WSBT Quarterly Board Meeting – Summary Minutes

CA WORLD SERVICE BOARD OF TRUSTEES SUMMARY MINUTES OF MEETING QUARTERLY BOARD MEETING

Sunday August 26th to Sunday September 2nd, 2018

Los Angeles, California

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 our Tradition on anonymity in public communications media (press, radio, TV, etc.).

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Moment of silence and Serenity Prayer

Personal Sharing (approximately 3-5 minutes each)

Roll call

George Mooney – ANRT
Jason Laurence – TAL1 / ERT
Kerry Wesley – SWRT
Kevin Murphy – WSOT
Yvette Holman – WST
Tom Phelan – PSRT
Vanessa Matthews Jackson – TAL2 / WSBT Assistant Secretary
Wade Staples – PNRT / WSBT Secretary
Jeannette Johnson – MWRT / WSBT Vice-Chair
Anne Meyer – ASRT / WSBT Chair

Reading of the 12 Traditions (Jeannette)

Read long form of Tradition 10 and discuss (Kerry)

Read Concept 4 and discuss (Vanessa)

Chair’s opening remarks: (Anne)

At our Board to Board, we will be going through the Convention Reports, so we don’t have to go through them again later on. Good News: We’re only going to be here for 8 days. Bad News: I might be a bit of a task master, to get us all through it.

Board to Board Meeting: 6 PM to 8:50 PM, followed by a 10-minute break.

We reconvened our WSBT Q3 Meeting at 9:00PM

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WSBT Officer Reports:

Chair (Anne)
Vice-Chair (Jeannette)
Secretary (Wade)

Wade added that he has compiled the Q2 Summary of Minutes subject to review of one formatting issue, and he will be ready to provide them to the office. He has also compiled and uploaded the 180805 Conference Call Minutes to our WSBT Q3 Folder for review at this conference and he will be bringing a motion to approve them at this quarterly. Assistant Secretary (Vanessa).

Questions and discussion of Reports.

MOTION:
Motion to approve the WSBT Officer Reports.
Seconded. No further discussion.
Motion approved unanimously.

Trustee Reports:

Atlantic North Regional Trustee (George)
Atlantic South Regional Trustee (Anne)
Midwest Regional Trustee (Jeannette)
Pacific North Regional Trustee (Wade)
Pacific South Regional Trustee (Tom)
Southwest Regional Trustee (Kerry)
European Regional Trustee (Jason)
Trustee At Large 1 (Jason)
Trustee At Large 2 (Vanessa)
World Service Trustee Report (Yvette)
World Service Office Trustee Report (Kevin)

Questions and discussion of Reports.

MOTION:
Motion to approve the Trustee Reports, with the exception of the ERT, TAL1, TAL2, and WSOT reports.
Seconded. No further discussion.
Motion passed unanimously.

MOTION:
Motion to approve the ERT, TAL1, TAL2, and WSOT Trustee Reports.
Seconded. No further discussion.
Motion passed unanimously.

At Conference Reports:

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ANRT (George) Nothing to add.
ASRT (Anne) Nothing to add.
MWRT (Jeannette)
PNRT (Wade) Will be adding a sentence to include the number of starter kits requested in the region from last year to this year.
PSRT (Tom) Nothing to add.
SWRT (Kerry) Nothing to add.
TAL/ ERT (Jason)
TAL2 – Just revised it to say Overview instead of Comments. Re-Uploaded.
WST – Nothing to add.
WSOT – Nothing to add.

Questions and discussions of each report.

MOTION:
Motion to approve At Conference Reports
Seconded. No further discussion.
Motion passed unanimously.

WSBT Subcommittee Reports: – lead member listed first

Finance (Kerry/All)

Legal (Vanessa/Anne)

Questions came up around the Trademark Policy and review of same.

NewsGram (George)

Jason: When is the next deadline for submissions – Mid October.

TEC (Tom/Vanessa) Report submitted. Also have the TEC Opening report. Tom will put this in the Opening and Closing Reports Folder.

Long-term Planning (Jason/All) Jason wants to ensure that we review the Projects Chart at this quarterly.

Orientation (Jeannette/All)

International Structure and Development (Wade, Kevin, Jason) Nothing to add.

TNC (Yvette, Kerry, Jeannette, Jason, Anne) Added all the files for the invoice re: South Africa, New Trademark portfolio from the attorney, etc. to our WSBT Files for us to discuss at this quarterly.

Trustee Outreach (Anne/Jeannette) She received a letter from Bob L. regarding any potential change in the conference charter. Thanks to Jason and Vanessa for their efforts in organizing the Trustee Dinner at Montreal.

World Service Conference (Kevin/Yvette) All contracts are signed and in place.

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Discussion and Questions on all reports.

MOTION:
Motion to approve the WSBT Sub-Committee Reports.
Seconded. No further discussion.
Motion passed unanimously.

Trustee Conference Committee Reports: – lead member listed first

Conference (Vanessa, Anne)

Concerns regarding this year’s conference and the delegate mailings were discussed.

MOTION: To ask the Conference Chair and Conference Coordinator to come and sit with the WSBT to review our concerns.
Seconded.

Friendly Amendment: We should also have the Conference Chair and Parliamentarian here as well, since they are actually charged with running the conference.

AMMENDED MOTION: To ask the Conference Committee Chair, Conference Coordinator, Conference Chair, and Parliamentarian to come and sit with the WSBT to review our concerns.

Approved by motion maker and seconder.
Discussion.

Motion passes with substantial unanimity.

[Note: Wednesday, August 29th from 9:15 AM to 10:05 AM, The WSBT met with the Conference Committee Chair, The Conference Chair, and the Conference Parliamentarian to discuss some concerns and how to better serve the fellowship at conference.]

Public Information (Jason, Jeannette)

Hospitals & Institutions (Wade, Tom)
Literature, Chips & Formats (Tom, Jason)
Structure & Bylaws (Kevin, Kerry)
Convention (Jeannette, Yvette)
Archive (Yvette, Vanessa)
Unity (Anne, Kevin)
Finance (Kerry, George)
Information Technologies (George, Wade)

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Questions and discussions of all reports

MOTION:
Motion to approve the Conference Committee Reports.
Seconded. No further discussion.
Motion passed unanimously.

CAWS Convention Updates:

CAWS 2018 (George)

CAWS 2019 (Jason)

CAWS 2020 (Kerry)

CAWS 2021 (George)

Questions and discussion of all reports

MOTION:
Motion to accept the CAWS Conventions Update Reports.
Seconded. No further discussion.
Motion passed unanimously.

PLACE MARKER – BUSINESS ITEMS:

MARKER 2006.02.20 Copyright and trademark protection (Vanessa/Anne/Yvette) – To remain on agenda for quarterly review

Matter No. Country Mark Renewal Due:

59628-0001 Canada WE’RE HERE AND WE’RE FREE September 30, 2027
59628-0002 U.S. COCAINE ANONYMOUS September 4, 2020
59628-0003 Canada COCAINE ANONYMOUS December 13, 2021
59628-0004 U.S. CA December 20, 2018
59628-0005 Canada CA June 12, 2022
59628-0006 U.S. CA HOPE FAITH COURAGE (logo) April 24, 2020
59628-0007 Canada CA HOPE FAITH COURAGE (logo) August 9, 2021
59628-0008 U.S. WE’RE HERE AND WE’RE FREE April 2, 2026
59628-0009 Europe COCAINE ANONYMOUS April 1, 2026
59628-0010 Europe CA HOPE FAITH COURAGE (logo) July 26, 2026
59628-0011 Europe CA November 15, 2021
59628-0012 South Africa COCAINE ANONYMOUS
59628-0013 South Africa CA
59628-0014 South Africa CA HOPE FAITH COURAGE (logo)

MOTION:

Motion that we accept and pay the invoice that we received from our attorney on August 10, 2018 in the amount of $612.10

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Seconded. Discussion.
Friendly Amendment: To add the invoice # 1728482 to the motion.
AMENDED MOTION:
Motion that we accept and pay the invoice # 1728482 that we received from our attorney on August 10, 2018 in the amount of $612.10
Motion maker and seconder accepted the friendly amendment.
Discussion.
Motion passed unanimously.

MOTION:
Motion that we accept the attorney’s recommendation to follow the suggested letter of consent procedure and that we pay the estimated costs associated of ~ $1500.00. Seconded. Discussion.
Motion passed unanimously.

MARKER 2006.08.13 Signature of annual corporate documents (All) To be completed at fall quarterly

(We don’t have to deal with this one this quarterly. This happens at the December Quarterly. It usually happens at a Board to Board meeting at the CAWSO.)

MARKER 2009.05.09 Status of WSO – (Yvette/Kevin)

Yvette and Kevin each provided reports on the status of the WSO.
Questions and discussion.

MARKER – TEC – (Tom/Vanessa)

There will be a TEC. Convenes at 6PM Tuesday. 45 minute orientation with all the Delegates. 1st interview is 6 :45 PM and we have 5 interviews. We then meet at 8 :15 Wednesday for 1 Interview. Then we will excuse TEC Delegates and break for WSBT meeting with Conference Committee Chair & Others. We then reconvene with the TEC process.

MARKER – FINANCIAL OVERVIEW – (Kerry)

Looking at the P&L, but not including the Convention, Kerry went through how we’re doing with expenses and revenues in various line items or categories.

Several questions were asked about line items, and we reviewed our Trustee Expenses.

MARKER – LONG TERM PLANNING – (Jason)

Yahoo groups have been created and we have all been added. He will revise the projects chart, and then have the WSBT review and approve that.

LTP was also added to the end of this agenda for further review and discussion.

OLD BUSINESS:

Need for translation and proofing of Service materials and pamphlets (Jason/Kevin)
1-800 phone number (Jason)

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TAL Responsibilities (Jason/Vanessa/Jeannette)
Publication/Document Formatting Guidelines (Tom) The LCF has resurrected the style guide. This item will be removed from the Agenda going forward.
Royalties (Jason) Central UK has been printing for a long while and has not been paying any royalties, so he is working to collect the monies owed from them. He has also already got areas to ‘catch up’ and get up-to-date on their payments. We will leave this on the agenda, and he will provide an updated report at our next quarterly.
WSOB Chair/Treasurer questions (Anne/Tom) This can be removed from the agenda going forward, but may need to be worked on to be ready to use.
WSBT PI Subcommittee (Jeannette/Anne) Jeannette: Working to create the TAL Job descriptions will be helpful here as well. We talked about this and then we removed it from the agenda, and then she still felt a tug about this going forward so we added it back. Even if it’s not a WSBT PI subcommittee, even if it’s just adding it to some TAL descriptions. Do we want to have a social media footprint? Jeannette has a document with several references to PI from the Big Book and the 12&12.
IT Conference Committee item “Printing on Demand” – (George/Wade) George: IT Committee is waiting on a bunch of information from the office to analyze and see what we are wanting to do. Wade: Want to keep this on the agenda. Anne: Also, was about the revenue stream concerns and the financial ramifications

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to the fellowship. We need to analyze the financial impact to the fellowship. Jason: Suggested that this was brought forward from IS&D Committee, so could we keep it with IS&D. Kevin brought up the idea of the Area License (being able to print so many per area based on number of meetings at a certain cost.

S&B – Motion regarding Tradition 11. This was discussed extensively already. We will remove this off the agenda for now. Jason asked that since the motion to change the Tradition came from this board, don’t we need any further action at this time? Answer: No, we can’t act further until we find out what happens with S&B motion to create the process.

NEW BUSINESS:

DAL ratification (David C)
MOTION: Motion that we ratify David C as a Director At Large of the WSOB.
Seconded. Discussion.
Motion Passed Unanimously

Election of WSOB Chair:
We then went to voting about electing Randy M as Chair of the WSOB.
We voted by secret ballot.
Randy M was elected as WSOB Chair.

Election of the WSOB Treasurer:
Decision of the chair was to do a simple majority. We were not all certain about that, but we wanted to consult the manual. Jeannette suggested that we use a 2/3 majority. Some further discussion.

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MOTION: Motion that we require a simple majority vote for this election.
Seconded.
Motion passed unanimously.

Discussion on WSOB Treasurer candidate.
Question was called.
Result: Alison is not elected as Treasurer. The WSOB Treasurer position will remain open at this time.

Anonymity (Jason)

Jason wanted to raise this as a subject for awareness. Since we are discussing Tradition 11 and yet we aren’t adhering to it, especially on Social Media. We have many people doing this (posting on Facebook, etc.), including members of the boards, committees, etc. Found one personal page in the last day where it’s got everything up there, including the C.A. logo, etc., plastered all over it. Private Groups and Closed Groups are one thing, but it’s just flowing out all over the place. Anonymity breaks are happening all over.

We had a full and lengthy discussion around anonymity, use and misuse of social media, educational opportunities and responsibilities within the fellowship, and possible solutions and best practices.

Updated orientation documents update approval (Jeannette)

Jeannette has done most of this. She will upload the changes and the red-lined documents, and she will make a motion on Sunday (after conference).

Area credentialing for delegates (i.e. CALA 5 delegates 120 meetings.)

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Delegate Duties Assigned by Vanessa to us for our part in the WSC Delegate Orientation presentations:
#1 = Jason / #2 = Anne / #3 = Tom / #4 = Kerry / #5 = Jason / #6 = Yvette #7 = Wade / #8 = Vanessa / #9 = Jeannette / #10 = Yvette / #11 = Kevin #12 = George
Tom provided the schedule for the TEC process during this year’s WSC.

CORRESPONDENCE/RESPONSES FROM/TO THE FELLOWSHIP:

—–Original Message—–
From: Angelica Zander [mailto:angelica@angelicazander.se]
Sent: Sunday, August 5, 2018 5:17 PM
To: Linda Francisco <doo@ca.org>
Subject: Questions as usual 🙂

Hello Linda! Hope you are well!

Do you know if it’s ok to publish texts from ”A Quiet Peace” and ”Hope, Faith, Courage” online on a home group CA information web page or a CA Area web page? 🙂 Like would it be possible to publish one daily meditation from ”A quiet peace” a day on a CA web page? 🙂

Best regards Angelica

MOTION:
Motion to approve the response to the correspondence about “A Quiet Peace”
excerpts as follows:

Dear Angelica,

Thank you again for your inquiry. This question is a very good one. As a general rule, no one has the authority to reproduce C.A. copyright protected literature without prior written permission from Cocaine Anonymous World Service Office, Inc. However, exceptions to this general rule are necessitated

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given the spiritual structure of the Cocaine Anonymous fellowship. Specifically, your inquiry addresses the relationship between C.A. groups and the various service committees organized to serve those groups.

Attention to the nature of this relationship guides our response. Cocaine Anonymous groups and C.A. service committees (areas and districts) formed to serve those groups have the authority to reproduce C.A. literature given the following considerations:

1. That the reproduction be used for purposes of discussion and for furthering the primary purpose of carrying the message to addict who still suffers.

2. The reproduced literature should be distributed only within that group.

3. The text of the reproduced literature should not be altered in any way.

4. The copyright for the item being reproduced should be affixed to the copy and be noted as “Copyright (first year of publication), Cocaine Anonymous

text should never be entirely reproduced at one time. Further, reprints should be minimal. With these considerations in mind, an area web page is within its authority to reprint one page a day of the C.A. book A Quiet Peace.

Please keep in mind that sales of literature are an important source of revenue for supporting the CAWSO, Inc. operations and many groups are aware that their purchase of these materials is important in contributing to the purpose of carrying the message to the addict who still suffers thus aiding in the fellowship efforts to achieve its primary purpose.

Sincerely,
WSBT

Seconded. Discussion.

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Motion passed unanimously.

Dear friends,

My Name is Nuri and I am a member of CA Germany in Frankfurt.

We opened a new meeting which is taking place in the house of a CA Member. We asked our Area to register it on the Meeting List but they say they can’t do it yet because they don’t know if Meetings in private rooms can be listed and they have to check that. Can you please tell if in the Service Manual or somewhere else there is a rule that Meetings in private rooms can not be listed?

Our aim is to grow and we started a new meeting in a private house but we want to move in a official room as soon as we have found one.

Thank you for your help.

Best Regards

________________________________________________________________

MOTION:
Motion to approve the proposed response as follows:

DEFINITION OF A COCAINE ANONYMOUS “GROUP”

A meeting is when two or more people gather together to share their experience, strength and hope with each other.
A meeting may call itself a C.A. Group when:

1. The only requirement for membership is a desire to stop using cocaine and all other mind-altering substances.
2. It is fully self-supporting.
3. Its primary purpose is to help addicts recover through the Twelve Steps of C.A.
4. It has no outside affiliations.
5. It has no opinion on outside issues.
6. Its public relations policy is based on attraction rather than promotion.

THE C.A. GROUP

The basic unit in C.A. is the local Group, which is autonomous except in matters affecting other Groups or C.A. as a whole. The Group has but one primary purpose, which is to help others to recover through the suggested Twelve Steps. Each Group is self-supporting through its own contributions. As the Twelve Steps are our guide to recovery, the Twelve Traditions are our guide to Group unity, growth and discipline. Its members maintain their personal anonymity at the level of press, radio, television and film. (WSM page 17).

There is no such rule in the World Service Manual that restricts a meeting from being in a private residence. Hopefully the information above from the manual helps. Best wishes,

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WSBT

Seconded. Discussion.

Motion passed unanimously.

Help Needed:

Hi Cocaine Anonymous

A sponsee has started a meeting in his house.

The meeting started with 2/3people a few weeks ago.

The 2nd week there were 6 people at the last meeting earlier this week. There was 10 people. Its establishing itself as a healthy strong meeting of CA.

When going to list the meeting on the CA website. He is told he is breaking traditions by having the meeting in his house. By his area webmaster and other area delegates.

And therefor it cannot and will not be listed.

This has raised me curious. As me personally I have seen and heard of many CA meetings started in people’s homes. My sponsor tells me there is nothing wrong with it. A few other strong long-time members also re: assure me too.

However, I would like the facts straight from CA world Services as soon as possible

Please.

Thanking you in advance

Kind regards

Nicholas

MOTION: Motion to approve the proposed response as follows:

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Response:

Meetings have been happening in the homes of members since 1935, according to AA’s history. Our WSM states:

DEFINITION OF A COCAINE ANONYMOUS “GROUP”

A meeting is when two or more people gather together to share their experience, strength and hope with each other.

A meeting may call itself a C.A. Group when:

1. The only requirement for membership is a desire to stop using cocaine and all other mind-altering substances.

2. It is fully self-supporting.

3. Its primary purpose is to help addicts recover through the Twelve Steps of C.A.

4. It has no outside affiliations.

5. It has no opinion on outside issues.

6. Its public relations policy is based on attraction rather than promotion.

THE C.A. GROUP

Best wishes,

WSBT

Seconded. Discussion.

Friendly amendment: I like the ending of the first one, and I’d like that language to be in this one as well.

Accepted by motion maker and seconder.

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Friendly amendment: To change the first sentence to: “It is the experience of our fellowship that meetings have been held in members’ homes since our founding.”

Accepted by motion maker and seconder.

MOTION NOW READS: Motion to approve the proposed response as follows:

Response:

It is the experience of our fellowship that meetings have been held in members’ homes since our founding. Our WSM states:

DEFINITION OF A COCAINE ANONYMOUS “GROUP”

A meeting is when two or more people gather together to share their experience, strength and hope with each other.

A meeting may call itself a C.A. Group when:

1. The only requirement for membership is a desire to stop using cocaine and all other mind-altering substances.

2. It is fully self-supporting.

3. Its primary purpose is to help addicts recover through the Twelve Steps of C.A.

4. It has no outside affiliations.

5. It has no opinion on outside issues.

6. Its public relations policy is based on attraction rather than promotion.

THE C.A. GROUP

There is no such rule in the World Service Manual that restricts a meeting from being in a private residence. Hopefully the information above from the manual helps.

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Best wishes,

WSBT

No further discussion.

Motion passed unanimously

—

MOTION: Motion to approve our Opening Report.

Seconded. Discussion.

Motion passed unanimously.

CORRESPONDENCE/ RESPONSES FROM/TO THE FELLOWSHIP (Continued):

CORRESPONDENCE:

———- Original Message ———-

From: CAWSO <cawso@ca.org>
To: wsbt@ca.org
Date: June 12, 2018 at 12:06 PM
Subject: FW: Intellectual Property and Translations

From: Danny T [mailto:danny.t@cmagso.net]
Sent: Monday, June 11, 2018 5:28 AM
To: CAWSO <cawso@ca.org>
Subject: Intellectual Property and Translations

Hello:

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Hope this email finds you well. I am reaching out to you because CMA is in the process of expanding its intellectual property policy and creating a process for approving requests for translation and adaptation. I was wondering if you would be willing to share how CA handles its intellectual property and requests for translations? We have reached out to NA and have their model but wanted to see how other fellowships are handling these matters.

As always, any help you can offer is greatly appreciated.

In Service,

—

Danny T.

Trustee At-Large & Treasurer

CMA General Services | www.crystalmeth.org
4470 W Sunset Blvd Ste 107 PMB 555
Los Angeles CA 90027-6302
Cell (305) 323-3741

APPROVED RESPONSE:

Dear Danny,

We at C.A. are glad to assist. Hope all is well with you. In answer to your inquiries here is our process regarding translations and the protection of our intellectual properties (see attached*). When we receive a request for translation we send the document or manuscript to an accredited translation service for review. After reviewing it is returned to the those concerned for their assessment checking for local colloquialisms, etc.
Regarding our intellectual property, we insure all our copyrights are in force through our legal advisors and or the Cocaine Anonymous World Service Board of Trustees.

Sincerely,

WSBT

*Attachment would be our existing conference approved translation policy. ________________________________________________________________

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CORRESPONDENCE:

From: Amanda Jarrell [mailto:AJarrell@paytel.com]
Sent: Monday, June 18, 2018 1:01 PM
To: cawso@ca.org
Subject: request for permission to use content from CA website

Good Afternoon,

Our company is seeking to partner with providers of educational content with the intention of providing free access to that content to incarcerated individuals located in confinement facilities (jails) via tablet devices. The need for this content is linked to a greater mission to break the cycle of incarceration by providing inmates access to resources to enable a successful reentry into society. In the case of Cocaine Anonymous, we felt your website has information that could be very helpful to those inmates exposed to or suffering from the effects of substance abuse and recovery. Due to the security measures taken with inmates, access to internet and web browsing is prohibited. Our request is being made in order to provide inmates with information that is valuable to them, but not available to them during incarceration. I would like to speak with someone who can define in what capacity (if any) we can utilize text or literature from the website. If permission is granted for use of materials and information on your website, would you please advise in what capacity it can be used? For example, it can be used as long as the source is cited or only used as long as the document is not altered or sold, etc.

I would appreciate it if a representative would reach out to me to discuss this opportunity in more detail.

Regards,

Amanda Jarrell, Resource Manager
Pay Tel Communications, Inc.
PO Box 8179
Greensboro, NC 27419
Phone: 336-852-7419, Ext. 306

APPROVED RESPONSE:

Dear Amanda,

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Thank you for this inquiry. Cocaine Anonymous is organized by a set of traditions intended to result in a unified fellowship. Tradition six states: “A C.A. group ought never endorse, finance, or lend the C.A. name to any related facility or outside enterprise, lest problems of money, property and prestige divert us from our primary purpose.” With this tradition in mind we are unable to partner with any “outside enterprise.” However, our fellowship does have a vigorous Hospital and Institutions function that operates on a local basis in cooperation with the various facilities that have authorized their participation.

As for use of materials on the CA.org website the following disclaimers apply:

DISCLAIMERS: This World Wide Web site, http://www.ca.org, is a publication of Cocaine Anonymous® World Services, Inc. (“CAWS”). All material, including, without limitation, trademarks, copyrights and all other rights, presented or included herein, including all subsidiary pages, is owned and/or copyrighted by CAWS. Permission is granted to download and store this material for individual, non-proprietary use only. All other rights are fully reserved. Cocaine Anonymous is not affiliated with any other Anonymous organization.

We regret being unable to offer links to non-C.A. sites, due to our longstandingtraditionof non-endorsement of outside enterprises, whether related to our goals or not. While we are grateful for all links from other Web sites, we do not endorse any product, service or opinion offered by any outside organization.

NOTE ON “PDF” FILES: These files are in “.PDF (Portable Document File) format” and require the free “PDF file viewer”. PDF format is not endorsed by C.A. but is used as the Internet standard format for printed publications, such as the C.A. NewsGram and convention registration forms.

NOTE ON “FLASH” MOVIES: These movies require the free “Flash player”. Flash player is not endorsed by C.A. but is used as an Internet standard format for audio and video content on this website. Cocaine Anonymous World Service Conference Approved Literature. Copyright © 2015 Cocaine Anonymous World Services, Inc. “C.A.”, “Cocaine Anonymous”, “We’re here and we’re free” and the C.A. logo are registered trademarks of Cocaine Anonymous World Services, Inc. All rights reserved.

Please direct technical comments or questions about this site to webservant@ca.org.

If you would like contact information for local areas the following link is
useful: https://ca.org/meetings/.

Thank you again for your inquiry.
Sincerely,

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WSBT

———- Original Message ———-

From: wsbt@ca.org wsbt@ca.org
To: wsbt@ca.org
Date: May 4, 2018 at 12:20 PM
Subject: Fwd: problems with CAUK being incorporated

———- Original Message ———-

From: J Silver <ca.jsilver@gmail.com>
To: wsbt@ca.org
Cc: Steve North East District Flag <watnoneleft@yahoo.co.uk>
Date: April 9, 2018 at 12:32 PM
Subject: problems with CAUK being incorporated

Dear WSBT,

thank you for your service and your time in considering this question:

Several years ago CAUK decided to create a company CA E&W for the purposes of dealing with business matters such as signing contracts with venues for events. For our public liability insurance to be valid it is required that one of the company directors signs any legal contracts. Recently a District within the Area decided through its informed group conscience that it wanted to sign a contract with a hotel to provide the venue for their convention. When they requested the company to sign the contract as per p34 CAUK Area Service Manual (ratified by CAUK Assembly 5th August 2017 – attached fyi) were informed by the company chair (director) that they would need to ask permission from the ASC to sign their contract.

In the WSBT opinion does this negate the Districts conscience in that the District has had to ask permission to do what it wanted (hold a convention) ? – thus turning the service structure upside down – Districts asking permission from the Area.

In loving service,
Jessica Silverlock (CAUK S&B chair)
ca.jsilver@gmail.com
+44 7825614616

APPROVED RESPONSE:

Dear Jessica,

Thank you for your letter. The World Service Board of Trustees utilize the World Service Manual and as such would refer you to the sections that describe the District and Area on pages 20 and 24 respectively.

‘The primary function of the Area is to serve the common needs of its District(s) and

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Group(s) and to facilitate unification of the Fellowship.’
It appears from your letter that the Area is applying due diligence in serving your District.

Sincerely,
World Service Board of Trustees

________________________________________________________________

CORRESPONDENCE:

From: Jay Finesilver <finesilver1988@gmail.com>
To: wsbt@ca.org, kerry in houston <kersy41@hotmail.com>, Susan Loth <susan.calkins@gmail.com>
Date: June 17, 2018 at 6:45 PM
Subject: Insurance questions at CAWS Conventions

Hi there.

I hope this finds you all well.

I am trying to get some guidance from you on the allowable risks which the trustees will permit in some of the activities we are considering at CAWS 2020. I am on the Steering Committee and we are exploring some special events. To this inquiry, I bring my experience from CAWS 1997 where the then trustees said that the risk of a river raft trip at the CAWS World in Denver was too much for them to take on.

I see that point of view more clearly now as what is a fair risk for our attendees to take on versus not. I know we would have event insurance anyway, but I am not so sure that this would fully cover an off site event. To me, even where there would be a release form signed by the attendee for participating with the vendor, that might not release fully CA if there would be an accident at such an activity God forbid.

I know about keeping CA out of public scrutiny and harm and understand that fully, I would not want CA to ever be sued for its part of an accident. Hence I am asking now formally about this please for guidance from this current board.

A couple of things being considered are a zipline trip a mile long over Lake Travis and another is an event at a public swimming hole called Barton Springs. There may be lifeguards there but is that enough to protect CA? There are probably releases that the participants could sign releasing CA, but what is the current thinking on these types of events pls for planning purposes.

LOL, there is probably a referral or two on this for the Convention committee, but that it later. It would be nice to have some formal guidance here pls which could end up in the Convention Guidelines.

Pls let us know what is permissible here.

Best and thanks and love
Jay
CAWS 2020 Hotel Liaison

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Jay Finesilver
Finesilver Business Consulting Services
Denver, Colorado
finesilver1988@gmail.com
303-596-5592

APPROVED RESPONSE:

Dear Jay,

We appreciate your concerns with this matter. Our collective experience has been to inquire with our insurance company on the specific events which we are planning and based on their opinion decide whether we proceed with such events. We would like to suggest to you to submit a referral to the Conference Convention Committee for guidance on this issue.

Sincerely,
WSBT

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CORRESPONDENCE:

From: Sven A [labyrintherren@gmail.com]
Sent: Wednesday, May 23, 2018 5:06 AM
To: cawso@ca.org
Subject: Fwd: FW: Quotes/extracts from AA

Hi!

My name is Sven A. I am A member of CA Gothenburg, Sweden. (CA Westside). I am currently working on the Swedish translation of “A Quiet Peace”.

My question is this: have you already received permission from AA world services to use quotes/extracts from AA litterature in this book? (See forwarded message)

Our ambition is to use quotes from the latest Swedish editions of the books.

Hopefully,

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Sven A.

APPROVED RESPONSE:

Dear Sven,

Thank you for your inquiry regarding quotes/extracts from AA which are included in the C.A. book “A Quiet Peace”. During the compilation of the Cocaine Anonymous meditation book, “A Quiet Peace,” we followed all the appropriate procedures in terms of attribution (works cited) and disclaimers related to A.A. source materials when we prepared the original English version. The quotes used have been properly attributed to their original source.

You are at liberty to utilize excerpts from WSC approved literature for creating local readings, etc.

Your Regional Trustee and WSBT are here to serve you with questions like these. We appreciate your concern and feel assured copyright procedures have been adequately followed.

Sincerely yours,
WSBT

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CORRESPONDENCE:

From: Peter S <literaturechair@gmail.com>
To: TAL1@ca.org
Date: May 28, 2018 at 9:31 AM
Subject: Pamphlet colours.

Hi J.

Can you give me a CA point of view on groups printing CA pamphlets on different coloured paper please. My feedback when I asked was, “dont worry about it as it the message that important, not the colour”. I agree, but I believe there should be conformity etc.

From my experience when serving in CAUK, we had an issue then with one of our pamphlets (Tools of Recovery) which I inherited from a previous chair, that was printed on a plain white paper. One of the GSRs brought it up at Area and a big discussion was generated from it. It was decided in the conscience of the group to get the proper colours from WSO and to use to correct colours as they are copy righted ??. It was also the conscience to give the in correct coloured pamphlets to H&I, free of charge and to be giving out in the prisons etc. Look forward to your reply.

Thanks
ILAS
Peter S
Literature Chair 3 Counties District.

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APPROVED RESPONSE:

Dear Peter,

Thank you for your question. Upon consideration, we hope that the following is of assistance.

The verbiage and format of the pamphlets is approved by the World Service Conference (WSC) before becoming the property of Cocaine Anonymous World Service Office, Inc (CAWSO). It is the World Service office that decide on the pamphlet colours and they will provide you with the correct codes upon request.

In the spirit of unity, to avoid confusion, and to aid in easy recognition, most Areas do endeavour to conform with the standard colours or the closest match that is locally available.

Ilas,
The World Service Board of Trustees

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CORRESPONDENCE:

From: Rosie – London Area Chair

Hello Jason

Further to our telephone conversation yesterday I write to confirm that London Area’s PI Chair has confirmed to me that a live & public Instagram account has been created and is currently operating in the public domain with approx two dozen follows so far.

I have read the world IT social media guidelines & in addition sought advice regarding the use of Instagram from both the EU PI Vice Chair (David) and World IT Chair (Johan). Having considered all of the information (including traditions) and my limited knowledge of Instagram I have advised the London PI Chair that any use of Instagram in relation to event promotion must be debated by the wider Area at ASC and potentially include a trustee(s). With the SR14 documentation this year being so comprehensive this will not be taking place at next week’s Area ASC meeting as we already have a full agenda. However, in the meantime I’m conscious there’s an active public Instagram account live in C.A. London Area’s name which I would appreciate advice and guidance on as swiftly as possible please.

Warm regards as always
Rosie, London Area Chair

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APPROVED RESPONSE:

Dear Rosie,

Thank you for contacting the World Service Board of Trustees (WSBT) for advice on the use of Instagram as an Area Public Information tool. It appears that you have already carried out some comprehensive investigation and there is probably not much that we can add. We have noted a few points that may be of use for your consideration.

Below is the section on the use of social media, as taken from the World Service Conference Information Technology Committee Guidelines, which does not prohibit the use of social media but does suggest that careful consideration of our Traditions be made in the use of any such media.

It is apparent that some members are not necessarily as concerned with maintaining their own anonymity as others are. It is the responsibility of all of us to ensure that those who wish to maintain their anonymity can do so. To achieve this may require adherence to Tradition Eleven by all.

Instagram does allow for anonymous postings. Problems may arise when documents, such as unity event, workshop or convention fliers are posted. In the past these documents have invariably contained personal contact details such as telephone numbers. Particular attention seems prudent for safeguarding the anonymity of newer members, whose enthusiasm may lead to their agreement to allow posting of their personal contact details. With the possibility of Instagram posts being viewed by considerably greater numbers than might be expected, through # links etc, it is worth considering that personal details always be omitted in favour of Area website and / or subcommittee emails addresses.

If your Area does decide to pursue the use of Instagram and other social media formats it may be helpful to work up your own Area guidelines and request that all that engage endeavour to abide by them.

Ilas,
World Service Board of Trustees

Section on the use of social media, as taken from page 14 of the World Service Conference Information Technology Committee Guidelines.

MEDIA SOCIAL NETWORKING, BLOGGING, & MICRO-BLOGGING Social networking, blogging, micro-blogging, and other tools have emerged as daily communication methods for individual members. When using these tools, we need always be mindful to not use the C.A. logo, Cocaine Anonymous name, or other registered trademarks of C.A. (e.g., “C.A.”, “Hope, Faith and Courage”, “We’re Here and We’re Free”, etc.) and to be respectful of anonymity and other spiritual principles in accordance with the Twelve Traditions of C.A. It is further suggested that members refrain from posting on any of the tools mentioned above any photos and/or videos that identify any activity, entity or person as being associated with Cocaine Anonymous. Although most are password protected, social networking websites still publicly expose a great deal of personal

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information about the user. There are difficult and confusing issues to be navigated by the user not concerned with anonymity, let alone those of us in recovery. It is impossible to deny the tremendous possibility social networking sites present to aide us in carrying out our primary purpose, but our urge for progress should be tempered by methodical and deliberate consideration. The fact remains that social networking sites are public forums, and should be treated as such. The Eleventh Tradition reminds us that our names and pictures should not be broadcast, filmed, or publicly printed. While the final choice and ultimate responsibility of safeguarding the traditions rests with the individual, it should be noted that the spiritual principle of anonymity protects not only the member, but also the fellowship as a whole. Nothing presented here specifically precludes a local District, Area, or Group from using these tools as part of their outreach; however, any such decision should be guided by group conscience, respect for our Traditions, and the effect upon the Fellowship as a whole. As such, it is suggested that decisions to adapt social networking and blogging tools for use by a local District, Area, or Group carrying the message be done only after careful deliberation and discussion within the Fellowship, including – if possible – the Regional Trustee.

The Full World Service Conference Information Technology Committee Guidelines can be found on the Cocaine Anonymous website at CA.org. Along with the Guidelines there is a ‘Social Media & Our guiding Traditions’ presentation for your consideration along with associated references, including specific notes on the use of Instagram.

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CORRESPONDENCE:

From: Melissa Andersen [mailto:mandersen24@gmail.com]

Sent: Monday, June 25, 2018 12:56 PM
To: Linda Francisco <doo@ca.org>
Cc: wsochair@co-anon.org
Subject: re: Co Anon World Service manual

Good afternoon Linda~

This is Melissa Andersen double winner from Phoenix. The hat I am wearing today is Co Anon World Service Co-Chair.

I have attached the rough draft of our manual. It is still needing dotted i, crossing t’s. I wanted to just run it by World Service CA before final edit and print. We have adapted some verbiage from the WSO manual to be as parallel as AA/ Al Anon. We have done our utmost to honor the Traditions and stay in line with guidelines etc.

Please let me know if I can answer any questions or offer any other explanation.

Kindest regards,
Melissa Andersen
Co Chair

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Co Anon World Service Office

co-chair@co-anon.org

mandersen24@gmail.com

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APPROVED RESPONSE:

Dear Melissa,

Cocaine Anonymous gives permission to Co-Anon to use passages from the C.A. World Service Manual in the Co-Anon World Service Manual. Good luck on finalizing the Co-Anon World Service Manual.

Thanks,

World Service Board of Trustees, Cocaine Anonymous

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CORRESPONDENCE:

On August 1, 2018 at 2:56 PM Danny T <danny.t@cmagso.net> wrote:

Thank you for the feedback. Sorry to bother you so much. We recently came across an individual that has published an Adult Coloring Journal using the names of several fellowships, ours included. We have started the process of addressing it through our legal counsel but wanted to make you all aware. Here is the link to one of the books with CA’s name, specifically (https://www.amazon.com/Adult-Coloring-Journal-Cocaine-Illustrations/dp/1360911154). I sent the same info to intellectual property person I correspond with at AA

We managed to get the print-on-demand service the author uses to pull one of the ISBN’s and they are in the process of reviewing the extensive list I sent over. There were 240 different titles, which our registered name was used.

Hope this info is helpful.
In service,
Danny

APPROVED RESPONSE:

Hi Danny,

Thanks for bringing this to our attention.

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World Service Board of Trustees, Cocaine Anonymous

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CORRESPONDENCE:

On August 20, 2018 at 7:30 AM dienend sturend <actiefcoachend@gmail.com> wrote:

Dear Board of Trustees,

I am an active member of CA from the Netherlands. And I have a question about conducting an Area meeting via Skype. The purpose of the meeting is to vote on a number of candidates, so in fact it is an election of persons as candidates to be presented to “a board consisting of the Trustee of the region, the WSCCC Chairperson, Vice-Chairperson and Secretary(ies)”. My question is what the CA guidelines as per the CA World Service Manual and other relevant documents suggest for such an election of persons, in this cases as candidates and not in service positions as part of the Area service committee of CA Holland. Our Area guidelines suggest any election of persons should be conducted in a face-to-face meeting.

Many thanks for your response.

In love and service,
Vladan

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MOTION: Motion to accept the proposed response as follows:

Response:

Dear Vladan,

The WSBT would like to thank you for your inquiry regarding this issue. As far as the Area meeting via skype is concerned, we find no problem with this format, as there are online meetings and many committees hold their committee meetings via Skype or platforms such as GoToMeeting. If your Area guidelines suggest a face to face meeting regarding elections they should be followed. If there is sufficient cause for an accommodation you may need to amend the guidelines or suspend the rules on this occasion.

Regards,
WSBT

Seconded. Discussion
Motion passed unanimously

REFERRALS COMPLETED:

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WSBT 2017-1 From Maria K. Northern Alberta Area (Post-Conference)
I would like to see the trustees revitalize the idea of having a non-addict trustee on the board of trustees for CA. I have been a member of CA for more than a decade and this is the first year that I’ve heard that this position is vacant and learned that it has been vacant for 30 years. its difficult to fill a position if it isn’t being announced or promoted by the appropriate body. Thank you.

Response:

NO ACTION TAKEN
We continue to get the word out to the fellowship about the position of Non-Addict Trustee. This has been discussed again this year on the board. The following are references from the WSM presented here for your information: (p37) The non–‐addict servant has important professional and/or other valuable skills to benefit the Fellowship as a whole.
(p53) Non–‐Addict Trustee: Non–‐Addict Trustees are from the various
designated Regions. Trustee–‐at–‐ Large: The Trustee will be chosen from the seven regions of Cocaine Anonymous.
(p54) Qualifications of Non–‐Addict Trustees:

1. Willingness to serve
2. The time and resources necessary for active Trusteeship.
3. A knowledge of the Twelve Traditions.
4. A good understanding of the disease of addiction and the Twelve Step Program of Recovery.

(p55) The various Trustee Slates shall be submitted to the Conference for ratification as one of the first substantive orders of business. Each Regional Slate, Non–‐Addict Trustee Slate, WSO Trustee Slate, shall be presented for approval by a single vote of the Conference. The ratification of the Regional Slate also constitutes the ratification of the Trustee–‐at– ‐Large designees and the WS Trustee from the Pacific South Region. If there is an objection to the slate, or any individual on the slate, then each individual on the slate will be considered separately.
(p57) Non–‐Addict Trustee:

1. One or more nominee candidates may be submitted from each Area within a Region.
2. At the various Regional meetings, nominees will be elected.
3. The candidates will be submitted to the Trustee Election¬ Committee for qualification.
4. The Trustee Election Committee will submit the candidates to the World Service Conference for ratification by two–‐thirds vote of the WSC.
5. The Trustee Election Committee will make its selection from the Conference Approved Slate.

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From our Bylaws
(p54) Non–‐addict Director Trustees shall be persons who are not and have not been afflicted by the disease of drug addiction and who express a profound faith in the recovery program upon which the Fellowship of Cocaine Anonymous is founded.

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WSBT 2017-4 From Earnest M. Northern California Area (In-Conference)

Re the artwork which was at Seattle at the CAWS Convention. There was a large piece of artwork with AA’s logo and AA’s principles and the CA logo in the middle of it, which was right in front of the podium, it was a great piece but had tradition violations. How can this be, please guide us how to prevent this at the World Service Convention level. I have a copy of this art to provide to you and will do so directly. It is attached here.

RESPONSE:

NO ACTION TAKEN
Thank you for your inquiry on this matter. We have guidelines in place for the approval of themes and artwork as follows from pages 13-14 of the World Service Convention Committee Guidelines:

THEME/ARTWORK CHAIRPERSON DUTIES:

1) Devise a metho d of creating the Theme and Convention Artwork.

2) Submits WSBT and WSOB approved theme(s) to the General Convention Committee for approval.

3) Create, or has created, artwork based on the approved theme

**NOTE** All artwork needs to be approved by the WSBT and the WSOB; any accepted artwork becomes the property of CAWS, Inc.

4) Submit artwork to the General Convention Committee for approval.

5) Contact WSO to obtain the Artwork Release Form and provide to anyone submitting artwork for consideration.

6) Produce camera ready art for necessary committees – coordinates needs with the Printing and Memorabilia Committees.

7) Ensure that artwork is purchased, preferably with a buyout of all rights, or a limited usage

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contract.

8) Obtain 3 bids for any expense which is estimated to exceed $500 per vendor/subcontractor.

9) Complete a WSO Check Request Form for all expenditures over $100.

10) Submit all Check Requests and bids to the Chair of the Steering Committee which oversees their committee. </sp an>**NOTE** If limited usage contract is needed, it must be coordinated with the WSO.

The interpretive piece of artwork on the podium at the Seattle convention was a gift to the committee. What the committee was going to do with it wasn’t clear at first, so they decided to display it on the podium. Because the artwork was donated the committee felt that there was no need to follow the guidelines as listed above. So, this beautiful piece of artwork slipped through. Upon our becoming aware of the artwork and bringing it to the attention of the convention committee, we realized that this was not an intentional disregard of the traditions or the guidelines. So, in the future all artwork to be displayed whether donated or commissioned, should follow the guidelines as listed above.

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WSBT 2017-2 – From Jerico M. Colorado Area (In-Conference)

When a new Area is created- the area is given 3 delegates and 1 alternate. This occurs no matter the size of the starting area. Would it better serve the area if the amount of Delegates are relative to the size of the area? I have heard this discussion amount CA members and thought I would put in the referral for discussion.

RESPONSE:

No Action Taken.
This was also submitted to the S&B committee, which is the appropriate committee for this issue.

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POST-CONFERENCE REFERRALS COMPLETED:

WSBT 2017- 3(A)

From Jay F. Conference Committee Chair/Colorado Area (In Conference)

This is a referral related to the Right of Rotation. I have always been troubled by the fact that at the WSOB level, even trusted servants that serve the maximum six years, can go off the board for two years and then be allowed to serve another term or more later on.

I sent a referral to the WSOB last year who just responded (in its Opening Report) that the WSM provides for “consecutive” terms and that this practice

of letting servants come back after a break in service is allowable due to this technicality. I respectively disagree. To me, the right of rotation means that after six years, the person can no longer serve in the same position again ever.

This is how it is at all other aspects of World Service, albeit from Trustees, Conference Officers and even Conference Committee Chairs. To me, this seems to be intellectually and spiritually dishonest. As I understand the Concepts and other writings and practices about the right of rotation, how can this ever be acceptable. Rather than just put forth a motion to change this to S&B I would appreciate please the WSBT weigh in on this. Can the WSBT please clarify this once and for all. We will be submitting a referral about this but believe that the Trustees need to give guidance on this important matter as well. Thanks very much.

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MOTION: To accept the response to referral WSBT2017-3(A) as follows:

WSBT2017-3(A)
ACTION:
Refer to S & B

RESPONSE:

The World Service Office is responsible to the World Service Board of Trustees. The C.A. World Service Conference, consisting of Delegates from C.A. Areas throughout the Fellowship, Trustees of C.A. World Services, and World Service Office Directors and staff members, meet annually, and provide a link between the Groups within the Fellowship and the Trustees who serve as custodians of C.A. Traditions and interpreters of policies affecting the Fellowship as a whole.

Page 11 of the WS Manual states that the spirit of rotation is followed by all CA service positions and allows for non-successive terms on all service positions. With that being said, we must uphold what the manual says regarding the spirit of rotation.

The principal of consistent rotation of responsibility is followed by all C.A. service

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positions. The spirit of rotation is a vital principle within our service structure which allows for non-successive terms on all service positions. This enables more members to experience the true nature of service. Positions in the Service Structure are rotated according to a vote of the Service Structure. Representatives to the local service organization are voted on at the Service Structure level according to a schedule defined by each Service Structure. Officers of the service organization are elected based on the group conscience of that organization.

Seconded. Discussion.

Motion passed unanimously.

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WSBT 2017- 3 (B)

From Dawn M. CAUK (In-Conference)

I propose that a defined time period is agreed and documented in WSM

regarding the publication of WSBT minutes from face to face, online and telephone meetings. Time period to be ‘next available delegate mailing or within the following 60 days’. It is challenging as a delegate to stay abreast of progress of referrals to WSBT and enquiries that they are dealing with when we receive these minutes in arrears by two quarters.

There must be a way to ensure that minutes from all meetings are available in the next quarterly delegate mailing to allow for timely perusal and enquiry.

MOTION: To approve the response to referral WSBT 2017-3(B) as follows:

WSBT 2017 – 3 (B)
ACTION:
No Action taken.

RESPONSE:

The WSBT understands the importance of disseminating minutes of its meetings and submitted reports in a timely fashion such that the dedicated servants of our Fellowship are able to carry out their commitments with due diligence and care.

The creation of an accurate set of minutes can be a very time-consuming process. The WSBT makes every effort to finalize the minutes and submit them for approval in a

timely fashion. We will continue to endeavor to meet the Delegate mailing deadline whenever practicable.

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Seconded. Discussion.

Motion passed unanimously.

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WSBT 2017- 5

From Dawn M. CAUK (In-Conference)

This referral is made in the interest of accountability and transparency:

Motion: that the WSBT quarterly minutes are published with the reports submit to them on a quarterly by 3 the standing committees of conference as unedited attachments with a naming convention including date received and which WSBT assigned to.

MOTION: Motion to approve the response to WSBT 2017-5 as follows:

ACTION:
Committee will work on throughout the year.

RESPONSE:

Thank you for your referral. Although all of the elements you suggest are already incorporated, we appreciate that further clarity could be achieved. To that end the WSBT will work up a standard format for future reports.

Seconded. Discussion.
Motion passed unanimously.

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MOTION: Motion that we work up a template for use by the conference committees to submit their quarterly reports.

Seconded. Discussion.

Motion passed with substantial unanimity.

[Jeannette with Wade and Jason and Yvette will work on this through the year and bring back to the board for approval and a vote.]

ELECTION OF WSBT OFFICERS:

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WSBT Chair:

Tom nominates Jeannette Seconded by Vanessa

Jeannette nominates Wade. Grateful, but respectfully declines.

Discussion.

Jeannette J. is the newly elected WSBT Chair

WSBT Vice Chair:

Kerry nominates Wade.

Yvette nominates Tom. Tom respectively declines.

Kevin nominates Kerry. Kerry respectfully declines.

Kerry nominates Yvette. Yvette respectfully declines.

Wade S is the newly elected WSBT Vice Chair

WSBT Secretary:

Tom nominates Vanessa. Vanessa accepts

Kerry nominates Jason. Jason respectfully declines.

Vanessa J is the newly elected WSBT Secretary.

WSBT Assistant Secretary:

The board decided to hold off on the election of Assistant Secretary until the fall (Q4)

quarterly.

ELECTION OF CORPORATE OFFICERS:

Results:

Kerry W = President
Kevin M = Vice President

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Tom P = Treasurer
Yvette H = Secretary

MOTION: Motion to approve the 180805 WSBT Conference Call Minutes. Seconded.

No further discussion.

Motion passed unanimously.

WSBT went into executive session from 5:20 PM until 6:20 PM on Saturday, September 1st.

CLOSING:

Date and times of next meetings:

WSBT Orientation Conference Call – TBA
Fall Quarterly – TBA

WSBT GROUP INVENTORY PROCESS WAS CONDUCTED:

Tradition 10 Group Inventory questions were provided, and the opportunity to share personally as well was provided.

Close – Serenity Prayer

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For all attached documents and reports see: 2018-08-26-09-02_WSBT_Quarterly_Board_Meeting_Summary_of_Minutes.pd

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