June 20, 2026 – WSOB Minutes – Approved – Documents Archive for Cocaine Anonymous

WSOB MINUTES: JUNE 20, 2026

SERENITY PRAYER – Randy G. opens the meeting with the Serenity Prayer.

TRADITION 6 – Read by Jason

CONCEPT 6 – Read by Jason

ROLL CALL & QUORUM DETERMINATION

Present:

Randy G. — Chair
Russell S. — Treasurer
Kimberley C. — Secretary
Tai B. — Director of Operations
Jesse G. — Director of Conferences and Conventions
Nathan H. — CAWS 2027 Chair
Crawford B. — CAWS 2028 Chair
Parthi T. — CAWS 2029 Chair
Jason S. — Director at Large
Wesley B. — Director at Large
Morten V. — Director at Large
Kalob T. — Director at Large
Karmen K. — World Service Trustee

Guests: Sarah, Simonne M, Ashley A, Nadz L,

CHAIR ANNOUNCEMENTS

The May 2026 minutes were approved.

SEVENTH TRADITION

Observed in the office; online members are directed towards ca.org.

CAWS CONVENTION REPORTS

CAWS 2027 (Seattle) – Nathan H.

Highlights:

GENERAL: (Chair & Secretary)

Steering/General Committee meet the last Sunday of each month via Zoom
The steering committee will start meeting at 8:00 am prior to the general meeting starting 06/28.
The general committee meets at 9:00 am.
Only the steering committee met for Mays business meeting due to the World convention falling on the same day. We will all meet as scheduled in June.
Steering committee chairs are to be holding downline committee meetings.

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All steering committee members are to submit reports monthly for their downline going forward.

TREASURER: JAKE D

See treasurers report and bank statement; Headline: the next hotel deposit can be paid entirely from registration income, preserving fundraising reserves.

Committee Updates

Registration — Leah

RegFox was set up in time and went live at exactly 7:30 PM ET on the
Sunday night of Orlando registrations received to date — enough to cover the next hotel deposit without dipping into fundraising funds.
Evaluating RegFox’s Engage app in place of Yapp, which may reduce costs.
Working on welcome packs and name tags so registrants are taken care of on arrival.
Progressing well alongside a busy work schedule.

Archives — Becca (Chair)

Onboarding into the role: consulting former archives chairs to understand requirements and scope.
Planning is underway and moving forward.
Already has storage tubs in place for collecting and preserving items.

Fundraising

Performing well overall, with several events in the pipeline: speaker meetings, workshops, taco feeds, and merchandise.
Has nearly doubled the funds deployed so far — a budget increase will be requested (see Board Decisions).
Strategic direction going forward: expand fundraising efforts beyond our local area.

Auction/Drawing — Ryan

Strong results in Orlando running our raffle and selling tickets.
Next raffle is the President’s Suite — tickets are already in hand and ready to sell.
Has begun collecting auction items for the convention.

Memorabilia — Ricky

Developing item concepts: convention-logo tie-ins, original designs, and refreshed versions of past designs to drive high-demand merchandise. Working through the three-bid threshold requirements and identifying
compliant vendors with the Treasurer.

Open Items & Owners

o Leah (Registration): decide RegFox Engage vs. Yapp for savings; finalize welcome packs and name tags.
Becca (Archives): continue role onboarding and event planning.
Ryan (Raffle): launch President’s Suite raffle sales; continue gathering auction items.
Ricky (Memorabilia): finalize designs and select three-bid-compliant vendors.
Jake (Treasurer): bring the fundraising budget increase to the board for approval.

•VICE-CHAIR: NICK W

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Downline committee meetings are taking place monthly. In the works of getting resumes submitted for open volunteer coordinator position.

Unity – Chris N.

▪ Making the spreadsheet for ‘selfie locations’ and related data for the selfie scavenger hunt. Literally just input the data and fine-tuning which ones we would like, trying to cap it at 100.
Drum circle may not happen, having issues getting that moving but have some other levers to pull with it still.
Ice-cream social is 90% with special events so all unity needs to do is show up.

H&I – Matson O.

Currently focused on recruiting members as liaisons and building infrastructure. We have begun reaching out to institutions to build awareness and gauge interest. Multiple institutions have interest in bringing clients to attend.

Special Needs – Isaac S.

I reached out to Leah so that we can get an accommodation form put on to all the online registrations. We are currently good to go on that side of things once more registrations come back with people needing needs I will reach out to them and see how we can best fit their specific situation thank you for allowing me to be of service.

Outreach – Sydney P.

Getting the page more active and Terra is helping with some engagement posts so we can get that going. If everyone can interact with the posts they see that would be super helpful!

PI and Newsletter

Going great, getting together some things to send to the (New) interim news gram editor.

PROGRAM: JORDAN

Thank you for your hard work and momentum as we continue building an outstanding CAWSC experience for Seattle 2027. Here’s a quick monthly snapshot to keep everyone aligned.

Committee Updates

Vice-Chair – Taylor

Steady progress on overall coordination and alignment across subcommittees.

Workshops – Shawn

Workshop position has been successfully filled by Shawn.
Planning and track development are moving forward.

Speaker – Troy

Speaker selection is complete.
All selected speakers have been notified.
Working on securing approval for the updated speaker budget.

Marathons – Nikeyta

Planning for marathon-related events and activities continues to advance.

Special Events – Jacy

Jacy has locked in and secured nearly all activities — doing great things!
Strong progress on timelines and execution.

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Entertainment – Seth

Seth has built a strong lineup of entertainment options.
Currently organizing the lineup into the most impactful sequence.

Audio Visual Subcommittee – Holden P.

New Audio-Visual subcommittee added to the downline.
Position filled by Holden P., who brings decades of valuable experience.

Survey & Evaluation Coordinator

Position is still open. If you know strong candidates with evaluation or survey experience, please send recommendations my way.

Key Wins This Month

Speaker selection completed and notifications sent
Nearly all special events activities secured by Jacy
Strong entertainment lineup established by Seth
Audio Visual subcommittee added and filled with highly experienced leadership (Holden P.)
Workshops position successfully filled by Shawn

Action Items & Next Steps

The general committee will need to approve the speaker slate.
Speaker budget approval follow-up.
Recommendations needed for Survey & Evaluation Coordinator.
Looking Ahead
May has been a productive month with several key pieces falling into place.
We’re building excellent momentum toward a high-impact, well-organized event that will serve our community effectively.
Let’s keep the energy high! Best, Jordan Lee – Program Chair

HOTEL/EVENTS LIAISON: CHARISE A

Booking link for the Sheraton Grand Hotel is live and taking reservations. The room block pick up report for the first week of June shows approximately room nights having been picked up. The link to book is available on caws2027.org and has been widely circulated on various fellowship Facebook pages. Communication with the hotel staff has been great and they have responded to any questions or concerns efficiently. AV negotiations have begun with Encore and an AV specialist from the Fellowship has been brought on board to make sure we are doing everything we can to stay within budget while putting on an amazing, problem free display for the Fellowship. Livestreaming/online options are also being explored like Arizona 2025. The downline of the Hotel/Events committee is beginning to meet monthly as of June. All the committee members are in place and working on their responsibilities. We are in talks with a neighboring parking garage to secure more affordable parking for our attendees. Menus are developing as well as decoration ideas and branding within the hotel to create an immersive CA experience just for us. Over the next few months an area of focus will be adding bodies to the committee to ensure we have plenty of people making things run smoothly. Thank you for allowing me to be of service.

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CAWS 2028 (Scotland) – Crawford B.

Highlights:

Chair

I am very happy with the way things are progressing within the committee. The unity and enthusiasm of everyone involved makes it a great committee to be part of. I can sense a real momentum coming from both the steering committee and general committee chairs now as we are into the 2 year out mark and this is really encouraging to see.
In our last meeting on the 7th of June, we discussed the action plan from Holland and how close to this we are in terms of timeline to the convention.
We also discussed merchandise and upcoming events. Hotel contracts were also on the agenda and discussions took place around these.

Secretary

This position is currently vacant.

Vice Chair

Meeting Date: 10 May 2026

Public Information (PI) & Promotion:

Elidjah has taken on the additional role of District PI and Poster Co-Ordinator and is actively attending Area meetings to strengthen promotion efforts. Work is ongoing to establish guidelines for promotional materials and develop poster campaigns targeting a broad audience.
Budget requirements for printing will be reviewed closer to the event.

Outreach & Publicity:

Colette continues to build outreach opportunities through existing contacts, local events, social media platforms and local drug services to increase awareness of the convention.

Theme, Artwork & Merchandise:

Joe has begun developing merchandise concepts and promotional artwork. Merchandise suppliers are being explored and a ‘Save the Date’ campaign is planned as part of the wider promotional strategy.

Fundraising:

Fundraising discussions included a community-based event involving a legal graffiti wall, local authority engagement, music and food vendors. Local fundraising initiatives continue to be encouraged. The previously proposed boxing event has been cancelled.

Committee Development:

Committee members were encouraged to work collaboratively across all service areas. The use of subcommittees was discussed to increase participation and support. A convention poster design competition and development of treatment-center contact resources were also suggested. Meeting Schedule It was agreed that committee meetings should take place every two months, approximately one week before the general convention meeting, with increased frequency as the convention approaches.

Program

This was a World Service Convention planning meeting where committee chairs discussed their roles and responsibilities for organizing the upcoming convention in Edinburgh. Remmea, serving as programming chair, led the discussion through each committee member’s duties, including workshop coordination led by Purdy, special events planning by David, and outreach surveys to be conducted by Jane.

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The group addressed budget constraints, particularly the limited funds available for speakers, and discussed the need to balance international speakers with local talent while maintaining inclusivity.
Key challenges included venue logistics, accommodation costs, and the need to finalize programming details within the next year when registration opens. The committee also planned to visit the venue during an upcoming Scottish Convention and agreed to maintain the current meeting time at 10 o’clock on the last Sunday of each month for continuity.

Next steps:

Derek – Continue to collect and update the index of all chairpersons’ names, positions, and phone numbers for the group description/chat for easy reference. Jane – Speak to Davey (Special Events) to gather initial ideas for special events/attractions; then create and distribute a simple electronic survey (in coordination with IT) to the fellowship (worldwide and local Scottish) about preferred convention activities, aiming to have it ready for the World Conference in September. Contact IT chair (to be identified via general chat) to determine best platform and any costs for electronic survey; coordinate with Jo (Treasurer) if there are costs involved. Nadz – Create and maintain a consolidated calendar of deadlines for all committee chairs, mapping out when each role needs to complete specific tasks, and share with the group. Observe and gather information on marathon meetings at the upcoming Seattle convention for reference. Remy – Obtain and share with the group a detailed breakdown of the budget for programming/speakers (including possible breakdown by section) from Joe (likely Treasurer/Finance), and post in the group chat. Organize/coordinate a bus trip for committee members to visit the convention venue during the Scottish Convention, and confirm arrangements with Clive. Share relevant “pass-on” documents/manuals from previous conventions (e.g., Holland) highlighting programming, workshops, and marathon meetings, and add to the agenda for next month’s meeting. Post the manual with all roles and responsibilities in the group chat. Message relevant parties to follow up on past events chairs for David.

Collaboration:

All committee chairs: Begin forming sub-committees or identifying additional helpers as needed to ensure smooth running of their areas (noted as best practice by Remy).

Summary Event Logistics Planning Meeting:

The meeting participants discussed logistics for an upcoming event, with Remmea explaining that t-shirt sales would be postponed from Saturday to Sunday due to merchandise restrictions. Derek mentioned having issues obtaining a list from Joanne and Clive, with Nadz suggesting the executive committee should already have this information. The group also discussed technical aspects of screen sharing and meeting administration, with Derek offering to provide login details for future meetings when he will be unavailable due to a job commitment.

Service Committee Role Review Meeting:

The meeting began with introductions and a reading of the World Service Convention’s statement of purpose by Purdy. The group recited the Serenity Prayer together. Participants shared their roles, including Remmea as programming chair, David as special events chair, and Purdy as workshop chair. The meeting focused on reviewing duties and responsibilities outlined in the manual, though specific details about decisions or action items were not clearly captured in the transcript.

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Workshop Roles and Budget Updates:

Remmea reviewed workshop chairperson duties and responsibilities with Purdy, who agreed to take on the role and requested that the documentation be shared with him. Remmea also discussed budget constraints with the team, particularly regarding entertainment costs, and noted that solutions were being developed to address these limitations. The meeting included updates on other roles including vision and sound responsibilities, which Bryce confirmed he was comfortable with, and the introduction of a new events chair, David.

CAWS Special Events Planning Discussion:

Remmea and David discussed the responsibilities of the special events chairperson role for an upcoming CAWS convention in Edinburgh. They explored potential activities including golf tournaments, a fun run/walk, and cold-water therapy, with Remmea noting that special events would be packaged with convention bookings and would need to follow specific procedures for insurance and permits. The discussion also covered the evaluation process, which involves distributing surveys to gather feedback on special sites and attractions two years prior to the convention, with data to be compiled within 30 days after the convention concludes.

World Conference Planning Survey:

The team discussed plans for the World Conference in September, focusing on creating a survey to gather input from the fellowship worldwide about desired events and entertainment. Jane will coordinate with the IT committee to develop an electronic survey, potentially distributing it at the World Conference and to Scottish members. The group also addressed budget constraints for speakers, with a total allocation, and discussed the need to finalize venue details and programming logistics soon. Key action items included Jane speaking to the IT chair about survey implementation, Remmea following up on budget details with Jo, and organizing a potential bus trip for committee members to visit the venue during the Scottish Convention.

Treasurer

C.A.W.S Scotland 2028 Treasurer Report June 2026 Committee Members: Co-Vice Treasurer – Jordan, Co-Vice Treasurer – Debs, Co-Registrations – Sean, Co- Registrations – Jason, Co-Fundraising – Valene, Co-Fundraising – Luke, Memorabilia (Merchandise) – Vacant, Co-Memorabilia (Merchandise) – Vacant, Auction and Drawings – Vacant, Archive – Vacant, Printing/Design – Vacant.
Planned income – Sales of Merchandise at CAUK31 Fundraiser in Manchester, Abbey Centre Fundraiser, Sales of Merchandise at Abbey Centre Fundraiser, Digital District (CAUK) donation, North West District (CAUK) donation, Three Counties District (South West) donation.
Planned expenditure – for the Abbey Centre, for tickets and flyers for the event in Carshalton, Cheque Request Submitted and Approved for the Boat Party in London on 8th August (deposit paid), Cheque Request Submitted and Approved for Sports shirts in white and pastel colors (payment for items, will be received this week and then distributed to members of the Merch committee).
Fundraisers – We have a planned fundraiser – Boat Party on the Thames on the 8th August. We have a planned fundraiser in Carshalton on the 22nd August. We have a planned fundraiser in Purley on the 28th November.
Merchandise – Along with our events we have the opportunity to sell merchandise on the Sundays at the following events: CAUK Liverpool Convention in July, CA

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Central Campvention at the end of July, Conference in Dallas in September, CA Scotland Convention in September.

Revised Budget – The revised budget was submitted to the WSOB and I attended the April meeting – no queries have been received.
Operating Spreadsheet – Although the committee will be using QuickBooks once this has been set up by the WSOB Treasurer, we have created an internal spreadsheet so that we can keep track of the transactions. Please see attached for the current position.
Other activities – We will be launching a competition to the whole fellowship to ask them to submit their entries for a very special C.A. Tartan which we would like to use for the Convention. It would be placed on the Tartan register The Scottish Register of Tartans and would be owned by CAWS so it could be a real legacy for the fellowship. This will then be used for merchandise and some special items for the main convention auction. Entrants will pay to submit their designs and then we will judge them and announce the winners at the C.A. Scotland Convention in September 2026. Thank you for allowing me to be of service CAWS Scotland 2028 Treasurer Jo P.

Hotel/Events Venue Liaison

Hotel contracts are making their way to us and the staff at Helms Briscow have been extremely helpful. These contracts are working their way through the necessary channels to be viewed and signed and hopefully will be back with us soon. Our teams meeting is the 14th of June and at present, there are no issues to discuss. I will arrange a visit to the EICC and relay information back to the committee when I get them.

• Other Information

We have our next general committee meeting on Sunday the 14th of June at 5pm and there are some vacant positions available. If you are interested in any of these or are interested in being of service, please come along to the meeting. The zoom details are: Meeting I.D.-5777056904, Password- Recovery1. Thank you for allowing me to be of service. ILAS Crawford Brown (CAWS 2028 Chair).

CAWS 2029 (Toronto) – Parthi T.

Highlights:

Chairperson Update:

Since my last report, planning efforts for CAWS 2029 have continued to move forward steadily. While much of our work remains focused on foundational planning and preparation, progress has been made in several key areas. Securing a venue remains our primary focus and most immediate objective as we continue moving closer to selecting and contracting a hotel for the convention.

Steering Committee & Planning Progress:

The Steering Committee continues to meet regularly and remains actively engaged in the planning process. Work continues on building our service structure and supporting the ongoing development of the convention.

Hotel & Venue Selection:

Our Hotel Liaison has been actively working with the DOCAC and engaging in ongoing negotiations with the two hotel venues currently under consideration. We have received encouraging responses from both hotels and are pleased with the progress being made. We remain hopeful that negotiations will conclude successfully and that an agreement can be finalized in the near future.

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Fundraising Efforts:

Fundraising efforts received a boost through merchandise sales at CAWS Orlando. These sales generated a profit, of which a portion will be forwarded to CAWS 2026 in accordance with our fundraising commitment. In addition to generating funds, the merchandise provided excellent visibility and promotion for CAWS 2029, helping to build awareness and excitement within the Fellowship. We are currently working on transferring the proceeds to the CAWS office.

Financial Update:

The convention bank account balance remains active.

Next Priorities:

Continuing hotel negotiations and working toward securing a signed venue agreement
Continuing development of the General Committee and convention service structure
Advancing fundraising initiatives and merchandise sales
Maintaining momentum in planning efforts and Fellowship engagement

I remain grateful for the trust placed in me and committed to maintaining transparency, accountability, and steady progress as we continue moving forward with CAWS 2029.

Yours In Love & Service,

Parthi Thiyagarajah

CAWS 2029 Chairperson

OFFICER REPORTS

Director of Operations (DOO) – Tai B.

Highlights:

I continue to meet and/or communicate with the WSOB Chair, WSO Trustee, WSOB Treasurer, WSOB Members and paid vendors when necessary. Communication with Bookkeeper weekly.
TC Meeting 5/13/2026.
CRM ADHOC, Shopify complete, QBO in progress (HubSpot
WSOB Chairperson master checklist revisions and updates weekly.

Office Update:

(2028 account to be determined for future use)(Discussion taking place for future use)
Guidelines are past deadlines, fellowship needs these ASAP, Conference Committee and Finance Committee.
Convention Guidelines, potential corrections sent, DOCAC, Chairperson, pending completion.
Websites (PI, IT, Museum and CA.org) (PI forms and templates updated), Unity links.
Made WSBT Contact information. (in process for Secretary of State, Charitable
Business, with registered agent) CAWS Probation, CAWSO, Inc. Updated, working on Arizona.

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Articles of Incorporation sent to WSBT and WSOB (Complete)
Starter kit requests sent to WSOT monthly and last quarter report 20260506
CA.org website checked with updates as necessary, added CAWS2027.
Email Addresses need updates (working with DAL and Vendor)(List complete)
TechSoup request (Zoom Licensing complete, QBO research complete DAL, purchase phase)
UK Distribution outside of UK, soft opening to be initiated and soon. (integration pending per QBO and feasibility)
Working on Bank accounts with WSOB Treasurer.
Bank appointment June 23rd.
Pulled conference information to better assist with possible HubSpot solution. (DAL assistance for uniform, region and area reports)
Working on lists for QB Desktop, meeting 06/04/2026. Merge initiated 6/17/2026
Taxes are complete for CAWS and CAWSO, Inc., review, paid invoice.

Merchandise:

UK Distribution contract discussion taking place for minimum customer order and new language.
Swedish Chips purchased, reworking new order with updated logo.
Merchandise Committee? (DAL interest)
COGS scheduled 6/24/2026, working with WSOB Treasurer.
H&I materials received, vote to take place 07/18/2026.
DAL working on discounts in Shop with WSOB Treasurer.
Calendar from P.I. and bookmark giveaway, pending
Licensing and Royalties spread (Attached:)
Bookmark(s) free inserts, WSO design approved, need cost approved. (Attached:)

Translation Committee:

Meeting 6/15/2026
Tradition 11 language request. (NEED ALL MEETING TRANSLATION FORMATS, also Pamphlets and Books) Denmark asked to stop printing current books and Sweden.
Continues meetings taken place with MERT, ERT, WST, WSOB Chairperson and DAL.
Copyrights sent, WSBT Qtr4 Mins received, Licensing and Royalty Agreements pending completion. (27 areas active participation, 1 discussing, 2 contact made)
Need to start searching for Translator, currently have formulated team to assist (Swedish, Dutch, Danish, French and Spanish been assigned) LCF glossary of terms complete and to be added to Translation lists.
Purchasing AI tool.
Searching for Translator.
Russian incoming (books, readings, pamphlets)
New Tracker to made for updated literature.
Request for Transfer of Rights form to be translated.
Request for Release Forms to be translated.

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Approval of French, Swedish to be made.
Russia Translation still ongoing.
Glossary of Terms added to CA.org
June Draft Minutes (Attached:)
Danish increase years, passed.
Dutch increase years,
French increase years,
Project Translation Emerging Areas (Attached:)

CRM:

NO MEETINGS
HubSpot access has been made.

LCF:

WSOB Liaison
Meeting June 21, 2026
Point 3 Publication Process, Power of PI, complete and sent (in LCF Process)
Asked to join LCF Publication Oversight Committee, need updates made as Shop is reorganizing, this will need more time.
Discussion on WSO, WSOB oversight, SR-13 updated language (housekeeping),COMPLETE

NewsGram:

Awaiting first meeting.
Guidelines requests (2 members)
Received 1 resume.
Changed NewsGram email access.

WSOB

Discussion on future Training and Procedures moving forward (working with DAL)
Slab input of positions, DAL, DOO, Board members, Treasurer and DoCaC in order.
Still requesting information.
Working with registered agent with regard to Arizona board and updating under Federal and California law, Bylaws. Meeting 5/14/2026.
Conference registration complete for WSOB.
Budget meeting to be scheduled for WSO w/WSOB Treasurer
Archives SR-14 (WSOB Chairperson discussion)

Delegate Mailing

Asked to join Conference delegate Mailer Sub-Committee.
SR-14 to take place, complete
Delegate Mailing 2nd Quarter to take place, materials sent

Referral Response: Redesign needs to take place. (Personally, working on)

Respectfully submitted:

Tai Ramirez , Director of Operations

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WSOB Chair – Randy G.

Highlights:

I participated in the monthly committee meetings and went to the office on a weekly basis.
Positive movements in every direction. Please re-read the DOO’s report as it speaks to everything that we have going on. And to repeat it here is just duplication.
Whether it be quickbooks, NewsGram, website, top secret Kalob and Randy actions, etc, it is an exciting time to be part of the WSOB.
I appreciate everyone’s diligence in keeping up with our on-line business activity. We were extremely efficient again this month in responding to the number of Check Requests and issues addressed by the board.
As June’s meeting is only a month away from July’s “personal commitment” and ratification of the WSOB, I’m asking everyone to do the inventory necessary to come to the July meeting prepared to share with us your decision about the upcoming 25/26 service year. Each board member will be asked to speak to their willingness to continue to serve, or their personal decision to be successful in C.A. through another avenue. At the end of that effort, we will have the annual ratification of each member of the board, as required. We chose July as the perfect month to do such an activity to provide us the time to come to the conference with a clear plan for the future that includes that effort.

ILAS – Randy G.

WSOB Treasurer – Russell S.

Highlights:

General update of activities and tasks;

Ongoing interaction with our DOO, WSOB Chair, WSOT and Bookkeeper. Regular communication with DoCaC regarding WS Convention financial requests and activities.
I am in communication with CAWS2027, 2028 and 2029 Treasurers.
I’ve participated in online business by email and on WhatsApp group in a timely manner.
I attended the WSC Finance Committee meeting in May and have submitted the 2026 Revised
Budget and Draft 2027 Budget for inclusion in the SR14 mailing.
The DOO and I have a meeting scheduled on 23rd June with Chase to confirm interest gain on Prudent Reserve Account (#9555) and the Emergency Reserve Account (#9571) and other misc topics.
We have begun the migration from Quick Books Desktop to QuickBooks Online. This is happening now (week commencing 15th June) with a scheduled launch the following week.
Obviously, there will be some hurdles to jump but with all hands-on deck at the WSO we believe the inconveniences will be minimal.
Attended CAWS2026 and worked alongside the DOO and Assistant Manager to support the convention committee with all duties/responsibilities pertaining to the financial activities. We are very near full reconciliation with regards the accounting side and are looking at a revenue (over expenditure) of $156,000 AT THIS TIME THIS FIGURE IS SOLEY FOR WSOB CONSIDERATION AND UNTIL FULL/FINAL REVIEW AND RECONCILIATION

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CONCLUDES I RESPECTFULLY REQUEST YOU DO NOT CIRCULATE THIS FIGURE TO OUR MEMBERSHIP

Assisted DOO with multiple tasks.
Prepared flyer regarding 7th Tradition for future CAWSO use (see attachment 2). I would like to present a motion to approve 7th tradition flyer.

From my ongoing review of accounts and activities regarding our finances I believe we are in good financial standing. With the current QBO activity underway I ask for your understanding that financial sheets will be presented at the earliest opportunity.

Highlights:

General update of activities and tasks;
Ongoing interaction with our DOO, WSOB Chair, WSOT and Bookkeeper.
Regular communication with DoCaC regarding WS Convention financial requests and activities.
I now have full access to all relevant bank accounts.
I am in communication with CAWS2026, 2027 & 2028 Treasurers.
I’ve participated in online business by email and on WhatsApp group in a timely manner.
I attended the WSC Finance Committee meeting in April and we have begun work on the 2026 Revised Budget and Draft 2027 Budget. Please advise regarding revised 2026 budget as there had been mention of Q4 going online. Please also prepare 2027 Quarterly amounts as that would be helpful for our draft 2027 budget that will be sent out in SR14 mailing (I will use Conf Approved 2026 figures for draft 2027 if I receive no further feedback from WSBT.
Annual Tax returns are currently in hand and submitted.
Had a recent call with Chase to seek interest gain on Prudent Reserve Account (#9555),
Publication Fund Account (#9563), and the new Emergency Reserve Account when opened. Although gain may seem minimal on these accounts it is usual and responsible to seek such benefits. Awaiting feedback from WSBT regarding renaming the ‘Petty Cash Account’ to ‘Emergency Reserve Account’.
Working with DOO to establish a policy for ACH payments and wire Transfers to consider security implications of such activities.
Reviewing revenue shortcomings (nonpayment) directly linked to Royalty and License Agreements. I am intending to present further substantiation regarding this issue in the near future and certainly if we meet at a B2B in Orlando.
I am working with WSO staff and outside professional to prepare the switch to QBO as a high priority task…. it’s been in the long grass for too long.
Working with the DOO, Ast manager and DAL04 to assess how we can meet our financial reporting and breakdown needs to integrate Shopify with QBO. Initially looking positive.
We are still missing receipts and expenditure sheets from WSBT activity and CC usage. I would be grateful if these outstanding receipts can be sent in. WSOT has a spreadsheet with missing receipts. Many thanks in advance.
Assisted DOO with multiple tasks.

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WSOB Secretary – Kimberley C.

Highlights:

Attended Q&A session for standing committees, board chairs and secretaries on May 17 regarding conference report requirements and other topics. Reports are due by August 16th… only redacted reports now. Next meeting will be on July 19, 2026.
H&I: I was not able to attend the H&I committee meeting in a timely manner this month due to issues at the prison causing the meeting to run longer. I have connected with Stevie Ray and have information.
Referrals: Met with Wesley to work on referrals and how we could stay on top of the Board’s referrals to make sure they are being updated in a timely manner once the Board has provided their response. Worked with Lou and provided him with a final set of dispositions on each of the referrals that he sent out. All those referrals had been previously fulfilled but not been updated. Finally, after having a list of 30 plus referrals marked as not completed, our referrals are all updated with the conference committee. We have some new ones, and one Wesley and I think might be housekeeping. New referrals have come in. At this time there are 8 open referrals. 3 just came in last week, 2 the month before, 1 “housekeeping”, 1 in committee and 1 other from 2025.
Updated motions log from last month
Updated the agenda file in OneDrive.
Reviewed the new website and provided feedback.
Updated referrals log, although we need to find some reference numbers.

Thank you for allowing me to serve.

Kimberley

DIRECTOR OF CONFERENCES AND CONVENTIONS (DoCaC) – Jesse G.

Highlights:

CAWS 2026 – Florida

Has received 74% of the pass-it-ons.

Treasurer – received P&L on 6.15.26. Total income, total expenses, and reported net profit were outlined; still needs to be reconciled by WSOB treasurer.

Motion: Donation to Florida Area. See page 80 WSCCC Guidelines #35) Upon completion of a World Service Convention the Host/Area/Region will be eligible to receive a donation from Cocaine Anonymous World Services once goals have been met. Where a Convention net income is greater than 20% of the World Service Conference approved budget, the donation to the Host City/Area/Region will increase.

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Hotel – received Hotel bill from Hotel Liaison on 6.3.26 reviewed Hotel bill and sent approval to DOO and WSOB Treasurer on 6.5.26.
Still need pass-it-ons.

WSC Conference 2027

2027 contract fully executed
2027 addendum fully executed

CAWS 2027 – Washington State

Chair:

Reviewed timeline and sent to general.
All steering team members meeting with downline team.

Treasurer:

Registration up and running.

registrations sold to date; enough to cover next hotel deposit.
Considering RegFox version of YappApp
Archives – new chair consulting with former
Finances
- Plans to fundraise beyond local area
- Working on raffles, opportunity drawings, memorabilia, registration prices, and regfox – many of these items have been approved, selected, and purchased; some swag to be sold at 2026.
Auction/Drawing
- Same plan as Orlando; collecting items
- Next raffle is suite
Memorabilia
- Convention tie-in logos
- Identifying compliant vendors
VC -Meets with downline monthly
- Unity – working on selfie locations and ice cream social
- H and I – has begun reaching out to various Tx centers and some have expressed interest
- Special Needs – will be put on reg but none have been identified
- Outreach – engagement posts
- PI/Newsletter – getting items for next NewsGram
Program – steady overall progress
- Workshops – position recently filled
- Speakers – slate completed – new budget requested and will be requested at conference
- Marathons – making progress

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- Special events – all activities nearly selected
- Entertainment – nearly complete, organizing lineup
- AV – just added to committee – Holden P
- Survey/Eval – position still open
Hotel/events liaison -Reservation link for hotel provided; website ready and tested by hotel liaison, Working on parking logistics

CAWS 2028 – Scotland Area

Chair

VC –
- PI – poster campaign
- Outreach – outreach opportunities through existing contacts, local events, social media platforms and local drug services to increase awareness of the convention.
- Theme/Artwork – merchandise concepts
Program Chair – This was a World Service Convention planning meeting where committee chairs discussed their roles and responsibilities for organizing the upcoming convention in Edinburgh. Remmea, serving as programming chair, led the discussion through each committee member’s duties, including workshop coordination led by Purdy, special events planning by David, and outreach surveys to be conducted by Jane.
- Speakers – Chair is in Spain and Chair is waiting for his return
- Workshops – I could not make heads or tails of what was happening
- Marathons – nothing – chair resigned
- Everything else – I don’t know; I asked for a more clear, concise report
Treasurer –
- Fundraiser and donations are expected and planned
- Expenses coming up for the fundraisers
Jesse’s report
- I’ve reviewed all 6 allocation agreements
  - Hampton by Hilton – crossed the finish line
  - Hilton Carlton – signed by KK
  - Delta – 2 areas of concern; have sent back to Helms-Brisco to ask to remove liability for CAWSO Inc. (again) for damages to property by members
  - Radisson Blu – sent original, my redlined document, the changes that Helms-
  - Brisco accepted and the email responses as the 2 changes that the RB did not accept and as to why and sent to WST on 6.14.26
  - Staycity – will send to TNC next
  - Moxy – will send after Staycity
- Concerns –
  - the report is poorly written – I sent them a copy of 2027s and asked them to please send me a clear and concise report.
  - I do not think Crawford is qualified

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- - They have no secretary
  - They have no hotel liaison
  - They have no MM chair

CAWS 2029 – Toronto

Chair –
- Goals
  - Continuing hotel negotiations and working toward securing a signed venue agreement
  - Continuing development of the General Committee and convention service structure
  - Advancing fundraising initiatives and merchandise sales
  - Maintaining momentum in planning efforts and Fellowship engagement
Hotel liaison
- focused on securing venue
Fundraising
My assessment –
- Parthi is not qualified; did not know the hotel deposit comes from local area funds; he does not know processes
- Parthi asked me for what I was recommending to WST/TNC regarding the Toronto RFP but failed to let hotel liaison know that it was for his info only and hotel liaison took that to hotel …I received and updated RFP from hotel that addressed some concerns but I have yet to five into due to receiving too late on Wednesday.

WSC Conference Committee (WSCCfC)

Working on new referrals
- Only have 3 open referral
Need room assignments
SR14 meeting was on 6.14 with mailer being on schedule

WSC Convention Committee (WSCCvC)

Meeting with Seth, Jesse and Tai to align DoCaC position on WSCCC guidelines with WSM
Items sent to SR-14

Bid Vetting Committee

Received 1 bid for 2030 that was received after the deadline. In a sense of duty to the Fellowship we love, 3 of us looked at the numbers and verified that the bid was not viable and the convention would not make money. In sum, the bid was deficient in the follow:
- Did not meet the F&B despite over inflating the number of attendees;

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- The speaker budget was ½ of 2026’s and 2027’s proposed speaker budget;
- The AV was grossly under stated
- Convention income from memorabilia was exaggerated.
  - There were other deficiencies, but these were the most alarming.

RFP Committee

3 cities to be voted on will be
- Current hotel
- Hilton Rosemont in Chicago
- Dublin Crowne Plaza Airport
My concerns:
- Chicago – saves the Fellowship approx. 6k as a whole, but we lose the relationship that we have built over the last several years with the current hotel.
- Dublin – appears to be a completive contender on paper; however, if stick to the current schedule we have been using over the last several years and have to buy food AND pay for meeting space (required), registration will be at least twice as much. The only way registration will be about the same price is if the conference chair gives attendees enough time during breaks to leave the hotel and go get food and then return to conference session. This could be a logistical nightmare. This is also an increased expense for the WSBT and the WSOB.

ILAS,

Jesse G

DIRECTORS AT LARGE (DAL) REPORTS

Jason S. (DAL)

Highlights:

Attended: Regular WSOB meetings, WSC IT, WSOB ADHOC

REPORT TO THE WSOB—

o Submitted by: the honorable Jason –kinda big deal Date: June 20, 2026 Re: Website Hosting and Publication, Administrative Access, Microsoft 365 Administration, and Notice Concerning Board Tenure.
Honorable Members of the Board, I respectfully submit the following report for the Board’s consideration. It comprises four motions, each accompanied by its supporting rationale, together with a personal notice regarding my continued service on this body.

Preliminary Reports of the Web Ad Hoc Committee

Confirmation of Staging-Site Access and Administrative Readiness: The Web Ad Hoc Committee — comprising Kalob, Joe, Cameron, and the undersigned — convened

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and confirmed that Cameron has now been granted access to the Bluehost staging site. Having examined the environment firsthand, and being sufficiently conversant with the Breakdance website-building platform, Cameron has expressed his confidence that he is prepared to assume responsibility for management of the site going forward.

Proposal Regarding a Continuity Volunteer (“Brand Ambassador”): Joe has raised a concern, which I regard as well founded, respecting the long-term look and feel of the website should it not be maintained in a manner faithful to the principles under which it was constructed. Observing that he is presently free of other service commitments, Joe offered for the Board’s reflection the following consideration: were this a for-profit enterprise, or any entity other than a twelve-step organization, possessing a substantial web presence and a body of publications, it would customarily designate what is commonly termed a “brand ambassador.” In that same spirit, a volunteer might be identified to assist the Office Board in safeguarding a measure of continuity— a consistent through line, a golden thread, as it were — running coherently through our website, our application, and our publications alike. Joe has accordingly asked that the Board consider him as a volunteer to serve in that capacity.

Notice of Board Tenure and Motion IV — Microsoft 365 Global Administration

o In the course of executing, by way of DocuSign, the documentation required for our
incorporation, I was reminded that my first term concludes at the close of the
forthcoming conference. I therefore wish to inform the Board formally that I will
not be seeking an additional term.
o This impending transition bears directly upon a matter of organizational governance
that remains unresolved. The Board previously established that no member held
administrative — specifically, global administrator — access to our Microsoft 365
account. We had further discussed requesting that our IT service provider [provider
name to be confirmed] designate a member of this Board as a global administrator of
the Microsoft 365 portal, so that we might manage our SharePoint environment and
our email system internally. This remains sound practice, and it is generally advisable
to maintain no fewer than two administrators. At the time that decision was
contemplated, I had volunteered to serve in that capacity; in light of my departure
within approximately ninety days, it would plainly be imprudent for me to assume
that role now.
o Accordingly, I move that the Board request the designation of Kalob as a global
administrator of our Microsoft 365 environment.

Closing Remarks

In closing, I wish to express my sincere gratitude to this body. My service on this Board has been a pleasure much of the time, a source of mild exasperation on other occasions, and, on no more than a very few, a matter of genuine frustration — and I suspect the latter had little, if anything, to do with present company. It has been an honor to serve alongside each of you, and I appreciate every one of you. ( OK, most of you ) Respectfully submitted.

Wesley B. (DAL)

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Highlights:

Attended: Regular WSOB meeting, North American PI, WSCPIC, Referrals Ad Hoc, Newsgram Committee

PI Updates:

PI.CA.Org continues to be a work in progress – big thanks to Charisse!
Conference Committee raised issues about submissions in SR-14 including both PI Rocks and Professional Outreach as well as two of the poster designs. The committee worked to address their concerns.
Continuing with updates to PI Rocks and Professional Outreach presentations per that conversation.
Summit Guidelines are in SR-14 submission.
North American Summit planning continues.
European Summit 2027 – contacting UK planners for next year’s Brighton convention.

WSOB:

Referrals – Working with Kim, we have (finally) gotten Conference Committee in line with our closing of nearly 30 items from previous years. An updated Spreadsheet of the current year’s submissions is attached.
Motions to consider responses to WSOB 2026-05, and 2026-08 to 2026-11 (leaves 3 responses that will require board discussion).
Newsgram – Met with Dawn and Larissa at Convention to begin work as a committee. Requests for submissions sent out; several submissions received.
Reviewed layout for upcoming edition (will show). Met again as committee 2 weeks ago. Will meet first Sunday of each month. Minutes are attached.
Motion 1: to add “The NewsGram Editor shall be responsible for selecting up to two C.A. members to serve on the committee, based on their ability to work effectively as part of a team and the skills, experience, or other potential knowledge they can bring.” To the guidelines.
Motion 2: – Add Point 5 to the current submission form.
Motion 3: to add “Point 5 – this authorization shall remain in effect for a period of four (4) years from the date of my signature and shall continue to apply to any submissions made during my term” to the Member submission form.
And, while I hate to be in this position again, I appreciate the grace of others to understand that this has been a difficult week personally and professionally, and has delayed my ability to report. I am mindful of the needs of the Board and our process and I apologize for the delays. In Love and Service – Wesley B.

Newsgram Committee minutes – June 7

The meeting focused on reviewing the new layout and design of the NewsGram publication, with Larissa presenting the current mockup to Wesley and Dawn for feedback. The team discussed various layout modifications including consolidating four posters into one full-page spread, removing problematic dark background elements for print compatibility, and adjusting content placement. They reviewed submissions including articles from Cameron and LCF, discussed the need for content from World Service Office Board trustees, and planned to reach out to regional chairs for contributions about their areas. The group agreed to maintain the

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July publication deadline with a first Sunday of the month schedule going forward, and discussed creating promotional materials to encourage article submissions and subcommittee participation.

Next steps:

Larissa –

Follow up with Gary to submit his article about his last year as trustee;
Follow up with Jessica Kay in one week regarding her article about speaking at her first World Convention;
Follow up with IT committee for content about the meeting finder app;
Follow up with Conference committee for content;
Follow up with H&I chair (Booker) to provide content;
Reach out to Nathan about Seattle write-up for future issues;
Create and send flyer to Dawn for including in packages, requesting stories (in black and white format);
Create flyer about Newsgram subcommittee recruitment and send to team for approval;
Redo QR codes to make them clearer while maintaining current links;
Combine four posters into one page;
Remove the green page for Unity’s “Celebrate Around the World” section;
Prepare mock-up to share with office board at next meeting;
Send updated Newsgram information to Dawn for inclusion in office packages

Wesley –

Review the four article submissions that were forwarded
(complete);
Write personal article (not on behalf of WSOB).

Collaboration:

All: Meet on July 5th for next meeting.

Morten V. (DAL)

Highlights:

Attending:

CAWS Archives monthly meeting
WSOB translation committee

CAWS ARCHIVES

Repository update. Very acceptable environmental ranges. Door sweep seems to have minimized air exchange the warehouse and the repository
1708 active users on the museum

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WSOB TC

Emerging area translation project
AI tool, motion to approve purchase of 250 usd passes.
Swedish proof approved.
A lot of members took assignments of pamphlets, meeting formats and books.
Russia update, books did not go through customs. Received pdf file of the book, missing covers.
Next meeting July 8th

Kalob T. (DAL)

Highlights:

Translations

App

Attended the May 2026 translation committee meeting. Gaining an understanding of what that committee does, their purpose and their work.
Apple Developer Membership is now free for C.A. developer(s).
Renewed Apple Developer Membership. Next renewal is May 13, 2027. I’m not entirely certain if we have another fee-waived contract coming up in August — we’ll know more in July.
Added a new loner group under WSO.
Deleted quarterly metrics out of our documentation platform. The embed from Airtable was changed to team/enterprise plans only. And the metrics will continue to be reported in my monthly reports.

Website

Attended meeting chaired by another DAL. Spoke with web servant, and he finally has access to the new site and let him know about our staging-to-production plan.
Due to this new ca.org website being built so slowly, some content is now stale, namely the service documents. The web servant will need to update those documents.

Shop

Researching how to customize the online shop’s theme to be more “C.A.”. It’s functional now, but would be great to have this on-brand to match the new ca.org website at some pointin the future.
Had a pricing bug that was rounding any GBP dollars up to the next full dollar. Resolved by setting auto-currency conversion pricing in the UK and several other countries.
Adjusted markets for Europeans to be charged in USD rather than GBP.
Was not able to meet with other WSO/WSOB to discuss shop product pricing yet.

Documentation:

Wrote and verified a document regarding iOS annual Apple Developer Membership

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Convention:

Lightly helped where needed.
Spotted a lot of questions regarding AI and/or the C.A. App

Analytics

Website analytics for May, 2026

31,583 page views in total / 13,990 users
3,429 page views (second most viewed page) was ca.org/meetings/
● Almost all traffic comes from Search (Google), or people go directly to ca.org on their own.
Top countries accessing ca.org:
1. United States (6.6k users)
2. United Kingdom (1.9k users)
3. Canada (1.1k users)
58% of users viewed ca.org from their phones.

C.A. Meeting Finder App analytics for May, 2026

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Total meetings: 3,315
Total opens: 461,900
Unique Monthly Active Users 9,300

Misc.

Looked into GiveButter security, how it shares data with other apps like QBO, and how to embed a widget on ca.org. Also looked into the usefulness of GiveButter vs. Zeffy. Zeffy looks useful, but GiveButter seems to do exactly what we need without creating a new make- work project for the Freedom Fund.
Looked into Zeffy for convention registration. It might be a tad too simple for our needs.
May be an option for Conference registration.
QBO purchased from Tech Soup for $80 for the year.
Updated 211 for: Iowa and Nebraska
Helped debug, and interfaced with special worker, regarding Microsoft email outage on
June 15-16, 2026. Continuing to work with DOO regarding email accounts and licensing.
Wrote a proposed email account policy for the office.

Kalob Taulien, Director at Large

TRUSTEE REPORTS

World Service Trustee (WST) – Karmen K.

Highlights:

WSBT:

Correspondence reviews
Participated in all online Motions

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Participated in Q2 meetings. Lots of work was done.
Most of the WSBT participated in Dunk the Boards at CAWS 2026. We had so much fun
Helped where I could at CAWS 2026
Signed Articles of Incorporation
Attended WSOB monthly meetings
Attended by-weekly with DOO, Chair and WSOT doing this.

WSOB:

Motion to approve CR2028 – 08 for boat fundraiser
Motion to approve CR2028 – 09 for preconvention T-shirt sales
Signed Contract for Insurance for the Office
Reviewed CAWS 2027 registration page
ONLINE MOTIONS
- Motion to rename ‘Petty Cash Account’ (#9571) to ‘Emergency Reserve Account’
- Motion to approve CR2028 – 08 for boat fundraiser
- Motion to approve CR2028 – 09 for preconvention T-shirt sales

CAWS

CAWS 2027
CAWS 2028 – Scotland Area
- Hotel contracts are coming in and am starting the review process
CAWS 2029
- One contract has been reviewed so far

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