Cocaine Anonymous World Service Conference 2003 Wednesday, August 27, 2003-Day One Daily Summary Session opens with the Serenity Prayer How it works-Read By – Wilbert La Fleur The Twelve Traditions – Read by- Rick Delgado The Twelve Concepts – Read by- Paulette Furoy Introductions- Roll Call – 131 votes Quorum- 87 Chair Announcements Parliamentary Inquiry…
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Aug 27, 2003 – Day 1 – Daily Summary – WSOB Opening Report
WORLD SERVICE OFFICE BOARD REPORT INTRODUCTION AND OPENING COMMENTS: WSO is responsible for conducting the daily business of CAWS, including sales of chips & literature, distribution of various materials relating to starting up meetings, information to the public, including the recovery community, and carrying out the mandates of the WSC as well as the WSBT….
Aug 27, 2003 – Day 1 – Daily Summary – S&B Opening Report
Page 17 of 24 Committee Reports Structure and Bylaws INTRODUCTION AND OPENING COMMENTS: Welcome to the 2003 World Service Conference. The purpose of the Structure and Bylaws Committee is to formulate bylaws, guidelines and structures by which this organization can operate, day-to-day, at conferences and elsewhere. COMMITTEE INTRODUCTIONS: Page 18 of 24 All Committee officers…
Aug 27, 2003 – Day 1 – Daily Summary – TEC Opening Report
Trustee Election Committee Trustee Slate for 2003 World service Conference Atlantic North Region Leslie Groter Steve Speigal David LaBell Motion to approve the Atlantic North Regional Slate Second Motion passes Atlantic South Region Susan Doch Tammy McGahee Motion to approve the Atlantic South Regional Slate Second Motion Passes Not Conference Approved Minutes Confidential Page 19…
Aug 27, 2003 – Day 1, Daily Summary – Convention Committee Opening Report
Page 20 of 24 Convention Committee Report INTRODUCTION AND OPENING COMMENTS: During the year the Conference Convention Committee held one in-person meeting at the World Convention in Chicago, completed the 2003 Guidelines, selected the steering committee for the 2005 Tennessee Convention, worked on several tabled referrals and considered issues regarding convention budgets and hotel contract…
Aug 27, 2003 – Day 1 – Daily Summary – Internet Committee Opening Report
Internet Committee Report INTRODUCTION AND OPENING COMMENTS: The committee has been able to assist the WSO in reviewing existing and linking new District/Area sites to the www.ca.org. COMMITTEE INTRODUCTIONS Ivan Libson: Chairperson – South Central Area Texas Terry Marsden: Vice-Chairperson – Utah Area Mark Tomkinson: Secretary – Northern California Area Leon Mason: Trustee at Large…
Aug 27, 2003 – Day 1 – Daily Summary – Conference Committee Opening Report
Conference Committee Report INTRODUCTION AND OPENING COMMENTS: Looking around the room today, you can see the most obvious evidence of our committee’s work. But the Conference Committee does more than just put on the Conference. We are responsible for keeping the delegates and other attendees informed of issues affecting CA as a whole, through periodic…
Aug 29, 2003 – Day 3 – Daily Summary – LCF Committee Closing Report
Page 1 of 15 Session opens with serenity Prayer Roll Call – Quorum determinations 140 Votes Quorum – 93 Candy Hall Motion- To suspend the reading of the following portions of the committee Trustee and Office Board reports: “Referrals or items tabled until the next year; and items the committee will continue working on through…
Aug 29, 2003 – Day 3 – Daily Summary – S&B Committee Closing Report (Part 1)
Structure and Bylaws Committee Report INTRODUCTION AND OPENING COMMENTS: The tireless devotion to the referrals the committee was tasked with this year has enabled us to set an historic precedent and left me, as the outgoing chair, awestruck. I can’t begin to express my appreciation to this outstanding group of individuals. Our committee consists of…
Aug 30, 2003 – Day 4 – Daily Summary – S&B Committee Closing Report (Part 2)
Page 1 of 81 Session Called to order at 8:40am Serenity Prayer Chair announcements Roll Call 138 votes Quorum count 92 Announcements from the floor S&B REPORT CONTINUES 9.Referral #3634: Add to manual: WSOB ratify WS Office candidates before submitting slate to the WSBT. Motion: On page 4.5 of the WSM, World Service Office Trustee…
Aug 30, 2003 – Day 4 – Daily Summary – Internet Committee Closing Report
Page 11 of 81 WSC INTERNET COMMITTEE REPORT INTRODUCTION AND OPENING COMMENTS: The WSCIC had great enthusiasm in working together to accomplish the work that this fellowship has bestowed upon them in this years conference. 6 days of love and tolerance being this year’s conference theme was taken into every meeting. This theme produced laughter…
Aug 30, 2003 – Day 4, Daily Summary – TEC & WSOB Closing Reports
Page 15 of 81 Jahi Boseda TEC report Thank the Committee for their hard work. Announced the new trustee- elects. World Service Office Trustee Elect Elizabeth Saldebar South West Regional Trustee Elect – Jay Finesilver’ Midwest Regional Trustee Elect- Tony Drake Pacific South Regional Trustee Elect-Ken Cross World Service Office Board Report INTRODUCTION: On behalf…
Aug 30, 2003 – Day 4 – Daily Summary – WSBT Closing Report
Page 17 of 81 WORLD SERVICE BOARD OF TRUSTEES (WSBT) Report INTRODUCTION AND OPENING COMMENTS: This year the World Service Board of Trustees, along with the World Service Office Board have taken budget cuts in order to keep our Fellowship running. Based on the current trends, CA is not out of the woods yet and…
Aug 30, 2003 – Day 4, Daily Summary – H&I Committee Closing Report
Page 22 of 81 C.A. WORLD SERVICE CONFERENCE 2003 H&I COMMITTEE COMMITTEE REPORT INTRODUCTION AND OPENING COMMENTS: My name is Harrison R. Jenkins, WSC H&I Chair, with 1 vote at this year’s conference. Our H&I committee was delegated the task of revising the WSC H&I Guidelines and Information manual. The H&I committee toiled many exhausting…
Aug 30, 2003 – Day 4, Daily Summary – Unity Committee Closing Report
Page 32 of 81 UNITY Committee Report Introduction and opening comments: Terry denmark unity chair. This year the conference has ounce again been a learning event for me. On the unity committee i’ve been surrounded by people who want to learn and grow along spiritual lines. Unity is a spiritual principle. Wednesday a fellow delegate…
Aug 30, 2003 – Day 4 – Daily Summary – Convention Committee Closing Report
Page 34 of 81 CONVENTION COMMITTEE REPORT INTRODUCTION AND OPENING COMMENTS: It was an extremely productive Conference for the Convention Committee. We dealt with 30 referrals, 23 new and 7 tabled. We ended our session with no tabled referrals, unless the Conference Committee finds a missing referral in that Page 35 of 81 evil tracking…
Aug 30, 2003 – Day 4, Daily Summary – Public Information Committee Closing Report
Page 59 of 81 C.A. WORLD SERVICE CONFERENCE 2003 PUBLIC INFORMATION COMMITTEE REPORT INTRODUCTION AND OPENING COMMENTS We are so excited to be here at the 2003 World Service Conference. I have served on this Committee for the last three years and at a moments notice was informed that I would be the acting Chair…
Aug 30, 2004 – Day 4 – Daily Summary – Finance Committee Closing Report
Page 70 of 81 FINANCE COMMITTEE REPORT INTRODUCTION AND OPENING COMMENTS: Once again, we had a great committee this year. We started our committee work with re-examining the goals and activities of the Finance Committee, both for this Conference, and as long term goals. To expound on this, I’d like to turn the mike over…
Aug 30, 2003 – Day 4 – Daily Summary – Conference Committee Closing Report
Page 75 of 81 WORLD SERVICE CONFERENCE COMMITTEE REPORT INTRODUCTION AND OPENING COMMENTS: Our committee works year-round to bring this conference to you. It’s a wonderful, rewarding, but extremely intricate and time-consuming process. We truly appreciate the chance to be service. The conference continues to be better organized. Attendance and productivity consistently continues to increase….
Aug 31, 2003 – Day 5 – Daily Summary – LCF Committee Closing Report
Page 1 of 17 Cocaine Anonymous World Service Conference 2003 Sunday, August 31, 2003-Day 5 Daily Summary Session called to Order Serenity Prayer Roll Call 102 Quorum- 68 Chair Announcements Leon Mason- Announcement LCF COMMITTEE REPORT INTRODUCTION AND OPENING COMMENTS: Our members include: Sherri Hoffman OSA Chair (returning) Scott Keaveny SGPVCA Vice Chair (returning) Judy…
Aug 31, 2003 – Day 5 – Daily Summary Conference Officer Election
Page 7 of 17 Conference Officer Election Chair reads rules for elections Conference Vice Chair – Parliamentarian Chair Read WSM Nominations Rick Hoffman – Decline Steve Edwards- Accepts – Qualifications Jay Statland –Accepts- Qualifications Spencer Barton – Decline Kevin Murphy-Accepts- Qualifications Aaron Jacobsen- Decline Scott Botz- Accepts – Qualifications Leon Mason- Decline Evan Anderson- Accept-…
Aug 31, 2003 – Day 5 – Daily Summary – Conference New Business
Page 14 of 17 New Business- Sherri Hoffman Motion: to rescind the motion from the Convention Committee in regard to referral #3167: Page 15 of 17 Insert into the World Service Manual, Standing Rules, page 3.7, add new Item 22: Each year, a minimum of two (2) bids for the CAWS convention be presented to…
Aug 27, 2003 – Day 1 – Conference Summary of Motions
2003 Cocaine Anonymous World Service Conference Minutes of the 20th Annual Conference Wednesday, August 27, 2003 – Day One New Area Petitions: Mathew Reilly – Motion to accept the Valley Area of Texas. Scott Botz – Motion: To postpone consideration of this petition until we have heard all other petitions for area recognition. Motion carries…
Aug 29, 2003 – Day 3 – Conference Summary of Motions
Friday, August 29, 2003 – Day Three Kandy Hall – Motion to suspend, for this Conference, the reading of the following portions of the Committee Trustee and Office Board reports: Referrals or items tabled until the next year; and items the committee will continue working on through the year; Referrals or items referred to other…
Aug 30, 2003 – Day 4 – Conference Summary of Motions
Saturday, August 30, 2003 – Day Four Steve Edwards – Motion: On page 4.5 of the World Service Manual, “World Service Office Trustee, No. 2”. Change as follows: “Candidates are nominated for World Service Office Board Trustee, and a minimum of two candidates shall be elected by majority vote of the World Service Office Board….
Aug 31, 2003 – Day 5 – Conference Summary of Motions
Sunday, August 31, 2003 – Day Five LCF Committee Report: Tondrick Jones – Motion: To accept the pamphlet, “Unity” as Conference approved literature, with the typographical changes, as shown on Attachment D. With some minor opposition, the motion passes with substantial unanimity. Gillian Crabtree-Rowan – Motion to authorize the WSO to change the reverse of…