Category: 2005 Opening Reports

WORLD SERVICE OFFICE REPORT:  Bob Campbell: AUGUST, 2005 QUARTERLY REPORT TO THE COCAINE ANONYMOUS WORLD SERVICE BOARD OF TRUSTEES FROM THE CHAIR OF THE WSO While the “usual drill” this time of year is to spend a lot of time in preparation for the WSC, this time around everything seems to be falling into place…

WORLD SERVICE BOARD OF TRUSTEE’S REPORT: Teri Knight INTRODUCTION AND OPENING COMMENTS: We would like to thank you all for a great year of service to and by the fellowship. Thanks, too, to the entire World Service Board of Trustees (WSBT) for their hard work this year. Between our quarterly meetings and conference calls, the…

Jay Finesilver Trustee Election Committee – Trustee Slates of Nominees/Approval  Motions to approve the following Regional Slates: See page 4.5 of the WSM for more information: CONFERENCE APPROVED SLATE The candidates nominated from each Region shall be submitted to WSC for ratification by two-thirds vote of the WSC. All candidates who complete the WSC ratification…

Cocaine Anonymous World Service Conference Wednesday, August 31, 2005 – Day 2 Daily Summary Conference Session Opens- 8.20 am Serenity Prayer Roll Call – 149 Quorum – 100 Conference Committee Reports STRUCTURE AND BY-LAWS INTRODUCTION AND OPENING COMMENTS:  Welcome to the 2005 World Service Conference. The purpose of the Structure and By-Laws Committee is to…

HOSPITALS & INSTITUTIONS REPORT INTRODUCTION AND OPENING COMMENTS: My Name is Eric Rosene, WSC H&I Chairperson. The H&I committee had only one referral after the end of last years conference. We will complete this before the end of this year’s conference. H&I had many referrals via the World Service Office from inmates from all over…

FINANCE COMMITTEE REPORT INTRODUCTION AND OPENING COMMENTS: The Finance Committee met during the World Services Convention in Memphis. We also had limited email and phone conversation throughout the year. We have looked into ways to increase participation in the CAWS Contribution Program – to alleviate the “fears” and concerns of members. We also discussed ways…

CONFERENCE COMMITTEE REPORT INTRODUCTION AND OPENING COMMENTS: Welcome to the Conference, “Opening the Doors to the World” which we have done with the approval for the “Petition to become an Area” – Welcome to South Africa!!! Also, welcome to the new region, Europe!!! Looking around the room today, you can see the most obvious evidence…

LCF Committee Report INTRODUCTION AND OPENING COMMENTS Page 9 of 18 During the last year the LCF Committee has been in session throughout the year via online email group meetings and a series of telephone conference calls. The Storybook Subcommittee has functioned in a similar way. Every region of CA has been represented through this…

PUBLIC INFORMATION COMMITTEE REPORT INTRODUCTION AND OPENING COMMENTS: In September 2004 the PI Committee established an online email group in order` to conduct business until the next Conference. For those members unable to participate online we kept in touch via the telephone as often as possible. As can happen sometimes between Conferences a couple of…

INTERNET COMMITTEE REPORT INTRODUCTION AND OPENING COMMENTS: The WSC Internet committee utilizes the internet (duh) to remain in communication throughout the year to facilitate the new websites and answer questions regarding electronic information and Cocaine Anonymous. Our chair Ivan Libson was detained from being here to a family emergency and expressed his apologies and best…

CONVENTION COMMITTEE REPORT Page 14 of 18 INTRODUCTION AND OPENING COMMENTS: The WSC Convention Committee met once during the 2005 CAWS Convention in Memphis and developed a Yahoo group to facilitate our work throughout the year. Since the 2004 Conference we have: Updated Convention Guidelines reflecting decisions of the 2004 WSC Selected the Steering committee…

UNITY COMMITTEE REPORT INTRODUCTION AND OPENING COMMENTS: On behalf of the Unity Committee, I would like to welcome you to the 2005 World Service Conference “Opening the Doors to the World”. We would like also like to invite you to join us for our annual Unity Luncheon and speaker meeting to be held on Friday,…