WSO Report – Steve Edwards The WSO is the main contact for CA as a whole. Our main purpose is to maintain contact with all groups, areas and districts. We are also charged with the protection of our copyright information. I’d like to introduce our members: Elizabeth Saldebar, Vice Chair Robin Chase, Joy Hutcheson, Treasurer…
Category: WS Conferences
The WSC is the nerve center and voice of our Fellowship. The WSC is the one time each year when all our service branches come together. Unlike all other branches of C.A. service, the WSC is not an entity, it is an event. At the WSC, the Delegates, the World Service Board of Trustees, and the managers and Directors of the World Service Office meet to discuss ideas and direction for the Fellowship of C.A. as a whole. The WSC can last up to a week; however, the planning and implementation associated with the WSC is a year-round proposition.
The Conference Committee is to provide the planning, organization, logistics, and implementation of the Business Conference to include preparation of the agenda. The Conference Committee will determine the location of the Conference unless otherwise agreed upon by voting Conference members. All World Service Conference contracts must be ratified by the CAWSO Board and executed by two or more board members and/or Trustees. Each Delegate must be knowledgeable about the needs and feelings of their Area and Region. From general meetings at the WSC, the Conference divides into various committees where all suggestions, questions, and problems are discussed. These topics include all matters of importance to C.A. as a whole. Each Delegate serves on a designated Conference Committee of his or her own selection. It is suggested that each Committee contains at least one Trustee. Any member of Cocaine Anonymous may serve and vote on any World Service Conference Committee, however, each Participant is limited to voting in one committee. Non-delegates may serve as Committee officers. It is recommended when electing Committee Chairpersons that the length of their delegate tenure is considered in order to be fiscally responsible to the fellowship and respectful of Conference budgets. Non-Delegate chair expenses must be incorporated into the committee budget and approved by the committee. Then the approved budget is brought to the Conference floor by the Finance Committee as part of the complete World Service budget for approval. All committee budgets need to be submitted to the Finance Committee by 9 am of the last breakout committee work day. Conference committee guidelines, policies and procedures are submitted to the Conference for approval, included in the Delegates notebooks, and are available to other interested members of the fellowship. Conference Approved Literature – a full list of Conference approved literature appears in the Appendix to this Manual.
World Service Conference Minutes:
Aug 29, 2001 – Day 1 – Summary of Motions – Archive Committee Opening Report
Archive Committee – Patrick Potter We have accomplished a few projects…we’ve gone through over a 100 boxes, filed everything by year, currently working on capturing all info on disk, discovered no memorabilia. The archival process is now manageable. To preserve our beginnings in a museum type style for all to see. Although we have had…
Aug 29, 2001 – Day 1 – Summary of Motions – TEC Opening Report
Trustee Slate of Nominees Approval – Amy Beech The T.E.C. is made up of all the trustees, and one delegate from each region. Each region designates a slate of candidates based on a vote taken at their regional assembly. Please refer to your WSM for the TEC guidelines. Trustee Candidate Slates: Pacific North Cynthia Cronkhite…
Aug 29, 2001 – Day 1 – Summary of Motions – Unity Committee Opening Report
COMMITTEE REPORTS Unity Committee –Jim Holder Written report We do have a unity lunch scheduled this year, and are taking into consideration new ideas for next year. We still have tickets for sale – please try to purchase your tickets by tomorrow so we can plan. Page 13 We will be collecting articles for the…
Aug 29, 2001 – Day 1 – Summary of Motions – H&I Committee Opening Report
Hospitals and Institutions –Harrison R. Jenkins We’ve done quite a bit of work. 3 subcommittees. We’re looking for submissions for the NewsGram. Our subcommittee chair has resigned so we’re looking for a replacement. We’re looking for the H&I contacts at your area/district so we can correspond with the inmates we hear from more efficiently. We…
Aug 29, 2001 – Day 1 – Summary of Motions – Finance Committee Opening Report
Finance –Phil Landau Last year the committee broke with tradition and presented a deficit budget for the 2001-2002 year. The committee came to the floor at 1:00 AM. Due to the time and exhaustion of the conference, there weren’t many questions. There were the next morning. Patty and Joy talked a lot about budget income….
Aug 29, 2001 – Day 1 – Summary of Motions – Convention Committee Opening Report
Convention Committee –John Rosa We had a few resignations over the year…the vice-chair and secretary. Chicago gave us the names of the officers for their CAWS convention. We will be electing officers for this committee for next year. 138 referrals last year. We addressed 40-some, worked on the guidelines and will work on changes if…
Aug 29, 2001 – Day 1 – Summary of Motions – LCF Opening Report
181. Literature, Chips and Format – At this time there are four pieces at step 11 – which means that they went out to the fellowship in draft form, and we will look at…Anonymity, A Guide to the 12 traditions, Traditions Group Inventory and a Public Information workbook. We are reviewing 70 stories for the…
Aug 29, 2001 – Day 1 – Summary of Motions – S&B Committee Opening Report
Structures and Bylaws –Una Hogan Before I start my report because our previous chair could not be hear at this conference. Last year we did a lot of work, as we do every year. We had three referrals tabled because we Page 16 needed info from WSO and BoT’s. To my knowledge, we have not…
Aug 30, 2001 – Day 2 – Summary of Motions – Public Information Committee Opening Report
Cocaine Anonymous World Service Conference 2001 Thursday, August 30, 2001 – Day Two Summary of Motions and Activities Session opens with the Serenity Prayer. Announcements Roll Call Total of 132 voting members. Quorum is set at 87. Kevin: Point of order – According to our WSM 2001 edition, 3.8, paragraph 22, line C, Standing Rule…
Aug 30, 2001 – Day 2 – Summary of Motions – Internet Committee Opening Report
Internet Committee Report –David LaBell, Chair of the World Service Conference Internet David L.: The Internet Committee is responsible for matters relating to the creation, update and maintenance of the Area and or District websites, in accordance with the World Service Conference Internet Committee Workbook and Guidelines. Last year, the Internet Committee did, among other…
Aug 30, 2001 – Day 2 – Summary of Motions – Conference Committee Opening Report
Conference Committee –Kevin Flaws, Conference Committee Chairperson Kevin F.: We will be bringing a complete set of guidelines to the floor this year for consideration, that would help guide future committees in putting on a Conference. We did our part to try to tighten our budget, without decreasing the efficiency of the Conference. You should…
Aug 30, 2001 – Day 2 – Summary of Motions – OLD Business & Referrals
APPROVAL OF THE 2000 WSC MINUTES Motion to approve the 2000 WSC minutes, seconded. Motion carries. OLD BUSINESS Chair: After reviewing the transcripts, I can find no old business, unless someone has anything to bring to the floor. Break Conference called to order. Kevin: I’m briefly going to go over the procedure for the referrals,…
Sep 1, 2001 – Day 4 – Summary of Motions – Public Information Committee Closing Report
Cocaine Anonymous World Service Conference 2001 Saturday, 1, 2001 – Day Four Summary of Motions and Activities Session opens with the Serenity Prayer. Announcements Roll Call – 135 voting members, is the quorum is 90. Chair: More announcements and clarifications on what a point of information. Joy: Motion to rescind – Unity’s first motion which…
Sep 1, 2001 – Day 4 – Summary of Motions – H&I Committee Closing Report
Page 5 of 34 WSC H&I COMMITTEE REPORT INTRODUCTION AND OPENING COMMENTS: My name is Harrison R. Jenkins, WSC H&I chair with 1 vote at this years conference. Our committee was given the task of responding to 21 referrals. I have been serving this committee since 1997. We have never had more than 6 referrals…
Sep 1, 2001 – Day 4 – Summary of Motions – WSOB Closing Report
WORLD SERVICE OFFICE BOARD OF DIRECTORS REPORT INTRODUCTION AND OPENING COMMENTS: The World Service Office Board of Directors received 56 referrals this Conference, and this Conference, and we met Friday morning August 31, 2001 to discuss 49 of them. An additional seven referrals , bringing the total to 56, have been received since our meeting…
Sep 1, 2001 – Day 4 – Summary of Motions – Conference Committee Closing Report
WORLD SERVICE CONFERENCECOMMITTEE REPORT INTRODUCTION AND OPENING COMMENTS: Good Afternoon. We would like to thank this Conference body for allowing this committee to be of service to you. As a service committee of Cocaine Anonymous, we can attempt to implement all kinds of procedures and to structure the Conference in many ways, but none of…
Sep 1, 2001 – Day 4 – Summary of Motions – LCF Committee Closing Report
LITERATURE, CHIPS & FORMAT COMMITTEE REPORT INTRODUCTION AND OPENING COMMENTS: It has been a privilege to serve on this Committee. Although there was much passionate discussion, we did some incredible work and were extremely pleased with the progress we made on our 48 MOTIONS: Page 14 of 34 Motion 1: To approve the Public Information…
Sep 1, 2001 – Day 4 – Summary of Motions – Convention Committee Closing Report
COCAINE ANONYMOUS WORLD SERVICE CONVENTION COMMITTEE REPORT C.A. WORLD SERVICE CONFERENCE 2001 INTRODUCTION AND OPENING COMMENTS MOTIONS: Motion 1: To approve the Oregon 2002 CAWS Convention budget as submitted. CAWS 2002 CONVENTION BUDGET PROJECTED INCOME EARLY REGISTRATION 9,000.00 LATE REGISTRATION 20,000.00 BANQUET 21,500.00 BREAKFAST 7,200.00 ENTERTAINMENT 20,000.00 SPECIAL EVENTS 20,240.00 7TH TRADITION 3,000.00 PRE-CONVENTION FUNDRAISING…
Sep 1, 2001 – Day 4 – Summary of Motions – Finance Committee Closing Report
Finance Committee C.A. WORLD SERVICE CONFERENCE 2001 INTRODUCTION AND OPENING COMMENTS Phil Landau, Chairperson (New York Area) Brian Tenenbaum, Vice Chair (Illinois Area Delegate) Deneen Grant, Secretary (Los Angeles Area Delegate) Joy Hutcheson, WSOB Treasurer (WSO) Brett Kobjerowski (Omaha Area Delegate) Kim Nelson (Los Angeles Area Alternate Delegate) George Pennington (Kansas Area Delegate) Bill Wright…
Sep 1, 2001 – Day 4 – Summary of Motions – S&B Committee Closing Report (Part 1)
STRUCTURE AND BYLAWS COMMITTEE REPORT C.A. WORLD SERVICE CONFERENCE 2001 INTRODUCTION AND OPENING COMMENTS: Una Hogans, Structure & By-laws (S&B) Chair, Ohio Area Delegate with one vote who did not come to this conference expecting to chair this committee. My higher power sure has a weird sense of humor. At this conference S&B initially received…
Sep 2, 2001 – Day 5 – Summary of Motions – S&B Committee Closing Report (Part 2)
Cocaine Anonymous World Service Conference 2001 Sunday, September 2, 2001 – Day Five Summary of Motions and Activities Session opens with the Serenity Prayer. Announcements Roll Call – 115voting members, 77 is the quorum Jay: Motion to consider an agenda item out of order specifically relating to the election of conference officers. Second. Passes Election…
Sep 2, 2001 – Day 5 – Summary of Motions – WSBT Closing Report
Page 10 of 21 World Service Board of Trustees C.A. WORLD SERVICE CONFERENCE 2001 INTRODUCTION AND OPENING COMMENTS: The Board of Trustees has received approximately 60 referrals, with some committees referring matters to us as late as last night. Our responsibilities here at the Conference, which include working with Conference Standing Committees, the Trustee Election…
Sep 2, 2001 – Day 5 – Summary of Motions – Conference New Business
Page 14 of 21 NEW BUSINESS: Chair: Are there any items of new business? Other than referrals? Chair: I was presented with the intent yesterday in two situations…for two motions. Scott: Motion to amend a previously passed motion, specifically, the motion to accept the 2001-2002 proposed CA WS budget, as submitted which was passed during…
Aug 28, 2002 – Day 1 Summary of Motions and Activities
Cocaine Anonymous World Service Conference 2002 Wednesday, August 28, 2002-Day One Summary of Motions and Activities Meeting called to order at 9:30 AM Conference Opens with the Serenity Prayer. How It Works- Read by Russ Nimrod. Twelve Traditions- Read by Michael Dean. Twelve Concepts – Read by Shawn Long. Introduction of the Conference Officers: Chairperson-…
Aug 30, 2002 – Day 3- Summary of Motions and Activities
Cocaine Anonymous World Service Conference 2002 Friday August 30th 2002, Day Three Summary of Motions and Activities Session Opens with the Serenity Prayer Chair Announcements Roll Call- 127 Quorum- 85 Approval of the 2001 Minutes Jim Holder-Motion to accept the 2001 minutes Second Passed unanimously Committee Reports Internet Committee Report Ivan Libson REFERRALS THAT RESULTED…
Aug 31, 2002 – Day 4 – Summary of Motions and Activities
World Service Conference 2002 Summary of Motions Day 4, Saturday, 8-31-02 Session opens with the Serenity Prayer Roll Call – 128 Quorum 86 Chair Announcements Chair – Scott: I was asked to make a ruling on this last night. I deferred it in today. Standing Rule 21 applies to all documents including surveys. Therefore the…
Aug 27, 2003 – Day 1 – Daily Summary – Conference Opening Business
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…
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…