World Service Office Board Of Directors Minutes
December 14, 1995
SERENITY Prayer was led by Scott S.
TRADITION Five was read by Lee A.
CONCEPT Five was read by Ed P.
ROLL Call:
| Scott S. | Chairperson |
| Jeff S. | Vice-Chairperson |
| Ed G. | Treasurer |
| Brian N. | WSO Trustee |
| Lee A. | Pacific South Regional Trustee |
| K.D, Zager | WSO Director of Operations |
| Ed P. | WSC CL&F Committee/WSO Translation Sub Committee Chair |
| Chris P. | Trustee at Large |
QUORUM was met,
MINUTES of 11/30/95 were read and approved with minor corrections.
OFFICER’S Reports
Chairperson: Scott reported on his contact with one additional Human Resource company in regards to the Salary Survey. He did not receive a bid. He requested help from the WSOB. Scott spoke with Bob C. Regarding the Bylaws. No more meetings in December because of the Holidays, next CAWSO, Inc. Board of Directors meeting is January 11, 1996 Vice Chairperson: No report.
Treasurer: Ed reviewed the Cash Flow Statements.
Secretary: Chuck informed K.D. earlier in the week that he would not make tonight meeting. No report.
TRUSTEE Reports
World Service Trustee. Roger was unable to attend tonight meeting. NO report.
World Service Office Trustee. Brian informed the WSOB that the Trustees were having their conference call on Sunday 12/17, and any items that need to, can be referred.
Pacific South Trustee. Lee has been on vacation. He announced the Chairperson of the 1998 CAWS Convention is Bill Z. from San Diego, California. A Delegate from Los Angeles is requesting that the L.A. Area groups be allowed to have additional A.A. literature at C.A. meetings. Local areas are now involved in the selection of the slate for Trustees from the Pacific South Region. Areas refer names to the Regional assembly, the assembly selects six to present on their slate.
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OFFICE Report
K.D, read her report. Hired an additional part time/temporary person, Danielia Shuster to do filing and data entry. A disk with the English literature has been sent to Montreal. Attended an Internet seminar, she will update us a we progress along the information highway. Received the edited version of “A Guide to the Twelve Steps” from the professional editor with comments. Discussion tabled to New Business. Spanish H&l and Crack pamphlets have been typeset and are being reviewed. Transcriber is in the process of transcribing minutes and should be done soon. Discussion of WSC minutes was tabled to new business. London fellowships request for funds to send speaker has been responded to. Mary received her 90 day review. Discussion tabled to new business. Purchased a paper shredder and a laminator. Pricing for laminated meeting formats will be tabled. Researched Canadian shipments (again). WSO had correct information, but was under the impression that UPS, acting as our broker at the border, was classifying our merchandise correctly. The WSO has learned that they were not. WSO can (and will) be classifying the merchandise before it leaves the WSO. This will save the Canadians 13-17% on shipments going over the border. Projects pending: WSC minutes, A Guide to the Twelve Steps, 2nd printing of Hope, Faith and Courage (discussion during new business), French Translation project (old business), Indiana Tax return: KD spoke with our accountant again about the return. He will be researching. KD will follow up. Health benefits discussion tabled to old business. KD announced she will be on vacation 12/20, 22, 26 & 27, 1995. KD informed the board she is looking into placing a bar code on the book at the next printing. Questions were addressed about Mary’s compensation. KD reported she increased Mary’s hourly wage was raised to $11.00 which is the maximum entry level approved by the WSO Board. Discussion took place Brian will discuss with the Trustees during the conference call. Questions and discussion on health benefits. Discussion took place on the issue of insurance for employees and the community service worker. KD will contact our insurance broker again and report back.
OLD Business
French Translation – KD reported that RES Publica has everything except the new version of “Choosing Your Sponsor/ which has not been received from the Montreal Fellowship..
Second Edition/Second Printing. Discussion.
Motion: Refer the issue to the Trustees. Seconded. PASSED.
Health Benefits. Much discussion on coverage and cost to WSO. KD to speak with Roger and report back.
Motion: To rescind the previous motion of the 11/10/95 WSOB meeting regarding the $250.00 monthly reimbursement available to employees. Seconded. PASSED.
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Brian brought up the potential financial exposure and the dollar amount.
Motion: To pay up to $170.00 per month for reimbursement of insurance or medical charges for all full time employees. Seconded. PASSED.
Ed suggested that we address the issue, resolve it, and move on. More discussion. Issue tabled.
French Printing: We received a lower recommendation from Montreal ASC to print 2,000 books instead of the original recommendation of 3,000. We will table this until we hear from RES Publica.
Employee compensation issue was tabled.
NEW Business
WSC Minutes/Transcription issue was discussed.
Motion: Refer to the Trustees with a recommendation that the Transcriber create minutes. Seconded. Discussion. Motion rescinded.
Motion: To have WSO pull motions only from the transcripts to include in the Delegate mailing. Seconded. PASSED.
Discussion took place regarding the editing of “A Guide to the Twelve Steps”. The Editors comments were read. She wishes to make drastic changes in the text. She did not want to take liberties without approval.
Motion: To refer the matter of the editing of the 12 Step Piece to the WSBT. Seconded. Discussion, ^/lotion rescinded.
Motion: To allow the Professional Editor to edit “A Guide to the Twelve Steps as she sees fit. Seconded. PASSED with one abstention.
Motion: To authorize an additional $50.00 in editing fees, if needed, to complete the editing of “A Guide to the Twelve Steps” Seconded. PASSED with one abstention.
Laminated meeting formats.
Motion: To charge $5.00 for a complete set of Suggested Meeting Formats. Seconded. PASSED.
Discussion took place regarding the situation with our current answering service. KD
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