Feb 18 – 20, 2005 – WSBT Quarterly Meeting Minutes

CA WORLD SERVICE BOARD OF TRUSTEES REGULAR QUARTERLY MEETING MINUTES

February 18-20, 2005

Approved Minutes

(Approved May 23, 2005)

Since this report is a confidential CA document, for members only, it contains Member’s full names. This usage to facilitate communication within the fellowship was approved by the 1990 WS Conference. Such confidential use does not, of course, violate in any way our Tradition on anonymity in public communications media (press, radio, TV, etc.).

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The regular quarterly meeting of the CA World Service Board of Trustees, at the Hyatt Regency Hotel, Los Angeles, CA, was called to order at 7:55 p.m. on Friday, February 18, 2005.

1. Quiet time & Serenity Prayer
2. Roll Call

Teri Knight – Atlantic South Regional Trustee – Chair
Cynthia Cronkhite – Pacific North Regional Trustee – Vice Chair
Jay Finesilver – Southwest Regional Trustee – Secretary
Tony Drake – Midwest Regional Trustee
Jackie Schickler – Atlantic North Regional Trustee
John Bodkin – World Service Trustee
Bobbie Harmon – Trustee at Large
Carl Warlick – Pacific South Regional Trustee
Earl Henderson – World Service Office Trustee

3. Personal sharing completed
4. Reading of the 12 Traditions – John
5. Read and Discuss Tradition Eleven

Our public relations policy is based on attraction rather than promotion; we need always maintain personal anonymity at the level of press, radio, television and films.

Discussion by Board Members: Although the committee has been careful to maintain authors’ anonymity, we must all be careful that even after the new Storybook comes out, the authors remain anonymous. A sincere effort will be made for that anonymity to be honored, in light of this Tradition.

When one reads the verbiage around this tradition, there are two distinct parts here 1) there is a decline in membership/meetings currently in participation and from a donation standpoint and 2) we might need to spout off sometimes who we are in terms of that we cannot be so anonymous that no one knows that we

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are here. We need to show up as a fellowship in the places we need to be so that we can be seen and possible members be attracted to us.—example government services and drug courts. Ok to talk about CA on television just not about ourselves in CA. Decline may be attributed to other newer fellowships finding creative ways to put their message out there, we may need to be more proactive.

There is a big fat semicolon in this Tradition, the first half talks about the growth of the fellowship and the second half talks about our personal recoveries. Fellowship needs to have a public appearance, fellowship needs to be available to the world to the addicts that need help. We are not a fully anonymous fellowship. Most people in AA have done drugs, so there are many people with an overlapping singleness of purpose in that fellowship too.

6. Read and Discuss Concept V

Throughout our World Service structure, a traditional “Right of Appeal” ought to prevail, thus assuring us that minority opinion will be heard and that petitions for the redress of personal grievances will be carefully considered.

Rights under this Concept need to be heard to its fullest but not to the exclusion of others, still needs to be on point but fully heard. From a Roberts Rules standpoint, there needs to be a balance of the use referenced there with this Concept. Remember that a person has rights to appeal an action under this Concept. Goes to education and diligence in protecting this right. Chairs have to be educated on how and when statements under this Concept are allowed and exercised.

Concern that bylaws are becoming tools to doing each other in so that we can move on. The 5^th Concept appeal is one of the most important concepts at the Conference –can be informational and an opportunity to fix a mistake, is not a filibuster though. Careful that this appeal does not become a right of rebuttal, versus the need to share information so that the conscience is more fully informed. There may not be any time limit stated – this can be done at any time and in circumstance.

7. Chair’s Opening Remarks – Teri

Since Teri as Chair already addressed what she was wanting to speak to, i.e. regarding time spent productively in this meeting, she wishes to speak in regards to the board-to-board meeting at this time.

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Discussion – Earl- One of the largest concerns on everyone’s minds is in regards to the reports from the World Service Office Board and that they are not getting to the World Service Board in a timely fashion. He is of the belief that if we are punitive, we will never accomplish much…some expectations should be out there even a lot of the bullet items are not being met and should be met. We should look at this and move forward. The other issue that will be an ongoing subject is to continue to compile what is expected of Earl between the WSOB and the WSBT. Earl stated he is willing to continue to compile such a list and go over these items of concern with everyone at the next Quarterly meeting. Earl also stated that since he is new to the board, he is learning what is expected of him in regards how to proceed. He follows a very effective communicator between boards and wants to be sure that he, too, is effective, with the WSBT’s assistance.

Cynthia – She wanted to piggyback on what Earl said, with respect… We have repeatedly asked the office board to get reports in to the WSBT in time for the WSBT to look them over, preparing questions we might have, and would like to address that in the meeting tomorrow. Her work on the storybook has been an eye opening experience in regards to how she has received the stories. Instead of simply forwarding all the e-mail story submissions to her, the office made hard copies of several stories and then mailed them through the postal service, which delayed the process and unnecessarily cost the fellowship money. There are three submissions on the WSO log of stories received which were not forwarded to her until she reviewed the log and pointed out the discrepancies. The error log, which she thinks will be addressed at meeting, also concerns her…what else have we missed out on?

Chair will leave early and Cynthia will chair the last day.

8. Review of Agenda

Prioritizing as we go through the Agenda to move into the business at hand, the Chair would consider a motion to move some of these to expedite our passing of reports. If there is a report that merits additional discussion or attention, we can address that at the appropriate time.

9. Approval of Quarterly Minutes

• August 2004 WSBT/WSOB minutes

Motion to approve, second, passed, with one abstention

• November 2004 WSBT minutes

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Motion to approve, second, passed, with one abstention

• November 2004 WSBT/WSOB minutes

Comments – Earl just received the changes. There are comments from the WSOB Chair, but there are not any actual corrections. Bob approved the minutes with the comments that he wrote along the edge of the minutes.

Motion to table to handle online, second, passed.

– Record of Online Business Between November 2004 and Feb. 2005 quarterly meeting

Motion to approve, second, passed 

Motion to accept WSBT officer reports, individual Trustee reports, individual Trustee sub-committee reports, individual Trustee Conference Committee reports in one motion, Second. Passed

Comments –The legal committee report did not get posted in time, but its members would request consideration to have a new business item, #13, which is the legal committee’s recommendation for vendor licensing.

Jackie – As Atlantic North Trustee, I would like to speak to upcoming concerns in New York – thus created New Business item #14.

Cynthia – There were some last names of other trusted servants appearing in some reports, please make sure in the future to be careful not to include last names due to anonymity. 

WSBT OFFICER REPORTS 

1. Chairperson – (Teri)
2. Vice Chair — (Cynthia)
3. Secretary — (Jay)

{Please refer to page 5 of these Minutes, a motion to approve these reports was previously passed. The respective reports are attached to these Minutes.}

TRUSTEE REPORTS

World Service Office Trustee — (Earl)
World Service Trustee — (John)

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Trustee at Large — (Bobbie)
Pacific North Trustee — (Cynthia)
Pacific South Trustee — (Carl)
Atlantic North Trustee – (Jackie)
Atlantic South Trustee – (Teri)
Midwest Trustee – (Tony)
Southwest Trustee — (Jay)

{Please refer to page 5 of these Minutes, a motion to approve these reports was previously passed. The respective reports are attached to these Minutes.}

TRUSTEE COMMITTEE REPORTS 

Finance Committee – (Earl, Jay)
Conference Committee — (John, Carl)
Long Term Planning — (Bobbie, Teri, Cynthia, Jackie, John, Carl, Earl, Jay)

Trustee Election Committee — (Cynthia, Tony, Jay, Earl, Carl, Jackie)
Legal Committee — (Jackie, Jay)
Orientation — (Teri, Cynthia, Jackie, Jay)
Negotiation — (John, Cynthia, Jackie, Tony, Teri, Jay)
NewsGram Committee — (Cynthia, Jackie, Teri, Bobbie)
Convention Committee (Ad Hoc) (Jay, Teri, Jackie, Cynthia, Bobbie, John)
Outreach (Cynthia, Bobbie, Carl, Jackie, Jay, John)
International Structure & Development (Jackie, Cynthia, John, Jay)

{Please refer to page 5 of these Minutes, a motion to approve these reports was previously passed. The respective reports are attached to these Minutes.}

TRUSTEE CONFERENCE COMMITTEE REPORTS

Finance Committee — (Earl)
Conference Committee — (John)
Convention Committee — (Carl)
CAWS 2005 — (Teri)
CAWS 2006 — (Jay)
CAWS 2007 — (Tony)
CAWS 2008 — (Cynthia)

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Structure & Bylaws — (Jay)
H & I Committee — (Bobbie)
P I Committee — (Jackie)
Unity Committee — (Teri)
Internet Committee — (Tony)
L C & F Committee – (Cynthia)

{Please refer to page 5 of these Minutes, a motion to approve these reports was previously passed. The respective reports are attached to these Minutes.} 

Board to Board discussion in preparation for meeting tomorrow:

Concerns discussed about setting the tone by the Chair of the WSOB – timely reports and open communication, some constructive suggestions given to take more of a leadership role in making office run smoother. Things are better each year but still not where things can go or should go.

Motion to adjourn at 11:39 p.m. for the evening until 8:45 a.m. Saturday Feb. 19, 2005, second, passed.

Saturday, February 19, 2005 – 8:47 a.m.

Called to order with Moment of Silence – Serenity Prayer.

{The Board to Board meeting was held commencing at 9:00 a.m. to its conclusion (there are separate minutes for those proceedings). Thereafter the WSBT adjourned for lunch break and re-commenced its meeting as set forth below.}

WSBT Meeting reconvened on Saturday February 19, 2005 at 2:45 p.m. by Teri.

OLD BUSINESS

1. Trustee section in the Delegate notebook (Teri)

• To remain on agenda pending status of inclusion in the Delegate handbook and updates in the WSM.

2. Referral 006 (Jahi)

• Jahi to draft a response to this referral (completed at August quarterly)
• Confirm that WSO has complete presentation for the CA archives – follow up with this at next Quarterly Meeting in May- Earl to research and report next time.

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3. Comprehensive Audit of Office (not just financial) (Jahi)

Previously Tabled –

Motion to remove from table, second. Passed

Feedback –we cannot afford it at this time, will leave matter in non-active state until it can be funded.

Motion to remove from Agenda and refer to Long Term Planning, second, passed.

4. Review procedures for selection of WSOB Directors (John)

• To remain on agenda pending status of inclusion in the WSM

5. Referrals we are to be working on throughout the year (All)  

#3562 – With the Adoption of Holland, Sweden, Hong Kong & Scotland as new areas – Should we now consider adopting a NEW REGION to include the U.K. area; Holland Area; Sweden Area; Hong Kong Area & Scotland Area as well as other European areas that became independent areas in the future? As it stands, the Atlantic North Region contains 18 areas with 5 of those abroad making Regional Trustee travel a financial burden to the Fellowship. (Jackie, Jay)

Status – #3562, #4101, 4217 – All three are being placed together for a common response, will have updates for next Quarterly in May. Bobbie added to this referral. 

#3726 – Develop guidelines that address the issue of streaming audio links of CA speakers on area websites – I am the webmaster of our area’s website (casandiego.org). We have added a page to our website that allows one to click on a link and listen to CA speaker’s tapes. I believe we need guidelines on this issue so as to assure that we stay within the 12 traditions of CA.

Status – (Cynthia, John, Jackie). John spoke with the maker of this referral. Will report of progress at next Quarterly Meeting in May.

#3899 – Please refer to attached regarding disaccreditation of “the truth, the light and the way.” Meeting was disaccredited; can this be overturned? If so, by whom?

Status – (Carl, John) Work has begun on this – update at next Quarterly Meeting in May.

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#3945 – Review the Area Structure in Pacific South with reference to several very small Areas. Consider whether in the interests of CA Unity, and in the interest of creating more viable areas, several PS Areas should be combined. Particularly, merging Orange County and San Diego together and incorporating Central California into SF Valley.

Status – (Carl, Earl, John) Visited Santa Barbara, OC. Waiting to hear from San Diego on February 26^th at PSR Assembly…updates at next Quarterly Meeting in May and perhaps online. 

#4005 – Grant authority to WSBT to allow spending not granted on WSC approved budget. This allows for conservative budgeting and guidelines while giving authority to complete projects, slated but not budgeted in the current year.

Status – (Teri, Jay) nothing has been completed – update at next Quarterly meeting in May. Teri will be contacting Jay on this one 

#4057 – When a group has lost sight of the primary purpose, as well as the 12 Traditions, has no respect for the District or Area, this was the resulting action taken.

Status – (Carl, Jay, John) – refer to #4114 & #4122 also

#4122, and 4114 will be placed together, language will all be the same and reported at next Quarterly Meeting in May. 4057 to be responded to separately.

#4084 – Re-work Trustee ratification process on pg. 6.7 WSM Paragraph 1. Require at least a 30-day notice of any ratification vote taking place.

Status –    (Teri, Jackie, Jay) – nothing completed to date, will report at next Quarterly Meeting in May.

#4101 – Request that there be two (2) Trustees to represent the Atlantic North Region due to the vast scope and size of the region. This would permit one Trustee to cover the North American sector and another to cover the European sector. This would represent an opportunity to save dramatically on travel expenses within the region.

Status –  (Jackie, Jay) refer to #3562 & #4217 Bobbie has been added to this. Report at next Quarterly Meeting in May.

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#4114 – Does the word (Addict) on a T-shirt with the CA logo, a violation of any kind. Status – (John, Carl)   Note: see also 4122. Response at next Quarterly in May. 

#4122 – Is this a violation when put on a t-shirt? Our ideas did not work. Truth; a). That we were addicts and our lives were unmanageable, The Light; b). That probably no human power could relieve our addiction, The Way c). That God could and would if He were sought. But the God idea did.

Status – (John, Carl) working on this, may combine with other referrals too. Report at next Quarterly Meeting in May. 

#4157 – Make it a point to visit each committee chair to remind them that there is a 12 point and a 7 point approval process for literature and media. My concern is that committees are not adhering to this process by presenting items to the floor without going through these processes.

Status – (Teri, Tony) Proposed response posted; Teri went to WSO looking for 7-point approval process and was told it’s somewhere in the transcripts from this past Conference. Teri has not been able to find it. Jackie suggested having the office research it. Teri prefers to look for it herself. Will report at the Next Quarterly Meeting in May.

#4204 – With the emergency and power of the electronic media and/or worldwide internet phenomena, how can we amend the 11^th Tradition, ending with “and the internet” when read at our meetings?

Status – (Cynthia, Jay, Bobbie)

Proposed response:

The issue of changing any of CA’s Steps or Traditions is covered by the Cocaine Anonymous World Service Conference Charter, Section 3, which states in pertinent part as follows, “But no change in Article 10 of the Charter or in the Twelve Traditions of C.A., or in the Twelve Steps of C.A. may be made with less than the written consent of three-quarters of the C.A. Groups.” To our knowledge, since the Steps and Traditions were adopted, they have not been modified nor has anyone requested such action.

Motion to approve, second, passed. 

#4217 – To explore the process, structure, timeline and financial implications of creating and supporting European region: to be created at WSC 2006.

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Status – (Jackie, Jay) refer to #3562 & #4101 – Bobbie has been added to each of these –process may be in pass it on to Bobbie Also may need to go back into the office archives to determine if earlier process had been developed. Report to be ready for next Quarterly Meeting in May. 

#4218 – Suggest CAWSC (CA World Service Conference) initiates and/or establishes a separate committee for memorabilia and/or CA Approved materials not covered by Literature, Chips and Format (LCF)

Status – (Teri, Earl) work has begun, report for next Quarterly Meeting in May, John is added. 

#4226 – What happens to the copyright if and when the logo is translated into foreign language?

Status – (Bobbie, Jackie, John, Jay) they have started conversation, Jay wants to join this one. Group working on this wants to speak with maker of the referral, Teri to get that info to the group. Report for next Quarterly Meeting in May.

#4302 – Review the AA “12 Concepts Illustrated” booklet and determine whether CA groups and service workers may use this booklet, or whether the LCF Committee needs to re-invent it.

Status – (Bobbie, Jay, Cynthia)

Proposed response:

The WSBT believes the CA fellowship could benefit from having a ‘Concepts Illustrated’ type piece available, and that ultimately it would be preferable to have such a piece written specifically for CA, by CA members. However, being aware of the large number of projects LCF is currently working on, we solicit the LCF committee’s input as to whether it would be best to present an advisory opinion authorizing the use of the AA piece now, or present a new concept for a CA piece to the Conference for approval.

Motion to approve response, seconded, passed.

#4375 – On page 4 of the newly approved “Financial Guidelines for Groups” etc., under the sub-heading “Special Donations,” does one group donating to a “Special Cause” aiding another group violate Tradition 7?

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Status – (Bobbie, Earl) Work has begun on this, will report at next Quarterly Meeting in May. John suggests addressing issue of earmarked funds in response.

#4397 – There is a treatment center in Las Vegas named EOB Treatment that requires CA members to breath into a breathalyzer to enter its facility for an open CA meeting. This goes against our traditions personal rights of privacy.

Status – (Carl, John, Cynthia) Carl went to Las Vegas and spoke with treatment facility…everyone entering will have a breathalyzer…one person resented this. In H & I guidelines, it states any person entering any institution should be subject to institution rules. Education opportunity – meeting didn’t make him take test, institution required this.

Restate status of meeting as either closed or restrictive. Take this back and work on this. Updated at next Quarterly Meeting

#4689 – Does a Director or Trustee member of a Service Board, such as the WSBT or WSOB, have the right to proxy a vote?

Status – (Bobbie, Jackie, John) work has started on this referral, Jay added – update at Next Quarterly meeting in May. 

#4718 – To add to the WSM, page 3.5, under WSC Committee Chairperson (duties and responsibilities) item (j) “work to insure wherever possible that the vice-chair or another delegate committee member is willing and able to assume the chair position the current chair term is completed.” This member feels that when a large committee of say 15-25 members feels the necessity to elect a non-delegate chair, then that committee and chair is doing something wrong.

Status – (Jay, Teri, Cynthia)  

Proposed response:

While we appreciate the spirit of this referral, we think it not proper to limit people who can and should serve the respective committees as chairperson. Bill W.’s discussion in the Ninth Concept provides in part: “So when we talk about A.A. leadership, we only declare that we ought to select that leadership on the basis of obtaining the best talent we can find.” However, we do think it appropriate to require the chairperson as one of his/her duties to perhaps focus on a successor such that we will ask that Structure and Bylaws consider inclusion in the WSM (page 3.5 under WSC Committee Chairperson (duties and responsibilities) )the following new language:

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(i) work to insure continued viable leadership of the committee after the chairperson’s term is complete

Motion to approve response, seconded, passed.

#4729 – Please investigate the legalities of using the Public Information poster on a postcard. “Federal Postal Law.”

Status – (Jackie, Jay) have been working on this. Earl wants to be added – report on at next Quarterly Meeting in May 

6. Copyright protection outside of the United States (Jackie, Jay)

• Moved to Legal Committee agenda — status?

Status – This matter is not part of Legal Committee report, extensive notes will be available once they are compiled from our meeting with NA.

–Motion to refer this to Trustee Subcommittee on International Structure and Development, second,   fails.

-Perhaps we need to leave this matter on this Agenda as an ongoing agenda item for renewal

-Trademark issue annually but copyright discussion every quarter

-Discussion on CA logo with different translations for words hope, faith and courage

Point of Information: The Quebec website is in both English and in French, has the logo been copyrighted in French? This is a “Mark.” The trademark has a copy of trademark coverage in English for Faith Hope and Courage for Canada only.

Could this be placed under an annual check of this? It is a reasonable request, but copyrights and trademarks do not fall into the same category. On the trademark issue, it should definitely be reviewed annually since it is reviewed by a law firm once every year. Shouldn’t we protect our trademarks and C.A. in copyright issues in Spanish and French? This is not electronic right now {the review received from the attorney’s} and Jon can email everyone to review their annual review of the trademark.

In the research for #4226, Jackie learned from N.A. and A.A. that it can be extensive and expensive to regulate. For A.A. and N.A., they have only the English version of the marks for the trademark. The Dutch have translated “Hope Faith Courage” and what do we do with these? Since these are conceptual in nature, we don’t have any way, to a good degree of authority, we don’t have the

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right words to share with you in terms with international outreach. The word “cocaine,” he thought, was the word with more difficulty for translation. We need to set some direction to protect our logo. Will it be in English worldwide, as our mark?

Became NB #16 and will be updated at next Quarterly meeting.

7. Trusted Servants: When Trust is Lost (Jay, Jackie, John, Carl)

• Status?

Looked at this from last time quarterly until this quarterly, but wanted to wait until NA meeting; one of NA’s bulletins speak regarding theft – removal procedures are in place.

Status – Will address this at next Quarterly Meeting in May,…add Carl to this topic

Jackie brought forward that there is an attached copy added to the August 2004 minutes, which are marked in the footnote approved and were sent out in this past mailing. Jay stated he included this report because it was still in progress and had been discussed at each quarterly for the past three quarterlies. 

Motion that no WSBT work product be included in future minutes unless specifically approved by this Board. Second, passed.

8. Review and discussion of what CA’s (through our Board or the WSOB) response is to help areas and even other countries to incorporate as non-profits under the applicable legal structure. {Comment: the forms were last updated in 1992 or sometime in this period; I have three areas asking for the forms and guidance now.} (Jay/Jackie)

• Status?

Status – Will look again at this, but will bring this to next Quarterly Meeting. Comment: Add John to this please.

9. Concept for two WSO Directors (Earl, Teri)

• Status?

Discussed at Board to Board meeting. Please remove item from agenda.

10. Legal counsel for CA (Jay)

• Status?

Status – This Agenda item has evolved with counsel for CA working on the theft and fiduciary issues. Pro bono attorney helping with this issue and incorporation

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issue. Discussion of costs, more to be reported on this at next Quarterly meeting in May.

11. Storage on Yahoo Group (Tony, John)

Status – suggestion…rather than spending money, Microsoft will be coming out with new industry information. WSO will not be assisting getting a server, therefore further investigation as new products are available should be addressed. Several emails on this topic in our board, from the past couple of weeks, please leave on agenda to track –more will be reported within the next month. John will work with Tony on this also. To be updated at next Quarterly Meeting in May.

12. Sales by members and timing of sales of items with the wrong CA logo at area and world conventions (Jay)

• Continued discussion from online agenda

Status – Sent out pages of information regarding “flashing lights agenda” item… In regards to CA problem – issue of using wrong logo – is WSBT’s obligation to protect, also obligation to educate areas of responsibility to protect copyright. Maybe before next convention, come up with something not punitive, but something educational and protecting CA’s interest.

Appropriateness should be with using CA approved materials. Left on agenda for next Quarterly Meeting – Also add please other items with no logo and when and where they are sold. Further discussion tabled until Agenda item 13 of New Business related to vendor licensing.

Dinner break – Reconvene at 8:00 p.m.

13. Apportionment among the regional trustees regarding growth in Mexico (Jay)

• Continued discussion from online agenda

Status – By way of background, request for starter kit to Puerto Vallerta; Not sent to Jay, as trustee for SWR which is the logical contact from a pure geographical standpoint. When the WSO asked the group where the members came from the response was from the Pacific South Region. So the PSR Trustee was contacted instead. This is confusing because to Jay, it would make sense to contact the nearest geographical regional trustee.

Discussion: Should this fall into international structure? Yes, please add this to that subcommittee’s items for exploration.

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WSBT, hereafter, will look for any international matters to be forwarded to TAL with CC: to any other regional trustee within close proximity…the statement of “attached please find job description of TAL for your reference…send to Bob with CC to WSO so no skip between the loop, also CC to Earl. This will be crafted…we will review prior to sending, or in spirit of this explanation, move forward and complete this issue.

14. Newcomer friendly web link on CA.org (Jackie, Earl)

• Moved to LTP/online agenda.

Status – Now being addressed by WSOB and Webmaster. To remain on Agenda until such time of completion. Take Jackie off please and leave Earl to report. Update at next Quarterly in May.

15. CA policy about vendors at CA conventions. (Jay, Teri, John)

Status – CA trademark from vendors… not perhaps as narrow at CA conventions, with research with NA and AA, especially since AA lost its trademark…strict vendor regulations/licenses should be in place to protect the trademark…it is for our board to decide if we would like to explore and put it in place for CA….is this something we want to do? Several ‘ghost’ popups follow when the CA.org website is accessed, which is another issue…do we want this, how much do we want to enforce this, we have to protect our trademark.

Jackie – are we looking at CA vendor licensing in the full sense or just at convention…Jay: broad scope, to include beyond revenues from conventions. Originator spoke against this, but during time here and doing research, changed mind. Our members love to buy/sell/wear CA jewelry all over the world…at least with vendor licensing, it would/can limit number of licenses out there and types of business that also is out there…good revenue source and deterrent of other people who are trying to sell merchandise without vendor’s license. Criteria, guidelines, entering into business arrangement with CA…move forward to protect the next stage…never saw the office as business to package, ship jewelry…we have obligation to see our members go to website to spend on chips, key rings, donor program to get the message out there regarding CA. Jewelry business is not our business. A licensing agreement doesn’t mean that we are buying/selling…we are selling ability to use it with license fees. We are selling logo for the specific amount of time…more formalized way of what can/cannot be done with the vendor licensing umbrella…lends to LTP due to impact of additional inventory, pulse on management, resources office will require in order to manage…that approach where we have our hand on it is LTP, possibly an ad hoc committee…Administrative challenges and issues must also be considered –e.g.

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what if it is someone within fellowship? Administrative duties are to reach each vendor every year to ensure they pay for trademark usage. There is another issue to not stamp “officially licensed w/CA” for an outside vendor to reap benefit from. We need to be cognizant to not tell areas what to do. We must educate areas re licensing and what that means. Chocolates and game board got this started. We need to consider enforcement piece of this and the administrative roll out. Remember too that in the agreement, should include language that they cannot say that this is officially licensed by CA. Maybe a trial for one year. We are not the jewelry store though and WSO should not get into it- ok at world conventions perhaps.

Rename topic? No, Leave it the way it is and allow the people working on this matter to continue to study this.

Further discussion on this tabled to Item 13 of New Business below.

16. Trustee voting procedure (Cynthia, Tony, Jay)

Status – Procedure at assemblies – re: slates…Understand confusion, but suspended rules and didn’t know it, and it worked…Teri removes herself from this issue…Jay seeks to work on this issue – Since this is Regional Trustee issue, all regional trustees are asked to work online and report at next Quarterly Meeting in May.

17. Atlantic North/European Region (Jackie)

Status – Tabled from November 2004 Quarterly.

Motion to remove from table; second. Passed

UK met and held an area assembly re possible formation of European Region; exceptional turnout, now the applicable GSR’s are informed re the possible scope of the new region and some other issues. Probably not a petition to have this go for this year’s SR 14 deadlines in early June. Report again at next quarterly in May.

18. Further changes to pg 6.6 – 6.7 of the WSM (Tony, Jay, Teri)

Status – Ties in with referral already on agenda – addressed at next Quarterly Meeting in May.

19. Further define WSBT Chair participation during quarterly meetings (Teri)

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See new business item #12; will discuss below.

20. Professional event coordinator for CAWS 2007 (Earl)

Status – Tabled pending WSOB response. 

Motion to remove from table, second. Passed.

WSBT asked John if he was given any insight on this at last WSOB meeting, but none given. Think 2005, 2006, and 2007 will be lean years.

Motion to remove from Agenda, second, passed. Earl will bring back when appropriate.

21. WSBT statement regarding Co-Anon (Jay, John, Tony, Jackie)

Status – This matter is on Agenda to keep WSBT up to speed; discussion of whether this should it be kept on Agenda or removed? $15 vs $3 per registration at CAWS? What is affiliation? What has evolved at WSOB level? Do we need to change the policy, revisit it, leave it be? Few years back, board revisited issue of co-anon and their relationship with CA. Trying to get with past trustees, and haven’t received information…would like to have a little more time to see if this is something we need to continue researching. John wants to be included in research of this issue. Refer to handout for detailed info in regards to money being transferred between CA and Co-Anon that has created confusion by those on WSBT.

Also discussed letter from WSBT to Co-Anon from February 27, 1997. Agenda item has kind of evolved to explore in more detail what is position now of WSBT toward Co-Anon. Cynthia will scan in the information and circulate to our board.

Update at next Quarterly Meeting in May.

22. WS Trustee service as CAWS Conference Committee Trustee (John)

• Status of update to WS Trustee guidelines? Move to online business

23. A more formal system of labeling documents for posting and circulating them among the WSBT (Jay) Move to online, but please try to keep process simple.
24. Discussion re: who should chair the regional assemblies and perhaps a motion related thereto (Jay)

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Some variance among the regions, some always do it some don’t. Discussion. Current wording in WSM works well, ok to remove from Agenda at this time.

25. Proposed revision to WSBT Reimbursement Policy (Teri) To be discussed at next Quarterly in May.
26. Examine delegated authority regarding translations (Jackie)

Discussion of which service board(s) should be involved and what is the nature and scope of their involvement.; consensus is WSOB has the lead on this under notion of delegated authority.

27. Newsflash concept from WSOB (Teri)

Currently tabled at the WSOB; remove from our Agenda

28. Revisit the Trustee Finance subcommittee responsibilities (Teri)

The key word is “oversees all,” ask the Finance Committee to look at a possible revision and present it to WSBT for next quarterly in May.

29. TEC interview schedule (Jay)

Discussion of planning around trustee interview schedules for 2005.

Option –maybe we need to be done on Monday night instead. Explore this also.

Motion that we conduct all TEC interviews over the phone for this year. Second.

Comments in regards to the motion: One Trustee stated they were against the motion, because they want to look the candidates in the eye; that this is a very major part of the interview process. What is the rate fee? Phone Conference time is approximately 14 cents per minute per user. Another stated they are against this process due to not knowing how much the fee actually is. One trustee is in Favor, because you can go as a World Service Trustee to the conference where these interviews are held…and, because of your responsibilities, you can be pulled out of the interview process to handle some issue requiring trustee’s personal involvement. It has been suggested polling the interviewees to see who would be willing to participate in a telephone interview, which could be classed as a friendly amendment. I’m in favor, but might suggest someone tabling it until we have further information. Yes, telephone interviews are hated, but lets try something different. We made a lot of changes, and yes, we do have the information at

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hand…the profit and loss statement showed $16 for phone usage, and this was only for our conference calls. This amount is a far cry from the requested $1400 to arrive early. There is a rule in our caucus that if you are a committee chair or a chair, you cannot be voted as a candidate for TEC interview, due specifically to the possibility of being pulled away from committee. Another trustee against…and would like to think out of the box and find an alternate method, but it doesn’t work for me. They are going with the gut feeling with a face to face; a technical aspect that we would only get snippets from other calls all throughout and LCF call, which kept the flow of the call when you are interrupted. One trustee is For…she has to be mindful of her budget. You sometimes have to trust the process…you not necessarily can tell who is the right individual by seeing them in person or hearing them on a phone. Why not consider just this year to see what happens…give it a try? What if we consider the collapsible line and place some of this money in there, if there is some available to cover this next year?

Motion to table until we get further information, to be discussed online, second, passed.

30. Leadership of CAWS 2007 (Tony)

Motion to remove from Agenda because there are no longer any concerns regarding the leadership of CAWS 2007; second, passed.

31. Approval of non-English web sites (Tony)

• Possible referral to Internet committee…status?

Motion to refer to Internet Committee to establish a process for reviewing non-English websites for Traditions violations and compliance with the Internet Workbook. Second. Passes. To be included in SR 14 so as to be included in June delegate mailing.

32. CA Jewelry (Carl)

To be addressed at next Quarterly in May.

33. The participation of the WSOB at the Quarterly Board to Board (Jay)

• See New Business Item #12 combine

34. Discussion to consideration changing the WSBT quarterly meetings from 4 times per year for 3 days each to 3 times a year at 4 days each. (Jackie)

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Far and wide ranging discussion, general consensus was to make no change at this time; but explore other alternatives. Motion to table until we have better information, to be reported on and dealt with online; second, passes. 

Adjourned for a dinner break at 6:40 p.m. and have 1 hr, 10 minutes for break

Due to unforeseen dinner delays, we were unable to reconvene until 9:45 p.m.

Vice Chair Cynthia is conducting the meeting from this point forward due to the early departure of the Chair. The Chair was requiring an early flight out for business purposes.

Vice Chair started the meeting with Moment of Silence/Serenity Prayer. 

NEW BUSINESS 

1. Date/time for the next WSBT conference call (All)

Sunday, April 10, 2005 at 3:00 p.m. EST, 12:00 p.m. noon, PST

2. Date/time for next WSBT quarterly meeting (All)

Monday, May 23, 2005…for some it is recommended to fly into Little Rock, Arkansas…and we will set the start time at the conference call.

3. Group Inventory (All)

Motion to table to the last item of business. Second. Passed. 

4. Timeline for publishing Hope, Faith and Courage, Vol II and the role of the Conference, if any, in approving story portion of book. (Cynthia)

The discussion at the Board to Board is greatly appreciated. There is still concern on the part of LCF about turning all their hard work over to another body for final completion, without LCF having the opportunity to review the finished product prior to it going to press. Earl will convey this concern to the office board. As long as we satisfy both boards, then we should be on the same page. If LCF goes up front and explains how we are handling the final stages with approval of both boards, and requests the conference blessing, it should keep this on an even keel. It would be prudent to seek a formal ruling from the Conference Chair, which Cynthia will do. It was also suggested that LCF craft a letter to go out in the delegate mailing. This way we can tell them where we are, why we are not

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seeking any further approval, and what to expect. Couldn’t there also be a News Gram article “looking ahead to the new book”? These suggestions are greatly appreciated and will be followed up.

5. World Services Mission & Vision Statements (Jay) –

Reported: This started when we look at the question:   do we have one, do we need one. This is a project for Trustee Outreach &/or Long Term Planning. This is a way to get the old Trustees involved by possibly composing a letter to past trustees to extrapolate their comments regarding what their hopes, visions, personal mission was when they were working within C.A., and where they stand now.

Motion that exploratory work about a mission/vision statement commence with the assistance of the Trustee Outreach subcommittee. Second.

Friendly amendment to move the exploratory work to trustee outreach [this is what motion says – what was original language?]. Accepted. 

Motion now reads: 

Motion that exploratory work about a mission/vision statement commence by the Trustee Outreach subcommittee.

Motion passed as amended. 

6. Approval of the WSBT Sub-Committee Descriptions to include the new International Structure and Development Subcommittee description (Teri)

This document has been posted. Refer to attached.

Motion to approve the revised trustee sub-committee descriptions posted on February 11^th. Second. Passed. 

7 Referral to S&B: Guidelines for when an Area wishes to change their Area name (Cynthia)

Reported: refer to compiled/completed response made earlier.

Motion to approve the referral to Structure & Bylaws to establish guidelines when an Area wishes to change its name, including the proposed Petition to Change Area Name form. Second. Passed. 

The exact referral is as follows (this is what will be voted on):

To S&B

Concerning the creation of a process to change an area’s name but not its boundaries.

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Please add/create at Page 2.6 WSM in the Section Description of an Area and Area Service Committee a new provision related to the situation when an existing area desires to change its name but not its boundaries as follows:

if an area desires to change its name only it shall complete a Petition to Change Area Name and the change must be recognized by the WSC.

As a part of this referral, we have attached a draft Petition for your review and acceptance and if the Petition is adequate, please submit that to the WSC for approval as well.

Comments to motion prior to vote: There is a need for this type of form and it will fill a much needed vacuum.

8 Ways to more effectively conduct WSBT business online. (Cynthia)

The reason this was put on the agenda is due to the smaller amount of business completed online during the last quarter. Want to try to keep things moving, especially in regards to the items on the agenda. Also concerned about putting off several of the issues; doesn’t want them left until the last minute prior to conference. At some point there needs to be self-motivation. We handle our referrals independently of an agenda. The other thing to keep online business flowing might be a completion course for the item as we do for the referrals with time line letters submitted to fellowship stating we have “X” amount of time before we can effectively respond with a concise answer to the referral. The online agenda is put together by the chair with assistance by the vice chair, so why cant’ the chair drive it online as in person? We do have an agenda for the online business… We do get an extremely large amount of business handled online and we don’t have to be constantly reminded because we are responsible individuals. The minutes being received in a timely manner will also make discussing issues online more effective, too. Are you asking the chair to bring up what the next item is on the agenda, rather than waiting for volunteers? Yes. Intent is not to be critical of anyone’s performance, but to provide a solution to our recent lack of momentum online. The last agenda had 15 items on it and we completed three. When we work online it is the most cost effective way to proceed, therefore we should have momentum to keep moving forward smoothly so we aren’t simply tacking more items onto our next agenda.

9. Response to concerns expressed by Patsy (Jay)

Reported: This was sent via WSBT, two separate emails in one day saying the same thing.. The usual response was sent allowing us 30 days to respond. Jay is

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the one who is assigned to respond, due to his position as secretary. Discussion: Are her concerns involving her 5^th concept right of appeal? How do we respond to both of her concerns, since they are two different issues?

Response: It was suggested that a letter be drafted for circulation which states: “thank you for your suggestion. Certainly we express our concern for your experience and we have taken {her} concern into advisement.”

There are not specific items in the letters that appear to require being addressed, but it appears the area should be the one to contact her, which they already have. The first letter is a request about a set of acts. The second is an appeal regarding her actions. Since there are two letters from her, there should be two responses, which is duly noted. Response: It was decided that only one letter will be sent, with the decision to be determined when Teri can participate as to who should sign.

10 When legal questions arise at the local level (district, areas, etc) is the legal counsel currently available to the WSBT also available to the local Fellowship? If so, then what the process to obtain to access to the legal counsel? (Teri) 

Moved to online

11 Spending review and consideration for future Trustee budgets for 2005/2006 and 2006/2007 fiscal years (Teri)

Moved to online

Motion to adjourn until 9:00 a.m. Sunday. Second. Passed.

Meeting adjourned at 11:10 p.m.

Sunday February 20, 2005, all WSBT members in attendance except Teri K. who had to leave last evening for business reasons.

9:10 a.m. Open with Moment of Silence/Serenity Prayer – Cynthia

12 Review updated WSBT Chair responsibilities for approval (Teri)

Reported: Posted online. When you lose your voice you need to facilitate the process, but not necessarily requiring additional verbiage. We may want to wait until Teri can review with board what intent she had with this. The obvious reason the chair should not speak is not to sway people. The chair should give up their right and they have the right to be here also. This was put forth late Thursday (the

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day before this Quarterly meeting), and, in view of this, this should wait until Teri can express where she was going with this.

Motion to table to next Quarterly. Second. Passed 

13. Legal committee recommendations for vendors licensing – Jay, Jackie, John Earl

Reported: This has been worked on for awhile and we have spoken with people at A.A. and finally have clarity as to how this would roll out. Our motion is to allow vendor licensing.

Motion to have C.A. enter into a program to permit vendor licensing for C.A. C.A. memorabilia and jewelry. Second.  

Comments in regards to motion: It’s time to reign in the misuse of our mark. The World Service Office Board has already stated their desire to move forward with this. It’s time to take the risk to think about it with deliberation and move forward.

Point of information: is the motion too open and limiting? We don’t want to see C.A. get into chocolates, it’s more to keep the reign in on the experiences we have already seen. Wouldn’t putting C.A.’s logo on chocolates be seen as memorabilia? Any considering vendor licensing would have to show suitable and tasteful, non controversial items for approval at the time of the petition for licensing.

This has been on the agenda for 3 years; at first some were against this consideration, but the more discussion and review, the position has swayed over the years. Our jewelry is out there…this has been determined by research of this concept. There are people buying it and it is not properly presented with the trademarked logo on it. Due to this fact, why couldn’t C.A. get the money that is being spent on miss-marked {i.e. not official trademarked logo’s} jewelry instead of it going to those attending the convention without vendor licensing? We have all continued to be open minded about the concept but was first not interested in this. 

Points of information: “enter into the program” is part of the message. What does the enter into the program mean? Do we simply ask the World Service Office to prepare the “enter into the program” for them to develop? 

Refer to Jay’s piece he has already created for this issue and attach. The enforcement part of this issue would be a separate motion.

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The research into this consideration is extremely appreciated. There are still some concerns. We have not had an enforcement program other than telling those who are not properly using the logo to no longer use it in that fashion. When we roll this out can we effectively manage this on a global level. Some would reserve contempt of this, with the cost benefit and the protection benefit. Also, some could make a better decision if the timeline of support staff was in on this…also the legal implications, therefore not in favor, and, it may be due to the wording of the motion at the current time. I’m interested in taking this to a level that the C.A. logo is not something that we can buy. It may not necessarily be protecting it, but it is allowing it to go outside by vendors who are licensed to take the mark outside and use it to their benefit for profit, which, I think is outside of what C.A. had originally intended. The Committee developed the decision to create something with chocolates, therefore they can go out there and produce these. In favor of this. There are those not even in C.A. that are out there on the sidewalk reaping the benefits of our members’ purchases.. why can’t C.A. be making this money instead? There are 4 motions ready to be implemented and approved to protect this. Their licenses will be perused to determine if they have been raided, etc. and see if they really qualify for this license. If we don’t do this, everyone will be reaping benefits from us. We need to continue to be cautious but not afraid to move forward.

Friendly amendment to replace memorabilia and jewelry with C.A. products…accepted 

There are still the same concerns as the others have spoken to…cost of execution of this in regards to the need for worker bees at the office. It is hoped that the revenue we would generate would offset our current issues and the expense we would be hit with would be minimal. Reference a “Note from Patty”: A.A./N.A. allows vendor booths and 10% of their profits goes to their convention. In regards to Jewelry, the L.A. 2004 charm in silver goes for $5 to $7.50 and gold for $100.

To answer questions: our research with talking to N.A. is that they charge $500 per license that are reapplied for every year. They charge an initial fee of $100 which is a non refundable fee for administrative costs. The enforcement piece is that they {N.A.}do not sue anyone. A letter is sent out the first time at the first offense, a more forceful letter the second time, and the third letter states the non-authorized use of the logo be stopped immediately. They have sued people of blatant use of non authorized use of the logo and was told to settle outside of the court system. There should not be lawsuits. Concerns coming from the office are that the office

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wouldn’t be able to sell jewelry. This issue might be better addressed online due to other motions being placed into the mix. We want to have a lot of information up front, therefore I want to have as much information as possible to make my final decision. Why would there be people willing to spend money for licensing and still have those who do not spend the money for licensing showing up with products? This is a serious issue and you have worked very hard on this, and I think that it is important that even if my opinion doesn’t prevail, someone in my slot will have to be on the board with this in order to continue. I’d like to see it more together than this. Let’s have a vendor license from the program standpoint. Vender licenses may be a corrective way to non pede progress for our programs. It is suggested to present the detailed information to review before we make our final decision.

Might amend the motion as to roll out costs and include set up costs to ensure all costs are covered. It’s just a gamble, not a foolproof plan. Does it add value to the product because we have a vendor at convention that has the license? This does not preclude any member or service board to preclude anyone to produce something to sell…this is geared towards outside vendors wanting to use the mark…i.e. baseball teams could request for licensed use of the logo, and, that they are not related to recovery, and we’d say “no”. What if someone started a website of a virtual convention…C.A. sobriety desktop, C.A. games, and, for a minor fee you could download these. There are those in favor of morphing this issue into showing a prospectus so it does not impede the process of this. We are not telling the office they cannot sell jewelry, and they could go out and do this, but there are other issues in regards to this.

There are a lot of very good points made and they are the same as what I have made. They are very valuable, and we should work out the details to be presented

Motion withdrawn.

Request this goes onto the next Quarterly agenda and have this issue be presented on paper. John and Earl to be added.

14. Upcoming concerns in New York – Jackie

Reported: When she arrived in Los Angeles, she received messages from the New York area with a lot of questions and concerns that have arisen in regards to organizational and monetary issues. This is the first time the committee has opened up. They haven’t asked to see a trustee, and she doesn’t have any money left in her budget. Does their area meet monthly or quarterly? Monthly. What

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about a caucus at conference to go over these concerns and then set it into your budget after the first of the year in regards to these concerns? She was only seeking help with New York and was wanting to inform the board of these concerns. Where is the magic line with regards to the budget? It’s tough, not knowing where we can draw the line in regards to the budget and how to handle circumstances when they arise, such as this.

Will follow up online.

15. The future of the WST position – John

Reported: This is the year he rotates out. His thinking in regards to his position and in correlation to the Trustee at Large {TAL} position, where the TAL has to do with international growth and this is where we are wanting to proceed with in the future. When you look at the job description and, as it has always been intended, the pass it on has come in bits and pieces…i.e. the Co-Anon piece arrives 7 years later. The Contract Negotiator is on this description; what makes any one of the other board members unqualified to do this? It has never been considered to remove the need for a World Service Trustee, especially when we are looking toward a European Trustee, up to and including that the TEC deemed it couldn’t be ratified. Seeming you do fill the World Service Trustee position for the next 4 years, they will be the chief negotiator and mouthpiece to the convention and chief vendors and to the world trademarks and vendor licensing. I was up to speed where the professional services are, attending to these issues, bringing my hope and experience to the board. We may want to consider saving some money. The World Service Office Trustee is the eyes and ears of the office and World Service Trustee is the eyes and ears for the board. He wanted to bring this forward that it might not be required for the World Service Trustee to be your chief negotiator and the eyes for keeping things in line from the legal standpoint. Finally, in his minds eye, he wanted to bring these facts to bear in regards to the quality of those on the board and the ability to process business. He may not go quietly and does not intend to be quiet, but he wants to ensure the board shows there may be flexibility. If it carried forward in the form of an action, it requires coming from someone else.

Comments: If you were sitting over here, how would you perceive this issue from this side? It may be more as to look at this from now to the next Quarterly – does it make sense to save the money? Does it make sense to spear head a committee to report at the next Quarterly with others? sure

The Fiscal impact of this issue is $3,000. What is your role in regards to the World Service Office Board? His presence is required and he hasn’t missed a meeting. He found that Patty interfaced beautifully with Chicago and this could set a new standard in the future as to who you hire to this position, because of how

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she has been able to go in and even save further for C.A. in regards to the convention. In regards to this position and the chief signatory to bank accounts…we can have 2 signatures from World Service Office Board and the check request never sees a trustees eyes. It is not proposed to earmark the monetary savings from not filling the World Service Trustee position. He would like to see the position in place by keeping these funds available to the trustees because $3,000 is not a lot of money for a trustee, especially for a European Trustee position. Who would take John’s responsibilities? Most of those in consideration are checked for qualifications for contract negotiation capabilities.

Other Trustees who agree to work with John on this (in an informal subcommittee): Tony, Jay, Carl, Cynthia

16. World wide protection of C.A. logo in other languages {Jon, Jackie, Jay}

Reported: They are concerned that in regards to the translation of the logo in Canada into another language. What are the legal implications, and do we want to have them taken down? The trademark has clearly been altered and this cannot be done. Did the Canadian fellowship apply for and receive any copyright protection? When looking at the history in Quebec, they worked together with the translation, and perhaps permissions were given, etc., and, further down the line, we might want to try to get the history of it before we proceed due to them doing something for 20 years. We do not want to proceed heavy handed due to their use for several years.

Officially the Trademark with the circle are protected in the United States and Canada only therefore the United Kingdom does not have a protected emblem. They are not synonymous reports in regards to the copyright and the trademark.

“We’re here and we’re free” is protected in Canada and the United States.

The name C.A., the concept, the idea, is listed in multiple countries, including the European community. Do we go you can’t do it/slash it? Alternatively, do we go in and say let’s get it right? If they equal one another from the translation maybe it is protected.

It is suggest to find out the history and permission to use it and for Jon to follow up in regards from the legal standpoint. Then we will need to proceed with the enforcement of the issue.

Motion that we instruct our trademark attorneys to immediately protect our trademark C.A. logo in the European Union. Second.

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Comments in Regards to the motion: {European Union (27 countries would be covered – may want to globally and protect it in South Africa as need arises}

friendly amendment to add as well as globally. Accepted. Amendment withdrawn due to the scope of the issue of costs involved and the number of countries also involved .

Against motion due to the concern of the costs involved. What is the cost involved? It is understood it can be between $1400 and $1700 per issue to complete. We are all in favor of protecting the logo, but we want to make sure it is not too cost prohibitive at the current time due to our wanting to watch budget amounts.

Do we want to have our mark in other languages or do we want to allow it only in English? We should check with the attorneys in regards to these issues.

There is a financial cost to be in business…therefore we must, as a board, refer to our stated duties and responsibilities as a board. We need to have this completed, whatever is essential. There will be a cost to have it completed but we cannot afford to not have this pushed forward. It will affect our growth. At the moment the fellowship is fairly free to do whatever they like, therefore we must protect this.

Question: what is the experience with the other fellowships? European Union and other countries are in an ongoing basis. It is piecemeal; and we have discussed when they put the mark in first and that it is a development process and a cost per issue. Is the language still the same? It is only seen in English.

In N.A., they use only English and have it legally set up to be only in English as “N.A.” in the other countries regarding their pamphlets/brochures. Time will be optimized with the attorneys in regards to the logo and consideration of costs will then be kept in mind. Do we want to change our logo that much? This is outside this motion at this point. Another speaks against the motion in its present form due to it not meeting our current concerns. Albeit we are needing this, but this is not covering the full scope of what we seek. We may want to create an all encompassing report prior to determining how far reaching we seek with the copyright protection. Will this be referred to the international structure and development committee since this includes such far reaching issues?

Motion to refer this to the International Structure and Development sub-committee. Second. Fails.

Point of order: which committee is involved with the protection of the logo?

The World Service Office has been asked to defer to the issues regarding copyrighting. He doesn’t think the trademark was part of this agreement, therefore he will investigate this. The intent was to not necessarily refer it to committee but to keep it on the agenda and address it live on the next conference call, therefore

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another trustee is against this motion. And again, against motion to refer…there is a lot of debate about languages. This is not what the original motion was about. The original motion was to protect the logo in our fastest growing area, who is already using it, and we are needed to do what we need to accomplish regarding protection of the logo. We are only seeking to protect it in English in the European Union.

Failed Note: this “Failed” is in regards to the motion to refer to the international structure and development committee.

 Now back to the original motion to request trademark protection. One Trustee is in favor at this juncture; the cost is the cost – we need to protect it! Another in favor – is there anyone at the table to give us a ballpark figure? This can be as high as $3,000 to $5,000 and we don’t know if this can be billed out over time. We don’t talk to them in regards to these issues because it costs us money each time we speak with them.

Motion to table this motion until John obtains more information regarding feasibility of protecting the logo worldwide. Second. Passed

17. Determining who takes the lead on each of our subcommittees for the remainder of the year {Cynthia}

Reported: The reason for this item is to look for an informal consensus as to who would take the lead and who would report for the sub committees. Lead member’s name for each subcommittee is in bold:

• Finance (Earl, Jay)
• Conference (John, Carl)
• Long Term Planning (Bobbie, Teri, Cynthia, Jackie, John, Carl, Earl, Jay)
• Trustee Election Committee (Cynthia, Tony, Jay, Earl, Carl, Jackie)
• Legal (Jackie, Jay)
• Orientation (Teri, Cynthia, Jackie, Jay)
• Negotiation (John, Cynthia, Jackie, Tony, Bobbie, Teri)
• NewsGram (Cynthia, Jackie, Teri, Bobbie)
• Convention Committee (Ad Hoc) (Jay, Teri, Jackie, Cynthia, Bobbie, John)
• Outreach (Cynthia, Bobbie, Carl, Jackie, Jay, John)
• International Structure & Development (Jackie, Cynthia, John, Jay, Earl, Bobbie)

18. Respond to Kathy Jo’s questions in her “Report to the Board of Trustees for 4^th Quarter 2004” – Jay

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Reported: Bobbie has volunteered to draft this and present it online

19. Further discussion regarding the WSOB chair – Jay, Earl

Reported: We are not clear on this and have discussed this at every Quarterly. We keep talking but we are not action based to this issue, in his opinion. This item will continue at the conference call due to the fact it should be considered before the next Quarterly.

Question to this item: Does Earl not go forward until after the conference call in regards to this item? He will withhold on this until we have a unified position after the conference call. One suggestion, though, would be reiteration to have reports on time and being mindful of this when he is with the World Service Office Board.

Earl will type them up, asking Teri what her issues were and have a working copy for the conference call. It was though that we were allowing Earl to get with the World Service Office Board Chair due to Earl’s history with him in order to help with the communication. If we wait until the conference call, nothing would be said until April…are we procrastinating? If there is a pink elephant and we’re having a problem with it, let’s talk about it.

Suggestion to also speak with Earl’s predecessor in regards to these issues. Decision: Go forward and share with Jay what has been spoken to World Service Office Board Chair, then report at the conference call.

20. Define timely completion of Quarterly meeting minutes – Cynthia

Reported: This came to mind because of what came about at the beginning of chair; this is more about the timely delivery of the minutes.

Jay’s Response: After discussing the matter with Debra, it has been decided that within 2 weeks of the end of the Quarterly Debra will have the draft minutes to Jay. Jay will get a draft out to the rest of the WSBT within 2 weeks after that, with the Board-to-Board minutes being

sent out first, followed by the WSBT minutes. Within 30 days of the end of this meeting, all members of the WSBT should have drafts of both sets of minutes.

21. Regional NewsGram coordinator guidelines (Jay) – continue online
22. Motion to remove group inventory from table, second, passed.

Recorded Meeting Adjourned to hold group inventory.

Quarterly Meeting closed with Serenity Prayer 12:45 p.m.

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WSBT CHAIR REPORT

February 2005

The WSBT has been very busy since our last quarterly meeting; especially regional trustees as there have been a lot of activity in their respective areas/regions which can be reviewed in these minutes. Despite the activity on the regional level, the WSBT continues to maintain open communications and address the needs of the Fellowship by working on agenda items that can be found in the Record of On-Line business and as included both the minutes from the January 2005 conference call and these quarterly minutes. As in the last quarterly report, I invite everyone in the Fellowship to send comment/questions to the WSBT via www.ca.org if they have any questions about this work or anything contained in this quarterly report.

As Chair of the WSBT, I have been very active. I continue to communicate with members of this Board as well as remain in contact with the Chair of the WSOB almost every Wednesday evening to continue to maintain and strengthen the lines of communication which, when serving such a large membership such as Cocaine Anonymous, is most important.

Thank you for allowing me to be of service and I look forward to my continued work with the entire WSBT and another productive year in serving Cocaine Anonymous.

Respectfully submitted,

Teri K.

WSBT Chair and ASR Trustee

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WSBT VICE CHAIR REPORT

Submitted by Cynthia Cronkhite

February 2005

This past quarter has been fairly quiet in terms of my Vice Chair responsibilities. Following the November quarterly meeting, I briefly served as Acting Chair for online business while the Chair was unavailable. I also assisted the Chair with the agenda of online business for this past quarter. I am hopeful that we will be able to successfully complete more online agenda items next quarter and am looking forward to discussing ways to conduct WSBT business more effectively online.

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Thank you for giving me the opportunity to serve as the Board’s Vice Chair

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WSBT Secretary Report

Submitted by Jay Finesilver

February, 2005

In this position of WSBT Secretary, I am now responsible for the records for the on-line business, minutes of conference calls and of quarterly meetings of the WSBT and the combined WSBT-WSOB.   I also jointly administer our WSBT yahoo-group.

At the November, 2004 Quarterly we finalized and approved the May, 2004 Quarterly minutes as well as the August 2004 Quarterly Minutes of the WSBT. We also approved the record of online business and minutes from the July, 2004 WSBT Conference Call. At that point, we were current in finalizing some rather detailed and intricate materials for review by the fellowship.

At this coming quarterly we will finalize the August 2004 Board to Board Minutes, the November 2004 Board to Board Minutes and the November 2004 WSBT Minutes. We will also approve the record of On-line business for this past quarter.

It is my earnest hope to assist our board in staying current on these materials throughout the remainder of this year.

I have enjoyed working with the Chair, Vice Chair, the members of the WSBT on these matters and will look forward to continued interaction in the months to come.

I am also undertaking a project of establishing a naming/identification system and process for the many documents our board shares throughout the year. The Vice Chair, Cynthia – who also served this board as last year’s secretary has agreed to assist in this project. We hope to have progress on this by the next quarterly

Thank you for the chance to serve in this capacity.

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World Service Office Trustee Quarterly Report

As submitted by Earl H.

February 2005

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I would like to thank the WSBT and the fellowship of Cocaine Anonymous for giving me the opportunity to serve as the World Service Office Trustee.

I have been for the past three months a conduit of communication between the WSOB board and the WSBT board. I have attended all WSOB board meetings during Dec. Jan. and Feb. I participated on a conference call with CAWS2005 in December. I participated on the WSBT conference call January 9^th. On that call I committed to a number of items:

• Examine the Delegate mailing process.
• Determine the progress of a “newcomer friendly help link” to the home page of our Website.
• Bring to the WSOB guild lines and expectations for participation in Board to Board meetings with the WSBT when finalized by the WSBT.
• Define the Duties and Responsibilities of the WSOT

1) I will be presenting along with our Paid Director results and recommendations at our Feb. quarterly meeting regarding the delegate mailing process.

2) Our Webservant and Paid Director are currently exploring methods to bring in a “link” on our Web site that would be helpful to someone new in need of help.

This is a work in progress.

3) I communicated the guild lines for Board to Board meetings to the WSOB in my written report to them on Jan. 27^th. I verbally explained the WSBT report and meeting requirements and had acknowledgement from all parties.

4) I have included a job description of the Duties and Responsibilities of the WSOT as requested by the WSBT

In addition to the above:

• I will be presenting along with our Paid Director the WSOB’s recommendation on the “Professional Events Coordinator” position as determined at our WSOB meeting Feb. 10th
• The feasibility of a Second Paid Director will also be discussed.

I have been serving on the following sub committees:

• Trustee Election Committee
• Long term Planning Committee
• WSBT Finance Committee

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• Trustee of the World Service Conference Finance Committee
• International Structure and Development

I have reviewed and signed off on the Financial Guidelines for

Cocaine Anonymous along with the former Trustee Elizabeth S.

I attended the San Diego Area GSO Meeting with our PSRT.

I attended and spoke at my SGPVCA Area Convention.

Enclosed in your WSOT Report folders:

• WSOT Quarterly Report hard copy
• Job Description, Duties & Responsibilities WSOT
• Summary of relevant motions of the WSOB for last quarter.
• The submitted WSOB Individual Director Quarterly Reports. We have a very hard working and committed board of directors. There will be current financial reports with balance sheets, profit & loss statements, etc. available at our meeting and presented by our Treasurer.
• Hard copies of the WSOB approved minutes dating back to the Nov. 18th   2004, Dec. 2nd 2004, Jan 6th and January 27^th 2005
• Current Newsgram if available

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World Service Trustee Report

February 2005 Quarterly Meeting

I continue to be grateful for the opportunity to serve the fellowship. The following is a synopsis of my activities in areas falling under the scope of my commitment as World Service Trustee.

World Service Board of Trustees:

• Regularly in attendance on all conference calls
• Teleconferenced with several WSBT members on varied topics – Conventions, WSO, Financial
• Independently investigating potentially declining participation with respect to our effective presence as a world service organization.

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• • Sales, 7th tradition, new products, fundraising (situational vs. long term)
  • 12-step “churn” and morphing attitude about singleness of purpose in other fellowships.
  • Availability of CA message – alternate messaging opportunities. Attracting new members.
• Attended Several Regional and Area Events
• Attended San Diego Area Meeting with PSRT
  • Conference Committee
    • Attended all WSCC conference calls.
    • Attended WSCC online chats.
    • Interfaced with WSCC Chairperson on matters of concern.
      • Delegating tasks to co-coordinator in absence of coordinator.
      • Conference Coordinator and Co-coordinator switch roles through 2005.
    • Contacted banquet manager regarding Conference 2005 and 2006 Hyatt LA.
    • Reviewed the data from questionnaire concerning holding a bi-annual conference. At this time conference members see this as pre-mature. Official response formatted to address referral at conference.

• • Trustee Negotiating Committee
    • Proposed Trustee Negotiating Committee guidelines – Glossary of terms and phrases Introduction and table of contents completed presently. Projected timeline for completion (general) – Submit to board for next steps by quarterly meeting May 2005, out to committees, into SR-14 and motion to approve by Conference 2005. Coordinating with Convention committee presently on similar.
    • Teleconferenced with Hilton Worldwide for contingency/future site selection for CAWS Conventions (specifically 2008 Salt Lake City availability)
    • Teleconferenced with 2007 hotel liaison and Mid West Regional Trustee regarding site selection for CAWS Conventions and Conference 2007. 2007 committee reaffirmed Kansas City and selection of Hyatt as preferred site.

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• • Contacted CAWS 2005 Hotel Liaison concerning status of room block and forthcoming agreements needed to secure services for the event. Over 600 room nights presently. Some nights already maxed out.
  • Contacted by CAWS 2008 Chair and joined online planning group.
  • Presently working on the following issues:
    • CAWS 2005 Marriott contract Executed – Monitoring room block.
    • Memphis Cook Convention Center Executed – $1500 Deposit made.
    • Hyatt Regency downtown Los Angeles WSC 2005-06 Executed. New Conference coordinator and support staff very active with Hyatt banquet department and pre-conference preparation.
    • CAWS 2006 Contract with Hilton Houston Americas Completed.
    • CAWS 2007 Contract with Westin Crown Center Completed.
    • Executed new agreement with NeoPost for WSO shipping system.

WSOB:

• Attended all WSOB meetings.
• Interfaced with WSOB chairperson on all matters concerning joint approval and signature.
• Interfaced with Managing Director on several occasions concerning issues related to contract negotiations, finance, logistics, Human resources.
• Served as signatory on checks related to our business dealings with vendors.
• Continue to inspect vendor invoicing and cash flow related to such.

Thank you for letting me be of service,

John Bodkin

World Service Trustee

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TRUSTEE-AT-LARGE REPORT

Submitted by Bobbie F. Harmon

February 2005

This past quarter has been an exciting learning experience. I attended the November quarterly meeting at the new hotel location. It is a beautiful and impressive step up compared to our last conference location. I have also participated in the WSBT conference call and the online business meetings.

In the last month, I have had the opportunity to attend another CAWS 2006 Steering and Convention Committee meeting. During this particular meeting, the Steering committee decided that I would be the substitute for the SWR Trustee whenever he is unable to attend the regularly scheduled monthly meeting.   Due to the unexpected resignation of the Special Events Chair, the CAWS 2006 Steering committee discussed and decided that the SWRT along with myself will prepare a preliminary special events itinerary to be included in the registration form for approval.

I have contacted Eddie H., CAWS 2005 Convention Chair to ascertain the approximate day that their committee has scheduled the Long Term Planning meeting at the convention in Memphis. While talking to him, I also requested his assistance in gaining information about local restaurants that the WSBT can consider for the purpose of joining our past Trustees, Conference Committee Chairs and Trusted Servants, who may be in attendance at the CAWS 2005, for dinner.

As recently as January, I have also joined the unofficial CAWSO International Outreach committee. The WSO has forwarded me all email correspondence from the various groups outside of the US of A that have requested starter kits within the past quarter. Is there a welcome letter/note that has already been created by the WSBT to forward to the new member(s), if not I would like to craft one for approval by the board to have available for each inquiry.

I am very grateful to be a part of this group of trusted servants that work so hard to continue with the growth of CA and look forward to our future endeavors.

Thank you for letting me be of service,

Bobbie H.

Trustee-At-Large

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Midwest Regional Trustee Report

Submitted by Tony Drake

February 2005

Overview:

The region in general is doing well. Communication with the areas and unrecognized areas is at an all time high since I became MW Regional Trustee.

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There have been several successful area conventions in the last quarter. The Ohio Area is also busy planning our Midwest Regional Assembly in March.

AREA REPORTS:

Illinois Area

• 100 Meetings
• 72 H&I Panels

Area convention is March 4,5,and 6 at the Ramada Plaza Hotel – O’Hare in Rosemont, Il. It is a change of venue for Illinois from the past few conventions at the Wyndham in Itasca, Il. Randy G. from Arizona is the featured speaker at the Saturday night Banquet/Speaker meeting. They are looking forward to a wonderfully spiritual and financially successful event. They just had 2 events this past weekend: a whirlyball event hosted by South & West District and a Super Bowl Party hosted by Northwest District. Both events had a lot of fun and fellowship and were financially successful. They also have a Chicago Wolves Hockey game event on Feb 12 which is sold-out. The area just voted in new officers at the January Area meeting. The new area chair is Bill B. and the new co-chair is Brian T. We also have a new Finance Chair, H & I Chair, Treasurer and Co-Treasurer. They are voting in two new delegates at the February Area meeting, Feb. 27th. Carolyn and Brian have completed their terms.

Indiana Area

Indiana has been struggling a bit. I have been in regular contact with the area and district chairs. They do have one area delegate with a physical disability so he has a difficult time trying to travel. We are discussing the possibility of doing a “Love and Service” workshop sometime soon.

Kentucky Area

I do have some new contact information that I have unsuccessfully been working with, I will continue to work on contacting the Kentucky Area. No Contact, No Report

Manitoba, Canada Area

• 11 Meetings Weekly

The area has recently made some revisions to their new bylaws and voted on a final approval. They also recently had some area elections. The area is hosting their area convention on June 4 and 5, 2005, please contact me for contact

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information for the area convention. The have also asked the Regional Trustee to speak at that convention.

Michigan Area

• 29 Meetings
• 2 H&I Panels

Michigan hosted the 16th Annual Mid-West Regional Convention Nov. 5-7th, 2004.  The participation was not the greatest. Michigan will also be hosting the 15th Annual Tri-State Convention which will be April 29, April 30 & May 1, 2005, in Saginaw, MI.   (Tri-State has traditionally been Michigan, Indiana and Ohio) The information and the contact people are on the CMACA Website (www.camichigan.org) and the CA Website (ca.org). Please come out to support this important event!

Minnesota Area

No Contact, No Report.

Missouri Area

• 58 Meetings
• 55 H&I Panels

The website is completely finished and fully underway at: www.camissouri.org. Yvonne M is the newsletter chair and she is seeking submissions for articles to submit to WSC. Their 8th annual Show Me Recovery Convention will be held in St. Louis next August. The area servants are now fully underway planning the CAWS 2007 convention. We are also discussing the possibility of the Trustee coming to Missouri for a “Love and Service” workshop.

Nebraska Area

No Contact, No Report

Ohio Area

• 119 Meetings
• 48 H&I Panels

They will be having their Area Convention (fundraiser to send delegates to California) on April 22-24, 2005 at Holiday Inn in Boardman (Youngstown), please contact Ray D. (rayd2147@ameritech.net) for further information.  Akron will be hosting the Midwest Regional Convention at the Holiday Inn in Sandusky, OH on October 28-30, 2005.  The theme is “To The Newcomer” and anticipates many newcomers/people in treatment to participate in this free event for them.

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The Midwest Regional Assembly will be hosted by Akron at the Holiday Inn in Hudson on March 12, 2005.  They will be having a panel speaker meeting and Karaoke on Saturday night. The Ohio Area is working on ideas to raise funds for the Area/Delegates.  7^th Tradition donations are minimal to the Area and the Area Convention just doesn’t bring in the funds it used to in previous years – especially if the World Convention is within driving range.  Pierre R. is now our Area Chair and Ray D. is our Vice-Chair, elections were held in November. The area meetings are still held the 2^nd Sunday of every other month.  The next meeting will be March 13, 2005 and will be held at the City Hospital in Akron, OH.  The attendance at the Area meetings is good and they always have a quorum.  Their 4^th Annual Ohio Area CA Unity Picnic will be held August 6^th, 2005 at Mohican Fun Center in Loudonville, OH.  The Area website is doing great.  The webmaster and assistants have been doing a fantastic job in maintaining this site and keeping up with all the upcoming events.

Wisconsin Area

• 21 Meetings
• 15 H&I Panels

Meetings are starting to sponsor more H&I panels. They are holding a GSR orientation before the area meeting. Contribution program announced at area and some meetings. They also just finished there area convention and a great time was had by all. The Wisconsin area has a great website that is very up to date, listing all of their upcoming events.

Iowa

• 2 Meetings
• 1 H&I Panel

Although Iowa is not recognized as an area, the previous Trustee had done a lot of work to try to get them established and that is also one of my goals through my term to build Iowa and have them recognized by the Conference. I do have a new contact that is working hard in Iowa. The meeting count may be small, but that is up from nothing six months ago. The meeting attendance is usually about 30 people. They do attempt to have events but the turn out is low. Keep Iowa in your prayers!

Extended 7^th Tradition Report for period October – December 2004

State	Group Name/City	Oct	Nov	Dec	Total
Illinois

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	Forever Free Meeting – Bloomington		$10.00		$   10.00
	Fresh Start Meeting – Rockford		$50.00		$50.00
	Illinois Area	$300.00	$2,300.00	$300.00	$2,900.00
	Northwest Suburban District			$ 125.37	$ 125.37
	South & West District	$215.00	$ 330.00	$   86.80	$ 631.80
Indiana
	Ft. Wayne H&I		$   45.90		$   45.90
Iowa
	Des Moines Iowa District CA	$ 50.00			$   50.00
Michigan
	Lansing District CA	$ 40.00	$   20.00	$   20.00	$   40.00
	Saturday Morning Alive – Lansing		$   30.00		$   30.00
Minnesota
	CA of Minnesota	$ 20.00	$   20.00	$   20.00	$   60.00
Missouri
	Greater Missouri Area of CA			$ 480.00	$ 480.00
	Men’s Meeting		$   25.00	$  25.00	$   50.00
	St. Louis District			$   22.79	$   22.79
	Thursday Night Meeting – St. Louis		$   30.00		$   30.00
Nebraska
	CA of Nebraska	$ 19.50	$   62.00	$   91.00	$ 172.50
Ohio
	Akron CA District		$ 200.00		$ 200.00
	Another Way – Akron			$   30.00	$   30.00
Wisconsin
	Monday Night 1st Things 1st	$ 66.00	$   48.00		$ 114.00
	Uncolas – Milwaukee	$130.00	$   50.00		$ 180.00
Internatnl
CANADA

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Manitoba	CA Service Committee – Winnipeg			$ 174.96	$ 174.96
	Anonymous Individual – Omaha, NE	$ 36.00			$   36.00
Total		$876.50	$3,220.90	$1,375.92	$5,433.32

Starter Kit Report

City	State	Zip Code	Date
O’Fallon	MO	63366	10/6/2004
St Louis	MO	63138	11/5/2004
Fulton	MO	65251	12/3/2004
Akron	OH	44310	10/27/2004
Brunswick	OH	44212	11/22/2004
Toledo	OH	43607	12/20/2004

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PACIFIC NORTH REGIONAL TRUSTEE REPORT

Submitted by Cynthia Cronkhite

February 2005

Overview: Since my last report, I attended the WSBT’s November quarterly meeting and participated in the WSBT conference call on January 9, 2005. I remain grateful for the opportunity to serve as this year’s WSBT Vice Chair and to continue serving on the Literature, Chips & Format Committee. My involvement with LCF, in particular the Storybook Subcommittee, significantly increased this past quarter. I am also a member of the WSBT Ad Hoc Convention, Long Term Planning, Negotiating, NewsGram, Orientation, Outreach and Trustee Election subcommittees, each of which is submitting a separate report.

Regional Summary by Area:

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Alaska: I am sad to report that Alaska’s one meeting a week has been shut down, as has their hotline. For the time being, there is no CA in Alaska.

Alberta: They have 21 regular meetings per week and 5 H&I meetings per week. They have 3 Districts; Area meets every three months (next meeting is in April). They are currently struggling with members sticking around. Their Districts have been under their prudent reserves but they are slowly building them back up. Dances are happening again every month and they seem to be slowly growing back into the Area they once were. They as an Area are working hard on putting principles before personalities, practicing their programs in their business meetings and slowly getting their old-timers back.

There is still a great deal of concern regarding the 2006 Convention being pulled. Some people with substantial continuous clean time are getting ready to submit a referral to the Conference floor this year. They believe that in making its 10^th Concept decision, the WSBT broke various Traditions and Concepts, and acted as what they perceive to be ‘self-appointed ultimate authorities.’

The Area has decided to change its name to “Southern Alberta Area of Cocaine Anonymous” because someone forgot to register them as a society and hopefully this will allow them to get a non-profit number sooner because they will have less data to send in. I learned from talking to one of the District PI Chairs that having this non-profit status is also vital to their ability to run PSAs. I have brought the issue of the Area’s proposed name change to the rest of the WSBT to seek guidance on the appropriate procedures to be followed.

They hope to send 2-3 Delegates and 1 Alternate Delegate to the Regional Assembly.

British Columbia: British Columbia has 21 regular and 4 H & I meetings every week; Area meets the second Sunday of every month at 10:00 a.m. They will be deciding at their Area meeting on February 13^th how many people they are sending to the Regional Assembly.

Idaho: Things are going great in the Boise District; they are growing by leaps and bounds. They are hoping to set up an Area meeting by April to talk about everything. Their Delegate met with the Twin Falls District to talk about unity. They are excited to work with Boise. Idaho has 2 Districts; there are 13 regular

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meetings every week (8 in Boise and 5 in Twin Falls) and 5 H&I meetings every week (5 in Boise; no H&I information was available for Twin Falls). The Area meets quarterly. They will be sending their Delegate to the Regional Assembly.

Montana: No known meetings at this time.

Northern Alberta: Northern Alberta has 27 regular meetings per week; there are 5 H&I meetings per week and 5 H&I meetings per month. Area meets the second Saturday of every month at 1:45 p.m. They will be having a Valentine’s dance and a convention with the theme “Recovery and Beyond.” They will be sending one Delegate and one Alternate Delegate to the Regional Assembly. Two Area members will also be attending.

Northern California: Northern California has 68 regular meetings and 24 H&I meetings each week. They have 9 Districts and the Area meets quarterly on the 3^rd Sunday. Upcoming events include Celebrate Around the World on March 5^th in Sacramento and the Annual Play day on July 18^th in Stockton. The River Unity convention will be October 28-30 in Sacramento.

Former Delegate Patrick H. passed away in his sleep on January 17, 2005. A memorial service where they had open microphone after 4 key speakers was held on January 22nd and the funeral was held on January 25th. Many members of the Area service committee were at the memorial.

Three Delegates will be “sponsored” by the Area and will be at the Regional Assembly. Their two Alternate Delegates should also be there.

Northern Nevada: No update received this quarter. At last report, Northern Nevada had 12+ regular meetings per week and one H&I meeting. They have 3 Districts; Area meets bi-monthly on Saturday.

Oregon/Southwest Washington: Things are going really well. They had two active Districts. There are 11 regular meetings per week and 32 H&I meetings per month. Area meets the 2^nd Sunday of every month at 6:30 p.m. They are hoping to send two Delegates to the Regional Assembly.

Utah: Utah has 29 regular meetings per week (North District 7, Central District 17, Southern District 5) and 51 H&I meetings per month (North District 11, Central District 40, Southern District none). Election of Area Officers will happen

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Sunday, February 13, 2005, at a special Area Meeting. Utah is excited to have the CAWS Convention in 2008!

The Southern District went through a lot of changes in the past 3 months, but they are hanging in there. They have cut back on the number of meetings they have in an effort to regroup and reorganize themselves.

A process started a couple of months ago and still continuing is verifying exactly what the status of CA of Utah, Inc. is with the federal government and the state government. They recently had to file for a new federal EIN. The Alternate Delegate called the IRS earlier this week and found out that they are not listed as a 501(c)(3) organization. Paperwork is being sent by the IRS to their P.O. Box so they can reapply for this status. One of the Delegates has been working on making sure their nonprofit corporate status is still in place with the State of Utah. They will be sending all three Delegates to the Regional Assembly and will decide at the February 13^th meeting whether or not to also send their Alternate Delegate.

Washington State: They have 4 Districts, with 35 regular meetings per week; no current H&I meeting count was available this quarter. Area meets the 2^nd Tuesday of every month at 7:00 p.m. The next Area convention will be September 23-25, 2005. They will be sending two Delegates to the Regional Assembly.

Wyoming: Wyoming has one meeting, on Wednesday night.

2005 PNRC: The Northern Nevada Area will host the 2005 PNRC in Reno on April 1-3 at the Speakeasy Hotel. The location was changed, but the room rate remains only $49 a night. Registration flyers are available at www.nnvca.org/pnrc.

2006 PNRC: The British Columbia Area will be hosting the 2006 PNRC and is currently exploring possible venues.

Travel: Other than the WSBT quarterly meeting in November, my only travel this past quarter was to attend the Oregon/Southwest Washington Area convention February 4-6. It was the first CA convention I ever attended and I’ve been going ever since, so I consider it personal travel as opposed to trustee travel. Several members of my sponsorship family also went and we had a fabulous time.

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Starter Kits: There was only one starter kit sent out within the Pacific North Region since my last report. It went to a group in Deming, Washington being revived after a substantial period of inactivity.

7^th Tradition Summary:

Region	State	Group Name/City	Oct	Nov	Dec	Total
	California
PNR		CASFSC – San Francisco		$   50.00		$   50.00
PNR		Sonoma County Intergroup – Santa Rosa		$   30.00		$   30.00
PNR	Utah
		Speed Bumps	$   24.75			$   24.75
	Total		$   24.75	$   80.00	$       –	$ 104.75

Expense Summary: Since my last report, I have been reimbursed for the following expenses:

Date Check Issued	Expense	Amount
11/04	Balance of travel and meal expenses for 2004 WSC	$388.65
11/04	Advanced meal expenses for November quarterly	80.00
12/04	Sacramento convention (airfare & meals; remaining expenses covered by Northern California Area)	275.03
12/04	WSBT November quarterly	319.28
	Total to date	$1,062.96

Thank you for letting me be of service.

Respectfully submitted,

Cynthia Cronkhite

Pacific North Regional Trustee

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PACIFIC SOUTH REGIONAL TRUSTEE REPORT

Submitted by: Carl W., Trustee

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February 2005

OVERVIEW: I had the opportunity to visited 3 area meetings Inland Empire, San Diego, San Fernando Valley. I attend the conference call in January, the quarterly in February. A host of events the entire months of December, January and just returned from SGPV’s convention where Earl H. was the Friday speaker had a blast. Worked on the TEC and convention committee’s.

REGIONAL SUMMARY BY AREA

CALA

Meetings:

Long Beach/Compton District:                                33

South Bay Beach Cities District:                                11

South Central District:                                            79   (includes: 2 Spanish & 4 HIV)

Westside/Hollywood District:                                20

Total Meetings:                                                      143

 

Hospital & Institutions:                                    Facilities            Panels           

Long Beach/Compton District:                                25             105

South Bay Beach Cities District:                                  7               24

South Central District:                                            29                103

Westside/Hollywood District:                                13                  41

Totals:                                                                    74                273

 South Central District Jacobs Ladder Group” presents their Marathon “We surrender! We’re here and We’re free” February 4^th to 6^th 2005 starts @ 6:00pm 7522 S. Vermont Ave. Los Angeles 

“South Central District convention committee” is throwing a super bowl fish fry party.

The first of many events to help south central raise funds for its first convention. There will be a DJ, dominoes and cards for a small donation of $5.00 your fish dinner is FREE.

The event is on February 6^th 2005 @ 10950 S. Central Ave. 1:00pm until the game is over.

South Central District God may you find him now group” presents their 5^th annual Mini-Marathon on March 5^th 2005 @ 6301 S. Normandy from 9:00am to 9:00pm

 “Long Beach / Compton District” presents their 19^th Annual Marathon “Cling to the thought the dark past is the greatest possession you have – the key to life and happiness for others” (BB pg. 124) March 25^th to 27^th 2005 @ 205 S. Willowbrook Ave. Compton

AREA DELEGATES:

Freeman H., Hayward H., Stacy W., Howard E., Tigua N

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CENTRAL CALIFORNIA

Central California Area is a small but steady fellowship, with 8 active meetings between Santa Barbara to the North, and Oxnard to the South. We have two primary fundraisers annually – “Spring Fling” on Easter Sunday at Toro Canyon Park in Carpentaria, and “Big Serenity” in September at the Ventana Campground in Big Sur. We have a few other assorted events that usually include a 4^th Step workshop, bowling, and sometimes miniature golf.

1^st Quarter events for 2005 are:

1. February 19^th (Bowling Night)
2. March 27^th (Spring Fling)

AREA DELEGATES: Anne C.

INLAND EMPIRE

No report submitted by Delegate(s)

ORANGE COUNTY

Our area currently has 15 meetings

30 H&I meetings in 9 facilities.

We are planning celebrate around the world.

AREA DELEGATES: Russ N.,

Jay G.                                                                                                            Alonzo M.

SAN Gabriel / POMONA

Meeting: 34 meeting, 1 Spanish

                 53 H&I meeting 17 Facilities, there are 3 open panels

                       SGPVA 13^th Annual Convention February 10^th -February 13^th

                 Spring Fling Dance April 10^th

DELEGATES

Scott K.

Robert H

Gloria J. 

SAN FERNANDO VALLEY

51 meetings include three *Spanish Language Meetings

H&I meeting 93 per month

14 Institutions 3 Spanish, 1 Prison. Wayside Honor Rancho.

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We currently only have one OFFICIAL event coming up and that is our “Women’s Luncheon” on April 2. So it would not be in the Jan-March Quarter. Our CATW event is usually MOUNTAIN JAM taking place in March, however, it has been postponed and we are trying to get another function to help be unified with the rest of the CA world for CATW on the 2^nd Weekend in March, however this is NOT YET a sanctioned  event, but we have a committee preparing information to be presented at our next ASC meeting.

Delegates:

John W.

Gwen F.

Susan B.

SAN DIEGO

We currently have 15 meeting

10 H&I meetings, with one about to start (Wednesday Aurora Youth). Eight of the 10 H&I meetings are weekly and the other two (Tradition One and Fellowship Center) only occur once each month.

We have two events planned this quarter:

02/19 San Diego Gulls Hockey Game

03/26 Unplugged (Dinner, speaker meeting, live entertainment by members of CA)

Delegates:

Greg B.

Steve S.

Joe Augustine  

LAS VEGAS

Total meetings: (10)

       H&I meeting : ( 1 )

There are 2 in the process of being accredited

The next event is March Madness, Marathon Speaker Meeting, auction and dance.

March 19^th 10am –12am

6145 w Sahara near Jones 702-364-1212

ON – LINE

     Total meetings: (6)

Hope, Faith & Courage Discussion Meeting (HFC)

Sisters in Sobriety-Women’s Meeting (SIS)

Steps Online Step Study Meeting

There is A Solution-Men’s Meeting (TIAS)

Keep it Simple CA-Topic Meeting (KISCA)

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The Study-Book Study Meeting

DELEGATES:

Kelley C.

Leslie W.

Robin L.

SALES by the PACIFIC SOUTH REGION (PSR)

Sales 4^TH QUARTER

	Pacific South Region	7,912.64
	Pacific South Region H&I	4,036.61
	Pacific South Region PI	148.78

TOTAL AMOUNT OF 7^TH TRADITION FOR THIS QUARTER:

FOR October $2030.41, November $ 1361.48 AND December $ 6439.80 GRANDTOTAL

OF $ 9831.69

In Love and Service

Carl W. PSRT

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Atlantic North Regional Report

February Quarterly 2005

Submitted by Jackie Schickler – Regional Trustee 

Overview:

WSBT

During the past quarter I attended one meeting of the WSBT in Los Angeles and had the pleasure of working with the new PSRT (Carl W) and TAL (Bobbie H). We met at the new conference venue, the Hyatt Regency hotel and it was a productive meeting. I also participated in the January 05 conference call and in the WSBT online business forum.   I have filed separate or joint reports for the many WSBT sub-committees I am on and my conference committee.

Region

The past three months have been an exciting time within the Region. The Regional Assembly hosted by the NJ/PA/DEL Area in Allentown was a huge success in terms of attendance and unity.   Delegates and representatives traveled from Europe, Canada, the USA and even Hong Kong. We were able to produce a trustee slate, and use the

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time to really share experience, Area service questions and solutions within a framework of unity and service and the Atlantic North Region is in very good shape.

Travel:-

I had the opportunity to visit Philadelphia and New York and attended the Area Convention hosted in Allentown. I thank everyone for their hospitality and many kindnesses.

AREA REPORTS:-

Quebec Area:-

48 meetings & 7 HI

They have opened 2 new meetings during this quarter. Their convention in November was a fabulous success. In their final tally they attracted over 590 people !!! It was also a financial success netting 7,000 $CAN which will go towards their prudent reserve. All is well in Quebec !!

Maritimes:-

I am delighted to report that there is renewed contact from the Maritimes. There report is:-   Right now Halifax is the only active meeting in Nova Scotia, but we have much in the works.   We have been working hard to try to rebuild CA from the brink of extinction in our province, and that is well under way.  We saved the present meeting barely, and got it going pretty good again, and made it an “official” meeting.  It’s at Alcare Place in Halifax, at1374 Robie St., from 7-8pm Atlantic, on Wednesday Nights. .  We have been averaging about 10 per meeting through the winter, and just refurbished the tags and will be doing so for the literature also, very soon. We are awaiting a startup kit to start a second meeting in Halifax, which Jim L. is going to be chairing at the start.  A third is also in the works, to be located also in Halifax, down at Addiction Prevention & Treatment Services. We also have plans for more beyond that, once these get going, including Detox, and a couple Prison meetings, and a woman to woman meeting.  It will take some time, but we have a dedicated and solid bunch right now, and everything is on the up and up.

Southern Ontario Area

44 meetings and 7 HI

We have 4 new meetings. one meeting that has been around for a few years has closed due to poor attendance. Another meeting opened briefly in Pickering (just outside of Toronto). At our last quarterly area meeting we had elections. Jo-Anne K. is continuing as our area chair. All positions were filled except for alt. treasurer and chips and lit chair. Hopefully these positions will be filled at our next area meeting in Feb. Our Unity Committee has begun this year with putting on a Traditions Workshop each month,

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covering one tradition per month. We had a good turnout and much participation at our first workshop. Our convention committee (TORCA IX) has had elections and is meeting every month to prepare for our next convention which is planned for the first weekend in Nov. 05. On March 5th Hamilton is having a ‘Celebration of Freedom’ to celebrate 5 years of CA in Hamilton, which is about 45 min drive west of Toronto. Our web-site is looking very nice and you can see all our upcoming events posted there, along with our meeting list, tapes for sale, and other CA info.  www.ca-on.org

New York Area.

63 meetings

The New York Area recently held elections and all positions were filled and they also have a new delegate (3 in total).We will be having the big Book awareness evening in 2 weeks Feb 12^th. We also changed a meeting format and the Tuesday after the Big Book evening we will begin one of the first CA Big Book studies in Queens. We hope to have great attendance – it really is desirable around here . I am so glad .PI committee recently did the recovery radio spot at the ABC studios I found 3 great speakers , we will be taking a slot every 2- 3 months . The BB meetings out on Long Island are finally sending a GSR to the Area meetings and they are now on the CA meeting list which they were not before – they were the epitome of autonomous as meetings in our fellowship . We went to see them to encourage their participation.   They called the other day and had their business meeting an elected 3 people to the GSR spots . Our next Business meeting is in two weeks. It will be a much larger area meeting now .

NJ/PA/Del Area

38 meeting and 17 H+I

The Area held there area convention in Allentown and also hosted the Regional Assembly. A great time was had by all – it was so good to have everyone there from the Region. We had great speakers, including our Regional Trustee.

On December 12^th we had out annual unity breakfast at the Adams Mark hotel a good turnout. Good to see some of the old-timers getting involved. There were Christmas marathon meetings and fellowship, also a New Years Day marathon.

We held annual election of officers for Area.   New Officers: Vice Chair Isaac, Treasurer –Jerome, Unity-Sean, Special Events – Linda. New Web servant – Lou.   H+I, Delegates and Chairpersons remain the same.

MASS Area

4 meetings and 6 H+I

There is some news to report from Massachusetts.  Four meetings continue to function, and Friday night continues to attract newcomers. Our annual mailing to eastern Massachusetts detoxes, rehabs, halfway houses, drug court judges, etc. will occur in February, our Ski Weekend in Vermont was well attended (for us) and I’m

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happy to report that no injuries occurred. We hope to shift our phone line to a forwarding system, as we’ve experienced some trouble in timely responding and our use of the world-approved poster features our helpline phone number, rather than a list of meetings as on previous posters.

Washington DC.

10 meetings and several H+I

Presently there are 10 regular meetings.

One of our Sunday meetings will celebrate 3 yrs in March 2005.

H & I Report:   Area committee voted to have some of the present CHAIRPERSONS to step down. A few area members will step up in their place. Presently, we have one facility that speakers are being brought to and that commitment every MONDAY of the month.

Connecticut Area

4 meetings. Things are the same. No updates this quarter.

Rhode Island

1 NEW meeting

January15^th 2005 saw the opening of the 1^st meeting in Rhode Island after many years. This is wonderful news – and I am in touch with the member who opened it. Thanks to the Online Area for their support in bringing Rhode Island back into the fold of the Atlantic North.

UK Area

69 meetings 21 H+I.

Growth is the order of the day.   Meetings are strong and H&I meetings are blossoming everywhere. There are now 2 new Districts, Dorset and Brighton and the rest of the Area is represented at the ASC with GSR’s. Meetings are now growing in the North of England with 3 in Liverpool, and other new ones in Nottingham and Manchester. It has been a challenging time for the Area as it works through some of the issues involved with rapid growth and there are many new members involved in service. The new H&I Chair has brought renewed enthusiasm for carrying the CA message and many meetings are now passing the H&I can for the first time in the UK.

The Area recently held an Area Assembly in order to discuss the pro’s and con’s and other questions in respect to the growth and the possibility in the future of the formation of a new region. It was well attended by approximately 25 people, and more debate will most likely follow in the future as this topic is now on the agenda. I attended this Area Assembly and helped to respond to questions, together with the delegates.

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Public Information is active and the sub-committee plan to place an announcement in a leading national magazine.   There have been a range of Special Events in Bristol, Bournemouth and Brighton over the past few months. Unity-Celebrate Around the World will be held in London this year and plans are afoot for an all day event, with speakers, Workshops and a Disco party in the evening.

The Annual CA in the UK convention “Thus We Grow” is gathering momentum and the entire convention committee have been working with enthusiasm and unity and we are all very excited about this forthcoming event.

Scotland

9 meetings 2 H&I

2 new meetings in Scotland both outside Glasgow. One in Irvine and the other in Paisley. This is fabulous and all the meetings are carrying a strong CA message of recovery.   “Rocketed” the 1^st Scottish convention held in November was a huge success – as previously reported and the convention was also a financial success securing a prudent reserve, seed money for next years convention, donations to World Services, a future helpline, literature for groups, H&I and PI and they have paid for and invited me to attend their Area meeting and present a service workshop.

12 people attended their first PI committee and there is so much enthusiasm and all committee positions were filled.   H+I are active and are planning anew meeting in Polment Prison.

Holland Area

6 meetings and H&I

The original Friday night meeting in De Hague is doing well and attendance ranges from 8-18. Additionally there are now 4 meetings in Amsterdam, plus a new meeting in Antwerp. (Which is not officially Holland, as it is in Belgium, which is close enough to be part of the Area. A starter kit has been requested and received by a woman in Terheijde, (near Breda, close to Rotterdam and Belgium, in the south of Holland.) This is wonderful growth and all the meetings are communication with each other

I plan to attend their Area service meeting is March and to help them to set up their Area Service Structure. They have held one Area meeting and have a literature and chips person and a Chairperson. The other positions have not yet been established.   The Hague meeting is actively doing H&I regularly.

They completed a CA Netherlands pamphlet in Dutch, consisting of bits and pieces from existing pamphlets, and translated into Dutch. It holds meeting info and phone numbers.

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CA has been invited and was represented by two members on a conference hosted by the national alcohol and drugs research and information centre (Trimbos instituut), that focused on self help groups and professional drug institutions, and how they can co-operate. Contacts with the main drug help centre in Amsterdam (Jellinek) have been renewed. .

Financially doing well. Made contribution to area of 222 Euro. Enough to pay rent and expenses.

Their Website is under construction (www.Ca-benelux.org ) – it is planned that this will be in English, French and Dutch.

Sweden Area.

2 meetings

Attendance at both the Thursday and Sunday meeting is good and there are plans to open a third meeting – hopefully before the spring

Financially things have improved and the Area is making a donation to World Services.

Service is good, service spirit is very good, newcomers show interest.

Website, www.ca-sweden.se, still just a plate today, the real one is not in order yet but will be in a few weeks.

We are getting mail to the info mail.

Books are selling. 30 newcomer chips we bought in November are now all gone.

Public Service is really working. Our best way to reach people has been through public service with newspapers and TV who have mentioned us and of course by word of mouth. One interesting thing is that we got lot of newcomers who just heard about us the public way, they have never been to treatment or to other fellowships. They come to us and most of them is coming back, which is wonderful.

We have talked about doing a treatment for a CA information film in Swedish.

We have a production company who can help us for just 2-3000sek.

We will of course send the treatment to CA World Service for approval before we do anything. The US film is very good but for us here it’s very American and we believe that it is important to have that kind of public information in Swedish so people here can relate.

Hong Kong

1 meeting

CA Hong Kong continues to meet once a week (Tuesday evenings at 12 Borrett Road, Mid-Levels, Hong Kong Island) and currently average attendance is around 5 persons.   We have had 3 newcomers attending meetings during the last month, one of whom has attended meetings regularly for the last 3 weeks.

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In November, Peter O went to Allentown for a North Atlantic Regional Meeting and a local Convention.   This was good for our fellowship as Peter met old and new CA friends from the USA, plus several old friends from the UK, Canada etc.   This makes us feel that we “belong”.   A report on the conference and convention was given verbally on Peter’s return.

Work is underway for a CA Hong Kong website, which hopefully will be available and working within the next week or so.   This is an exciting development for us.   The bulk of the work has been done and the provisional site looks really good.   A “hot line” is also being investigated and enquiries are being made with the Hong Kong Telephone Company for a telephone line/individual number being available which can automatically divert calls to various fellowship members phones.   In this way we hope to be able to have a “Hot Line” duty roster where volunteers can deal with incoming calls on say a week at a time period.

We are looking at an H & I program, starting with visits to schools and the new Hong Kong Drug Information Centre on Hong Island.   Hopefully we can get started on this during the forthcoming months.

Finances are sound – the Area holds a prudent reserve, all sub-committees are operating and regular 7^th Tradition payments are being sent to World Services.

Spain. – In Spain there are currently 3 meetings. The oldest one in Marbella continues to be strong – it is held weekly and I have no update on it.   The Majorca meeting is also thriving and a friend recently attended and was amazed that we had CA there.   The newest meeting in Gerona (near Barcelona) is in Spanish – it is building very slowly and sometimes the secretary is alone.   They are planning to do some announcements and posters to announce the meeting and some kind of public information.   There will be members from all of these meetings in the UK soon for the CAUK convention and hopefully they can pick up more support and materials when they get together.

South Africa

The Friday night meeting at SHARP is still up and running and we have good attendance. Usually over 20 for the share and 4-5 for the Step and Tradition meeting. I have been approached by another treatment center to start an in-house meeting on a Sunday night. I raised it at the Friday meeting but still need some “stable service people” They need 6 months clean time to chair the meeting inside the facility. Thank god I am the treasurer, as we seem to have a very high turnover of service people. Plans are afoot for a new meeting to start in Cape Town – and hopefully this will start next month. I am so excited about coming over in March and really look forward to meeting with you and the gang.

France   I am delighted to inform everyone that the first CA meeting in Paris, France opened in November 2004. Last week there were 13 at  the meeting. The meeting has literature in French & English & anyone needing a meeting is welcome.

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We did not make things official till this week as we have been searching for a more central venue for the meeting since January of this year.  This is now accomplished we are ready to go on the global stage. From Thursday the 17th February, the meeting A First Recovery¨ of C.A. France will be at: Association Sainte AGNES 23, Rue Oudinot, Paris 75007 France de 19h30 à 21h.   On behalf of everyone involved in C.A. France a big thanks to World Service Office for their generous support and trust.

7^th Tradition for this quarter.

State/Country	Group/City	October	November	December	Total
Maryland	DC/MD/VAArea		25.00		25.00
New Jersey	New Freedom Grp.		30.00		30.00
New York	60 Minutes			63.00	63.00
	Is A Better Way	100.00			100.00
	Sober Toast	30.00			30.00
	The Last Straw			90.00	90.00
UK	Individual		5.00		5.00
	UK Area			800.00	800.00
Scotland	Scotland Area			1,478.00	1,478.00
TOTALS		130.00	60.00	2,431.00	$2,621.00

So in conclusion, the entire Atlantic North Region is experiencing growth – not only in terms of its geography but new meetings are sprouting up all over the place. There is an overall feeling of unity, growth and commitment to getting the message out.

Thank you so much for letting me be of service.

Jackie Schickler

Tel: 001 44 2073260409

Jackie@avnet.co.uk.

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ATLANTIC SOUTH REGIONAL TRUSTEE REPORT

Submitted by: Teri K., Trustee

February 2005

OVERVIEW

Since the last quarterly WSBT meeting in November 2004, I have had the privilege to attend several events within my region. In December I attend a Holiday Banquet and Speaker meeting hosted by the GA Area. This event was well attended and the soul food at Mary Mac’s Tea Room continues to draw a crowd. In addition, to the speaker there was an oral history of CA in Georgia presented. Early in January, I was delighted to discover that there

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are four meetings a week in Florence, SC. This was wonderful news as until now there had been very irregular communications with any CA groups in that Area. I have communicated with Craig M there and hope to visit with them in the March or early April. I was also able to attend an entire weekend of activity in Memphis, TN where I visited with the CAWS 2005 committee and worked with them in their efforts to host the CAWS 2005 World Convention (more details in the CAWS 2005 report). In early February 2005, I was invited to come and share my story of recovery with the CA Fellowship in Jasper, AL. This group is small in numbers but their love for CA and to carry the message is quite large. To support this speaker meeting, there was attendance from across the Alabama Area to include; Birmingham, Tuscaloosa and Huntsville in addition to 13 newcomers from a nearby treatment facility.

REGIONAL SUMMARY BY STATE

Alabama

Total meetings: 31 (27 Open and 4 H&I):

Tuscaloosa
Mon. 8:00 pm Open Meeting
First Wed. of Month 8:00 pm Speaker Meeting
All other Wed. 8:00pm Open Meeting
First Sun. of Month 7:00 pm Tradition Meeting
All other Sun. 7:00 pm Big Book Study
1 H&I meeting,

Birmingham
First Freedom Group-
Sun: 8:30 pm
Mon: 8:30 pm
Tue: Noon & 8:00 pm
Thu: Noon & 8:00 pm
Fri: 8:00 pm
Sat: 8:00 pm
2 H&I meetings weekly

The Way Out Group-
Tue: 8:00pm Open Discussion

Unnamed as yet, new meeting-
Mon: 7:00pm
Unnamed as yet, new meeting-
Tue: 12:00 noon
Wed: 5:30pm
Lincoln
Unknown if still happening
Total: Unknown
Huntsville

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Mon. 4:30 pm
Mon. 7:00 pm
Tue. 7:00 pm
Thu. 7:00 pm
Fri. 7:00 pm
1 H&I weekly
Jasper
Mon. 8:00 pm
Fri. 7:00 pm
Greater Gulf Coast District:
Sun. 8:00 pm
Mon. 8:00 pm
Tue. 8:15 pm
Wed. 8:00 pm
Fri. 7:00 pm

There were 7 people in attendance at our last Area meeting. We were finally able to have an area meeting for the first time in 6 months.

1 : Gregory T.- Area Treasurer – Huntsville, AL.
2: Fletcher W – Tuscaloosa, AL.
3: Ken M – (NEW) Area Chair – Birmingham, AL.
4: Bobby B – Jasper, AL. (Resigned)
5: Tom M- Area Delegate – Birmingham, AL.
6: Jessie L- (NEW) Area Delegate – Jasper, AL.
7: Lynn G- (NEW) Area Secretary – Jasper, AL

Birmingham, Jasper and Tuscaloosa and Huntsville were represented. It appears that those four cities CA is  doing well or remains fairly stable. The status of  Lincoln and  Gulf Shores  are  unknown.  Birmingham is growing with three new meetings starting up.  Jasper  appears to have had some growing  pains but has regained  a  real  meeting space and is getting back in the groove of carrying  the  message.  Tuscaloosa  is  holding steady  and  maintaining a regular H&I meeting.

The issue of lack of participation from trusted servants was addressed by nominating new persons who were in attendance and filling all of the positions except Alt-Chair. The Treasurer will rotate out by the next Area meeting and the call was made to the group reps to send in nominations for the next meeting. A new Area Delegate was elected: Jesse L. from the Jasper group. Jesse has been very active at the service level of the Area and also setting up and maintaining the Alabama Area CA Web Site. He stated he might be interested in getting involved in the Internet Sub-Committee.

We talked about keeping the CA World Convention alive in people’s minds by keeping flyers available to the groups and announcing it before meetings regularly. We paid some bills and adjourned.

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We are going to miss you when you rotate off soon, you have been really helpful and encouraging and set a great example.

Arkansas

Total meetings: 37 (30 Open and 7 H&I): The Unity Committee has been having Workshops on the Tradition every 3rd Saturday in each month. November 11^th Spirituality Group celebrated its 12^th Anniversary with a speaker meeting, followed by a dance. The speaker was James T. from Memphis, TN. Hour of Power Group celebrated its 11^th Anniversary in December with speaker meeting & Get-Together afterwards. Serenity Group held its Annual New Year’s Eve Party & the First Meeting of the year at 12:00

Florida

Total meetings: 107 (81 Open and 26 H&I): On November 13^th 2005 the Florida Area elected new delegates: Clarrisa R. of Pensacola, Patrice R. of St. Petersburg and alternate delegate Bill C. of Sarasota. On January 15^th 2005 we elected a new Webmaster Randy D. of Fort Lauderdale and a new treasurer Dominick of Stuart. We had request for three new starter kits from Dec. – Jan. 1- Delray Beach, 1- Jupiter, 1- Sarasota.

At our last area meeting we voted to purchase tote bags with the CA logo on them to use as fundraiser to send our Delegates to the World service conference this year. Susan D. of Miami is coordinating this purchase and distribution to the districts. At this meeting in Ft. Myers the fellowship was treated with warmth and affection there was a speaker meeting (Julia C. of Sarasota) and dance.

St. Petersburg hosted their annual winter dinner, dance and speaker meetings in November, where they made a donation from the proceeds to the Florida Area Convention. Stuart has also made a donation from the proceeds of their fall volley ball tournament. The Convention Steering committee currently has a registration packet drawing fundraiser going on that will be drawn on April 30, 2005. Pre- registration T- Shirt will be available February 26, 2005. We are encouraging members to make their hotel reservations as early as possible due availability of rooms.

The reason for such close dates of the Area meetings due to postponement of previous date because of the severe hurricane season Florida experienced this year. We would like say that we love our out-going officers very much and thank them for the tremendous job they did serving our area membership.

Upcoming Events

Ft Myers Saturday February 26th, 2005, “True Tolerance Dance” & speaker meeting 7:00PM-11:00PM at TLC, 2516 Grand Ave. Ft Myers, FL 33901 FREE

Ft Myers March 18th – 20th, 2005, “Daily Reprieve”  Spiritual Retreat in Alva 6355 County Rd. 78, West Alva, FL 33920 Cost $30.00 Friday 7PM till Sunday 3PM

Ft Myers Saturday April 23rd, 2005, “Spring Fling” 50’s Dance & speaker meeting 7:00PM-11:00PM at TLC, 2516 Grand Ave. Ft Myers, FL 33901 Free finger food

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Stuart Sunday May 8th, 2005 3rd Annual “Beat the Heat Pool Party” 11AM-3PM Fund Raiser for Florida Area Convention, 3140 Fairmont Street, Stuart FL. Horse Shoe & Spades Tournaments, Music, 50/50, Door Prizes for info call Darrell 772-287-6258 or Blake 772-341-4472

FLORIDA AREA CONVENTION

Quality of Commitment

September 23rd-25th, Sarasota, Florida

For Hotel Reservations call: Holiday Inn Marina @ 1-888-818-2781 $74.00 per night    (ask for FACA Reservations for Sept 23-25 to receive convention rate)

Early Registration $85.00 includes Banquet, Fri & Sat night dances & free T-shirt

Send Registration forms to

2005 Florida Area Convention, P.O. Box 3493, Sarasota, FL 34230

For more information, contact Julia C. @ 941-951-1361, 941-544-0210 cell

or Andrea S. @ 941-345-5765

Georgia

Total meetings: 59 (53 Open and 6 H&I): No report submitted by Delegate(s)

Louisiana

Total meetings: 164 (156 Open and 8 H&I):   Evans A. the Sr. Delegate ;  Debra V. and David W. of Shreveport are both Delegates; Sheila E. ( Shreveport) Area Chair; Glen F.  (Shreveport) Vice- Chair; Venessa M. (Opelousas) Secretary; Ron S. (Baton Rouge) Treasure; David W. (Shreveport) C,L&F; Walter W.  ( Baton Rouge) H&I; Chairty M.  (New Orleans) P/I; Evans A. (Unity); Don B.  (Baton Rouge) Alt. Delegate; Jack L. (New Orleans) Alt. Delegate.

Our Area has a total of 156 open meetings and 8 H&I meetings.  We are

excited about having a new commitment from the New Orleans District.

Both New Orleans and Shreveport are planning to submit a bid for the 2006 ASR Convention.  Baton Rouge District is having a Mardi Gras Dance on Feb. 5th 2005 , Recovery Day on the Bluff on Feb. 26th 2006 and our Annual  Last House On The Block Mini Convention on June 25th 2006.

Mississippi

Total meetings: 2 (2 Open and 0 H&I):   Meetings in Jackson, MS are still alive and well. “The Mustard Seed Group” at 104 E. Northside Drive, Jackson MS; Monday night at 7:30 pm and Friday night at 9:00 p.m.   The phone number, 601-373-2943.

North Carolina

Total meetings: 15 (11 Open, 4 H&I): North Carolina has a total of 15 meetings with 5 in Raleigh, 9 in Charlotte and 1 in Chapel Hill. The Area has not had a meeting since July 2004. We plan to get together in Charlotte before the World Convention in May to elect new officers and discuss Area business. At this time, our

Area Chair has resigned and there are no officers.

Sunday

Vision of Hope 4:30-5:30
3815 N. Tryon st.

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Charlotte, NC 28206

Monday

Monday Miracles
6:45-7:45 PM
The Camel Club
4015 Spring Forest Rd.
Raleigh, NC 27616

Freedom House
7:30-8:30 PM
104 New Stateside Dr.
Chapel Hill, NC 27516

Big Book Study
8:00-9:00
429 East Boulevard
Charlotte, NC 28217

Tuesday

Journey Into Hope
7:00-8:00 PM
The Healing Place
1251 Goode St.
Raleigh, NC 27603

Wednesday

The Twelve Step Group
8:00 – 9:00 PM
709 East Blvd.
Charlotte,NC 28217

The 5th Tradition
7:45-8:45 PM
Alcoholism Treatment Center
3000 Falstaff Rd.
Raleigh, NC 27610

Thursday

8:00
Charlotte, NC

Friday

Friday Paycheck Group
6:45 -7:45 PM
The Camel Club

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4015 Spring Forest Rd.
Raleigh, NC 27616

Saturday

The Phoenix Group
8:00-9:00 PM
429 East Boulevard
Charlotte, NC 28217

Pager Numbers:
Charlotte (704) 581-1298
Raleigh (919) 790-4153

South Carolina

There are four meetings in Florence, SC.

Tennessee

Total meetings: 40 (30 Open and 10 H&I): No report submitted by the Delegate(s)

Virginia

No known meetings at this time included in the Atlantic South Region.

SALES by the ATLANTIC SOUTH REGION (ASR)

Sales by the ASR between October and December 2004 totaled $6,5,23.37

Sales by H&I in the ASR between October and December 2004 totaled $972.88

STARTER KITS: October – December 2004

The ASR received three starter kit requests that were supported by the World Service Office during the second quarter of this year. Requests included: Birmingham, AL; Springdale, AR and Loris, SC.

7^th TRADITION SUMMARY

Area	1Q2004-05	2Q2004-05	YTD Total
Alabama	125.00	200.00	325.00
Arkansas	150.00	225.00	375.00
Florida	42.00	341.58	383.58
Georgia	671.74	562.83	1,234.57
Louisiana	139.68	79.33	219.01
Mississippi*	0	0	0
North Carolina	0	0	0
South Carolina*	0	47.38	47.38
Tennessee	0	38.00	38.00
Virginia	0	0	0
Anonymous	0	0	0

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ASR Total

1,128.42

1,494.12

2,622.54

*Areas not currently recognized by the CAWS Conference.

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Southwest Regional Trustee Report

Submitted by Jay Finesilver, Southwest Regional Trustee

February 11, 2005

finesilv@hotmail.com 303-596-5592

Overview:

The Southwest Region continues to thrive in many ways. We have nine areas now including the two new areas created at the WS Conference in 2003. In addition, many existing areas are expanding the world of CA to new cities and locations. Starter kits have been sent out in many parts of the Southwest and now deep into Mexico.

We held our Southwest Regional Assembly in Albuquerque, New Mexico in November, 2004. First, we had full representation/voting from all nine areas in the Region, with 34 votes in all – a record even over last year. In most cases, the respective Area Chairs were in attendance and participated fully.

Our Southwest Regional Trustee Slate has two names (with 7 people nominated): Roy B. from Houston, and Ivan L. from Austin are the two people on the new slate and also qualify for the Southwest Regional Trustee at Large slate designees (as the top two vote-recipients).

Our Southwest Regional Trustee Election Committee representative is Katherine H. from Oklahoma City (who was elected at the Conference in August 2004) with our Alternate TEC representative being Matt T from Colorado. Our SWR Regional NewsGram Liaison was Mike P. from Colorado, who has since resigned his position. The position will remain vacant until we meet as a Region at the Conference in August. We thank these three members of our Region for their service.

The next SWR Assembly and Convention will be held in Houston, Texas in October 2005 (at the Omni Houston at 13710 Katy Freeway on October 14, 15, and 16, 2005). The 2006 Assembly is set for Kansas. Wanda A. (Houston) is the 2005 Convention Chair and Don C. (Wichita) is the 2006 Convention Chair. The 2007 Regional will be hosted by the South Central Texas area, with Regional 2008 being hosted by Colorado and Regional 2009 hosted by the Valley Area in Texas. An ad-hoc committee comprised of one representative from each area will work throughout this coming year to make a recommendation to the Region to be considered at the Caucus held at the WS Conference in August, 2005 as to the rotation of the host areas for the Regionals going forward as well as a process for including any new areas in the rotational scheme.

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The Region is most excited that CAWS 2006 will be held in Houston, Texas over Memorial Day weekend in 2006. The steering committee is in place and the general committee chairs have for the most part been appointed with a few yet to be filled committee chairs. Outreach has begun and the hotel selection has been completed. The Committee meets monthly on the third Saturday of the month. Walter J. is the CAWS 2006 committee chair. He can be contacted at wjohnson20@houston.rr.com.

Other Conventions and Events: please note that the conventions and events which I am aware of in our Region are as follows – note the contacts for each are on the CA.org website at the convention/event link.:

Texas Area Service – Regional Convention. October 14 -16, 2005 in Houston, Texas
Valley Area – no convention planned due to regional and world being close by
Arizona – July 1-4, 2005 (Convention) and April 15-17, 2005 (Roundup)
Kansas – Campout tbd, Regional in Oct. 2006
North Texas – April 23-24, 2005
South Central – Texas March 11-13, 2005 Kerrville
Oklahoma – March 11-13, 2005 Oklahoma City
New Mexico – August 6,7,8, 2005 in Albuquerque
Colorado – Convention or Roundup in fall 2005 tbd
CAWS 2006 – CAWS World Convention -Memorial Day weekend 2006 Houston

I have been able to attend the monthly area business meetings and the September 2003 Colorado Area Convention in my home Area of Colorado, as well as the Colorado Area Celebrate Around the World event in April, 2004 which was a huge success. Colorado is bidding to host the CAWS Convention in Denver in 2009.   I was able to attend the Kansas Area elections and Delegate fundraiser in January, 2004 in Wichita, Kansas and was in Wichita for a structure and bylaw workshop in December 2004 where I also attended the Wichita District business meeting. I was in Arizona three times in 2004, once to attend the Phoenix District Sun Valley Intergroup meeting and then an Arizona area meeting and election of area officers, at their celebrate around the world event in Phoenix in March, 2004 and then again in July for a wonderful and very spiritual State convention in Tucson. They had a twenty year celebration this past spring in Phoenix.   I look forward to the Arizona State Convention held in July near Phoenix.

Now to Texas. I have been blessed to visit several times this year. I was in South Central Texas for their area meeting in July, 2004 in San Antonio and met with their delegates and area chair in Austin. They are planning their first area convention for next month, as is Oklahoma for that matter.   I was in Houston visiting and working with the Texas area service group twice in May for a love and service workshop and area wide inventory which has produced some great unity and healing by and among them. We even did a letting go ceremony with some balloons and some resentments, ask their delegates about that for more info. Then in July, 2004, I was at the Texas Area Service convention. I have been back to Houston several times to work with and be a part of the planning committee for the World Convention in 2006 in Houston and was in Houston this past weekend for their area meeting.   I have been working with the new North Texas area via phone and email and will see them sometime this Spring as well and the same goes for the Valley area.

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I was also fortunate enough to be in the United Kingdom in late March, 2004 for the CA UK convention and look forward to returning in April 2005. In November, 2004 I was fortunate enough to be in Scotland for the first Scottish CA Convention. A wonderful experience.

What follows, are the respective area reports for all areas in the Southwest Region. Attached also are the committee reports for the several trustee committees I serve on as well as a brief report of the actions of the WSC Structure and Bylaws Committee. A report on the status of CAWS 2006 is included as well.

Thanks so very much for allowing me to be of service.

Jay Finesilver

Southwest Region Area Reports:

Arizona Area

99 open meetings and 100+ H&I meetings per week

The Arizona Area remains strong and vibrant. Two districts exist – Sun Valley Intergroup (in Phoenix) and the Tucson District. There are also meetings in Prescott and elsewhere in the State including two meetings in Flagstaff. I was able to attend a couple of meetings of the No More Delusions Group in Phoenix during my visit there this past Spring. Current area trusted servants include Fred H. from Phoenix as Area Chair, JoJo S. from Tucson as Vice Chair, Steve S. as Area Treasurer (Tucson), Jay F. as Area Secretary (Phoenix) and John G. from Tucson (as webmaster). The CA Arizona website is wonderful and can be found at http://www.caarizona.com . Both districts have very informative newsletters. Sun Valley Intergroup has completed its revision to its Bylaws.

The Arizona Area Delegates are now: Jason S. (Phoenix), Skip H. (Phoenix), Curt B. (Phoenix), and Anne B. (Tucson) who attended this past year’s Conference. Lisa Y. is the new SVI Chair.

Colorado Area

34 open meetings and 12 H&I meetings per week

The Colorado Area continues to grow and mature in its fellowship and depth of service. The State Convention in September, 2003 was quite successful as was a holiday dining program with two great speakers. Celebrate Around the World was most memorable as well and raised significant funds for the delegates to travel. Colorado CA celebrated twenty years by holding a fine dining event with a speaker in October, 2004. Two Districts remain strong in Denver and Colorado Springs. Area elections were scheduled for March for a new delegate and alternate delegate. Scott C. is the new Area Chair. The website is http://www.cacolorado.org. The Area

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Newsletter is called “Clean in Colorado,” and comes out quarterly. The Colorado Area is putting a bid in for the 2009 World Convention.   There is a meeting in the mountains of Colorado in Vail. The Denver District Entertainment Committee continues to thrive planning many diverse and unifying events, including most recently a Being of Service Workshop. An area-wide unity committee is being considered. The area is also working on revising its bylaws at this time.

The Colorado Area Delegates are now:   Matt T. (Denver), Richard S from Colorado Springs, and Dan S.M. (Denver). The Area Chair is Scott C. (Denver).

Kansas Area

15 open meetings and 6 H&I meetings per week.

There are two districts in Kansas- one in Wichita and one in Topeka. Their spirit of rotation is to have one delegate from Topeka and two from Wichita. Area elections were held this fall, with George P. (Topeka) having been elected Area Chair. The Kansas Celebrate Around the World will be in Wichita this year and is in the planning stages. The Area and the delegates continue to raise funds for delegate travel and to carry the message. Their dances and other fellowship events are always hugely successful.   The Area has started its work in planning for the Regional Convention to be held in Wichita in 2006.\ The Area has appointed a structure and bylaw committee as well.

The Kansas Area Delegates are now: Tad S. (Wichita), Deb H. (Wichita) and Curtis O. (Topeka).

Oklahoma Area

24 open meetings and 12 H&I meetings per week

The Area is moving forward with the planning for the Oklahoma State Convention, hosted by the Southern District in 2005. The Convention date has been set for March 11^th, 12th & 13^th. The artwork has been accepted. The theme is “Trudging the Road”. The speakers are, Margaret M. from Arizona (Friday Night), Kyle G. from Dallas (Saturday morning), Mike B. from California (Saturday Night) & Ian R. form London, England (Sunday Morning).

The Area website is: www.caokc.com .

The Oklahoma Area has established quarterly meetings that are being well attended. The Area has elected Mike J. from Tulsa as its 3^rd Delegate. Cathleen B. is the newly elected Alternate Delegate. The Area has elected to use the World Service Manual as its Area guidelines in a general way and will adopt specific bylaws as the need arises. The Area meets the 3^rd Sunday in January, April, July & October. One topic of discussion at our last meeting was 7^th Tradition contribution.

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The Southern District has bi-monthly Business meetings the 1^st Saturday (Jan, Mar, May, July, Sept, Nov) of the month. The Northeast District has monthly Business meetings the last Friday of the month. The Oklahoma Area is continuing to carry the message and the growth of C.A. in both districts reflects this. They are moving towards a more unified Area that will better serve their respective local needs as well as the needs of the fellowship as a whole.

The Oklahoma Area Delegates are now: Katherine H. (Oklahoma City), Barry H. (Oklahoma City). and Mike J. (Tulsa).

New Mexico Area

23 open meetings and 5 H&I meetings per week

The New Mexico Area just hosted the Regional Convention and Assembly in November, 2004 in Albuquerque. The local fellowship worked hard to ensure the success of the event by having many planning meetings and fundraisers. In a recent area meeting the Area formed a website committee and they have already outreached to the WSO webmaster and some others within the Region.   Celebrate Around the World was successful and will allow New Mexico to send a second delegate to the Conference this year.

The New Mexico Area Delegates are Shane M. and Norma E. and the Area Chair is Brian K., all of Albuquerque.

Texas Area

80 open meetings and 33 H&I meetings per week

This was the original area in the State of Texas and at one time comprised the entire state. Now, even though sections of the State are now parts of other areas, the original Texas Area still continues to thrive. The Area had a most successful convention in July, 2004 in Houston.   The Area website is http://www.ca-texas.org/ and actually has the meeting links for all of the four areas in Texas. The Area had a great CATW celebration which was hosted by a local group with a speaker meeting and a dance. It is making plans for CATW 2005 at this time also

I was most fortunate to have had the chance to visit with the Area trusted servants in Houston twice in May. I was able to go to a meeting, a H&I panel, have several meals with members of the fellowship, attend the Area meeting and participate in an Area-wide Group Inventory. All of these activities were most productive and meaningful.   I also attended the TAS Convention is Houston in August and the Eastern District Business meeting held during the Convention.   Most recently I was in attendance at the Texas Area Business Meeting this past weekend.

As mentioned, the Texas Area was awarded the host city designation for the CAWS Convention for 2006. Bobbie H. was the Area Chair but was selected as Trustee at Large, which necessitated the selection of a new Area Chair Eric. B. and Marisa C. to complete Bobbie’s delegate term. Kerry W. is Area Treasurer and Carol, Secretary.   The elections for the two open delegate spots

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will occur in two weeks.

The Texas Area Delegates are now: .Marisa C. and Roy B. (of Houston). There are two delegate openings at this time.

Valley Area

35 open meetings and 5 H&I meetings per week

One of the newer areas in the Region, the Valley Area has three districts, Laredo, Corpus and Valley. The Area is compiling its first set of bylaws. The Area had a very successful convention in September, 2004. Meetings continue to grow.

Delegates are: Danny Lopez (Mission), and Orlando B. also of Mission.

South Central Texas Area

58 open meetings and 27 H&I meetings per week (108 H&I per month)

The first new area within Texas, now with several years of experience strength and hope under its belt, is growing and expanding constantly.   With strong meetings in Austin and San Antonio, and now in several other cities, the Area is the host of the Southwest Regional in 2007.   The Area met in January and elected new trusted servants. The area chair is Robert B. who can be reached at anirishbird@hotmail.com.   Celebrate Around the World was held as well at Camp Arrowhead in Ingram, Texas. Workshops, Speakers and Fellowship were wonderful. A set of Area Bylaws is in the process of being finalized and voted into operation. The Area also has stated a newsletter called the Pipeline which is currently in its first full year of publication.

There are several wonderful things happening in South Central Texas. The Area members recently drafted and approved an official set of bylaws; and they are in the final steps for incorporation, which should be finalized shortly. The Areas also hosted two extremely successful fundraisers for the upcoming CAmpvention at Enchanted Rock, which was October 22-24, 2004. This is all in preparation for their 1^st Annual Convention, to be held at the Y.O. Ranch Resort in Kerrville, TX in March of 2005.   The Area considers itself extremely blessed to have been asked by Texas Area Service to participate in the bidding process for the 2006 CAWS convention. After hearing that it was awarded to the City of Houston at the conference, a new realm of service was opened up to SCTA area. There are members from SCTA on both the Steering Committee, and the General Committee for the World Convention in 2006.are all very excited about the CAWS Convention coming back to Texas.

Rick R. from Kerrville is the new Vice-Chair; Cliff W. from Austin is the new treasurer; Kiersten A. from Austin is the new Chips & Literature Committee Chair; Ali S. from Austin is the new Newsletter Committee Chair; David O. from Austin is the new Public Information Committee Chair; and Jay P. from Austin is the new Web servant. Lori P. from Austin was elected the Alternate Delegate.

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The South Central Texas Area Delegates are now: Susan C. (Austin), Cindy C. (Austin) and
Sam H. (San Antonio). Lori P. is the Alternate Delegate.

North Texas Area 

13 open meetings per week and 13 H&I meetings per week

The other new area in the Region, North Texas is now in the planning stages for its first Area convention tentatively scheduled for April 23-25, 2005. The Area has had several area wide meetings since its inception last September. For CATW, it had a barbeque event in Dallas. Rhnetta D. is the who can be reached at Rhnetta@aol.com.

The North Texas Area Delegates are now: Eric R. of Bedford and Jeff H.

Additional News:

Starter kits and contacts were made with a group in Lufkin and Round Rock, Texas; Yuma and Mesa, Arizona; San Marcos, Texas; Troy, Texas and Vail, Colorado. And also into Mexico in Playa Del Carmen.   I am working with several of the areas to share my experience on having the areas incorporated as non-profits in their respective states. New starter kits also went to Norton, Kansas and to Dallas.

7^th Tradition Donations for the most recent quarter for the Southwest Region are listed below:

	State	Group Name/City	Oct	Nov	Dec	Total
	Arizona
		CA of Arizona Tucson District	$       294.54	$   896.95	$       494.54	$ 1,686.03
		Saturday Night Live – Tempe		$   123.79	$       300.26	$       424.05
		Sun Valley Intergroup		$       28.56		$     28.56
	Colorado
		Anonymous Individual – Pueblo	$       25.00			$     25.00
		CA of Colorado Area		$   250.00	$     38.00	$       288.00
		Denver District	$       206.00	$       74.80	$       270.00	$       550.80
		Denver District Entertainment Committee			$       100.00	$       100.00
		Denver District Meeting	$       37.00	$       38.00	$     22.00	$    97.00
		Nirvana – Denver	$       185.00	$       70.00	$     77.00	$       332.00
		Promises Meeting – Denver	$       30.00	$       30.00		$     60.00
		Relapse Prevention 101		$       10.00		$     10.00
		The Other Meeting – Denver	$       46.92			$     46.92
	New Mexico
		District 2 Albuquerque	$       50.00			$     50.00

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		SW Regional Convention – New Mexico Area			$ 2,500.00	$ 2,500.00
	Oklahoma
		End of the Line	$        8.70	$     6.30	$     40.80	$     55.80
	Texas
		A Vision For You		$     50.00		$     50.00
		Circles & Triangles – Austin		$     25.00		$     25.00
		Firing Line CA – Dallas		$   250.00		$       250.00
		Fourth Dimension Group		$     50.00		$     50.00
		Recovery Text – Austin	$     100.00			$       100.00
		Step Sisters – Brothers CA	$       50.00			$     50.00
		Stepping Stones – Austin		$     50.00		$     50.00
	Total		$ 1,033.16	$1,953.40	$ 3,842.60	$ 6,829.16

TRUSTEE SUB-COMMITTEE ASSIGNMENTS

I am blessed to serve on seven Subcommittees of the WSBT.

These are Finance, Trustee Election, Legal, Orientation, Outreach, International Structure and Development, and Long Term Planning. Each Subcommittee has jointly prepared and filed a report about the actions and goals of the Subcommittee. Those can be found as a part of the entire Trustee package attached to the minutes of the February 2005 Quarterly of the WSBT.

Trustee Subcommittee Reports February 2005

Trustee Finance Subcommittee Report

February, 2005

Trustee members are Earl H. WSOT, and Jay F. SWRT 

The Trustee Finance Committee has been relatively quiet of late. We are looking forward to working with the WSOB Treasurer and will welcome the chance of having the financials be further reviewed and explained to our Board through our Subcommittee. The description of our Subcommittee was changed last year to the following:

“Oversees all WSO financial matters; ensures compliance with existing guidelines and budgets of CA World Services.”

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In this regard, we were very active in reviewing and approving for circulation the recently passed Financial Guidelines of CA as developed by the WS Conference Finance Committee and have been working in conjunction with the Trustee Legal Subcommittee on some of the issues when there is a possible theft of CA funds at any of the respective service levels. Further, we have agreed to individually and as a Subcommittee become more involved in the respective budgets of the world conventions at the outset and as they are reviewed thereafter at each Conference. We have also started reviewing bank statements in this past year.

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Trustee Long Term Planning Subcommittee

February 2005

The Trustee Long Term Planning Subcommittee met during the November quarterly to discuss further ideas on the growth of CA. Discussion was held pertaining to the participation of former Trustees and Conference Servants on the seven subcommittees, which were formed in 2004.

It was agreed that the information compiled under each subcommittee heading would be forwarded to the list of former Trustees and Conference Servants to give clarification as to what and how the WSBT and Long Term Planning Subcommittee are requesting their experience, strength and hope. Presently, eight former trusted servants have responded to the initial email and stated and interest in assisting with long term planning for CA. Five of them have expressed a specific subcommittee they are interested in participating with. The following are members who have expressed an interest in supporting LTP:

Bob L. – Heidi J. – Jahi B. – Mike P.

Jim S. – Chris P. – Elizabeth S. – Debbie H.

Considering that LTP and Outreach have a similar effort regarding continued support and assistance from past Trustees, coordinating a gathering of the WSBT, past Trustees and Conference Servants who will be in attendance at CAWS 2005 in Memphis, Tennessee may be something that the two committees can prepare together. Contact with the convention chair, Eddie H., has been made to assist with locating a nearby restaurant in the Memphis area to accommodate the WSBT and interested parties for a “Food for Thought” dinner. After further discussion and approval by the WSBT, an invitation could be created and forwarded to the mailing list that the WSBT/WSO have created to determine who will be attending the CAWS 2005 to invite them to join the WSBT for food, fellowship and to gain increased support and ideas for the subcommittees of the LTP.

Discussion was also held regarding international structure and development, which enabled the WSBT to form a new subcommittee to further discuss, plan and implement ways CA to grow past our local structure. LTP will also be researching ways to find and locate non-addicts to be considered as Non-addict Trustee candidates.

Attached are the subcommittees for LTP along with the bullets that will be forwarded to the Former Trustee and Conference Servants via email.

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Trustee Long Term Planning Subcommittee

Subcommittees

TRUSTEE PUBLIC INFORMATION COMMITTEE – Jackie/Teri/Jahi B./Bob L./Cynthia/Jim S.

• Possibility of clipping services for print media and email.
• Activities involving national drug council, therapists, treatment facilities and drug courts.
• Requirements for creation of a CA information booth for conventions and/or appropriate gatherings of treatment professionals.
• Systematic press releases.
• Paid advertisement on web based search engines.

NEWSGRAM – Teri/Jay/Cynthia

• Sharing of regional/area/district information with WSOB NewsGram editor and inclusion of regional trustee responsibilities for relating to district/area newsletter review.
• Creation of newsletter editors email group.
• TAL guidelines to include responsibilities of oversight and facilitation of information exchange.
• Research of national or international newsletters of other twelve step groups.
• Investigation of links and storage of all newsletters for archival and reference purposes.

PROTECTING WHAT WE=VE GOT – Teri/John/Jackie/Jay

• Liability insurance
• License agreements
• Child care at conventions
• Trademarks and copyrights
• Vendor licensing
• Insurance requirements for each region
• Preventative measures/suggestions re protecting funds and finalize financial guidelines with cross-reference to ca.org page and integration of some points into the WSM.
• Develop response for service groups when trust is lost.

WAYS TO INVOLVE FORMER CA TRUSTEES AND CONFERENCE SERVANTS – Teri/John/Jackie/Jay/Mike P./Carl/Jim S.

• Convention planning at the world service level and in local areas.
• Development of a database for Trustee use of former Trustees and Conference Committee Chairs and trusted servants. Creation of archives and database of Conference and Convention materials and attendees.

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LEADERSHIP IN CA – Teri/John/Jackie/Jay/Cynthia/Jim S.

• Induction into service
• Leadership topics
• Concept for a Leadership pamphlet.
• What other fellowships have done.
• Plan for WS Conference to include in orientation materials re leadership
• Training/guidelines/orientation for New Conference Committee Chairs.
• Training/guidelines/orientation for new Area/District Chairs, Vice Chairs, Treasures and Secretaries.
• Creation of service handbook for local use by District/Area re “How To’s”. Information for GSR’s.
• CD/PowerPoint presentation for educational/informational tool.
• Confirm with LCF re How to Start a CA meeting pamphlet along with other How To issues.

ACTIVE MEMBERSHIP- Teri/Jackie/Jay

• Addressing active membership.
• Meaning of “active” member today vs. future.

LITERATURE TRANSLATION – Teri/Jackie/Jay/Heidi J.

• What literature to translate and when?
• Translate first then start meetings or wait until meeting starts then translate?
• Which piece first?
• Lessons from our mistakes/AA mistakes re involving individuals who actually speak the language needed for these translations.

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Trustee Election Committee (TEC) Report:

February 17, 2005

Earl H. Jackie S., Carl W., Tony D., Cynthia C. and Jay F.

The TEC will eventually be comprised of all trustees and six delegates (one from each region). The TEC Committee, at this time, is comprised of six trustees and as a Subcommittee, has been actively moving ahead with a continuation of some of the improvements to the selection process which were commenced within the last year.

The Committee completed revision of the Service Resume Form, is working on additional modification to the interview questions and opening narrative, as well as how the Committee can serve and operate more efficiently while at the World Service Conference.

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The new trustees to be elected at the 2005 World Service Conference include the Atlantic South Regional Trustee position as well as the World Service Trustee position.   This will entail approximately ten interviews (up to four from the Atlantic South and up to six from the Pacific South for the World Service Trustee position).

The Committee will also explore ways to making sure that the existing slates are selected with some uniformity among the regions and is will be looking at the entire slate selection process as set forth in the World Service Manual.

Jay F. is the TEC Committee Chair for this year.

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Trustee Sub-Committee Report – Legal Subcommittee

Submitted: February 18th, 2005

Jackie S. Atlantic North Regional Trustee

Jay F. Southwest Regional Trustee

The Trustee Legal Sub-Committee has remained particularly active since the Conference in 2003.   A wide variety of issues have been presented.

We are also considering the effects of possible vendor licensing agreements and have contacted other fellowships to obtain their respective experience strength and hope.

We support our entering into vendor licensing agreements for our jewellery sales and would like to see us move forward on this.

We have been undertaking a complete review/audit of the corporate papers affecting both service corporations. We have finally procured copies of the applicable documents on file with the California Secretary of State and are reviewing what supplemental documentation will be needed to ensure full compliance with all applicable corporate and tax laws. We also intend to organize these materials into a usable set of documents and arrange a system to ensure that they are updated regularly. We have made contact with two attorneys who specialize in corporate matters and asked for their respective assistance in this regard. We anticipate having information from them shortly.

The Legal Subcommittee has also been involved in coordinating the efforts of counsel which will be retained to advise the WSBT on certain theft issues, related corporate fiduciary issues, incorporation and tax questions. We are seeking this assistance actually from two lawyers, one in the program and one who specializes in these types of matters.   As a part of this review, we will be updating the incorporation package which the WSO sends out to areas or districts desiring to obtain non-profit status under the laws of their state.

Other items to be considered are possible referrals to S&B related to removal of delegates, conference officers; and even trusted servants at the area and district levels. We are studying what other fellowships do in these situations and will formulate some recommendations later this

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Spring.

Also, depending upon the advice of counsel, the current WSBT position statement related to non-prosecution of members in certain theft situations may have to be revisited the lead of which would be by this Subcommittee. We met with NA in November and are in continued dialogue with some of their staff to learn more about when, where and why they do or do not prosecute- and if so who does so.

The Legal Subcommittee has been reviewing the insurance policies of both boards and corporations.   A new related question concerns the legalities and exposure by members of the fellowship driving delegates using private member’s vehicles to next year’s Conference from the airport 

The referral that was passed from the PI committee regarding postcards depicting artwork is being studied as well.

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Orientation Subcommittee Report

February, 2005

(Teri K. ASRT, Cynthia, C. PNRT, Jackie S. ANRT, and Jay F. SWRT)

What follows is a brief report of the WSBT Orientation Subcommittee for February, 2005.

This past year, the charge of the WSBT Orientation Subcommittee was amended to now read as follows:

ORIENTATION

To assist new members of the World Service Board of Trustees regarding the current matters being worked on by the WSBT, review the roles, responsibilities and guidelines for spending and subcommittee projects, board participation and meeting preparation and to serve as a point of contact for any questions regarding their new role as a member of the WSBT.

The Trustee Orientation Subcommittee has been less active this past quarter than the previous quarter, since the WSBT quickly assimilated the three new trustees to the Board. A very productive post-selection conference call set the stage for the new Board members to begin their service in their respective new positions. The Subcommittee utilized the amended trustee orientation materials including trustee expense reimbursement guidelines and email guidelines. Since that time, both sets of guidelines have been modified slightly. The trustee “buddy” practice continues to work well to facilitate the newly selected trustees onto the WSBT and to interface with their respective WSC Committees.

In the coming year, the orientation materials will be again reviewed and modifications may occur in several areas. One project on this Subcommittee’s long range plan is to compile all

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past WSBT minutes, correspondence and position statements/letters into one document with cross references.

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Trustee Negotiating Subcommittee Report 

February, 2005

Trustee members are John B. WST, Cynthia C. PNRT, Tony D. MWRT, Teri K. ASRT, Bobbie H. TAL, and Jay F. SWRT 

The Trustee Negotiating Subcommittee has been quite active this past quarter. The Subcommittee worked to assist the Host Committee and the WST in reviewing the hotel bids for both the 2006 CAWS Convention in Houston and the 2007 CAWS Convention in Kansas City. Also to be considered and acted upon is the possible hotel contract for CAWS 2008 in Utah.

Also, the contract with the new Conference Hotel –the downtown LA Hyatt was finalized last fall and it is in place for the next two years. As the CAWS Convention in May, 2005 in Memphis approaches, this Subcommittee will again become more active in reviewing some of the more extensive agreements affecting that Convention.

The responsibility of the Subcommittee as modified this past summer (2004) is as follows:

TRUSTEE NEGOTIATING

To assist the World Service Trustee by serving as a group conscience in the review of all contracts negotiated on behalf of Cocaine Anonymous involving the amount of $500 USD or greater prior to engagement on the part of Cocaine Anonymous. A contract is defined as any signed document between Cocaine Anonymous and any other person(s) or business(es), that indicates a commitment of services or goods between the two defined entities.

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TRUSTEE SUB-COMMITTEE REPORT

Teri K., Atlantic South Regional Trustee

February 2005

NewsGram Committee

• The second quarter NewsGram was reviewed for Tradition violations.
• Trustee Corner article was submitted for the second quarter edition.

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Report – Ad-Hoc Trustee CAWS Convention Subcommittee

February   2005   Report   5   2-19-05

John, Teri, Jackie, Cynthia, Bobbie, Jay

Special Note: This Committee has been working slowly to define its charge and related parameters. It has not been active this past quarter – information related to event planners and associated topics will be discussed this weekend and that discussion will then shape the future actions of this committee.

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Below was the last report from the last quarterly in November, 2004.

The Ad-Hoc Trustee CAWS Convention Subcommittee has started to study the impact on the CA fellowship and the respective host areas due to hosting a CA World Convention. We have seen in several of the past World Conventions that there is significant fallout and impact within the host area and the service structure of that host area after the World Convention.   This has been witnessed in several conventions such that a pattern seems to have emerged. This is of concern, as in most cases the effect is negative for a period of time, usually two or three years after the Convention.

This Ad-Hoc Subcommittee was formed earlier this year to study this impact and to perhaps find and develop some solutions to the pattern.

Our approach will be to first informally survey the past several host committees to ascertain the depth of the problem and to elicit recommendations and solutions from the members of the affected host committees themselves. We will also review the respective pass it on materials from the host areas (which we have now received from the WSOB) to ascertain if any problems and possible solutions are identified.   We intend to involve the WSO Director of Operations and obtain her recommendations as well. We will also attempt to ask for the assistance from at least one member of each recent host committee to ascertain issues and solutions related to the concerns raised herein.   A survey will be created to distribute to the respective members of the host committees. We will also coordinate out efforts with the WS Conference Convention Committee.

This review and survey may take several months and we would like to include the experience of the 2004 host committee in our results and recommendations. Their pass it on was just completed.

In addition, the Ad-hoc Subcommittee will begin early exploratory discussions of perhaps consolidating portions of the World Service Conventions into a group of volunteer planning professionals who will be asked to participate in certain areas of planning on a yearly basis. This may include outsourcing some of the convention planning details.

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WSBT OUTREACH SUBCOMMITTEE REPORT

Submitted February 2005

The members of this subcommittee are Bobbie H., Carl W., Cynthia C., Jackie S., Jay F. and John B.

This past quarter, the Outreach Subcommittee has continued to assist the LCF Committee in its efforts to obtain submissions for Hope, Faith & Courage, Volume II and the meditation book. Several members of the WSBT also circulated a request for assistance which resulted in new members joining the Storybook Subcommittee.

The Outreach Subcommittee will continue its efforts in conjunction with the current LCF projects and stands ready to assist with whatever other projects may arise in the future.

 

WSBT INTERNATIONAL STRUCTURE AND DEVELOPMENT

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SUBCOMMITTEE REPORT

Submitted February 2005

The members of this subcommittee are Bobbie H., Teri K., Cynthia C., Jackie S., Jay F. and John B.

The committee was just formed in the last quarter (January 2005) and is now formulating a set of tasks and priorities.  As a part of this process, the committee will study what other Fellowships have done in related to these types of questions and concerns.    We will be looking at different facets of the committee, for example structure, trademarks, development and expansion.  The  committee will work with the trustee long term planning subcommittee and the informal WS Conference international outreach committee over the next few months by email. We will endeavor to meet at CAWS 2005 to discuss these matters in more detail.”

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Reports from the WSBT members related to each of the WS Conference Committees

February 2005

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Convention Committee Report

Submitted by

Carl Warlick PSRT

Feb. 2005

The committee is in small groups working on referrals. The yahoo group is working very well (wsccc@yahoo.com). At the end of December and early January there was a lot of email traffic the members was felling out the sight. The chairperson and I are working on the convention guidelines.

Respectfully submitted,

Carl Warlick PSRT

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2005 CAWS CONVENTION REPORT

Teri K., Atlantic South Region

February 2005 

No report submitted by the CAWS 2005 Chair. The committee has been meeting on a monthly basis and minutes have been submitted to the WSOB and WSBT as well as the committees for 2006, 2007 and 2008.   On January 14-16, 2005 I visited Memphis along with Patty F. (WSO Director) and Dave C. (CAWS 2003 Registration Chair) to provide education and support to the CAWS 2005 committee. During this visit there were a number of individual meetings with the committee chairs for Memorabilia, Registration, CAWS 2005 Treasurer, Hotel Liaison, the Marriott Events Coordinator as well as the entire CAWS 2005 committee. A pre-event education session was conducted with the Registration committee to introduce the new convention database. Also, attended a pre-convention fund raising event; Teen Talent contest that was well attended with fabulous attendance and this event raised $300 for CAWS 2005.

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The CAWS 2005 Spending committee also held its first meeting and several budgets were reviewed and approved at this meeting. Subsequent to that meeting in January there has been at least one other Spending committee meeting which was attended by this Trustee. The CAWS 2005 committee continues to be very enthusiastic and committed to hosting a very successful event.

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CAWS 2006 Report – Houston Texas

Submitted by Jay Finesilver, Southwest Regional Trustee

February, 2005

finesilv@hotmail.com 303-596-5592

Texas Area Service was selected as the host area for CAWS 2006 at the World Service Conference 2004. The Host Committee has been formed which includes a steering committee and a general committee. Many of the respective subcommittee chairs already have been selected. The Committee has made remarkable progress in the five months since receiving the bid. The spending committee members have been selected as well. Two local fundraisers have occurred with several more being planned. Outreach has begun and the hotel selection has executed a contract with a downtown hotel in Houston – the Hilton Americans.   The themes and logo designs both for the convention itself and for pre-convention use are narrowed down to three wonderful selections which should be finalized when the general committee meets later this month.

The Committee has be in extensive contact with the World Service Office and the Paid Director. Further, members of the steering committee have been in contact with members of the steering committees of past CAWS Conventions. An extensive array of pass-it-on materials from prior CAWS Conventions is currently being reviewed by the 2006 Host Committee members and steering committee.   The general committee meets the third Saturday of each month and the steering committee meets the evening before. The spending committee will meet that same Saturday when spending issues are to be reviewed This past month, the steering committee found the need to have an interim conference call to complete some action items.   A draft registration form has been completed and will be supplemented as more information becomes available.

Accounting systems are being set up as are the initial local bank accounts. Outreach both within the region and internationally has begun immediately.   Fundraising within the Southwest Region has commenced also.   The convention’s relationship with Co-Anon has been defined and clarified.

Walter J. is the CAWS 2006 Committee Chair. Walter can be contacted by email at wjohnson20@houston.rr.com. Other members of the steering committee include Roy B. Hotel Liaison, Susan C. Vice Chair, Ivan L. Program Chair, Kerry W. Treasurer, Renee D., Secretary.

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Entertainment planning is also underway which will include some very memorable Texas style events and surprises.   The Ccommittee will have a final registration form ready for distribution at the CAWS convention in Memphis.

Given that this Report comes less than five months after the award of the Bid, the Committee should be commended for acting so quickly and diligently thus far. We thank them for their enthusiasm and love of the CA fellowship.

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2007 CA World Service Convention in Kansas City, Missouri

Submitted by Tony Drake MWRT Feb. 2005

I am very excited to announce that the communication with the committee is wonderful. All of the steering committee positions are filled and other positions are being filled as well. The spending committee is also in place. The committee is meeting on a regular basis and their next meeting is on February 19^th, 2005. They are planning several fundraisers. Additionally the WSOB has executed the contract for the Westin in Kansas City.

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CAWS 2008 REPORT

Submitted February 2005

By Cynthia Cronkhite, Pacific North Regional Trustee

On January 16, 2005, I participated in a conference call with the CAWS 2008 Chair (Terry M.) and the Conference Convention Committee Chair (Tammy M.), Vice Chair (Barry H.) and Secretary (Susan C.), in which we selected the following members for the CAWS 2008 Steering Committee:

Vice Chair Ray M.
Secretary Jimmy G.
Treasurer Connie M.
Hotel Liaison Kelley C.
Program Chair Cory D.

Terry has created a Yahoo group, which is up and running. Both John B. and I have joined, so there are two trustees on board. Patty F. is also a member, as are Tammy M. and Susan C., so the World Service Office and Conference Convention Committee are kept in the loop. Terry set the group up so that upon joining, every new member automatically receives a PDF copy of the most recent World Service Manual and CAWS Convention Committee Guidelines, which is a nice touch.

The first Steering Committee meeting will be held on February 20, 2005.

I am quite pleased with how the committee is evolving and the quality of our communications thus far. I look forward to working with everyone involved

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Structure and Bylaws Committee

Submitted by Jay Finesilver, SWRT

Feb. 2005

As the assigned trustee on the S&B Committee, I have been blessed to come to serve with a wonderful group of very dedicated committee members. The Committee has been working earnestly to complete its portion of the World Service Manual reflecting changes at the WSC in September, 2004. The entire committee has been involved and was be copied on all of the draft reviews of the Manual in its updating process. The Committee has now turned its focus to the end of Conference referrals as well as any and all referrals and matters which were kept in Committee from the last Conference. There are new Committee trusted servants as well. The Committee is working on the end of Conference referrals as well as items retained in Committee from last Conference, most specifically the trustee slate selection voting process.

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WSC Committee Report – February 2005

Submitted by Bobbie F. Harmon Trustee-At-Large

Hospitals & Institutions

During this past quarter, the Hospitals & Institutions conference committee has been quiet. Unfortunately the chair of the committee was ill for about a month and was unable to handle any of his service commitments. I have contacted him via email to forward information pertaining to the H&I committee in the UK that was in need of assistance and support. In his correspondence he informed me that he has received statements from the WSO regarding H&I starter kit requests.

He has interacted with the chair of that committee corresponding by email. He also noted that the chair of the UK H&I committee has received her requested information. Nicholas in London is the H&I International Outreach chair and he has been very busy. CA has H&I meetings springing up all over Europe. The monies allotted for the H&I International committee has and is being presently used to supply starter kits for the new meetings.

To date, the H&I committee has not had an opportunity to begin reviewing the six post conference referrals.

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World Service Conference Committee Report

Public Information

Submitted by: Jackie Schickler February 2005

During this past quarter the Public Information committee continues to use its yahoo group to communicate with its members.

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I have recently been notified that the Chair, Ginger L, is experiencing computer problems and work scheduling challenges, that for the time being mean she feels unable to chair the PI committee at this time. The vice chair Billy H will be stepping up as the acting Chair for the immediate future and we will know more if the Chair is able to resume her position in the coming months.

The survey is being tallied and should be ready for the March delegate mailing. The committee will continue to work on a template for Press Releases that was started at the conference.

That is all for this quarter.

In love and service,

Jackie S

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CONFERENCE COMMITTEE REPORT

Unity Committee

Teri K., Atlantic South Regional Trustee February 2005

Reviewed the revised CAWS Unity Guidelines as approved at this past World Service Conference for accuracy and submitted the approved, revised guidelines to the World Service Office for distribution to the CA fellowship in the next Delegate mailing.

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World Service Conference Internet Committee

Submitted by Tony Drake MWRT Feb. 2005

The Internet Committee has continued to work on reviewing all websites linked to the CA World Website. There have been several minor violations of the Internet Workbook, which resulted in sending out notices of non-compliance. All issues so far have been simply resolved with communication with webmasters in the respective Areas/Districts. Please remember that if you find or hear of a Traditions violation or a break from the Internet Guidelines to please let me know, we will follow the guidelines and help the Areas fix their websites to maintain their links to the world web site. Also, please remember that the Regional Trustee’s are to be reviewing any stories or newsletters that are posted to the websites. Several Area’s have built and posted new websites for their Areas. Other than our usual and standard work, there has not been a lot of activity.

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LITERATURE, CHIPS & FORMAT COMMITTEE REPORT

Submitted by Cynthia Cronkhite, Pacific North Regional Trustee

February 2005

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The committee had very little activity following the Conference, due in large part to the unavailability of its newly elected Chair. In January, when the Chair became actively involved again, both the main committee and the Storybook Subcommittee kicked into high gear.

The main committee had a conference call on January 16, 2005, with seven members participating. Subcommittee assignments were reviewed and the committee’s timeline was adjusted to make sure its objectives are met by the 2005 Conference. Committee members continued to express a strong desire to hear exactly what the trustees found lacking in the 20 stories previously selected. I was requested to ask the other trustees if any of them would be willing to serve as non-trustee members of the Storybook Subcommittee (i.e., to read the stories and vote in the selection process, which I do not, since I know the names of the authors). Jackie S. accepted my e-mail invitation and other WSBT members forwarded it to their contacts, resulting in several new members being added to the Storybook Subcommittee.

The trickle of new stories that began in November turned into a steady stream during December and early January. In all, over 40 new stories were received in response to the “Good News” flyer created at the Conference. After receiving the stories from the World Service Office, my part in the process involves removing all information which might lead the reader to identify the author and converting the story from hard copy, e-mail or CD to a PDF file which I then upload to the Storybook Subcommittee’s Yahoo group. The Subcommittee is currently considering the new submissions in the same pool as the 20 stories previously submitted to the WSBT. The committee had already approved edited versions of 6 of the prior 20 stories, which are now being considered alongside the new stories, but the other 14 are being considered in their original form. The Storybook Subcommittee will have a conference call on February 13, 2005 to narrow the story selection. The chosen stories will be assigned for editing, and the Subcommittee will have another conference call on March 20, 2005 to approve the edited stories. The edited stories will then be presented to the full LCF Committee, which will have a conference call on April 17, 2005 to approve them. The approved, edited stories will then be forwarded to the WSBT for our approval.

I am grateful to continue being a part of this committee. This past quarter my involvement with LCF has been quite time-consuming, but I remain passionate about the work we do and am committed to seeing Hope, Faith & Courage, Volume II through to its publication. As the book project progresses, questions have arisen in my own mind as to exactly what needs to be done between now and the 2005 Conference. I look forward to discussing those questions at this quarterly meeting.

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