CLOSING REPORT

C.A. WORLD SERVICE CONFERENCE 2017 CAWS H&I COMMITTEE REPORT 

INTRODUCTION AND OPENING COMMENTS

Hello, Chris M., the new C.A. World Service Conference H&I Chair. According to the WSC Committee’s statement of purpose, our H&I committee is “to provide assistance and guidance to individual Fellowships as well as service Areas that initiate hospital and

institutional activity.” Such a simple statement for such a broad scoped endeavor! This year we completed a global H&I contact list, sent questionnaires out on our initial communication, and thoroughly researched the H&I LIFELINE concept with our Arizona H&I, who is successfully using it. 9 new members blending with 10 old members makes it even more exciting. Here are our members followed by the sub-committee chairs with their statement of purpose.

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Returning Committee Members Are:

Greg I.

Chris W.

Natalie L.

Jason H.

Alex M.

Al P.

Deborah G.

Norma Jean L.

Lili L.

New Committee Members Are:

Lulu A.

Michael S.

Jay N.

Chris Y.

Tyler B.

Troy S.

Debi H.

Gabriel R.

Darline L.

Our Committee Trustees

Wade S.

Tim A.

SUBCOMMITTEES

Natalie L. – Gave report.

Creative Writing Sub-Committee

Statement of Purpose: Our tasks as the Creative Writing Committee are to encourage members to enthusiastically share their H&I experience, strength, and hope with the fellowship of Cocaine Anonymous through our regularly published NewsGram. By sharing these experiences worldwide, we continue to carry this message to the still suffering addict, which in turn will inspire them. We are committed to providing and collecting release forms and submissions of these inspirational testimonies.

Goal for the Year: We continue to strive in our efforts to increase the amount of NewsGram submissions, stories for the H&I Corner, while timely submitting stories to the editor on a regular basis. We also will follow up on all commitments from the fellowship to provide articles and are willing to assist in the preparation of their stories. We endeavor to keep the NewsGram in circulation worldwide as it has already been proven that these stories help save lives.

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Natalie L.- Chair

Michael S. – Vice Chair

Darline L. – Secretary

Deborah G. – Co-Secretary

Alex M. gave report.

Outreach Sub-Committee

Statement of Purpose: Our primary purpose is to carry the message of recovery to the still-suffering addict and newcomer. We are committed to being accessible to all H&I committees in our fellowship to assist them in any way possible. It is our mission to outreach to the existing Cocaine Anonymous H&I Community to assist with any H&I

Related concerns, we will also continue to track H&I Worldwide, assist in its growth, and promote the awareness and development of C.A. Lifeline Committees.

Goals for the Year:

1. To help facilitate greater awareness of C.A. Lifeline and encourage and inform the formation of C.A. Lifeline within the H&I Committees within our Fellowship. Refer to C.A. Lifeline Sub Committee Guidelines (WSM H&I pg 14-20)

2. To continue to track H&I within our fellowship by maintaining regular contact with our Regional Trustees so we can compile quarterly H&I meeting totals, and encourage We will further develop contact with H&I chairs from our Areas and Districts so that H&I meeting information can be readily available. To see where both our strengths and weaknesses are and to determine what solutions are being implemented to overcome obstacles being encountered.
3. To assist concerns related to H&I within the C.A. fellowship by maintaining a relationship with our Regional Trustee, our H&I, Area and District Chairs and respond to requests related to H&I issues.
4. To develop a contact list of H&I Chairs within our Areas and Districts to open a channel for information to be readily exchanged around the world. This goal will be achieved through contacting our Regional Trustees, our Area Chairs, and Area Delegates to find out who their H&I Chairs are and by obtaining contact information.

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Alex M. – Chair

Lulu A. – Co-Chair

Debi H. –  Secretary

Troy S. –  Member

Jay N. – Member

Gabriel R. – Member

5. To globalize and automate systems already in place, to increase contact with H&I chairs at all levels.

Jason H. gave report.

Correctional Referrals

Statement of Purpose

Responsible for answering inmate letters and informational inquiries from correctional facilities and/or those currently incarcerated. This sub-committee has set up a system with the WSO to retrieve and answer letters. This will help us to ensure that all requests get a proper response mailed to them.

Goals for the Year: Our goal is to continue responding to the letters that we receive in a timely manner. We hope to answer many more letters and hope we were of service to our incarcerated brothers and sisters. We want to serve our primary purpose through jails and institutions.

Jason H. -Chair

Al P. – Co-Chair

Norma Jean L. – Secretary

Chris Y. –  Co-Secretary

Deborah G. – Member

Chris W. gave report.

Guidelines Sub-Committee

Statement of Purpose: The Guidelines sub-committee is committed to reviewing the guidelines for housekeeping purposes and to make it as clear and concise as possible and look for ways to improve.

Chris W. – Chair

Tyler B. – Co-Chair

Greg I. – Member

COMMITTEE WORK THAT RESULTED IN MOTIONS

Cocaine Anonymous World Service Conference Hospital and Institutions Committee Guidelines and Information. We recommend the following changes that we believe are housekeeping.

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Chris W. made motion.

Pg. 7 under Part II – Elected Positions

1st Section title reads H&I Director/Area Supervisor insert Area H & I Chairperson

2nd section title reads Assistant H & I Director insert Area H & I Vice Chairperson

Housekeeping to follow after motion passes wherever else these titles are used.

Pg. 12 H & I Meeting Guidelines and Information

1st paragraph 2^nd line reads

Remember you represent Cocaine Anonymous and dress appropriately.

Change to;

Remember you are a represent representative of Cocaine Anonymous and dress appropriately.

Seconded.

Motion withdrawn.

REFERRALS THAT RESULTED IN MOTIONS

None

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REFERRALS OR ITEMS TABLED UNTIL NEXT YEAR; AND ITEMS THE COMMITTEE WILL CONTINUE WORKING ON THROUGH THE YEAR

None

REFERRALS OR ITEMS REFERRED TO OTHER COMMITTEES; WORLD SERVICE OFFICE, OR BOARD OF TRUSTEES

None

REFERRALS THAT DID NOT RESULT IN MOTIONS

H&I 2017 – 1

Committee work has begun, research and follow-up scheduled.

NEW COMMITTEE STRUCTURE AS OF THIS CONFERENCE

Chair- Chris M.

Vice-Chair- Deborah G.

Secretary- Natalie L.

Co-Secretary- Debi H.

Closing Comments

Our new H&I Committee is poised and ready to embark upon an exciting new adventure thru next year. We’re already anticipating having expanded LIFELINE concept experiences for our Global H&I community and, due to breakthroughs in communication technologies, will explore additional vehicles for H&I panels around the world. Expect us to be knocking on your H&I doors with literature and information to inform you all about them.

Thank you for letting me be of service. Chris M.

Trevor S. – Any questions for H&I? Please thank the committee.

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