Tim A. presented report.

CLOSING REPORT

C.A. WORLD SERVICE CONFERENCE 2017 WSOB REPORT

INTRODUCTION AND OPENING COMMENTS

The World Service Office Board is thankful for the opportunity to serve the fellowship of Cocaine Anonymous. We continue to hear your voice and we look forward to meeting your needs in a swift and efficient manner throughout the year.

The WSOB is planning for the completion of the translation process and cost evaluation for the WS manual by the end of this calendar year. We are particularly excited for filling our DAL position with one from European region. Thank you to the international ad-hoc committee in finance for their help on a very valuable project of international banking.

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We will continue working with the European Region to meet the needs of our members, around the world, in a more cost effective manner. We hope this helps the fellowship of Cocaine Anonymous to better carry the message to the newcomer, wherever they might be.

We are excited to elect our new Newsgram editor, this year. At the same time we are sad to see Heidi go.

We are fired up for the 2018 World Service Convention in Montreal! We hope to see everyone there for another great convention.

The WSOB has many referrals we look forward to working on throughout the year. COMMITTEE WORK THAT RESULTED IN MOTIONS

None.

REFERRALS THAT RESULTED IN MOTIONS

None.

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

1         From Floor:

1. WSOB 2017 1 – CAWS Office Store –Please be sure that the Office is selling items in the C.A. Office Store during ALL days that the Conference is in session. It makes no sense to me and others here that the store is not open today (Saturday) since every delegate is here all day today. We missed some big sales today. I know it was announced that the store would not be open, still, in my opinion, the store should be open today. The WSOB is currently evaluating the revenue of goods sold during this conference on a daily basis, to adequately determine the best days for the Office store to be

1. WSOB 2017 2 – C.A. Logo Stickers – That the WSO produce foreign language C.A. logo stickers for all of the established Areas of our

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Fellowship. We are a global fellowship. It seems a great oversight to have stickers available in English only.

The WSOB will be working on this referral throughout the year. 

1. WSOB 2017 3 – (Referred from Finance 2016 1) – Add or increase a line item amount to allow for the World Service Office to carry out translations of our World Service Manual for all Areas recognized by The World Service Conference that do not have English as their first language. The amount to be adequate for said translation works to be carried out by the World Service Office without the requirement for participation of the individual Areas. The current number of required / outstanding translations to have adequate funding within the next two years and an ongoing line item to allow for newly required translations to be commenced immediately upon the recognition of a new

The WSOB will be working on this referral throughout the year.

 

1. WSOB 2017 4 – (Referred from LCF 2016) – That the Committee revise the

Newcomer Booklet to include the reading “Who’s A CA. Member?”

The WSOB will be working on this referral throughout the year. 

1. WSOB 2017 5 – (Referred from the WSBT) Please allow Areas to produce and distribute C.A. keyrings, medallions and Books under Royalty Agreement.

The WSOB will be working with the WSBT on this referral throughout the year.

1. WSOB 2017 6 – (Referral from IT 2016-1) – Digital delivery of Speaker Audio files – as we proceed in the digital world, and as more and more conventions are transitioning toward uploading digital files from workshops and speakers, should there not be a WS standard (bit rate, frequency, format, compression and production origin) for these files? Furthermore, is it possible to create on the CAWS site a file distribution system, or at least a link to a page, so that members worldwide can access the media as it is produced and posted?

The WSOB will be working on this referral throughout the year.

1. WSOB 2017 7 – NADCP Funding – A Motion will be brought related to this SR-14 Notice which will be addressed to both the WSC Finance Committee and the WSOB to cease (not fund) participation by C.A. World Service at the annual United States National Association of Drug Court Professionals

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(NADCP) Drug Court Conference; and only then reinstated thereafter if and when it can be substantiated that the significant funds which are

being spent on C.A.’s participation each year provide an acceptable return on C.A.’s investment in terms of measurable results, including without limitation: the number of new meetings started directly after C.A. Drug Conference participation, new C.A. cities / states / countries colonized where there is little, if any, C.A. now, and judges and referees sending their people specifically to C.A (how many people were sent).

The WSOB will be working on this referral with the WSBT and the Finance Committee throughout the year.

1. WSOB 2017 8 – Best C.A. App – Have a contest to see who in the fellowship can make the best computer App. The creator of the winning App would get a designated prize, and all rights and ownership of the App would be turned over to the WSO. A contest of this nature would tap into the great technical skills that many of our members have as well as eventually providing much desired services to our entire fellowship. If an App was created for the meditation book, it could even help generate income for

The WSOB will be working on this with the IT Committee throughout the year. 

1. WSOB 2017 9 – Draft Publications Guidelines – Please consider adopting the attached draft Publication Guidelines (or something similar). (These Guidelines are available for review related to this Referral. Inquire to the Conference Committee for a copy please. These Guidelines are NOT attached here to this )

The WSOB will be working on this referral throughout the year. 

1. WSOB 2017 10 – Publication Information Repository – If this has not already been done, please consider creating a central repository for all

information related to the publication of C.A.’s books. This would include source files (from original publishing software, where applicable, as well as PDF and / or “e-book” formats), lists of fonts types and sizes for each element of the book, cover art and colors, etc. Ideally, this information would be readily accessible to members of both Boards and backed up to multiple secure locations.

The WSOB will be working on this referral throughout the year.

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1. WSOB 2017 11 – Cost of Currency Exchange – The fellowship appears to be not informed regarding the cost of managing multiple currencies and converting to USD. Request that the WSOB Finance Committee monitor, record and report on the cost to the fellowship 2017 conference to 2018 conference of managing all financial matters in multiple

The WSOB will be working on this referral throughout the year.

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

None.

REFERRALS THAT DID NOT RESULT IN MOTIONS

None

CLOSING COMMENTS

We look forward to continuing to serve you and the rest of our members throughout the next year.

Chair – Tim A.

Vice Chair – Alesia F.

Treasurer – Allison M.

Secretary – Randy M.

Director of Operations – Linda F.

WSOT – Kevin M.

WST – Yvette H.

Respectfully Submitted: Timothy A.

Trevor S. – Any questions? Seeing none, thank you.

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