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Wednesday September 2.1992
During the process to select a replacement Conference Vice-Chair, 4 candidates were nominated, 2 votes reduced the candidates to Heidi Jonathan and Jennifer Cole, a motion TO SUSPEND THE RULES TO CONSIDER CHANGING THE STANDING RULE PROHIBITING CONFERENCE OFFICERS FROM VOTING passed, a motion was made to “allow Jennifer to vote as Vice-Chair just this year in 1992”, and there was an unsuccessful motion to appeal the Chairperson’s ruling on the nature of the motion to suspend the rules. The final result was that HEIDI WAS CHOSEN TO SERVE AS THE 1992 CONFERENCE VICE-CHAIR.
Thursday September 3, 1992
The MINUTES OF THE 1991 WORLD SERVICE CONFERENCE WERE APPROVED WITH ONE CORRECTION (CHANGE “JIM S.” TO “JIM V.” TWICE ON PAGE 7 AND 12 TIMES ON PAGE 8).
After the service resume for Carrie Calderone was read, John Davidson’s motion to SUSPEND THE RULES TO APPROVE THE SLATE OF CANDIDATES BASED UPON THE REGIONAL NOMINATIONS passed and John’s motion to APPROVE THE ENTIRE SLATE OF CANDIDATES PRESENTED passed. (The approved candidates included Carrie Calderone, Karl Urbach, Ben Lesko, Bob Carlson, Cynthia Chronkhite, Craig Williams, Ken Mullen, Andrew Kirk, Eddie Johnson, Kevin Dodd, Jim Van Namen, Darryal Williams, Mike Doll, Randy Denike, Don Plunk, Robert Lyle, John Pytel, and Ronny Mintz.
Friday September 4, 1992
Debbie Harris, Trustee Nominating committee chairperson, announced the selection of Jennifer Jones as the new Southwest Region Trustee and John Henson as the new Trustee from the Atlantic South Region. She also announced that the Trustees had added a new Trustee-At-Large and named Chris Phillips to fill that position.
| Trustee Type | Person | 1st Conference (as Trustee) | Selected |
| At-Large | Debbie Harris | 1990 | February 1990 |
| World Service | Bob Campbell | 1990 | February 1990 |
| World Service Office | Bill Zimmerman | 1990 | August 1990 |
| Midwest | Craig Harris | 1990* | at 1990 WSC |
| Atlantic North | Jim Scott | 1990* | at 1990 WSC |
| Pacific South | Lee Arter | 1992 | at 1991 WSC |
| Pacific North | Mike Pine | 1992 | at 1991 WSC |
| At-Large | Chris Phillips | 1992 ** | at 1992 WSC |
| Southwest | Jennifer Jones | 1993 | at 1992 WSC |
| Atlantic South | John Henson | 1993 | at 1992 WSC |
* Attended the 1990 Conference and participated as a Trustee.
** Attended the 1992 Conference and participated as a Trustee.
Saturday September 5, 1992
After surviving an unsuccessful motion to refer back to committee and a MOTION TO CLOSE DEBATE passed, the PI committee motion to APPROVE THE STORYBOARD, “GOING DOWN” FOR PRODUCTION INTO VIDEO FORMAT passed by a vote of 67 to 44.
A PI committee motion to ACCEPT THE NEW PUBLIC INFORMATION WORKBOOK passed. (Appendix A)
After surviving an unsuccessful motion to refer back to committee and a MOTION TO CLOSE DEBATE passed, the PI committee motion to APPROVE THE “THIS COULD BE YOUR DAY” VIDEO passed.
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A PI committee motion to APPROVE THE 1993 PI COMMITTEE BUDGET OF $8975 ($6950 – PSA SUBCOMMITTEE, $665 – SURVEY SUBCOMMITTEE, $200 – WSO LIAISON HOTLINE SUBCOMMITTEE, $400 – UNITY OUTREACH LIAISON SUBCOMMITTEE, $760 – COST OF NON-DELEGATE CHAIRPERSON) passed. (App. B p, B8)
After the presentation of bids from Utah and Central California to host the 1995 World Service Convention, a motion to APPROVE SALT LAKE CITY, UTAH AS THE SITE FOR THE 1995 CA WORLD SERVICE CONVENTION passed.
A Convention committee motion to APPROVE THE “PROPOSAL TO HOST WORLD SERVICE CONVENTION” FORM passed. (App. B pp. B1-B6)
A Convention committee motion to CHANGE THE STATEMENT OF PURPOSE OF THE DANCE-AROUND-THE-WORLD TO “THE DANCE-AROUND-THE- WORLD WILL BE HELD ON AN ANNUAL BASIS, THE SECOND SATURDAY IN FEBRUARY TO PROMOTE THE WORLD SERVICE CONVENTION, PROVIDE SEED MONEY FOR THE CONVENTION AND SUPPORT THE WORLD SERVICE OFFICE OPERATING FUND” passed.
A Convention committee motion to CHANGE “ANY PAST AND CURRENT REGIONAL WSCCC TRUSTEE” TO “TRUSTEE FROM THAT REGION” ON PAGE 3 OF THE WORLD SERVICE CONVENTION GUIDELINES UNDER “APPOINTMENT OF CHAIRPERSON” passed. (App. B Guidelines p. 4)
A Convention committee motion to APPEND “WITHIN 60 DAYS OF THE CLOSING OF THE CONVENTION” TO NUMBER TWELVE ON PAGE FOUR OF THE WORLD SERVICE CONVENTION GUIDELINES passed. (App. B Guidelines p. 5)
A Convention committee motion to ADD A “PASSING IT ON” FACT SHEET AT THE END (PAGE 18) OF THE WORLD SERVICE CONVENTION GUIDELINES passed. (App, B Guidelines p. 22)
A Convention committee motion to ADD TO ITEM THIRTEEN ON PAGE FOUR OF THE WORLD SERVICE CONVENTION GUIDELINES THE PHRASE, INCLUDING THE ATTACHED “PASS IT ON” FACT SHEET’ passed. (App. B Guidelines p. 5)
A Convention committee motion to ADD, ON PAGE FOUR OF THE WORLD SERVICE CONVENTION GUIDELINES UNDER “POLICY” AND “FUNDRAISING CHAIRPERSON’S RESPONSIBILITY”, THE SENTENCE, “TRADITIONALLY PRE-CONVENTION FUNDRAISING IS A VITAL PART OF A CONVENTION’S FINANCIAL SUCCESS AND HELPS PROMOTE UNITY” passed. (App. B Guidelines p. 18)
A Convention committee motion to ADD THE FOLLOWING SENTENCE, “IT IS SUGGESTED THAT THE CONVENTION ROTATE FROM REGION TO REGION, NOT TO BE HELD IN THE SAME REGION IN TWO CONSECUTIVE YEARS.” TO NUMBER FOUR ON PAGE SEVENTEEN OF THE WORLD SERVICE CONVENTION GUIDELINES passed. (App. B Guidelines p. 21)
A Convention committee motion to APPROVE THE CONVENTION COMMITTEE BUDGET OF $600 ($200 – DANCE-AROUND-THE-WORLD, $400 – COPYING, MAILING, PHONE, MISC) passed. (App. B p. B8)
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A Convention committee motion to APPROVE THE BUDGET FOR THE WORLD SERVICE CONVENTION IN HOUSTON passed. (App. B p. B7)
A Hospitals and Institutions committee motion to APPROVE THE H & I COMMITTEE BUDGET OF $400 ($150 – PHONE, $120 – POSTAGE, $130 – PRINTING) passed. (App. B p. B8)
A Hospitals and Institutions committee motion to APPROVE THE STEP STUDY MEETING FORMAT FOR USE IN HOSPITALS AND INSTITUTIONS passed.
A Hospitals and Institutions committee motion to HAVE THE WSO DESIGN AND DISTRIBUTE A PAPER BOOKMARKER TO EACH AREA FOR USE IN HOSPITALS AND INSTITUTIONS passed.
A Finance committee motion to ADD “HAVE MONTHLY FINANCIAL STATEMENTS OF EACH WORLD SERVICE CONVENTION SENT TO THE WSO, THE WSBOT AND THE WSC FINANCE COMMITTEE CHAIRPERSON” TO THE WORLD SERVICE CONVENTION GUIDELINES UNDER RESPONSIBILITIES OF THE TREASURER passed. (App. B Guidelines p. 7)
A Finance committee motion to REMOVE ALL RESTRICTIONS ON THE SALE OF CA MERCHANDISE BY THE WSO IN ORDER TO CARRY THE
MESSAGE AND COVER OPERATING EXPENSES OF THE WSO passed 55 to 53. A motion to reconsider failed 56 to 59.
A Finance committee motion that RETURNING DELEGATES WHO DO NOT BRING THE PREVIOUS YEAR’S BINDERS WITH THAT YEARS INSERTS BE CHARGED FOR THE COST OF A NEW CONFERENCE BINDER passed.
A Finance committee motion to “approve the 1993 World Services budget as presented” was initially passed, then rescinded and reworded to APPROVE THE 1993 WORLD SERVICES BUDGET AS PRESENTED BUT WITHOUT THE PROJECTED COMMITTEE EXPENSES which passed. (Appendix B p. B8)
A Finance committee motion to ACCEPT THE FINANCE COMMITTEE BUDGET OF $800 (PHONE, POSTAGE AND COPYING) passed. (App. B p. B8)
A Conference committee motion to REPLACE STANDING RULE 14A WITH “THERE SHALL BE THREE CONFERENCE OFFICERS; CHAIRPERSON, VICE-CHAIR/PARLIAMENTARIAN AND SECRETARY” passed. (App. CWSM p. 37)
A Conference committee motion to REPLACE STANDING RULE 14C WITH THE JOB DESCRIPTIONS IN THE HANDOUT passed. (App. C WSM pp. 37-39)
A Conference committee motion to INSERT IN THE AGENDA IN STANDING RULE 18C THE ITEM, “TRUSTEE NOMINEE APPROVAL PROCESS” passed. (App. C WSM p. 36)
A Conference committee motion to ACCEPT THE CONFERENCE COMMITTEE BUDGET OF $590 ($210 – POSTAGE, COPIES, PHONE; $280 – CONFERENCE REPORT PRINTING AND MAILING; $100 – MISC.) passed. (App. B p. B8)
A Conference committee motion to APPROVE WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 1, 1993 THROUGH SUNDAY, SEPTEMBER 5, 1993 AS THE DATES FOR THE TENTH WORLD SERVICE CONFERENCE passed.
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A motion to SUSPEND THE RULES TO CONDUCT NOMINATIONS FOR CONFERENCE OFFICERS passed. Steve Downs, Ronny Mintz, P. Clay Vollmer, Richard Lieberman, Heidi Jonathan and Howard Eley accepted nominations for Chairperson. Ronny Mintz, Charles Lewis, Jonathan Davidson, Peter Joneth, Ben Lesko, Amy Blumenfield and Tom Tabet accepted nominations for Vice-Chair/Parliamentarian. Ben Lesko and Jim Hirschman accepted nominations for Conference Secretary. After nominations, each of the candidates qualified themselves in brief statements.
A Structure and Bylaws committee motion to REPLACE THE FIRST 344 PARAGRAPH UNDER “DESCRIPTION OF A DISTRICT AND DISTRICT SERVICE COMMITTEE” ON PAGE SIXTEEN OF THE WORLD SERVICE MANUAL WITH NEW TEXT passed. (App. C WSM p. 17)
A Structure and Bylaws committee motion to REPLACE THE 1ST SENTENCE OF THE 2ND PARAGRAPH UNDER “DESCRIPTION OF A DISTRICT AND DISTRICT SERVICE COMMITTEE” ON PAGE 16 OF THE WORLD SERVICE MANUAL WITH “A DISTRICT SERVICE COMMITTEE IS A GROUP MADE UP OF THE GROUP SERVICE REPRESENTATIVES FROM THE INDIVIDUAL GROUPS IN THE DISTRICT, THE DISTRICT SERVICE REPRESENTATIVES AND THE DSC OFFICERS” passed. (App. C WSM p. 17)
A Structure and Bylaws committee motion to REPLACE THE ENTIRE SECTION UNDER “OFFICERS OF THE DSC” ON PAGE 16 OF THE WORLD SERVICE MANUAL WITH NEW TEXT passed. (App. C WSM pp. 17-18)
A Structure and Bylaws committee motion to REPLACE THE ENTIRE SECTION WHICH DEFINES THE DISTRICT SERVICE REPRESENTATIVE’S DUTIES AND QUALIFICATIONS ON PAGES SEVENTEEN AND EIGHTEEN OF THE WORLD SERVICE MANUAL WITH NEW TEXT passed. (App. C WSM pp. 18-19)
A Structure and Bylaws committee motion to REPLACE THE SECTION WHICH DEFINES A REGION, THE PROCESS FOR CHANGING REGIONS AND THE PROCESS TO BECOME A NEW REGION ON PAGE 27 OF THE WORLD SERVICE MANUAL WITH NEW TEXT passed. (App. C WSM p. 28)
A Structure and Bylaws committee motion to REPLACE THE PETITION TO BECOME A NEW REGION WITH AN AMENDED VERSION passed.
A Structure and Bylaws committee motion to APPROVE THE PETITION TO CHANGE REGIONS passed.
A Structure and Bylaws committee motion to REQUIRE THAT ALL TRUSTEE NOMINEE CANDIDATES BE REFERRED TO THE WORLD SERVICE CONFERENCE FOR RATIFICATION BY A TWO-THIRDS VOTE AND DELETE ALL REFERENCES TO “DISAPPROVAL ONLY” passed. (App. C WSM p. 43)
A Structure and Bylaws committee motion to APPROVE THE PIECE ENTITLED “WORLD SERVICE OFFICE” WITH ONE CHANGE, REPLACE “APPOINTED BY THE CHAIRPERSON AFTER CONSIDERING THE GROUP CONSCIENCE OF THE BOARD” TO “ARE ELECTED BY THE GROUP CONSCIENCE OF THE BOARD” passed. (App. C WSM p. 47)
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A Structure and Bylaws committee motion to REMOVE ALL REFERENCES TO “CONTINGENT” TRUSTEES AND THE SECTION ENTITLED “CONTINGENT TRUSTEE ELECTION PROCESS” AND REPLACE THAT SECTION WITH THE PIECE ENTITLED “ELECTION OF TRUSTEE” passed. (Ref. “TRUSTEE NOMINEE SELECTION & ELECTION …” App. C WSM p. 43)
A Structure and Bylaws committee motion to APPROVE A PIECE ABOUT TRUSTEE ELECTION AND SELECTION TO BE PLACED ON PAGE 40 OF THE 92 WSM WITH 3 AMENDMENTS; 1, CHANGE “I.E.” TO “E.G.” AT THE END OF THE 1ST PARAGRAPH; 2, THAT THE PIECE BE ENTITLED, “TRUSTEE NOMINEE SELECTION AND ELECTION PROCESS”; 3, THAT THE FIFTH LINE OF THE FIRST PARAGRAPH SHALL BE, “THE NEW REPLACEMENT TRUSTEE SHALL BE SELECTED FOR A TERM EXPIRING AT THE END OF THE FIFTH SUCCEEDING CONFERENCE” AND THAT THIS MOTION TAKE EFFECT IMMEDIATELY passed. (App. C WSM p. 43)
A Structure and Bylaws committee motion to APPROVE A PIECE ENTITLED “TRUSTEE ELECTION COMMITTEE” TO BE PLACED IN THE WSM, WITH TWO CHANGES; ONE, UNDER (F) REPLACE “A THIRD” WITH “THE FINAL YEAR OF THEIR” AND TWO; CHANGE “SDC WORLD SERVICE CONFERENCE DELEGATES” UNDER TRUSTEE ELECTION COMMITTEE COMPOSITION TO “ONE WORLD SERVICE CONFERENCE DELEGATE FROM EACH REGION” AND THAT THIS MOTION SHALL TAKE EFFECT IMMEDIATELY passed. (App. C WSM p. 43)
Current Trustee Election Committee Delegate Members
Roger Gray, Pacific South
Kevin Lynch, Pacific North
Jim Last, Midwest
Pamela Markoya, Southwest
Walter Johnson, Atlantic South
Jim Wilson, Atlantic North
(Serve from election until beginning of the 1993 WS Conference)
A Structure and Bylaws committee motion to MAKE THE NECESSARY CHANGES TO THE CONFERENCE CHARTER TO CONFORM TO THE NEW TRUSTEE ELECTION COMMITTEE PROCEDURE passed by a 2/3rds margin.
Sunday September 6, 1992
A Structure and Bylaws committee motion to ADD TO PARAGRAPH THREE ON WSM PAGE 25 THE FOLLOWING SENTENCES, “IF AN AREA HAS MORE THAN 75 MEETINGS, THEN THAT AREA WILL BE ENTITLED TO ONE ADDITIONAL VOTE FOR EVERY 50 MEETINGS OR PORTION THEREOF. IF AN AREA HAS ANY QUESTION CONCERNING THE NUMBER OF VOTES TO WHICH IT IS ENTITLED, THAT AREA SHOULD CONTACT THEIR REGIONAL TRUSTEE OR THE WORLD SERVICE OFFICE” passed. (App. C WSM p. 26)
A Structure and Bylaws committee motion to ELIMINATE ANY EXTENSION OF TRUSTEE’S TERMS AND DELETE THE FOLLOWING FROM PAGE 39 OF THE WSM, “IF A TRUSTEE IS ELECTED CHAIRPERSON AT THE END OF THE TRUSTEE’S TERM, THE TERM MAY BE EXTENDED FOR TWO CONSECUTIVE ONE YEAR TERMS” passed.
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A Structure and Bylaws committee motion to REPLACE PARAGRAPH 5C ON PAGE 34 OF THE WSM WITH “A DELEGATE MAY PROXY ONE VOTE TO ANOTHER CONFERENCE DELEGATE REPRESENTING THE SAME AREA. AN AREA THAT IS NOT OTHERWISE REPRESENTED AT THE CONFERENCE MAY PROXY A MAXIMUM OF ONE VOTE TO A CONFERENCE DELEGATE FROM ANOTHER AREA. NO DELEGATE CAN CARRY MORE THAN A TOTAL OF TWO VOTES AT THE CONFERENCE” passed by a 2/3rds majority, (App. C WSM p. 35)
A Structure and Bylaws committee motion to REPLACE THE LAST TWO SENTENCES OF THE SECOND PARAGRAPH ON PAGE 27 OF THE WSM WITH (new text removes all references to “contingent” and suggests that the regions use the procedures in the WSM) passed. (App. C WSM pp. 28-29)
A Structure and Bylaws committee motion to CHANGE THE THIRD PARAGRAPH OF NUMBER 8 OF THE CONFERENCE CHARTER ON PAGE 27 OF THE WSM TO INCLUDE A REQUIREMENT THAT ANY CHANGE OR AMENDMENT TO THE STANDING RULES OF THE WORLD SERVICE CONFERENCE REQUIRE A TWO-THIRDS VOTE passed by a 2/3rds majority. (Reference 2nd paragraph of Number 9 on App. C WSM p. 49)
A Structure and Bylaws committee motion to REDUCE THE NUMBER OF REGULAR TRUSTEE MEETINGS FROM QUARTERLY TO THREE TIMES PER YEAR AND REQUIRE A TRUSTEE TO ATTEND TWO OUT OF THREE REGULAR MEETINGS passed. (App. C WSM p. 42)
A Structure & Bylaws committee motion to REQUEST THAT THE CONFERENCE DEVELOP GUIDELINES REGARDING THE OPERATION OF A HELPLINE IN TWELVE STEP CALLS passed.
A Unity Outreach committee motion to AMEND THEIR STATEMENT OF PURPOSE TO “ENHANCE OUR COMMUNICATION AND OUTREACH AMONG THE DIVERSE ELEMENTS WITHIN THE FELLOWSHIP IN THE INTEREST OF CARRYING THE C.A. MESSAGE AND TO PROMOTE C.A. UNITY” passed. (App. C WSM 34)
A Unity Outreach committee motion to DESIGNATE THE LAST SATURDAY IN SEPTEMBER, COMMENCING IN SEPTEMBER 1993, AS WORLD UNITY DAY passed.
A Unity Outreach committee motion to APPROVE THE UNITY OUTREACH COMMITTEE BUDGET OF $1500 passed. (App. B p. B8)
After a run-off between the two candidates with the most votes, P. Clay Vollmer was elected the Conference Chairperson for 1993 and 1994.
After Amy Blumenfield and Tom Tabet declined their nominations, Charles Lewis was elected as the Vice-Chair/Parliamentarian for 1993 and 1994.
Jim Hirschman was elected as the Conference Secretary for 1993 and 1994.
A Literature, Chips and Formats committee motion to APPROVE CHANGING THE TWELVE STEP AND TWELVE TRADITION BANNERS TO BLACK LETTERING ON WHITE BACKGROUND passed.
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A Literature, Chips and Formats committee motion to APPROVE THE LITERATURE, CHIP AND FORMATS COMMITTEE’S PROPOSED BUDGET FOR 1993 passed. (App. B p. B8)
A Literature, Chips and Formats committee motion to CREATE A PRINCIPLES MEDALLION WITH THE FOLLOWING WORDING, “HONESTY, HOPE, FAITH, COURAGE, INTEGRITY, WILLINGNESS, HUMILITY, LOVE, FORGIVENESS, DISCIPLINE, AWARENESS AND SERVICE” passed.
A Literature, Chips and Formats committee motion that THE WSO BE ALLOWED TO PRE-SELL THE C.A. STORYBOOK passed.
A Literature, Chips and Formats committee motion that MEETING FORMAT GUIDES BE INCLUDED IN STARTER KITS passed.
A Literature, Chips and Formats committee motion that THE CONCEPT OF A “GET HIGH ON H & I” PAMPHLET passed.
A Literature, Chips and Formats committee motion that THE CONCEPT OF A “CRACK EQUALS COCAINE. COCAINE EQUALS CRACK. CRACK EQUALS JAILS, INSTITUTIONS AND DEATH” PAMPHLET passed.
A Literature, Chips and Formats committee motion to APPROVE THE CONCEPT OF A SCHEDULE/DIRECTORY UPDATE FORM passed. (App. A p. 33)
A Literature, Chips and Formats committee motion amended to ALLOW ALL WORLD SERVICE CONFERENCE-APPROVED LITERATURE IN FRENCH BE PRINTED, IN ANY FORM APPROVED BY THE WORLD SERVICE CONFERENCE LITERATURE, CHIPS AND FORMATS COMMITTEE, BY THE MONTREAL AREA WITH A ROYALTY OF 75 CENTS (US) PAID TO THE WSO passed.
A CA Storybook subcommittee motion that THE CA STORYBOOK BE TITLED, “HOPE, FAITH AND COURAGE: STORIES FROM THE FELLOWSHIP OF COCAINE ANONYMOUS” passed.
Amy Blumenfield’s motion modified to “allow the WSO Manager a voice and a vote at the Conference” was REFERRED TO COMMITTEE.
The Finance committee motion to REQUEST COMMITTEE REVIEW OF THE POSSIBILITY OF MOVING THE 1994 WORLD SERVICE CONFERENCE TO THE FIRST QUARTER OF 1994 TO COINCIDE WITH THE 1993 FISCAL CALENDAR YEAR END passed.
********* Proposed summary gratefully prepared and submitted by P. Clay *********