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Sample Standing Rules for Service Bodies
Standing rules are a set of meeting-specific guidelines that a service body may use to expand upon or limit the rules of order. Standing rules can, for example, limit debate or ask delegates not to wear perfumes, etc. They are adopted at the beginning of a meeting by majority vote and are in effect for … Continued
Assisting Staff Responsible for Student Well-Being at Higher Education Institutions
Overeaters Anonymous has a powerful message: Those who suffer from compulsive eating find recovery through abstinence and the practice of the Twelve Steps and Twelve Traditions of Overeaters Anonymous. One effective way to share this message is to make college staff responsible for student well-being aware of the existence of OA. Here is a sample … Continued
Showcasing Diverse Meetings in OA
A message from the Strategic Planning Committee of the Board of Trustees Make your service body website a centralized hub to drive more traffic to your meetings while showcasing the diversity of the OA Fellowship! See Connecticut Intergroup’s online meetings page,* pictured below, as an example of how to drive viewers to meetings that most interest … Continued
Service Body Bylaws Checklist
Have you reviewed your bylaws recently? This is recommended every one to two years. Have you selected a service body committee to review your bylaws? This committee could be comprised of any active representatives or officers of your intergroup. Has the committee looked for any recent changes that have occurred during World Service Business Conference … Continued
Sample New Business Motion and Bylaw Amendment Instructions and Template for World Service Business Conference (WSBC)
Motions must be submitted in English as Microsoft Word files
Introduction to the Sample Service Body Bylaws
The Sample Intergroup/Service Board Bylaws are intended as a guide to help new service bodies develop bylaws or to assist existing service bodies in the revision of their bylaws. OA, Inc. Bylaws Subpart B, Article VI, Section 2 – Registration As guardians of the Twelve Traditions and Twelve Concepts, trustees review bylaws. This affirms Tradition … Continued
OA Supports The Rainbow (LGBTQ+) Specific Focus Service Board
Re: Overeaters Anonymous Supports The Rainbow (LGBTQ+) Specific Focus Service Board To Overeaters Anonymous members and groups: The Board of Trustees, Region Chairs Committee, Unity with Diversity Conference Committee, and the 2024 World Service Business Conference stand hand-in-hand with all of our specific-focus service boards. We regret to report that OA’s Rainbow (LGBTQ+) Specific Focus … Continued
Board of Trustees’ Job Description
Bylaws Section B, Article VII – Board of Trustees, Section 2 – Duties and Responsibilities Bylaws Subpart A, Article V – Directors/Management, Section 7 – Resignation and Removal of Trustees
Bilingual Steps Workshop
Introduction to the [fill in language other than English] / English Steps Workshop This weekly workshop series is inspired by OA’s Twelve Step Workshop and Study Guide, Second Editon and The Twelve Step Workbook of Overeaters Anonymous, Second Edition. Two workshop sessions should be facilitated on each Step, using two focus questions in each weekly … Continued