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Guidelines for Small Meetings: Help and Hope
These guidelines have been developed through the experience of OA members and the Board of Trustees who have contributed to their creation. They reflect OA Traditions and Concepts of Service as reflected in our OA Conference-approved literature. These guidelines are strong suggestions based on those who have gone before. The guidelines do not replace the…
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Guidelines for a Group Conscience Meeting
As described in the OA Handbook for Members, Groups and Service Bodies, many groups hold meetings to determine how best to conduct meetings, spend funds, organize special events, and deal with issues that affect the group or OA as a whole. These meetings to discuss the business of the group allow members to work together to…
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Videoconference Meeting Training and Security/Preventive Measures (“zoom bombing”)
OA Board-approved© 2022 Overeaters Anonymous, Inc. All rights reserved. Rev. 9/2025 Overeaters Anonymous, Inc. World Service OfficeLocation: 6075 Zenith Court NE, Rio Rancho, NM 87144, USAMailing address: PO Box 44727, Rio Rancho, NM 87174-4727, USATelephone: +1 505-891-2664
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Unity with Diversity Checklist
The following checklist for OA groups and service bodies is offered in the spirit of Overeaters Anonymous’ Third Tradition and the OA Unity with Diversity Policy statement. This checklist is not meant to be exhaustive, nor can it be. As we continue to grow, so does our understanding of diversity. These questions are only a…
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Policy Concerning Minors Attending OA Meetings
Overeaters Anonymous, Inc. does not endorse allowing minors to attend face to face, online, telephone, or non-real-time meetings. Any decision to allow such individuals to attend a meeting is made locally. In this, OA is guided by the spirit of Tradition Four: “Each group is autonomous except in matters affecting other groups or OA as…
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Membership Retention at Meetings and Between Meetings: What Can We Do?
Twelfth Step Within Format for Information Gathering: “Ideas that Work” Type of Project Membership Retention Project Name At Meetings and Between Meetings: What Can We Do? Project Goal To support members within the Fellowship Implementation Process (including length of time for planning and implementation) Ongoing Results Members are more likely to stay in the Fellowship…
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Call Five and Keep Them Alive
Download the PDF in English Type of Project Membership Retention Project Name Call Five and Keep Them Alive Project Goal Reaching out to help others Implementation Process (including length of time for planning and implementation) Distribute the “Call Five” cards (see image or download PDF) at itergroup meetings and special events. Ask meeting delegates to…
