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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
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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
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
Motions must be submitted in English as Microsoft Word files
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
Hi. You’ve reached the Overeaters Anonymous Hotline. Welcome. Overeaters Anonymous is a Fellowship of people who are recovering from compulsive eating and compulsive food behaviors. We follow the OA Twelve Steps of recovery based on theAlcoholics Anonymous Twelve-Step program and suggest the best way to get help is to speak with someone in recovery. For … Continued
Twelfth Step Within Format for Information Gathering: “Ideas that Work” Type of Project Twelfth Step Within Day Project Name Keep It Simple: Ideas for Twelfth Step Within Day Project Goal Encourage groups and intergroups to plan a simple activity or event for Twelfth Step Within Day (December 12th) Resources Needed (budget, volunteers, materials, etc.) Ideas … Continued
Learn how these Concepts provide a spiritual foundation for effective service, group unity, and carrying the OA message. Discover how trust, participation, responsibility, and humility—paired with the Steps and Traditions—strengthen your recovery. Reflect on how service, group conscience, and spiritual principles guide your personal growth in OA. Download the Twelve Concepts of OA Service presentation in English … Continued
From the Twelfth-Step-Within Handbook (#485), Appendix F OA Responsibility Pledge Always to extend the hand and heart of OAto all who share my compulsion;for this I am responsible. OA Board-ApprovedReprinted from Twelfth-Step-Within Handbook © 2002, 2010, 2016 by Overeaters Anonymous, Inc. All rights reserved. Rev. 10/2023 Overeaters Anonymous®, Inc.World Service Office6075 Zenith Ct. NE, Rio Rancho, NM 87144-6424 USAMail … Continued