New Service Bodies

Congratulations and welcome to our newest OA service bodies registered with the World Service Office! List updated quarterly. Anorexic/Bulimic Specific Focus Service Board (Note: Specific Focus Service Boards and Language Service Boards support groups throughout the Fellowship that are affiliated with other intergroups and National Service Boards.) Affiliated with Virtual Region Registered October 31, 2024 … Continued

Updated: Press Kit for Media Professionals

Attention Public Information and Professional Outreach (PIPO) Committees! OA’s Press Kit has been updated to reflect the best current information we can present to media professionals about OA worldwide, including: Estimated total number of OA meetings, including the availability of thousands of online meetings. Estimated total number of countries and languages for which OA available. … Continued

Discover the Joy of Service in Our New E-Zine

Introducing The Joy of Service! e-zine, produced by the OA Board of Trustees: “There’s a magical thing that happens when you serve others; you end up giving yourself a gift too . . . “We asked members to share how service has been a vital and joyful part of their personal growth and recovery, and … Continued

First Conference e-Documents Now Posted for World Service Business Conference 2025

First Conference e-Documents are now available for the 2025 World Service Business Conference (WSBC), which will be held virtually and in-person from May 4-10, 2025. The documents now available include: Chair’s Letter: An official welcome and overview from Meg M., Chair of the Board of Trustees, detailing the importance of the WSBC and what participants … Continued

Just Posted: Standing Rules Template for Service Bodies

Enhance your service body meetings with a valuable new resource now available on oa.org! The Sample Standing Rules for Service Bodies document shows how a clear structure can help streamline meetings while encouraging fairness of participation. The Sample Standing Rules template is flexible and customizable to your service body’s needs, empowering your group to conduct … Continued

New OA Regions Map Posted Following Disbanding of Region Four

Our Regions Map was recently updated to reflect the disbanding of Region Four and the allocation of Region Four’s geographic territory to adjacent OA regions, namely Regions One, Three, and Five. The new map reflects a group conscience decision made one year ago by the Region Four board to disband as well as subsequent decisions … Continued

Linking to OA.org? Get Better Links That Won’t Break

Webmasters, newsletter editors,  and document creators can now get “permalinks” to documents on oa.org. A permalink does not change or break when OA updates a document in the Document Library. To get a document’s permalink, go to the Document Library or any other document link on oa.org. Instead of opening the document, right click, option … Continued

New Sponsorship Day Resources

In celebration of Sponsorship Day, the Strategic Planning Sponsorship Subcommittee has put together material to highlight the many sponsorship resources available on oa.org. See Sponsorship Resources for a click-through menu of sponsorship topics and watch the video, which shows where to find all our recovery and service materials on our Fellowship’s website. We wish you … Continued