The next World Service Business Conference (WSBC) will be held virtually May 4-10, 2025. This year, Region 6 will be offering scholarships to cover the cost of registration only for the conference, because there will be no travel costs. It is the policy of OA to have intergroups use one form to apply to their regions for both…
Region 6’s newsletter returned with the July issue. (Click on the image for the full newsletter.)
Even after elections conducted at the World Service Business Conference, four openings remained on the board of trustees. The board issued a call for applicants, and now four trustees have been added. Three — Kim L., Blair P., and Bruce R. — are from Region 6. All three have been doing service outside the group…
The Region 6 Fall Assembly is scheduled for Saturday, Sept. 21, at the Hilton Garden Inn Albany Medical Center, Albany, NY, US. Registration opens, and the Fall Assembly packet will be available, Aug. 7th. All attendees must register, even if you were a registered representative or alternate for previous assemblies. All representatives and alternates must have six months of current…
One of the last occurrences of the 2024 World Service Business Conference was very concerning to many. Trustee Gary D read a letter signed by all members of the board, the region chairs, and OA’s Unity With Diversity Conference Committee: May 15, 2024 RE: Overeaters Anonymous Supports The Rainbow (LGBTQ+) Specific Focus Service Board To…
Sixteen posts about the World Service Business Conference appear “after” this one in the article list, but because R6 blog posts are shown “newest first,” you might think this is the first one. That’s worth mentioning because it’s really the last one; it seeks to wrap up actions that weren’t deemed to warrant individual posts….
The conference started with 188 voting delegates. By the last session Saturday morning, that number was down to 170. That shrinkage happens every year — because people have to leave early, for example. But this year, two people were reported to have tested positive for Covid on Thursday afternoon, and they were not isolated incidents,…