The Twelve Step Within Committee committed to join and support a World Service committee plan for a round-the-world marathon on Dec. 12, also known as 12/12 and Twelve Step Within Day. Also during the committee’s meeting as part of the Fall Assembly, members discussed the status of neurodivergent support at the World Service level, and…
Karen C was elected to a two-year term as treasurer at the Fall Assembly Sept. 21 in Albany, NY. Not only is Karen a former Region 6 treasurer, she also served at World Service in the same capacity. She’s also convention cochair this year and in past years. Debbie H, who also has performed many…
The Assembly Convention Committee proposed, and the assembly endorsed, award of the 2025 Region 6 convention to Greater Rochester, Greater Syracuse, and Western New York intergroups. The event will be Oct. 24-26 in Rochester. Meanwhile, revision of the manual used to conduct conventions continues. The effort began in fall 2023, and when complete, will be…
Green Mountain North, Southwestern Connecticut, and Western Mass intergroups were granted a total of $2,344 to carry out public information campaigns at the Fall Assembly on Sept. 21 in Albany, NY. Green Mountain North will run an ad advising about OA for a year in the state’s most circulated newspaper. Southwestern Connecticut will pay for…
Blair P and Bruce R were affirmed as candidates for election to OA’s Board of Trustees during the Fall Assembly, held Sept. 21 in Albany, N.Y. Both trusted servants are already serving on the board, by virtue of appointments to the board they sought in the aftermath of the World Service Business Conference. Blair P,…
The bylaws committee is working toward completing its review of former trustee liaison Beth B’s edits to the Policies and Procedures Manual, and intends to complete that work this year. Some amendment proposals may arise as a result. Others goals set include establishing a clear path for those who would seek to submit new motions…
OA’s board of trustees has issued what it calls a significant new policy regarding whether meetings should allow minors to attend face to face, online, telephone, or non-real-time meetings. As you know, OA is a bottom-up organization, and no trusted servants govern OA, so this question remains with each local meeting. The board said, “the…
Overeaters Anonymous wants to hear your stories about abstinence, to be published on the Lifeline blog, and possibly in a book compiling the best submissions. Deadline to tell your stories this way is end of year.
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…