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…
The Greater New York Metro Intergroup is offering rent assistance to any OA group that wants to return to face-to-face meetings but a financial hardship is standing in the way. Obviously, they’re only offering it to meetings in their area, so don’t go asking ‘em for money! But it’s an interesting idea. Perhaps your intergroup…
When I came into the rooms 9 years ago, I heard folks say “do service!” but I had no idea what this meant. In those early days, I learned that anything one does to help the meeting or another fellow is “service.” So, putting away chairs is “service?” I can’t tell you how many times I’ve been struck with the…
World Service has crafted a new “Welcome” section and suggests that you add it to the suggested format at your favorite meetings: Welcome to Overeaters Anonymous; we are a growing, evolving Fellowship with in-person and virtual meetings around the world. In OA, there are opportunities for recovery and to give service at local and virtual…
Those who donate to the OA World Service Office through its online portal should be getting an invitation to a new interface that will provide several more options. These include letting you change any aspect of your recurring contributions on your own, changing how you want your donations applied to various world service funds, view…
I’m Kimberly, a compulsive overeater in Connecticut. I’ve been in OA for more than 37 years, and for most of those years I told myself I would do service on the Region board “some day.” Some daywhen I had time, some day when I retired… some day I imagined far away. Well, it’s no surprise that I’m not in charge of the…
Hi! My name is Beth B. and I’m a compulsive overeater. I also find myself serving as the new Region 6 trustee, to my surprise! A trustee from another region encouraged me at WSBC to apply for the position, which I was willing to do, and since then things have been moving very quickly! …
After each Assembly, the Web & Publications Committee creates the Assembly Bytes, a news digest of the happenings of the Assembly. Watch this blog for articles from the Region Chair and Region Trustee, the approved Spring 2017 Minutes and the responses to the Writing Question.
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