World Convention 36. WCNA Updates

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1 RSC JANUARY 2016

2 World Convention 36 Greater than budgeted expenses and a lower than predicted attendance led to an overall financial loss. We are already seeing fellowship growth and PR opportunities in Brazil as a result of the event. WCNA Updates Sign up to receive information about the 37th World Convention of NA, to be held in 2018 in Orlando, Florida, USA. You will receive updates as they are available.

3 Traditions Project The approval form of the Traditions workbook, Guiding Principles The Spirit of Our Traditions, is available as part of the CAR on the Conference webpage. We are thankful to all the members who participated in the process.

4 Decision Making We will be offering tools and resources to assist the WSC Cofacilitators, along with electronic voting for the WSC. The workgroup is also discussing processes for better discussing ideas at the WSC and for forwarding input to the NAWS Strategic Plan. Surveys in the CAR will be used to gather information from the fellowship.

5 2016 Conference Agenda Report The 2016 Conference Agenda Report (CAR) is available at or from the WSO at $15.00, including tax and shipping. Videos that summarize the contents will again be offered for this CAR.

6 Surveys in CAR Surveys in the CAR will be used to gather information from the Fellowship on what recovery literature and service material they want and their ideas for Issue Discussion Topics for the next cycle. Additionally, we will be offering the survey online on the Conference webpage.

7 Planning our Future Planning Our Future packet: This will include the results from the Role of Zones workshops, a snapshot of data for zones today in NA, and a narrated PowerPoint on the future of the WSC. These materials will be available online at or by a link on the Conference webpage.

8 Conference Approval Track 2016 Conference Approval Track (CAT): The CAT material will contain the NAWS Strategic Plan, budget, project plans, and WSC seating recommendations and applications. It will be available online on the Conference webpage or from the WSO at $11.00, including tax and shipping. CAT will be released on January 25, 2016 Who wants to Host in February or March?

9 PR Pamphlet PR Pamphlet: We anticipate that a draft of this resource Focused on providing information for professionals regarding the medicalization of addiction treatment and the NA Third Tradition will be available in the next couple of months for a 90 day review by Conference participants. An e-blast will be sent when the pamphlet is ready.

10 Decision Making Decision Making at the WSC: Also included in the 2016 CAT material will be proposed tools and resources to assist the WSC co-facilitators, along with proposals for better discussing ideas at the WSC and for forwarding input to the NAWS Strategic Plan. Delegates will also have the opportunity to include ideas and issues for Fellowship discussion in the CAT in addition to the opportunity they already have in the Conference Report. The deadline for inclusion in the CAT was 15 December We will also be experimenting with electronic voting at this WSC.

11 WSC Seating Workgroup Eight regions applied for seating at WSC The workgroup is considering each application and will submit recommendations to the World Board. The workgroup and board reports will be published as part of the CAT material in January 2016

12 Service System Project We held two web meetings to provide an overview of the project ideas and to discuss local implementation efforts, and are planning to hold more. We hope to draft Service System Basics, Local Service Basics, and Group Support Basics this cycle. We are also planning to post locally developed tools and material from the webinars online at

13 Web Meetings Web Meetings: If you would like to join us and discuss issues and solutions in service efforts, please send your name, trusted servant position, and region and/or area to for conventions, for H&I and Inmate Step Writing committees, for PR/PI trusted servants, and for Service System.

14 Service Pamphlets We are highlighting this valuable resource for groups and members available online here:

15 Financials Financials: Fellowship contributions exceeded $1 million in the fiscal year ending 30 June 2015 for the first time in our history. We continue to encourage members to participate in the work of NA World Services to make recovery available to addicts globally and our Vision a reality by contributing financially through our portal at

16 Fellowship Intellectual Property Trust This is simply a reminder that we have distributed two memos that are posted on As we have previously stated, this issue is not really, at its heart, about literature, but seems much more directly related to our First Tradition and NA s common welfare. The conference has clearly stated that only literature written by addicts for addicts and approved through global decision making at the WSC should carry the NA name. And, in a delegated responsibility from the fellowship, NA World Services is the sole publisher and distributor of that literature. We are simply the custodians of the fellowship s property, trying to carry out the responsibilities assigned to us clearly on more than one occasion. NA literature helps us to better carry the NA message to the addict who still suffers, in his or her own language and culture. As many of us in recovery know, NA literature is meant to help addicts recover; it is hurtful to once again see our life-giving recovery literature being used as a political weapon. We continue to believe that members with information remain in the most advantageous position to halt copyright infringements, and we welcome opportunities to help.

17 Florida Region CAR / SEZF / FD Presentations December 12 th January 9 th January 16 th January 23 rd January 30 th Daytona Orlando Area Space Coast at RSC Bay Area Forest Area

18 Florida Region CAT / SEZF / FD Presentations February 6 th February 13 th February 20 th February 27 th March 5 th March 12th March 19 th March 26 th SEZF Atlanta GSR Assembly

19 CAR / CAT, etc. The Car/Cat order form is available on the NA.org website. Available to anyone who may want to order separately from what the Region provides to each area. If you order now, you might get them very quickly after release. Post WSC Guide to World Services WSC 2014 Draft Summary of Decisions (Revised) WSC 2014 Draft Summary Record

20 Strategic Planning We spent a full day in our strategic planning process: As many of us are aware, the Vision statement and guiding principles shape our strategic plan. Initially, we brainstormed what NAWS is ready to accomplish and how to stay relevant and effective to those we serve. This exercise helped to focus us as we moved forward to external (outside NA) opportunities.

21 Planning Our Future The planning our future conversation that began at the conference is really a two-pronged discussion. One part of the conversation is focused on the role of zones, and the other part of the conversation is focused on the future of the World Service Conference.

22 Delegates Sharing The Delegates Sharing workgroup invited conference participants to complete an online survey in an eblast to 207 RDs and RDAs. At the end of five weeks, we had a total of 68 responses (25 RDAs, 43 RDs), for a response rate of about 32 percent.

23 WSC Seating We are adhering to conference policy as outlined in A Guide to World Services in NA with this virtual workgroup. Nine regions applied for seating at the 2016 WSC, and of these, eight supplied the further information requested by the 31 July deadline. The workgroup has held two web meetings so far, on 1 and 22 August, and has two more scheduled for 5 and 26 September. They are in the process of considering each application and will submit their recommendations to the World Board prior to the board s October meeting. Both the workgroup s and the board s recommendations will be published as part of the 2016 CAT material

24 2016 World Service Conference The 2016 World Service Conference will take place in Woodland Hills, CA beginning April 24 th thru April 30 th. The theme will be Honesty, Trust and Goodwill You may recognize that language from the closing of A Vision for NA Service: Honesty, trust, and goodwill are the foundation of our service efforts, all of which rely upon the guidance of a loving Higher Power.

25 Reminder: World Service Publications These periodicals come to you without charge via subscription NAWS Update WCNA Update Just For Today NAWS News Reaching Out NA Way

26 Living Clean Chapter 3 When we act together, we are greater than the sum of our parts, smarter than our decisions, and more powerful than we think we are.

27 GSR ASSEMBLY and March 2016 RSC March 25, 26, 27 Tampa Sheraton East Hotel Princess Palm Ave, Tampa FL Rate $99.00 plus taxes and fees Cutoff 2/15/2015 Event Code FRSC * Please book your room and help meet the room block* The Region pays for two room nights per Area