2015 World Service Business Conference Albuquerque, New Mexico WRAP-UP REPORT. The Miracle of Abstinence

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1 2015 World Service Business Conference Albuquerque, New Mexico WRAP-UP REPORT The Miracle of Abstinence Dear Delegates, This brief summary contains only voting results, which you may submit to your service bodies. The motions are printed in their final format as amended. The minutes, all speeches, presentation/discussion items, committee reports, workshop reports, names of delegates and trustees, bylaws and the Business Conference Policy Manual will be published in the Final Conference Report. The Final Conference Report (excluding full delegate names and contact information) will be available on the OA website in early August. Delegates will be notified and a list of delegate names and contact information will be ed directly to you. At WSBC 2015, there were 22 countries, 37 states and 7 provinces represented. Thursday, April 30, 2015 Business Meeting I Credentials Report The first item of business was to adopt the Credentials Report. The report was presented as follows: 16 Trustees 174 Voting Delegates for a total of 190 eligible voters. Conference Standing Rules Standing Rule Amendment One Move to amend WSBC Standing Rules, Section 8D as follows: 8) Other Actions D) Request for Information (questions of the chair). Each delegate is permitted to ask one question per report or motion. Preference will be given to delegates who have

2 not asked a question on the report or motion if the delegate has a followup/additional question. Motion required 2/3 vote to adopt. Amendment was adopted. Standing Rule Amendment Two Move to amend WSBC Standing Rules, Section 8D as follows: 8) Other Actions D) Request for Information (questions of the chair). Each delegate is permitted to ask one question per report or motion. Preference will be given to delegates who have not asked a question on the report or motion if the delegate has a follow-up/ additional question. Requests for clarification are not considered to be an additional question. Motion required 2/3 vote to adopt. Amendment was adopted. Standing Rule Amendment Three Move to amend WSBC Standing Rules, Section 6H as follows: 6) Recognition and Debate H) An automatic motion to move the previous question and proceed to vote will be stated by the chair after twenty fifteen minutes of questions. If this motion fails, the chair will automatically ask for the vote at ten-minute intervals. Motion required 2/3 vote to adopt. Amendment was adopted. The Conference Standing Rules were adopted as amended. Consent Agenda New Business Motion A (WSBC Policy 1979d) Proposal Item 1 (Bylaws, Subpart B, Article VI, Section 3) Proposal Item 2 (Bylaws, Subpart B, Article VIII, Section 4) Proposal Item 3 (Bylaws, Subpart B, Article X, Section 3) Proposal Item 4 (Bylaws, Subpart B, Article X, Section 3) Proposal Item 5 (Bylaws, Subpart B, Article X, Section 3) Proposal Item 6 (Bylaws, Subpart B, Article VII, Section 1) Motion required 2/3 vote to adopt. The Consent Agenda was adopted. Conference Agenda The Conference agenda was adopted as revised. 2

3 Delegate Briefing The chair explained the order in which New Business Motions and Bylaw Amendments would be addressed. The items were considered in alphabetical/numerical order. Unless the chair determined otherwise, New Business Motions were considered in the following order: A-a, A-b, A-c, B, G, H, I and J. The Bylaw Amendments were considered in the following order: 7. Remaining Business The remainder of business consisted of officers reports, region/virtual services reports, and committee reports. Thursday, April 20, 2015 Business Meeting II Credentials Report The first item of business was to adopt the Credentials Report. The report was presented as follows: 16 Trustees 176 Voting Delegates for a total of 192 eligible voters. New Business New Business Motion A-a Move to grant the Conference Seal of Approval to the revised pamphlet, A Program of Recovery. Motion required 2/3 vote to adopt. New Business Motion A-a adopted. New Business Motion A-b Move to grant the Conference Seal of Approval to the revised pamphlet, A Guide for Sponsors. Motion required 2/3 vote to adopt. New Business Motion A-b adopted. New Business Motion A-c Move to grant the Conference Seal of Approval to the revised pamphlet, OA Handbook for Members, Groups, and Service Bodies. Motion required 2/3 vote to adopt. New Business Motion A-c adopted. 3

4 Remaining Business The remainder of business consisted of committee reports, trustee nominee speeches, and questions and answers. Friday May 1, 2015 Business Meeting III Credentials Report The first item of business was to adopt the Credentials Report. The report was presented as follows: 16 Trustees 174 Voting Delegates for a total of 190 eligible voters. Region Trustee Elections The results of the region trustee elections were as follows: Region Three Vicki W. Region Six Karin H. Region Nine Stella C. Updated Credentials Report The report was presented as follows: 16 Trustees 174 Voting Delegates for a total of 190 eligible voters. General Service Trustee Elections The results of the general service trustee elections were as follows: Three-year term Tina C. Three-year term Bonnie L. New Business Motion A Move to rescind WSBC Policy 1979d as follows: WSBC Policy 1979d 4

5 It was adopted to: Pay founder Rozanne S. s expenses to all future Conventions. New Business Motion A adopted on the consent agenda. New Business Motion B Move to amend WSBC Policy 1991a, Item 6 as follows: It was adopted that: 6) Delegates should be registered by March 1 and have submitted their committee preference by April 1. Delegates will be notified at or prior to WSBC to which committee they have been assigned. Service on a committee is expected and the commitment is maintained until the following WSBC. Motion required majority to adopt. New Business Motion B adopted as amended. Remaining Business The remainder of business consisted of announcements. Friday, May 1, 2015 Business Meeting IV Credentials Report The first item of business was to adopt the Credentials Report. The report was presented as follows: 17 Trustees 173 Voting Delegates for a total of 189 eligible voters. Substitute New Business Motion G Move to amend WSBC Policy 1984a as follows: WSBC Policy 1984a Upon the recommendation of the Literature Committee, a preamble for Overeaters Anonymous was adopted to read: Overeaters Anonymous is a Fellowship of individuals who, through shared experience, strength, and hope, are recovering from compulsive overeating. We welcome everyone 5

6 who wants to stop eating compulsively. There are no dues or fees for members; we are self-supporting through our own contributions, neither soliciting nor accepting outside donations. OA is not affiliated with any public or private organization, political movement, ideology, or religious doctrine; we take no position on outside issues. Our primary purpose is to abstain from compulsive eating and compulsive food behaviors and to carry the message of recovery through the Twelve Steps of OA to those who still suffer. Motion required majority to adopt. Substitute New Business Motion G adopted. Motion required majority to adopt. New Business Motion G adopted as substituted. New Business Motion H New Business Motion H withdrawn without objection. New Business Motion I Move to amend WSBC 2010c as follows: WSBC Policy 2010c It was adopted that: The Final Conference Report be made available electronically. All delegates and service bodies will continue to receive the printed version unless otherwise requested. Motion required majority to adopt. New Business Motion I adopted. New Business Motion J Move that the World Service display the name Overeaters Anonymous on all displays, banners, and other signage at its events. This does not apply to badges. Motion required majority to adopt. New Business Motion J adopted as amended. Proposed Bylaw Amendments Proposal Item 1 Move to amend OA, Inc. Bylaws, Subpart B, Article VI Intergroups, Section 3 Functioning, Part d as follows: Article VI Intergroups 3) Functioning d) In order to deregister, an intergroup must submit a written notice to the World Service Office, region chair, and region trustee. 6

7 Proposal Item 1 adopted on the consent agenda. Proposal Item 2 Move to amend OA, Inc. Bylaws, Subpart B, Article VIII Service Boards, Section 4 Functioning, Part d as follows: Article VIII Service Boards 4) Functioning d) In order to deregister, a service board must submit a written notice to the World Service Office and either the region chair and region trustee or the virtual services trustee, as applicable. Proposal Item 2 adopted on the consent agenda. Proposal Item 3 Move to amend OA, Inc. Bylaws, Subpart B, Article X Meetings of Delegates, Section 3 Delegates, Part c) 4 as follows: Article X Meetings of Delegates 3) Delegates c) Qualifications/Selection 4) Delegates and alternates should be selected at least seventy days before the annual Conference, and the names forwarded immediately upon selection to the World Service Office of Overeaters Anonymous. Proposal Item 3 adopted on the consent agenda. Proposal Item 4 Move to amend OA, Inc. Bylaws, Subpart B, Article X Meetings of Delegates, Section 3 Delegates, Part b as follows: Article X Meetings of Delegates 3) Delegates b) Non-delegates who may address the World Service Business Conference shall consist of officers of the corporation or any parent or subsidiary of the corporation who are not also trustees, the Conference parliamentarian, the managing director, and/or the managerial staff of the World Service Office. Proposal Item 4 adopted on the consent agenda. 7

8 Proposal Item 5 Move to amend OA, Inc. Bylaws, Subpart B, Article X Meetings of Delegates, Section 3 Delegates, Part c) 2 as follows: Article X Meetings of Delegates 3) Delegates c) Qualifications/Selection 2) Each intergroup or service board shall be entitled to have one qualified delegate for up to the first fifteen groups it represents and one for each additional fifteen groups or any fraction thereof, as per the January Service Body Information Report from WSO, except that the service board shall not represent the same groups as intergroups represent. A group shall be recognized as registered and represented by an intergroup or service board. Proposal Item 5 adopted on the consent agenda. Proposal Item 6 Move to amend OA, Inc. Bylaws, Subpart B, Article VII Regions, Section 1 Composition, Parts 1, 3 and 4 as follows: Article VII Regions b) The regions shall be as follows: 1) Region No. 1 shall be the Pacific Northwest Region composed of Alaska, Idaho, Montana, Oregon, Washington, Wyoming, Alberta, British Columbia, Northwest Territories, Saskatchewan, and Yukon. 3) Region No. 3 shall be the Southwest Region composed of Arizona, Colorado, Nevada, New Mexico, Oklahoma, Texas, and Utah. 4) Region No. 4 shall be the West Central Region of Illinois (except the Greater Chicago area and Central Illinois Intergroup), Iowa, Kansas, Minnesota, Missouri, Nebraska, North Dakota, South Dakota, Manitoba, Northwestern Ontario, and the territory of Nunavut. Proposal Item 6 adopted on the consent agenda. Proposal Item 7 Move to amend OA, Inc. Bylaws, Subpart B, Article XIV Bylaw Amendments, Section 1 Procedure, Part e as follows: Article XIV Bylaw Amendments 1) Procedure 8

9 d) Except as otherwise specified by these bylaws, proposed amendments to Subpart B may be adopted by a two-thirds vote of the delegates present and voting, provided a quorum is present. e) Amendments to Article I (Twelve Steps) and Article II (Twelve Traditions) of Subpart B of these bylaws may only be adopted if, in addition to d) above, they are ratified by three-fourths of the registered Overeaters Anonymous groups responding within six months of notification, provided at least fifty-five 30 percent of the registered groups have responded. Motion required 2/3 vote to adopt. Proposal Item 7 failed. Saturday, May 2, 2015 Business Meeting V Credentials Report The first item of business was to adopt the Credentials Report. The report was presented as follows: 16 Trustees 173 Voting Delegates for a total of 189 eligible voters. Remaining Business The remaining business consisted of committee and workshop reports, the green dot ceremony, and acknowledgements. Total for Seventh Tradition - $5,

10 World Service Business Conference 2015 Intergroup/Service Board Representation Per the November 2004 BOT meeting, a motion was passed that states On the final morning of the Conference, a count of those represented intergroups and national/language service boards shall be made. Therefore, the counts below are based on the final morning (5/2/15) of WSBC Region Total # of Intergroups/Service Boards (as of 5/2/15) Total # of Intergroups/Service Boards Represented at WSBC 2015 Percentage of Intergroups/Service Boards Represented at WSBC 2015 Region % Region % Region % Region % Region % Region % Region % Region % Region % Region % Per OA, Inc. Bylaws, Subpart B, Article X, Section 3, Part a) 5: Where the region is represented by fewer than forty percent of its intergroups and other eligible service bodies, the region may send up to five additional delegates. Preference shall be given to delegates selected from intergroups and service bodies which would otherwise not be represented by delegates. Therefore, Regions Eight, Nine and Ten are eligible to send five additional delegates to WSBC