Florida Regional Service Committee Delegate Report Crystal River, Florida --- September 2008

Our First Official Roundtable Discussion

Fellowship Development Group Pens Pals in Prisons & Jails Public Relations Schedule for 2009 Florida Helpline Directory Area Service 101 Florida Service Symposium Liability Insurance Guide to Regional Service Committee Latino Outreach Young Peoples Workgroup Prison Clearance Leadership Training

SE Zonal Forum June Meeting Pensacola, Florida RESCHEDULING 1st - February Meeting instead of January in CAT years 2nd - August Meeting instead of June each year ROTATION Alabama/NW Florida June 2008 South Florida February 2009 North Carolina August 2009 Florida August 2010 The Carolinas February 2011 Georgia February 2010 * Georgia only hosts the bi-annual CAT/CAR Workshop

Reason for New Dates We were meeting the 1st week of January which conflicted w/Carolina RSC Meeting. In the WSC year, a CAR Workshop, but, the delegates all held CAR Workshops prior to the Zonal and found no need for it. If we held it the first Sunday in February, we would be able to have NAWS review the CAT issues with us. SOUTH FLORIDA - - - NORTH CAROLINA

Florida Service Symposium Location – Tampa Program – Could be finalized soon Request to NAWS submitted Budget – $$$ our set aside – 15k International Speaker Meeting? Must be out early

Other NAWS Information NAWS News will be out next week. WWW is in February 2009 in Oakland, California WCNA Losses – $596,000 All workgroups have started meeting Basic Text - October 1 Special Edition – Mid–November – Hologram Page

Hot Issues New Service IP’s should be out after the next World Board meeting Youth & Recovery IP’s are here!!! Basic Text & Special Edition ($25) October New NAWS website coming ….. Area Support Issues

Hot Issues 2008-2010 Issue Discussion Topics Our Responsibility – Our Freedom Leadership Building Communication

Online Subscriptions Daily Just For Today Readings The NA Way Magazine The NA News – This week Reaching Out Magazine

World Board Executive Committee aka Ron’s Anonymous 2008-2010 Jim B. – Chicagoland - Chairperson Ron M. – Florida - Vice-Chairperson Ron B. – Australia - Secretary Ron H. – Rio Grande - Treasurer

In Times of Illness Revision 2008-2009 Mary B. - Board Member - Texas Tonia N. - Board Member - Greece Dr. Jay – Member – California Sherry V. – Delegate – Virginia Steve S. – Member – California Irene C. – Delegate – Ireland Michael F. – Member – California Mark W. – Delegate – Florida Nayda – Member - Connecticut

Targeted Literature Although there is a long list of potential targeted literature, the work for this project this cycle will focus on a revision to: “In Times of Illness” This booklet will be updated to reflect our current experience with long-term illnesses and mental health issues.

Living Clean 2008-2011 Franney J. – Board Member – Washington Tom M. – Board Member – Hawaii Vicki B. – Member – Florida Konstantine M. – Delegate – Greece Patricia T. – Delegate – N. Carolina Mary P. – Delegate – California Emil R. – Member – Peru Mindy A. – Member – Missouri Bo C. – Member - Washington Wayne M. – Member – New Jersey

“Living Clean – The Journey Continues” This is a working title only for a book covering a collection of issues that we deal with in recovery. The topics that will be covered in this book are many that have been prioritized in literature surveys going back to 1999. One of our first areas of focus will be to develop an outline for this piece. This is a two-conference-cycle project.

“Living Clean – The Journey Continues” This project was first discussed in 1980 even prior to the completion of the Basic Text. A member in Philadelphia wrote a draft in 1983 and gave it the literature committee. With the other literature projects it was put off again & again, it never made it to the “A” list. It was later revised in the 90’s using the original draft. More Will Be Revealed – 10th Chapter was always intended to become a future book project about on-going recovery.

Self-Support IP’s Revision 2008-2009 Khalil J. – Business Plan Leader – Georgia Mario T. – Member – Australia Moina B. – Member – Arizona Jeff B. – Member – California Sue L. – Member – California Ahmed M. – Member – Egypt *

Self-Support Pamphlets This project covers the development of two new pieces on self-support—one a simple graphic representation to show members the variety of ways and places where we can contribute, and the other a discussion of our principle of self-support. These two pieces are intended to replace our current self-support pamphlets. What’s The Basket For? Self-Support – Practice & Principles

Service System 2008-2011 Craig R. – Board Member – Pennsylvania Mark H. – Board Member – Wisconsin Muk H. – Board Member – New Jersey Bob G. – Delegate – Florida JJ J. – Delegate – Minnesota Jean-Pierre B. – Delegate – Canada Jose M. – Delegate – Brazil Matt S. – Delegate – California Sisko H. – Delegate – Sweden Tana A. – Member – New York Travis F. – Member – Illinois Tim S. – Member – Australia Earle W. – Delegate - Pennsylvania

Service System This project will begin with developing a vision statement for all NA services. It will create options and frame discussions about improvements to our service structure in this cycle. This is a two-conference-cycle project.

Service System Create a …. Vision Statement for all NA services Review Best Practices Worldwide Review Areas Needing Improvement – PR? Topics For Fellowship Discussion Revise The Guide To Local Services? Create Service Tools Visual Aids Florida, Minnesota, N. California & Sweden Models

We Can Do It Better!

Business Plan Ongoing Bob McD. – Member – Washington Khalil J. – Member – Georgia Susan C. – Member – Canada Daniel S. – Member – Germany Brendan T. – Member - Pennsylvania

Business Plan Workgroup This has become such an integral part of our business operations that the conference agreed that this workgroup could be considered an essential service in the future.

The NA Way Editorial Board 2008-2010 Paul C. – Board Member – Canada Susan – Member – Australia Tim S. – Member – Kansas Alan D. – Member – California formerly Florida Effectively acts as a review board for The NA Way

Reaching Out Editorial Board 2008-2010 Bobby S. – Member – Florida Kim A. – Member – Connecticut Nancy F. – Member – Idaho Mark B. – Member – Nebraska Chuck C. – Member – Colorado Expect Reaching Out to take on a whole new look!!

World Convention - 33 Barcelona, Spain - August 2009 WCNA Page available soon – December 1 It isn’t inexpensive, prepare now!!! Non-stops out of Miami and Atlanta Iranian contingent may appear there

WCNA-11 Convention Committee Miami 1981