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1. Welcome to the ….. 2006 Florida GSR Assembly Orlando, Florida

2. Serenity Prayer God grant me the serenity to accept the things I cannot change, the courage to change the things I can and the wisdom to know the difference.

3. Respect the Process … Please turn off or place your electronic devices on silent or vibrate Atmosphere of Recovery

4. Everything that occurs in the course of NA service must be motivated by the desire to more successfully carry the message of recovery to the addict who still suffers

5. Conference Agenda Workshops • St. Petersburg • West Palm Beach • Orlando • Gainesville

6. Today’s Agenda • Overview of Area, Group, Regional & World Services • Regional Motions • Ballots Submitted • AM Roundtable Issue Discussion Topics • Lunch • PM Roundtable Issue Discussion Topics • What’s Happening at the WSC?

7. Your Voice is heard ! • Members …………. • Group Business Meetings ………. GSR • Monthly • Area Service Committee ……….GSR - RCM • Monthly • Regional Service Committee ……RCM - RD • Every other month (some regions meet quarterly) • World Service Conference …………RD • Every two years

8. The N.A. Group • An NA group is the core of the program. • It delivers the message of recovery through NA meetings. • Providing meeting space • Setting up and cleaning up • Supplying refreshments • Procuring literature • Running meetings • Maintaining an atmosphere of recovery

9. Area Service Committees Area Service Committees form when groups unite to do together what cannot be done alone.

10. Area Service Committees Area Service Committees While groups carry the message in recovery meetings, areas carry the message more publicly through: • Public Information • Hospitals & Institutions • Help Line • Web Page • Activities • Convention • Newsletter • Outreach • Meeting Lists

11. Florida Region 17AREAS COMBINE INTO THE FLORIDA REGION

12. Bahamas – An archipelago of 700 islands. Nassau & Freeport • Bay– Pinellas County • Big Bend– Tallahassee & many surrounding counties • Chain O’Lakes– Lake & Sumter counties • Daytona – Daytona Beach & surrounding counties • First Coast– Jacksonville & surrounding counties • Forest – Marion County • Greater Orlando– Orange, Seminole & Osceola counties • Heartland– Lakeland, Polk, Okeechobee, Hardee, Highlands counties • Palm Coast– Palm Beach County north of Boynton Beach Blvd. • RecoveryCoast– Pasco County • River Coast – Hernando, Citrus & other nearby counties • Space Coast– Melbourne, Cocoa Beach and Brevard County • Sun Coast– Sarasota & Manatee counties • Tampa Fun Coast– City of Tampa & Hillsborough County • Treasure Coast– Martin, St. Lucie & Indian River counties • Un Coast– Gainesville & surrounding counties

13. Florida Region • Provide subcommittee support to Areas • Coordinate Public Relations efforts in the region • Manage the Florida Regional Service Office • Manage the Florida Regional Convention • Website & Internet Management • Outreach support services to Groups and Areas • Hold Workshops and Learning Days, as well as a GSR Assembly and Symposium every other year • Participate in World Service and Zonal activities

14. Recent Achievements • The RSO eliminated $100K of bad debt & is now operating in the black. Vastly improved website. 5th largest WSO customer! • Published Florida History Book in July 2004 • Established Outreach Committee and efforts to support areas throughout the region in September 2004. • 1st Service Symposium held in March 2005 • Revised and updated policy package completed 2005 • RSC to be held in the Bahamas in September 2006 • Holding 25th Anniversary Convention – the three main speakers were the main speakers from FRCNA 1, 2 & 3 • For the first time we now have 7 Areas with 50+ meetingsand exceeded 700 meetings in the region!

15. Reaching OutTraveling Regional Weekends • Fun Coast – 1/04 • Heartland (GSR) – 3/04 • South Atlantic – 5/04 • Space Coast – 7/04 • Orlando – 9/04 • Sun Coast – 11/04 • Forest – 1/05 • Orlando (Symposium) – 3/05 • First Coast – 5/05 • Daytona – 7/05 River Coast – 9/05 Big Bend – 11/05 Chain O’ Lakes – 1/06 Orlando (GSR) – 3/06 Palm Coast – 5/06 Treasure Coast – 7/06 Bahamas – 9/06 Uncoast – 11/06 Recovery Coast – 1/07 Bay (Symposium) – 3/07

16. 706 North Ingraham Avenue  Lakeland, Fl. 33801 (863) 683-8224  (863) 683-8184 fax

17. FRCNA-25! REGISTER NOW!

18. Southeast Zonal Forum MEMBER REGIONS • South Florida • Florida • Alabama/NW Florida • Georgia • The Carolinas • North Carolina Florida is hosting the January 2007 SEZF

19. Twelve Zonal Forums • Asia-Pacific Forum • Canadian Assembly • European Delegates Meeting • Latin American Zonal Forum • Autonomy Zonal Forum • Midwest Zonal Forum • North East Zonal Forum • Plains States Zonal Forum • Rocky Mountain Forum • Southeast Zonal Forum • Southern Zonal Forum • Western States Forum

20. WSC – 4 1980 L.A. Valley College 1980 WSC Minutes: “Florida has 23 meetings, 8 are institutional meetings and 1 Nar-Anon meeting ………”

21. WSC 1984 Left to right: George H., Jimmy K., Bob Stone, Bob R. (standing), Susan C. Retail Workers Union Hall – Santa Monica

22. Air-Tel Hotel – Van Nuys Dallas, Texas ……. and ……. Vienna, Virginia

23. World Service Conference 2006 Marriott Warner Center Woodland Hills, California

24. World Service Conference 2006 Marriott Warner Center Woodland Hills, California

25. Not far from where it all began in 1953 October 5, 1953 1st Recovery Meeting Church at Cantara & Clybourne Jimmy K.

26. World Service Conference MAIN CONFERENCE HALL AT MARRIOTT

27. World Service Conference The World Service Conference is the place where delegates from the worldwide fellowship gather to consider the wishes, needs, desires of their local and global NA communities, unified by the vision that guides our decisions.

28. The World Board • Oversees the World Service Office • Facilitates development of NA worldwide • Interfaces with governments and professional bodies to ensure our developing ability to serve addicts everywhere • Travels to World Wide Workshops and service events to keep us informed • Supervises the planning and hosting of conventions • Facilitates the production of new literature • Oversees workgroups • Provides the overview and insight that makes strategic planning possible

29. Narcotics Anonymous World Services, Inc. (NAWS) is a non-profit corporation whose business is to serve addicts. It is a part of the service structure that has been formalized for legal and business reasons. Most importantly, NAWS exists as a unifying element that allows us to work toward achieving our community vision of reaching every addict worldwide with our life-saving message.

30. NAWS has four physical offices, called World Service Offices in: ◊ California ◊ Canada Chatsworth Mississauga ◊ Belgium ◊ Iran Brussels Tehran Special workers are employed by the offices to better serve our needs. The offices also answer questions & provide assistance to individuals, N.A. groups, areas, regions & zones throughout the world.

31. Chatsworth – San Fernando Valley

32. NAWS Finances • When we think of how we want to finance these important services in NA, some of us view NAWS as the business that finances services and growth for the whole fellowship. • In recent years, NAWS revenue has been: • 89% literature, etc • 9% contributions • 2% miscellaneous • Lately, some of us are beginning to wonder if we as a fellowship understand the value of self-support, or are we relying on the success of NAWS as a business? • When we think of how we want to finance these important services in NA, some of us view NAWS as the business that finances services and growth for the whole fellowship. • In recent years, NAWS revenue has been: • 89% literature, etc • 9% contributions • 2% miscellaneous • Lately, some of us are beginning to wonder if we as a fellowship understand the value of self-support, or are we relying on the success of NAWS as a business?

33. …more NAWS • NAWS is supervised by an executive director and by the World Board. • In some sense our World Board is a Board of Directors much like that of any other non-profit corporation. • In a more important sense, our Board members are recovering addicts who serve like any of us who serve our home groups, areas or regions.

34. Regional Motions

35. Motion # 1 To direct the World Board to develop a project plan, timeline, and budget for WSC 2008, to create & develop a glossary of recovery terms typically used in Narcotics Anonymous

36. Intent:To provide a resource of common meanings for frequently used NA recovery terms. • Financial Impact:Depends on the extent of the project • Maker:Northern New York Region

37. Policy Affected:None • Rationale:Eliminate confusion about terms, especially those not found in dictionaries. Northern New York believes this will eliminate different meanings of the same term, thus eliminating separation. • World Board:Recommendation is not to adopt.

38. Motion # 1 To direct the World Board to Develop a project plan, timeline, and budget for WSC 2008, to create & develop a glossary of recovery terms typically used in Narcotics Anonymous DEFEATED SOUNDLY

39. Motion #2 To direct the World Board to create a project plan for the development of a fellowship-approved Identity Statement to be presented at WSC 2008. DEFEATED SOUNDLY

40. Intent:To obtain literature that will recognize the distinguishing characteristics of the Narcotics Anonymous fellowship from other 12-step fellowships. • Policy Affected:None • Maker: Ohio Region

41. Financial Impact:The cost of any potential project would depend on the details of the project plan. Rationale by Region:There are several versions in existence of an Identity Statement that circulate throughout the fellowship. Many home groups have chosen to make them part of their group readings. Additionally, they are read at Area & Regional Conventions. World Board:Our recommendation is not to adopt.

42. Motion #2 To direct the World Board to create a project plan for the development of a fellowship-approved Identity Statement to be presented at WSC 2008.

43. Motion #3 To change the timeframe for approval form recovery literature from the current minimum of 150 days to a minimum of one year. Intent:To extend the time frame for approval form literature to allow sufficient time to communities who choose to make a rough translation.

44. Intent:To extend the time frame for approval form literature to allow sufficient time to communities who choose to make a rough translation. Maker:German Speaking Region

45. Policy Affected:This action would directly amend the following WSC policies: A Guide to World Services in NA Page 32, Approval Process for Recovery Literature B. Approval-form Literature 1. Approval-form literature is prepared by the World Board and is distributed for a period of time, considering translations, determined by the World Board of not less than one hundred fifty (150) days[one year]. The length of this approval period is determined by the World Board based on the needs of the fellowship and the piece being considered for approval.

46. Rationale by Region:New literature is presented in English. Thus it is not accessible to large parts of our fellowship. To reach an informed group conscience, literature has to be available in our language as a rough draft translation. To do this, we need at least 6 month time ADDITIONAL to the usual approval period.

47. Motion #3 To change the timeframe for approval form recovery literature from the current minimum of 150 days to a minimum of one year. Intent:To extend the time frame for approval form literature to allow sufficient time to communities who choose to make a rough translation.

48. Time for Ballots #1 • For ______ • Against ______ • Abstain ______ #2 • For ______ • Against ______ • Abstain ______ #3 • For ______ • Against ______ • Abstain ______

49. It’s Break Time Keep coming back - - - on time !!!

50. Roundtable Discussions