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Cocaine Anonymous World Service Manual 2020 Edition Reflecting actions from the 2019 World Service Conference C.A. World Service Manual 2020 Edition TABLE OF CONTENTS TABLE OF CONTENTS 1 ACRONYMS USED IN THE WORLD SERVICE MANUAL 4 A DEFINITION OF “COCAINE ANONYMOUS” 5 THE TWELVE STEPS OF COCAINE ANONYMOUS 6 THE TWELVE TRADITIONS OF COCAINE ANONYMOUS 7 THE TWELVE CONCEPTS 8 THE IMPORTANCE OF “ANONYMITY” 10 THE STRUCTURE OF COCAINE ANONYMOUS 11 SERVICE STRUCTURE OF COCAINE ANONYMOUS (CHART) 12 STATEMENT OF POLICY 13 COCAINE ANONYMOUS AND CO-ANON 15 DEFINITION OF A COCAINE ANONYMOUS “GROUP” 16 THE C.A. GROUP 16 MEETING/GROUP TYPES: 17 MEETING/GROUP STYLES: 17 GROUP SERVANTS 18 GROUP SERVICE REPRESENTATIVE (GSR) 18 ALTERNATE GSR 18 SECRETARY 19 GROUP TREASURER QUALIFICATIONS 19 DESCRIPTION OF A DISTRICT AND DISTRICT SERVICE COMMITTEE 21 DISTRICT 21 OFFICERS OF THE DSC 22 DISTRICT SERVICE OFFICERS DUTIES AND QUALIFICATIONS 23 CHAIRPERSON 23 VICE-CHAIRPERSON 23 SECRETARY 23 TREASURER 23 DISTRICT SERVICE REPRESENTATIVE 24 ALTERNATE DISTRICT SERVICE REPRESENTATIVE 24 DESCRIPTION OF AN AREA AND AREA SERVICE COMMITTEE 25 THE AREA 25 SUGGESTED AREA FUNCTIONS 25 AREA MEETINGS 26 Possible Voting Members: 26 Voting Procedures: (Determined by Area) 26 Area Expenses (may include): 26 Area Service Committee Officers: 26 AREA SERVICE COMMITTEE OFFICERS DUTIES & QUALIFICATIONS 27 CHAIRPERSON 27 VICE-CHAIRPERSON 27 SECRETARY 27 AREA AND DISTRICT COMMITTEES 28 WORLD SERVICE CONFERENCE DELEGATE 30 PROCEDURES FOR DELEGATE/ALTERNATE ELECTION 31 COCAINE ANONYMOUS REGIONS 32 DESCRIPTION OF A REGION AND REGIONAL SERVICE ASSEMBLY 34 C.A. World Service Manual 2020 Edition REQUIREMENTS TO CHANGE REGION OR BECOME A REGION 34 REGIONAL SERVICE ASSEMBLY 34 REGIONAL CAUCUS 35 ELECTION OF TRUSTEE CANDIDATES BY REGIONAL ASSEMBLY 36 ELECTION PROCEDURES FOR REGIONAL TRUSTEE CANDIDATES BY REGIONAL ASSEMBLY 37 A. MAXIMUM NUMBER OF CANDIDATES OR LESS (6 CANIDATES IN THE PACIFIC SOUTH AND FOUR CANIDATES IN OTHER REGIONS): 37 B. MORE THAN THE MAXIMUM NUMBER OF CANDIDATES (MORE THAN 6 CANDIDATES IN PACIFIC SOUTH, MORE THAN 4 CANDIDATES IN OTHER REGIONS): 38 THE STRUCTURE OF WORLD SERVICES 39 WSC COMMITTEES STATEMENTS OF PURPOSE 41 WSC COMMITTEE OFFICERS DUTIES, QUALIFICATIONS & SELECTION 45 WSC COMMITTEE CHAIRPERSON 45 COMMITTEE VICE-CHAIRPERSON 45 COMMITTEE CO-SECRETARIES 45 CONFERENCE OFFICERS 45 CONFERENCE CHAIRPERSON 46 CONFERENCE VICE-CHAIR/PARLIAMENTARIAN 47 CONFERENCE CO-SECRETARIES 47 STANDING RULES FOR THE C.A. WORLD SERVICE CONFERENCE 49 REFERRALS 52 WORLD SERVICE BOARD OF TRUSTEES—DESCRIPTION 53 RESPONSIBILITIES OF THE WSBT SUBCOMMITTEES 54 THE WORLD SERVICE BOARD OF TRUSTEES SERVICE STRUCTURE 56 PURPOSE: To ensure the continuation and growth of C.A.. 56 FUNCTIONS: 56 MEMBERSHIP: 56 QUALIFICATIONS 57 TRUSTEE NOMINEE SELECTION AND ELECTION PROCESS AND TRUSTEE TERM 58 VACANCY, REPLACEMENT, AND TERM 58 REGIONAL SLATE 58 CONFERENCE APPROVED SLATE 58 TRUSTEE ELECTION COMMITTEE 59 TRUSTEE SELECTION AND ELECTIONS PROCESS SUMMARY 59 TRUSTEE ELECTION COMMITTEE 61 WORLD SERVICE OFFICE (WSO) 63 CAWSO BOARD QUALIFICATIONS AND RESPONSIBILITIES 65 CHAIRPERSON 65 VICE-CHAIRPERSON 65 SECRETARY 65 TREASURER 65 DIRECTOR 66 COCAINE ANONYMOUS WORLD SERVICE 69 CONFERENCE CHARTER 69 BYLAWS OF COCAINE ANONYMOUS WORLD SERVICES, INC. 72 WSC PARLIAMENTARY PROCEDURE GUIDELINES 81 ROBERT’S RULE OF ORDER MOTION CHART 86 APPENDIX 88 C.A. World Service Manual 2020 Edition 2 WSC APPROVED LITERATURE, BOOKS, AND GUIDELINES 88 ADVISORY OPINIONS 89 CHANGES IN THE 2020 WSM 89 This Manual is intended to provide guidance for our activity in a spiritual program of recovery. Except for Cocaine Anonymous World Service Conference Charter and the Bylaws of Cocaine Anonymous World Services, Inc., legal matters dealing with logos and the name “Cocaine Anonymous” and procedures for elections and participation at the WSC, suggestions are just that and decisions by individuals, groups, districts and areas should be considered within the context of our Twelve Steps, Traditions and Concepts. We should remember that each group is autonomous and that the group conscience is the guiding principle. We hope that you will remember when reviewing this document that this Manual is a compilation of our shared experiences, good and bad. If you have any questions or concerns about its contents, please contact your Regional Trustee. C.A. World Service Manual 2020 Edition 3 ACRONYMS USED IN THE WORLD SERVICE MANUAL ASB Area Service Board ASC Area Service Committee C.A. or CA Cocaine Anonymous CATW Celebrate Around the World CAWS Cocaine Anonymous World Service CAWSO Cocaine Anonymous World Service Office CPC Cooperation with the Professional Community DSC District Service Committee DSR District Service Representative GSR Group Service Representative HFC Hope, Faith and Courage H&I Hospitals and Institutions IT Information Technology LCF Literature, Chips and Formats PI Public Information S&B Structure and Bylaws TAL Trustee at Large TEC Trustee Election Committee TNC Trustee Negotiation Committee WSBT World Service Board of Trustees WSC World Service Conference WSCCC World Service Conference Convention Committee WSCD World Service Conference Delegate WSCITC World Service Conference Information Technology Committee WSM World Service Manual WSO World Service Office WSOT World Service Office Trustee WSOB World Service Office Board WST World Service Trustee C.A. World Service Manual 2020 Edition 4 A DEFINITION OF “COCAINE ANONYMOUS” Cocaine Anonymous is a fellowship of recovering addicts throughout the World. The following definition of “Cocaine Anonymous” is found in our Fellowship’s literature and is often read at meetings of C.A.: “’Cocaine Anonymous is a fellowship of men and women who share their experience, strength and hope with each other that they may solve their common problem, and help others to recover from their addiction. The only requirement for membership is a desire to stop using cocaine and all other mind-altering substances. There are no dues or fees for membership; we are fully self-supporting through our own contributions. We are not allied with any sect, denomination, politics, organization or institution. We do not wish to engage in any controversy and we neither endorse nor oppose any causes. Our primary purpose is to stay free from cocaine and all other mind-altering substances, and to help others achieve the same freedom.’” * We use the Twelve Steps of Recovery, because it has already been proven that the Twelve Step recovery program works.” * Reprinted and adapted with permission of A.A. Grapevine, Inc. C.A. World Service Manual 2020 Edition 5 THE TWELVE STEPS OF COCAINE ANONYMOUS 1. We admitted we were powerless over cocaine and all other mind-altering substances — that our lives had become unmanageable. 2. Came to believe that a Power greater than ourselves could restore us to sanity. 3. Made a decision to turn our will and our lives over to the care of God, as we understood Him. 4. Made a searching and fearless moral inventory of ourselves. 5. Admitted to God, to ourselves and to another human being the exact nature of our wrongs. 6. Were entirely ready to have God remove all these defects of character. 7. Humbly asked Him to remove our shortcomings. 8. Made a list of all persons we had harmed, and became willing to make amends to them all. 9. Made direct amends to such people wherever possible, except when to do so would injure them or others. 10. Continued to take personal inventory, and when we were wrong promptly admitted it. 11. Sought through prayer and meditation to improve our conscious contact with God, as we understood Him, praying only for knowledge of His will for us and the power to carry that out. 12. Having had a spiritual awakening as the result of these steps, we tried to carry this message to addicts, and to practice these principles in all our affairs. The Twelve Steps are reprinted and adapted with permission of Alcoholics Anonymous World Services, Inc. Permission to reprint and adapt the Twelve Steps does not mean AA is affiliated with this program. AA is a program of recovery from alcoholism. Use of the Steps in connection with programs and activities which are patterned after AA, but which address other problems, does not imply otherwise.1 1 THE TWELVE STEPS OF ALCOHOLICS ANONYMOUS: 1. We admitted we were powerless over alcohol– that our lives had become unmanageable. 2. Came to believe that a Power greater than ourselves could restore us to sanity. 3. Made a decision to turn our will and our lives over to the care of God, as we understood Him. 4. Made a searching and fearless moral inventory of ourselves. 5. Admitted to God, to ourselves and to another human being the exact nature of our wrongs. 6. Were entirely ready to have God remove all these defects of character. 7. Humbly asked Him to remove our shortcomings. 8. Made a list of all persons we had harmed, and became willing to make amends to them all. 9. Made direct amends to such people wherever possible, except when to do so would injure them or others. 10. Continued to take personal inventory, and when we were wrong promptly admitted it. 11. Sought through prayer and meditation to improve our conscious contact with God as we understood Him, praying only for knowledge of His will for us and the power to carry that out. 12. Having had a spiritual awakening as the result of these steps, we tried to carry this message to alcoholics, and to practice these principles in all our affairs. C.A. World Service Manual 2020 Edition 6 THE TWELVE TRADITIONS OF COCAINE ANONYMOUS 1. Our common welfare should come first; personal recovery depends upon C.A. unity. 2. For our group purpose there is but one ultimate authority — a loving God as He may express Himself in our group conscience. Our leaders are but trusted servants; they do not govern.