WSC 2020 Regional Reports A Greater Illinois O ABCD Greater New York Occidente‐Mexico Alabama Northwest Florida Greater Philadelphia Ohio Alaska Greece OK AL‐SASK Guatemala Ontario Aotearoa New Zealand H P Argentina Hawaii Pacific Cascade Arizona HOW Brazil Panama Arkansas I Paraguay Australia Indiana Peru B Iowa Philippines Baja Son Iran Polish Speaking Best Little Irish Portugal BlackLands * Israel Q Bolivia* Italy Quebec Brazil J Quisqueyana Brazil Central * Japan R Brazil Sul K Region 51 British Columbia Kentuckiana Bluegrass Region del Coqui Buckeye Appalachian Rio de Janeiro C L Rio Grande California Inland Lithuania S California Mid‐State Lone Star San Diego/Imperial Counties Canada Atlantic Louisiana Show‐Me Carolina M Sierra Sage Central Atlantic Metro‐Detroit SOSONA Indian Central California Mexico South Africa Chesapeake & Potomac Michigan South Dakota Chicagoland Mid‐America South Florida Colombia Mid‐Atlantic Southern California Colorado Minas/Brazil * Southern Idaho Connecticut Minnesota Spain Costa Rica Mississippi Sweden Cuba * Montana T D Mountaineer Tejas Bluebonnet Democratic Republic of Congo * N Tri‐State Denmark Nebraska U E Nepal UK Eastern New York NERF ‐ NE India Ukraine Eastern Pennsylvania * Netherlands Upper Midwest Ecuador New England Upper Rocky Mountain Egypt New Jersey Uruguay F Nicaragua Utah Finland Nordeste Brazil * V Florida North Carolina Venezuela France Northern California Volunteer Freestate Northern New England W G Northern New Jersey Washington Northern Idaho Georgia Northern New York Western New York German Speaking Norway Western Russia Grande Sao Paulo Wisconsin * Unseated regions ABCD Region WSC 2020 Regional Reports Facts about: ABCD Region Name of Regional Delegate ..................................................................................................... Michelle M Have you attended a WSC before? How many? ........................................................................ Yes, 1 Name of Alternate Delegate ............................................................................................................. Paul V Have you attended a WSC before? How many? ............................................................................... No How many areas are in the region? .............................................................................................................7 How many groups are in the region? ......................................................................................................125 How many meetings take place each week in the region? ....................................................................250 How many H&I panels take place each week in the region? ....................................................................30 Number of members since WSC 2018? ..................................................................................... Shrinking Total money region contributed to your zonal forum during your last fiscal year? ........... 60 US Dollars Your Regional Service Structure How many times a year does your RSC meet face‐to‐face? ......................................................................12 How many times a year does your RSC meet virtually? .............................................................................0 How many times a year does your regional admin body meet virtually? ..................................................0 Does your region have a regional office? ................................................................................................ No Does your region have a regional convention? .............................................................. No Attendance is: What committees or workgroups do you have at your RSC? Literature Distribution; Phoneline; Website Are any of these workgroups/committees new since the last WSC? Does your RSC meeting use CBDM to reach decisions? ........................................................................ Yes Do any of your areas use CBDM to reach decisions? ............................................................................ Yes Comments about how that works: most participating members have acceptance with CBDM Service Delivery & Best Practices Are fellowship development (FD) or outreach efforts provided within your region? No Has your region discussed where NA does not exist in your region? .................................................... Yes What kind of training and mentoring efforts take place in your region and/or its areas? As the RD and AD we are trying to bring awareness of the movement within the NEZF that has been taking place with PR and FD on a zonal level. NA members in the ABCD region appear jaded and have taken on the ʺviewʺ and/or the ideas of previous RDʹs that presented ʺanti‐worldʺ ‐ and against the future of the WSC moving towards zonal seating. I donʹt think members know any better then what they were presented with at the time. Describe what kind of planning your region and/or its areas utilize. Does your region or its areas have any shared services with other service bodies? ............................. No Successes with communication strategies in your region and/or its areas. Some questions have been truncated to save space 1 ABCD Region WSC 2020 Regional Reports Unfortunately there are members w/in the regional body that oppose virtual communication ‐ as the RD I feel they have a mis‐understanding of the benefits ‐ we are working as a RD/AD team to show otherwise as we participate in NEZF zoom meetings and CPʹs zoom meetings that we find useful. Successes with utilizing technology in new ways within your region and/or areas. same as above Please describe the different types of public relations efforts (PR/PI) carried out in your region. not all 7 areas have PR efforts ‐ the ones that do have presentations within schools, Drug Courts, display literature racks and one area is attempting to develop an NA club house. Number of conferences our PR/PI committees participate in/exhibit at: .................................................0 Does your region have any type of NA phoneline or a helpline? Yes, helping addicts find meetings within the area they are in as well as helping visiting addicts find meetings. Do you have a regional website? .................................................................................. Yes, abcdrna.org If yes, do you keep your meeting information updated on the website? .............................................. Yes Reaching Decisions on WSC Issues Has your region hosted CAR workshops? Yes, 8 workshops will be done prior to the WSC 2020. One assembly at the region with RCMʹs then doing workshops with RD/AD help within the areas. Which method does your community use to reach a conscience on the CAR? Tally‐one vote per member If a motion that your region has reached a conscience on is amended at the WSC do you have some discretion to change how you vote on the motion? ...................................................................... Yes Does your region discuss the parts of the CAR not related to motions? Yes, as an RD/AD team we felt the history of certain things needed to be addressed for newer members to understand what was being asked. Does your region engage in gathering a conscience for CAT material? .................... Yes, still gathering information from those interested in the CAT‐ time Innovations and Challenges What subject generated the most interest and discussion in your region this cycle? MAT/DRT and how it pertains to NA Please describe the most significant challenge your region has faced since WSC 2018 low meeting attendance and lack of trusted servants Please describe some highlights or successes your region has experienced since WSC 2018 looking at new ways to make NA attractive, *introducing the member areas to the ideas of the NEZF, *although area meeting support is low there is support at the region. What additional information would you like to share with other conference participants? Is there anything in particular you want to discuss at the conference? Some questions have been truncated to save space 2 Alabama Northwest Florida Region WSC 2020 Regional Reports Facts about: Alabama Northwest Florida Region Name of Regional Delegate ......................................................................................................... Harold H Have you attended a WSC before? How many? ........................................................................ Yes, 2 Name of Alternate Delegate ............................................................................................................ Kelly S Have you attended a WSC before? How many? .......................................................................... Yes, 1 How many areas are in the region? ...........................................................................................................12 How many groups are in the region? ......................................................................................................141 How many meetings take place each week in the region? ....................................................................381 How many H&I panels take place each week in the region? ....................................................................55 Number of members since WSC 2018? ........................................................................ Staying the same Total money region contributed to your zonal forum during your last fiscal year? ....... 1000 US Dollars Your Regional Service Structure