2008 Fall Issue
Welcome to the Fall issue of the online Fellowship-Wide Services Newsletter!
The web address of this issue is http://www.slaafws.org/node/179
The web address of this issue is http://www.slaafws.org/node/179
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A report from the Board of Trustees (bot) Chair
Hear from Dan A., the BOT chair, on what is happening at F.W.S. and his vision for F.W.S that includes these seven tasks:1)Write a uniform S.L.A.A. literature; 2) Develop a sound public relations policy; 3) Develop a means of handling a large number of pleas for help; 4) Help new groups to form; 5) Furnish groups with counsel based on the experience of other groups; 6) Publish a monthly magazine; and 7) Translate literature into other languages.
Click here to get the full report.
Click here to get the full report.
SEE WHO THE 2008-09 BOT MEMBERS ARE, ON WHICH BOT COMMITTEES THEY SERVE, AND ON WHICH CONFERENCE COMMITTEES THEY SERVE AS LIAISONS.
Reports from the BOT Committees
See what the Board Finance and Operating Committee, the Board Governance and Nominating Committee, and the Board Public Relations Committee are doing.
INTERESTED IN BECOMING A BOT MEMBER?
See what the requirements are in becoming a BOT member.
The BOT Minutes of August 08
Click here to read the minutes.
FINANCIAL REPORT
FINANCIAL REPORT
This is a financial report as of the end of the third quarter of Fiscal Year 2008, which is to say, as of June 30, 2008. We’ll have a report for the entire Fiscal Year, which ended September 30, along with year-on-year comparisons and a budget for Fiscal Year 2009 in the next Newsletter.
Click here to read the full report.
Click here to read the full report.
Where are the 2008 Annual Business Meeting Minutes?
Usually the Annual Business Meetings are included in the F.W.S. Fall Newsletter.
Would your Area or intergroup like to Host an International Recovery Conference (IRC) and Annual Business Meeting (ABM)?
F.W.S. is looking for a few good members to host the 2010 ABM and IRC and the 2011 ABM.
Florida did a wonderful service to our Fellowship as hosts of the 2008 IRC and the 2008 ABM in 2008 and will for the ABM in 2009, as have many other cities in the past years. Perhaps you would like to organize these events next.
Deadline Dates for the 2009 Annual Business meeting, July 14-17, 2009.
If you are planning ahead for the next ABM, we have the deadline dates for registration submission, motions/issues submissions, Committee reports, and BOT nominations.
If you are planning ahead for the next ABM, we have the deadline dates for registration submission, motions/issues submissions, Committee reports, and BOT nominations.
NOVEMBER IS GRATITUDE MONTH !!!!!!
Giving Back What Has So Generously Been Given
‘Tis the season to be grateful!
WHY IS IT NOT OK TO MENTION OTHER 12 STEP PROGRAMS AT AN S.L.A.A. MEETING?
IS THE MESSAGE OF S.L.A.A., WHICH IS MENTIONED IN THE 5TH TRADITION, ONLY ABOUT THE STEPS OR DOES IT INCLUDE THE PRINCIPLES OF THE PROGRAM AS EXPRESS IN THE PREAMBLE OF S.L.A.A.?
What is the Conference Steps and Traditions Committee’s response to this question?
THE CONFERENCE ANOREXIA COMMITTEE (CAC) HAS AN INVITATION FOR YOU!
ARE YOU INTERESTED IN BEING A PART OF THE CAC?
ARE YOU INTERESTED IN BEING A PART OF THE CAC?
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