A beautiful 7am oa meeting. Theme: fellowship

8-11:30 am Business session III
saw presentation on possible future use of webcasts to promote more participation. Delegates were asked to give feedback on how this use of media might impact observation of traditions.

elected new region 2 and 8 trustees who ran unopposed for 3 yr term

elected two new general trustees– took three separate votes to choose from five candidates!

11:30am-1pm lunch
1- 5pm session IV
proposals considered. There was a lot of time spent in debate on the term ‘compulsive overeater’ vs. ‘compulsive eater’ and how this impacted our voting on literature. The debate slowed progress considerably

voting results: literature proposals A-b through A-f approved. They can be viewed on the OA website under World Service.

Guidelines

5:30-7 dinner out! Authentic new mexican cuisine. Delicious and abstinent!

8pm optional reference sub-committee meeting on proposal B– local literature

And now a note from WSB chair:

“I do not like the word ‘violate’ for the traditions. It is unnecessarily harsh. I prefer to use the term ‘does not observe the traditions’ instead”

we are not a glum lot, day 3

there were many quips, but they weren’t that funny. We might have been called a more ….serious-minded lot today. But wait! There is a late save by the reference committee! At 9:30pm, during a heated debate, the WS vice chair said,
“I haven’t seen this much passion other than at a buffet!”