• WSC – World Service Conference
• Business Meeting… not to be confused with the
World Convention (WCNA)
• CAR – Conference Agenda Report
• Old Business
• CAT – Conference Approval Track
• New Business
• RD (RDA) – Regional Delegate (Alternate)
• NAWS – NA World Services
• Business entity – is entrusted with the “rights” to the NA Literature
• WB – World Board
• Responsible for the oversight of NAWS as well as conducts their own projects
• GWSNA – Guide to World Services
• GLS – Guide to Local Services
• SSP – Service System Project
• Proposal to revamp to NA service structure
• IDTs - Issue Discussion Topics
• A new method at the WSC for bringing issues to the floor

• Your Delegates Represent
Group’s Conscience !
your
• Educate You So You Educate Others
• Stay on Topic – Tons of information Time is short
• Assumption – You have/will read portions of the
CAT/CAR www.na.org/conference
• That your enthusiasm, will help your group to complete the CAT/CAR Tally.
Online or on Paper
• Your RD and RDA are headed to a 8 day business meeting and we represent YOU and
YOUR Home Groups

World Board Motions & Regional Motions
WSC Survey: Literature, Service Material, and IDTs
Future of the WSC – Role of Zones
Strategic Project Planning & Budget
Additional Seating of Regions
Regional Ideas Submitted for Conference
Consideration
CAR, CAT, videos, and other WSC materials at www.na.org/conference

Motion 1
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To approve the book contained in Addendum A,
“ Guiding Principles: The Spirit of Our Traditions ,” as
Fellowship-approved recovery literature.

Motion 1 – Traditions Book
• 2010: Regional motion passed
• Develop a project plan for the book
• 2012: Motion passed approving the book project
• 2012-2014: Gathered Fellowship input
• 2014-2016: 90-day review and input periods and release of approval draft
The project received 60-100 pages of input per
chapter from members, groups, committees from regions in at least 15 US states & 12 other countries
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Motion 2
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To approve the following changes to the World
Board External Guidelines contained in A Guide to
World Services in NA (GWSNA):
• To change the size of the Board from up to 18 members to up to 15 members.
• To remove the obligation for staggered terms if more than eight (8) members are elected at one time.
• To change the limitation from two consecutive terms to two terms in a lifetime .

Motion 2 (con’t)
At the conference there will be a motion by multiple regions to divide
Motion 2 into 3 separate motions as the intents are different for all 3 sections.
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Motion 3
That the NA World Board develop a project plan which includes a budget and timeline to create an informational pamphlet specifically about mental illness and recovery for consideration at the 2018 World Service Conference.
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Motion 4:
That all future approved World
Board Minutes be posted on na.org for download.
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Motion 5:
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That all Financial Reporting for the World
Convention of Narcotics Anonymous be provided in a detailed line item format and not in a summary as is currently available. This report will be posted on na.org and be downloadable.

Motion 6:
That all face to face World Board meetings be open to any NA member on a space available basis ; unless the topic(s) being discussed are required by law to be confidential.
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Motion 7:
That if there continues to be a WSC Participants
Discussion Board on NA.org that it be made accessible to non WSC participants ; only for viewing , not posting.
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Motion 8:
To direct NAWS to produce a low-cost paperback English version of the Basic
Text which contains only the first ten chapters called “ Our Program ”.
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Motion 9:
To direct the World Board to post a PDF version of all approved English and translated Basic
Texts on na.org for free download.
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Motion 10:
To hold every other WSC outside of the US and to begin this rotation with WSC 2020 to be held in Moscow, Russia
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Motion 11:
To allow a delegate from any Zonal
Forum who requests it to be seated at the WSC as a non-voting participant .
The expense of attendance will be the responsibility of the Zonal Forum and not the WSC.
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Motion 12:
That Narcotics Anonymous World
Services add the following “What is NA
Service” card as part of the Group
Readings offered by the World Service
Office.
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Motion 13:
Each World Board member votes only in
Elections and may make motions in all sessions. The World Board has one collective vote (made by the Chairperson of the World
Board) in new business sessions.
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Motion 14:
That the World Board or members of the World
Board no longer make motions or proposals for decision at the WSC . The World Board may still forward ideas or work that regional delegates may present as a motion or proposal to the WSC for a decision.
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 Fellowship/regions can be more involved with
• Setting priorities
• Giving input on World Services’ work
 Survey items are from
• Members’ project requests
• Former surveys
• RD/AD suggestions
• Fellowship requests
• Asking for a Group Conscience AND an individual response for the Literature Survey.
• Individual Survey is located at: https://www.surveymonkey.com/r/CAR2016

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2016 CAR, page 24

The WSC is large and expensive
Effectiveness might be jeopardized
World Board recommendations at previous Conferences have not been supported or gained enough traction to effect change

WSC 2014 – Stats & Facts
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112 Delegates
82 Alternates
18 WB members

WSC 2014 – Stats & Facts
Travel, food & lodging for
RDs, ADs, WB, translators,
HRP, and cofacs:
~$465,000
Cost to NAWS: almost $300,000
Cost to regions:
~$165,000
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WSC 2014 – Stats & Facts
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WSC 2014 – Stats & Facts
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WSC Future Participants
WSC if all 68 unseated communities were added
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184 Delegates
143 Alternates
18 WB members

Who needs to be present at the
WSC?
Zonal seating?
Where do we go from here?
Future of the WSC workgroup formed – two conversations:
• The role of zones in their communities
• A sustainable and effective
WSC

Are we heading toward zonal seating?
What will it take to negotiate a workable solution?
Criteria for seating at the WSC?
WB’s main concern: WSC agrees on a vision for sustainability & effectiveness

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2016 CAR, page 30

Small but persistent minority of NA members distributing illicit literature
Reminiscent of the early 1990s
Diverted us from our primary purpose
Drove members or potential members away from NA
Two bulletins at www.na.org/fipt

WSO recognized as authority to publish and distribute NA literature
An Introductory Guide to NA
Fellowship Intellectual Property
Trust: NA’s property held in trust for the Fellowship www.na.org/fipt

May have no effect on those distributing the literature
Lawsuits are painful and expensive
Human and financial resources could be better used elsewhere
Only NA members can stop this activity!

A truly international Fellowship
Literature priced to provide support and services where needed
NA is unified as a worldwide effort
Protecting the fidelity of NA literature and supporting services has become increasingly complicated as NA grows

Approved publications should remain with NA World Services
NA groups and members have the right and responsibility to demand that reprinting or modifying NA literature stops
Personal recovery depends on NA unity and we must work together

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2016 CAR, page 28

“To agree in principle to move in the direction of a service system that contains…” group support forums local service conferences local service boards
All passed by over 2/3 majority with amendment “to be included in the GTLS as an option along with our current service units.”
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Revised GTLS could be helpful but not has not been revised since 2005
Service material should describe what actually works
Could include material on:
• Better group support
• Planning assemblies
• Projects
• Budgeting
• Decisions through consensus

More Service System web meetings
Reorganized local service resources webpage – www.na.org/localresources
Not just about ideas from the
Service System Project
Send us your tools and ideas about what’s working in your areas and regions

State, nation, or province service bodies
• …easier to find us
• …easier to communicate
• …NA growth in every part of our communities
• …not necessarily about seating!

› CAT material is considered in new business of the WSC.
› Exception: “Proposed Rules
& Tools related to WSC
Decision Making” will first be presented in a motion at the beginning of old business.

 Strategic Plan & Proposed Project
Plans
 Proposed Budget & Cover
 Proposed Rules & Tools for WSC
Decision-making
 WSC Seating Report
 Regional Ideas Submitted for WSC
Consideration

› New simpler format
› Includes update on 2014-2016 projects
› Project plans explain the scope of the work
› We always propose more projects than we expect to be able to complete

› Getting work done more economically
– Mixture of virtual and face-to-face meetings
– Use of focus groups
– “Talking” via email & other electronic means

› A new approach to further collaborate: WSC will discuss, prioritize, and approve project plans
› Results of CAR survey will help determine the focus of some projects
› Details and updates will be reported in NAWS News

› Total budget for all projects ($200,000) is less than the Traditions Book Workgroup expense
› $38,000 from 2014-2016 budget is being carried forward to PR project as a separate line item
› Budget distribution will depend on results of Conference discussions

› Six proposed projects
– Recovery Literature
– Service Tools
– Collaboration in Service
– Future of the WSC
– Fellowship Development & Public
Relations
– Social Media as a PR Tool
Note: Not all strategic plan objectives have associated project plans

Objective 1: Develop new recovery literature and/or revise existing literature to meet Fellowship’s needs.
› Publish “Guiding Principles: The Spirit of Our Traditions”
› Identify literature priorities based on the CAR Fellowship survey

 Fellowship/regions can be more involved with
• Setting priorities
• Giving input on World Services’ work
 Survey items are from
• Members’ project requests
• Former surveys
• RD/AD suggestions
• Fellowship requests

 Four survey categories
• Book-length recovery literature
• Booklet- or pamphlet-length recovery literature
• Service tools
• Issue Discussion Topics

Objective 2: Develop concise, accessible, relevant, adaptable tools that address basic concepts and inspire users in service efforts.
› Identify new tools from the CAR
Fellowship survey
› Collect and incorporate best practices of service delivery

Objective 3: Raise awareness of the value, impact & spiritual necessity of collaboration, demonstrating relevance of A Vision for NA Service to each body within the service system.
› Continue collaborating with regional delegates on World Services planning
› Further the concept and value of system-wide planning

Objective 4: Continue work to make the
WSC a more effective resource to help achieve
A Vision for NA Service.
› Continue discussion to frame viable
WSC seating options
› Improve discussion and consensusbuilding processes at the WSC
› Improve processes to forward issues & discussions between Conferences

› Objective 5: World Board Development:
Enhance Board effectiveness, building on the strategies initiated in the 2014
‐
2016 cycle.
› Strategies:
– Orient and engage new World Board members, using their skills and experience to support the work of the Board.
– Continue use of internal working groups of the
Board to support Board productivity and to enhance mentoring of new Board members.
– Increase effectiveness of Board communication between formal meetings.

Objective 6: Increase understanding that effective FD efforts depend on PR work, emphasizing the need for collaboration among service bodies
› Help service bodies understand their essential part in collaborative PR to grow NA and advance NA’s vision
› Conduct a PR roundtable with medical professionals

› OBJECTIVE 7:
Targeting Fellowship Development Resources:
Continue to target the use of NAWS resources for fellowship development on a global scale by identifying and acting upon opportunities.
› Strategies:
– Identify opportunities to engage in
Fellowship development and public relations activities.
– Develop new and relevant tools to support these efforts.

Objective 8: Raise awareness & understanding of NA among the general public and potential members through use of social media
› Research use of social media by similar organizations
› Frame a discussion about social media with the Fellowship and
Conference for WSC 2018

› OBJECTIVE 9: Fellowship Communication:
Use multimedia tools including video to enrich NAWS communication about Fellow ship development efforts around the world, inspiring a broader understanding of our world
‐ wide fellowship.
› Strategies:
– Transform reports by developing several short vi deo clips showcasing the impact of fellowship development efforts.
– Test delivery of videos through a variety of mea ns and evaluate.

› OBJECTIVE 10: Financial Contributions:
Communicate and recognize the positive impact contributions have had and will have in fulfilling the NA Vision for Service.
› Strategies:
– Use the contribution acknowledgment process (both to individuals and service groups) to initiate regular communication with contributors on the impact of their contribution. Contributors can choose the form of communication they most prefer.

› Cover memo explains budget and terminology
› Budget includes projected income and expenses
› Planning and activity are for
2016-2018 two-year cycle

› Operating income is gross sales minus the cost of goods
› Four expense areas
– Literature production & distribution
– WSC support
– Fellowship development
– Events

› Expense classifications
– Fixed operational funds are for recurring expenses
– Variable operational funds are for non-routine expenses (e.g., projects)
– Reserve funds are set aside for future or unexpected current needs

› Budget Notes:
– Second fiscal year is a deficit, but overall budget is not
– “Guiding Principles” line item depends on Conference approval
– No WCNA expenses included
(other than workgroup line item) due to new 3-year WCNA cycle

› Ideas to use time effectively and to respect meaningful discussion and the minority voice
› As has been done at past WSC, a motion will be made at the beginning of old business to try these ideas for WSC 2016

› 2012 & 2014 WSC agreed to try using proposals in addition to motions
› After trying the new processes, WSC
2014 unanimously adopted them as policy (Proposal BC)
› We’re suggesting a similar trial of new rules and tools at WSC 2016

› Utilizing CBDM at the WSC includes approaches for
– Focusing the WSC
– Managing the discussion queue
– Measuring consensus
– Introducing motions and proposals
– Managing discussions

Motion and Proposal Discussions
Present motion or proposal, hear comments, and conduct initial straw poll
Consensus not in support
Consensus support
Hear from the minority
2 nd straw poll; still consensus not in support?
Yes No
Discussion ends; if a proposal, it fails; motions decided in business session
>20% and <80% support
Hear from the minority
2 nd straw poll; still consensus support?
No Yes
Per GWSNA & Cofac tools, discuss and straw polls; if a proposal, vote; motions decided in business session
Discussion ends; if a proposal, it is adopted; motions decided in business session

› Seating is an issue that has challenged
Conferences over the years
› Need a more sustainable and effective
WSC
› Current seating criteria have proven ineffective, and decisions have become increasingly difficult
› Ongoing discussion about the future of the WSC
› With WSC discussion, hope to develop viable options for future

› Eight regions completed seating requests
› Seating workgroup formed for first time since 2006: three RDs and one
Board member
› The WSC is in a process of change, but must still deal with the current reality of seating

› If the WSC chooses to seat new participants, the WB believes the best course of action may be the workgroup’s recommendation to seat only the three that meet criteria:
 Grand Sao Paulo Region
 HOW Region
 Rio de Janeiro Region

› This is a new way for regions to submit ideas for other Conference participants to consider
› Evolving process; may want to work on
– parameters/process for submitting material
– how to frame ideas to discuss and collect meaningful input
› One region sent material…

› Fellowship Issue Discussion Topics (IDTs) selection process. During each
Conference year:
– Members, groups, areas, regions & zones can submit IDT ideas online beginning 1 August
– 1 February (before the next WSC), Fellowship votes on ideas submitted online
– Top six ideas included in CAR & voted on in new business; top three voted on in new business are IDTs for next cycle

CAR & CAT Downloads
& other reference material www.na.org/conference
Username: wsc2016
Password: CP2016
Deadline for Tally Sheets
15 April 2016
Questions, Comments, Ideas
Delegate Team
Nate F.
Jeffry L.
Regional Delegate nanate1@yahoo.com
Alt. Regional Delegate jeffry_na@outlook.com