The World Service Conference Manual
The World Service Conference Manual is a handbook for GSRs and ISRs, helping them
understand their role at the Conference. Included is the DA organizational
chart,
and the text of the DA Conference Charter and the Twelve Concepts for
World Service.
2008 GSR/ISR Service Manual
World Service Conference Committees and
Caucuses
Committee and Caucus Chairs:
If you have DA world service-related information
that you would like posted on this page or published in the DA Focus or the
DA eNews, please email it to your GSB liaison.
Business Debtors Anonymous Committee (BDAC)
The BDA (Business Debtors Anonymous) Committee focuses on issues specific to the
needs of BDA meetings. BDA meetings are registered DA meetings that deal with
topics
of interest to DA members who own their own businesses, are otherwise
self-employed,
or desire to own their own businesses or be self-employed. The BDA Committee is
open to all GSRs, not just those who represent BDA meetings. Current BDA issues
revolve around the creation of BDA Literature and providing assistance to
struggling BDA meetings.
The 2007-08 BDA
Committee is developing a book of BDA-related stories.
To submit a
story for the BDA book, please download
and fill out the release form and email it with your story to
office@debtorsanonymous.org.
Conference Committee (CC)
The Conference Committee is
concerned with the general nature of the World Service Conference.
This includes
the Charter of the World Service Conference and its relationship to the
General Service Board and membership of DA as a whole; issues related to the
format
of the annual World Service Conference of Debtors Anonymous; and aid to the
WSC Host Committee in their planning and logistics. The Conference Committee
also
makes recommendations to the WSC for future conference sites.
Let the Conference Hear From You: Do
you have an issue, concern, or question
that you would like the next Conference to address? Please fill out this form
and
email or mail it to the DA General Service Office at
office@debtorsanonymous.org.
Please click here to fill out an online version. (under construction)
John Henderson Scholarship Fund information
and application
Diversity Caucus
The Diversity Caucus is a new caucus that
began at the 2007 WSC.
The mission of the Diversity Caucus is to carry the message of
Debtors Anonymous to the debtor in underserved populations and locations.
The Diversity Caucus is developing a collection of stories from DA members,
which may be compiled into a DA book, pamphlet, or other literature project.
To submit a story to the Diversity Caucus, please download
and fill out the
release form
and email it with your story to
office@debtorsanonymous.org.
Fellowship Communications Committee (FCC)
The Fellowship Communication Committee facilitates communication
between the World Service Conference, the General Service Board and the
DA membership. This includes the publication of the “Ways & Means” newsletter
and recommendations on all forms of communications within the fellowship.
Ways & Means flyer
(an announcement about the availability of the
W&M onlinewhich can be downloaded, printed, and shared with DA groups.
The letter that goes with the flyer can be found
here.
To submit your DA share or story to the W&M,
please download and fill out
the release form
and submit it with your story
here.
Hospitals, Institutions, and Prisons
(HIP)
The Hospitals, Institutions and Prisons
Committee is composed of GSRs, ISRs and Trustees
who would like to focus service efforts on carrying the message of DA to debtors
behind bars, in treatment centers, in hospitals and/or in other institutions.
Link to Spring 2007 W&M article
Intergroup Caucus
The Intergroup Caucus is composed primarily of ISRs but
also includes GSRs and Trustees
who have experience with their local Intergroups. The main function of this
caucus is to
create tools, resources and a better understanding of the role of an Intergroup
in the
overall organizational structure of DA. The Intergroup Caucus helps support both
new and existing Intergroups. The Intergroup Caucus also contributes to the
efforts to regionalize DA.
Link to list
of Intergroups
Internal Operations Committee (IOC)
The primary responsibility of the Internal Operations
Committee (IOC) is to support
the General Service Office (GSO) of Debtors Anonymous. The committee focuses
on the overall office operations of the General Service Office and interacts
with the
Board Office Liaison and the Office Manager to support the ongoing work of the
GSO.
Meeting update form -
MS Word
Meeting update form
- PDF
Literature Committee (LIT)
DA Conference-approved literature begins with the
Literature Committee.
Members participate in all levels of the literature creative process, including
generating ideas
for new DA literature, working closely with members of Literature Services,
reviewing
drafts of literature in process (given to them at the Conference by Literature
Services),
approving final drafts of DA literature, and bringing motions to approve draft
of literature
to Convocation to become Conference-Approved Literature.
Writer release form
Meditation Book flyer
Request for translators: Spanish Translation
Request for Proposals
Public Information Committee (PI)
The Public Information Committee interfaces with the media,
helping professionals
and the general public in person, on the telephone and through written
information.
The Public Information Committee has produced a Public Information Manual and
created sample Public Service Announcements.
International Public Information Manual
ANONYMITY STATEMENT (for use at DA meetings open to the public)
Some
of you may be unaware of DA’s Eleventh Tradition, which provides that: “Our
public relations policy is based on attraction rather than promotion; we
need always maintain personal anonymity at the level of press, radio and
television.
Consequently we request that you respect this principle of anonymity
whenever you tape, photograph or broadcast reports of our meetings. There
should be no television or other broadcast appearances in which the DA
member is recognizable by appearance or voice. This also applies to all new
media technologies such as videotape and the internet. In all media, please
refer to our members by using only first names and last initials and please
understand that an individual’s opinion and experience in recovery is not
necessarily the view of Debtors Anonymous as a whole.
Making the decision to join our fellowship is never an easy one. If
potential members saw a current member identified in the media by the use of
full name or likeness, we believe this would make them less likely to seek
help from DA, and if just one person were so deterred we would consider that
a tragedy for that person and all those whose lives are affected by their
compulsive debting behavior. Please help DA keep our treasured Twelfth
Tradition: “Anonymity is the spiritual foundation of all our traditions,
ever reminding us to place principles before personalities.”
Diversity Outreach
Recommendation
The General Service Board
of Debtors Anonymous
recommends the following as guidelines for Intergroups to reach out to
the still-suffering debtor in under-served communities:
1. Create a mailing list of community centers or places of worship that
serve any of the following communities in your area:
a) minorities
b) undocumented or resident aliens
c) gay, lesbian, bisexual, transgender
d) the disabled
2. Mail a complimentary copy of the DA pamphlet “Debtors Anonymous.”
3. Provide a cover letter with local contact information and identify DA
members in recovery who are willing to respond to requests for more
information.
(Adopted by the GSB, June 2008) |
Resource Development Committee (RDC)
Revenue for DA is the focus of the Resource Development Committee, including
reminding groups about the Seventh Tradition, addressing income needs through
special events such as World Service Month; and· Communicating with the
Fellowship about the concept of self-support in DA
Regional Trustee Selection Study Commission
(RTSSC)
2006-07 Report
Technology Caucus
The Technology Caucus is composed of GSRs, ISRs
and Trustees who have
experience with and/or interest in using technology to grow DA. The Tech Caucus
focuses on developing the Internet, telephone, and the General Service Office's
information technology to increase communication within DA and to reach the
debtors who still suffer. The caucus acts as an advisory board to the Conference
and to the GSB, as well as providing hands-on technical expertise where
applicable.
