Pre-Conference Orientation Call

2025 D.A. World Service Conference
Pre-Conference Orientation Call

Saturday, May 24, 2025, 10am PDT, 1pm EDT, 6pm BST
The 2025 GSB Conference Support Committee (CSC) invites all first-time General Service
Representatives (GSRs) and Intergroup Service Representatives (ISRs); returning GSRs and ISRs;
GSB Trustees; and members of the D.A. Fellowship to participate in the upcoming 2025 Pre-Conference Orientation Call

Topics to Include:

1. Suggested Preparation for the Conference

2. The conference schedule

a. Daily Schedule
b. Importance of attending all of convocation
c. How convocation works.

3. What is mentorship and what is expected of a mentor and a mentee? Service
sponsors.

4. Choosing a committee/ caucus

a. 12 committees – How do I pick one of 12?
b. 2 caucus – special interests – understand the commitment.

5. Committee Meetings – attendance and participation – Committee starter kit

a. Making sure the committee considers international schedules
b. Doesn’t have to be on a weekend
c. Monthly or more if needed
d. What if you want to have a Fellowship Wide Call – what to do
e. Why do we have a Board Liaison and what do they do for the
committee?

6. Reporting back to the Group

7. Resources for the Service Worker

a. The DAMS – highlighting info you will want to know where it is
b. The Binder – what is in it and why is it important?
c. The Traditions and the Concepts – specific points (ie, right of decision,
right of participation, etc).

8. A summary section

a. Reporting back after the conference
b. What is happening during the conference stays in the conference.

9. New ID Procedure USA.

Time:

10:00-11:30 am Pacific / 11:00 am-12:30 pm Mountain
12:00-1:30 pm Central / 1:00-2:30 pm Eastern

5-6:30 pm UTC

Conference Dial-in Number:

U.S. call-in phone number: 1-605-472-5540 , Access code: 617093#
International phone numbers (and online access) are available at

debtorsanonymous.org/call-in-access