Nebraska Delegate Report Craig Munier, Panel 51 - Al

2013 World Service Conference Virginia Beach, VA April 14-18, 2013

Memorial Contributions Task Force Charge was to consider if we could allow gifts from family members in memorial to an AFG member  Current policy does not if family member is not a member of Al-Anon  Tradition 7 vs. Tradition 5 (Giving comfort…)  Have family members been considered ‘outside’ 

Task Force: Service Jobs for Dual Members Not a discussion about changing current policy  Create a piece that emphasizes what dual members can do in service vs. what they cannot do 

Task Force: Service Jobs for Dual Members

Policy Discussion - Anonymity  New

text in the Anonymity section of the “Digest of Al-Anon and Alateen Policies  Websites accessible to the public  Functions where Al-Anon members are recorded  Subject lines and addresses of emails  Postal correspondence

Chosen Agenda Item: “Improving the retention of newcomers and experienced Al-Anon members” Most

newcomers do not

stay Older members have an attrition rate Al-Anon, thus is not growing

Chosen Agenda Item: “Improving the retention of newcomers and experienced Al-Anon members” ○ Friendship ○ Newcomer’s judge ○ Ask newcomer’s for their phone number ○ “Lend” them copies of the Forum ○ Give newcomer’s How Al-Anon Works. ○ Have people arrive meetings at least 15

minutes ○ See WSO website, “How Does Your Group Welcome Newcomers?”

Literature  S-13 Translation of Conference

Approved Literature ○ Coming this spring; a catalog of translated

literature ○ Those listed will be available and on-hand at WSO vs. the past when WSO had to get copies from the country that produced it; long delays that seemed to be the fault of WSO when it was not

 S-72 Conflict Resolution using our Twelve

Traditions cards ○ $4.00

Public Relations  Three-year conversation and 16 revisions  Section of our Service Manual is renamed   

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Public Outreach. Revises current text on pp 107 -109 of the 20102013 Service Manual. Does not change the 6th World Service Conference statement of 1966, reaffirmed in 1971 Policy Committee did not consider pursuing a change to our Traditions Emphasize “Members and groups carry the message” It takes at least 6 contacts with a message

Budget  AFG, Inc projects an annual revenue

shortfall that is consistently $150,000/ year  Quarterly Appeal letter is the opportunity for individual members to express their gratitude.  Individuals may give a maximum of 1% of general revenue to AFG; this amount currently is $46,331.04  Does my contribution to the basket at my meetings reflect the level of my gratitude to Al-Anon?

Contribution Envelopes

Annual Report – Executive Director

 Forum

as e-literature; update  2013 Conference Summary  Soft-cover version of “How AlAnon Works”, misunderstood  “How Al-Anon Works” is coming out as an e-book! ($11.99)  Audio version of “How Al-Anon Works” this summer ($24.99)

Annual Report – Executive Director  Legacy

posters are no longer available – they don’t sell  Local groups may produce their own  But if they sell them must be for their cost – no profit

Finance Committee  March,

1952 Al-Anon asked each member to contribute $1 per year  Today, that same contribution would be $17.00 twice per year

Quarterly Appeal Letter  Individual

appeal; not an appeal to the groups  2013 Letter explains how funds are used for: ○ Fellowship communication ○ Public Outreach ○ Group Services ○ Membership Outreach ○ Supports the structures of the district, area, and WSC

“There is no romance in paying the rent, but it is a vital and important function…” Lois Wilson

Who sent me to the World Service Conference as your trusted servant? You did…

“Meet the Board” Project  July,

2014 Board Meeting  Opportunity for members to interact with the Board  Areas apply by September 15, 2013  Three-year Trial

Literature Committee  Encourage

use of other CAL literature besides daily readers  Parents of alcoholics timely reprint – 37,327 copies sold

Literature Committee  “Reach

for Personal Freedom: Living the Legacies” B-92  176 pages  $15.00  Released at the 2013 International Convention

Literature Committee  “Intimacy

in Alcoholic Relationships” (working title) update  775 sharings received; only 76 from men  Need more sharings from everyone; encourage men to share

Public Service Announcement  15,

30, & 60 seconds in English  30 & 60 seconds in French and Spanish  Features parent (Jack) of alcoholic child and wife (Rose) of an alcoholic  Increase from 3,300 to 5,000 television stations and 6,000 gatekeepers to over 10,000 radio stations

Task Force: Toolkit on Service and Personal Growth  How

service contributes to personal growth  Apply to both new and experienced to service  Will include full bibliography of service references

Task Force: Toolkit on Service and Personal Growth  Board

of Trustees will review & pass along to WSO staff for development  “We need to break the idea that recovery is separate from service and promote that without service there can be no recovery.” Ric B.

Communications  Survey

on Readiness for Step 12 Service  Members will be asked to survey their service  May 13 – July 21, 2013  Encourage member participation (see ‘Surveys for Members’ on Members-only website)

Public Outreach  137,000

copies of “Al-Anon Faces Alcoholism” received/filled  Professionals having been thanking Al-Anon and asking for more copies for their waiting areas

24 Hour Meeting Information  WSO

in final stages of testing  Caller provides zip code and preference for weekday, weekend, or day/evening meeting  Could be available very soon

New & Improved e-Communities

More

customizable Easier to use Coming soon

New & Improved Members-only Website!  New

Look  Rotating topics  Each Category – Own Webpage  Service Manual on each  Go live, July 1, 2013  Same log-on as current Members-only site

Staff Updates  Encourage

groups to get Current Mailing Address (CMA) e-mail registered with WSO  Of 14,667 registered groups only 7,791 (53%) have valid e-mail addresses for their group

Staff Updates  WSO

is considering other options to allow delegates to visit Stepping Stones  Expense of having World Service Conferences in Connecticut

Staff Updates 

Equalized Expense of Delegates to WSC:  16 Areas paid $1,280 Equalized Expense  38 Areas paid $1,968 full amount per

delegate to attend WSC  7 Areas paid somewhere between the equalized expense amount and the full amount  6 Areas paid more than the full expense

2014 World Service Conference

Friday, April 25 – Tuesday, April 29, 2014 Wyndham Virginia Beach Hotel, Virginia Beach, VA

2018 International AlAnon/Alateen Convention Site

Baltimore, Maryland

July 5-7, 2013 Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada

“This building, our literature, our legacies, and our service – all of it is worthless if we don’t pass it on to the next newcomer who needs our help.” Ric B., Executive Director, World Service Office 60th Anniversary Open House, April 16, 2011