NEWSLETTER | December 30, 2022 | |
If you are a WSI (World Service, Inc.), Eastern Area Intergroup (EAI), or Western Area Intergroup (WAI) contact, please use this email to make announcements at your FA meeting(s). Please see the EAI and WAI reports at the bottom of the newsletter. | |
Applications are now being accepted for the following WSI Board Officer/Committee Chair positions: Secretary, Treasurer, Literature, Public Information, Service Group Support, and 12th Step. Before applying, please review the WSI Officer and Committee Chair Position Responsibilities. The deadline for submitting an application is March 3rd. See WSBC 2023 for more information. | |
World Service Conference (WSC) member registration is tied to a specific FA meeting. Currently, meetings are registered by meeting type (in person, videoconference, or teleconference). If a meeting changes from virtual to in person or vice versa, the original meeting closes and will no longer exist. The elected WSC member for that original meeting will no longer be recognized since the meeting closed. In order to resolve this issue, please do not change the meeting type between March 3rd and the convention if your meeting has elected a WSC member. | |
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Attention Literature Representatives: please read at next FA meeting
Listen to FA members share their stories of recovery anytime, anywhere. You can listen to the FA Podcast for free on the FA website at www.foodaddicts.org/podcast or by searching for “Food Addicts in Recovery Anonymous” wherever you get your podcasts. Subscribe/like/follow the podcast and leave a review to help further reach the still suffering food addict.
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FA NEEDS YOU! The Service Opportunity Committee, created within the WSI 12th Step Committee, has developed a new webpage for open service positions on the FA website for the broad FA fellowship.
The Service Opportunities webpage contains open service positions within the western and eastern area intergroups, chapter committees, and the world service office. Remember that service keeps us abstinent and service is fun!
Please watch the video to get an overview of the portal as well as instructions on how to access it from your FA profile.
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Check out the new Meeting Search by Country/State/Province webpage! Do you want to see all meetings in Australia, for example? Select Australia in the country field and click search. How about all of the meetings in Massachusetts? Select United States in the country field, then select MA in the State/Province field. Use the Find A Meeting webpage to be able to locate any meeting or to locate a meeting by distance using Google Maps. Contact fahelp@foodaddicts.org with any questions. | | |
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EAI Public Information Committee Meeting
Jan 8 @ 7:30 AM ET / 4:30 AM PT
Zoom Call Details
Meeting ID: 8458 695 6527
Passcode: 2020
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Members of the EAI Public Information (PI) Committee will be available prior to the PI Committee meeting to answer questions and provide guidance regarding your PI outreach efforts at 7:30 AM ET. The regular monthly EAI PI Committee meeting will then follow from 8:00 AM-8:45 AM ET.
The agenda for the January meeting and the notes from the December meeting are below.
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MESA Resource Call
Jan 8 @ 2:30 PM ET / 11:30 AM PT
Meeting Effectiveness:
Meeting Secretary and WSC Member
Zoom Call Details
Meeting ID: 863 3103 5782
Passcode: 78910
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Our January 8th MESA Resource Call will be the second in a series on FA service positions and their impact on meeting effectiveness. We’ll focus on the Meeting Secretary—highlighted in Gratitude in Action, 1st Edition 2020—and a review of World Service Conference Members—highlighted in Gratitude in Action, 4th edition, 2019. Full descriptions of these and other service positions are found in Meeting Guidelines Document 7. Bring your experience, suggestions, and questions regarding the Meeting Secretary and World Service Conference (WSC) Members positions.
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Virtual Meeting Treasurer
Best Practices
Jan 20 @ 4:00 PM ET/ 1:00 PM PT
Jan 22 @ 11:00 AM ET/ 8:00 AM PT
Zoom Call Details
Meeting ID: 835 3098 6938
Passcode: FA2023
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WSI's technology team is hosting a training to support virtual meeting treasurers in collecting Seventh Tradition donations from the fellows. FA is "Self-supporting through our own contributions." In order to remain financially healthy, FA meetings need to be able to accept contributions in a way that is easy for everyone. Join WSI's Tech Team to learn tools to make being a treasurer easy!
The training will be held twice to accommodate different time zones and schedules.
Please announce this at your meetings, the trainings are open to all
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Recovery and Beyond!
Jan 22 @ 3:30 PM ET/ 12:30 PM PT
Zoom Call Details
Meeting ID: 892 7058 4469
Passcode: 2022
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Are you ready to catapult your recovery to the next level? If so, please join the Service Group Support Committee Global Meeting. You will hear from FA members who are coming together in service groups to carry the message of recovery and promote unity through service. Everyone is welcome! Whether you are already active in a local service group, chapter, or intergroup or are thinking about getting more involved or starting a service group in your part of the world, this meeting is for you! Share creative ideas and learn about all the support resources available to help you get started.
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EAI 12th Step Committee
Informal Fellowship Gathering
Feb 18 @ 8:00 PM ET/ 5:00 PM PT
Feb 19 @ 1:30 PM ET/ 10:30 AM PT
The H.O.W. of Sponsoring
Zoom Call Details
Meeting ID: 879 3380 5639
Passcode: 2020
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As a way to offer support and provide another opportunity for service, the EAI 12th Step Committee will be hosting two Informal Fellowship Gatherings.
In these gatherings, our committee members will moderate to introduce a topic for discussion, we will explore the topic by reading a selection of FA literature, and speakers will share their experience. The gathering will then be opened for sharing from fellows who have 90 days of consecutive abstinence and are working with an FA sponsor. Each session will last one hour.
The topic is The H.O.W. of Sponsoring.
These Informal Fellowship Gatherings are open to all, so please join us!
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Traditions eForum Series
Tradition Five: Primary Purpose
Jan 14 @ 7:00 PM ET / 4:00 PM PT
Zoom Call Details
Meeting ID: 811 0565 9861
Passcode: 149331
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Tradition Five. “Each group has but one primary purpose - to carry its message to the food addict who still suffers."
While the Twelve Steps are necessary for the recovery of each individual member, the Twelve Traditions are necessary to maintain the health and strength of our FA meetings.
Join us to meet with fellow FA members and increase awareness of the Twelve Traditions so that FA can continue its great work of helping the still suffering addict.
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connection Rep Call
Jan. 15 @ 9:30 AM ET/6:30 AM PT/2:30 PM UK
Use the link below to join. If you are calling in to the meeting by phone or are unable to use the link, please contact Angie R prior to January 12th for the Meeting ID and Password.
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Public Information Session
Jan 15 @ 2:00 PM ET / 11:00 AM PT
Zoom Call Details
Meeting ID: 845 8695 6527
Passcode: 2020
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Everyone is invited to a 90-minute Public Information session hosted by the Public Information Committee of the Eastern Area Intergroup (EAI).
There will be four qualifications and time for questions. We sincerely appreciate your support in making this session a success.
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Podcast Recording
Jan 21 @ 10:45 AM ET / 7:45 AM PT
Jan 21 @ 11:30 AM ET / 8:30 AM PT
Zoom Call Details
Meeting ID: 822 9448 2206
Passcode: 255572
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| The FA WSI Literature Committee cordially invites you to a fellowship-wide virtual qualification recording for the FA Podcast. Attend one or both. The one at 10:45 AM will be in Spanish. | |
Ways to Listen to the FA Podcast Recordings
Not able to join the Zoom recording? Listen to our other FA podcast recordings on your favorite podcast app. Subscribe/like/follow the podcast and leave a review to help us further reach the still suffering food addict.
• FA Website
• Apple Podcasts
• Spotify
• Audible
• Google
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Eastern Area Intergroup (EAI) | |
Please click on the link below to read the report from the EAI meeting that was held on December 11, 2022.
If you are an EAI contact or a meeting secretary at a meeting that does not have an EAI contact, please share at your business meeting.
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The next monthly meeting of Eastern Area Intergroup (EAI) will be held on January 8, 2023.
Committee meetings meet at 8:00 AM ET and the EAI Body meets at 9:00 AM ET.
The board will be inviting nominations at the meeting of fellows that meet the requirements for Treasurer and Secretary board positions and inviting volunteers for the appointed committee positions of Bylaws Chair, Teens and Twenties Chair, and Service Group Support Chair.
Main/Body Meeting ID: 847 548 759
Passcode: 2020
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Western Area Intergroup (WAI) | |
Please click on the link below to read the report from the WAI meeting that was held on December 11, 2022.
If you are a WAI contact or a meeting secretary at a meeting that does not have a WAI contact, please share the report at your business meeting.
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The next WAI Meeting will be held on January 8, 2023, at 8:30 AM PT via Zoom.
Meeting ID: 935 6887 2134
Passcode: 2020
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