FA Newsletter – November 30, 2022

NEWSLETTER | November 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).

ANNOUNCEMENTS

Attention EAI Fellows

Please be aware of the following deadline. All proposed Main Motions must be submitted to EAI Bylaws committee (eaibylaws@foodadicts.org) by December 4, 2022. Click the link below for a guide to submitting a Main Motion.

EAI MAIN MOTIONS GUIDE 2022-2023

Attention MESA Reps

Meeting Effectiveness Support and Assistance Subcommittee (MESA) will not hold a MESA Resource Call on December 4, 2022. Instead, we are encouraging MESA Reps to attend the TOR Courage to Change eForum on that day at 1:30 PM EST. Please invite greeters and any others interested to attend. We want to ensure that all members in this fellowship to feel welcome and find recovery at FA meetings.

The January Resource Call will take place on January 8, 2023 at 2:30 PM EST.

EVENTS

Online connection Magazine Writing Session

Dec 3 @ 1:00 PM ET / 10:00 AM PT

Join us for an online connection Writing Session sponsored by the WAI Twelfth-Step committee. This 90-minute Writing Session is open to our worldwide fellowship. You need 90 days of abstinence to submit an article, but not to participate in the workshop. All are welcome.

Check the FA Events Calendar for further details and for some writing prompts to think about ahead of time. Registration is required and is limited to 100 participants. After registering, you will receive a confirmation email containing information about joining the Zoom meeting. Please contact Susan F., OR at writingsessions@foodaddicts.org with any questions.

The Only Requirement (TOR) eForum

Dec 3 @ 8:00 PM ET / 5:00 PM PT

Dec 4 @ 1:30 PM ET / 11:30 AM PT

Zoom Call Details

Meeting ID: 694 851 0068

Passcode: 122212

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Courage to Change

The TOR eForum is an opportunity for all FA members who have felt unwelcome in this fellowship to share their painful experiences, their strength, and the hope of recovery that sustained them. These disclosures may reveal ways in which we can all become more welcoming.

This eForum is offered in the spirit that we do not regret the past nor wish to shut the door on it.

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EAI Bylaws Amendments Information Sessions

Dec 6 @ 7:00 PM ET / 4:00 PM PT

Dec 10 @ 1:00 PM ET / 10:00 AM PT

Zoom Call Details

Meeting ID: 265 334 9653

Passcode: 2022

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At the December 11 EAI Body Meeting, there will be voting on several proposed bylaws amendments that have been submitted by the EAI bylaws committee. Those who have 90 days or more of continuous abstinence who are working with an FA sponsor and associated with an EAI meeting will be eligible to vote. There will be two virtual meetings to go over the proposed changes in detail. See below for a summary and detailed list of proposed changes.

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VIEW SUMMARY OF PROPOSED CHANGES

VIEW DETAILED LIST OF PROPOSED CHANGES

EAI PI (Public Information) Committee Meeting

Dec 11 @ 8:00 AM ET / 5:00 AM PT

Zoom Call Details

Meeting ID: 845 8695 6527

Passcode: 2020

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Members of the EAI PI Committee will be available prior to the PI Committee meeting to answer questions and provide guidance regarding your PI outreach efforts. Please join us at 7:30AM EST for a 30-minute call. The regular monthly EAI PI Committee meeting will then follow from 8:00AM-8:45AM EST.

The Agenda for December meeting and the notes from the November meeting are below.

Save the date: January 15, 2023 for a Videoconferencing Information Session from 2:00pm to 3:30pm EST.

The event will be discussed at the EAI PI Committee Meeting.

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DECEMBER MEETING AGENDA

NOVEMBER MEETING MINUTES

Podcast Recording

Dec 17 @ 10:45 AM ET / 7:45 AM PT

Dec 17 @ 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.

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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

December connection Rep Call

Dec 18 @ 2:00 PM ET / 11:00 AM PT

Dec 19 @ 6:00 AM AEST

Zoom Call Details

Meeting ID: 878 9077 4784

Passcode: Request via email

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Thank you to all the connection reps who joined the October call. Please use the button below to join the December call. If you are calling into the meeting by phone or are unable to use the button link, please contact me, Angie R. (email), prior to December 16 for the meeting ID and password. I will continue to schedule monthly meetings with varying times to accommodate members around the world. connection reps are not required to attend, but I hope you will come to as many as your schedule permits.

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REPORTS

Eastern Area Intergroup (EAI)

Please click on the link below to read the report from the EAI meeting that was held on November 13, 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.

READ REPORT

The next monthly meeting of Eastern Area Intergroup (EAI) will be December 11th. Committee meetings meet at 8AM EST and the EAI Body meets at 9AM EST.

There will be a review of our November Service Support Weekend by the Service Support Weekend Committee and the final vote on the proposed changes to the EAI Bylaws.

Body Meeting ID: 847 548 759

Passcode: 2020

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