Information, reports and announcements from the CIRNA Regional Delegate team.
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More principles are online for you to write about now: www.na.org/spad
New entries will be posted for review soon: the drafts include entries on 22 different spiritual principles.
The December issue of NAWS News is available at www.na.org/nawsnews
FIPT proposed revisions are available for Review and Input through May 31, 2021 at https://www.na.org/fipt
Spiritual Principle a Day Book – 4th round of materials is posted for review and input until January 31, 2021
Participate in writing and refining our new literature at www.na.org/spad
Upcoming NAWS Webinars – learn more at www.na.org/webinar
H&I Webinar – January 14, 3pm PST
Inmate Step Writing – January 12, 4pm PST
Phonelines – February 2, 3:30pm PST
Public Relations – January 28, 4pm PST
World Convention is cancelled for 2021 – Rescheduling for 2022 is still a possibility.
Virtual Meetings are the topic of work taking place in the Virtual Meeting Toolbox. Resources and input from the fellowship are being gathered. Learn more at www.na.org/toolbox
World level nominations – Anyone wishing to be nominated needs at least one recommendation from a Region, Word Board, or Zone (RBZ) – deadline for submission is September 2021.
Government Credit – World Board decided to apply for a government credit on the PPP loan received by NAWS. Could be as much as 50% of the PPP loan that was received for approximate $660,000.
173 were in attendance, including ADs, WB, and NAWS Staff.
The new Mental Health IP approved at the second session of the Virtual WSC has been released and is available for download from NA.org for free. DOWNLOAD Mental Health IP #30
The second part of the virtual WSC was held August 7-9. We closed half a day early. I and others pushed as hard as we could to take time to address the other motions from the CAR before closing the 2020 WSC, but it was not meant to happen this session. Motions not addressed will have the option to be rolled over into the 2020 CAR with or without amendments.
The following business was conducted at part 2 of the Virtual WSC: (only Passed motions are included)
Part 2 will take place from Friday, August 7 to Sunday, August 9 with 2 sessions per day: 11am to 1pm and 2pm to 4pm. Check back for updates each day.
The live feed of the first session, 11am to 1pm, is available at:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6-fTJy1HY7k
Pre WSC Straw Poll: a straw poll (a non-binding vote to judge the level of support for a motion) was conducted earlier in the week, with the results posted in the attached PDF:
These are the CAR and CAT motions, plus 34-36 from the World Board and 10-A1 a proposed amendment to Motion 10.
Any motion with 80% or greater support may be voted in directly on the floor of the WSC by a straw poll which would converted to a binding vote if enough support exists. If not, the vote will conducted electronically after the close of business on Sunday.
122 Voting Participants are present (including 106 Regional Delegates, 5 Zonal Delegates, and World Board Members). Total attendance at the start was 219. Update: 123 Voting as of 11:50am.
(All Voting Participants can vote.)
Voted YES on behalf of CIRNA.
Straw Poll results will be reported in the following order (Yes / No / Abstain / Present Not Voting).
First Straw Poll: 120/0/2/1 – strong support
Second Straw Poll: 120/0/0/1 – PASSED w/ unanimous support
(All Voting Participants can vote.)
Voted Present Not Voting on behalf of CIRNA as I have no knowledge of the accuracy of the minutes from 2018. In hindsight I should have coordinated with the previous RD to review the minutes for accuracy.
First Straw Poll: 107/0/2/10 – consensus support
RD from So Cal spoke as a minority voice (abstain), mentioning that the creation of the Workgroup to review the FIPT was not included in the minutes and should be added.
Second Straw Poll: 98/4/5/12 – PASSED w/ consensus support
(Only RDs can vote – because literature approval is in the FIPT and must be revised to include the Zonal Delegates.)
Voted YES on behalf of CIRNA.
Second Straw Poll: 104/0/0/1 – PASSED w/ unanimous support
Voted YES as I saw no harm in recording the votes, even if they were not counted in the totals for these 3 motions.
First Straw Poll: 53/24/7/14 – not enough support
Second Straw Poll: 48/23/6/13
(Only RDs and Zonal Delegates can vote)
Voted YES on behalf of CIRNA.
Second Straw Poll: 56/44/3/7 – not enough support, will be in e-poll
(Only RDs and Zonal Delegates can vote)
Although CIRNA voted no, I did not provide a dissenting opinion as I did not feel I could accurately elaborate the Region’s reasoning for voting No.
Voted NO on behalf of CIRNA.
Second Straw Poll: 101/6/1/2 – PASSED w/ consensus support
LUNCH BREAK – Back at 2pm.
(Only RDs and Zonal Delegates can vote)
First decision is whether to consider the motion without the amendment (10A1) – per guidelines.
Voted Present Not Voting on behalf of CIRNA so as not to influence the vote (since our vote is NO in either case, my thinking was to step out of the vote count as to which version of the motion CIRNA votes NO on).
First Straw Poll: 35/72/1/5 – FAILED w/ low support
Voted NO on behalf of CIRNA.
First Straw Poll: 77/29/3/5
Second Straw Poll: 69/36/5/3
Third Straw Poll: 69/37/3/4 – FAILED w no consensus
So 10A1 didn’t pass. Back to Motion 10.
Voted NO on behalf of CIRNA.
Second Straw Poll: 109/1/2/2 PASSED w/ consensus support
(Only RDs and Zonal Delegates can vote)
Voted YES on behalf of CIRNA.
Second Straw Poll: 104/10/7/4 PASSED w/ consensus support
(All participants can vote)
Second Straw Poll: 111/4/3/5 – PASSED w/ consensus support
(All participants can vote)
Second Straw Poll: 113/3/4/? – PASSED w/ consensus support
(All participants can vote)
Second Straw Poll: 95/19/8/4
Third Straw Poll: 94/17/9/4 – PASSED w/ strong support
(All participants can vote)
Second Straw Poll: 111/6/4/3 – PASSED w/ consensus support
(All participants can vote)
Second Straw Poll: 109/6/3/5 – PASSED w/ consensus support
(All participants can vote)
Second Straw Poll: 91/12/2/4 – PASSED w/ strong support
(All participants can vote)
Second Straw Poll: (need to verify count) – PASSED
(All participants can vote)
Second Straw Poll: 91/20/2/2
(All participants can vote)
First Straw Poll: 111/9/5/1
Second Straw Poll: 78/41/2/1
Third Straw Poll: 83/34/1/1
Amendment 37A proposed by Tri-State Region
Amendment accepted (didn’t get the vote).
Business rolled over to Sunday.
(All participants can vote)
First Straw Poll: 114/6/2/1
Second Straw Poll: 115/7/2/1 – PASSED w/ consensus support
(All participants can vote)
First Straw Poll: 43/78/2/6
Second Straw Poll: 33/91/2/5
Third Straw Poll: 32/92/1/3 – FAILED w/ strong lack of support
There were some wrap-up reports and a few videos dedicated to outgoing trusted servants.
Audio translations of the Basic Text into other languages are being made available on NA.org for free as they are completed. Currently, Arabic, Hungarian, Russian, Spanish and Thai audio files are available. https://www.na.org/?ID=bt-aud
We closed WSC 2020 for good after the first session for the day.
