Veckomail från Europakommittén

Dear European ACA fellowships,

I want to confirm the great news that in the upcoming European Committee Teleconference we will have a Broad discussion with some of ACA Trustees and the Chair of Safety resources committee on our usual October 5th meeting! So everybody from ACA is invited there and the zoom codes are the usual ones for EC teleconferences 🙂 See agenda in a separate email 🙂

Also, volunteers in Europe are called and  needed to join the planning committee for the 2025 Annual World Convention (AWC)! The AWC planning committee is looking to find service members across various time zones to plan and coordinate our annual virtual convention. 

Here are some ways you can get involved in helping make the AWC a reality! You can choose what resonates with you:

– Review workshop submissions and interview potential presenters
– Assist the communications team in spreading the word about the Convention
– Answer questions from the fellowship as an AWC email monitor
– Support presenters before and during the event

To volunteer, please fill in the registration form.
Questions? Email us at awc@acawso.org

Third, something being discussed at the European Committee level is how to help new recovery meetings and foster growth of new IGs. We would love to see the community grow and as the European Committee itself is growing in service  I wonder from time to time how it FEELS like for Intergroups  – are you able to stay ahead of the challenges you are facing and are able to resolve them successfully? I would love to read your feedback if you would reply to this email 🙂   

Something crazy and related that I thought about as I write this – forming a sharing space / a meeting of mental and emotional recovery for all the chairs of Intergroups in Europe and I think to myself wow as I write this.- would be glad to hear any echos and feedback from you guys if that idea is something that you would participate in 🙂 

With this email please find the minutes of the previous (September) Teleconference where we had an interesting discussion about fear in service 🙂 (link to september EC TC minutes)

In loving service,
Edmundas.

ec-chair@acawso.org

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If you are looking for a volunteer opportunity, please consider joining the European Committee. We are looking for more people to join us. Please email us at: ec-webservant@acawso.org

Meddelande till samtliga grupper Meddelande till samtliga ACA – grupper i Sverige

Vi hoppas att ni vill sprida detta meddelande vid alla möten under perioden fram till höstens SK. 

Stegen / Traditionerna / SERVICE Att göra service är en av hörnstenarna i tillfrisknandet. Välkommen som ny medlem i Servicegruppen (SG) för ACA. 

Vi vill med detta korta meddelande uppmana alla som har gjort de 12 stegen och som sponsrar programmet och kanske även varit GSR / Kassör i en grupp att överväga möjligheten att göra service som medlem i SG, som arbetar ideellt för alla gruppers välmående. Vi i SG finner stor glädje att ge tillbaka det vi själva har fått genom att andra medlemmar har gjort denna service före oss. Just nu har vi flera vice poster lediga. Det ger en möjlighet att i lugn takt gå bredvid och lära sig av en ordinarie innan denne roterar ut. Just nu söker vi: 

Servicepost Uppgifter som ordinarie Tidsåtgång Tidsåtgång KvalifikationerVice ordinarie 
Vice ordförande Firmatecknare, Håller i SG möten och SK* Leda arbetet på tillfrisknat och konstruktivt sätt5 h/mån. 8 h/mån. Arbetshelg Arbetshelg 1-2 ggr/år 1-2 ggr/årErfarenhet av förening eller annat styrelseuppdrag
Vice kassör Rapportera, hantera in- och utbetalningar. Firmatecknare3 h / mån 6 h / mån Arbetshelg Arbetshelg 1- 2 ggr/ 1- 2 ggr / år årErfarenhet av enklare bokföring
Vice sekreterare Kallelser, dagordningar protokoll SG och SK*3 h / mån 6 h / mån Arbetshelg Arbetshelg 1- 2 ggr/ 1- 2 ggr / år årErfarenhet av Google Documents
Vice kommunikationsansvarigMail, telefon och information 4 h / mån 6 h / mån Arbetshelg Arbetshelg 1- 2 ggr/ 1- 2 ggr / år årMailkunskaper

* SK, Servicekonferens som sker 2 ggr per år 

Anmäl ditt intresse via denna QR:kod eller via länken nedan, så kontaktar vi dig; 

https://forms.gle/gMXV8yZR2DthoEx96

The Call for Proposals

August 6, 2024

Every year the Ballot Preparation Committee (BPC) solicits input from the ACA fellowship on topics and ideas for possible inclusion on the ABC agenda. Registered ACA meetings, Intergroups, and Regions have the opportunity, through their group conscience, to offer proposals that may benefit the groups and members, worldwide.

If your group has an idea to benefit ACA worldwide, they may submit it  via a submission form that can be found here https://www.surveymonkey.com/r/2025ABCProposals. The BPC reviews each submitted proposal to ensure it is consistent with the Proposal Guidelines document (click HERE to open), and is within the spirit of the Twelve Steps and Twelve Traditions. All proposals accepted upon review will be included on this year’s Ballot, which will be published in January 2025. Registered ACA groups worldwide will be invited to vote on the Proposals starting in February. Ballot voting results will help set the agenda of the Annual Business Conference (ABC). 

Sometimes a proposal would be better directed toward a specific WSO Committee. We urge your group to reach out to the committee best suited to implement your proposal. It’s an ideal way to learn more about their work and to even find a place to do service – and they may already have a similar project underway. A list of committees can be found on the WSO Service website – https://acawso.org/.

On occasion, the BPC may recognize strong similarities between individual Proposals and may suggest to the submitting groups that they combine these Proposals in order to consolidate the Ballot or expedite the ABC proceedings.

In the past the BPC has offered ‘Crafting A Proposal’ workshops to assist groups in fashioning a clear and compelling Proposal. We are unsure at this time whether a workshop will be offered this season. If a workshop is scheduled, all groups will be notified. A recording of a previous Proposal workshop may be found by clicking here.  If any groups would like help crafting a proposal, please send an email to bpc@adultchildren.org. 

Proposal process details, and a link to the submission form are posted at https://acawso.org/bpc/. The deadline for submissions is September 30, 2024. After the initial submission, your group will be able to make edits to your proposal, if needed, until October 31, 2024. The BPC is available for consultations with your group regarding the language of your proposal.

If you have any questions about this Proposal process, please send an email to bpc@adultchildren.org.

Uppdaterad info från ACA WSO angående BRB

Dear ACA Fellowship,

I hope this message finds you well. I am writing to provide an update regarding the memo sent on July 2nd regarding counterfeit BRB’s being sold worldwide.

I am pleased to inform you that ACA WSO has successfully worked with Amazon to remove the known sellers of the counterfeit BRB’s. We are deeply grateful to those who alerted us to these online sellers as soon as they became aware of them. You can now confidently purchase our books through Amazon by ensuring the author and publisher listed is Adult Children of Alcoholics World Service Organization (or ACA WSO) and the ISBN numbers match the ones marked as authentic below.

To identify whether you have purchased a counterfeit BRB, simply check the back cover for the correct ISBN number on the barcode. Authentic BRBs have the following ISBN numbers:

  • Authentic Hardcover  ISBN 978-0978979706
  • Authentic Softcover ISBN 978-0978979782

The Counterfeit BRBs have the following ISBN numbers:

  • Counterfeit Hardcover ISBN: 978-9192874224
  • Counterfeit Softcover ISBN:  978-8940473641

As previously mentioned, this incident has had a significant financial impact on ACA due to tens of thousands of dollars in pirated sales, and has harmed the reputation of our branded intellectual property. To address these issues, your World Service Organization has engaged an Intellectual Property Legal Firm to recover lost revenues resulting from this infringement. Our attorneys have filed a lawsuit in the United States Federal Court against the primary distributor and approximately twenty anonymous individuals, who will be identified during the discovery phase of the lawsuit.

If you have inadvertently purchased one of these counterfeit books, we encourage you to attempt a return. If returning it is not feasible due to time constraints, please notify us via email at info@acawso.org and attach your receipt for the book. ACA WSO is committed to assisting those who have received a counterfeit book that cannot be returned by providing a replacement.

Once again, I want to express our heartfelt gratitude to everyone who has shown support for ACA WSO as we address this significant issue. Please let us know of any sellers you come across still selling counterfeit books.