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2025 ABC Registration is Open

The 2025 ABC Is Coming! Please Join Us May 17-18 

Delegate Registration Has Opened

Dear ACA Meetings, Intergroups, Regions, Delegates and Observers,

Registration has opened for the May 2025 ABC  for the 2025 Annual Business Conference (ABC), which will be held Saturday and Sunday, May 17 and 18, from 9 am to 5 pm eastern US, on Zoom. The deadline for signing up is May 12. Everyone must register, even if you have been a delegate in the past. The online registration form can be found at https://adultchildren.org/conference.

To our 2024 delegates, thank you for your service to the ACA fellowship over the past year. ACA World Service grew in many ways because of your participation. Rapid progress has been made in making the Conference more welcoming, inclusive, and effective in soliciting the group conscience. You truly have served as the voice of the fellowship, providing invaluable guidance to the ACA World Service Organization. 

Now it’s time for new delegates to register and for returning delegates to re-register to attend the 2025 ABC.

  1. All delegates must be selected by a registered ACA meeting, intergroup, or region.  Even if you attended the 2024 delegate meetings, it is important that you reaffirm your selection as a delegate for your group before re-registering.  
  2. All new and returning delegates must submit a new online registration no later than May12.  The registration form is located at https://adultchildren.org/conference. Registrations for prior delegate meetings will not be valid.
  3. Any non-delegates may listen to the ABC as observers and may fill out the observer registration form at any time. Information is available at https://adultchildren.org/conference.

Please volunteer to serve in other roles. The Annual Business Conference and Quarterly Delegate Meetings (QDMs) belong to the delegates. All members of the fellowship are invited to consider volunteering for service at the ABC, QDMs and/or participate as a member of the ABC Committee, which helps plan and support these meetings. 

We currently need volunteers for the ABC to fill roles such as meeting timer, tech support, information assistant. Experienced volunteers are sought to serve as a Conference chair or secretary. To volunteer for the ABC, please email us at abc@adultchildren.org or attend an ABC planning meeting on the 1st and 3rd Saturdays of each month, 12:30pm Eastern US.  Information is on the WSO Committees Calendar – acawso.org/committees-calendar/

Stay informed. Your group will get regular updates by email, and information will be available on the https://adultchildren.org/conference website.  Since the last ABC, the page has been redesigned to make it easier to find the information you need, including the meeting agenda and background resources on issues that will be discussed. You also can check the WSO Slack communication platform.

Delegate training events and a more social Delegate Connections event are planned. Delegates will be informed once the exact event dates are set.

Thank you again for your participation. Please join us on May 17 and 18 at the ABC. Your voice ensures our world fellowship will flourish and be sustainable.  Email us at abc@adultchildren.org if you have any questions.  

Carmen B., Edmundas V. and Marcus H.

Co-chairs of ABC/QDM Committee

Säkerhets varning från Aca WSO

Dear Fellow Traveler
It has been brought to the attention of the ACA WSO IT Team that some individuals are sending emails to intergroups trying to get them to download suspicious files.
These emails are not sent from ACA WSO,  but do mention the ACA WSO office.
It is strongly advised to NOT click the download button as it appears to be an attempt to spread malware.
The emails that some intergroups received look like the following:

From: SendGB.com No-Reply <noreply@sendgb.com>Date: Sun, Mar 16, 2025 at 5:26 AMSubject: aca-office@adultchildren.org sent file(s) via SendGBTo:  (intergroup email address)

When inspecting emails look for signs that might indicate that it is not legitimate.
The following signs can be seen with this email:

The sender (noreply@sendgb.com) is not from ACA WSO.  NOTE: ACA WSO lets groups know if they are sending out emails from a trusted vendor (eg. zoom invites, election buddy voting).
The email aca-office@adultchildren.org was put into the subject line to try to trick the user that it was sent from this email.  Also aca-office@adultchildren.org is not the official ACA WSO office email. The ACA WSO office email is info@acawso.org
WSO has never used a large file delivery service to deliver files to ACA groups. Suddenly doing so would be suspicious.
The file name that was listed was confidential.rar. Not only is the word confidential suspicious, but also the .rar file type is generally not used in professional settings.

If you have any questions you are welcome to contact the WSO office at info@acawso.org or the IT Manager at itmanager@acawso.org

In Service, 
Brad L
IT Manager
Adult Children of Alcoholics World Service Organization

Important Updates: Feb 1st Quarterly Delegate Meeting

Dear ACA Groups,

We are writing with important updates regarding the Feb 1st Quarterly Delegates Meeting (QDM). There are additional resources available to help your delegate prepare for the QDM, including the following:

1) QDM Agenda: The ABC/QDM Committee has approved and posted a meeting agenda. Embedded in the agenda are links with important documents to review beforehand.

  • Optional Help: IT and ABC committee members will be available from 8:00-9:00 am EST to answer any IT related questions or questions about the agenda and the voting process.
  • Board Report: The board will present a report followed by a Q&A. This will include an update on the upcoming change in literature prices.
  • Minority opinion: During the December QDM the motion to approve the Fellowship group voting process was approved to go to worldwide online voting. The result was that the motion was approved with 79.25% in favor and 20.75% opposed. This motion was meant to provide a procedure for fellowship wide voting on topics that affect the fellowship as a whole. Concept V states “Throughout our structure, a Right of Petition prevails, thus assuring us that minority opinion will be heard.” Thus, a minority opinion will be held for this motion.More information about this motion can be found here.
  • Sustainability Sub-sub committee: In anticipation of their ABC report, the Sustainability sub-sub committee will ask delegates.1. What is the purpose of QDMs 2. What can be done at QDMs; specifically should there be votes on new business?3. Should the number of QDMs be reduced from 3 to 24. Should the duration of QDMs be extended from 4 to 6 1⁄2 hours
  • Conference policy and procedures: Continuation of the discussion about conference policy and procedures from the December QDM. The presentation will summarize findings from the December QDM breakout rooms and ask for feedback from delegates on the following questions regarding greater Conference ownership of conference policy:1. What does greater conference ownership look like?2. What is the plan/roadmap to get there?3. Who develops the plan/roadmap?
  • Update from the Concepts Committee: They will provide a description of thecommittee, a recap of recommendations for revision of Concept 2 and provide an update on work they are doing on Concept 6.
  • Update from the ABC Study Sub-Committee about the Charter: status update
  • Open Forum: There will be an optional post QDM open forum from 1:00-1:45 pm est that will allow delegates to ask questions to the board and WSO committees.

2) Conference Page: Review the conference web page at Conference – Adult Children of Alcoholics & Dysfunctional Families In the Essential Resources section, we recommend that you click on “Resources for Next Meeting” and “Delegate Orientation”.

3) Delegate Training: Two delegate training sessions will be held Jan 25th at 9:00 am and 9:00 pm EST. The delegate training powerpoint and videos will be available on the

conference webpage by clicking on the Delegate Orientation box.

Zoom Info for Delegate Training

Join Zoom Meeting

https://zoom.us/j/97658684093?pwd=AhbSMgFa0EeyU1aa00jKF9deqAMqUS.1

Meeting ID: 976 5868 4093

Passcode: Delegate

IMPORTANT: As mentioned above, there will be the opportunity for minority opinion on the motion that was presented at the December QDM about the Fellowship-wide Group Voting Process. Please review this motion and appropriate voting section of the QPPM before the QDM.

If your delegate cannot attend on February 1st, we encourage you to find an alternate delegate. Registration information can be found at the Conference web page referenced above. The registration deadline is January 27th.

NOTE: the ABC/QDM committee is actively looking for delegates who would consider serving as Conference volunteers for this February QDM as well as the May 2025 ABC. To learn more, please email us at abc@adultchildren.org.

Save the date: The 2025 Annual Business Conference (ABC) will be on May 17th and 18th

As always, thank you for your service.

Carmen B., Edmundas V, Marcus H., ABC/QDM Committee Co-Chairs

The 2025 ABC Ballot of Proposals

January 21, 2025

Dear ACA Group Contact,

The 2025 ABC Ballot of Proposals will be published on January 22nd and will be available on the Ballot Prep Committee website https://acawso.org/bpc/ and the Conference website https://adultchildren.org/conference/.  Voting on the Ballot will then open on February 15th.  

ACA World Service received 13 Proposals in response to the Request for Proposals sent to all groups (meetings, Intergroups and Regions) in August. These Proposals were reviewed by the Ballot Prep Committee, who worked with the Proposing groups to help ensure clarity. The WSO (the Board and appropriate Committees) then added an analysis for each one. 

The Proposals, now collectively referred to as the Ballot,  are made available for all groups who wish to participate in the voting process. Your group is asked to review and discuss the Ballot Proposals and to submit your group conscience vote on the Ballot form between February 15th and April 7th. 

Each Proposal that receives 66.7% ‘Yes’ votes from responding groups will be added to the 2025 ABC agenda for discussion.  

This year we are grateful to the translation teams who have made it possible to be able to present the Ballot in Portuguese, Russian and Spanish.  

To prepare for this voting, please download a copy of the Proposals from our website:  https://acawso.org/bpc/.  Other pertinent information will also be posted on that page. Note: We apologize that there is a delay in preparing some of the translated documentation, so if the document in your language is not posted, please check back soon. 

The direct link for voting will be available on February 15th, both on the Ballot Prep website page https://acawso.org/bpc/ and the Conference website https://adultchildren.org/conference/

As mentioned above, voting on the Ballot will close on April 7th. Voting results will be published on April 10th. 

To aid your group’s discussion, the following four Q&A Ballot Proposal Presentations (Town Halls) have been scheduled: 

  • Saturday, February 8th at 9 pm EST 
  • Sunday, February 9th at 9 am EST 
  • Friday, February 21st at 9 pm EST
  • Saturday, February 22nd at 9 am EST

During these presentations, the Proposal submitters will have the opportunity to give more information about their Proposals and attendees will be able to ask questions. These meetings will be recorded and made available on our website.  

Please email the committee at bpc@adultchildren.org if you have questions. 

Thank you for your participation in helping to shape the future of ACA.

The ABC Ballot Preparation Committee

Honoring ACA’s Birthday Together

Honoring ACA’s Birthday Together

Dear Fellow Traveler,
In January we celebrate ACA’s 47th Birthday, honoring the community that has helped so many of us on the path to recovery. It’s a moment to reflect on the shared journey we’ve taken together—a journey of healing, growth, and connection.
As we mark this annual occasion, we’re reminded of the countless lives that have been touched by ACA’s message. For many, this community has been a source of comfort, strength, and inspiration.
While traditional therapy often comes at a significant cost, ACA offers a unique community and tools for healing without financial barriers. This vital work, however, depends on the ongoing generosity of our members.
If ACA has been a meaningful part of your journey, we invite you to join us in honoring this tradition by considering a contribution. Every gift, no matter the size, helps ensure ACA’s programs and resources remain accessible to all who seek recovery.
Make Your Gift Today

Whether or not you choose to give, we are grateful for your presence in this community. Together, we continue to light the way for those who are just beginning their journey.
With gratitude,
Your ACAWSO Team
P.S. Contributions to ACA help us provide critical resources and support for adult children worldwide. If you feel inspired, we’d be honored by your support.