Kategoriarkiv: Europa

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

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.

Telefonkonferens European Comittee


 

Dear European ACAs,
With a summer quIckly approaching, a loving reminder about an upcoming European Teleconference that is easy to remember – it will happen on the 1st of June. The agenda attached in this letter is still in flux and is a living and changing document here, so let us also check back before the Teleconference itself; one of the themes that is worth celebrating are the decisions voted for at our 2024 ACA Annual Business Conference, where delegates gathered, and some decisions will still be decided or implemented soon – like new literature and the important news about the name change (extension) of the fellowship. Let us meet and discuss them!

I have also received questions about the dissemination of info about ACA events in Europe and helping IGs / meetings with their business, but for that your help is needed as well – let us hear from each other and meet on
June 1st
13:00 London time
14:00 Central European Time
15:00 Helsinki / Baltics
(codes are in the document to avoid zoom bombing)

With love and thankfulness to you all,

Edmundas V.
Serving as EC chair

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

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The European Committee works to unify and carry the message to the fellowships of the European countries according to our traditions and concepts. The European Committee (EC) functions as a group of trusted servants elected by its members. The officers carry out the jobs and goals set by the European Committee. The EC is a standing committee of the World Service Organization of Adult Children of Alcoholics (WSO).

Inbjudan att hålla öppet onlinemöte under Aca’s årliga världskonvent

Dear Fellow Travellers, I would like to extend an invitation to your local ACA communities to consider holding an online open ACA meeting in a language other than English at the Annual World Convention 2023 (Friday November 17 until Saturday November 18 Eastern Time).

If you are interested, please submit your application for a 90 minutes open ACA meeting (topic of your choice) by Monday November 11, 2023.
Direct access to the application form:
https://forms.zohopublic.com/admin1564/form/OpenACAMeeting/formperma/FEjVi4tScR2vCOHwFSll5gDSlrEcQSJwAugEElQa-fk

Take a look on the Convention program and see where open ACA meetings can be scheduled https://adultchildren.org/2023-awc/
We are waiting for your applications until November 11th.
If you have questions please email the AWC Planning team at 

awc@acawso.org
In thankful service,
Edmundas V.,

serving as the Chair of European Committee

ec-chair@acawso.org

Aca Europa kommitténs möte 1 Juli

Dear fellows,

Please join us on the monthly teleconference on Saturday, July 1st at 14:00 CET on zoom. You will find the agenda attached below.
Link to the agenda can be found here.
You can find a document with guidelines for European Committee officers here.

Join Zoom Meeting
https://us02web.zoom.us/j/83834372326

Meeting ID: 838 3437 2326
Passcode: 437668

Find your local number: https://us02web.zoom.us/u/kQHo2hHEh

For more information and additional contacts please visit:
http://acawsoec.com

Hope to see you Saturday.

Respectfully submitted

Edmundas
Gratefully serving as the Chair of the European Committee 
 
ec-chair@acawso.org

ACA Europa månadsmöte – 3:e juni

Dear fellows,

Please join us on the monthly teleconference on Saturday,  June 3rd 14:00 CET on zoom. You will find the agenda attached below.
Link to the agenda can be found here.

Join Zoom Meeting
https://us02web.zoom.us/j/83834372326

Meeting ID: 838 3437 2326
Passcode: 437668

Find your local number: https://us02web.zoom.us/u/kQHo2hHEh

For more information and additional contacts please visit:
http://acawsoec.com

Hope to see you Saturday.

Respectfully submitted

Edmundas
Gratefully serving as the Chair of the European Committee 
 
ec-chair@acawso.org

Konvent för Aca Europa 2023!

Dear European fellowships,

We, ACAs serving in the European committee of WSO, are actively looking at the possibilities to bring on the European Annual ACA event for 2023. One of the intergroups has expressed preliminary interest. We would like to call on all intergroups interested in hosting and cooperating on this to reach out to us at ec-chair@acawso.org , we will discuss the event and its hosting opportunities on the June European Teleconference at June 3rd, 14:00 CET. 

In thankful service to Europe,
Edmundas V.
Chair of European Committee