To members of the ACA Fellowship:

Since 1983 Adult Children of Alcoholics World Service Organization (WSO) has conducted its Annual Business Conference (ABC) on the 4th weekend in April. The ABC provides open forums for communication and service coordination within ACA and improves consistency of service to the Fellowship. It is open to all ACA members, meetings, InterGroups and related service organizations.

Proposed Agenda for the 2008 ABC is now available. Click here for your copy.

The 2008 ABC will be held April 25-27 in “mile-high” Prescott, Arizona’s first territorial capitol in the mountain air about an hour north of Phoenix, Arizona. While the time to submit new motions has now past, members can still register to attend the ABC using either of the above Registration Forms.

At the ABC, motions from the fellowship are discussed and acted upon. The resulting approved motions will then provide guidance and prioritizations to the WSO Board for the coming year.

Eleven motions have been received from the fellowship for consideration at the ABC. These motions can be printed using the links above for discussion at your ACA Meeting and/or Inter Group. Either the on-line ballot or paper ballot can be used to submit the group concscience decisions regarding the motions

Copies of the motions received, and the related ballot, was mailed out to the membership in early January. Voting will continue through April 14, 2008.

While ballots are intended for submission only from ACA meetings and Inter Groups, individual ACA members can voice their thoughts and concerns relating to these motions on the WSO forum at www.acawso.org/ipb/index.php?showforum=102.

In addition to acting on the motions presented by the fellowship, this year’s ABC will provide a much deserved retreat for trusted servants, facilitate human connections and spiritual awareness, and allow a time of ACA Fellowship. There will also be time to visit the unique attractions of Prescott (museums, scenic mountain trails, et cetera). It is our hope that we can come together and renew ourselves, our service organizations and our most deserving of all, adult children of alcoholic/dysfunctional families.

We encourage every meeting and InterGroup to nominate at least one person to attend this year’s ABC. While submitting your motions for consideration, please also submit a ABC 2008 Registration Form for those who will be attending and representing your group at the ABC. For those who cannot attend, the minutes of the ABC will be posted on the WSO Forum (http://www.acawso.org/ipb) within a few weeks after the event.

Click here for information regarding traveling to Prescott and local hotel/motel accommodations.

Note: Please don't use the above on-line form to notify the WSO of meeting updates. That will only delay such updates getting processed. Instead, go to http://www.acawso.org/meetings to submit your meeting updates. Thank you for your consideration in this matter.

Yours in service,
Scott R.
2008 ABC Committee Chair