ACA WSO Motions Ballot

Adult Children of Alcoholics
World Service Organization

2008 Annual Business Meeting
ABC Motions Ballot

Guidelines for completing the ABC Motions Ballot –
Prior to completing this ballot, download the motion details at www.acawso.org/abc and discuss the motions at your meeting, leading to a group conscience decision on each of the motions. One of the members should then complete the ballot and submit it as the decisions from the group.

Please note: Only one ballot should be submitted for each ACA Meeting and/or InterGroup.

Please specify the WSO Meeting Number for your meeting or Inter Group:
Don't know your WSO meeting number? Then click here to go to the ACA meeting list. When you find your meeting, you'll find the WSO meeting number in parenthesis near the end of your meeting's description.

Meeting time and location:

For each motion, please indicate the results of your group conscience decision:

“Yes”: This motion should be considered at the ABC
“No”: This motion need not be considered at the ABC
“No Opinion”

Motion:	Group Conscience Decision
2008ABC-01: Issue: Age of members. When is a person adult?	Yes No No opinion
2008ABC-02: Issue: That ACA does not have an age limit.	Yes No No opinion
2008ABC-03: Issue: That it is individual whether there's age limits.	Yes No No opinion
2008ABC-04: Issue: The WSO's web site be improved.	Yes No No opinion
2008ABC-05: Issue: Have a standard Treasurer's Report from Inter Groups and WSO posted on a web site.	Yes No No opinion
2008ABC-06: Issue: Publish WSO by-laws. Inter Groups could use them as a model.	Yes No No opinion
2008ABC-07: Issue: We promote sponsorship.	Yes No No opinion
2008ABC-08: Issue: We have health care professionals aware that ACOA exists.	Yes No No opinion
2008ABC-09: Issue: A pamphlet be created for groups and Inter Groups, containing specific guidelines to describe how to implement a Public Outreach program while remaining within ACA’s policies and traditions.	Yes No No opinion
2008ABC-10: Issue: Move the annual ACA WSO ABC to link with the ACA conference held the first weekend in Nov in San Marcus, CA. ABC would be Thursday & Friday before the ACA Conference.	Yes No No opinion
2008ABC-11: Issue: Motion to approve the ACA Twelve Step workbook as conference-approved literature. The workbook title is “Twelve Steps of Adult Children.”	Yes No No opinion

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Those motions receiving a majority Yes votes by the ACA meetings/InterGroups will then be considered at the ABC ("No opinion" votes excluded). The issues approved at the ABC will then serve as items for WSO action during the following year.

In clicking Submit, your ballot will be submitted to the ABC Committee and you will receive a copy of your submission by e-mail to the address entered above.