Ballot Prep Committee

Our Purpose

The Ballot Prep Committee (BPC) oversees the proposal process – educating the fellowship, calling for and developing proposals, encouraging translations, compiling a Ballot, encouraging the vote, and tallying and announcing the results.

When do we meet?

We are currently meeting weekly on Thursdays at 6:00pm Eastern.
This schedule changes through the Ballot season, depending on our workload.

Meeting ID: 815 3118 9155
Passcode: 90755

How to contact us?

You can email us at: [email protected]

NEW DELEGATES
For assistance with the Ballot, with the Process, or for suggestions for gathering a Group Conscience, please contact us.

Our Members

Chair: Karin S. (IL, USA)
Members:
Amica (WV, USA), Kathleen S. (CA, USA), Mary Jo L. (IL, USA), Pam M. (CA, USA), Sue V. (Toronto, Can), Tamara P. (MN and SC, USA)

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BPC Committee Reports

You can find our reports here.

2026 Ballot Information

The Ballot Proposals are available in the following three languages:

2026 ABC Ballot Proposals – English
2026 ABC Ballot Proposals – Portuguese
2026 ABC Ballot Proposals – Russian

 

NOTE:  The BPC will be hosting two Question and Answer (Q&A) sessions to give the Fellowship an opportunity to get answers to any questions about the Ballot Proposals. The Zoom information can be found on the Events calendar and at the bottom of each schedule below. 

You can click on the following link to download the schedule of speakers for the first session, which is also shown below: Q&A Session March 1, 2026

9 pm ET – Proposals by Proposing Group
Group, Proposal #, Subject, and the Category it is in on the Ballot:

CT112 2026-17 Recruitment of Literature Committee Chairs Literature
IG630 2026-1 WSO Shop Committee Operations
IL172 2026-10 Three Member Requirement for all Committees, Groups, etc. Service Structure & Governance
Region 2 2026-6 Conference Approve Budget for New Lit. Projects Operations
2026-7 OPPM Limit to WSO/Committees-Large Matters Need Conf. Approval Service Structure & Governance
2026-18 Laundry Lists Workbook for Conference Approval Literature
Region 6, IG640, CA1656 2026-2 Automatic Enrollment in Literature Discount Operations
2026-4 Literature Price Increases Approved by Delegates Operations
2026-5 Add Staff Descriptions and Salary Range to OPPM Operations
2026-9 Region Certification Application Service Structure & Governance
2026-16 Adopt Responsibility Declaration Literature
2026-28 Delegate Vote to Remove a Delegate Slack Channels Conference Structure
2026-29 Proposals are First on ABC Agenda Conference Structure
WEB0815 2026-19 Amendment to BRB Literature

NOTE: WEB0815 may be moved to the March 7th session due to time zone issues.

Zoom Information:
Sunday, March 1st at 9 PM ET (2026-03-01, 21:00-23:00 ET)Meeting ID: 926 1459 4952https://zoom.us/j/92614594952Passcode: Ballot

 

For the second session, you can click on the following link to download the schedule of speakers, which is also shown below: Q&A Session March 7, 2026

9 am ET – Proposals by Proposing Group
Group, Proposal #, Subject, and the Category it is in on the Ballot:

BPC 2026-24 Adjusting Timeline for Ballot Process Ballot Proposals
IG76 2026-13 Large Matters Definition Booklet Literature
2026-14 Six Inventories Booklet Committee Literature
2026-15 Inverted Pyramid Booklet Committee Literature
2026-20 Worldwide Voting on Ballot Proposals Ballot Proposals
OK0058 2026-3 Amend Pricing Policy Statement Operations
2026-8 Removing Requirements for Petitions to the Board Service Structure & Governance
2026-11 Amendment to the Bylaws Service Structure & Governance
2026-12 Amend OPPM where Inconsistent with Bylaws Service Structure & Governance
2026-21 Immediate Ballot Proposal Access to Delegates Ballot Proposals
2026-22 Revisions to WSO Analysis of Ballot Proposals Ballot Proposals
2026-25 Create a Conference Charter Committee Conference Structure
2026-26 New Communication Channel for Delegates Conference Structure
2026-27 Conference Committee to Create a Conf. Executive Committee Conference Structure
TEL0341 2026-23 Change to WSO Analyses Process Ballot Proposals

Zoom information:
Saturday, March 7th at 9 AM ET (2026-03-07, 9:00-11:00 ET)Meeting ID: 937 8976 0592https://zoom.us/j/93789760592Passcode: Ballot

 

 

General Information

At the request of the Ballot Prep Committee, a motion was passed by the Board on October 4, 2025 that all dates for the annual ballot process be moved forward by fifteen (15) days, starting with the deadline for final proposal revisions. This revised schedule is as follows:

  • Proposal revisions (with BPC/Committee support):  Until November 15
  • WSO Analyses Due:  December 15
  • Translations Due:  January 15
  • Ballot Published:  January 23
  • Town Halls / Proposal Q&A:  January–February
  • Online Voting Period:  March 1–April 15
  • Results Published:  April 18