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The schedule has been posted for the Virtual ACA World Convention (AWC). It looks like there will be some very interesting talks. Conducting a virtual meeting like this offers some opportunities that we wouldn’t have available to us in a physical space. For one, the schedule which you can find here shows that this is…

We started the day discussing the opportunity of Service, particularly as part of the work of the WSO. Many of the committee heads discussed the work of their committees and how people might serve. Additionally the Service Network Committee discussed their work on a new Service Manual. This is the difficult material at the end…

Yesterday afternoon we discussed the proposals that met the threshold for discussion at the ABC. We brought proposals 3, 4, 6, 8, 9, 10 and 13 to the floor for discussion. To map the numbers to proposal language please refer to the proposals document that has been previously uploaded. This will be updated as motions…

For most business meetings I’ve been to the reading of reports is usually akin to pulling teeth, please make it stop! Instead this is more of drinking from a fire hose. When I sit around the table for my meeting I mostly have no idea of the system that surrounds me and supports my recovery.…

There are 160 registered delegates this year. This is the largest ABC ever. In case you didn’t know, because of COVID-19 the ACA and AWC is being conducted virtually this year. Apparently reducing the cost of attending (and since everyone is home!) has enabled more participation than usual. My recollection of previous reports from the…

Wow! I’ve been drinking from a firehose. The Delegate binder was released this week. My original plan was to print out a copy and put it in a binder that I could refer to and make notes on during the ABC. I may be a technology guy but there are still some things that I’m…