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The following PDF files appear on various pages within this Web site. They are collected here for easy reference and downloading.

A Step Ahead Newsletter

• A Step Ahead: First Quarter 2010 (color)
• A Step Ahead: First Quarter 2010 (black and white)
• A Step Ahead: Fourth Quarter 2009 (color)
• A Step Ahead: Fourth Quarter 2009 (black and white)
• A Step Ahead: Third Quarter 2009 (color)
• A Step Ahead: Third Quarter 2009 (black and white)
• A Step Ahead: Second Quarter 2009 (color)
• A Step Ahead: Second Quarter 2009 (black and white)

Ask-It Basket and Archive

• Ask-It Basket Archive
• WSBC 2007 Ask-It Basket Questions

Board of Trustees

• Board Meeting Highlights November 2009
• Board Meeting Highlights August 2009
• Board Meeting Highlights May 2009
• Board Meeting Highlights February 2009
• Trustee Application
• Strategic and Operations Plan 2009 to 2013
• Strategic Plan-Items Completed in 2008

Conference Cassettes or CDs

• AAV Order Form

Contribute

• Contribution Form
• Seventh Tradition of OA

Copyright Requests

• Permission to Use the OA Logo
• Reprint Permission Form

Courier Newsletter

• 2010 Courier Newsletter (color)
• 2010 Courier Newsletter (black and white)
• 2009 Courier newsletter

Discontinued Literature

• OA Cares flyer
• OA Is Not a Diet Club pamphlet
• PI Poster Kit
  • 15 Questions
  • How to Contact OA
  • Is Food a Problem for You?
  • Many Symptoms, One Solution
  • OA Preamble
  • Welcome to OA
• To the Compulsive Overeater in the Military pamphlet
• Together We Can pamphlet

Family and Friends

• Compulsive Overeating: An Inside View
• To the Family

Find a Face-to-Face Meeting

• OA Intergroup Directory

Group Secretary Materials

• Contributions Form
• Literature Catalog
• Literature Order Form
• Registration/Change Form
• Secretaries Maintain the Connection
• Seventh Tradition of OA
• Seventh-Tradition Skits
• Strong Meeting Checklist

Group Support

• Border Guards: Tradition Four Issues
• Designated Downloader Flyer
• Excerpt from the OA Handbook
• Group Inventory
• Group Meeting Record Book
• Guidelines for a Group Conscience Meeting/Suggested Group Conscience Meeting Format
• How to Start a Meeting
• Let People Know About Your Meeting
• Lifeline Meeting Format
• OA Intergroup Directory
• Seventh-Tradition Skits
• Suggested Meeting Format
• Suggested Step-Study Meeting Format

Lifeline

• Sample Issue
• 2009 Lifeline Index
• Lifeline Tabletop Display
• Lifeline Through the Years
• Subscription Forms

Literature

• Literature Catalog
• Order Form

Materials from WSO’s Mailing to Intergroups

• First OA Census Yields Great Results

Media/Professionals

• Membership Survey Report

Meetings

• OA Intergroup Directory

OA Guidelines

• Budget Guidelines for Service Bodies
• Consensus Guidelines and Board Article
• Fundraising and Prudent Reserve Guidelines for Groups and Intergroups
• Group Conscience Guidelines/Suggested Group Conscience Meeting Format
• Guidelines for Addressing Disruptive Behavior
• Guidelines for Health Fair Participation
• Guidelines for Locally Produced Literature
• Guidelines for Membership Retention
• Guidelines for Local Newsletters
• Guidelines for OA Events
  
• Guidelines for Public Information Events
• Guidelines for Writing the History of Your Local Area
• Guidelines for Professional Outreach Committees
• OA Approved Literature List
• OA CARES Inmate Correspondence Program Guidelines
• Web Site Development Guidelines

OA Literature Translations

• Assigning Rights
• License 1
• License 2
• License 3
• Translation Guidelines for OA Literature
• Translation Fund Application

OA Regions

• Map and Description of the 10 OA Regions

Press Kit

• Press Kit (color)
• Press Kit (black-and-white)

Public Information Suggestions

• Billy’s Story
• Courier Newsletter
• Instructions for Getting OA’s PSA Aired
• Let People Know About Your Meeting
• PI Planner
• The Twelve Steps and Twelve Traditions of Overeaters Anonymous: A Kid’s View
• Professional Outreach Manual: Appendix 1
• PI Poster Kit
  • 15 Questions
  • How to Contact OA
  • Is Food a Problem for You?
  • Many Symptoms, One Solution
  • OA Preamble
  • Welcome to OA

Register/Change Face-to-Face Meeting

• Group Registration/Change Form

Register/Change Online or Telephone Meeting

• Telephone Group Registration/Change Form

Register/Change Service Body

• Intergroup Registration/Change Form
• National or Language Service Board Registration/Change Form
• Virtual Service Board Registration/Change Form

Service Body Support

• Conference Policy Manual
• Delegate Support Fund Application
• Delegate Support Fund Contributions
• Designated Downloader Flyer
• Matching Grant Program Application
• Professional Exhibits Fund Application
• Professional Exhibits Manual
• Reduced-Cost Literature Application Form
• Sample Intergroup Bylaws
• Sample Statement of Purpose
• Suggested OA Hotline Message for Service Bodies
• OA Bylaws Subpart A
• OA Bylaws Subpart B
• Seventh-Tradition Skits
• Trustee Article and Consensus Guidelines

Service By Mail/Email

• Service By Mail/Email Form 

Spiritual Principles of the OA Program

• Spiritual Principles of the OA Program

Twelfth Step Within

• Been Slipping and Sliding? A Reading and Writing Tool
• Planning a Sponsorship Workshop
• Recovery Insurance Policy
• Twelfth Step Within Speakers Sign Up Form

World Service Business Conference

Frequently Used Documents

• 2010 Important Dates
• Business Conference Policy Manual: Manual that includes Conference policies
• Bylaws, Subpart A: Governing document for OA, Inc.
• Bylaws, Subpart B: Governing document setting out the identify, rights and privileges for OA members
• Conference Standing Rules
• Delegate Registration Instructions
• Delegate Registration/Green Dot Mentor Program Registration Form
• Delegate Support Fund Application
• Delegate Support Fund Contributions
• Forum 2009
• Forum 2009 (Spanish)
• Region Chairman Registration Form
• Tentative Agenda
• Trustee Application
• WSBC 2009 Wrap-up Report
• WSBC 2009 Suggestions

Third Conference Mailing (Distributed March 12, 2010)

• Important Material for Conference Delegates – Trustee elections, credentials, delegate arrangements
• Agenda Questionnaire Results – Results of motions proposed to service bodies
• Dinner Buffet/Menu Registration Form – Saturday banquet menu and registration form
• Restaurant Buffet Menus – Hotel restaurant breakfast and lunch buffet menus for Wednesday – Saturday at Conference
• Meeting Room Layout – Hotel Albuquerque meeting space layout
• Area Maps and Information – Albuquerque map and important telephone numbers
• Region Trustee Applications – Applications for Regions 2, 8 and 10
• General Service Trustee Applications – Applications for GST
• Chairman’s Report – Report of Conference chairman included in delegate binder
• Treasurer’s Report – Report of Treasurer included in delegate binder
• Proposed Manuscript, A Common Solution: Diversity and Recovery
• Revised Manuscript, Questions and Answers
• Proposed Manuscript, Sponsoring Through the Twelve Steps
• Revised Manuscript, The Tools of Recovery
• Revised Manuscript, To the Family of the Compulsive Eater
• Revised Manuscript, To the Teen
• Revised Manuscript, Welcome Back
• Transportation Information Sheet – Shuttle coupon for travel to/from the Hotel Albuquerque/airport
• Restaurant Listings and Map – Listing and map of area restaurants near Hotel Albuquerque
• Anniversary Bookmark Flyer – Information on anniversary bookmark
• Convention Contest Flyer – Information on Convention contest and Saturday banquet
• Literature Pre-Order Instructions – Instructions for ordering literature prior to Conference (Note: There will not be any literature sales at Conference.)

Second Conference Mailing (Distributed January 11, 2010)

• Conference Planning Chairman’s Letter: Letter from Conference Planning Committee chairman
• Agenda Questionnaire Cover Letter: Letter instructing service bodies about the agenda questionnaire
• Agenda Questionnaire: Questionnaire used by service bodies to vote on new business motions/bylaw amendments
• Proposed New Business Motions/Proposed Bylaw Amendments Summary: Summary of motions/amendments submitted by the deadline date
• Proposed New Business Motions/Proposed Bylaw Amendments: Motions and amendments submitted for consideration on the Conference agenda
• Delegate Information: Pertinent information about Conference
• Reference Subcommittee Letter: Letter from Reference Subcommittee trustee chairman
• Committee Preference Form: Form for delegates to make their committee selections
• Hotel Reservation Form: Reservation form for Hotel Albuquerque at Old Town
• Tours Registration Form: Forms for Acoma Sky Pueblo and Sandia Tram tours
• Manuscript Notification Flyer: Flyer to notify service bodies of how to request manuscripts submitted to Conference

First Conference Mailing (Distributed September 8, 2009)

• Chairman’s Letter: Chairman welcomes delegates to upcoming Conference
• Getting Ready: General information on the Conference’s venue, submission of motions and selection of delegates
• Trustee Nominee Application Letter: Instructions for open trustee positions
• Trustee Nominee Application Form
• New Business Motion/Bylaw Amendment Submission Forms: Format to submit new business motions and bylaw amendments due December 10, 2008
  

Youth in OA

• Billy’s Story pamphlet
• Suggested Meeting Format for Young People (use with Suggested Meeting Format)
• The Twelve Steps and Twelve Traditions: A Kid’s View booklet

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