Documents
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
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
Contribute
Copyright Requests
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
- To the Compulsive Overeater in the Military pamphlet
- Together We Can pamphlet
Family and Friends
Find a Face-to-Face Meeting
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
Materials from WSO’s Mailing to Intergroups
Media/Professionals
Meetings
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
Press Kit
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
Register/Change Face-to-Face Meeting
Register/Change Online or Telephone Meeting
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
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

