Westchester United Intergroup of OA (WUIG)

Intergroup Minutes - 2008

Archived Minutes

Minutes for prior years, not found on this page,  are available in the WUIG Archives. Click here to go to Archives.

OA Information for distribution:

Outreach and Intergroup Rep Mentoring Committee Chair needed: WUIG is looking for a member to do service by chairing the one or both of these committees. The mission of the Outreach committee is to be a liason between the individual meetings and Intergroup. The mission of the IR Mentoring committee is to help new Intergroup Reps get comfortable with intergroup meetings.  If you are interested in doing service by carrying the message, to those still suffering in the rooms, and would like to do that by chairing one of these committees, please contact John B. at 914.720.7785.

  Click here for an updated copy of the ByLaws of the Westchester United Intergroup which reflect some of the changes decided on at the August 2007 Intergroup meeting. These proposed changes are in blue.  Please review with your groups and if you have objections to these changes contact the Chair, Anne, through this website. These changes will be voted on for final approval at the November 2007 IG meeting.
   

The Los Angeles Intergroup of OA presents: The Virtual Speakers Bureau at
www.oalaig.org (page on site is: http://www.oalaig.org/html/speakers.php)

MP3 speaker files available for listening, downloading onto MP3 players or
burning onto regular or MP3 CDs.

Number of speakers:  Almost 100

Total time in program:  over 2,000 years

Avg. time in program:  over 22 years

Total time of sharing:   over 60 hours

Cost:   free - and priceless

• If you would like to order tapes from the October 2006 Region 6 Convention, click here for the form.

• Meeting Update: The Tuesday evening Pleasantville meeting is not meeting in Pleasantville and is currently looking for a new location. Check the meeting section of our website (www.oawestchester-ny.org) for current meeting location.  

Other Intergroup Announcements

1) Letter to all Intergroup Reps:

 April 20,2006 

Please read aloud at two of your next meetings.

 It has come to our attention that the adoption of age restrictions in the Putnam/Westchester region is being or has been adopted.

 According to the OA Incorporated By Laws Subpart B (Article 5,Section 1, Item 2) “All who have the desire to stop eating compulsively are welcome”.

Our third tradition states that “The only requirement for OA membership is the desire to stop eating compulsively”  All groups agreed to this when they registered. Please refrain from announcing any reference to any restrictions at your meetings

 Please be advised that those who set age restrictions will cease to be an OA group, lose the support of WUIG and be reported to the World Service Organization where they will be removed from all OA listings.

 Yours truly,

 Bobbye H.    Acting Co-Chair-WUIG

 Lynda K       Acting Co-Chair-WUIG

2) Please announce this  Website address at your meetings. Any group should submit meeting information, anniversary information to the webmaster for posting.

3) WUIG has an e-mail list which we use to distribute information to OA members who live in Westchester and Putnam Counties. If you would like your name and e-mail address to be included in this distribution list, please e-mail Beth, the WUIG Webmistress at wuigwebsite@gmail.com . We will not use this list for any other purposes and will only be used by WUIG. Click here for a flyer you can bring to your meetings. (Please note that this is not anonymous as our e-mail address is wuigwebsite@gmail.com and the subject line will mention WUIG.)

4)     Current Meeting Lists can be found on our website: www.oawestchester-ny.org .  It would be a great service to print one and make some copies for your meetings. There are changes on this new meeting list that are not found on the previous versions.

Service Opportunities

• We need Lifeline Representatives. If you would like to become a lifeline rep for a meeting or on your own contact: Mary Young, World Service Office, PO Box 44020, Rio Rancho, NM 87174-4020, or call 505-891-2664 or Fax: 505-891-4320 or e-mail her at maryy@oa.org.  She will send you a lifeline Rep kit to get started.
• As with every Intergroup meeting, all are welcome to attend. You do not have to represent a group. Your voice is important and their are many service opportunities.  We encourage all OA members to attend the next Intergroup meeting.

Services Provided by WUIG

• Please announce at your meetings that WUIG has a Temporary Sponsor Bank. Please call to get a temporary sponsor. Also, it is always in need of adding temporary sponsors to the list. Please call Jmel at 914-725-7013 to add your name to the list. A suggestion to IG reps:  it really works to pass around a sign up sheet for temporary sponsors at your meeting and give it to Jmel yourself. One of our reps did this and it  seemed to work well, we got 9 people to sign up. Click here to print a sign-up sheet which you can bring to your meetings to pass around. Please remember to call Jmel with any names that you get.

• If you need contribution forms for making donations to World Service, forms are available at Intergroup.

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