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Fellowship calls for June and July
Fellowship calls are run by different World Service committees on a specific topic. There are generally speakers and time to ask questions. There is a UK number to call in and it is the same for all calls.
United Kingdom +44 330 998 1320
Access code: 617093
If you can’t make the call, they are all available as recordings here www.debtorsanonymous.org/podcasts
Ask the GSB: DA Finances
Sunday 9th June, 6pm-7pm
A chance to ask questions and get the answers from the GSB
Transformative Treasury tools
Saturday 15th June, 6pm-7pm
This call will cover both spiritual and practical tools to make treasury simple
Sponsor a Group
Sunday 23rd June, 7-8pm
Public Information
Sunday 30th June, 6pm-7pm
UK Convention Saturday 2nd November
Save the date for the UK convention this year. Please start sharing at your meeting and asking your group what service they want to do at the convention this year and bring ideas to the May Intergroup! Thanks
The WSC Public Information Committee (PI) presents the following Fellowship-wide Call: The Nuts and Bolts of Public Information Sunday, January 27, 2019 at 6.30pm UK
- What is Public Information?
- Bringing D.A.literature & posters to churches, meeting places, & more!
- Starting a Beginners Meeting
- Setting up a P.I. Booth at a Conference for Psychotherapists
- Coordinating placing D.A.literature into Conference Packets for Employee Assistance Professionals
Speaker portion of all calls will be available as podcasts on the D.A. website at: https://www.debtorsanonymous.org/podcasts
PLEASE SHARE THIS ANNOUNCEMENT AT YOUR MEETINGS & KINDLY FORWARD THIS E-MAIL TO OTHER D.A. MEMBERS.
After the speaker presentations, callers will be given the opportunity to participate in shares and Q&A.
Dial-in number: 0330 998 1320 Access code: 617093#
Christmas Day Phone Meeting 8pm-9pm
The Tuesday ‘Carrying the Message’ Phone meeting is on Christmas Day as usual at 8pm-9pm
Simply call : 0330 777 1307
Access code is: 2467128#
Media Contact Training Sat 27 Jan 5pm-6.30pm
Fellowship-Wide Call
GSB-PI Media Contact Training
Saturday 27 January 2018 5 PM – 6:30 PM GMT
Call number 0330 998 1253, then access code 172285#
Participants: Training will be open to all D.A. members, both those who wish to learn how to respond to requests by the media for information about D. A., and members who would like to learn more about how to discuss D.A. with people outside of the Fellowship.
Purpose of This Call: To train D.A. members who may wish to respond to inquiries from the media about D.A.
Pre-Training Suggested Reading List:
-Twelve Steps & Twelve Traditions and Twelve Concepts of Debtors Anonymous:
Traditions Three, Five, Ten, Eleven, and Twelve
-Public Information Manual for Debtors Anonymous: this is on the UK website under ‘Carrying the message’
page 6 – Some Responsibilities of PI Reps (mentions Media Training)
pages 8 – 9 – Media Contact Training
page 10 – Guidelines for D.A. Members responding to the media
page 11 – Suggested Criteria for D.A. Speakers’ Media Interviews
page 12 – Guidelines for Understating D.A.’s Tradition of Attraction vs. Promotion
page 13 – Activities not Recommended for Attracting Members
page 16 – Memo for Members when Dealing with or Contacting the Media
page 18 – History of D.A.
page 25 – Memo to the Media & Press
page 29 – Media Guidelines
page 30 – Suggested Media Release Form
page 34 – D.A. IS & D.A. Is NOT
Important Tools:
Debtors Anonymous website www.debtorsanonymous.org
–https://debtorsanonymous.org/getting-started/free-literature for the Debtors Anonymous Manual for Service and Twelve Signs of Compulsive Debting
-Public Information Manual for Debtors Anonymous: https://debtorsanony mous.org/fellowship-services/public-information
-The Twelve Steps, Twelve Traditions, and Twelve Concepts of Debtors Anonymous: Thirty- Six Principles of Recovery, available for purchase at https://debtorsanonymous.org /fellowship-services/order-literature
-Your own anonymous email
To playback the recording (speaker shares only) 712.451.1092 access code 172285#
Why “Traditions”? Why not “Rules” or “Regulations”?
A conference call open to all D.A. members.
Ask the General Service Board is a series of four phone forums during the 2016-2017 Conference Year to provide an opportunity to learn about, and ask questions about, D.A. world service.
The Third Phone Forum:
Sunday
May 7, 2017
5:00 – 6:00 pm EDT | 2:00 – 3:00 pm PDT | 10:00 – 11:00 pm GMT
Please confirm the meeting time for your local time zone.
Topics:
Why do we have the Traditions?
How do they support groups?
Why are they “traditions,” and not rules or regulations?
Dial-in Number:
001-712-432-0400 (US number)
Access Code:
363385#
This is the third in a series of four phone forums sponsored by the General Service Board of D.A. during the 2016-2017 Conference Year. The calls allow members to learn and ask questions about service and other topics.
The call is open to all D.A. members. The speakers will be recorded and playback will be available after the call. The question-and-answer portion of the call will not be recorded.