F.W.S. Newsletter: 2023 March Issue

Quarterly Updates from Fellowship-Wide Services

Fellowship-Wide Services Newsletter https://slaafws.org +1.210.828.7900 2023 March Issue PDF Print Version What is F.W.S? Find out what we do Find out what we do F.W.S. Newsletter Flyer Share me please! Share me please! Article Submissions Deadlines & Guidelines Deadlines & Guidelines Letter from the Board of Trustees After many hours of effort, research, and work by the Board Technology Committee (BTC) and the Board Programs and Membership Committee (BPMC), which included going to the possible hotel venues to host our 2023 Annual Business Conference/Meeting (ABC/M) to verify their ability to facilitate our event, the Board of Trustees has come to a group conscience decision.  We appreciate the Fellowship’s wide spectrum of opinions and viewpoints. The Board of Trustees reviewed all the information and discussed at length the details of holding a combination in-person/virtual integrated (hybrid) event for 2023. Our group conscience decision is that an in-person ABC/M in 2023 would be the best choice at this time, and that it would not be fiscally responsible to the Fellowship to conduct a Hybrid Annual Business Meeting (ABM) this year. As facts became available to the Board, this option became the most viable. Despite the generous efforts of volunteers, the added cost of a hybrid event would have been in excess of USD $30,000 to the Fellowship.  As always, the Annual Business Meeting (ABM) will include virtual participation in the Conference Committee Breakout Session meetings to which all Fellowship members may attend on the Zoom platform.  We are looking forward to the in-person ABC/M hosted by the Orange County Intergroup held at the Hilton Costa Mesa from August 1st – 4th, 2023.  The Board of Trustees wish to thank the Board Technology Committee, all the volunteers, and the Technology Director for their time, efforts, and due diligence in working on this complicated proposal. We ask for your patience and grace while we navigate uncharted territory and continue to commit to do what is best for the Fellowship as a whole.  Respectfully Yours in Service,  The Board of Trustees  Sex and Love Addicts Anonymous  Fellowship-Wide Services  Letter from the Executive Director Winter is drawing to a close here in South Texas, and Spring seems right around the corner. The hummingbirds will be crossing the Gulf of Mexico in the next few weeks, so we have our feeders ready to welcome them back. I hope that wherever you are, Spring’s warmth and green renewal is close!   F.W.S. has been busy the past few months. We moved into a beautiful new office space in San Antonio in early December, and have been settling in and re-organizing the physical space to maximize workflow. For those of you who mail in contributions or order forms, please note that our new mailing address is as follows: “The Augustine Fellowship, 2411 NE Loop 410, Suite 122, San Antonio TX 78217”. If you have a recurring contribution set up for automatic mailing from your bank, please make sure you update the address. (The phone number and fax number have not changed.)   The 2023 Annual Business Conference/Meeting will be held August 1st thru 4th at the Hilton Orange County/Costa Mesa, in beautiful Orange County California. Registration materials and other information will be available shortly, so keep an eye on the F.W.S. website for those. This will be my tenth year attending ABM (wow, how time flies!) and I am looking forward to seeing all those familiar faces as well as meeting some new ones. If you have never attended ABM, or it has been a while since you have joined us, I hope your Intergroup will consider sending a delegate this year. It is a great experience and very informative. Come enjoy the fellowship with other members and see how the business of the Conference is conducted.   From the F.W.S. Office to all our Fellows around the world, we send our best wishes.    Respectfully,   Pam Reyes Executive Director IN THIS ISSUE 2023 S.L.A.A. Annual Business Meeting August 1-4, 2023 | Hilton Costa Mesa, California ABC/M 2023 Flyer Timeline and Deadlines MORE INFORMATION AND REGISTRATION Considerations for Submission of a Motion/IFD to the 2023 ABM Agenda Reports Board Finance Committee Report Read the Proposed Revised Version of Chapters One, Two, and Three of the Basic Text In honor of our fellowship’s 50th anniversary in 2026, a special edition of the Basic Text is being prepared. Plans include a special hardback cover, a foreword to the new edition, introductions to each personal story as well as additional personal stories, and, possibly, an index. Additionally, the text of the book will be edited to correct problems of style, grammar, and clarity. Work on the first three chapters is complete, and the committee working on the project, the 50BTS, would like member feedback on the work. This is copyrighted draft literature, please do not post to any website. GET THE FLYER AND LINKS May is Individual Contribution Month! Each May, members of Sex and Love Addicts Anonymous are invited to contribute directly to F.W.S., thereby acknowledging their gratitude to the Fellowship that in some cases saved, and in many cases sustained their lives as recovering addicts. SHARE THE FLYER S.L.A.A. LifeSaver Program You make a difference. Every dollar helps. Share the flyer  BE A LIFESAVER TODAY Be sure to check out the S.L.A.A. Events page! Visit now Look at What’s Happening Update on the 50th-Anniversary Edition of the S.L.A.A. Basic Text Project Learn More Consider Joining the S.L.A.A. Conference Finance Committee Administrating the funding of conference committees. Helping All Levels of the Fellowship remain financially self-supporting. Learn More Service Opportunities Who can do service? You can! Join the Board Finance Committee Are you interested in helping steer the Fellowship's finances? Consider becoming part of the BFC! Click below for the flyer and more information!  Learn More Contribute Materials to the CPIC If your Intergroup (or Group without an Intergroup) has used outreach materials successfully - especially using new technology - please consider sharing. Learn more Join the Hospital and Institutions Subcommittee Developing new ways for the Fellowship to reach members who are incarcerated, in treatment centers, or otherwise unable to attend regular meetings. Learn more Join a Conference Committee Find out about Conference Committees, what they do, and when they meet. Contribute your time and talents to one of these great opportunities for service!  Learn more Translate Literature Are you interested in helping carry the message of recovery to the suffering sex and love addict in their own language? The Conference Translation and International Outreach Committee needs you! Learn more Serve on the Board of Trustees BOT Candidates must have three years of continuous, self-defined sobriety in S.L.A.A.  Non-S.L.A.A. members can also be on the Board of Trustees.  Learn more Participate in the S.L.A.A. Service Forum Find and contribute answers to questions on all forms of Group, Intergroup, and Conference service! Share your valuable service experience and learn from others. Share the flyer Sign up now Write International Articles  We are a global fellowship with a world of stories. Each story told has the potential to strengthen recovery for all of us. Share yours.  Learn More

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