Welcome To The CoDA Hospitals and Institutions Announcements List

From: "CoDA Hospital & Institution Information Contact List:" <hosp@codependents.org>
Subject: Welcome To The CoDA Hospitals and Institutions Announcements List
Date: March 2nd 2011

We welcome you to the the CoDA Hospitals and Institutions Announcements List

The Purpose of This List:

The purpose of the H&I list is to send information regarding H&I (Hospitals and Institutions) service opportunities and resources from the H&I Committee and, whenever possible, for the members to share that information with their Intergroup or local meetings. This list is for CoDA members who are H&I contacts for their region or group. Individual members may also be part of the list in order find out more about H&I service.

We are planning to send you our newsletter "H&I Lights" periodically through this list.

Committee History:
The H&I committee has gained great momentum this year. We are strengthening our committee infrastructure and procedures, enabling us to communicate more efficiently with members looking for resources. We expect that we will continue to grow in size, as a committee, as we seek to achieve our purpose.

Committee Purpose:
The purpose of the Hospital and Institutions Committee is to…

.       Serve to carry the message of CoDA to codependents  through medical, penal, educational and social services institutions 
.       Act as a resource and support to the local H&I trusted servants

Responsibilities

. Respond to inmates and professionals via email or US mail requesting literature & sponsorship . Reach out to H&I delegates, Intergroups, and Voting Entities to share best practices . Coordinate outreach programs within fellowship to institutions . Correspondence to World Conference and CoDA fellowship via Quarterly Service Reports

H&I Committee member s and roles (2010-2011)

.       Chair – Yumi, Northern California
.       Recording Secretary – Barbara, Northern California
.       Literature Management  - Kathy & Lou, Illinois  
.       Correspondence – Lesa, Southern California
.       Carry the messages to Institutions – Annie,  Massachusetts 

Please consider becoming a Committee member. Most committees meet at least once annually (sometimes at the World Service Conference) and we have at least monthly conference call meetings. If you are interested, please contact our committee chair at the committee email address (hosp@coda.org).

Thank you so much for your interest and service!

The Hospitals and Institutions Committee, Codependents Anonymous