*Board MINUTES for CoDA World Board Conference Call, November 3, 2018* The Board of Trustees met on Saturday, November 3rd by teleconference. Members in attendance included: Jen L, Matt T, Salle H, Nancy O, Linda A. and Don B. Guests: Gail, Kathy, Crystal; Staff: Conni Meeting called to order at 8 a.m. Pacific time/11 a.m. Eastern Time Round Robin Order: Round Robin 1) Gail 2) Nancy 3) Linda 4) Jen 4) Kathy 5) Salle 6) Matt 7) Crystal 8) Don 9) Conni Jen welcomed the Fellowship Guests on the call. Consent agend ...Continue Reading

Dear CoDA Member, On Saturday, Nov. 24th at noon California time, there will be a CoDA Fellowship Forum on the topic of Gratitude: Giving Back My Experience, Strength and Hope. ​For details on how to attend, consult the downloadable flyer on the Calendar for that date, at www.coda.org. On Sunday, Nov. 25th at 10am California time, the Spanish Forum, Foro de Información para Codependientes, will offer a presentation on the codependent patterns of control, ¿Por Qué y Para Qué Me Gusta que Me ...Continue Reading

If you are a parent and need support, there's a CoDA Telephone Meeting called Parenting with Serenity on Mondays at 2:30pm PST. The format is to read and share on a piece of CoDA literature pertaining to parenting. We are currently reading about the inner child. Both moms and dads are welcome to attend. Again the meeting is on Mondays at 2:30pm PST and the call in number is 712.770.4160 access code 475271#                     ...Continue Reading

The 1 PM Eastern In This Moment Daily Meditation Meeting Would like to invite you to extra support meetings on Thanksgiving. Dial in number 712-770-4160 Pin number: 573762# Meetings are different themes. 3, 5, 7, and 9 PM Eastern Standard Time Please attend if you can. Happy Thanksgiving From 1 PM Eastern Meeting. Kelly F moderator coordinator/GSR 1 PM Eastern. You can review previous emails here: http://codependents.org/cgi-bin/dada/mail.cgi/list/main/ If you have a friend who would like to subscribe, please ha ...Continue Reading

We haven't sent out any local events summaries since June, because very few are being sent into the Coda.org calender. Voting Entities sponsoring local CoDA events (in any country of the world) may find it useful as up until recently every quarter a list of all local events that CoDA is aware of were sent out to 6,000 subscribers of this email list & also posted on the coda.org website, which does get a lot of visitors. Here is a general guide for getting your local CoDA event listed on the CoDA website & on ...Continue Reading

THE PARADOX WITHIN WORLD SERVICE CoDA as we know it could not last without CoDA World Service. It is World Service that maintains a worldwide meeting finder, develops and maintains CoDA literature, protects the CoDA name and materials from rogue use, organizes translations and assembles delegates from all over the US and world for the annual CoDA Service Conference. So far, so good, only…...“CoDA, as such, ought never be organized,” we read in Tradition #9, “but may create service boards or committees directly respon ...Continue Reading

The 2018 CoDA Service Conference produced the following approved motions. The Motion Key number accompanying each motion is provided so that interested CoDA members can read up on the details of any motion in the Motions Database at http://coda.org/index.cfm/service-info/csc-motions-and-reports/. *Board* [*]Motion #1 defined a World Standing Committee as one that has a minimum of 3 active members, meets at least every other month, has a Policy and Procedures Manual posted, along with its corrected minutes, in an area ...Continue Reading

*CoDA, Inc. Board of Trustees **,* *Face to Face Meeting, Oct. 5-8, 2018* *San Diego, California – Before the 2018 CSC* *MINUTES* Saturday, October 6, 2018 Consent agenda */Minutes for September 12, 2018 Board meeting/* */Motions /* The Board approves the compilation of all CoDA prayers for printing by CoRe. Intent: to instruct CoRe to print this item The Board moves to support, in writing, its previous verbal approval that the 2020 CSC/ICC be located in one of the three Canadian cities that expressed intere ...Continue Reading

You are invited to a scheduled Zoom meeting. Topic: CoDA Board Monthly Business Meeting 11/03/18 Time: 8:00 AM Pacific Time (US and Canada) Join from PC, Mac, Linux, iOS or Android: https://zoom.us/j/9726122498 Or iPhone one-tap (US Toll): +14086380968, code 9726122498# or +16465588656, code 9726122498# Or Telephone:  Dial: +1 408 638 0968 (US Toll) or +1 646 558 8656 (US Toll) Meeting ID: 972 612 2498 International numbers available: https://zoom.us/zoomconference?m=_nxExzLRmBHaTbKSYQcrIwMPhwHmEMBN T ...Continue Reading

GROWING MEETINGS It didn’t start as an effort to grow the number of meetings. The new secretary of a CoDA Voting Entity (VE) just wanted to construct an accurate list of the meetings in that VE. The secretary contacted them one by one using the contact information in the meeting finder on coda.org and then engaged them in conversation. This contact was new and very welcome to the meeting contact people. They readily talked about how their meetings were going. The secretary asked them also about other nearby meetings, ...Continue Reading

This is the final mailing in a series of excerpts from the CoDA Workbook. We are in process of sending you 1 tradition each week for a total of 12 weeks. Previous mailings can be found here: http://codependents.org/cgi-bin/dada/mail.cgi/list/main/ You may want to enter traditions in the search box. The traditions are the foundation of our program & of our yearly Service Conference. Please note that all material below this paragraph is taken directly from the CoDA Workbook & is Conference approved. While we a ...Continue Reading

Dear CoDA Fellowship, here's your CoDA Board Of Trustees for 2018-2019: Chair/President – Jen L.  Pahrump, Nevada (Vegas area) Vice Chair/Vice-President – Don B Los Angeles, CA Secretary – Nancy O St. Johns, New Brunswick, Canada Treasurer – Salle H San Jose, CA Member at Large - Linda A. Los Angeles, CA Member at Large - Matt T. Ft. Worth, TX   board@coda.org You can review previous emails here: http://codependents.org/cgi-bin/dada/mail.cgi/list/main/ If you have a friend who would like to subscribe, pl ...Continue Reading

We have a web page up with .mp3 audio files of the complete CoDA Service Conference here: http://www.codependents.org/2018_CSC_Audio/2018_CSC.htm We also plan to send a written summary of what occured similar to what was sent last year by year's end.     Your CSC Prep Group,     cscprep@codependents.org You can review previous emails here: http://codependents.org/cgi-bin/dada/mail.cgi/list/main/ If you have a friend who would like to subscribe, please have them go here: http://www.codepen ...Continue Reading

This is the 11th in a series of excerpts from the CoDA Workbook. We are in process of sending you 1 tradition each week for a total of 12 weeks. Previous mailings can be found here: http://codependents.org/cgi-bin/dada/mail.cgi/list/main/ You may want to enter traditions in the search box. The traditions are the foundation of our program & of our yearly Service Conference. Please note that all material below this paragraph is taken directly from the CoDA Workbook & is Conference approved. While we are sharin ...Continue Reading

The contents of this email are from the CoDa Board Of Trustees, legal@CoDA.org *_HELP WANTED_* * * CoDA is looking for professional translators to bring our current endorsed literature into Spanish, as well as be able to proof current Spanish literature for grammar, punctuation, spelling, and assurance that it reflects the English literature and the message of Co-Dependents Anonymous.  This will be a paid contractor position, requires a current business license (or the ability to obtain one quickly) and a ...Continue Reading

We have a web page up with .mp3 audio files of the Service Conference from Tuesday & the first half of Wednesday here: http://www.codependents.org/2018_CSC_Audio/2018_CSC.htm We will be adding to it as more files come in. We intend to send you another email sometime after Friday when all audio from the entire Conference is up. We also plan to send a written summary of what occured similar to what was sent last year by year's end. You can also stream Thursday & Friday live from the link near the top of the ...Continue Reading

You can find the audio streaming llink each day near the top of the entry page on coda.org. Tuesday's direct link (good only on Tuesday), is https://livestream.com/accounts/27229149/events/8406496 Even if you can't be there in person, you can hear live exactly what's going on at this week's CoDA Service Conference (CSC)! We have several options for you, including live internet streaming, starting today & Running Thorough Friday At Noon! If you can't make it to San Diego, this is the next best thing! It's availabl ...Continue Reading

This is the 10th in a series of excerpts from the CoDA Workbook. We are in process of sending you 1 tradition each week for a total of 12 weeks. Previous mailings can be found here: http://codependents.org/cgi-bin/dada/mail.cgi/list/main/ You may want to enter traditions in the search box. The traditions are the foundation of our program & of our yearly Service Conference. Please note that all material below this paragraph is taken directly from the CoDA Workbook & is Conference approved. While we are sharin ...Continue Reading

Even if you can't be there in person, you can hear live exactly what's going on at next week's CoDA Service Conference (CSC)! We have several options for you, including live internet streaming, starting next Tuesday (10/9/18) Morning at 9 AM Pacific Daylight Time & Running Thorough Friday At Noon! If you can't make it to San Diego, this is the next best thing! It's available world wide, & in most cases, won't cost anything! This is available through Friday when the conference ends. Starting next Tuesday, plea ...Continue Reading

This is the 9th in a series of excerpts from the CoDA Workbook. We are in process of sending you 1 tradition each week for a total of 12 weeks. Previous mailings can be found here: http://codependents.org/cgi-bin/dada/mail.cgi/list/main/ You may want to enter traditions in the search box. The traditions are the foundation of our program & of our yearly Service Conference. Please note that all material below this paragraph is taken directly from the CoDA Workbook & is Conference approved. While we are sharing ...Continue Reading

This is the 8th in a series of excerpts from the CoDA Workbook. We are in process of sending you 1 tradition each week for a total of 12 weeks. Previous mailings can be found here: http://codependents.org/cgi-bin/dada/mail.cgi/list/main/ You may want to enter traditions in the search box. The traditions are the foundation of our program & of our yearly Service Conference. Please note that all material below this paragraph is taken directly from the CoDA Workbook & is Conference approved. While we are sharing ...Continue Reading

*Board Minutes for CoDA World Board Conference Call, September 12, 2018* The Board of Trustees met on Wednesday, September 12th by teleconference. Members in attendance included: Mary I., Matt T., Salle H., Jen L., Linda A. as voting members and Don B., as Alternate. Guests: CJ, web consultant; Staff: Conni Meeting called to order at 7 a.m. Pacific time/10 a.m. Eastern Time Round Robin Order: *Jen* *Linda* *Don* *Mary* *CJ – guest to meeting* *Salle* *Matt* *Conni* _Consent agenda _ Minutes for Aug ...Continue Reading

*Thank You!* *Thank You to Everyone that Has Participated in the Events Survey* *_The Survey Closes September 16 @ 12am_* *Your Voice Helps Us Support the Fellowship* CoDA Survey https://www.surveymonkey.com/r/2018CoDASurvey Survey will close September 16 Send Events Questions or Comments at cec@coda.org You can review previous emails here: http://codependents.org/cgi-bin/dada/mail.cgi/list/main/ If you have a friend who would like to subscribe, please have them go here: http://www.codependents.org If you have a ...Continue Reading

This is the 7th in a series of excerpts from the CoDA Workbook. We are in process of sending you 1 tradition each week for a total of 12 weeks. Previous mailings can be found here: http://codependents.org/cgi-bin/dada/mail.cgi/list/main/ You may want to enter traditions in the search box. The traditions are the foundation of our program & of our yearly Service Conference. Please note that all material below this paragraph is taken directly from the CoDA Workbook & is Conference approved. While we are sharing ...Continue Reading

Countdown To 2018 CoDA Service Conference & International CoDA Convention CSC October 9-12 & ICC October 12-14 Join us in Sunny San Diego & “Sail Into Recovery” We Have A Great Program Planned For You Including Spanish Workshops & A 3hr Workshop on Saturday with Ken & Mary To See Preliminary Program for Workshops/Speaker Link schedule click here Go to CoDA.org to Register Friday Dinner $25 Sunday Brunch $15 Roommate Match is located at CoDA.org on CSC & ICC page To Participate in CoDA ...Continue Reading