Written by a CoDA Member. CoDA Content approved by Communications Committee comm@coda.org “Why is it so hard to get CoDA materials? Sending materials through the mail is so twentieth century!” Sigh. The CoDA Fellowship is caught in the support model inherited from our parent fellowships that finance central operations primarily through the sale of conference endorsed printed literature. In CoDA, currently, 30 % (soon 40%) of the price of every item we sell is going to support CoDA operations. The obvious conflict with ...Continue Reading

The contents of this email are from the CoDA Legal Department, *legal@coda.org* *We have updated our privacy policy. Take time to read our revised Privacy Policy  which will go into effect 30 days from the date of this email. If you continue to use our services on or after that date, you will be agreeing to these new terms and policy changes. * *If you have any questions, please let us know here and we'll be happy to assist you.* *legal@coda.org* You can review previous ...Continue Reading

We wanted to let you know the 1st Quarter CoDA Service Report (QSR) is out. You can download it here: http://codependents.org/cgi-bin/dada/mail.cgi/archive/qsr/20170428142738/ Or subscribe & have it delivered to your inbox here: http://www.codependents.org/                            In Service,                 ...Continue Reading

Content Approved by Communications Committee comm@coda.org FRIDAY FELLOWSHIP ITEM #3: Communications Committee According to our mission statement , the job of the Communications Committee is communications. Duh! But communications can mean many different things. Here are the ones our committee is currently doing using permanent working groups. The CoDA Email Team responds to email sent to info@coda.org. Mostly it’s help finding meetings or contacting another committee of World Service. But also people sometimes pour ...Continue Reading

The Contents Of This Email are from the CoDA Board Of Trustees, board@coda.org Co-dependents Anonymous CoDA World Board Conference Call Thursday April 13th, 2017 4:45 -6:15 PM Pacific Skype-for-business invite Meeting called to order by Mary I at 5:01 PM Pacific Round robin established: Gerry, Mary, Lorraine, Madeline, Denny, Addie, Jen, Anita Gen made motion to ratified Consent agenda, Gerry seconded. Unanimously approved. Recording Started Items for discussion. *Web Liaison – *Gerry provided updates on prog ...Continue Reading

The content of this email has been approved by the Hospitals and Institutions Committee of CoDA World Service hosp@coda.org FRIDAY FELLOWSHIP ITEM #2: The Message Sparks a Spreading Fire A few members of our program decided to carry CoDA into one of their county jails. In this facility, the inmates were physically divided into “pods” of 30-40 each. The CoDA members were allowed to present their experience, strength and hope to a whole pod, and some inmates thought they would give it try. The Hospitals and Institution ...Continue Reading

The Contents Of This Email are from the CoDA Board Of Trustees, board@coda.org Summary of CoDA’s Board of Trustees Emergency meeting. Meeting took place in Skype. Sunday April 2nd, 2017 from 5:00 PM to 6:45 PM Pacific. Attendance: Denny, Gerry, Madeline, Jen, Lorraine, Mary, Addie. Invited guests: Conni. Agenda: Web- designer fees for restoration of site. Discussion: Having an operational site is crucial to the Fellowship. Lorraine made motion to submit a check for 50% of what Arizona Website Solutions is asking as goo ...Continue Reading

The content of this email has been approved by the Communications Committee, comm@coda.org FRIDAY FELLOWSHIP ITEMS #1: The Plan Have you ever wondered, “Is this the only CoDA meeting in the world?” “Where did this come from and how is it continuing?” The words you have been hearing every meeting begin to register: “Having had a spiritual awakening as the result of these steps, we tried to carry this message to other codependents…..” There is something outside that room of my meeting that has made that meeting possibl ...Continue Reading

The contents of this email were written by the CoDA Email List Coordinator at the request of the CoDA Board Of Trustees, board@coda.org Starting this month, all CoDA Board Phone Meetings will be on the Second Thursday Of Each Month at 4:45 PDT. If you are interested in joining a board teleconference, please send your request to board@coda.org so additional information can be sent to you. On behalf of the CoDA Board Of Trustees, board@coda.org You can review previous emails here: http://codependents.org/cgi-bin/dada/mai ...Continue Reading

The Contents Of This Email are from the CoDA Board Of Trustees, board@coda.org Summary of The Board of Trustees Face to Face during the weekend of March 10th through March 12th The Board of Trustees met in Seattle, Washington. Members in attendance: Gerald B, Mary I., Jen L., Denny H., Madeline R. and Lorraine O. as voting members and Addie M. and Anita F. as alternates. *_Friday, March 10th - Agenda Items for Discussion _* Confirm round robin order: Lorraine Anita Jen Madeline Gerry Denny Addie Mary ...Continue Reading

The Contents Of This Email are from the CoDA Email List Co-ordinator, codalist@coda.org Dear CoDA Fellowship, Right now it is not possible to subscribe to the CoDA email lists through the CoDA.org website. Until it is fully restored, the only way to subscribe is to go directly to http://www.codependents.org/ The Unsubscribe process is not effected; just click the unsubscribe link at the bottom of any list email. Please share this information with your meetings & your CoDA friends! You can also access every emai ...Continue Reading

The Contents Of This Email are from the CoDA Board Of Trustees, board@coda.org The Coda.org website has gone down several times within the last week. The board is in communication with our management company and the website developer in order to get this resolved as quickly as possible. As of right now, the website has been restored to a December backup. Processes are being taken to hopefully restore the website to March 27 which is the last available backup prior to the website crash. In the interests of healthy com ...Continue Reading

The Contents Of This Email are from the CoDA Board Of Trustees, board@coda.org Website update As many of you may have seen, our website crashed on Wednesday. It is back up and running, but it was restored to last December files, with the exception of the meeting locator - the locator is unaffected, working and current. All available resources are working on getting the site to a current status. You may experience periodic site down messages over the weekend. We ask for your patience as the necessary repairs are made. ...Continue Reading

This content is approved by the Cphone working group of the CoDA Communications Committee cphone@coda.org *“That Voice on the Phone Saved my Life….”* ...is what one CoDA member said, describing her call to CoDA. She was connected to a CoDA volunteer who understood enough of her fear and struggle to get her over the hump into a meeting. The rest is history for her. She is one of many who call into our toll free line (888) 444-2359 needing the experience and empathy of a CoDA member. The challenge is we have only two v ...Continue Reading

The Contents Of This Email are from the CoDA Service Structure Committee, ssc@coda.org At the CoDA Service Conference (CSC) last October motions were approved to accept the restructured Fellowship Service Manual (FSM) to replace the existing FSM and Meeting Handbook. The purpose of this effort was to make the FSM more well organized, relevant and useful to the general Fellowship. This restructured FSM is made up of 5 parts as follows: * Part 1 is intended for all members of CoDA, particularly those who intend to do ...Continue Reading

Barbara D's Correct Email Address is barbaradcoda@gmail.com This correction is only for non-Yahoo subscribers; the correct address was published on the Yahoo Version. 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 general question about CoDA (as opposed to the specific content of this email), please email info@coda.org . If you wish more information by pho ...Continue Reading

The Contents Of This Email Are From CoRE, core@coda.org *N E W S  F R O M  C O R E* NEW WEBSITE CoRe has launched a new website: www.corepublications.org This website links to the existing estore for the purchase of literature. Its aim is to make CoDA literature available to a wider audience. CoDA literature will now be more readily available to non members wishing to explore co-dependency. It may also attract those still suffering to our fellowship and to CODA meetings. There are still some glitches whic ...Continue Reading

The contents of this email are from the Weekly Readings Sub-committee of the CoDA Co-NNections Committee, wr@coda.org We're writing today looking for CoDA members who would be interested in contributing to the Weekly Readings. You can view previous 2015 - 2017 readings here: http://codependents.org/cgi-bin/dada/mail.cgi/archive/connections/ We're looking for new material to send out for the Weekly Reading. We are interested in receiving submissions from CoDA members that represent the authentic experience of recover ...Continue Reading

The contents of this email are from the CoDA Events Committee, events@coda.org Early registration for the International CODA Conference (Business meeting) and International CODA Convention (Speakers and workshops) is available through April 1, 2017. Early registration is $50.00 (regular registration $65.00) Register at. www.coda.org. or Direct Registration (Click Here) 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 ...Continue Reading

The contents of this email are from the CoDA Communications Committee, comm@coda.org REVIEWERS NEEDED FOR NEW WEEKLY REPORTS This CoDA Announcement emailing program came out of the Communications Committee mission to encourage communications up and down the inverted pyramid that is the CoDA Fellowship. Up till now the content has been mostly practical information such as leads to reports, announcements of events and technical information about the use of the site. Missing has been more informal reports on CoDA commit ...Continue Reading

The contents of this email are from the CoDA Board Of Trustees board@coda.org Summary CoDA World Board Conference Call Sunday February 12, 2017. 2 pm-3:30 pm PST Skype for business invite Establish order for round robin discussion Gerry Jen Mary Denny Lorraine Madeline Addie Turn on Recording (15 min) Confirm, date, time and round robin order (for recording) Welcome Linda A, and Paul A visitors in this call Ratify minutes (approved by email with changes) Minutes dated: 12/18/16 & 1/22/17. (Unanimously ...Continue Reading

The following is a resending of an August 2010 email from the 2010 CoDA Communications Committee, comm@coda.org As CoDA is mentioned less & less in the media many of our communities have seen membership shrink. Our 12th step states: "Having had a spiritual awakening as the result of these steps, we tried to carry this message to other codependents, and to practice these principles in all our affairs." Per our 5th tradition, "Each group has but one primary purpose: to carry its message to the codepen ...Continue Reading

CoDA Literature Committee (CLC) The CoDA Literature Committee encourages and facilitates the creation of new literature written by and for members of the Fellowship of Co-Dependents Anonymous. Writing for CoDA is a wonderful way to "carry the message," as expressed in Step Twelve. The CLC welcomes participation from any interested CoDA member. We invite submissions from individuals and from groups. Our current projects include: “Traditionally Speaking” Sharing by members about using the Traditions in all as ...Continue Reading

The following is a resending of an April 2010 email from the 2010 CoDA Communications Committee, comm@coda.org There have been some questions recently about the concept of Open Vs Closed CoDA meetings. We thought this would be a good time to share this excerpt from the 2009 CoDA Fellowship Service manual: "Open" and "Closed" Meetings A CoDA meeting may be "open." This means that anyone can attend. "Anyone" means codependents, non-codependents, students, or representatives of oth ...Continue Reading

The Contents of this Email are from the CoDA Email List Coordinator, codalist@coda.org We have a favor to ask of our members who use Email Providers with "unsubscribe buttons" or links. On the bottom right of every email we send out there is a button that says, "Unsubscribe Automatically" By using that method you can easily unsubscribe from the list with 1 click and no damage to CoDA. We would greatly appreciate it if you would not use your provider's "unsubscribe" or "spam" ...Continue Reading