English Service Body Renewal

Overeaters Anonymous Service Structure Resources
Overeaters Anonymous 7th Tradition and Treasurer Resources
Sponsorship, Working The Steps, Traditions, Concepts, Relapse and Relapse Prevention
Overeaters Anonymous – Carrying the Message: Public Information and Professional Outreach Resource Guide
Starting a meeting or Service body, OA Commun-ications, Service & Security Resources
OA Conflict Resolution, Appeals & Inventory Materials

Overeaters Anonymous Service Structure Resources

The OA service structure is based on an inverted pyramid model with group conscience  flowing from the groups. This document includes key resources that explain the relationships and responsibilities of OA groups, intergroups, service boards, regions, the World Service Office (WSO), the World Service Business Conference (WSBC), and the Board of Trustees (BOT).

  1. Service Bodies Overview: https://oa.org/service-bodies/

  2. Intergroups and Service Boards – FAQs: https://oa.org/faqs/categories/intergroups-and-service-boards/

  3.  What is a Service Board?: https://oa.org/faqs/what-is-a-service-board/

  4. Twelve Concepts of OA Service: https://oa.org/service-bodies/twelve-concepts/

  5. How to be effective trusted servant: https://oa.org/documents/how-to-be-an-effective-trusted-servant/

  6. Affiliation-and- participation-flow chart: https://oa.org/documents/affiliation-and-participation-flow-chart/

  7.  Regions: https://oa.org/service-bodies/regions/

  8.  What Is A Service Board https://oa.org/faqs/what-is-a-service-board

  9. Twelve Concepts of OA Service: https://oa.org/documents/twelve-concepts-of-oa-service-workshop/

  10. OA Handbook https://bookstore.oa.org/pamphlets/oa-handbook-for-members-groups-and-service-bodies-everything-you-need-to-know-about-OAs-structure-120.asp

Communications

  1. OA  Glossary: https://oa.org/documents/oa-business-glossary/

  2. What Does a Meeting Secretary Do?: https://oa.org/faqs/what-does-a-meetings-secretary-do/

  3. Secretaries maintain the connection: https://oa.org/group-resources-list/secretaries-maintain-the-connection/

  4. Some news to take back from the World Service Business Conference: https://oa.org/news/agenda-completed-with-time-to-spare-world-service-business-conference-2025-results/?news-category=0&page=0

     5.Stay Current. Stay Connected. Use Your Voice. Be Part of the Group Conscience. Participate in Service.
 
Every OA meeting, intergroup, and service board shares responsibility for keeping our Fellowship informed, represented, and active in service.
 
Please ensure your meeting or service board:
  • Reviews bylaws and policies regularly
  • Keeps officer and contact information up to date with World Service, Region, and Intergroup/Service Board
  • Reviews and responds to the World Service Business Conference Agenda Questionnaire each year
  • Tracks and meets motion submission deadlines for both the WSBC and Region Assembly — intergroups and service boards have the right to submit motions at both levels
  • Elects delegates to WSBC and representatives to Region Assemblies
  • Encourages committee participation at every level
  • Monitors newsletters and websites for motions, questionnaires, and updates
  • Ensures meetings are affiliated with an intergroup or service board
  • Uses the Find a Meeting – Change of Information form for updates, including:
  • Changes in meeting leader or contact information
  • Changes in meeting day or time
  • Changes in format or platform (Zoom, phone, hybrid, etc.)
  • When a meeting is temporarily suspended, paused, or permanently closed
 
Keeping information current and participating in service ensures your group’s voice is heard in OA’s group conscience—strengthening unity, communication, and recovery across our Fellowship.
 

Additional Links for Virtual Region  

https://oavirtualregion.org/affiliate/

https://oavirtualregion.org/how-to-affiliate/

Delegate Responsibilities at the World Service Business Conference

  1. Delegates play a vital role in shaping the direction of Overeaters Anonymous.

    Their responsibilities include:

    • Attendance at the annual World Service Business Conference (WSBC)

    • Participation in WSBC committees during and beyond the Conference

    •  Voting on motions, trustee elections, and bylaw amendments

    •  Communicating updates and decisions to their service body

    • Reporting back with summaries and insights

    •  Serving as a liaison between the World Service Office and their service body

  2. Delegate Qualifications:

    • At least one year of current abstinence

    • A minimum of two years of service beyond the group level

         Reference: OA Bylaws, Subpart B, Article X, Section 3c.1

      3. https://oa.org/oa-bylaws-and-policies/bylaws-subpar

Service Body Responsibilities

Service bodies are essential to ensuring OA’s democratic processes. Their responsibilities include:

  • Sending delegates to World Service Business Conference and ensuring they meet OA qualifications

  • Participating in the Agenda Questionnaire to help shape the WSBC agenda

  • Reviewing and aligning local bylaws with any amendments made to OA Bylaws Subpart B

  • Regions Affirm Trustee nominations and put forward the trustees to stand for election at the World Service Business Conference.

  • Carrying forward any new business motions and supporting the initiative of the World Service Business Conference.

References:

Trustee Nomination and Appointment

OA Bylaws outline the process by which trustees are nominated, affirmed, and elected at WSBC:

  • Trustee applications are submitted 120 days before WSBC

  • Regional bodies affirm nominees 90 days prior

  •  Applications are sent to WSBC delegates 45 days before the Conference

Trustee Qualifications:

  • Seven years in OA

  • Five years of service beyond the group level

  • Two WSBC attendances as delegate

  • Five years of continuous recovery, abstinence, and healthy body weight

  • Worked all Twelve Steps and committed to the Twelve Traditions

Trustee Election Process:

  • Nominees present and participate in Q&A at World Service Business Conference

  • No nominations are accepted from the floor

Bylaws Source: https://oa.org/oa-bylaws-and-policies/bylaws-subpart-b/

Concepts

Concept Two:

The OA groups have delegated to the World Service Business Conference the active maintenance of our world services; thus, the WSBC is the voice, authority, and effective conscience of OA as a whole.

Concept Six:

The World Service Business Conference has entrusted the Board of Trustees with the primary responsibility for the administration of Overeaters Anonymous.

Suggestions:  Service Bodies are encouraged to review their responsibilities to regions .  Region Representatives to the region assembly and beyond.

Meetings to their intergroups and/or national service boards.

Suggested all service bodies support and participate in Service Boards.

Overeaters Anonymous 7th Tradition and Treasurer Resources

  1.  Treasurer Guidelines: https://oa.org/guidelines-meetings/treasurer/

  2. What Does a Group Treasurer Do?: https://oa.org/faqs/what-does-a-group-treasurer-do/

  3. Budget Guidelines for Service Bodies: https://oa.org/service-bodies/budget-guidelines/    

  4. Fundraising and Prudent Reserve Guidelines: https://oa.org/service-bodies/fundraising-and-prudent-reserve-guidelines/

  5.  Seventh Tradition of OA Pamphlet: https://oa.org/documents/seventh-tradition-of-oa/

  6.  Contribution FAQs: https://oa.org/faqs/categories/seventh-tradition/

  7. OA Contribution Page: https://oa.org/contribute/

  8. Suggested Seventh Tradition Split Change: https://oa.org/news/suggested-seventh-tradition-split-for-groups-will-change-to-50-10-40-in-2025/

  9. Financial FAQs: https://oa.org/faq-category/financial/

  10. 2024 Audited Financial Report: https://oa.org/news/2024-audit-results-for-oa-inc-published/

  11. 2025 Annual Appeal Letter: https://oa.org/documents/2025-annual-appeal-letter-from-your-world-service-office/

  12. Financial Questions: https://oa.org/faqs/categories/financial/

  13. Translation Funding: https://oa.org/service-bodies/translation-of-oa-literature-and-materials/ 

  14. Seventh Tradition Guidelines:  https://oa.org/documents/seventh-tradition-of-oa/?print=true    

  15.  Change in the Suggested Contribution Percentages  https://oa.org/documents/change-in-the-suggested-contribution-percentages/

 

POLICY PROCEDURE MANUEL

 15.1984e Amended 2014.

After a presentation/discussion, a statement on the sale of merchandise was adopted:

It is the will of the Business Conference that sale of merchandise, per se, is not prohibited by the Traditions. With regard to sale of merchandise, “Each group should be autonomous except in matters affecting other groups or OA as a whole.” If you choose to sell merchandise, the following guidelines are suggested:

  • All sales are to be made by and for OA service bodies.
  • Each sale item needs to be approved by a group conscience.
  • Sales at OA events and functions should be conducted in such a manner so as not to divert or distract from our primary purpose to carry the message to the compulsive overeater who still suffers.

16. In accordance with our Traditions, each group and OA service body may choose to sell or not to sell merchandise as they determine. Overeaters Anonymous must be ever mindful of our Traditions, which warn against endorsement of outside enterprise.

17. Contribution Limit: 2013  Amended 2023.
The following policy statement was adopted:
Statement on Individual Member Donations to the OA World Service Office

  • A member may contribute up to US$7,500 per year to the general fund, up to US$7,500 per year to any special fund, and up to US$7,500 per year to honor the memory of a deceased member.
  • OA, Inc. may accept a bequest from the will of a deceased member in cash or cash equivalent. There is no limit on the amount of such a bequest.

18. Delegate Support Fund: Look for delegate support first from your service body (intergroup, service board, and region): https://oa.org/world-service-business-conference/

19. Convention: https://oa.org/world-service-convention/

20. Annual Appeal Letter: https://oa.org/documents/2025-annual-appeal-letter-from-your-world-service-office/

21. Contribution page: https://oa.org/contribute/

 Please include your meeting or service body Identification number on all contributions. If you do not know it, include your intergroup or service board’s identification number. If you do not know that, include your region’s identification number.  If you do not know it, you can search Find a Meeting or ask your treasurer, meeting leader, or service body chair. 

Sponsorship, Working The Steps, Traditions, Concepts, Relapse and Relapse Prevention

OA Sponsorship

  1. Overview of Sponsorship: https://oa.org/working-the-program/sponsorship/?utm_source=chatgpt.com

  2. Sponsorship Success Podcasts: https://oa.org/podcasts/sponsorship-success/?utm_source=chatgpt.com

  3. Temporary Sponsors: Newcomers’ First Twelve Days: https://oa.org/group-resources-list/temporary-sponsors-newcomers-first-twelve-days/?utm_source=chatgpt.com

  4. A Sponsor’s Toolbox: https://oa.org/documents/a-sponsors-toolbox/

  5. Sponsorship Page: https://oa.org/working-the-program/sponsorship/

    Sponsorship Success https://oa.org/podcasts/sponsorship-s

  6. Sponsorship in OA: https://bookstore.oa.org/pamphlets/sponsorship-in-oa-215/. 

OA Member Retention

  1. Guidelines for Membership Retention: https://oa.org/guidelines-meetings/membership-retention/?utm_source=chatgpt.com

  2. Call Five and Keep ‘Em Alive: https://media.oa.org/app/uploads/2021/08/18152318/call-five-and-keep-em-alive-membership-retention.pdf?utm_source=chatgpt.com

  3. Together We Can… Keep Coming Back!: https://oa.org/documents/together-we-can-keep-coming-back-membership-retention-100/

  4. Focus on Giving Service: https://media.oa.org/app/uploads/2024/09/03134840/focus-on-giving-service.pdf?utm_source=chatgpt.com

Working with a Sponsor

  1. How Do I Find a Sponsor?: https://oa.org/faqs/how-do-i-find-a-sponsor/?utm_source=chatgpt.com

  2. Focus on Sponsoring: https://media.oa.org/app/uploads/2024/09/03143847/focus-on-sponsoring.pdf?utm_source=chatgpt.com

  3. Planning a Sponsorship Workshop: https://oa.org/documents/planning-a-sponsorship-workshop/

  4. Working the program: https://oa.org/working-the-program/

  5. Primary Purpose Recording English: https://oa.org/podcasts/primary-purhttps://oa.org/service-bodies/public-information-and-professional-outreach/pose/

  6. Step one: Please also see the sample of Lifeline links below– consider using Lifeline for meeting topics, workshop, step work  and more: https://lifeline.oa.org/step-one-the-importance-of-working-all-twelve-steps-podcast-series/

Twelve Concepts of OA Service

  1. Twelve Concepts of OA Service: https://oa.org/service-bodies/twelve-concepts/?utm_source=chatgpt.com

  2. The Twelve Concepts of OA Service (PDF): https://media.oa.org/app/uploads/2022/10/22222112/the-twelve-concepts-of-oa-service.pdf?utm_source=chatgpt.com

  3. Twelve Concepts of OA Service Workshop: https://media.oa.org/app/uploads/2024/01/09143707/twelve-concepts-of-oa-service-workshop.pdf?utm_source=chatgpt.com

  4. Service, Traditions, and Concepts Workshop Manual: https://media.oa.org/app/uploads/2023/03/28103610/service-traditions-and-concepts-workshop-manual.pdf?utm_source=chatgpt.com

Podcasts – Working the Twelve Steps

  1. Introduction / “Step Zero”: https://lifeline.oa.org/introduction-step-zero-the-importance-of-working-all-twelve-steps-podcast-series/

  2. Step One: https://lifeline.oa.org/step-one-the-importance-of-working-all-twelve-steps-podcast-series/

  3. Step Two: https://lifeline.oa.org/step-two-the-importance-of-working-all-twelve-steps-podcast-series/

  4. Step Three: https://lifeline.oa.org/step-three-the-importance-of-working-all-twelve-steps-podcast-series/

  5. Step Four: https://lifeline.oa.org/step-four-the-importance-of-working-all-twelve-steps-podcast-series/

  6. Step Five: https://lifeline.oa.org/step-five-the-importance-of-working-all-twelve-steps-podcast-series/

  7. Step Eight: https://lifeline.oa.org/step-eight-the-importance-of-working-all-twelve-steps-podcast-series/

  8. Step Nine: https://lifeline.oa.org/step-nine-the-importance-of-working-all-twelve-steps-podcast-series/

  9. Step Ten: https://lifeline.oa.org/step-ten-the-importance-of-working-all-twelve-steps-podcast-series/

  10. Step Eleven: https://lifeline.oa.org/step-eleven-the-importance-of-working-all-twelve-steps-podcast-series/

General OA Podcasts

  1. Sound Bites from Overeaters Anonymous: https://oa.org/podcasts/sound-bites-from-overeaters-anonymous-a-12-step-solution-to-compulsive-eating-and-compulsive-food-behaviors/

  2. Inside OA Podcast Series: https://oa.org/podcasts/

Lifeline Articles – Relapse and Recovery

  1. Breaking Out of Relapse: https://lifeline.oa.org/breaking-out-of-relapse/

  2. Been Slipping and Sliding?: https://oa.org/documents/been-slipping-and-sliding-a-reading-and-writing-tool/

Lifeline Articles – Abstinence & Recovery

  1. 10 Questions About Abstinence: https://lifeline.oa.org/10-questions-about-abstinence-with-a-member-of-overeaters-anonymous-commitment-a-higher-power-making-changes/

  2. I Was So Overwhelmed by Binge Eating: https://lifeline.oa.org/i-was-so-overwhelmed-by-binge-eating-that-i-even-lost-my-job-but-one-day-abstinence-came/

  3. The Twelve Steps Transformed My Anger: https://lifeline.oa.org/the-twelve-steps-transformed-my-anger-resentment-and-fear-into-serenity/

Lifeline Articles – Working the Steps

  1. A Child of War, A Joyful Recovery: https://lifeline.oa.org/a-child-of-war-a-joyful-recovery-from-compulsive-overeating/

  2. Writing Opens the Door: https://lifeline.oa.org/writing-opens-the-door/

Lifeline Articles – Using OA Tools

  1. Practicing Love and Tolerance: https://lifeline.oa.org/practicing-love-and-tolerance/

  2. You Might Like the Thrill: https://lifeline.oa.org/you-might-like-the-thrill/

Relapse Prevention

  1. Working the Program: https://oa.org/working-the-program/relapse-prevention/

  2. rom-slip-or-relapse-to-recover: https://oa.org/documents/from-slip-or-relapse-to-recovery/

  3. Breaking out of relapse: https://vimeo.com/391023802

  4. Abstinence: https://oa.org/app/uploads/2021/08/abstinence-presentation.pdf

  5. Strong abstinence checklist: https://oa.org/documents/strong-abstinence-checklist-and-writing-exercise/

  6. Twelve Stepping a Problem: https://oa.org/documents/twelve-stepping-a-problem/

Additional Resources

  1. https://oavirtualregion.org/relapsehandout/

Overeaters Anonymous – Carrying the Message: Public Information and Professional Outreach Resource Guide

This document provides a comprehensive and categorized index of Overeaters Anonymous (OA) resources related to Public Information (PI), Professional Outreach (PO), and carrying the message. These materials are designed to support service bodies and individual members in sharing OA’s message with the public, professionals, and still-suffering compulsive eaters. All links are clickable, and users are encouraged to use the OA.org translation features to access content in multiple languages where available.

Central Hub​

  1. OA PIPO Main Resource Page: https://oa.org/service-bodies/public-information-and-professional-outreach/

Service Manuals and Guidelines

  1. Public Information and Professional Outreach Service Manual: https://bookstore.oa.org/pamphlets/public-information-and-professional-outreach-service-manual-765.asp
  2. Guidelines for Professional Outreach Committees: https://oa.org/guidelines/professional-outreach-committees/
  3. Guidelines for Public Information Events: https://oa.org/guidelines/public-information-events/
  4. Guidelines for Health Fair Participation: https://oa.org/guidelines/health-fair-participation/
  5. Guidelines for Anonymity in the Digital World: https://oa.org/guidelines/anonymity-in-the-digital-world/

Purchasable Materials

  1. Public Information Poster (Pack of 20): https://bookstore.oa.org/pamphlets/public-information-poster-pack-of-twenty-759.asp
  2. Carrying the Message Wallet Card: https://bookstore.oa.org/pamphlets/carrying-the-message-wallet-card-425.asp
  3. OA Literature Catalog (Includes PI/PO resources): https://oa.org/documents/oa-literature-catalog/

Templates and Tools

  1. Letter Template – Assisting Medical and Health Care Students and Professionals: https://oa.org/documents/assisting-medical-and-health-care-students-and-professionals/
  2. Professional Outreach Demonstration Video and Talking Points: https://oa.org/documents/one-on-one-professional-outreach-demonstration-video-and-talking-points/
  3. Carrying the Message Guide: https://oa.org/documents/carrying-the-message-guide/

Newsletters and Blogs

  1. A Step Ahead Newsletter Archive: https://oa.org/document-library/
  2. Lifeline Blog – Stories of Recovery: https://lifeline.oa.org/
  3. Contributor Guidelines – Lifeline Blog: https://oa.org/guidelines-meetings/contributor-guidelines-for-lifeline-stories-of-recovery-blog/

Ask-It Basket

  1. Ask-It Basket (2025): https://oa.org/documents/2025-ask-it-basket/

Archive?? 

Podcasts and Videos

  1. OA Podcasts and Videos: https://oa.org/podcasts/

Translation and International Resources

  1. Document Library (Includes Public Information  and Professional Outreach and Translations): https://oa.org/document-library/
  2. Translation of OA Literature and Materials Guidelines: https://oa.org/guidelines/translation-of-oa-literature-and-materials/

Additional Resources

  1. OA Bookstore: https://bookstore.oa.org/
  2. How to Start a Meeting (includes Public Information  & Professional Outreach guidance): https://oa.org/how-to-start-a-
    meeting/
    Multi Region  and Virtual Region

    Please add resources from your Region, Service Board or Intergroup

  3. Multi Region Carry the Message Workshop: https://welcome.oavirtualregion.org/carry-resources/

Professional Outreach Resource Guide

Addendum: Missing Links (Clickable)

This addendum contains Overeaters Anonymous (OA) Public Information (PI), Professional Outreach (PO), Newcomer, and Digital Outreach resources that were not included in the original Professional Outreach Resource Guide.

Public Information & Professional Outreach

Public Information Resource List: https://oa.org/service-bodies/public-information-and-professional-outreach/public-information-resource-list/

Let People Know About Your Meeting: https://oa.org/let-people-know-about-your-meeting/

Using OA’s Public Service Announcements (PSAs): https://oa.org/documents/using-oas-public-service-announcements-psas/

Media and Press Kit: https://oa.org/media/

Guidelines (Additional)

Guidelines for OA Newsletters: https://oa.org/guidelines/guidelines-for-oa-newsletters/

Website Development Guidelines: https://oa.org/guidelines/website-development-guidelines/

Guidelines for OA C.A.R.E.S. (Compulsive Eaters Who Are Incarcerated): https://oa.org/documents/oa-c-a-r-e-s-service-to-the-incarcerated/

Newcomer & Orientation Resources

Where Do I Start? – Everything a Newcomer Needs to Know: https://oa.org/where-do-i-start/

OA Quiz: https://oa.org/quiz/

And Your Journey Begins: https://oa.org/literature/and-your-journey-begins/

Our Invitation to You: https://oa.org/literature/our-invitation-to-you/

Introduction to the Twelve Steps: https://oa.org/literature/introduction-to-the-twelve-steps/

Temporary Sponsors: Newcomers’ First Twelve Days: https://oa.org/literature/temporary-sponsors-newcomers-first-twelve-days/

Recovery Messaging Materials

Many Symptoms, One Solution: https://bookstore.oa.org/pamphlets/many-symptoms-one-solution-106.asp

A New Plan of Eating: https://bookstore.oa.org/pamphlets/a-new-plan-of-eating-a-physical-emotional-and-spiritual-journey-144.asp

Virtual Region – Newcomer Welcome Resources

Virtual Region Welcome – Newcomers: https://welcome.oavirtualregion.org/

Posters & Print Outreach

Public Information Posters – Full Catalog: found in documents , search for “posters”; https://oa.org/document-library/

Public Service Announcements (English only)

OA World Service Public Service Announcements

OA World Service You Tube Public Service Announcements

Twelve Steps to Getting OA’s Public Service Announcements (PSAs) Aired on Radio and Television Stations (from OA.org)

Radio Public Service Announcements VIRTUAL REGION (English Only)

OA Men Public Service Announcements #1

OA Men Public Service Announcements #1 (Zip File)

Young People Public Service Announcements #2

Young People Public Service Announcements #2 (Zip File)

Ebony/BIPOC Public Service Announcements #3

Ebony/BIPOC Public Service Announcemnets #3 (Zip File)

Sharing the message to Health care professionals

https://welcome.oavirtualregion.org/carry-professional/

Sample letters to send to:

Physicians https://welcome.oavirtualregion.org/2023/08/23/sample-physician/

Dentists https://welcome.oavirtualregion.org/2023/08/23/sample-dentist/

Other Health Professionals https://welcome.oavirtualregion.org/2023/08/23/sample-other/

Clergy https://welcome.oavirtualregion.org/2023/08/13/sample-clergy/

Starting a meeting or Service body, OA Communications, Service & Security Resources

Starting a Meeting/Service Body

  1. How to Start a New Meeting: https://oa.org/how-to-start-a-meeting/

  2. Find a Meeting: https://oa.org/find-a-meeting/

  3. Suggestions for Starting an Intergroup/Service Board: https://oa.org/service-bodies/suggestions-for-starting-an-intergroup-service-board/

  4. Intergroups and Service Boards – FAQs: https://oa.org/faqs/categories/intergroups-and-service-boards/

  5. OA Bylaws and Policies: https://oa.org/document-library/oa-bylaws-and-policies/

Communication & Service Guidelines

  1. Secretaries Maintain the Connection: https://oa.org/group-resources-list/secretaries-maintain-the-connection/

  2. Guidelines for a Group Conscience Meeting: https://oa.org/guidelines-meetings/guidelines-for-a-group-conscience-meeting/

  3. Website Development Guidelines: https://oa.org/guidelines/website-development/

  4. Service, Traditions, and Concepts Workshop Manual: https://media.oa.org/app/uploads/2023/03/28103610/service-traditions-and-concepts-workshop-manual.pdf

Communication Security & Anonymity

  1. Anonymity in the Digital World: https://oa.org/guidelines/anonymity-in-the-digital-world/

  2. Social Media Guidelines: https://oa.org/social-media/

  3. Website Development Guidelines: https://oa.org/guidelines/website-development/

  4. Protecting Anonymity in Email Communications: https://oa.org/documents/guidelines-for-anonymity-in-the-digital-world/ is includes on number 1?

OA Conflict Resolution, Appeals & Inventory Materials

Conflict Resolution & Appeals 

  1. Conflict Resolution Worksheet (PDF): https://oa.org/documents/conflict-resolution-Worksheet/

  2. Guidelines for Addressing Disruptive Behavior: https://oa.org/guidelines-meetings/guidelines-for-addressing-disruptive-behavior

  3. What Can We Do When Members Display Disruptive Behavior? : https://oa.org/faqs/what-can-we-do-when-members-display-disruptive-behavior-and-upset-the-group

  4. When Is It Appropriate to Contact a Member of the Board of Trustees? : https://oa.org/faqs/when-is-it-appropriate-to-contact-a-member-of-the-board-of-trustees

Inventories & Evaluation Tools

  1. OA Group Inventory: https://oa.org/group-resources-list/oa-group-inventory/

  2. Strong Meeting Checklist: https://oa.org/documents/strong-meeting-checklist/

  3. OA Region Inventory: https://oa.org/documents/oa-region-inventory/

  4. Board Inventory Guidelines (PDF): https://media.oa.org/app/uploads/2022/11/28142330/board-inventory-guidelines.pdf 

  5. Guidelines for a Group Conscience Meeting: https://oa.org/guidelines-meetings/guidelines-for-a-group-conscience-meeting

  6. Guidelines for Membership Retention: https://oa.org/documents/together-we-can-keep-coming-back-membership-retention-100/

  7. Unity with Diversity Checklist: https://oa.org/documents/unity-with-diversity-checklist/

Additional Resources OA Region 1 and OA Region 6

OA Region 6 – Intergroup Renewal

  1. Intergroup Renewal Publication (PDF): https://oaregion6.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/08/Intergroup-Renewal-Pub-08_29_2020.pdf

  2. Intergroup Renewal Process Guide (PDF): https://oaregion6.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/03/2022-7-24-Intergroup-Renewal-Process.pdf

  3. Intergroup Renewal Workshop Manual (PDF): https://oaregion6.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/03/2022-7-24-IG-Renewal-Workshop-Manual-FINAL9-1-R6.pdf

OA Region 1 – Intergroup Renewal

  1. Region 1 Intergroup Renewal Guide (PDF): https://www.oaregion1.org/uploads/1/4/0/4/14047174/r1_intergroup_renewal_for_website.pdf