Language Services Motion - Virtual Region of Overeaters Anonymous

MOTION:

Move to amend the OA Virtual Region Policy Manual, Article VIII, Item 4, Committees of the Virtual Region to add a Languages Services committee by inserting the following:

CURRENT WORDING

VIII.Committes

The board will determine committees to serve the Virtual Region.
These committees will be reviewed every 24 months.
Each committee will establish internal guidelines, which will be reviewed by the board.
1. Committee guidelines are documented separately and will be maintained by the committee.
2. Each committee will comply with the document management system established by the Virtual Region Board.
3. Each committee will comply with all other board-approved guidelines.
The current committees of the Virtual Region are Bylaws, Convention, Data Protection, Digital Resources, Finance, Intergroup Outreach, Public Information/Professional Outreach (including Unity with Diversity) and Twelve Step Within (including Workshop).

PROPOSED WORDING

VIII. Committees

The board will determine committees to serve the Virtual Region.
These committees will be reviewed every 24 months.
Each committee will establish internal guidelines, which will be reviewed by the board.
1. Committee guidelines are documented separately and will be maintained by the committee.
2. Each committee will comply with the document management system established by the Virtual Region Board.
3. Each committee will comply with all other board-approved guidelines.
The current committees of the Virtual Region consist of Bylaws, Convention, Data Protection, Digital Resources, Finance, Intergroup Outreach, Language Services, Public Information/Professional Outreach (including Unity with Diversity) and Twelve Step Within (including Workshop).

SUBMITTED BY:

OA Virtual Region ad hoc naming committee and the committee itself

Contact Name: Dani P Language Services Chair

Language Services Chair @oavirtualregion.org

INTENT:

To create a committee concerned with translations, interpreters, and other language issues in the virtual region. Note this motion was brought to the last assembly (A1 2024) and it was requested that an ad hoc

committee work on the name of the committee as it could not be decided at that assembly. The “Language Services Committee” was the name preferred and is acceptable to the current committee.

IMPLEMENTATION

COST:

PRIMARY PURPOSE:

Brief explanation of how this motion will help carry the message of recovery.

Purpose: 1. To Carry the Message by supporting the translation and distribution of OA Conference-Approved literature to members beyond the English-speaking world. 2. Provide more language translations for our service bodies, support more efficient means of distribution, utilizing new technologies to meet the demand of our global membership. 3. Build on the live interpretation resources of the region, in supporting regional events, and in carrying the message to non-English language speakers.

RATIONALE: The Virtual Region consists of members who speak many different languages. We will better serve our embers with this committee.