The following is a synopsis of key items reviewed and discussed during the Region III Assembly.  Many of the items have backup material that expands upon the point.  Please let me know if anyone would like more information on a specific item.  Official Assembly meeting minutes, submitted by the Region’s Recording Secretary, Wanda S, will be available in the future.

Friday, Aug. 27, was a workshop on OA Unity.  Attendees shared their personal experience on this topic:
• Representatives of the Phoenix area shared about the unity issues in their area.   They have three OA Intergroups that all follow different approaches to recovery.  These three IGs, with a history of  non-communication, recently began unification discussions when members of each IG began to ask “How are we alike?” rather that “How are we different?”
• A similar story was shared about the Los Angeles Intergroups
• Emphasis that the 12 Steps and 12 Traditions are what keep us together

Saturday, Aug. 28, was the business workday for the Assembly.
• 36 voting members were present and accounted for
• All OA groups are requested to include their WSO assigned 5-digit group number when submitting donations to Region and WSO – a mention was made that a donation was received from an OAsis Club meeting Houston, but the group number was not included.
• Future Region III Assemblies:
o Spring 2005 – Tulsa, OK
o Fall 2005 – Colorado Springs, CO
o Spring 2006 – San Antonio, TX
o Fall 2006 – Houston, TX  - this was voted on and approved by the Assembly

• There will be a WSO Convention in 2007 as the result of many members’ input to WSO.  The location will be Philadelphia, PA.

• The Region has 84 unaffiliated groups – help is needed to contact these groups and see if there are local IGs with whom to connect.

• Region III Steering HIPM/PI (Hospitals Institutions Professionals and Military / Public Information) Committee:
o Greg M remained Committee Chair.
o The HIPM/PI Committee Mission Statement is: To serve as a connecting hub for communicating our HIPM/PI collective knowledge and strategies among intergroups in Region III.
o Committee goals continue to be to reach out to all Region III IGs and offer help and support with HIPM/PI activities.  Specific past and future planned outreach activities were reported.
o A new fund was approved by the Region III Board to fund requests by Intergroups that want seed money to help attend local health fairs / conferences.

Submitted by:
Greg M.
Region III Rep.