REGION 5 HOME NORTHERN ILLINOIS INDIANA KENTUCKY

MICHIGAN OHIO SOUTHERN ONTARIO WISCONSIN

Region 5 Business

Our Trusted Servants
Chair – Bonnie L. (chair@region5oa.org)
Vice Chair – Christen M. (vicechair@region5oa.org)
Secretary – Barb W. (secretary@region5oa.org)
Treasurer – Denise O. (treasurer@region5oa.org)
Trustee – Allen B. (trustee@region5oa.org)

A Day in the Life of a Region 5 Officer

Region 5 board members are elected to two year terms during each November assembly.

Assemblies are business meetings where our fellowship’s trusted servants (your elected representatives) meet three times a year to conduct Region 5’s business. Intergroups decide who their representatives will be, but you do not have to be an elected representative to attend. Any member of the OA fellowship can attend, because we love guests. We do ask that all attendees register. There is no cost unless you want to join us in the Saturday luncheon. Click the "Register for Assembly" link in the left column.

Assemblies are held during the second weekend of March, July and November. They begin Friday night at 7 pm and end Saturday night by 6 pm. There is entertainment and a speaker meeting from 8:15 pm until whenever we feel like quitting. The Region 5 Board – trustee, chair, vice chair, treasurer and secretary – meets on Sundays.

Assemblies are held at the same hotel each time. Mention Overeaters Anonymous for the special rate.

Hilton Fort Wayne at the Grand Wayne Center

1020 South Calhoun Street

Fort Wayne, IN 46802-3005

260-420-1100

260-424-7775 (fax)

1-800-HILTONS

Freedom From Bondage, The Region 5 newsletter

Assembly Reports

-- Assembly minutes (November 2011)
-- Chair's Report (November 2011)

-- Treasurer’s Reports (November 2011)

-- Trustee's Report (November 2011)

Other Documents and Forms

-- Register for Assembly

-- Assembly Reps Packet of Information
-- Bylaws
-- Convention Guidelines

-- General Policies Manual
-- Standing Rules
-- Nomination Application for Region 5 Board
-- Contribution Acknowledgment Form
-- Credit Card Tabulation Form
-- Expense Request Form
-- Funding Assistance Form
-- Reduced Cost Literature Form
(an explanation of what this is)

Some reflections on service work...
You may have heard these phrases around OA: “service is slimming”, “service is the secret”, “I never thought about overeating while I was (insert service action here)”.

What all OA members need to realize is that without service, there would be no OA. If we were to add up all the actions taken to serve the worldwide fellowship that we rely on, whether it is leading meetings, setting up chairs, sending information to change a website, or attending a Regional Assembly, we would find that 99.99% of all actions taken to keep OA “in business” are done for free by members of the fellowship.

If there were no volunteers, there would be no OA. None. Zero. Zip. Nada. Zilch.

Service Committee Chairpersons and Web Pages

Bylaws	Mike B.	BylawsChair@region5oa.org
Convention	Sandi M.	ConventionChair@region5oa.org
Intergroup Outreach	Jim B.	IGOChair@region5oa.org
Newsletter	Nancy L.	NewsletterChair@region5oa.org
Public Information/Professional Outreach	Paul K.	PIPOChair@region5oa.org
Twelfth Step Within	Jan G.	TWSChair@region5oa.org

PROFESSIONAL INFORMATION
OUTREACH

12^th STEP WITHIN

NOMINATING

CONVENTION

Revised January 19, 2012