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Special COSA Teleconference Calls

The next Sober & Sustainable Meeting Teleconference has been scheduled. It is Saturday, August 14, 2010 1:00 PM Pacific, 2:00 PM Mountain, 3:00 PM Central and 4:00 PM Eastern. The teleconference # is 218-862-1000 and the Access Code is 1051791#. Please join us if you would like to dialogue more on this critical topic.

Here is the schedule of the upcoming Sober & Sustainable Teleconferences:

Thursday, November 4, 2010
6:00pm (PDT), 7:00pm (MDT), 8:00pm (CDT), 9:00pm (EDT)

Saturday, January 8, 2011
1:00 (PST), 2:00pm (MST), 3:00pm (CST), 4:00pm (EST)

Saturday, March 12, 2011
1:00 (PST), 2:00 (MST), 3:00pm (CST), 4:00pm (EST)

Thursday, May 5, 2011
6:00pm (PDT), 7:00pm (MDT), 8:00pm (CDT), 9:00pm (EDT)

Saturday, July 9, 2011
1:00pm (PDT), 2:00pm (MDT), 3:00pm (CDT), 4:00pm (EDT)


At the 2008 ISO of COSA Convention, registrants were given the opportunity to complete a Sober & Sustainable Meetings Questionnaire. [Note: the questionnaire was distributed at the closing event of the 2008 ISO of COSA Convention and respondents were not limited in the number of responses given.]

What We Asked:

  1. What is a sober & sustainable meeting to you?
  2. What helps you to feel safe & supported in a meeting?
  3. What triggers you in meetings?
  4. What do you like about how your home meeting is run?
  5. Is your home meeting F-2-F, Telemeeting, and/or a special topic meeting (such as a step discussion)?

Top 5 Attributes:

¬  Focus on the steps in the meeting (13)

¬  Using the traditions (11)

¬  Structure and format (11)

¬  Members working the steps (10)

¬  Clear safety guidelines (8)

 

Top 4 Problems:

¬  Crosstalk (15)

¬  Members talking too long (7)

¬  Advice giving (5)

¬  Gossip, lack of confidentiality (5)

 

For the full results of the Sober & Sustainable Meetings Questionnaire, please download Sober_Sustainable_Meeting_data_2008.pdf


Please keep checking back for other future special teleconferences!!

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