Each SCA Meeting can have a vote?

At the 2023 SCA ISO Conference the following updates to the By-laws were made:

Article I. Delegates, Section 2. Voting Rights and Proxies

As indicated in Section 1. above, each Intergroup delegation has as many votes as the number of meetings
they represent. An individual meeting can choose to withdraw their vote from the local intergroup and send
their elected or selected representative instead. All delegates may participate in the ISO conference in
person, or by electronic means, including internet conferencing software, telephone, or other digital
methods that ISO may employ in the future. Intergroups or meetings that do not participate in the
proceedings using any of these methods may select a proxy to represent them and cast their votes. This
proxy may be another participating Intergroup, meeting, officer, or another member of SCA. A proxy
designation must be made known to the ISO Chair at least one (1) week before the scheduled conference.
Groups not participating in the ISO conference discussions will be counted as absent in any vote unless
their proxy votes on their behalf

New SCA literature available

SPONSORSHIP IN SCA – A new ISO approved piece of literature now available for purchase. Ask if your local intergroup has it or order it on-line at: https://sca-recovery.org/WP/literature-and-resources/store/

SPO Sponsorship in SCA $3.50

Experience, strength and hope discussion of Sponsorship as a tool of the program. Topics include setting expectations, finding a sponsor, and guidance on the conduct of the sponsor-sponsee relationship (18 pages).

The Larger Picture – Overview of SCA and the ISO Conference by the Director at Large

This year’s ISO Conference was a resounding success in the view of the ISO Director at Large. The delegates worked well together in a cohesive manner, and tackled the agenda effectively and efficiently. A healthy group conscience was clearly evident throughout the conference. We approved pertinent literature submissions, referred other literature back for additional work, and rejected one piece of draft literature, plus a suggested wording change to one of the Tools of SCA. There was a searching discussion of the limits of the authority of the Executive Committee, and its individual officers, together with the role and authority of the annual ISO Conference itself. Of particular note was a resolution affirming that SCA’s Third Tradition includes all those wishing to recover from sexual compulsion in any and all of its manifold forms of expression, which was passed unanimously.

Focus of the Director at Large report presented to the 2015 ISO Conference and recommendations made to ISO were:

Define/expand job description of Director at Large
Expand job descriptions of Inreach, Outreach and Fiduciary Committees
Continue to support SCA fellowship history project, and its independence
Define what constitutes an SCA group and intergroup
Continue to prioritize definition and explanation of SCA Steps and Traditions
Continue to hold, strengthen and promote quarterly ISO and ISO Committee calls
Publicize available service positions
Develop ISO Service Manual
Promote commitment, stability and continuity in ISO service
Formulate plans to improve ISO’s fundraising efforts
Continue to prioritize, encourage and support SCA website redesign and upgrade

Conclusion & Summary

The Tools That Help Us Get Better tell us that “Service is a way of helping ourselves by helping others.” Much of the report had a common thread: ISO needs to promote and support service in general, but also particular areas of service. ISO also needs to encourage commitment, stability and continuity in service. In the way we go about doing service, both as a service board and as individual Trusted Servants, we should not lose sight of the Traditions and core principles of the program. Some ISO service positions and areas need to be better defined.

SCA has no paid special workers. Just as we are self-supporting in financial terms, so must we be self-supporting in the service that is done to keep all the varied areas of the fellowship going. In order to carry the message of recovery, the fellowship needs strong Seventh Tradition contributions from all quarters.

In service,

Kevin B