This year marks the 60th anniversary of the Little White Book (LWB). Did you know that over the past 20 years, communities have been publishing local stories in the LWB, in accordance with the policy described in A Guide to World Services in NA? In addition to the eight stories in the English-language version, 85 more stories are published or forthcoming in 13 other language versions of the LWB. To celebrate the Little White Book’s diamond jubilee, we intend to collect all 93 of these stories in one special edition Little White Book.

The Fellowship Intellectual Property Trust allows the World Board to bundle, excerpt, and/or repackage NA literature as long as 120-day notice is provided. We have posted such a notice titled “June 2021 Notice for LWB” at www.na.org/fipt. Check it out, and while you are there, watch the FIPT video if you haven’t already.

Also, don’t forget that the last batch of review and input material for the Spiritual Principle a Day Project has been posted to www.na.org/spad. It’s taken a lot of hard work with the staff furloughs and the inability to meet in person for more than a year, but we are still on target to publish the approval draft in the 2022 Conference Agenda Report.

Unity Day this year will be 4 September. Flyers have been posted in English, Portuguese, and Spanish at www.na.org/nawsevents.

As always, let us know if you have any questions: wb@na.org

Yours in service,

World Board

Hello,

Four deadlines are coming up at the end of May:

FIPT: Email input on the proposed revisions to the Fellowship Intellectual Property Trust, which is posted at www.na.org/fipt, to wb@na.org.

PR Survey: We posted this survey on behalf of outside researchers who are gathering data about members’ tools of recovery. This type of independent research can reach many professionals who refer addicts to our program. You can find the survey at www.na.org/survey or from the survey button on the NA Meeting Search app.

Virtual NA Meetings: Connecting to the Service System (Farsi link, Polish link, Portuguese link, Spanish link): Among other questions, this short survey asks if you believe that virtual meetings meet the criteria to be considered NA groups. Responses will help to frame a conversation for the next World Service Conference. You can find the survey at www.na.org/survey or from the survey button on the NA Meeting Search app.

SPAD: The penultimate batch of entries for the Spiritual Principle a Day Book Project awaits your input. You can find the entries and forms for input at www.na.org/spad. Review as many or as few as you want.

We welcome local resources about virtual meetings to post at www.na.org/virtual particularly resources for hybrid meetings and checklists for NA meetings considering reopening. Don’t forget to send input about the virtual meeting best practices outline posted on www.na.org/toolbox to toolbox@na.org.

Our efforts to support World Services’ efforts from member contributions rather than literature sales continues. Thank you to everyone who has contributed and is helping to spread the word. “We all have to pull together, and in pulling together we learn that we really are part of something greater than ourselves.” (“Tradition Seven,” Narcotics Anonymous).

Thank you for all you do for NA!

World Board

Hello!

We want to remind you about a couple of surveys we have posted at na.org/survey through the end of May. Please take the time to fill them out and tell your friends.

The Relative Role of Project Components in NA is a survey put together by researchers who believe in NA and have used research articles to highlight the program’s effectiveness to other professionals. This kind of cooperation helps addicts find Narcotics Anonymous. 

Virtual NA Meetings: Connecting to the Service System (Spanish link, Polish link) is focused on how virtual meetings are connecting to the rest of the NA Fellowship, including NA service delivery. Among other questions, the survey asks if you believe that virtual meetings meet the criteria to be considered NA groups. Responses will help to frame a conversation for the next World Service Conference.

NAWS Report Video
We have also posted the video and PowerPoint from our NAWS Report webinar 21 March at na.org/media. The video is the second link on the video page. The PowerPoint is the first link on the FD resources page.

And don’t forget:

Service Day Web Meeting
We are holding a web meeting 1 May, which is Service Day, 11am-1pm, Pacific Daylight Time, on Fellowship Development around the world. You don’t want to miss this one. We will send a link when it’s closer to the day, and the link will be posted to na.org/webinar.

SPAD
The Spiritual Principle a Day Book Project has posted the last set of spiritual principles for members to write on, and the second-to-last set of entries to review and input at na.org/spad. Anyone can contribute to the project. NA literature is written by addicts like you.

Contribute
Thank you to everyone who has helped us reach a monthly total of more than $20,000 in recurring contributions. We still have a long way to go to meet our financial goals, but we appreciate every step in that direction. We have posted a QR code that points to na.org/contribute for groups to use on-screen if they wish. You can find it under the World Service Contributions heading of the On-Screen Resources section at na.org/virtual.

Thank you everyone for all you do for NA!

World Board

Hello,

We have lots of news. This email covers:

• Recovery Tools Survey
• Local Service Toolbox Survey and Outline
• March Webinars
• Virtual Meeting Form
• Service Day

Recovery Tools Survey

What recovery tools are important to you? We have posted a short survey put together by a couple of researchers with whom we have cooperated in the past: www.na.org/survey. Their aim is to publish an article for addiction professionals about what is important to members in recovery. As we have reported in the past, cooperating with these researchers has resulting in articles that help professionals to see Narcotics Anonymous as a viable program of recovery. Bear in mind as you take the survey that it was composed by outside researchers and not World Services. Many of the terms used in the survey are not defined or stated as we in NA would define them or say them. Perhaps the most glaring example of this is the definition of relapse. Please know the way this term is used reflects a perspective from the medical community and not NA World Services’ perspective or the understanding of NA as a whole.

The survey will be online through the end of May. We encourage you to share this survey with as many members as you can. We are a Fellowship centered in the therapeutic value of one addict helping another. The more members who fill out the survey, the more we can all learn what recovery tools have played an important role at various points in members’ recovery.

Local Service Toolbox Survey and Outline

We are taking the next steps for our project on virtual meetings: www.na.org/toolbox.

We posted an outline of virtual meetings’ best practices. As we receive input on the outline and more information from the Fellowship, we will post updated versions. Check it out, and let us know what you think: toolbox@na.org.

We are also collecting information through another short survey—this one is about how virtual meetings are connecting to the wider world of NA and NA service delivery. This is also the topic of this weekend’s webinar (see below). This topic is new to many of us. Sharing any experience you have is a service to NA as a whole.

One of the questions in the survey is whether you believe virtual meetings meet the criteria listed in The Group Booklet to be considered NA groups. The survey results will inform discussions on the issue at the next World Service Conference. Thank you in advance for filling out the survey and helping to spread the word. 

See the report posted on the project page www.na.org/toolbox for more detail.  

March Webinars

We have two webinars this month open to any interested member. Both are 11am-1pm Pacific Time. Note that the US will change from Standard Time to Daylight Time between the two webinars.

You can download flyers by clicking the thumbnails and right clicking the full image: www.na.org/webinar

13 March: How do virtual meetings connect to the service system?

Zoom webinar ID: 995 4708 9201

20 March: NAWS Update: current activity at NA World Services

Zoom webinar ID: 948 1479 3098

Both webinars will have presentations, and then members connected through Zoom will be able to type in questions for the presenters. There will be interpreters for Portuguese and Spanish members in both webinars, and also for Italian and Russian members for the webinar on the 13th. If you speak another language and have an interpreter you can bring to the webinar, let us know: worldboard@na.org.

The webinars will also be livestreamed, and that link will be posted to the toolbox page a few minutes before the webinars begin: www.na.org/toolbox.

Virtual Meeting Form

You can find information for virtual meetings by entering web or phone as a country at the prompt on the meeting search tab at www.na.org/meetingsearch. We get that information from trusted servants, and now we have a form that is designed specifically for virtual meeting information. Find it from the link at the top of the Virtual NA Meeting Resources page: www.na.org/virtual 

Service Day

Service Day is every year on 1 May. You can find a flyer at www.na.org/dates and www.na.org/nawsevents. We are planning a webinar 11am-1pm Service Day this year devoted to the gifts of NA service. A panel of members from around the world will share their experiences in all kinds of NA service, and there will be time to ask questions.

Have you seen the I SERVE pins? They are a pretty nifty gift for your favorite trusted servant. You can buy them at www.na.org/webstore.

Let us know how you plan to celebrate: worldboard@na.org.

If someone forwarded this email to you, you can subscribe to NAWS News to receive NAWS Update emails: www.na.org/subscribe

Gratefully,

World Board

Hello,

We are writing to let you know about our March webinars and remind you that you can get involved with the Spiritual Principle a Day Book Project. 

Webinars!

Mark your calendars. We are organizing not one but two webinars next month open to any interested member. Flyers for both are posted on our webinar page: www.na.org/webinar. Click on the images to get the full size, then right-click to save them to your desktop to forward or repost. Spread the word!

13 March, 11am-1pm, Pacific Standard Time: How Do Virtual Meetings Connect to the Service System?

Many virtual meetings are trying to figure out how to connect with NA’s system of service delivery—how to map meetings, which may include members from all over the world, onto a service delivery system that is geographically organized. We will hear from a panel of members about how their meetings are handling the issue. 

Zoom link: https://NAWS.zoom.us/j/99547089201

Webinar ID 995 4708 9201

Toll-free: 877 369 0926 or 855 880 1246

International numbers available: https://NAWS.zoom.us/u/abs9GiV05X 

20 March, 11am-1pm, Pacific Daylight Time: Current Activity at NA World Services

World Services often gives a PowerPoint update about what we are working on when we visit service bodies and events. This is the first time we will be presenting a “NAWS Update” to any interested member anywhere.

Zoom link:  https://NAWS.zoom.us/j/94814793098

Webinar ID: 948 1479 3098

Toll-free: 877 369 0926 or 855 880 1246

International numbers available: https://NAWS.shoot up.us/u/acxcO93tWy

At both webinars:

Portuguese and Spanish interpretation will be available. If you need interpretation into another language and have a translator you can bring to the meeting, email wb@na.org and let us know.

There will be time for members to ask questions via a text box. We only have the ability to respond to questions submitted in English during the webinars, but questions are always welcome at wb@na.org.

A livestream link will be posted at www.na.org/toolbox a few minutes before the webinar begins for those who would prefer to watch a livestream and not attend via Zoom. Note that you will not be able to ask questions or access the interpretation feeds from the livestream link.

SPAD!

The Spiritual Principle a Day (SPAD) Book Project will be posting draft entries for your review very soon, and principles are online for you to write about now: www.na.org/spad

The drafts include entries on 22 different spiritual principles:

Accountability, Authenticity, Awareness, Commitment, Communication, Connectedness, Courage, Discipline, Flexibility, Freedom, Hospitality, Humor, Inclusiveness, Integrity, Optimism, Patience, Prudence, Self-Acceptance, Self-Support, Tolerance, Unconditional Love, and We.

Check it out! Send input on any or all of the entries by 31 May 2021

If you’d prefer to do some advance writing on spiritual principles, 23 of them are posted ready for your thoughts, through the month of March, including, but not limited to:   

Attentiveness, Caring, Consistency, Interdependence, Purpose, Selflessness, Sincerity, Solidarity, and Steadfastness

NA literature is written by addicts. Be the we. Share your input or your writing.

Yours in service,

World Board

Check out this video going over the YAP phone line system that integrates with BMLT meeting information making it easier to find meetings! Click here for Video presentation

Regional IT is aware of the following websites being down and is working on this.

cdcna.org

sandpointna.org

skcna.org

wpsana.org

The root cause of this was found to be related to our previous host not supporting the CMS that we were using, and required us to either upgrade, or to implement as cumbersome fix, since we are already migrating away from that platform, I suggest the Webservants from those area’s please contact regional IT to schedule migration to WordPress to restore their area websites.