2023 World Service Conference Motions
These motions are contained in the Conference Agenda Report (CAR) found on na.org/conference

There are a total of 25 motions to vote on here

It is up to the groups of NA to decide the future of these motions and what they impact. Please take the time to read, ask questions, and come to an understanding so that you may express an informed group conscience and participate in the decision making of our world wide fellowship.

You may vote Yes, No, Abstain, or Present Not Voting

Yes = In favor
No = Opposed
Abstain = Not sure. Not for or against, but not ready for a decision and don't want to stand aside
Present Not Voting = Not sure or no opinion - does not count in the total tally

There is also after each motion a question asking why you voted as you did. THIS IS COMPLETELY OPTIONAL. Sometimes amendments to motions happen at the World Service Conference, and explaining why you voted how you did can help the Regional Delegate know if you would still be in favor or opposed to something depending on what changes. Again, answering this is completely optional.

If you have any questions, please email nnyrscna@gmail.com

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Motion 1: To approve adding zonal delegates from seated zones to the Settlor and Trustor of the Fellowship Intellectual Property Trust (FIPT). *
Motion 1 - Please explain your vote (optional)
Motion 2: To approve the revisions to the FIPT Operational Rules contained in Addendum B. *
Motion 2 - Please explain your vote (optional)
Motion 3: To approve the revisions to NA Intellectual Property Bulletin #1 contained in Addendum D. *
Motion 3 - Please explain your vote (optional)
Motion 4: To acknowledge that an NA meeting that meets regularly in person or virtually can choose to be an NA group if they meet the criteria described in The Group Booklet, including the six points for an NA group, and are consistent with NA philosophy as expressed in our Traditions. (Footnotes will be added to The Group Booklet and GLS, reflecting the decision of the WSC, if this motion passes, and referencing Virtual Meeting Basics as a possible resource.) *
Motion 4 - Please explain your vote (optional)
Motion 5: To revise A Vision for NA Service, changing the phrase “his or her own language and culture” to the phrase “their own language and culture.” (If this motion passes, A Vision for NA Service will be revised in future printings, including in Fellowship-approved recovery literature.) *
Motion 5 - Please explain your vote (optional)
Motion 6:  To approve a change to World Services Translation Policy in GWSNA to allow the possibility for up to six locally developed personal stories to be included in translated Sixth Edition Basic Texts, if the stories have first been published in the Little White Book of that language. *
Motion 6 - Please explain your vote (optional)
Motion 7: To extend the six World Board members’ terms currently expiring in 2024 through the end of the upcoming World Service Conference cycle. *
Motion 7 - Please explain your vote (optional)
Motion 8: As a result of the COVID pandemic, to suspend the World Convention of NA (WCNA) rotation policy after 2024, to allow the World Board to determine what is possible and practical moving forward and then seek approval from conference participants.
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Motion 8 - Please explain your vote (optional)
Motion 9: To approve a three-year World Service Conference cycle on a trial basis following WSC 2023 through WSC 2029. Following 2029, the WSC cycle would return to two years, unless another decision is made. *
Motion 9 - Please explain your vote (optional)
Motion 10:  If Motion 9 is adopted, to approve an interim virtual WSC in the middle of the conference cycle for decisions that are legally necessary and those that conference participants choose to address. As was done in the 2020–2023 cycle, material would be posted on na.org under the same deadline policies as the CAT (90 days prior) and all voting conference participants would be polled to choose the items they wish to address. *
Motion 10 - Please explain your vote (optional)
Motion 11: If Motion 9 is adopted, to approve a change to the release of the Conference Agenda Report (CAR) to be thirty days earlier than the current policy of 150 days prior to the start of the World Service Conference. The new CAR release day would be 180 days prior to the in-person WSC meeting for English, 150 days for translated versions. The deadline for the finalization of regional and zonal motions would be 270 days. The Conference Agenda Report will be posted on na.org at no cost to members. *
Motion 11 - Please explain your vote (optional)
Motion 12: To change the current policy of NA World Services automatically funding delegates from seated regions and zones to the WSC to funding available upon request. *
Motion 12 - Please explain your vote (optional)
Motion 13: To direct the World Board to create a project plan for the next World Service Conference (WSC), for the development of a new IP for daily personal inventory of gratitude. *
Motion 13 - Please explain your vote (optional)
Motion 14: To direct the World Board to create a project plan for consideration at the next WSC to investigate changes and/or additional wording to NA literature from gender specific language to gender neutral and inclusive language. *
Motion 14 - Please explain your vote (optional)
Motion 15:  To direct the World Board to create a project plan for the next WSC to initiate the process for the Fellowship to approve adding “gender” to “What is the NA Program?” to read: “Anyone may join us regardless of age, race, gender, sexual identity, creed, religion or lack of religion.” *
Motion 15 - Please explain your vote (optional)
Motion 16: To direct the World Board to develop a project plan, for consideration at the next World Service Conference, to create a booklet of Step study questions where all answers relate to a line in Chapter Four in the Basic Text. *
Motion 16 - Please explain your vote (optional)
Motion 17: To place an 8 year moratorium on the creation of new recovery literature after WSC 2023, excluding all translations or literature projects currently in development. *
Motion 17 - Please explain your vote (optional)
Motion 18:  To direct the World Board to create a project plan for the next WSC to study permitting service committees of Narcotics Anonymous who are, or may be, willing to serve as literature printing/ distribution and selling centers inside and outside the United States. *
Motion 18 - Please explain your vote (optional)
Motion 19: To direct the WB to create a virtual Institutional Review Board (IRB) to review all researchers and their research questions that request access to the Narcotics Anonymous population through NAWS to conduct research. *
Motion 19 - Please explain your vote (optional)
Motion 20: To direct NAWS to provide at na.org audio recordings of the worldwide webinars on the topics of Public Relations, Hospital &Institution, Step Writing for Inmates, Fellowship Development, Phone Line, and others. *
Motion 20 - Please explain your vote (optional)
Motion 21: To direct NA World Services to remove the Hospitals and Institutions Handbook from the inventory. *
Motion 21 - Please explain your vote (optional)
Motion 22: If any Motion or Proposal, in Content or Intent, has been submitted and failed to achieve consensus or adoption at two consecutive World Service Conferences, the previously proposed Content and Intent may not be suggested to the Fellowship in the Conference Agenda Report (CAR)/ Conference Approval Track (CAT) or at the WSC for one entire conference cycle. *
Motion 22 - Please explain your vote (optional)
Motion 23: All in-person and virtual World Service Conferences will be streamed to provide access to NA members in English audio. *
Motion 23 - Please explain your vote (optional)
Motion 24: All Conference Participant webinars will be streamed to provide access to NA members in English audio. *
Motion 24 - Please explain your vote (optional)
Motion 25: All votes and straw polls on motions that were included in the Conference Agenda Report or the Conference Approval Track, not to include election ballots, will be displayed in real time for all Conference Participants to see, showing who voted and how they voted. *
Motion 25 - Please explain your vote (optional)
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