World Service Conference

Announcements

The 2025 WSC will be held Saturday & Sunday – January 25th & 26th, 2025.

It is a two day, 3-hour (each day) video recorded conference held on Zoom, starting at 10:00am PT/ 11:00am MT/12:00pm CT/1:00pm ET.

2025 WSC Saturday AGENDA

2025 WSC Sunday AGENDA

Meetings with registered Delegates as of Jan 19th, 2025-

Attitude of Gratitude (Delegate)

Chronically Creative (2 Delegates)

Come As You Are – 2SLGBTQIA+ (2 Delegate & 2 Alternates)

Committed to Hope (Delegate)

CPA and Mental Health (Delegate)

Experience Strength and Hope (Delegate)

Faith and Footwork (Delegate & Alternate)

Free To Be Me: CPA LGBTQ+ and Allies (Delegate)

Friday Phone Meeting (Delegate)

From Pain to Gain (2 Delegates & Alternate)

Gratitude Happy Hour (Delegate & Alternate)

Houston Monday Night CPA Meeting (2 Delegates)

Next Generation Recovery 50&Under (Delegate & Alternate)

Path to Acceptance (Delegate & Alternate)

Saturday Phone Step Study (Delegate)

Steps 1-2-3 (Delegate)

Stronger Together (Delegate & Alternate)

The Young Warriors Meeting (Delegate)

Tuesday Night Meditation Meeting

Tuesday North Atlanta (Delegate & Alternate)

Tuesday Traditions (Delegate)

Voices in the Stillness (Delegate & Alternate)

Weekend Beginners (Delegate)

XPI Speaker Meeting (Delegate)

Vote on the following during the 2025 WSC

The items list below will be voted on at the 2025 WSC (2 proposals, 1 literature item (Peace, Joy, and Comfort). Also be aware that if your group has a nominee for the CPASB (CPA Service Board), the process is list below.

If you have any questions please email WSCchair@chronicpainanonymous.org

Proposal for the 2026 World Service Conference/Makeup date

Proposal to Change YouTube Guidelines (PDF)

Proposal for WSC mid-year vote procedures (PDF)

Update: Delegate Letter for CPASB Nominees (PDF)

Peace, Joy, and Comfort Final Text – This document is the final version of the text that will be printed. It has been through fellowship feedback and professionally proofread. Any graphic design issues will be handled before publication, and posted here as soon as available.

Peace, Joy and Comfort Showing Edits Made from Fellowship Feedback – This document details all the changes made based on fellowship feedback, but before being proofread. The parts which have been removed have a strikethrough on the text, while additions are highlighted in blue. Any punctuation or grammar mistakes you may see, have probably been addressed by our proofreader, which can be seen in the final text (linked above).

Daily Peace, Joy, and Comfort Fellowship Review Copy = This document is the fellowship review copy that has been available since February 2024. It is posted here for reference purposes.

Peace, Joy and Comfort Cover

Delegate Training and Resources

2025 Amendment Submission Form

Voting Protocol (PDF)

Learning about the WSC (PDF)

Delegate Timeline (PDF)

CAL Approval Process (PDF)

CPA’s Guide to Robert’s Rule (PDF)

Another Look at Robert’s Rules (PDF)

Below are three (3) recordings of the Workshops held July 16th, September 3rd and December 3rd 2022.

Quorum Calculator

When you enter the number of voting meeting delegates present, this calculator will give you the maximum allowed number of service delegates and the total number of delegates.


Substantial Unanimity Calculator

When you enter the number of voting delegates present plus the agreed percentage for substantial unanimity, this calculator will give you the number of yes votes needed for a motion to pass.