What is the World Service Conference?
The World Service Conference (WSC) is the annual meeting of the Chronic Pain Anonymous (CPA) worldwide fellowship. It is a gathering of group Delegates, Intergroup Delegates, General Advisory Council officers, General Service Virtual Office administrators, and Board of Trustees members. Through their service at the WSC, these trusted servants ensure the best guidance and support of the fellowship as a whole. The purpose of the WSC is to provide a forum where the issues and policies affecting all CPA groups can be discussed and where informed decisions can be made with all members of the Fellowship represented.

Announcements:

2027 World Service Conference will be January 30 & 31, 2027

Attention Delegates:

Register for the World Service Conference before November 30, 2026 by clicking this link below:

2027 DELEGATE REGISTRATION FORM

CPA Meetings WITH a Delegate (updated 10/23/2026)

**Zoom Events registration will begin in January, your group’s contribution for the Seventh Tradition can be made at that time.**

2027 WSC Voting Items (literature & proposals)

Delegates and Members, here you will find everything that will be voted on at the 2027 World Service Conference. All documents linked here are the final versions to be voted on at the WSC.

Final versions of the proposals, literature and service body reports will be available by December 19 at the latest, but will be linked here when ready.

If a document doesn’t have a link, it is temporarily unavailable while it is having fellowship feedback incorporated at the Thursday Lit Drop-in at 2pmET (check the calendar)

Proposals (#3 coming soon!)

  1. Proposal to Update the Mid-Year Trustee Nomination Process
  2. Proposal for 2028 WSC Dates
  3. Proposal Updating the CPA Serenity Prayer (coming soon)

Literature (#1-3 are coming soon!)

  1. CPA: A Younger Perspective [Young Persons in CPA booklet]
    1. CPA: A Younger Perspective (pdf text of proposed CAL document)
    2. Young persons booklet (shows feedback changes)
  2. CPA Safety Statement
    1. CPA Safety Statement (pdf text of proposed CAL)
    2. CPA Safety Statement (shows feedback changes)
  3. CPA World Services Organizational Chart
    1. CPA World Services Organizational Structure reference sheet (VOTE READY) (pdf of the text to be used in various formats of organizational charts)
    2. Visual CPA World Services Organizational Chart (VOTE READY)(pdf printable chart)
  4. Learning About the World Service Conference Document
    1. Learning About the WSC document (VOTE READY)
    2. Learning About the WSC (shows all changes)

Delegate Training and Resources

NEW! Delegate timeline (PDF) (Dates subject to change based on fellowship needs and service capabilities. ALL changes will be sent to delegates, noted be on this website and wherever relevant)

Voting Protocol (PDF)

Mid-year Voting Protocols (PDF)

Learning about the WSC (PDF)

CAL Approval Process (PDF)

CPA’s Guide to Robert’s Rule (PDF)

Another Look at Robert’s Rules (PDF)

Summary Reports

2026 Summary Report (PDF}

2025 Summary Report (PDF)

2024 Summary Report (PDF)

2023 Summary Report (PDF)

2022 Summary Report (PDF)

2021 Summary Report (PDF)

2020 Summary Report (PDF)

Substantial Unanimity Calculation

To determine the number of votes needed for substantial unanimity (su), multiply the number of voting members (vm) by the percentage you have decided upon in your group conscience (.66 for 2/3 or .75 for 3/4).

For example:

2/3 substantial unanimity:  vm x .66 = su

3/4 substantial unanimity: vm x .75 = su