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Special COSA Teleconference Calls

The next Sober & Sustainable Meeting Teleconference has been scheduled.
It is Thursday, January 12, 2012 5:00 PM Pacific, 6:00 PM Mountain, 7:00 PM Central and 8:00 PM Eastern.
The teleconference # is 218-862-1000 and the Access Code is 1051791#.
Please join us if you would like to dialogue more on this critical topic.

Here is the schedule of the upcoming Sober & Sustainable Teleconferences:

Thursday, January 12, 2012
5:00pm (PST), 6:00pm (MST), 7:00pm (CST), 8:00pm (EST)

Satruday, March 3, 2012
1:00pm (PST), 2:00pm (MST), 3:00pm (CST), 4:00pm (EST)

Saturday, May 5, 2012
1:00pm (PDT), 2:00pm (MDT), 3:00pm (CDT), 4:00pm (EDT)

Thursday, July 19, 2012
6:00pm (PDT), 7:00pm (MST), 8:00pm (CDT), 9:00pm (EDT)

At the 2008 ISO of COSA Convention, registrants were given the opportunity to complete a Sober & Sustainable Meetings Questionnaire. [Note: the questionnaire was distributed at the closing event of the 2008 ISO of COSA Convention and respondents were not limited in the number of responses given.]

What We Asked:

1. What is a sober & sustainable meeting to you?
2. What helps you to feel safe & supported in a meeting?
3. What triggers you in meetings?
4. What do you like about how your home meeting is run?
5. Is your home meeting F-2-F, Telemeeting, and/or a special topic meeting (such as a Step discussion)?

Top 5 Attributes:

*  Focus on the Steps in the meeting (13)

*  Using the Traditions (11)

*  Structure and format (11)

*  Members working the Steps (10)

*  Clear safety guidelines (8)

Top 4 Problems:

*  Crosstalk (15)

*  Members talking too long (7)

*  Advice giving (5)

*  Gossip, lack of confidentiality (5)

For the full results of the Sober & Sustainable Meetings Questionnaire, please download Sober_Sustainable_Meeting_data_2008.pdf

Please keep checking back for other future special teleconferences!!

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