MOTIONS SUMMARY
The Assembly will be start at 8am on Wednesday 30th of September, in order to feel refreshed we enourage members to arrive Tuesday 29th of September in the late afternoon or early evening. The assembly will finish around 4pm on Friday 2nd October 2026. Convention will then start on Friday 2nd October 2026 in the early evening and finish no later than 2pm on Sunday 4th October 2026.
Names, acronyms, and short forms have been removed or edited for consistency with OA Policy
You can find the Motions in our Region 9 Assembly webpage. Here is a small summary:
New Business Motion
Submitted by the Region 9 Digital Committee
Move to adopt the official slogan of OA Region 9.
Needs a simple majority to pass
Bylaws Amendment
Submitted by OA Region 9 Bylaws Committee
Move to amend OA Region 9 Bylaws, by inserting a new article, Article VIII – Relationship with the OA Region 9 Charitable Incorporated Organisation.
Needs a two-thirds majority to pass
Move to adopt a substitute Policy and Procedure Manual
Submitted by OA Region 9 Bylaws Committee
Needs a simple majority to pass
Bylaws Amendment
Submitted by the OA Region 9 Board
Establish staggered terms and a rotation system for Board members, ensuring that not all Board positions are elected in the same year.
Needs a two-thirds majority to pass
Bylaws Amendment
Submitted by the OA Region 9 Board
To clarify that Region 9 officers may also serve as World Service Business Conference delegates for Region 9, a Region 9 affiliated service body, or a Region 9 participating service body.
Needs a two-thirds majority to pass
New Business Motion
Region 9 Bylaws Committee
Move to create a new World Service Business Conference Policy, in order to make OA’s literature and messaging more inclusive by prioritizing the use of “Higher Power,” a broader and more accessible term that includes both religious and non-religious understandings.
This motion was adopted by the Region 9 Assembly last year.
However, after it was submitted to the Word Service office and reviewed by the World Service Motions Review Committee, it was returned with several comments, recommendations and suggested changes. The Region 9 Bylaws Committee, after considering the feedback from the World Service, and with the approval of the Board decided to withdraw the motion, because the committee believed that making significant changes quickly could result in mistakes, unclear wording or unintended consequences. Members wanted to take more time, carefully consider the recommendations and make the necessary changes and bring the revised motions back to this Assembly for consideration.
Needs a simple majority to pass
New Business Motion
Submitted by the Board
To submit a World Service Business Conference to amend the OA Bylaws Article VIII, in order to amend the motion-submission and agenda-questionnaire process so that each region is included in the review of the conference agenda questionnaire.
This motion too was adopted by the Region 9 Assembly last year and after it was submitted to the Word Service office and reviewed by the World Service Motions Review Committee, it was returned with several comments, recommendations and suggested changes. The Region 9 Bylaws Committee, after considering the feedback from the World Service, and with the approval of the Board decided to withdraw the motion, because the committee believed that making significant changes quickly could result in mistakes, unclear wording or unintended consequences. Members wanted to take more time, carefully consider the recommendations and make the necessary changes and bring the revised motions back to this Assembly for consideration.
Needs a simple majority to pass
New Business Motion
Submitted by the Board
To submit a World Service Business Conference to amend the OA Bylaws Article VIII, in order to split up the long section to make it easier to read and understand for those for whom English is a second language.
This is the 3rd motion that was adopted by the Region 9 Assembly last year and was submitted to the Word Service office, reviewed by the World Service Motions Review Committee and returned with several comments, recommendations and suggested changes. Again the Region 9 Bylaws Committee, after considering the feedback from the World Service, and with the approval of the Board decided to withdraw the motion, because the committee believed that making significant changes quickly could result in mistakes, unclear wording or unintended consequences. Members wanted to take more time, carefully consider the recommendations and make the necessary changes and bring the revised motions back to this Assembly for consideration.
Needs a simple majority to pass
New Business Motion
Submitted by the Board
To submit a World Service Business Conference to amend the OA Bylaws, in order to separate Regions from the list of service bodies and clearly state that they are a distinct and separate level of service within Overeaters Anonymous.
Needs a simple majority to pass
