Arkansas Delegate Team Handout – August 2025

RCMs: please share this page with your Area and give to GSRs

 News from NA World Services (NAWS):

  • WCNA 39? – There will be no World Convention in 2027 and there have been a few suggestions discussed such as changing it to every 5 years, have registration for streaming (making Unity Day still free), capping registration or pre-registration to better financially plan for the number of attendees, and deciding the location on a case by case OR cycle by cycle There will be more included in the CAR for the 2026 WSC.
  • Annual events: https://na.org/naws-events/annual-events/
    • World Unity Day – Unity Day this year is 6 September, and we want to celebrate with a marathon of togetherness. The World Board is organizing a 24-hour Unity Day celebration. During the Unity Day celebration, the board will host sessions on two of this cycle’s Issue Discussion Topics—DRT/MAT as It Relates to NA: Helping Members Take Root and Gender-Neutral and Inclusive Language in NA Literature. We’ll send more information as the plans for the day take
      • SZF will host a section of this time and ARSCNA needs to provide video and photos by August 9th, 2025 so they can be compiled and formatted properly. Each Region in the SZF will have about a 3 minute video shown.
    • Sponsorship Day – Sunday December 1, 2025
  • Literature Review & Input needed:
  • Online Literature at na.org – Information Pamphlets (IPs) are now available in both HTML and PDF format.
  • Serving on the World Level – for RBZ recommendations September 30, 2025 deadline  https://na.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/09/RBZ-overview-2023-2026-9-24.pdf

CAR Survey (aka “Literature Survey”) 

  • Recovery Literature (both new literature and revisions to existing literature), Service Material (both new and revisions), and Issue Discussion Topics. Member responses were compiled and consolidated by the WB. Conference Participants received 2 rounds of ballots to prioritize the list. The list will be finalized during the Aug 2025 CP webinar and available in the CAR for fellowship vote prior to the 2026 WSC
  • 2026 WSC – May 3-9, 2026
    • February 28, 2026 – Regional Reports due (RD will be compiling info from RCMs, Loner Groups, etc)
    • Conference Agenda Report (CAR) will be available November 3, 2025 (after the RSC meeting)
    • SZF (Southern Zonal Forum) is requesting approval for a date in November to have WB present at a virtual CAR workshop. Once I have that information finalized I’ll send it out to
    • SEZF (Southeast Zonal Forum) will have a hybrid CAR workshop available Nov 8, 2025 at 8am CST
    • Initial straw polls will be after April 18, 2026 – if motions get 80% support or not in support during the straw poll, then that will be the final decision

News from the Southern Zonal Forum

  • Oct 2025 SZF – The next SZF Meeting is October 24 – 26, 2025 in Louisville, You can attend by zoom; link can be found in the event calendar of the w ww.szfna.org website.
  • Workgroups: Guidelines, Effects of Racism in SZF
  • Workshops: Atmosphere of Recovery/Service (Oct 24 6pm – 7:30pm), Disruptive & Predatory Behavior (Oct 25 10am – 12pm), Mentorship & Training (Oct 25 2pm – 4pm)
  • October 2025 SZF – RD and AD will not be able to attend in person as the dates coincide with our Regional Convention. The RSC will need to determine how to proceed with representation at that
  • Next 2 in person meetings are scheduled for Mississippi Region January 2026 and Red River Region July 2026
  • Discussion to begin meeting 1-2 times a year virtually: SZF will meet in person in July 2025 & October 2025 – will discuss meeting virtually January 2026 at the next SZF (has not happened yet – more will be revealed)
  • Volunteer Regional Convention – November 28-30, 2025 in Memphis, TN for more info vrcna.org
  • MZSSNA (Multi-Zonal Service Symposium) (October 1-4, 2026 in Wichita, KS) – Planning committee meets the 3rd Wednesday of month at 6:30 pm on zoom. You can join the meeting by clicking on the link on the front page of the website https://mzssna.org
  • Some positions are still open and all committees are open so you can join in for the planning
  • SZF Nominations/Elections (the rotation is off due to resignations and lack of nominations at the previous Zonal Forum meeting):
    • SZF Secretary – Patsy P elected
    • SZF Zonal Contact – Ruben P elected for the term
    • SZF AV/IT – Lucy O NOMINATED – need to vote
  • SZF Nominations needed – SZF Facilitator – Steve S (appointed for Oct 2025 only)
  • SZF finances, banking, and audit update –
    • Current SZF balance is $19,393.90 with prudent reserve $9,200 (not sure if this is actual bank balance or reconciled balance with outstanding deposits/checks).
    • The audit hasn’t been completed The new bank account is now open, and the previous SZF treasurer will be sending a cashier’s check with the balance of SZF funds.
    • Moving forward the SZF Treasurer will have bank statements to accompany her report for transparency and accountability. She will also be tracking actual expenses vs
    • There are 2 signers on the bank account (SZF Treasurer & FD Coordinator). It is usually the Treasurer and Facilitator, but since the Facilitator position is now vacant the body agreed that the FD Coordinator would be an acceptable 2nd The checks will only require 1 signature.
    • Agreed to purchase a dedicated laptop for the AV/Hybrid function for no more than $500.
    • Arkansas RSC has not received the $504.96 check from the SZF yet for the Basic Text for Jails project. This will be included in the financial audit conducted as we transition to a new treasurer
  • SZF Fellowship Development and Public Relations Coordinators have regularly scheduled meetings as well as training opportunities upon They are looking into how to get either more participation in their meetings or if there’s a different approach that might be needed. Please join them to find out more.
      • FD meets the 3rd Sunday of the month at 10am
      • PR meets the 4th Sunday of the month at 5pm or contact Craig at pr@szfna.org
  • Sponsorship Behind the Walls (Show Me Region) – 5 women from Newport, AR contact the Show Me Region committee and 3 have started the step writing process with their “step guide”.
      • Anyone can join their committee: next trainings are Aug 24th at 7pm and Sept 28th at Zoom Meeting ID 815 4497 0779 Password: 121212

BMLT Update

  • To see how many meetings Arkansas Region has listed – visit BMLT meeting tally website  https://meeting-tally.bmlt.app (select server named “Texas, Louisiana, Mississippi, Arkansas)
  • Published meetings count each occurrence of a meeting (ex: groups that meet 7 times a week will show up as 7 meetings).
  • Unpublished meetings refer to meetings that were active at one time and are currently not
  • The database has been cleaned up so that only temporarily unpublished meetings are If a meeting had been unpublished for more than several months or we weren’t aware that it was a temporary situation it was removed from the database. Meetings that have been removed can be added back at any time.

Other NA News:

  • US Collab of Zones – next meeting October 12, 2025 (https://usa-na.org)
    • Several task groups where any NA member can serve

National PR efforts

  • Mentorship
  • Outreach to Rural & Marginalized meetings/members (next meeting August 3rd at 11am-1pm CST & August 17th 11am-12pm)
    • A survey to the fellowship will be coming out of this workgroup to gather info from the fellowship

 

In loving service, Alicia A & Star M

Acronyms & Terms (alphabetical order):

  • BMLT – basic meeting list toolbox (where we update our meeting list)
  • CAR – conference agenda report (world service motions voted on by the fellowship)
  • CAR SURVEY – literature survey (prioritize literature projects by the fellowship)
  • CP – conference participant (NA members who participate at the WSC representing Regions or Zones)
  • DRT/MAT – drug replacement therapy/medication assisted treatment
  • FD – fellowship development
  • IDT – information discussion topics
  • LONER GROUP – group not affiliated with an Area (see Regional guidelines)
  • MZSSNA – multi zonal service symposium
  • NAWS – NA World Services
  • NESSNA – NE states service symposium
  • NEZF – NE Zonal Forum
  • PR – public relations
  • RCM – regional committee member
  • RD – regional delegate (included in “conference participants”)
  • RSC – regional service committee
  • SEZF – SE Zonal Forum
  • STRAW POLL – voting mechanism used by CPs before the WSC
  • SZF – Southern Zonal Forum (Arkansas Region is a member of SZF)
  • TWILIO – service we use for our phone number
  • US COLLAB OF ZONES – comprised of all 7 US Zones https://usa-na.org/uszones
  • WB – world board (members elected to serve on the world level)
  • WCNA – World Convention of NA
  • WSC – world service conference (conscious of the fellowship and future plans for NA worldwide discussed)
  • WSO – NA world service office
  • YAP – software to route helpline calls
  • ZONES – group of regions https://na.org/naws-projects-and-surveys/zones/