Pending a more permanent location for this information, the UA GSR Committee has voted to temporarily to post its minutes on this unofficial UA related service website.

UA GSR Committee August, 2018 Meeting Report

Please note: the minutes for all GSR Committee Meetings can be found at 9thtradition.org under the “GSR” tab.

No motions were passed or defeated at this August 19, 2018 GSR Meeting.

However at the July Meeting the following motion was made, seconded and tabled and a committee was created to address the concerns of the GSR Committee following discussion. At this August Meeting, proposed amendments to the motion (below) failed to pass.

MOTION: The GSR Committee Recommends for the WSC Agenda: Motion to Establish Guidelines to Register a UA Group

Following are the requirements to register a UA Group. Registered groups are placed on the UA Website Meeting Calendar.

1. The group has two or more members who are gathered together to recover from underearning.

1. The meeting is open to all UA members.

1. The group has no outside affiliation. Therefore, a joint group of UA and another 12 Step fellowship will not be registered as a UA Group. Also, a group cannot be affiliated with any sect, religion, organization, corporation or institution.

1. A group contact person is required for the initial registration. The contact person will provide their first name and last initial, email address, and phone number to the UA General Service Office (GSO).

1. The group agrees to update with the UA GSO its meeting location, date/time, and meeting phone information any time there is a change in this information.

These are additional group registration guidelines:

• After a group has registered, if it no longer has a contact person, it still may continue to be registered, but it’s best for the group to have a contact person so that the GSO can communicate with the group.
• Virtual meetings (for example, phone meetings, on-line email/forum meetings, and Skype meetings) will be registered if they meet the above requirements.

• Special focus groups will be registered if they meet the above requirements. (Examples of special focus groups are the Spiritual Marketing for Coaches and Consultants Meeting, Abundance and Prosperity in the Arts Meeting, and 50 + Meeting.)

• Pop-up phone meetings will be registered if they meet the above requirements. (Pop-up phone meetings are meetings which do not have a regularly-scheduled moderator, so UA members show up for the call and spontaneously find a volunteer to moderate the call.)
• UA will provide a user-friendly process to register groups.

The effective date for these requirements and guidelines is October 28, 2018

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Here were the proposed amendments that failed to pass.

MOTION: To Establish Guidelines for UA Group Registration

The following guidelines must be met in order for a UA meeting to register with the UA General Service Office (GSO) and be placed on the UA Website Meeting Calendar:

1)  An Underearners Anonymous (UA) group consists of two or more people seeking recovery from compulsive underearning. The foundation of UA recovery is the twelve steps and twelve traditions.

2)   The meeting is open to all UA members.

3)   A UA group cannot be affiliated with any other 12 Step fellowship, religion, organization, corporation or institution.

4)     A contact person must provide their first name, last initial, email address and phone number as a prerequisite for UA Group registration.

5)     The group agrees to update the GSO of any changes to its meeting location, date/time, and phone information.

6)     Virtual meetings (phone/online/email/forum/skype), Special Focus Meetings, and Pop-up meetings may register if they meet the aforementioned guidelines.

The effective date for these requirements and guidelines is October 28, 2018

Note: This motion to amend was defeated. Due to time restraints, the meeting was adjourned. The original motion remains tabled.

Respectfully submitted,

Mark B. from New York
Chair of the GSR Committee of UA