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Roger S Aotearoa New Zealand

Plenty to talk about!!

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Draft world zonal map

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Rocky Mountain: 701 Plains States: 1,297 Autonomy: 2,515 Midwest: 3,240 Southern: 3,613 South East: 4,471 North East: 4,622 Western: 6,733 Total US: 27,192 APF: 1,845 Iran: 18,200 Afri-Can: 317 Russian: 1,033 CANA: 1,360 Brazilian: 3,581 EDM: 4,212 Latin American: 9,074

Spans one-third of the planet!

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Population: 3.5 billion 8 time zones NA meetings: 1,845 Plus Iran: 18,200 Total: >20,000

It’s not always about “regions”

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Aotearoa NZ Australia Afghanistan Bahrain Bangladesh Bhutan Cambodia China Guam Hawaii Hong Kong India Indonesia Iran Japan Kuwait Malaysia Maldives Nepal NERF Pakistan North Pakistan South Philippines Saudi Arabia Siberia/FE Russia Singapore South Korea Thailand UAE Viet Nam

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Kazakhstan: 3 Oman: 3 Qatar: 5 Kyrgyzstan: 4 Tajikistan: 1 Uzbekistan: 2 French Polynesia: 1 Northern Marianas: 3 Sri Lanka: 2

Just 9 are seated . . .

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Aotearoa NZ (1989) Australia (1985) Hawaii (1980) India (1994) Iran (2006) Japan (1986) Nepal (2008) NERF (1998) Philippines (1993)

(numbers from the World Map)

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Nepal: 90 Indonesia: 67 Philippines: 60 Pakistan: 41 Saudi Arabia: 36 Bangladesh: 30 Bahrain: 21 Iran: 18,200 Australia: 447 Japan: 437 India (SIRSCONA): 251 Siberia/FE Russia: 139 Hawaii: 125 Aotearoa NZ: 112

From the World Map

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Bhutan: 6 UAE: 6 Cambodia: 5 Hong Kong: 4 Singapore: 4 South Korea: 1 Viet Nam: 1 Guam: 1 [Afghanistan: ~20] NERF: 20 Malaysia: 18 Thailand: 16 Maldives: 16 Kuwait: 11 China: 8 Pakistan South: 7

Early days . . .

First meeting - WSC 1992 Dallas http://www.apfna.org/other/history/

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Iran website (history) The Fix article - "The Remarkable Rise of NA in Iran"

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Who attends?

RDs, ADs (RD Alts) – 17 or 18 communities Translators Admin committee Fellowship Development Co-ordinator World Board (1 or 2) NAWS staff (1 or 2) Local fellowship Visitors

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Where & When

2001 – Jakarta, Indonesia 2002 – Byron Bay, Australia 2003 – Katmandu, Nepal 2004 – Bali, Indonesia 2005 – Philippines 2006 – Thailand 2007 – Katmandu, Nepal 2008 – KL, Malaysia 2009 – Manila, Philippines 2010 – Kolkata, India 2011 – Manama, Bahrain 2012 – Dhaka, Bangladesh 2013 – Imphal, NERF 2014 – Cebu, Philippines 2015 – Manila, Philippines

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Expenditure: US$20-25k annually

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Income

Larger contributors

Australia Japan Iran

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Hawaii Aotearoa New Zealand Individual NA members

Merchandise Sales

WCNA35 US$3,750 WSC World Markets APF meetings

Income

Other sources

Chesapeake & Potomac Area Unity Day – California Camp – Pittsburg

Thank You 

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General Agenda

Reports

Admin, Fellowship Development, Web Regions – challenges and successes NAWS update

Elections, Old/New Business Workshops Welcome Dinner, Unity Event Recovery meetings. Convention

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2006 - 2009

What is going well, what not so well? Where to from here – make plans, set goals Outcomes

Workshops, learning days Translations Work with NAWS, EDM Create Fellowship Development role Communities with needs, others who can help

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What does this mean?

A variation of our primary purpose

Next level of one addict helping another One NA community helping another Inspired by successful EDM projects

Challenges

Diversity – cultural, geography Willingness Money

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Types

Traditional FD

Send travellers to community Assistance provided in a community with need

Reverse FD

Invite representatives to attend APF Provide training, workshops

Leader identification, support APF’s impact on local community

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Budget

2011 & 2012: US$10,000 2013: US$8,000 2014: US$5,000 Partnerships with NAWS

Support with literature Funding Trusted servants / WB / Staff

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2010

Maldives (with follow up in 2011) Bhutan Malaysia

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2011 - 2013

Afghanistan

Joint ventures with NAWS NAWS funding, APF planning & delivery Functioning Area, 1,000+ members Assistance from Iran members Introduce Area service structure Workshops

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Afghanistan

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2011

Maldives (follow-up) Bangladesh United Arab Emirates NAWS FD

Malaysia, Kuwait, NERF (North East Regional Forum)

NERF FD

Bhutan

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2012

India Siberia Indonesia – 2 events

APF (learning days) NAWS (unity & service events)

Korea Qatar Internal FD efforts to remote areas

NERF India

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2013

NAMEC – FD workshop Gulf Forum – Service workshop Bangladesh – Service workshops Bhutan

Follow on visit, India Region members fund Train new members. Re-organise service structure. Create unity

Internal FD activities

SIRSCONA (India) NERF (North East Regional Forum)

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2014

Bhutan

Attended APF 2014 = “Reverse FD” 1 group  Area & 5 groups  seated at APF

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Official recognition / registration

NAWS “special consultative status” with UN Thailand Philippines Bangladesh Malaysia Maldives Iran Nepal

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1.35 billion people 8 meetings No functional service structure People moved away Bi-lingual website Phoneline Literature translations, recently published IPs

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Taiwan

Reaching out for help Concern about legality of meeting 7th Trad – what to do with it? Meeting info not published

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“Every addict in the world has the chance to experience our message in his or her own language and culture and find the opportunity for a new way

• f life”

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Translation Basics (service material area, na.org)

Summaries

Languages spoken: 32 IP #1 published: 16 languages Active draft projects: 55 Handout – latest NAWS data

Published projects Projects by language

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The newest zonal forum

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Formed in May 2013 Co-chairs attend EDM, APF

Funded by NAWS Learning exercise

Email me / facebook message Website www.apfna.org Email apf@nzna.org Video?

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