11th, 18th, 25th Sept Pre CSC Sessions for UK Members & UK Survey *UPDATED*

AFM Motion 1 – Parenting with CoDA (endorse new booklet)

Description: Proposes Parenting with CoDA as new CoDA literature. The accompanying draft explores how codependent patterns can affect parenting and relationships with children, using examples, affirmations and personal recovery stories to address themes including boundaries, control, rescuing, responsibility, independence, self-worth and letting go.

Motion 1
Supporting document: Parenting with CoDA draft handbook *****password: afmNFFP2026!

Canada Motion 1 – The Twelve Promises of Co-Dependents Anonymous: Recognizing (and Using!) the Gifts of CoDA Recovery (endorse new booklet)

Description: Proposes a new CoDA booklet, The Twelve Promises of Co-Dependents Anonymous: Recognizing (and Using!) the Gifts of CoDA Recovery, for Conference approval as CoDA literature. The 32-page booklet explores each Promise through readings and reflection questions, and presents the Promises as practical recovery tools through affirmations, prayers, meeting topics and examples of how the Promises interrelate with one another and with the Twelve Steps and Twelve Traditions.

Motion 1 – Revised
Supporting document: draft booklet

Colombia Motion 1 – Create a Committee or Appoint Delegates to Address Printing and/or Translation Authorization Needs for Countries Outside the United States

Description: Proposes appointing one or more delegates, preferably including bilingual members, to manage literature printing permission agreements for countries outside the United States so that approved CoDA literature can be accessed, printed and, where appropriate, translated more efficiently.

Motion 1

Colombia Motion 2 – Request to Remove Text from the “Frequently Asked Questions” Section of coda.org and coda.org/es

Description: Proposes removing or revising the FAQ wording on CoDA.org which says that meetings may use non-CoDA literature if it is clearly identified as not CoDA-endorsed literature. Colombia argues that this wording is inconsistent with the Traditions and with CoDA guidance on outside literature.

UK view: The Fellowship Service Manual states that a recognised CoDA meeting must use only CoDA Service Conference-endorsed books, workbooks, booklets and pamphlets during meetings. Therefore, the underlying issue appears to be that the FAQ on the CoDA International website has not been updated to reflect the current wording of the FSM.

On that basis, the inconsistency appears to require an administrative website update rather than a further Conference decision.

Motion 2

Minnesota & Illinois Motion 1 – Make the Co-Dependents Anonymous book a Foundational Document

Description: Proposes formally adding the Co-Dependents Anonymous book (Blue Book) to CoDA’s list of Foundational Documents in the Fellowship Service Manual and related governing documents.

Motion 1

NSC UK Motion 1 – Delegate Relations Committee

Motion 1

Description: Proposes re-establishing the Delegate Relations Committee (DRC) as a standing Conference-appointed committee to support Delegates and Alternate Delegates throughout their service, including by completing and updating practical Delegate guidance and developing resources, orientation, clinics, question-and-answer sessions and other learning opportunities. The motion proposes recruiting primarily current and former Delegates and Alternates, while allowing others with relevant Voting Entity or world service experience to serve.

Points to consider: Conference created the Delegate Relations Task Force in 2022 and established the DRC as a standing committee in 2023. In April 2026, the Board changed the DRC’s status to a workgroup. The motion notes that practical Delegate guidance remained unfinished at that point. The UK NSC’s understanding is that, following that change, the former DRC was not given an active remit or direction and did not continue its previous Delegate-support work. The motion therefore asks Conference to re-establish the function as a standing committee so that this work can resume and be completed.

NSC UK Motion 2 – Establish Procedures for the Imposition of Sanctions and Consequences

Motion 2

Description: The current FSM says that the Board of Trustees or CSC, working with IMC, may apply consequences to relevant trusted servants who excessively violate FSM policies and/or Bylaws and who may choose not to participate in the conflict-resolution process. Examples include a warning, a 45-day cooling-off period, temporary removal from CoDA service and removal from leadership positions. This wording would remain unchanged.

The motion would remove the existing sentence stating that IMC presents relevant information to the Board or CSC “to allow for accuracy, objectivity, and fairness”, and replace it with a substantial new subsection, “Principles for Applying Consequences.” The new wording sets out safeguards for how sanctions and other consequences are considered, imposed and reviewed, including notice of the concerns, an opportunity to respond, written reasons, proportionality, confidentiality, reconsideration and periodic review.

Points to consider: The existing FSM refers to “consequences”, not “sanctions”, and gives relatively little guidance about the process to be followed once consequences are being considered. This motion would add more detailed safeguards intended to support fair, proportionate and accountable decision-making. Before a consequence is applied, the affected person or service body would have to be informed of the concerns, given sufficient information to understand and respond to them, and given a reasonable opportunity to be heard. The final decision, reasons and any consequence imposed would have to be given in writing.

The decision-making body would also have to consider whether the FSM mediation process has been followed, whether the information is reliable and relevant, whether the proposed action is proportionate and whether it falls within that body’s authority. Any additional restriction, loss of recognition or exclusion from other service would require separate consideration and justification.

The motion also provides for confidentiality, reconsideration and periodic review, and states that where the Board or one of its members is directly involved in a dispute, the Board must not determine the outcome.

NSC UK Motion 3 – Recognition and Listing of CoDA Meetings

Motion 3

Description: Proposes amending the Fellowship Service Manual so that a CoDA meeting may satisfy the registration requirement either through coda.org or through an appropriate CoDA service body or intergroup with an established, publicly accessible meeting directory, rather than requiring registration only on coda.org. It also clarifies that a meeting does not lose recognition solely because it is not separately listed on coda.org, and that listing does not by itself determine Voting Entity membership or representation.

Points to consider: The motion does not change the other FSM requirements for a recognised CoDA meeting, including reading the four foundational documents and using CoDA literature as specified; it changes the permitted route for registration. It reflects existing practice in countries such as the UK, where meetings may already be maintained through a national directory rather than individually on coda.org, and restores an alternative registration route similar to wording that existed in the 2018 FSM.

The motion also anticipates that a meeting may appear in more than one directory and places responsibility on the meeting to keep each listing current. This may be particularly relevant to online and telephone meetings, which may serve members across several countries and may not fit neatly within one geographical service structure.

A question raised by the motion is how terms such as “appropriate CoDA service body” and “established and publicly accessible meeting directory” should be understood in practice. It also raises a broader distinction between recognition, registration and public listing: the motion continues to treat registration through a meeting directory as a requirement for recognition, while the practical purpose of a directory may simply be to help people find meetings.

A wider question: This motion keeps registration as a requirement for recognition, but some may question whether an otherwise valid CoDA group should cease to be recognised simply because it has not yet been publicly listed. For example, two people might meet regularly in a park, read the four foundational documents, follow CoDA principles and carry the message for some time before ever registering the meeting. Does the lack of a public listing during that period mean it is not a recognised CoDA meeting?

Board Motion 1 (Revised) – Update to Service Conference Procedures

Motion 1 – Revised

Description: Proposes a 60-day deadline for Late Motions and applications to the CoDA Board, CoRe Board and Issues Mediation Committee; prohibits Floor Motions; changes how the CSC agenda is finalised; and changes participation at Conference by requiring World Service Committee members generally to observe via YouTube and communicate through their Committee Chair, except when joining the Zoom room to present or assist with their committee’s motion or report.

Intent: The submitters appear to be seeking a more structured and time-efficient Conference, with proposed business circulated sufficiently early for Voting Entities to consider it beforehand, and with fewer participants in the main Zoom room.

Practical effect: CSC would no longer be able to admit Floor Motions arising during Conference. Late Motions would need to meet the 60-day deadline and would only be considered after scheduled business if time permits. Committee members other than Chairs would generally no longer participate directly in the CSC Zoom room throughout Conference, but would observe via YouTube unless specifically required for their committee’s presentation.

Points to consider: Limited Conference time may not, by itself, justify removing Floor Motions. CSC is the principal annual opportunity for Delegates to deliberate together and exercise the Fellowship’s group conscience, so members may wish to consider whether additional Conference time would be preferable to restricting the business Delegates may consider.

The motion also appears to assume that Delegates should not act on matters their Voting Entity has not considered beforehand. Members may wish to consider whether this places too narrow a limit on the Delegate role, since Delegates also attend CSC to hear debate, consider new information and exercise judgement on behalf of their Voting Entity.

Requiring most Committee members to observe through YouTube may make the Zoom room easier to manage, but it could also reduce their ability to participate directly, respond to questions or contribute specialist knowledge during Conference. Members may wish to consider whether communication solely through the Committee Chair provides sufficient access to the Conference process.

Board Motion 2 – Adoption of the CoDA Sanction Process for any member of Codependents Anonymous, Inc., including Board of Trustees

Motion 2

Description: Proposes adding a new section to the CoDA Bylaws establishing a formal sanction process applicable to all members of the Fellowship, including Trustees. It sets out grounds for sanctions, notice and response procedures, Board review and determination, possible sanctions, record-keeping and a 30-day appeal/reconsideration process.

Intent: The Board says the purpose is to create a fair, transparent and consistent process for dealing with significant violations of CoDA governing documents, policies and fiduciary responsibilities, while providing an appeal process and protecting the dignity and rights of those involved.

Practical effect: If passed, the Board would have a detailed Bylaw-based process for investigating and sanctioning Fellowship members, including for matters such as failure to comply with Board directives, disruption in meetings or social-media groups, and conduct said to create reputational risk. Possible sanctions include corrective action, training, removal from participation and restrictions on attendance at CSC and other CoDA events. The Board would also consider any appeal from its own decision.

Points to consider: The motion introduces some due-process protections, including notice, an opportunity to respond, written findings and a review process. However, members may wish to consider whether the Board is being given a disciplinary authority that is not clearly established elsewhere in CoDA’s governing documents. Service Concept Eight says that Conference has no authority over the decision-making process of individual groups and identifies the harshest sanction Conference can impose as no longer recognising an individual or group as belonging to CoDA. That may be a less intrusive remedy than some of the measures proposed here, which include corrective action, training, restrictions on participation and attendance, and compliance with Board directives. Members may therefore wish to consider whether Board Motion 2 creates a broader and more controlling form of authority than Service Concept Eight appears to contemplate, and whether that authority has been clearly and lawfully established before procedures are created for exercising it.

The motion states that an appeal was not legally permitted under the current Bylaws. If that is correct, it raises the logical question about the legal authority under which the Board had already imposed sanctions or restrictions on Fellowship members before this amendment was proposed.

Board Motion 3 – Revisions to Accountable Reimbursement Plan

Motion 3

Description: Proposes revising the Accountable Reimbursement Plan in Part 5 of the Fellowship Service Manual. The changes broaden and clarify who is covered by the plan, require most non-contractual reimbursements to be substantiated and pre-approved by the full Board, update rules for travel, lodging, mileage and per diem, remove the existing provision for expense advances, and revise how reimbursement requests, excess payments and exceptions are handled.

Intent: The Board states that the changes are intended to strengthen financial accountability, bring all reimbursements within one reimbursement policy, clarify documentation requirements, and ensure that expenditure of CoDA funds receives appropriate Board oversight.

Practical effect: Committee members and other fellowship members seeking reimbursement for non-contractual expenses would generally need full Board approval before incurring the expense. More detailed documentary evidence would be required, and some exceptions, including medical accommodation requests relating to shared lodging, would require a formal process and Board approval.

Points to consider: Requiring the full Board to pre-approve routine reimbursable expenditure may reduce the financial discretion currently exercised by committees or other service bodies within approved budgets. Members may also wish to consider whether full Board involvement is necessary for relatively small or routine expenses, and whether the proposed process for medical lodging exceptions is proportionate and sufficiently protects privacy.

Board Motion 4 (Late) – CoDA Service Conference Motion Procedures and Submission

Motion 4 – Late

Description: Proposes adding detailed submission requirements to FSM Part 4 for motions from the Board, CoRe Board, World Standing Committees and Voting Entities. These include evidence of a group conscience specifically approving the motion, minutes and exact vote totals, submission of required documentation by the 75-day deadline, and a compliance review process. Motions that do not meet the requirements would not be eligible for presentation at Conference, and missing documentation could not be corrected during the revision period.

Intent: To create clearer, more consistent and accountable procedures for motions submitted to Conference, including evidence that each motion genuinely represents the Group Conscience of the submitting service body.

Practical effect: All submitting service bodies would be expected to provide minutes evidencing the Group Conscience for the specific motion. Motions with missing, incomplete or inconsistent documentation could be ruled ineligible for presentation at Conference, and defects could not be corrected during the revision period.

Points to consider: Requiring all submitting bodies to provide minutes evidencing their Group Conscience may strengthen accountability and consistency. However, the motion appears to formalise a type of compliance process already applied to some 2026 Voting Entity motions before these detailed requirements had been adopted into the FSM. A clerical or documentary defect could also exclude an otherwise properly authorised motion. The motion makes completion of the current Motion Form part of eligibility, which could allow future changes to the form to create additional requirements, and it does not clearly identify who decides non-compliance or what review or appeal process applies.

IMC Motion 1 – Special Meetings

Motion 1

Description: Proposes replacing the current Bylaws provision for Special Meetings with a detailed new process. A request through the Delegate route must be initiated by a current, vetted Delegate who attended the most recent CSC, through the Voting Entity that elected them. The VE must approve the request by a two-thirds vote of its quorum and then separately authorise the petition by another two-thirds vote. The petition then goes to the Board and Voting Entity Liaison, after which eligible Delegates and other voting members from the most recent CSC must meet a two-thirds quorum and approve it by a two-thirds vote. Eligibility to participate is limited to those who attended the most recent CSC and are still actively serving, which may affect Voting Entities whose Delegates have since rotated. The motion also allows the Board to call a Special Meeting by a two-thirds vote, requires an approved meeting to be held virtually within 30 days, and closes the request if the required threshold is not achieved at any stage.

Points to consider: The proposed eligibility rules may leave some Voting Entities unable to participate in the Special Meeting process. If the Delegate who attended the most recent CSC has since rotated out, that former Delegate is no longer eligible because they are no longer actively serving, while the newly elected Delegate may also be ineligible because they did not attend the most recent CSC. This could affect both a VE’s ability to initiate a Special Meeting request and its ability to participate in the later confirmation vote or Special Meeting itself. The motion does not appear to explain how newly elected Delegates would be identified, contacted or represented in that situation

IMC Motion 2 – Update FSM Part 5, IMC (Part 1 – no change)

Motion 2

Description: Proposes replacing the current Issues Mediation Committee description in FSM Part 5 with updated wording covering IMC membership and election requirements, mid-year appointments, mediation responsibilities, Voting Entity recognition and division processes, and Delegate Grant administration. It also removes the obsolete responsibility for tracking Voting Entity motions and makes a number of grammatical and clarification changes.

Points to consider: The motion changes the current FSM wording on Voting Entity division from saying that a division “should” be agreed upon by both new VEs to saying that it “must” be agreed upon. This is more than a grammatical clarification. The Bylaws say that a VE may request subdivision along an “internally agreed upon division” and give IMC responsibility for recognising Voting Entities, but they do not use the proposed FSM wording that both new VEs “must” agree. Conference may therefore wish to clarify whether this change is simply intended to reflect the Bylaws or whether it creates an additional mandatory condition for approving a VE division.

Events Motion 1 (Revised) – Motion to Amend Facilitator Eligibility

Motion 1 – Revised

Description: Proposes changing the Facilitator eligibility wording in FSM Part 4. The stated purpose is to allow Committee Chairs and Issues Mediation Committee members to serve as CoDA Service Conference Facilitators. The proposed new wording, however, would also make current Delegates, Board members and CoRe Board members eligible to facilitate while serving in those roles. A Facilitator who belongs to the committee or Voting Entity presenting a motion would still be prohibited from facilitating that motion.

Points to consider: The proposed wording appears broader than the motion’s stated intent and may contain a drafting error. The intent discusses restoring eligibility for Committee Chairs and IMC members, but changing “not eligible” to “will be eligible” also removes the existing exclusion for current Delegates, Board members and CoRe Board members. The proposed wording also omits Alternate Delegates and Alternate Board or CoRe members, leaving their eligibility unclear. Clarification is therefore needed as to whether the broader change was intended or whether the replacement wording should have been limited to Committee Chairs and IMC members.

Finance Motion 1 – Prudent Reserve Calculation

Motion 1

Description: Proposes changing the calculation of CoDA’s prudent reserve from 50% of the previous calendar year’s realised operational expenses to the greater of $250,000 or 50% of the previous year’s realised operational expenses, rounded up to the next $1,000. The Finance Committee says the increased reserve is intended to provide additional financial capacity for unexpected expenses, including increased legal costs and the proposed return of face-to-face meetings for World Service Committees and the Board.

Intent: To establish a minimum prudent reserve of $250,000 so that CoDA has greater financial capacity to meet significant or unexpected expenditure.

Practical effect: CoDA’s prudent reserve would no longer be able to fall below $250,000. If 50% of the previous year’s realised operational expenses were higher than $250,000, the higher figure would apply.

Points to consider: The motion does not explain how the $250,000 minimum was calculated. Members may also wish to consider whether anticipated face-to-face meeting costs are appropriately part of the rationale for a prudent reserve, since these would normally be planned and budgeted expenses rather than unexpected expenditure.

Finance Motion 2 (Revised) – Face-to-Face meetings for World Committees and CoDA Inc. Board of Trustees.

Motion 2 – Revised

Description: Proposes reinstating face-to-face meetings for World Service Committees and the CoDA Inc. Board of Trustees. For 2027 and 2028, the proposal allows one World Committee face-to-face meeting per year, based on a rotation list, and two Board face-to-face meetings per year. Reimbursement would be capped at $15,000 per meeting, covering transportation, accommodation and meals, although members travelling from outside continental North America may not be fully reimbursed. One of the Board’s two meetings would include travel and service expenses connected with the CoDA Service Conference. Travel and accommodation would be arranged through CoDA’s assigned concierge, with destination and duration subject to Board approval and Finance Committee advisement.

Points to consider: The $15,000 reimbursement cap may disadvantage members travelling from outside continental North America, because the motion itself acknowledges that they may not be fully reimbursed.

Finance Motion 3 (Revised) – Investing CoDA Financial Assets

Motion 3 – Revised

Description: Proposes adding investing to the Finance Committee’s responsibilities and allowing CoDA’s savings and prudent reserve funds to be placed in a mix of short, medium and longer-term investments. The suggested approach keeps some money readily available, places some in 3–12 month investments, and places around half in longer-term investments of up to five years, with maturity dates spread out over time.

Points to consider: Members may wish to consider the proposal in the light of Traditions Six and Seven, particularly the references to “capital growth” and “maximizing yield”.

It may be clearer to describe the purpose instead as safeguarding CoDA’s funds, maintaining appropriate liquidity and obtaining a reasonable return, so that investment remains a means of supporting CoDA’s financial resources rather than appearing to become an objective in itself.

CLC Motion 1 – Story Gatherers

Motion 1
Supporting document: Story Gatherers draft book

Description: Proposes Conference endorsement of Story Gatherers, a new full-length CoDA book containing 54 recovery stories from members around the world, for publication by CoRe. The stories are intended to show how CoDA’s Twelve Steps, Twelve Traditions, tools and principles have supported recovery, spiritual growth and healthier relationships across different cultures, identities and belief systems.

The Literature Committee says the stories have been gathered over the last two decades, reviewed repeatedly by committee members, and lightly edited for punctuation, clarity and anonymity. All included authors have assigned copyright to CoDA, Inc.

Points to consider: Two stories in particular contain potentially highly distressing material: A Codependent in Recovery, which includes ritual abuse, childhood sexual violence and suicidality and already carries its own warning, and To Kill a Martyr, which includes descriptions of abuse and trauma. Consider whether individual content warnings should be placed before these stories, rather than relying only on the general warning at the beginning of the book.

CLC Motion 2 – endorse a new pamphlet: ‘Working Through an Issue Using CoDA’s Twelve Steps’ made available for printing and downloading.

Motion 2
Supporting document: 12 Steps draft pamphlet

Description: Proposes Conference endorsement of a new pamphlet, Working Through an Issue Using CoDA’s Twelve Steps, to be printed by CoDA Resource Publishing and made available for download on coda.org. The pamphlet is intended as a practical tool for applying CoDA’s Twelve Steps to a specific issue, either individually or with a sponsor. It is not intended to replace working the Steps, but to reinforce their continued use in recovery.

CLC Motion 3 – that The First 14 Days be endorsed in 2026 to be posted on the coda.org website under Member Resources + a slider on main coda.org main page.

Motion 3
Supporting document: Sponsor Workbook
Supporting document: Sponsee Workbook

Description: Proposes Conference endorsement of The First 14 Days, consisting of a Sponsor Workbook and Sponsee Workbook, to be made available on coda.org under Member Resources. The programme is intended as a simple, structured introduction to CoDA recovery for newcomers, using temporary sponsorship over roughly the first two to four weeks. It is designed to help more members feel able to offer short-term sponsorship support without giving advice, direction or therapeutic guidance.

At the end of the process, sponsees are encouraged both to seek a permanent sponsor to begin working the full Twelve Steps and, where appropriate, to take someone else through The First 14 Days. The motion expressly states that the programme is not a substitute for working the Twelve Steps.

CLC Motion 4 – More Time for Business at CoDA Service Conferences

Motion 4

Description: Proposes changing FSM Part 4, Section 01 so that the number of motions brought to the CoDA Service Conference is not limited, and the Conference schedule provides sufficient time for each motion. The motion is intended to remove the current practice of limiting each World Service Committee, Voting Entity or Board to 90 minutes and three motions, so that more Conference time can be used for Fellowship business and decision-making. It also suggests that Voting Entity reports could be scheduled outside business time if necessary.

Points to consider: The motion would remove fixed limits on the number of motions and time allocated to each submitting body, but the proposed wording does not define what constitutes “ample time” or how Conference should manage the agenda if there are more motions than can reasonably be heard. It also raises the question of whether decisions about which motions reach the floor should rest with Conference group conscience rather than being determined in advance through administrative time or motion limits.

CLC Motion 5 – The Twelve-Piece Relationship Toolkit booklet update, 2026

Motion 5 (revised accompaniment)
Supporting document: TPRT edits / attachment Draft (revised) edit schedule

Description: Proposes Conference endorsement of an updated edition of the existing Twelve-Piece Relationship Toolkit booklet. The CoDA Literature Committee reviewed the booklet ahead of a planned reprint and made edits to spelling, punctuation and grammar, changed some wording to make it gender-neutral, and added explanations intended to make the material clearer for the international Fellowship. The underlying purpose of the booklet remains the same: to help members apply CoDA’s Twelve Traditions to their relationships.

CLC Motion 6 – CoDA Prayers Booklet

Motion 6
Supporting document: Prayers draft booklet edits

Description: Rearranging and adding more CoDA prayers to the CoDA Prayers booklet

CLC Motion 7 – Sponsorship in CoDA

Motion 7
Supporting document: Sponsorship 2026 draft
Supporting document: Sponsorship 2007 version for comparison

CLC Motion 8 – Amendment to Motion 25041

Motion 8
Supporting document: CRPCIT_2025 Motion 25041
Supporting document: Check-In Tool material

Description: Proposes correcting the official record of 2025 Motion 25041, concerning The CoDA Recovery Patterns Check-in Tool, so that it reflects the complete motion CLC says was read and approved at the 2025 Conference.

The correction would restore omitted Intent and Remarks, including explanation of the tool, its five categories, the Awareness-Acceptance-Action columns, links to earlier motions and its intended worldwide online use.

It does not seek a new endorsement of the tool or change the 2025 vote result of 36 Yes, 1 No, 0 Abstentions.

CoDAteen Motion 1 – CoDAteen Twelve Traditions (Second Year)

Motion 1

Description: Approves the CoDAteen Twelve Traditions for the second and final year of the foundational document approval process. The motion would also add the CoDAteen Twelve Traditions to the FSM list of foundational and meeting documents and replace the current CoDA Twelve Traditions used in CoDAteen materials with the adapted CoDAteen version.

Points to consider: The motion completes the second year of the approval process and gives CoDAteen its own wording of the Twelve Traditions. Most changes adapt references from CoDA to CoDAteen, but some also describe the relationship between the two. Tradition 4 refers separately to matters affecting “CoDA, or CoDAteen as a whole”, while Tradition 8 states that “Codependents Anonymous, Inc., on behalf of CoDAteen” should remain nonprofessional. These provisions may be worth noting because they do more than simply replace the word CoDA with CoDAteen and help define how CoDAteen sits within the wider CoDA structure.

CoDAteen Motion 2 – Revise Fellowship Service Manual to allow use of CoDA, Co-Dependents Anonymous and the CoDA Symbol on Social Media Platforms

Motion 2

Description: Proposes changing FSM Part 1 to permit use of the CoDA name, “Co-Dependents Anonymous” and the CoDA symbol on social media platforms, subject to detailed conditions. These include restrictions on political and outside-issue discussion, requirements around privacy and personally identifiable information, prohibiting the posting of Conference-endorsed literature, prohibiting the conduct of CoDA business, requiring disclaimers and access to crisis-resource information, and providing a way for users to report concerns to the page manager.

Intent: To make it possible for CoDAteen to use recognised CoDA names and branding on social media for outreach, particularly to younger people, while introducing safeguards intended to protect anonymity, privacy and CoDA’s Traditions.

Practical effect: If passed, the current restriction on using the CoDA name and symbol on social media would be replaced by permission to use them where the proposed conditions are followed. The wording appears to amend the general FSM social media guidance, so its effect may extend beyond CoDAteen.

Points to consider: The motion itself acknowledges potential legal risks and says legal review may be appropriate. It also permits people to post photographs of themselves or others with permission, while separately stating that no personally identifiable information may be allowed, which may need clarification because photographs can themselves identify individuals. Members may also wish to consider whether the proposed permission is intended specifically for CoDAteen or more broadly for CoDA social media.

Co-NNections Motion 1 – CoDA Copyrighted Materials

Motion 1

Description: Proposes replacing five references to CoDA Service Conference Endorsed Literature in FSM Part 2, Section 01 with the broader term “CoDA copyrighted materials”. Because Conference Endorsed Literature is itself copyrighted by CoDA, the effect would be to widen the material permitted for use in recognised CoDA meetings to include other CoDA-produced material, such as CoNNections Weekly Readings and Meeting in Print stories, which are not themselves Conference Endorsed Literature.

The apparent intention is to recognise that some material produced within CoDA is neither outside literature nor Conference Endorsed Literature, and to allow such material to be used in meetings.

Points to consider: The Co-Dependents Anonymous book recommends both reading CoDA Conference Endorsed publications and listening to the stories of CoDA members in recovery. This suggests that both have a legitimate place within CoDA, but they serve different purposes.

Conference Endorsed Literature carries CoDA’s approved recovery message and is used for programme guidance, study and recovery work. CoNNections stories and readings share members’ experience, strength and hope. They may illustrate or support recovery and provide material for sharing, but they are not themselves Conference Endorsed guidance on the CoDA programme.

The key proposed change is to point 4 of the definition of a recognised CoDA meeting.

Current wording:
“Use only CoDA Service Conference endorsed books, workbooks, booklets, and pamphlets during meetings and for sale at in-person meetings.”

Proposed wording:
“Use only CoDA copyrighted materials during meetings.”

Because Conference Endorsed Literature is already copyrighted by CoDA, the proposed wording would make copyright ownership the broader qualifying standard for additional meeting material. This could include CoNNections material as intended, but could also include other CoDA-copyrighted material that does not have the same recovery or programme function as Conference Endorsed Literature.

The CoDA book would still remain the meeting’s required main resource under point 3.

The motion therefore raises two related points for clarification: a) whether CoNNections recovery stories and readings are intended to be expressly recognised for use in meetings, and b) how the broader term “CoDA copyrighted materials” is intended to be understood in this context. It may therefore be helpful for Co-NNections to clarify what they intend that term to include.

CoRe Motion 1 – Co-Dependents Anonymous (CoDA Book) is a Foundational Publication

Motion 1

Description: Proposes recognising the CoDA Book as a foundational publication, with the first 127 pages given additional protection from change. Changes to those pages would require a two-thirds-plus-one vote at one CSC, a one-year trial period, and then a 75% vote at the following CSC before implementation. Typographical errors could still be corrected when the book is reprinted.

The stated intent is to protect what CoRe describes as the core portion of the Blue Book, while allowing careful, incremental improvement. The motion also makes clear that the Blue Book would not become one of the four Foundational Documents required to be read at every meeting.

The stated intent is to protect the core portion of the Blue Book from substantial change while still allowing carefully considered revisions. The motion also specifically says that, unlike CoDA’s four Foundational Documents, the Blue Book would not be required to be read at every meeting.

Points to consider: The FSM already refers to the Blue Book as CoDA’s foundational text, but the motion introduces the new term “foundational publication” without explaining why a new category is needed. It also does not identify where this new status or the special approval procedure would be recorded in the FSM or other governing documents.

Main CSC Page on CoDA.org

Application CoDA Board of Trustees 
Application for CoRe Board
CoDA Bylaws  

The official 2026 Delegate Package also contains other Conference material, including financial reports, Board and CoRe candidate applications, Voting Entity reports and prior motions.

The motions can also be downloaded as a ZIP file which is located on the 2026 Delegate Package on CoDA.org.

Alternative Format Meetings VE (Voting Entity) – Endorse “Parenting with CoDA” handbook
AFM Motion 1
Parenting with CoDA Draft handbook
*****password: afmNFFP2026!

CoDA Canada VE – Endorse a new Service Item – “The Twelve Promises of Co-Dependents Anonymous: Recognizing (and Using!) the Gifts of CoDA Recovery” (that it be endorsed as a new CoDA publication)

CoDA Canada Motion 1 (revised)
The Twelve Promises of CoDA – ‘Recognizing (and Using!) the Gifts of CoDA Recovery‘ Draft booklet

CoDA Literature Committee (CLC) Motion 1 – endorse new book “Story Gatherers”
CLC Motion 1
Story Gatherers Draft book

CLC Motion 2 – endorse a new pamphlet: ‘Working Through an Issue Using CoDA’s Twelve Steps’ made available for printing and downloading.
CLC Motion 2
Working Through an Issue using CoDA’s Twelve Steps Draft leaflet – CLC

CLC Motion 3 – that The First 14 Days be endorsed in 2026 to be posted on the coda.org website under Member Resources + a slider on main coda.org main page
CLC Motion 3
The First 14 Days – Sponsor Workbook Draft
The First 14 Days – Sponsee Workbook Draft

CLC Motion 5 – Twelve-Piece Relationship Toolkit
CLC Motion 5 (Revised draft)
Twelve Piece Relationship Toolkit Edits 2026 Draft (revised) edit schedule

CLC Motion 6 – Rearranging and adding more CoDA prayers to the CoDA Prayers booklet
CLC Motion 6
CoDA Prayers – booklet edits 2026 Draft

CLC Motion 7 – Sponsorship in CoDA Pamphlet update 2026
CLC Motion 7
Sponsorship in CoDA (2026) Draft 2026
Sponsorship in CoDA (2007)

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