Meets: Via email & conference call. Times vary based on committee's schedule. Email publications @ lacoda.org below to join us.

Documents: Protocols & meeting minutes (click link)

The Publications subcommittee volunteers provide the following services:

1. Publish and distribute online, and by hard copy as requested, a newsletter that includes:

   1. 1. Minutes; treasurer reports, including recent Seventh Tradition contributions; and budgets

      2. Events, volunteer, and service opportunities of LA CoDA/LACC, other communities, voting entities, and CoDA World

      3. May also include: edited essays, articles, and contributions regarding CoDA and CoDA members’ experiences

2. Receive member created literature from the LA CoDA area. Review and edit the literature. Submit their recommendations to LA CoDA Intergroup for potential submission to CoDA World for publication as new CoDA literature.

3. Manages its current committee budget and submits a new budget for the next year.

PREREQUISITES

Committee: Sub-Committee membership may include any person who is a member of a CoDA group within the scope of LA CoDA. The only requirement for membership is a willingness to serve. 

Chair: Any member of a CoDA group within the scope of LA CoDA may hold office as a Sub-Committee Chairperson, provided they have: 

1. At least one year active in the CoDA program working the Twelve Steps 

2. A working familiarity with the Twelve Traditions

3. Attended at least four LACC meetings and four meetings of the Sub-Committee that they intend to chair. Under certain circumstances, the meeting attendance requirement can be waived.

• The Chair of the committee needs to be able to attend the monthly Intergroup meeting and/ or provide a written report on subcommittee monthly progress. 

MORE INFO

Check the LA CoDA Guidelines for more information.

QUESTIONS?

If you're interested in being a part of the Publications committee, you don't have to participate in each task. Whatever is resonating with you can be enough. 

Contact publications@lacoda.org for more info.

You are also welcome to attend the monthly LA CoDA Intergroup meeting the second Saturday of each month to get a feel for if you're interested.