Central Midlands OA
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  • CENTRAL MIDLANDS INTERGROUP
  • WHAT IS OA?
    • PIPO
    • TO THE PROFESSIONAL
    • WHAT IS CROSSTALK
  • WHAT TO EXPECT
    • TO THE NEWCOMER >
      • THE TWELVE CONCEPTS
      • MANY SYMPTOMS, ONE SOLUTION
      • WELCOME HOME
      • TOOLS OF RECOVERY
      • DEFINITIONS
      • RECOVERY SLOGANS
      • SPONSORSHIP
  • FIND A MEETING
    • Online Meeting Security (Zoom Platform Focus)
    • SPECIAL FOCUS GROUPS
    • CONTACT US
  • DOCUMENTS AND DOWNLOADS
    • MEETING FORMATS
  • UPCOMING EVENTS (CMI)
  • UPCOMING WORKSHOPS AND CONFERENCES (OA Wide)

EVENTS and announcements

CMI Meeting-March 16, 2024

3/8/2024

 
Please join us online for our CMI meeting Saturday, March 16, 2024.

Agenda: To be posted at a later date

Unity Day Celebration Weekend/CMI Meeting (February 24, 2024)

1/22/2024

 
Please join us either in-person or online (hybrid) for our OA Unity Day Celebration Weekend and CMI Meeting over the weekend, February 24, 2024.

Saturday, February 24, 2024 (Hybrid): Unity Day Celebration and CMI Meeting

Agenda
Physical Location: St. John's Episcopal Church (dining room), 2827 Wheat Street, Columbia, SC 29205​

OA Birthday Celebration Weekend/CMI Meeting (January 19-21, 2024)

12/21/2023

 
Please join us either in-person or online (one hybrid event) for our OA Birthday Celebration Weekend and CMI Meeting over 3 days, January 19-21, 2024.

January 19, 2024 (Online/Zoom): OA Birthday Celebration
January 20, 2024 (Hybrid): CMI Meeting and "Keeping Our Recovery Strong" Website
January 21, 2024 (Online/Zoom): "How to Celebrate Beyond the Food, Ideas That Work"


OA Birthday Celebration Weekend/ CMI Meeting Agenda (Please click the link)
Workshop Format: "Keeping Our Recovery Strong"


Physical Location:  Good Shepherd Lutheran Church, 3909 Forest Dr, Columbia, SC 29204 ​
Zoom Link: TBA

Service Positions Available in CMI (Central Midlands Intergroup)

12/14/2023

 
***We have several service positions available. Service is one of our tools of recovery and helps us to stay abstinent . Please let us know if you're interested.Available positions:
PIPO (Public Information and Professional Outreach) Chair, 12th Step Within Chair, Young People’s Chair, Newsletter Chair, Intergroup Renewal Chair, Wednesday 7:15am, Thursday 7:15am Meeting Rep, and Friday 5:30 meeting Rep, World Service Business Conference (WSBC) Delegate (requires 1 year abstinence); All committees are in need of committee members and all are welcomed to join! :-)

—>Description of Service Positions:
https://docs.google.com/document/d/1IpYAEIPVWqQ_aenAiHCOLNB7IawPte2A72S7WeBLJ7s/edit

***IT committee members wanted!
Please consider serving on the IT Committee for 2024. Some possible service tasks would be helping to: Maintaining the CMI Website, finding new ways to aid our fellowship through advances in information technology, updating CMI on any current information technology, and attending monthly CMI meetings when available. Please email at [email protected] or [email protected] if interested.

Service Positions Available in CMI (Central Midlands Intergroup)! :-) Please come to the meeting December 13, 2023 at 6:30pm

12/2/2023

 
Please join us virtually for our CMI (Central Midlands Intergroup) meeting. At  CMI meetings, we discuss local OA business, report information relevant to our groups, and vote to make decisions impacting our intergroup. 
December 2023 CMI Meeting Agenda
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***We have several service positions available. Service is one of our tools of recovery and helps us to stay abstinent . Please let us know if you're interested.

Available positions:
PIPO (Public Information and Professional Outreach) Chair, 12th Step Within Chair, Young People’s Chair, Newsletter Chair, Intergroup Renewal Chair, Thursday 7:15am Meeting Rep, and Friday 5:30 meeting Rep, World Service Business Conference (WSBC) Delegate (requires 1 year abstinence)

—>Description of Service Positions:
https://docs.google.com/document/d/1IpYAEIPVWqQ_aenAiHCOLNB7IawPte2A72S7WeBLJ7s/edit

IDEA (International Day Experiencing Abstinence) Day/CMI Meeting (Election Meeting)

11/2/2023

 
Please join us on Saturday, November 18, 2023, 11:30am, at St. John’s Episcopal Church to celebrate IDEA Day and meet for our CMI Elections Meeting. 

***IDEA Day Information Letter (Please share far and wide.)***


​docs.google.com/document/d/102s4FScKvYG-pzNSu-jIyZQeETLV25KchsGJtp0RegY/edit

Nominations, including self nominations, can be made either prior to the CMI Meeting or during the meeting. Candidates must be present at the Meeting or have a written declaration of interest in the service position. 
Please give prayerful consideration to running for one of these positions. Sponsors, please encourage your abstinent sponsees to choose service at the Intergroup level.  Let’s grow & create together.
POSITIONS FOR YOUR CONSIDERATION:
  • These positions require six months of abstinence:
    Chair, Vice Chair, Treasurer, Secretary

  • The positions of Chair for the following committees are open: 
Internet (IT), Newsletter, Young People’s, Public Information/Professional Outreach (PI/PO), Intergroup Renewal, Newcomers, 12th Step Within

***Any OA member is invited to join any committee at any time.  Simply let us know in what area you have interest or would like to hear about the meetings when they happen.  We would be delighted to include you.
  • This position requires one year of abstinence and two years of service beyond the group level, currently or at any time in the past:
  • World Service Business Conference (WSBC) Delegate 


A Big Shout-Out to the Group Reps. We appreciate each and every one of you! These Reps are instrumental in acting as the parachute for the hot air balloon that is intergroup in assisting the meetings any way we can.  Give them a big thanks when you see them in a meeting. 


Upcoming CMI Meeting, Wednesday, September 20, 2023 at 6:30pm (Virtual Only)

9/17/2023

 
Please join us virtually for our CMI (Central Midlands Intergroup) meeting. At  CMI meetings, we discuss local OA business, report information relevant to our groups, and vote to make decisions impacting our intergroup. ​

OA Sponsorship Weekend, August 19-20, 2023

7/24/2023

 
Please join us virtually or in-person for our CMI (Central Midlands Intergroup) OA Sponsorship Weekend. Sponsors and sponsoring are important to recovery.

Saturday, August 19th: HYBRID (In-person AND Online), 1pm-4pm EST
Sunday, August 20th: ZOOM ONLY, 1pm-4pm EST

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Upcoming CMI Meeting                          Wednesday, July 19, 2023, 6:30pm

7/5/2023

 
Please join us virtually for our CMI (Central Midlands Intergroup) meeting. At  CMI meetings, we discuss local OA business, report information relevant to our groups, and vote to make decisions impacting our intergroup. ​
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SOAR 8 Fall Recovery Convention and Business Assembly (Hosted by New Freedom Intergroup of OA)

7/3/2023

 
Welcome Home, Ya'll! (Willingness is the key)
The Soar 8 Fall Recovery Convention and Business Assembly will be held October 27-29, 2023 on Tybee Island, Georgia. 

*Registration can be completed online for a surcharge or by mail. 

Please see the attached document for more information. 

registration_ver4_final.pdf
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    The purpose of the Central Midlands Intergroup (hereinafter referred to as CMI) is to aide those with the problem of compulsive overeating through the Twelve Steps of Overeaters Anonymous, Twelve Concepts of Overeaters Anonymous, and Twelve Traditions of Overeaters Anonymous, and to serve and represent the Overeaters Anonymous groups from which the Intergroup is formed.

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