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CPC – Co-operation with Professionals Agenda for 04 October 2026

OIAA Cooperation with the Professional Community (CPC)
Committee Meeting Agenda
October 4, 2026

12 pm ET at Zoom ID: 837 4412 9366 Passcode: CPC 

 

Chair: Leila and Pato
Secretary: TBD
Language Support: Andresa

 

  1. Welcome & Opening (5-10 minutes)
  1. Updates (5 minutes)
  • OIAA2026 – Registration Is Open: Registration is now open for the OIAA Online International Convention, Friday, November 20 through Sunday, November 22, 2026. 
    • Every committee has been asked to share information about what we do and how members can help (similar to the Service Expo earlier this year). 
    • CPC will present Sunday 22 November, session 2 (9.30am-10:30am ET). Four panels, including CPC, will each speak 15 mins 
    • Volunteers welcome! 
  1. Q1 Workshop for Psychiatrists, Therapists, and Addiction Specialists (40 minutes)
  • Purpose: To explain how A.A. (and especially OIAA) may be helpful to the patients and students psychiatrists, therapists, and addiction specialists serve, how it can complement their patient care plans, and how to refer patients to AA. Ideally, more struggling alcoholics find their way to AA because more professionals refer them to us.
  • Logistics 
    • Agenda (and en Español)
    • Thank you letter  
    • Compliance with Speaking at Meetings Outside of A.A./ (en Español) and the Traditions, especially Traditions 8 and 10)
    • Date: Based on 1) Pato and Andresa’s invitees’ availability  2) Likely availability and willingness of target audience to participate in Jan or Feb and  3) Dates that will likely get highest attendance (e.g. day of week and time)  4) Tech Committee availability (if required)
    • CPC Panel Speakers (volunteers) and Q&A Facilitators (1 hosting, 1 on chat)
    • Training on CPC Panel Speaking 
  • Project Plan (and en Español)
  • Flyer and letter creation (volunteers, design, and messaging)

 

  1. Budget (20 minutes)
  • 2027 Budget due by end of November
  • Inclusions: 
    • Q1 workshop (interpreter(s) and ??)
    • Translation for committee meetings and additional workshops
    • DeepL?
    • Other projects?
  • Next Steps / Volunteers

 

  1. Next Steps, Action Items & Closing (5-10 minutes)
  • Open Service Opportunities!
      • Secretary: (writing and sending meeting minutes, sending out agenda created by Chairs, and keeping contact list, and keeping committee Drive and page up to date) 
      • OIAA2026 panel
      • Planning and supporting our upcoming Q1 workshop for psychiatrists, therapists, and addiction specialists, especially flyer creation, letter, and spreading awareness / sending invitations
      • Translations (from English to Spanish of email templates, resources, etc. in our shared Google Drive)
      • Responding to incoming inquiries
      • Other ideas welcome!
  • Action item recap
  • Close with the Responsibility Pledge 
    • English: “When anyone, anywhere, reaches out for help, I want the hand of AA always to be there. And for that: I am responsible.”
    • Spanish: “Yo soy responsable… cuando cualquiera, dondequiera extienda su mano pidiendo ayuda, quiero que la mano de AA esté siempre allí. Y por eso: yo soy responsable” 

Parking Lot (Topics for discussion in future meetings, after committee is consistently handling responses to incoming inquiries, 2026 budget is finalized, and January workshop planning is complete, unless another member would like to fully serve as a project owner)

  • Projects to increase incoming inquiries (e.g. CPC landing page, OIAA contact us updates, SEO, SEM, AISO, etc.)
  • A virtual table at online expos and health fairs
  • Workshops for other professional groups: online therapy platforms, attorneys, schools and peer counselors, employers and HR
  • Speaking on virtual panels
  • Videos
  • Sponsor Your Doctor (existing paused project)
  • Outreach for other types of collaboration with professionals


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