Meetings

Channel Islands Intergroup currently supports 21 meetings in  Isla Vista, Goleta, Santa Barbara, Carpinteria, Ojai, Ventura, and Camarillo (plus Intergroup meets the first Tuesday of each month in Carpinteria).

Find a meeting and call the contact listed to confirm time and location:

  • Click here for the online CIIG Meeting List from the World Service registry.
  • MEETING SECRETARIES Click here for the procedure to update the WSO list (in addition to sending your update to Elise, the InterVoice editor(eliseannmartin@gmail.com)
  • To view or print the InterVoice meeting list PDF, choose InterVoice from the “Categories” box at right and download the current InterVoice newsletter (a bi-monthly newsletter that includes announcements and contact information).  

    Note: Most newer computers open PDF documents automatically, with Adobe Acrobat Reader software. If your computer does not, you may need to download Reader. It’s free at     Adobe.com.

  • To find a phone meeting, click here http://www.oa.org/pdf/phone_mtgs.pdf. Normal phone charges do apply.

  • To find a meeting outside of the area, please use the “Find a Meeting” tool on the OA World Service Office web site.

Please e-mail changes in meeting schedule or contact information to Jocelyn – jmkwriter@aol.com – or call 805.682.6752.

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Meetings in the Channel Islands Intergroup comply with OA Tradition Three and the OA Bylaws, Subpart B, Article V as stated below.ARTICLE V – OVEREATERS ANONYMOUS GROUPS
Section 1 – Definition
  a) These points shall define an Overeaters Anonymous group:
    1) As a group, they meet to practice the Twelve Steps and Twelve Traditions of Overeaters Anonymous.
    2) All who have the desire to stop eating compulsively are welcome in the group.
    3) No member is required to practice any actions in order to remain a member or to have a voice (share at a meeting).
    4) As a group they have no affiliation other than Overeaters Anonymous.
Section 2 – Composition
  a) A group may be formed by two or more persons meeting together as set forth in Article V, Section 1.

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Updated 10/04/2009

 TRADITION THREE:
 The only requirement for OA membership is a desire to stop eating compulsively.