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October 2026: Tradition 10, a new board, and the record goes public

MediumGSR Committee 3 min readBy Karyn S (chair), fourteen trusted servants
TL;DR: The October 17, 2026 GSR meeting, the first with the fellowship's service record unfolding in public. Tradition 10 held the floor - outside issues, neutrality, primary purpose - the September minutes were approved, and a new Board of Directors was announced with Rick B as President and a January transition. Next meeting: Saturday, November 21, 2026, noon Eastern.
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Sources, per the chair: the meeting transcript, chair notes, and the GSR Monthly Reports responses submitted October 1-17. Last initials only, in keeping with PIR’s anonymity traditions. Chair: Karyn S.

In the room

Karyn S called the meeting to order at 12:00 PM Eastern with a moment of silence and the short (“wee”) version of the Serenity Prayer. Attending: Karyn S (chair), Michele F (Thursday Women Beyond Sobriety), Mike B (Sunday Big Book Study), Sam K (Wednesday UK/Europe), Ben (Saturday Morning Live, Wednesday Queer in Recovery), Jaime I (Thursday Love, Sex and Relationships), Alan H (Family of Origin), Anne R (PR Committee, London), Evan K (San Diego In Person), Rick B (Monday Entheon), Christopher (Literature Committee and Tech), Paula G (Sunday Integration), Hugh (Breathe), Andria (Friday 11th Step Mysticism, Thursday Liminal Lounge).

Tradition 10

Karyn S read the tradition in full: individual members hold opinions on outside issues, but PIR as an organization has no opinion on them. The conversation that followed:

  • Karyn S: society and the psychedelic sphere hold divided opinions, including on legalization. She returns to primary purpose: recovery, and service to people in active addiction and to the community.
  • Mike B: the “no outside issues” language is a misnomer and could be struck; what counts as an outside issue?
  • Jaime I: politics.
  • Karyn S: an outside issue is anything that divides us or takes us away from our primary purpose.
  • Anne R: legalizing or decriminalizing psilocybin is tempting to take up even when members agree - a UK organization even approached the fellowship about collaborating. Outside issues are everything that is not primary purpose, even when it is on the same path.
  • Ben: the fellowship’s neutrality keeps it from being discredited. Karyn S called it a very good point.

Minutes approved

Motion by Jaime I, seconded by Alan H; the September minutes were approved - all present raised their hands, per the chair’s notes.

Old business

  • Safety: continued safety talk was mentioned briefly only.
  • QR code: the PayPal QR code is now on the 7th Tradition page of the website - a chair can share the screen to it during the 7th Tradition break.
  • Venmo: nothing is being done with Venmo; a small discussion.
  • New Board, voted in: the transition comes in January. Rick B, President. Aili T (Minnesota), Treasurer. David K, representing Other Paths of Recovery. Jaime I, Member at Large representing the fellowship. Todd Y, representing the founding members. Anne R and Karyn S remain on the Board to fulfill their terms. The board has expanded.

Group reports, in brief

Karyn S read from the written reports; no groups brought items to the floor. The full reports live in their own entry. Two things rose above the reports:

  • Rick B shared that he fumbles over what to announce at his meeting, while some GSRs post a ready-made text in the chat. Karyn S noted Paula G and Ben do this well and will try to put together a copy/paste GSR announcement blurb in that format.
  • Christopher described the PIR-aware help desk chatbot now pointing to crisis resources, routing to LitCom, GSR, PR or TechCom tickets, taking email at a help desk address, and offering a magic-link web form. Open roles: Discord moderation and a TechCom co-host facilitator.

Action items

  • Karyn S: draft the copy/paste announcement blurb in the Paula G / Ben format; share the Amazon hyperlink for the book in the minutes (done in these minutes).
  • Christopher: share links to the minutes hub and changelogs; accept the 2020 and 2021 minutes from Rick B.
  • Rick B: send the 2020 and 2021 minutes by the WhatsApp back channel.
  • Anne R: reach out to Alan H about interviewing for the podcast; push the photo gallery to the web on the evening of 10/18.

Adjournment

Next meeting: Saturday, November 21, 2026 at 12:00 PM Eastern. Motion to close by Alan H, seconded by Jaime I and Anne R. Karyn S closed with a moment of silence and the “we” version of the Serenity Prayer; the recording ends about 12:37 PM.