The Western States Zonal Forum is a service-oriented sharing session that provides the means by which NA communities in the Western United States can communicate, cooperate, and grow with one another Although not a part of NA's formal decision-making system, WSZF interacts with world services in many ways We provide a biannual report on the floor of the World Service Conference and, when requested by the conference, may also answer specific questions or address the body In order to improve communications, we are provided with conference participant mailings and send each meeting record to world services In order to more effectively serve the fellowship, world services and WSZF maintain an ongoing partnership in order to plan and conduct the worldwide workshop system in those years when it is held in our zone, and may assist each other in the coordination of a variety of service efforts such as professional events and fellowship development activities