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From the books ... Alcoholics Anonymous (Big Book) and Twelve Steps and Twelve Traditions (12 & 12)
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IX. Good service leadership at all
levels is indispensable for our future functioning and safety. Primary world service leadership, once exercised by the founders,
must necessarily be assumed by the trustees.
2.
... trustees) administers
A.A.'s General Service Office, A.A. ...
BB
Appendix VI, How to Get in Touch With A.A., p.573
The General Service Board of A.A. (the trustees) administers A.A.'s General Service Office, A.A. World Services, Inc., and our monthly magazine, the A.A. Grapevine.
3.
... trustees, and
group committees cannot issue directives ...
12&12
Contents (Tradition Nine), p.12
The General Service Conference, the board of
trustees, and group committees cannot issue directives to A.A. members or groups.
4.
But long ago, trustees and staff members alike found they could do no more than make suggestions, and very mild ones at that.
5.
6.
... trustees are
the principal planners and administrators ...
BB
Appendix VII, Twelve Concepts (Short Form), p.575
VIII. The trustees are the principal planners and administrators of overall policy and finance. They have custodial oversight of
the separately incorporated and constantly active services, exercising this
through their ability to
elect all the directors of
these entities.
7.
Whoever pays the piper is apt to call the tune, and if the A.A. Foundation obtained money from outside sources, its trustees might be tempted to run things without reference to the wishes of
A.A. as a whole.
8.
9.
And no group, regional committee, or individual should ever take any action that might greatly affect A.A. as a whole without conferring with the trustees
of the General Service Board.
10.
And no group, regional committee, or individual should ever take any action that might greatly affect A.A. as a whole without conferring with the trustees
of the General Service Board.
11.
12.
13.
... trustees should
always have the best possible ...
BB
Appendix VII, Twelve Concepts (Short Form), p.575
XI. The trustees should always have the best possible committees, corporate service directors, executives,
staffs, and consultants. Composition, qualifications, induction procedures,
and rights and duties will always be matters of serious concern.
14.
Moreover, at the slightest intimation to
the general public from our
trustees that we needed money, we could become immensely rich.
15.
... trustees to
manage and conduct world service ...
BB
Appendix VII, Twelve Concepts (Short Form), p.575
VII. The Charter and Bylaws of the General Service Board are legal instruments, empowering the trustees to manage and conduct world service affairs. The Conference Charter is not a legal document; it relies upon tradition and the A.A. purse for final effectiveness.
16.
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