From the books ... Alcoholics Anonymous (Big Book) and Twelve Steps and Twelve Traditions (12 & 12)
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... board.
12&12 p.136,
Tradition Two
I thought of Lois coming home exhausted from the department store each day, only to cook supper for a houseful of drunks who weren't paying board.
2.
... Board.
12&12 p.189,
Tradition Four (Long)
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.
3.
... Board.
BB p.563(565),
Appendix I, The A.A. Tradition
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.
4.
... Board.
BB p.574,
Appendix VII, Twelve Concepts (Short Form)
VI. The Conference recognizes that the chief
initiative and active
responsibility in most world service matters should be exercised by the trustee
members of the Conference acting as the
General Service Board.
5.
... board already
knew of a total of ...
12&12 p.164,
Tradition Seven
They pointed out that the Foundation board already knew of a total of half a million dollars set aside for A.A. in the wills of people still alive.
6.
... Board and
its service corporations, staffs, committees, ...
BB p.574,
Appendix VII, Twelve Concepts (Short Form)
III. To insure effective leadership,
we should endow each element of A.A. -- the Conference, the General
Service Board and its service corporations, staffs,
committees, and executives -- with a traditional "Right of Decision."
7.
... Board are,
in effect, our A.A.
12&12 p.191,
Tradition Nine (Long)
8.
... Board are,
in effect, our A.A. General ...
BB p.565(567),
Appendix I, The A.A. Tradition
9.
... Board are
legal instruments, empowering the trustees ...
BB p.575,
Appendix VII, Twelve Concepts (Short Form)
VII. The Charter and Bylaws of the General Service Board are legal instruments, empowering the trustees
to manage and conduct world service affairs.
10.
... board chap
could be so involved.
BB p.140,
To Employers
11.
... board, is
today directly accountable to our ...
12&12 p.175,
Tradition Nine
12.
... Board,(*) nor
the humblest group committee can ...
12&12 p.173,
Tradition Nine
Neither its General Service Conference, its Foundation Board,(*) nor the humblest group committee can issue a single directive to an A.A. member and make it stick, let alone mete out any punishment.
13.
... Board of
A.A. (the trustees) administers A.A.'s ...
BB p.573(575),
Appendix VI, How to Get in Touch With A.A.
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.
14.
... Board of
Alcoholics Anonymous, Inc., and the ...
12&12 p.140,
Tradition Three (Note)
(*) In 1954, the name of the
Alcoholic Foundation, Inc., was changed to the General Service Board of Alcoholics Anonymous,
Inc., and the Foundation office is now the General Service Office.
15.
... Board of
Alcoholics Anonymous, Inc., and the ...
12&12 p.148,
Tradition Four (Note)
(*) In 1954, the name of the
Alcoholic Foundation, Inc., was changed to the General Service Board of Alcoholics Anonymous,
Inc., and the Foundation office is now the General Service Office.
16.
... Board of
Alcoholics Anonymous, Inc., and the ...
12&12 p.162,
Tradition Seven (Note)
(*) In 1954, the name of the
Alcoholic Foundation, Inc., was changed to the General Service Board of Alcoholics Anonymous,
Inc., and the Foundation office is now the General Service Office.
17.
... Board of
Alcoholics Anonymous, Inc., and the ...
12&12 p.168,
Tradition Eight (Note)
(*) In 1954, the name of the
Alcoholic Foundation, Inc., was changed to the General Service Board of Alcoholics Anonymous,
Inc., and the Foundation office is now the General Service Office.
18.
... Board of
Alcoholics Anonymous, Inc., and the ...
12&12 p.173,
Tradition Nine (Note)
(*) In 1954, the name of the
Alcoholic Foundation, Inc., was changed to the General Service Board of Alcoholics Anonymous,
Inc., and the Foundation office is now the General Service Office.
19.
... Board of
Alcoholics Anonymous, Inc., and the ...
12&12 p.182,
Tradition Eleven (Note)
(*) In 1954, the name of the
Alcoholic Foundation, Inc., was changed to the General Service Board of Alcoholics Anonymous,
Inc., and the Foundation office is now the General Service Office.
20.
... board of
directors told him this was ...
BB p.138,
To Employers
He has just returned from
a three-months leave of absence, has taken a cure, looks fine, and to clinch the matter, the board of directors told him this was his last chance."
21.
... board of
directors who can cast an ...
12&12 p.132,
Tradition Two
When told that our Society
has no president having authority to govern it, no treasurer who can compel the payment of any dues, no
board of directors who
can cast an erring member into outer darkness, when indeed no A.A. can give another a directive and enforce obedience, our friends gasp and exclaim, "This simply can't be. There must be
an angle somewhere."
22.
... board to
invent all kinds of schemes ...
12&12 p.164,
Tradition Seven
The pressure of that fat treasury would surely tempt the board to invent all kinds of schemes to do good with such funds, and so divert A.A. from its primary purpose.
23.
... board would
be isolated, and would fall ...
12&12 p.165,
Tradition Seven
The board would be isolated, and would fall under heavy attack of criticism from
both A.A. and the public.
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