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From the books  ...  Alcoholics Anonymous (Big Book) and Twelve Steps and Twelve Traditions (12 & 12)


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... boards and committees which in themselves are ...   12&12 p.172, Tradition Nine
Then, in seeming contradiction, we proceed to create special service boards and committees which in themselves are organized.

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... boards or committees directly responsible to those ...   12&12 p.172, Tradition Nine
"A.A., as such, ought never be organized; but we may create service boards or committees directly responsible to those they serve."


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... boards or committees directly responsible to those ...   BB p.562(564), Appendix I, The A.A. Tradition   Display entire Appendix I
Nine -- A.A., as such, ought never be organized; but we may create service boards or committees directly responsible to those they serve.

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... boards to govern us, but it is ...   12&12 p.174, Tradition Nine
It is clear now that we ought never to name boards to govern us, but it is equally clear that we shall always need to authorize workers to serve us.


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