From the books ... Alcoholics Anonymous (Big Book) and Twelve Steps and Twelve Traditions (12 & 12)
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... committees, and
executives -- with a traditional "Right ...
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."
2.
... committees, corporate
service directors, executives, staffs, and ...
BB p.575,
Appendix VII, Twelve Concepts (Short Form)
XI. The trustees should always have the best possible committees, corporate service directors, executives,
staffs, and consultants.
3.
... committees directly
responsible to those they serve."
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."
4.
... committees directly
responsible to those they serve.
BB p.562(564),
Appendix I, The A.A. Tradition
Nine -- A.A., as such, ought never be organized; but we
may create service boards or committees directly responsible
to those they serve.
5.
Committees have
instructed many an A.A. to ...
12&12 p.173,
Tradition Nine
Committees have instructed many an A.A. to stop working on a chronic backslider, only to be told: "How I do my Twelfth Step work is my business.
6.
Committees took
full advantage of this attitude ...
12&12 p.168,
Tradition Eight
7.
... committees which
in themselves are organized.
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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