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


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... trustees.   BB p.575, Appendix VII, Twelve Concepts (Short Form)   Display entire Appendix VII
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 p.573(575), Appendix VI, How to Get in Touch With A.A.   Display entire Appendix VI
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 staff members alike found they ...   12&12 p.173, Tradition Nine
But long ago, trustees and staff members alike found they could do no more than make suggestions, and very mild ones at that.

4.
... trustees are the caretakers and expediters of ...   12&12 p.175, Tradition Nine
Its trustees are the caretakers and expediters of our world services.


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... trustees are the principal planners and administrators ...   BB p.575, Appendix VII, Twelve Concepts (Short Form)   Display entire Appendix VII
VIII. The trustees are the principal planners and administrators of overall policy and finance.

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... trustees might be tempted to run things ...   12&12 p.164, Tradition Seven
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.

7.
... trustees of the Foundation were having their ...   12&12 p.163, Tradition Seven
One night in 1948, the trustees of the Foundation were having their quarterly meeting.

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... trustees of the General Service 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.


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... trustees of the General Service Board.   BB p.563(565), Appendix I, The A.A. Tradition   Display entire Appendix I
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.
... trustees of the General Service Board are, ...   12&12 p.191, Tradition Nine (Long)
The trustees of the General Service Board are, in effect, our A.A.


11.
... trustees of the General Service Board are, ...   BB p.565(567), Appendix I, The A.A. Tradition   Display entire Appendix I
The trustees of the General Service Board are, in effect, our A.A. General Service Committee.


12.
... trustees should always have the best possible ...   BB p.575, Appendix VII, Twelve Concepts (Short Form)   Display entire Appendix VII
XI. The trustees should always have the best possible committees, corporate service directors, executives, staffs, and consultants.

13.
... trustees that we needed money, we could ...   12&12 p.164, Tradition Seven
Moreover, at the slightest intimation to the general public from our trustees that we needed money, we could become immensely rich.


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... trustees to manage and conduct world service ...   BB p.575, Appendix VII, Twelve Concepts (Short Form)   Display entire Appendix VII
VII. The Charter and Bylaws of the General Service Board are legal instruments, empowering the trustees to manage and conduct world service affairs.

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... trustees wrote a bright page of A.A. ...   12&12 p.165, Tradition Seven
Then our trustees wrote a bright page of A.A. history.


Passages from the Big Book Alcoholics Anonymous and the Twelve Steps and Twelve Traditions are reprinted with permission of A.A. World Services, Inc.  The A.A. Preamble, copyright © The A.A. Grapevine, Inc., is reprinted with permission.  Permission to reprint does not in any way imply affiliation with or endorsement by either Alcoholics Anonymous or The A.A. Grapevine, Inc.

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