| The Twelve Steps and Traditions are guides for
personal growth and unity. The Twelve Concepts are guides for
service. The show how Twelfth Step work can be done on a broad scale
and how members of a World Service Office can relate to each other
and to the groups, through a World Service Conference, to spread
Al-Anon's message world-wide.
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The ultimate responsibility and authority
for Al-Anon world services belongs to the Al-Anon groups.
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| 2. |
The Al-Anon Family Groups have delegated
complete administrative and operational authority to their
Conference and its service arms.
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| 3. |
The Right of Decision makes effective
leadership possible.
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| 4. |
Participation is the key to harmony.
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| 5. |
The Rights of Appeal and Petition protect
minorities and assure that they are heard.
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The Conference acknowledges the primary
administrative responsibility of the Trustees.
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The Trustees have legal rights while rights
of the Conference are traditional.
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| 8. |
The board of Trustees delegates full
authority for routine management of the Al-Anon Headquarters to its
executive committees.
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| 9. |
Good personal leadership at all service
levels is a necessity. In the field of world service the Board of
Trustees assumes the primary leadership.
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| 10. |
Service responsibility is balanced by
carefully defined service authority and double-headed management is
avoided.
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| 11. |
The World Service Office is composed of
standing committees, executives and staff members.
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| 12. |
The spiritual foundation for Al-Anon's world service is
contained in the General Warranties of the conference, Article 12 of
the Charter. |
In all its
proceedings the World Service Conference of Al-Anon shall observe
the spirit of the Traditions:
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that only sufficient operating funds, including an ample
reserve, be its prudent financial principle;
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that no Conference member shall be placed in unqualified
authority over other members;
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that all decisions be reached by discussion, vote and
whenever possible, the unanimity;
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| 4. |
that no Conference action ever be personally punitive or an
incitement of public controversy;
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| 5. |
that though the Conference serves Al-Anon, it shall never
perform any act of government and that, like the fellowship of
Al-Anon Family Groups which it serves, it shall always remain
democratic in thought and action. |
