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Twelve Concepts of Service
| Carrying the message, as
suggested in the Twelfth Step, is Service,
Al-Anon's third legacy. Service, a vital
purpose of Al-Anon, is action. Members
strive to do as well as to be.
Anything done to help a relative or
friend of an alcoholic is service: a
telephone call to a despairing member or
sponsoring a newcomer, telling one's story
at meetings, forming groups, arranging for
public outreach, distributing literature,
and financially supporting groups, local
services, and the World Service Office.
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The ultimate responsibility and authority
for Al-Anon world services belongs to the
Al-Anon groups.
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The Al-Anon Family Groups have delegated
complete administrative and operational
authority to their Conference and its
service arms.
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The right of decision makes effective
leadership possible.
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Participation is the key to harmony.
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The rights of appeal and petition protect
minorities and insure that they be 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 the
rights of the Conference are traditional.
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The Board of Trustees delegates full
authority for routine management of Al-Anon
Headquarters to its executive
committees.
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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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Service responsibility is balanced by
carefully defined service authority and
double-headed management is avoided.
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The World Service Office is composed of
selected committees, executives and staff
members.
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The spiritual foundation for Al-Anon's
world services is contained in the General
Warranties of the Conference, Article 12 of
the Charter. |
General Warranties of the Conference
In all 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, by
unanimity;
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that no Conference action ever be
personally punitive or an incitement to
public controversy;
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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. |
Al-Anon's Twelve Concepts of Service,
copyright 1996 by Al-Anon Family Group
Headquarters, Inc. Reprinted with permission of
Al-Anon Family Group Headquarters, Inc.
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