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AA
Preamble & Purpose of District 9
12 Traditions & 12 Concepts
AA
Preamble |
Alcoholics
Anonymous is a fellowship of men and women who share their
experience, strength and hope with each other that they may
solve their common problem and help others to recover from
alcoholism.
The
only requirement for membership is a desire to stop drinking.
There are no dues or fees for A.A. membership; we are self-supporting
through our own contributions. A.A. is not allied with any
sect, denomination, politics, organization or institution;
does not wish to engage in any controversy; neither endorses
nor opposes any causes. Our primary purpose is to stay sober
and help other alcoholics to achieve sobriety.
*Reprinted
with permission of The A.A. Grapevine, Inc.
If
you have questions concerning AA and alcoholism, need to know
the location of a meeting or think you might have a problem
with alcohol and would like help, please immediately call
our Intergroup Office's 24 Hour Hotline at (954) 462-0265
or (954) 462-7202. These phones are staffed 24/7 in order
to help you! |
The Purpose of District 9 |
District 9 is one of 18 Districts which make up the South Florida Area of the General Service Conference.
District 9 is the geographical area known as and includes all of Broward County. It is composed of GSRs of all AA groups in our District desiring to participate. The General Service Representatives elect Area Committee Members and then join them in electing a Delegate from our Area to the annual General Service Conference.
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The Purpose of District 9 |
The
purpose of District 9 is to engage in General Service activities
within the Conference structure guided by the Twelve Traditions
of AA, the AA Service Manual, and the Twelve Concepts for
World Service. Service activities are anything that helps
to reach a fellow alcoholic, ensures our own recovery, and
safeguards the integrity of our Fellowship.
There
is no authority except that expressed by the group conscience
and communicated to the General Service Representative (GSR)
whom the group has elected. The GSRs, in turn, communicate
to the Area Conference through the District Committee Member
(DCM). District 9 is a service body only; never a government
for AA.
District
9 is a nonprofit un-incorporated body. District 9 is autonomous
within its boundaries having no authority over any other District
in the South Florida Area; nor is District 9 subservient to
any other District in the Area.
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The 12 Traditions |
1. Our common welfare should come first; personal recovery depends upon A.A. unity.
2. For our group purpose there is but one ultimate authority—a loving God as He may express Himself in our group conscience. Our leaders are but
trusted servants; they do not govern.
3. The only requirement for A.A. membership is a desire to stop drinking.
4. Each group should be autonomous except in matters affecting other groups or A.A. as a whole.
5. Each group has but one primary purpose—to carry its message to the
alcoholic who still suffers.
6. An A.A. group ought never endorse, finance, or lend the A.A. name to any related facility or outside enterprise, lest problems of money, property, and prestige divert us from our primary purpose.
7. Every A.A. group ought to be fully self-supporting, declining outside
contributions.
8. Alcoholics Anonymous should remain forever nonprofessional, but our
service centers may employ special workers.
9. A.A., as such, ought never be organized; but we may create service boards or committees directly responsible to those they serve.
10. Alcoholics Anonymous has no opinion on outside issues; hence the A.A. name ought never be drawn into public controversy.
11. Our public relations policy is based on attraction rather than promotion; we need always maintain personal anonymity at the level of press, radio, and films.
12. Anonymity is the spiritual foundation of all our Traditions, ever reminding us to place principles before personalities. |
The 12 Concepts |
1. Final responsibility and ultimate authority for A.A. world
services should always reside in the collective conscience of
our whole Fellowship.
2. The General Service Conference of A.A. has become, for
nearly every practical purpose, the active voice and the
effective conscience of our whole society in its world affairs.
3. 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.”
4. At all responsible levels, we ought to maintain a traditional
“Right of Participation,” allowing a voting representation in
reasonable proportion to the responsibility that each must
discharge.
5. Throughout our structure, a traditional “Right of Appeal”
ought to prevail, so that minority opinion will be heard and
personal grievances receive careful consideration.
6. The Conference recognizes that the chief initiative and
active responsibility in most world service matters should be
exercised by the trustee members of the Conference acting
as the General Service Board.
7. The Charter and Bylaws of the General Service Board are
legal instruments, empowering the trustees to manage and
conduct world service affairs. The Conference Charter is not
a legal document; it relies upon tradition and the A.A. purse
for final effectiveness.
8. The trustees are the principal planners and administrators of
over-all policy and finance. They have custodial oversight of
the separately incorporated and constantly active services,
exercising this through their ability to elect all the directors of
these entities.
9. Good service leadership at all levels is indispensable for our
future functioning and safety. Primary world service
leadership, once exercised by the founders, must
necessarily be assumed by the trustees.
10. Every service responsibility should be matched by an equal
service authority, with the scope of such authority well
defined.
11. The trustees should always have the best possible
committees, corporate service directors, executives, staffs,
and consultants. Composition, qualifications, induction
procedures, and rights and duties will always be matters of
serious concern.
12. The Conference shall observe the spirit of A.A. tradition,
taking care that it never becomes the seat of perilous wealth
or power; that sufficient operating funds and reserve be its
prudent financial principle; that it place none of its members
in a position of unqualified authority over others; that it reach
all important decisions by discussion, vote, and whenever
possible, substantial unanimity; that its actions never be
personally punitive nor an incitement to public controversy;
that it never perform acts of government; that, like the
Society it serves, it will always remain democratic in thought
and action. |
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on the campus of
Nova Southeastern University
in the Terry Building
February 19th, 2012
GSR Workshop
12:00 PM
ACM/DCM Meeting
1:00
GSR's
Meet your DCM representative
1:45 PM
Don't know where the meetings are located on Nova's campus? Click here: NOVA MAP
In Accordance with our 7th Tradition
send
MEMBER
CONTRIBUTIONS
to
General Service District 9
P.O. Box 100126
Fort Lauderdale, Fl
33310-0126
for more information click here: Treasurer
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