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The Twelve Concepts of Service
S-Anon's
Twelve Concepts of Service illustrate that Twelfth Step work can
be accomplished on a broad scale. The Concepts are
guidelines for the World Service Office
staff, the Board of Trustees, standing
committees, and World Service Conference members to relate to
each other and to groups.
- The ultimate
responsibility and authority for S-Anon world services
belongs to the S-Anon groups.
- The S-Anon Family
Groups have delegated complete administrative and
operational authority to their Conference and its service
arms.
- The Right of
Decision makes effective leadership possible.
- Participation is the
key to harmony.
- The Rights of Appeal
and Petition protect minorities and assure that they be
heard.
- The Conference
acknowledges the primary administrative responsibility of
the trustees.
- The trustees have
legal rights while the rights of the Conference are
traditional.
- The Board of
Trustees delegates full authority for routine management of
the S-Anon Headquarters to its executive committees.
- Good personal
leadership at all service levels is a necessity. In the
field of world service the Board of Trustees assumes the
primary leadership.
- Service
responsibility is balanced by carefully defined service
authority and double-headed management is avoided.
- The World Service
Office is composed of an executive director and staff
members.
- The spiritual
foundation for S-Anon's world services is contained in the
General Warranties of the Conference, Article 12 of the
Charter.
The General Warranties of the
Conference
In
all its proceedings the World Service Conference of S-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 S-Anon, it shall never perform
any act of government; and like the fellowship of S-Anon
which it serves, it shall always remain democratic in
thought and action.
(The
Twelve Concepts of Service reprinted and adapted with permission
of Al-Anon World Services, Inc. Permission to reprint and adapt
the Concepts does not imply that Al-Anon is affiliated with this
program. Al-Anon is a program of recovery from the effects of
alcoholism. Use of this material in connection with programs which are patterned after Al-Anon, but which address other problems, does not imply otherwise.)
S-Anon's
Twelve Concepts of Service were formally adopted and approved at
the first annual S-Anon World Service Conference January, 2004.
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