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The H.A. fellowships foundation is the spirit of service. Here

Bcrvlcc 1s uo~ d1rco~ed by any gover~iug body but the trustedaeTva~~8 aTe go~e~~ed ~y \ne~ae~vice••••••••••••••

I~ the past we have bad dedioated people 1. tbe rcllowah1p wbofound it. d1fficul~ Dot to gover •• Beoause others were Dot enoou~-aged to assume persona1 reepoDsibl1ities, they found it more aDimore impossible sot to be pushed i.to the p08ition of bei1g'theleader' 'the authority' 'The lsdiapensible' father'. Tho end- .result was .0 ohain of service and fewer ~nd fewer reooveries.Few of us are strong -enough to be free of ambition'by ourselves.The temptation to'lead,to advise a~d fi.ally dictate i~ too much~or moat of us. Prudence dict~tes that. we create our ow. safe­guards against ourselves ••••••••••••••••••

One of the purposes of a trustee board is to preserve balancei. our thinking a.d save U8 from insular or sub-culture" ambition .•••••••$••••••••••••

<me fu»otion i8 custodial in the eonso that it is tho oare­.taker of our traditions i. the pre8ent. Future policy or trad­itionimproveme~t Qught to be ·that which they deem wieefromexperience. A.y suggestions or modifications they offer tor the

fellowships sorutiny a~d approval ought to be made 1. ~he lightof their (the memberehip8) experieBce.

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The.trustees 8ho~ld be our guides i. improving our "movemeat,ourbU8iuess affairs, our istergroup relations, our public rela'i6~8,our. l1terature·outpu~(!uture publish1JlgcompaRy)and.our·1rorldwide services: last but ~ot least,to borespons1ble·ia expedit­iug those ~f!~ir8·dict~ted by the group\overall) conscieace •

••••••• &11 ••••• *.The trustees should .•ot ]lOW be, .•or should" they ever be, regard­les.s ot circumstances or c01!ditio"s,eve:a for a.•y short 'i~rm.emeI'­

genoy period',a goverJa.~1lgbody. or a central govenme.t. We fee1.that ..our experienoe as· expres8ed r.•Tradi i1on" 3 cu. be equBllyapplied to the trustee board .0 matter what i~a size.

The board should always be oomposed of one .•o.•-addict membermore than addict,regardless of what the future lize may be.ex. I to 2 -.•.." to 3----3 to -i etc .•••••••••••••••••

Notes for trusteesbip. 2.

Suggostion----

(Altha' at pres~.t we have wha:t are called' .By':'" Laws' /" •• d 'theseare very s1mple, a1uco wo iir1mmed them to the b"o'Ae·a:md·~he.o.ly·to cover tho •..,th11tge .eooeseary at the beg1.11tg/.·Yay .•.e suggeet,that thelo 'b.oamo».gtho !'1rat o! th111gs to boco'Jl,sidored by' thoboard. SQ. that we oa. truly say that thore are .•0 .rulo.i.thotellowship. It our proee'JI.tgroups 'aad committee8 wl11 1.aug­urate thOde methoder that have ·beoD.!ouud to be moat satilf!act- .ory.1'1!1tbepa1!lt,s111.cethey are e:mt1rely .80u.d..we."ill ~lad tb••~·we. should be able to,1Iot amend. or o1l1arge or stre~g~he.;tbombut elimi'D.atea.y Beed for them e.t1rely~

other tha'D.our tradi tione ,which are tho voice of consciencea~d experience· 1. the past,webavo DO aeed for rule~ or regul-'at10nsw1tbiu tbe body or N~A.itself. I. aseocciated servioeswhich do Bot use the Ii.k. )tame but are mado up ot our members ~such as 'Institutional committee'eto.they will mako the~r ow.rules to goverm their ow. programs. We trust of course, tbatthey are always m111dfull ot their responsibiliti08 asd theirgroup cousoienoe.SiBce .0.0 ot us ca. d1scipliD.e or oompel ortoroe .our opi.10B" 01i anothcr,-perso11 or group o~ pereo •. ", Weought to otte~ remi:ad ourselvcs of tho futility a.d hope~ess­seS8 we each experie~ced in tryi1ig to go it alone iD the past.If ourmovemeJl.t as a whole 1s,to sury1ve,expa.d a'Ad grow theJl.wowi11 lear.,a. the iBdivldual does with the twelve stepe,that the traditions will savo us from headacbos,heartaches amd.assorted. illa:,tbat whe. our·conscio1Lco "a:ad c01l8cioU81LOaS speaks,we w111 make o~ own musts 1. the aame of unity of purpoee sothat::aot oJt.lyqwc·butthose yet to come will !i.d th1s way ot lite •••••• ~~*••••••••••* •.

AlthoO it 'may sou_d as tho1the board themsclves have little or_0 power to act, 1:areality aad iD·hoJl.estywe will fi'Ad that itwe do our job im the spirit of service to aad for others, with .0+ewards or approvals aJl.tioipated,i! we make whatever deoisions'~e are faced with,'Aot 0. tbo bas1. of what i8 good or Dot good~~ut OD tbefoundat10D of what ls right,"! thiDt we. will r1J1.d.1~1he eud tbatthe power'a~d faith w111,be give. freely where andwhe~ we deserve or .eed it to get a job done.

Succeas10m of trustees.

rho trusteeship is at present a perma:ae.t poet, it may howeverbe 1\eccessary to make replacemc1t.ts'tor reaS01iS of health bus111esCior death.

Who. a trustee 1s 110 .101lger.able to serve,his or her 8uocessorshould be ohose1l a8 f0110ws---- .Non ~add1ct trustee.A.~--I. oase"of· death or i:aab1l1ty to bo prese'Jl,t~-therema1Bi:ag

~~t1ad the ohairma. of the Fellowship body( GeDeral Servioe

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Co.reremce-Oe.tral Oomm1ttee- Steeri.g Committee OT whatever tbc

.ame may tbe1\ be.) act i.g tor absent member. shall choose a ,suooessor wno 1111;11c1ropla10. hao 1;boquo,liti •• hi. k.H~pi:!il~withthe post. They should aooomplish this 11ta.y ma1tner tbat the

trustee body deoide~ o~Jeitbe~ by lot by v~tB or otherwise.

B. Where t~stee is still prese.t he or she shall act with theothers, as above, i.•ohoio'e of successor.

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A.as above shall apply regardlxg proxy for absent member.

B. Names of THREE (~) addict ~embers ot the fellowship chosenby Co.fere~ce Committee or? with due regard for their 16'Agthof absti1lexce a.d activity i. our fel10wship,sball be presentedto tbe remai'Ai'Agtrustees,witb any recommendationa 'Aecessary.Tbeir ohoice,made i. whatever ma~ner they choose,should then b~accepted by the fellowship as final.

Our Purpose (General)

To broadea the scope of our fellowship,to add depth a.d breadthto the mea1li1lga.d exte.t of our service',to represoDt the fellow-ship at the publio level,to overse~ all publio relations, to ~1.guide and advise us i. :fi1ianclal matters',to be a guide 1. fl:aalchoice of pri.ted matter relating to the moveme~t 8i.ce thismatter Will be both our private and ·publio voioe,to offer to thefellowship,thru' their represo~tttives,a~y proposals relati_g tothe fellowlhi~ as a whole,whioh wi11·adva.oe our mai. purpoae.To act to the best of their abilities as aerva.ta of tbe fellow­sbip a:lidto oarry out the movememta wishes i. the best·ma.1terpOlsible wltbi1t the ~ramework of thetra~~tioB ••

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