On this page we'll present some details about our organization and the validity of its establishment.
Our connection with AA was established by the 9th Tradition (Long Form).
9. Each AA group needs the least possible organization. Rotating leadership is the best. The small group may elect it’s
secretary, the large group it’s rotating committee, and the groups of a large metropolitan area, their central
or intergroup committee, which often employes a full-time secretary. The trustees of the General Service Board are,
in effect, AA General Service Committee. They are the custodians of our AA Tradition and the receivers of voluntary
AA contributions by which we maintain our AA General Service Office at New York. They are authorized by the groups to handle
our over-all public relations and they guarantee the integrity of our principal newspaper, the AA Grapevine. All such representatives
are to be guided by the spirit of service, for true leaders in AA are but trusted and experienced servants of the whole. They
derive on authority from their titles; they do not govern. Universal respect is the key to their usefulness.
Page 365. Alcoholics Anonymous 4th edition.
