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Board of Trustees… Big Question

Board of Trustees… Big Question. OUR MEMBERS: OUR HOPE FOR THE FUTURE. How can we empower our members in the use of our Legacies and policies when seeking solutions to issues within the Area, District and group?. Al-Anon/Alateen Resources. Three Legacies Groups at Work

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Board of Trustees… Big Question

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  1. Board of Trustees… Big Question

  2. OUR MEMBERS:OUR HOPE FOR THE FUTURE

  3. How can we empower our members in the use of our Legacies and policies when seeking solutions to issues within the Area, District and group?

  4. Al-Anon/Alateen Resources • Three Legacies • Groups at Work • “World Service Handbook” • Members website • Guidelines and Alateen Service e-Manual • Digest of Al-Anon and Alateen Policies

  5. The Policy Digest Offers… • Guidance, not rules or specific answers • Shared experiences from the fellowship • Interpretations of our basic guides: Twelve Traditions and Twelve Concepts

  6. Why Do Members Seek Solutions Outside Themselves? • May just be learning the Twelve Traditions and Twelve Concepts • Want to find a solution quickly • Hope to resolve conflict • Can’t find topic in Service Manual Index • Encounter a baffling situation

  7. Solutions to Issues • Many answers are available. • Some solutions require more in-depth research. • Others situations are new and need to be reasoned out.

  8. Headquarters’ Original Purpose • To carry out, for Al-Anon, what the groups or Areas could not on their own….

  9. World Service Office • An arm of the Conference • Not a decision-making body

  10. WSO as Clearing House AUTHORITY

  11. WSO’s Purpose • To provide services to help individuals and groups worldwide….

  12. Talk to each other Reason things out…

  13. “If two Al-Anon groups exchange a dollar, they still have but one dollar each, but when they exchange an idea, each group has two ideas.” Many Voices, One Journey (B-31), p.139

  14. Al-Anon/Alateen Resources • Our three Legacies • Groups at Work • The “World Service Handbook” • Our Members website • Guidelines and the Alateen Service e-Manual • Digest of Al-Anon and Alateen Policies

  15. “The informed group conscience encourages us to talk to each other and reason things out. It embodies the spiritual principles found throughout our program, including our three Legacies, which are the Steps, Traditions, and Concepts of Service.” Talk to Each Other—Resolving Conflicts within Al-Anon (S-73)

  16. NEXT: MEET IN BREAKOUT ROOMS

  17. Board of Trustees… Big Question

  18. How can we empower our members in the use of our Legacies and policies when seeking solutions to issues within the Area, District and group?

  19. Big Question - Reflections: • What did you find beneficial in your breakout session? • What strategies can you suggest to empower members to use Al-Anon’s Legacies and policies when seeking solutions?

  20. Big Question: Reflections • What did you find beneficial in your breakout session? • What strategies can you suggest to empower members to use Legacies and policies when seeking solutions?

  21. The Future of Al-Anon? Our members!

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