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Twelve Concepts
- The ultimate responsibility and authority for
Al-Anon world services belongs to the Al-Anon groups.
- The Al-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 insure 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 Al-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 selected committees,
executives and staff members.
- The spiritual foundation for Al-Anon's world services is contained
in the General Warranties of the Conference, Article 12 of the Charter.
General Warranties of the Conference
In all proceedings the World Service Conference of Al-Anon shall observe
the spirit of the Traditions:
- 1. that only sufficient operating funds, including an ample reserve, be
its prudent financial principle;
- 2. that no Conference member shall be placed in unqualified authority
over other members;
- 3. that all decisions be reached by discussion vote and whenever
possible by unanimity;
- 4. that no Conference action ever be personally punitive or an
incitement to public controversy;
- 5. that though the Conference serves Al-Anon it shall never perform any
act of government; and that like the fellowship of Al-Anon Family Groups
which it serves, it shall always remain democratic in thought and
action.