Twelve
Concepts
of OA
Service
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The
ultimate
responsibility
and
authority
for
OA
world
services
reside
in
the
collective
conscience
of
our
whole
Fellowship.
-
The
OA
groups
have
delegated
to
the
World
Service
Business
Conference
the
active
maintenance
of
our
world
services;
thus,
the
World
Service
Business
Conference
is
the
voice,
authority
and
effective
conscience
of
OA
as
a
whole.
-
The
Right
of
Decision,
based
on
trust,
makes
effective
leadership
possible.
-
The
Right
of
Participation
ensures
equality
of
opportunity
for
all
in
the
decision-making
process.
-
Individuals
have
the
right
of
appeal
and
petition
in
order
to
ensure
that
their
opinions
and
personal
grievances
will
be
carefully
considered.
-
The
World
Service
Business
Conference
has
entrusted
the
Board
of
Trustees
with
the
primary
responsibility
for
the
administration
of
Overeaters
Anonymous.
-
The
Board
of
Trustees
has
legal
rights
and
responsibilities
accorded
to
them
by
OA
Bylaws
Subpart
A;
the
rights
and
responsibilities
of
the
World
Service
Business
Conference
are
accorded
to
it
by
Tradition
and
by
OA
Bylaws
Subpart
B.
-
The
Board
of
Trustees
has
delegated
to
its
Executive
Committee
the
responsibility
to
administer
the
OA
World
Service
Office.
-
Able,
trusted
servants,
together
with
sound
and
appropriate
methods
of
choosing
them,
are
indispensable
for
effective
functioning
at
all
service
levels.
-
Service
responsibility
is
balanced
by
carefully
defined
service
authority;
therefore,
duplication
of
efforts
is
avoided.
-
Trustee
administration
of
the
World
Service
Office
should
always
be
assisted
by
the
best
standing
committees,
executives,
staffs
and
consultants.
-
The
spiritual
foundation
for
OA
service
ensures
that:
-
no OA committee or service body shall ever become the seat of perilous wealth or power;
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sufficient operating funds, plus an ample reserve, shall be OA's prudent financial principle;
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no OA member shall ever be placed in a position of unqualified authority;
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all important decisions shall be reached by discussion, vote and, whenever possible, by substantial unanimity;
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no service action shall ever be personally punitive or an incitement to public controversy; and
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no OA service committee or service board shall ever perform acts of government, and each shall always remain democratic in thought and action.
Copyright © 2005 Overeaters Anonymous, Inc. All rights reserved.
Reprinted by permission of Overeaters Anonymous, Inc.; World Service Office.
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