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Six Warranties of General Service
The Concept here considered consists of Article 12 of the Conference Charter. There are good reasons for placing it in this context. Taken as a whole, our Conference Charter is the substance of an informal agreement which was made between the A.A. groups and their Trustees in 1955. The Warranties of Article 12 are as follows:
Warranty One: "The Conference shall never become the seat of perilous wealth or power." Pg. 61
Warranty Two: "Sufficient operating funds, plus an ample Reserve, should be its prudent financial principle." Pg. 62
Warranty Three: "None of the Conference members shall ever be placed in a position of unqualified authority over any of the others.". Pg. 65
Warranty Four: "That all important decisions be reached by discussion, vote, and, whenever possible, by substantial unanimity." Pg. 66
Warranty Five: "That no Conference action ever be personally punitive or an incitement to public controversy." Pg. 67
Warranty Six: "That though the Conference may act for the service of Alcoholics Anonymous, it shall never perform any acts of government; and that, like the Society of Alcoholics Anonymous which it serves, the Conference itself will always remain democratic in action and in spirit." Pg. 72.
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