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“Here, the board’s attitude has to be that of
custodial oversight. . . . The trustees are the
guarantors of good management of A.A. World
Services, Inc. and the A.A. Grapevine, Inc. . . . by
electing the directors of these service arms, a part of
whom must always be trustees. . . . The executive
direction of these functions is. . . lodged in the. . .
service corporations themselves, rather than
the General Service Board. Each corporate
service entity should possess its own bylaws, its
own working capital, its own executives, its own
employees, its own offices and equipment.”
Bill draws from earlier mistakes by the
General Service Board in trying to run the
service functions directly and warns repeatedly
against “too much concentration of money
and authority.”