Trustee of the General Service Board

The General Service Board (GSB), the full title of which is “The General Service Board of Alcoholics Anonymous (Great Britain) Limited”, consists of both alcoholic and non-alcoholic members. The Board is responsible to the General Service Conference for carrying into effect the decisions taken by the Conference on service matters and is required to give an account of its stewardship to the Conference annually.

A Trustee is an alcoholic member of the GSB, and is appointed on the basis of one from each of the 16 Regions. Therefore, CER may have one Trustee on the board at any one time.
The GSB is the custodian of the Twelve Traditions of Alcoholics Anonymous in Great Britain. As such, they have a responsibility to ensure that the Traditions are preserved intact and that the Fellowship of AA in Great Britain acts in accordance with the Traditions.

A Trustee’s responsibilities as a GSB member are grouped into four distinct areas:

1) Service responsibilities to the Fellowship
2) Responsibilities under the Companies Acts
3) Responsibilities under the Charities Acts
4) Responsibilities as employers

The levels of time commitment and the personal responsibility demanded of General Service Board members far exceed those at any other level of service in Alcoholics Anonymous. Board members take on these responsibilities voluntarily on behalf of Alcoholics Anonymous in Great Britain.

Eligibility 

Any member how has served their full three year term as Conference Delegate with 10+ years sobriety is eligible for the role of Trustee.

Trustees are appointed by the GSB. Region can only send possible candidates forward to be interviewed by the board, which will make the final decision of whom of these candidates to elect. To be considered by the board, region needs to put at least two potential candidates forward.