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September 1991

A Labor of Love

a past trustee looks back over a term on the General Service Board

The work of AA's General Service Conference concludes on a Friday afternoon. On Saturday morning, the Conference members meet for a farewell brunch, exhausted and emotional yet relaxed and happy as they look back on the trials and accomplishments of the Conference week. The agenda consists of farewell talks by rotating trustee members of the General Service Board. At my first such brunch as a new trustee, a rotating trustee described the job as "no big deal," a comment that puzzled me for years. It seemed to me that certainly the tremendous amount of activity required, the decisions that had to be made, the size and importance of the Fellowship we tried to serve did, indeed, amount to a big deal.

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