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RESPONSIBILITIES FOR INTERNATIONAL TRUSTEES
OF GAMBLERS
ANONYMOUS
The following is the listing of Guidelines as per the green Information Packet booklet that is
listed as literature item #28 on the GA approved literature form on the inside of each month's
ISO Bulletin.
- Attend all physical Board of Trustees meetings and answer all mail and quick response board
meetings.
- Be a living example of the precepts of Gamblers Anonymous and personally work the Steps
of Recovery and Unity.
- Uphold the Guidance Code, and all decisions made by the Board of Trustees (not fulfilling
this affects G.A. as a whole).
- Attend as many of the various group meetings within your area as possible. Where physical
attendance is not possible, keep in regular communication through the mail and/or telephone.
- Be available to all members and groups in your Trustee area for advice and guidance. Work
with the trusted servants to correct the issues that do not conform with the Guidance Code and
all decisions of the Board of Trustees (not fulfilling this affects G.A. as a whole).
- Attend Gamblers Anonymous functions such as open meetings, mini-conferences, dinner
dances, picnics, etc.
- Offer assistance to any group that has a problem.
- Serve actively on committees on the Board of Trustees.
- Be a Lifeliner and encourage group and membership to support the International Service
Office through Lifelines and Group Contributions.
- Regularly attend Gamblers Anonymous meetings, at least thirty-nine Gamblers Anonymous
meetings a year.
- Make area groups aware of and encourage use of tools of Gamblers Anonymous such as
Pressure Group Pamphlets, Group Handbook, Sponsorship Pamphlets, Big Book, Public Relations
Material, Ninety Day Plateau, New Member Letter, etc.
- Attend Regional or Intergroup meetings if they exist in your area.
- Actively participate in communicating with the Board of Trustees, individual members,
group, Intergroup, to obtain agenda items for the Board of Trustees.
- A Trustee should offer assistance to any members starting a new G.A. group.
- A Trustee should regularly write his/her area happenings and any other thoughts to the
bulletin.
- Uphold the Board of Trustees responsibilities to the Literature Committee and its approved
guidelines by:
a) being completely familiar, prior to the B.O.T. meetings, with the content of all literature
submitted to the B.O.T. for approval;
b) making suggestions to the Literature Committee for improvement of said literature, if
approved by B.O.T., within 30 days subsequent to the B.O.T. meetings. (note: Literature proposal
from a committee, once passed, once passed, are excluded from B.O.T. suggestions.)
- Bring all upcoming agenda items to the attention of all groups in your area prior to all
B.O.T. meetings for input that will guide all the trustees from your area at all B.O.T. meetings.
Updated as of Montreal - Fall 2009
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