Concept Two
"The final responsibility and
authority for NA services rests with the NA groups."
As a guiding principle for the delivery of
Public Information services, the second concept holds special
importance. That importance revolves around the balance between
trust and delegation. Since the groups have created the service
structure, they have the final authority over it. Public
Information subcommittees must remember that they are
responsible to the groups through their Group Service
Representatives, Regional Committee Members, and Regional
Delegates. They are not groups themselves; they are not
autonomous. PI subcommittees serve at the direction and with the
support of the groups.
As members of PI subcommittees, we provide
resources to the groups and the groups provide resources to us.
The voice of the groups gives us our direction in planning how
to help guide the still suffering addict to our meetings. The
resources—both human and monetary—with which the groups provide
us, enable us to follow that direction.
In working out the delicate balance between
trust and delegation with the groups which created us, we have
found that humility and patience are two of the principles which
come before the personalities.
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