The ACA Business Conference has authorized a revision of our fellowship’s 12 Concepts of Service.
Please join two town halls on Sept. 7th one at 1pm ET and one at 9pm ET to give your thoughts and reactions to our first proposed changes.
Meeting Details:
https://zoom.us/j/91040237260
Meeting ID: 910 4023 7260
Passcode: 383161
Current Concept II: Authority for the active maintenance of our world services is hereby delegated to the actual voice, the effective conscience for our whole fellowship.
Proposed revision to Concept II (out for Fellowship consideration; to be voted on at 2025 ABC): ACA groups delegate to the World Service Conference the authority to act as their effective voice and conscience, and to represent the fellowship in world service matters.
Rationale: As reported in our 2024 ABC report, the committee concluded that ACA`s Concept 2 is fundamentally flawed, and we intend to recommend that it be revised. As pointed out in the original ballot proposal, it does not state who is the actual voice and effective conscience of ACA`s fellowship. The committee will seek to assign these roles to the Conference, in line with Concept 2 in several other 12 step programs.
Relevant information from the 2024 ABC
Motion passed at 2024 ABC: that, to support a Informed Group Conscience process, the following language be approved by the conference today for subsequent group consideration and a final vote at the 2025 ABC as a replacement for the current Concept II: “ACA groups delegate to the World Service Conference the authority to act as their effective voice and conscience, and to represent the fellowship in world service matters.”
2024 ABC Concept 2 Presentation (supporting the motion)
Committee Report
