Dear Members of SA,

Have you heard of the SA Board of Trustees? Do you have any idea what service the Trustees provide our fellowship? Have you ever thought that you might be a candidate to serve as a Trustee? Whatever your answers to these questions, we invite you to read on and learn more about this particular service opportunity.

We are the Nominations Committee and it is our mission to “serve the Fellowship by identifying, recruiting, screening, interviewing and recommending candidates for the Board of Trustees” (SA Service Manual, Ch. 13) and we want you to know about us, what we do and what you and we can do together.

Our Service Manual (Ch. 11) describes a Trustee candidate as “a member of SA who has a love of service, relevant real-life skills, and a willingness to take on a four-year commitment to an unpaid, part-time position for the benefit of the SA Fellowship.” A candidate “will have at least five years’ continuous SA sobriety.” Our manual describes in a general way what a Trustee does. We encourage you to read the Service Manual, which is available as a download from the SA website at no charge.

We realize that words-on-paper come alive when we hear the actual experience of members who are or have served as Trustees. Upon request communicated to us by members through SAICO, the committee will schedule special Zoom meetings during which current and/or former Trustees will be available to describe their experiences and answer your questions.

If you already have sufficient information and are interested in serving as a Trustee you may request SAICO to send you the materials for making an application to the Nominations Committee.

As stated so beautifully in our program brochure, The Spirituality of Service (SA Service Manual, Ch. 4) “In Sexaholics Anonymous, as in all Twelve Step fellowships, service and recovery go hand in hand. Indeed, service on behalf of the Fellowship is recovery in action.”

We thank each of you for the service you do at every level of our program and look forward to hearing from those of you who are interested in service on the Board of Trustees.

In Fellowship,