The New UA GSB Trustees Letter of Intent

The New UA GSB Trustees Letter of Intent
sent September 30, 2025

Dear UA Fellowship Member,

We’re writing as your new General Service Board of six Class A Trustees to share who we are, and where we stand as a brand-new, forming board.

Many questions abound about unity, service bodies, World Service Conferences within UA, and most importantly: how are we serving the fellowship?

We acknowledge the pain and confusion that many in our fellowship have experienced in recent years, and the division that ensued. We appreciate every member and group that has continued carrying the UA message during this time. Our shared purpose is to help the underearner who still suffers. In that spirit, we offer this letter of our board’s service intentions.

We want to be clear: we are trusted servants; we do not govern. Our commitment as trustees is to honor the fellowship’s group conscience emerging from members, GSR’s, committees, and the World Service Conference.

The Elephant in Many Rooms

In past years, significant disagreements arose about how UA world services should be conducted.

UA GSB, Inc. (holder of the UA name, trademarks, and fiduciary responsibility) upheld their interpretation of our legal and organizational responsibilities to the needs of the fellowship. Another UA service body organized a conference, and started a new website intended to meet what they saw as urgent needs of the fellowship.

These differences led to split structures, separate websites and meeting lists, lack of clarity, deep hurt on all sides, and most egregiously, confusion for the underearner who still suffers.

We are exploring every avenue to arrive at clarity regarding actions taken in the past.
We must do this carefully under spiritual and legal guidelines.

Here’s the good news: We learn from the Big Book of Alcoholic’s Anonymous, that rifts in fellowships are nothing new.  We honor the traditions, the concepts, and the steps and the voice of the fellowship, and if we do so faithfully, then we cannot fail as a fellowship.

The Pulse of Group Conscience- Topics of Consideration (TOCs)

We gathered meeting input to shape the “Topics of Consideration.” These TOCs were received from UA GSRs and are being developed into motions at the World Service Conference Planning Committee Meeting. Both the GSR and the GSB liaison’s job is to represent their meetings faithfully, not to pre-decide outcomes.

Based on survey responses and preliminary committee input, likely focus areas at our next WSC include:

• Potential reunification of UA service bodies.
  • Potential coordination/merging of World Service Conferences.
  • Meeting listing/delisting policy.
  • Literature development.
  • Finances (reporting, transparency, and budgeting guidance).
  • Potential revision of UA bylaws.

Note: Votes on which motions to bring forward are expected at the next WSC Planning Committee Meeting October 10, 2025. See the UA website Events page for details.

Every Voice Matters

Every opinion will be heard and recorded. Structured opportunities will be provided so all viewpoints can be expressed, and minority reports will accompany major decisions.

Service Opportunities

All are welcome in service! The best way to shape the path forward is to get involved. We invite every member—new and seasoned—to join a GSB committee meeting, and the Monthly Public Business Meetings:

• Finance
  • GSR
  • Literature
  • Phone & Technology
  • Public Information   Ad hoc Communication and Outreach?
  • World Service Conference Planning Committee

With gratitude for your patience and participation—we look forward to listening, recovering, and prospering together.

In fellowship and service,