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2024

Trustee Line for May 2024 – 1 subject – 1 items

  • Minors at Meetings

Trustee Line for April – 0 items

Trustee Line for March – 0 items

Trustee Line for February – 0 items

Trustee Line for January – 0 items

2023

Trustee Line for December – 0 items

Trustee Line for November 2023 – 1 subject – 1 items

  • Agenda Item Grouping

Trustee Line for October 2023 – 1 subject – 1 items

  • Agenda Item #23

Trustee Line for September 2023 – 2 subject – 2 items

  • Intergroup Needs
  • Coordinating Chicago Travel Times

Trustee Line for August 2023 – 2 subject – 3 items

  • BOT Agenda for Chicago
  • Is it Gambling?

Trustee Line for June, July – 0 items

Trustee Line for May 2023 – 2 subjects – 2 items

  • Post Trustee Meeting Thoughts
  • Thank you

Trustee Line for April 2023 – 1 subject – 2 items

  • Mini Conferences and the GA Lifeline Bulletin

Trustee Line for March 2023 – 2 subjects – 7 items

  • Virtual Meetings and Assessments from Groups
  • Zoom Meeting Question

Trustee Line for February 2023 – 5 subjects – 8 items

  • Thoughts on Agenda Item
  • International Conference
  • Internet Search for Help
  • External Links on Local GA websites
  • Virtual Meetings and collecting assessments

Trustee Line for January 2023 – 1 subject – 1 item

  • Making Changes

2022

Trustee Line for December 2022 – 3 subjects – 8 items

  • Step Changes
  • Intergroup question
  • PDF – Combo Book?

Trustee Line for November 2022 – 4 subjects – 8 items

  • Virtual Meetings-Feedback wanted
  • Prison Meetings
  • Thoughts on Agenda item 37 – Guidance Code
  • Step Changes

Trustee Line for October 2022 – 0 subjects

Trustee Line for September 2022 – 3 subjects – 4 items

  • Happy Gratitude Week Response
  • GA Restructuring Committee
  • Trustee Election Process

Trustee Line for August 2022 – 2 subjects – 3 items

  • Happy 65th birthday GA!
  • Ring Central Hotline

Trustee Line for June 2022 – 2 subjects – 2 items

  • Technology and the future of GA
  • 2022 Fall Board of Trustee Meeting

Trustee Line for May 2022 – 4 subjects – 9 items

  • Memorial
  • Meeting Attendance
  • Blue Book Revision Committee
  • Cherry Hill – Hotel Info

Trustee Line for April 2022 – 2 subjects – 2 items

  • BOT Agenda Item 55
  • BOT Agenda Item 59

Trustee Line for March 2022 – 2 subjects – 3 items

  • Rolling Agenda
  • Memorial Page

Trustee Line for February 2022 – 1 subject – 4 items

  • Spring 2022 BOT meeting

Trustee Line for January 2022 – 3 subjects – 9 items

  • Hotline Advice
  • Virtual Meeting Committee
  • Local Intergroup Name Change

2021

Trustee Line for December 2021 – 1 subject – 1 item

  • Hotline Advice

Trustee Line for September 2021 – 0 subjects – 0 items

Trustee Line for August 2021 – 1 subjects – 4 items

  • Under Construction

Trustee Line for July 2021 – 1 subjects – 4 items

  • Under Construction

Trustee Line for June 2021 – 0 subjects – 0 items

Trustee Line for May 2021 – 1 subjects – 7 items

  • We Can’t Do A Virtual BOT Meeting. Really?

Trustee Line for April 2021 – 1 subjects – 4 items

  • Hybrid Meetings

Trustee Line for March 2021 – 3 subjects – 4 items

  • In Person or Virtual – But not both?
  • Violation of Gamblers Anonymous Guidance Code
  • How Far Have We Gone?

Trustee Line for February 2021 – 2 subjects – 3 items

  • NY Intergroup Mini-Conference
  • Plans for Trustee Meetings

Trustee Line for January 2020 – 0 subject – 0 items

2020

Trustee Line for December 2020 – 1 subject – 4 items

  • BOT Spring Meeting Options

Trustee Line for November 2020 – 1 subject – 4 items

  • San Diego Conference

Trustee Line for October 2020 – 5 subjects – 9 items

  • McDonalds vs. Chinese Food
  • The Wild Wild West
  • Vote to Approve Online Meetings
  • Vote to NOT APPROVE ONLINE MEETINGS
  • Quick Response Vote – yes or no

Trustee Line for September 2020 – 5 subjects – 13 items

  • GAISO
  • BOT Emergency Vote
  • Meeting and Hotline Updates
  • GA’s Primary Purpose
  • Anonymity

Trustee Line for August 2020 – 1 subjects – 2 items

  • Trustee Vacancies

Trustee Line for July 2020 – 2 subjects – 2 items

  • Georgia Meeting
  • Recognizing Milestones

Trustee Line for June 2020 – 3 subjects – 4 items

  • Reopening Rooms
  • San Diego Conference Vote
  • GA Helpline Options

Trustee Line for May 2020 – 1 subjects – 1 items

  • Trustee Elections

Trustee Line for April 2020 – 3 subjects – 8 items

  • A Failed Attempt to Discredit the GA Approved Telephone Conference Call Platform
  • Telephone Conference Calls on ISO Website
  • Trustee Elections

Trustee Line for March 2020 – 7 subjects – 30 items

  • Virus Impact
  • Seattle Conference/Trustee meeting
  • Meeting Room Closures
  • Meeting Closure due to COVID-19 (coronavirus)
  • Expansion of Teleconference Meetings
  • Trustee Comments and Questions
  • When is GA going to catch up with any other 12 step fellowship and get out of the early 20 century?

Trustee Line for February 2020 – 2 subjects – 2 items

  • Losing our Primary Focus
  • Agenda; New Business; Item #4, Combo Book

Trustee Line for January 2020 – 9 subjects – 42 items

  • Cell Phone Use During Meetings
  • Liability Insurance
  • Emails
  • Seattle Conference / BOT Meeting
  • Pressure Relief Group Committee
  • Quick Response Meeting
  • Validating an Election
  • Local Area Guidance Codes
  • Question for the Executive Board

2019

Trustee Line for December 2019 – 0 subjects – 0 items

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Trustee Line for November 2019 – 2 subjects – 6 items

  • Funding of Trustees
  • Room Donations to Intergroup

Trustee Line for October 2019 – 2 subjects – 3 items

  • Gam-anon
  • Emails

Trustee Line for September 2019 – 0 subjects – 0 items

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Trustee Line for August 2019 – 5 subjects – 8 items

  • Louisville Item #24
  • Canada Visa Rules
  • Unity Step 6
  • Montreal Agenda; Item #8; “Weekly”
  • Looking Forward to Seeing

Trustee Line for July 2019 – 2 subjects – 3 items

  • Guidance Code
  • Blue Book

Trustee Line for June 2019 – 0 subjects – 0 items

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Trustee Line for May 2019 – 3 subjects – 3 items

  • Trustee Line DISCUSSION ONLY
  • Blue Book Revision
  • One Day At A Time

Trustee Line for April 2019 – 0 subjects – 0 items

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Trustee Line for March 2019 – 1 subject – 2 items

  • Elections Matter

Trustee Line for February 2019 – 2 subjects – 5 items

  • Women in Meetings
  • August 2016 – Is It That Some Trustees…

Trustee Line for January 2019 – 4 subjects – 11 items

  • Room Key
  • August 2016 – Is It That Some Trustees…
  • Definition of Gambling
  • On-line Meeting

2018

Trustee Line for December 2018 – 0 subjects – 0 items

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Trustee Line for November 2018 – 3 subjects – 3 items

  • Vacation?
  • Problems in a Room
  • Article VIII, Section 7

Trustee Line for October 2018 – 0 subjects – 0 items

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Trustee Line for September 2018 – 0 subjects – 0 items

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Trustee Line for August 2018 – 0 subjects – 0 items

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Trustee Line for July 2018 – 1 subject – 1 item

  • Banners for Rooms

Trustee Line for June 2018 – 1 subject – 3 items

  • Possible Solution

Trustee Line for May 2018 – 2 subjects – 4 items

  • Same Old Problems
  • Combo Book

Trustee Line for April 2018 – 2 subjects – 2 items

  • ISO Meeting List Issue
  • Same Old Problems

Trustee Line for March 2018 – 2 subjects – 4 items

  • Intergroup Meetings
  • Unapproved Materials

Trustee Line for February 2018 – 0 subjects – 0 items

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Trustee Line for January 2018 – 1 subject – 1 items

  • Principles Before Personalities

2017

Trustee Line for December 2017 – 1 subject – 1 items

  • Principles Before Personalities

Trustee Line for November 2017 – 1 subject – 4 items

  • Pressure Relief

Trustee Line for October 2017 – 0 subject – 0 items

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Trustee Line for September 2017 – 0 subject – 0 items

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Trustee Line for August 2017 – 1 subject – 2 items

  • Removing “39 Meetings” from Guidance Code

Trustee Line for July 2017 – 4 subject – 11 items

  • BOR Reset
  • Crossing The Line? Yes Or No?
  • Let’s Deal With Anonymity – Finally
  • Yet Another Sad Day For This Fellowship

Trustee Line for June 2017 – 3 subject – 8 items

  • Keep It SImple
  • Inappropriate Items In A Meeting Room
  • We Shouldn’t Have to Count Our Fingers After Shaking Hands

    Trustee Line for May 2017 – 2 subject – 10 items

  • Rummage Sales
  • Date of Abstinence

    Trustee Line for April 2017 – 0 subject – 0 items

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    Trustee Line for March 2017 – 2 subject – 3 items

  • Responsibilities of a Room Greeter
  • Item #81 New Business

    Trustee Line for February 2017 – 2 subject – 5 items

  • Veterans
  • Copying GA Literature

    Trustee Line for January 2017 – 2 subject – 3 items

  • Dual Responsibilities To Executive Board
  • Gamblers Anonymous In Oklahoma

2016

Trustee Line for December 2016 – 1 subject – 1 items

  • We Need Feedback From The Trustees

    Trustee Line for November 2016 – 1 subject – 5 items

  • I Can’t Believe He Just Said That

    Trustee Line for October 2016 – 3 subject – 9 items

  • San Diego Item #27
  • San Diego Item #14
  • Open Positions

    Trustee Line for September 2016 – 1 subject – 2 items

  • Apathy

    Trustee Line for August 2016 – 6 subjects – 12 items

  • And The Answer Is…
  • Where Is The Procedure For This?
  • Is It That Some Trustees Don’t Care About the Guidance Code?
  • Guidance Code
  • San Diego Agenda Item #33
  • San Diego Agenda Item #27

    Trustee Line for July 2016 – 2 subjects – 4 items

  • Doing Our Best To Send New Members To Rooms That Don’t Exist
  • Responsibilities

    Trustee Line for June 2016 – 6 subjects – 9 items

  • Why Would We Want To Encourage Less Talk Time On The Phone?
  • LifeLiners – Talk The Talk, But Don’t Walk The Walk
  • Dysfunctional Rooms – Where Are The Area Trustees?
  • Using Program For Our Own Personal Agendas
  • Maybe It Is Time To Look At Restructuring The BOT
  • Non-Approved Prayers In The Rooms

    Trustee Line for May 2016 – 1 subjects – 2 items

  • Investigate The Feasibility Of Restructuring The Semi-annual Meetings Of The BOT

    Trustee Line for April 2016 – 3 subjects – 6 items

  • Unity Step 2 Discussion
  • Area Trustee Voting
  • Treatment Centers

    Trustee Line for March 2016 – 3 subjects – 8 items

  • Trustee Poll #5
  • Unity Step 2 Discussion
  • GA Approved Literature

    Trustee Line for February 2016 – 6 subjects – 16 items

  • Telephone Conference Call
  • LifeLiner – Major Overhaul
  • Reciting the Lord’s Prayer
  • 39 Meetings A Year
  • Spring 2017 Open For Bids
  • Shame Them, It Works

    Trustee Line for January 2016 – 6 subjects – 18 items

  • Golf, Bowling, Scrabble, Fantasy Sports, Etc.
  • What’s Your GA New Year’s Resolution?
  • Our Financial Health
  • Website Updated Reports
  • Fantasy Sports
  • Life Line Bulletin

2015

Trustee Line for December 2015 – 4 subjects – 35 items

  • Monthly Bulletin
  • Health Insurance and Matching Retirement Contributions
  • Wristbands
  • Fantasy Sports

    Trustee Line for November 2015 – 7 subjects – 17 items

  • Cancun
  • Unintended Consequences
  • Step Up For Veterans
  • Let’s Start The Discussions
  • Cleaning Up A Mistake
  • A Call For Help
  • Intent And Interpretation

    Trustee Line for October 2015 – 7 subjects – 15 items

  • Fantasy Sports Leagues
  • Agenda Item #11
  • Clinging To AA Is Detrimental To GA
  • Liability Insurance
  • How Clinging to AA Ways Is Detrimental to GA As A Whole
  • Knowledge Is Good
  • Observations

    Trustee Line for September 2015 – 9 subjects – 20 items

  • Unity Step 7
  • Guests Share At Birthdays
  • Don’t Be Distracted By The Background Noise
  • Trustee Poll Question re. “Sports Clothes”
  • How Clinging to AA Ways Is Detrimental to GA As A Whole
  • Trustee Line or Soap Opera
  • Observations
  • Fantasy Sports Leagues
  • Liability Insurance For Group Meetings

    Trustee Line for August 2015 – 5 subjects – 22 items

  • Rush To Judgement
  • Unity Step 7
  • Trusteeline aka “Washline”
  • Do We Really Need The Trustee Line?
  • Further Information

    Trustee Line for July 2015 – 5 subjects – 13 items

  • Unity Step 3
  • We Don’t Have To Do Any Work, Do We?
  • Request For Feedback On 4th Step Guide
  • Current 4th Step Guide
  • How Do We Better Serve The Fellowship?

    Trustee Line for June 2015 – 6 subjects – 12 items

  • BOT + BOR = Best For GA
  • Self-Supporting vs. Non-Member Memorial Donations
  • Self-Supporting…Passing #48
  • Unity Steps – Now Available With Conditions Of Your Choosing
  • Let’s Support The Cancun Conference Instead Of Bashing It
  • 3 Cheers For Those Who Serve

    Trustee Line for May 2015 – 4 subjects – 6 items

  • We All Make A Difference
  • How Deep Is The BOR Quicksand
  • Official Telephone Meeting
  • Agenda Item 59

    Trustee Line for April 2015 – 7 subjects – 14 items

  • How To Improve Gamblers Anonymous
  • Evident, Money Is Our Problem
  • Outside Issue? Or Time To Change Step 6?
  • Apathy
  • Agenda Item 29

    Trustee Line for March 2015 – 7 subjects – 33 items

  • Outside Issues
  • And Groups Are Flourishing Throughout The World
  • Unity” Where Did It Go?
  • And The Answer Is…..
  • Please Read
  • Page One
  • Skipping The Process

    Trustee Line for February 2015 – 3 subjects – 9 items

  • Committee Updates
  • Unity
  • Gambalog

    Trustee Line for January 2015 – 4 subjects – 13 items

  • Money Is Not Our Problem – Or Is It?
  • Trustees Voting Themselves A Vacation In Cancun, Mexico
  • Put on Your Thinking Caps
  • A Different Look At Conference Booklets

2014

Trustee Line for December 2014 – 1 subject – 2 items

  • Reputation – Real Facts or Make Up Your Own

    Trustee Line for November 2014 – 6 subjects – 17 items

  • Modified Closed Meetings
  • Time To Talk ‘2 And 1’ Again
  • Winds Of Change
  • No Committee Report – Replace The Committee Chairs
  • Gamblers Anonymous Approved Literature
  • Cost Savings ISO

    Trustee Line for October 2014 – 4 subjects – 12 items

  • They Used To Be Called Anniversaries – Continued
  • A Word of Caution on Agenda Item #27
  • Gamblers Anonymous UK
  • GA Blue Book – 3rd Edition

    Trustee Line for September 2014 – 1 subjects – 2 items

  • They Used To Be Called Anniversaries

    Trustee Line for August 2014 – 2 subjects – 2 items

  • Topics and Replies
  • Liability Insurance For The Rooms

    Trustee Line for July 2014 – 4 subjects – 6 items

  • A Boost For Unity Step 5 – The GA Way, For A Change
  • Technology
  • Completing Our 7th Recovery Step
  • Are the Guidance Code and Unity Program Compatible

    Trustee Line for June 2014 – 2 subjects – 2 items

  • Some Thoughts On Conferences
  • A New Dawn For The Fellowship

    Trustee Line for May 2014 – 1 subject – 2 items

  • A Question For The Board of Regents Chairman

    Trustee Line for April 2014 – 2 subjects – 10 items

  • Requesting Your Input On Open vs. Closed Meetings
  • Unity Step 3 – For All Of Us, Not Just The New Members
  • LifeLiners
  • Intergroup Voting Procedures

    Trustee Line for March 2014 – 2 subjects – 4 items

  • Recipe For Freedom, Attraction Versus Promotion, Money, Some Personal Thoughts
  • Phone Meetings Counting Towards GA Anniversaries

    Trustee Line for February 2014 – 4 subjects – 13 items

  • Recipe For Freedom, Attraction Versus Promotion, Money, Some Personal Thoughts
  • Anarchy and Self-Will Run Riot, or the Freedom With Responsibility of Unity Step 4
  • Central Location
  • Telephone Meeting

    Trustee Line for January 2014 – 4 subjects – 23 items

  • Misconceptions Regarding Attraction vs. Promotion
  • The Big Donation
  • Closed Meetings – New Members and Support Attendance Question
  • Why Isn’t There a Cap in GA on What Individual Members Can Donate and on What Members Can Leave in Their Will?

    2013

    Trustee Line for December 2013 – 4 subjects – 6 items

  • Telephone Conference Calls – A Class Of Meetings Unto Themselves?
  • Isn’t There Something After – Talk The Talk?
  • Rotation Principle? Maybe For You, But Not For Me.
  • Open Meeting, Do You Let Guest Speak???

    Trustee Line for November 2013 – 6 subjects – 16 items

  • Is This Really How We Want To Treat Committees?
  • Conduct Unbecoming
  • Acting In Haste
  • We Need A New Plan
  • Retreats – Who, What, Where and Why?
  • Liability Insurance

    Trustee Line for October 2013 – 3 subjects – 4 items

  • Thought To Ponder
  • 15 Steps On How To Take A Good Idea And Turn It Into Trash
  • Put Your Thinking Caps On

    Trustee Line for September 2013 – 4 subjects – 6 items

  • Violate 1 Unity Step? Why not a few more?
  • Proxies, The Vote You Can’t Count On
  • Telephone Conference Call Committee Request For Information
  • Thoughts of a Former Trustee

    Trustee Line for August 2013 – 5 subjects – 13 items

  • Orlando Conference Update
  • GA Approved Literature And Carrying The Message
  • Definition Of Gambling Trustee Poll
  • Telephone Conference Call Committee Guidelines
  • The Promises of Gamblers Anonymous

    Trustee Line for July 2013 – 7 subjects – 19 items

  • Is The BOT Of GA Becoming A Rich Man’s Club?
  • Orlando and Literature Changes
  • ‘Word Changes’ in GA Literature etc.
  • A Need For Tolerance And Civility
  • Did Someone Mention the Trustee Poll?
  • Pins? Not For Us. Give Us The Medallions
  • Thoughts To Ponder

    Trustee Line for June 2013 – 8 subjects – 30 items
    Trustee Line for May 2013 – 10 subjects – 29 items
    Trustee Line for April 2013 – 8 subjects – 13 items
    Trustee Line for March 2013 – 11 subjects – 29 items
    Trustee Line for February 2013 – 6 subjects – 21 items
    Trustee Line for January 2013 – 6 subjects – 21 items

    2012

    Trustee Line for December 2012 – 3 subjects – 4 items
    Trustee Line for November 2012 – 7 subjects – 15 items
    Trustee Line for October 2012 – 1 subjects – 1 item
    Trustee Line for September 2012 – 4 subjects – 9 items
    Trustee Line for August 2012 – 16 subjects – 34 items
    Trustee Line for July 2012 – 7 subjects – 20 items
    Trustee Line for June 2012 – 2 subjects – 3 items
    Trustee Line for May 2012 – 12 subjects – 22 items
    Trustee Line for April 2012 – 2 subjects – 2 items
    Trustee Line for March 2012 – 3 subjects – 7 items
    Trustee Line for February 2012 – 3 subjects – 11 items
    Trustee Line for January 2012 – 2 subjects – 4 items

    2011

    Trustee Line for December 2011 – 2 subject – 2 items
    Trustee Line for November 2011 – 10 subject – 25 items
    Trustee Line for October 2011 – 6 subject – 15 items
    Trustee Line for September 2011 – 5 subject – 9 items
    Trustee Line for August 2011 – 7 subject – 18 items
    Trustee Line for July 2011 – 5 subject – 18 items
    Trustee Line for June 2011 – 1 subject – 3 items
    Trustee Line for May 2011 – 9 subjects – 23 items
    Trustee Line for April 2011 – 6 subjects – 14 items
    Trustee Line for March 2011 – 8 subjects – 13 items
    Trustee Line for February 2011 – 7 subjects – 27 items
    Trustee Line for January 2011 – 14 subjects – 55 items

    2010

    Trustee Line for December 2010 – 8 subjects – 19 items
    Trustee Line for November 2010 – 16 subjects – 41 items
    Trustee Line for October 2010 – 3 subjects – 8 items
    Trustee Line for September 2010 – 4 subjects – 16 items
    Trustee Line for August 2010 – 4 subjects – 6 items
    Trustee Line for July 2010 – 3 subjects – 3 items
    Trustee Line for June 2010 – 2 subjects – 6 items
    Trustee Line for May 2010 – 3 subjects – 9 items
    Trustee Line for April 2010 – 7 subjects – 21 items
    Trustee Line for March 2010 – 2 subjects – 27 items
    Trustee Line for February 2010 – 6 subjects – 15 items
    Trustee Line for January 2010 – 6 subjects – 20 items

    2009

    Trustee Line for December 2009 – 1 subjects – 4 items
    Trustee Line for November 2009 – 8 subjects – 17 items
    Trustee Line for October 2009 – 4 subjects – 5 items
    Trustee Line for September 2009 – 3 subjects – 9 items
    Trustee Line for August 2009 – 9 subjects – 33 items
    Trustee Line for July 2009 – 6 subjects – 15 items
    Trustee Line for June 2009 – 7 subjects – 19 items
    Trustee Line for May 2009 – 6 subjects – 27 items
    Trustee Line for April 2009 – 6 subjects – 10 items
    Trustee Line for March 2009 – 2 subjects – 6 items
    Trustee Line for February 2009 – 3 subjects – 12 items
    Trustee Line for January 2009 – 6 subjects – 13 items

    2008

    Trustee Line for December 2008 – 4 subjects – 80 items
    Trustee Line for November 2008 – 3 subjects – 4 items
    Trustee Line for October 2008 – 6 subjects – 19 items
    Trustee Line for September 2008 – 6 subjects – 15 items
    Trustee Line for August 2008 – 7 subects – 15 items
    Trustee Line for July 2008 – 3 subjects – 8 items
    Trustee Line for June 2008 – 3 subjects – 7 items
    Trustee Line for May 2008 – 1 subjects – 1 item
    Trustee Line for April 2008 – 6 subjects – 10 items
    Trustee Line for March 2008 – 6 subjects – 19 items
    Trustee Line for February 2008 – 6 subjects – 16 items
    Trustee Line for January 2008 – 6 subjects – 20 items

    2007

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