[Businessmtg] OLA Representative - not on agenda item

[Dawn Werezak]

Hi Everyone,

Yes we had an OLA rep who had to step down due to some personal reasons. 
The position was never filled.  After several discussions with others in ASP 
I decided to check into OLA and signed up as the representative for our 
group.  The reason I did not bring it back to the group at the time was 
because my life has been filled and I did not make the time to bring it to 
the Business Meeting.  I also approached someone in the group who had at one 
time expressed interest in the position and was told that they would do it 
if no one else was interested.  I let it die at that point.

It was difficult enough when we did our first elections to get one person to 
stand for a position.  If there is anyone here who is interested in being 
OLA rep then please contact me directly.  I will compile a list of those who 
are interested and when we are done with this discussion regarding the 
prudent reserve then I will put that list before the group and each person 
can submit their resumes and it will then become a vote.

One thing the OLA has to do is have time to go through the archives of OLA 
and bring themselves up to date on where they are at and what has gone on in 
the past.  Just like someone who joins our business meeting here would have 
to do if they join up.  It is not up to members who were here from the 
beginning to go back and explain it all to someone else.  I would not expect 
that of anyone else in OLA either.  They have answered questions as they 
have arisen from me.

I would expect that in the beginning whoever the OLA rep is would have to be 
willing to spend at least an hour a day going through their archives and 
finding out what has been going on.  Part of the problem with on line 
service is people have no idea how many hours it takes for some of these 
positions to be filled.  Our greeter chair shared her workload in a 
meeting...mine is similar.  On top of that all everyone of us has a life out 
in the real world to tend to as well.

There are no requirements for OLA membership, other than you be a willing 
representative of your group.

Hopefully I have addressed all the points that were brought up in Emee's 
email to the group.  And hopefully we can proceed forward with our Agenda 
discussion on the Prudent Reserve.  Part of the responsibility of the 
Chairperson for this meeting is to keep us on topic.  So at this time I 
would ask that while this may be a topic of discussion that needs discussing 
you all lay it aside for a now and focus on the task at hand.  I will add it 
to the new agenda when the time comes.

Love and Serenity,
Dawn