[Businessmtg] Welcome to the Business Meeting June 14, 2009

Tue Jun 16 03:03:09 PDT 2009

Good Morning,

Please note the following.  Our Business Meeting web page along with a
variety of links including resume templates can be found here:
http://www.asp-afg.org/ASP/nbm/index.htm

The agenda has been updated with the information Dawn has outlined
below.

If anyone has any trouble accessing information please let me know.

Hugs and have a great day,

Anne O

-----Original Message-----
From: businessmtg-bounces+aohara77=comcast.net at asp-afg.org
[mailto:businessmtg-bounces+aohara77=comcast.net at asp-afg.org] On Behalf
Of Dawn Werezak
Sent: Sunday, June 14, 2009 8:04 PM
To: aohara77 at comcast.net
Cc: ASP Business
Subject: [Businessmtg] Welcome to the Business Meeting June 14, 2009

Hello Everyone,

Welcome to the Business Meeting for ASP.  I apologize for not starting
this
on time but the server went down and a day later I ended up with a
really
nasty sinus infection which I am still battling with and failing at.  I
felt
better last night but this morning it came back with a vengeance.
Thankfully I don't have to talk with my voice here so that's okay! :-)

We have a couple of new members who joined us for the Business Meeting
and
I'd like to Welcome them to our small group of business members.  

The address for the business meeting is:  businessmtg at asp-afg.org  This
is
the address you will use to send in shares to the Business meeting.
Please
do not send your business shares to the recovery meeting.

I'm going to give a brief background and perhaps a refresher for the
rest of
us about the business meeting.  About 4 years ago Steve, who was our
army of
one with the running of ASP, decided he was going to retire from the
administration of the list.  He put it out to the membership his desire
to
do so and a business meeting was formed.  Those, about 18 members, voted
in
a new service structure, found on the business page of our website, and
then
voted in new officials.  I took over as List Administrator (LA), Heather
(she is no longer with the group) as Secretary, Tara as Greeter Chair,
Anne
O. as webmaster and Jerry as Treasurer.  We submitted our resumes to the
business meeting and ran for a position.  It was not much of a battle as
there was only one of us running for each position.  Heather left our
list
about six months ago and Tara and I have split the duties of the
Secretary
since then.  

Our service rotation is due for rotating out and this meeting is
convened to
find some replacements for some of the Steering Committee positions. 

Here is our Agenda for this meeting - I don't know if Anne has posted it
on
the website - I admit I have not looked.  

1.	Open the Business Meeting. 

2.	Introduce the positions available on the Steering Committee.
First
up is the treasurer position.  Jerry has been gracious in staying with
the
position even though he has been ready for a while to rotate out.
Thanks
for doing that Jerry. 

3.	Those interested will post their resumes to the group.  Resume
formats can be found at this link:
http://www.asp-afg.org/Archived%20Pages/index.htm    

4.	Discussion of resumes for Treasurer/questions for the person
running. 

5.	Vote on the position. 

6.	Discussion of other positions that are open and when we want to
have
them filled by, so that there is time for training and rotation out
without
losing everyone and creating chaos on the list. 

As well, I want to throw this out for everyone to think about and we can
discuss it when we reach item #6.  Over the past nearly years, we have
had
to put out a minimum of two calls for daily chairs every six months.
This
is a relatively easy service position with a once a week commitment to
the
group and for a short time - six months - and it has been tough to fill.
Two
years ago we put out a call from Greeters and ended up having to drop
one of
them and thankfully the third person who applied was still interested
and we
trained her and we had two greeters.  Last year we started with two
greeters
and a few months into it the second greeter bailed and we have had
Denise
step up and do a beautiful job in managing the entire alphabet - we had
no
alternates this past year.  As you are all aware, both Tara and I have
put
out 4 calls for greeters, as it is past due for Denise to rotate out of
that
position, and we have had one person apply for the position.  While we
recognize that it is a position (as Denise demonstrated) that can be
done by
one person, it was designed for two people.  I would like to ask you for
your suggestions as to how we can go about filling that position.

When those on the present Steering Committee took over from Steve, we
had
all been active at ASP, some in service, all of us with regular
participation in the recovery meeting, we had a sense of each other and
a
knowing of each other that has grown over the course of the last three
years.  With the demonstrated lack of desire to do service at ASP I
admit
that I have my fears about where we are heading with our group and I am
at a
loss as to how to encourage people to be of service at ASP.  It started
small for me, I chaired every meeting at least once, I then became a
greeter
and then the LA.  That transition happened over the course of several
months
and Steve mentored me well into the beginning of my second year as LA.
I am
thankful for that because I couldn't have done it without his support,
wisdom and knowledge of the running of ASP.  He is also a founding
member
and the longest standing member of ASP.  

Alright, enough rambling.  The business meeting is open for discussion.
Our
first order of discussion will be the Treasurer's position.  Perhaps
Jerry
can give us a brief description of his job, the number of hours per
day/week
he spends doing ASP treasurer business and a little bit about his vision
for
the position.

If you have any questions please feel free to contact me directly at
princessdawn at telus.net

Love and Serenity,

Dawn

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