[Businessmtg] ATTN: motion seconded....

[Steve Rankin]

Hi ASPers,

I don't want to appear to be like I'm belittling Emee's concerns.  I'm very
well aware of the concerns that some of our members have regarding
anonymity, which is why we accept new members into ASP with pseudonyms.
However, when a member of Al-Anon gets involved in service it becomes
difficult and often impossible to remain anonymous.  It may help to remember
what our 11th & 12th Traditions say:  



11. Our public relations policy is based on attraction rather than
promotion; we need always maintain personal anonymity at the level of press,
radio, films, and TV. We need guard with special care the anonymity of all
AA members.

12. Anonymity is the spiritual foundation of all our Traditions, ever
reminding us to place principles above personalities.



We need to maintain our PERSONAL ANONYMITY at the level of press, radio,
films, and TV.  And we need to remember the spiritual foundation of
anonymity within our fellowship.  

However, there is nothing in our Traditions that suggests we maintain
personal anonymity amongst ourselves.  

The members of ASP give our officers considerable latitude in how they
perform the duties we entrust them with.  The corollary to our trusting our
trusted servants is that our trusted servants need to trust the members,
too.  Our List Administrator enters into legal contracts that are binding on
ASP--we have a right to know who that person is.  Our Secretary and Greeter
Chair are Alternates to the LA and are given full access to our server by
the List Administrator--we have a right to know who those people are.  Our
Treasurer operates a bank account on our behalf, pays our bills and
maintains our prudent reserve--we have a right to know who that is.  Our Web
Master also has access to our server and is entrusted to develop and
maintain our web site--we have a right to know who that person is.  Four of
our Officers hold the keys to ASP--the username(s) and password(s) to the
ASP server and the fifth has all the money.  We have a right to know who
these people, and a pseudonym or screen name does not tell us who they are.

Of course, there may be some whose personal circumstances make trusting the
members with their real identity impractical. The same thing happens on rare
occasion in f2f Al-Anon.  My ES&H is that those folks find other avenues of
service that allow them to maintain their personal anonymity.  

Thanks for listening.

Hugs,
Steve