[Businessmtg] ATTN: motion seconded....

[Emee Arthur]

Hi All,

I know that I may sound silly but I disagree with the need to make our last names available on line.  We have people in and out of ASP and  it would be very easy for any of them to get our real name and address and phone numbers this way.  

 

In our Al-Anon pamphlet S-66 F.A.Q. for Al-Anon Web Sites, on page 7 it says............

Please observe all Al-Anoin's principles and Traditions on Web sites.  As "anonymity" is the spiritual foundation of all our Traditions, "personal anonymity is maintained on Al-Anon Web sites at all times.  An Al-Anon Web site is a public medium that has the potintial for reaching the broadest possible audience and therefore, reqwuires the same safeguards that aare used at the level of press, radio, films, and TV.  A review of the Anonymity section in the Policy Digest part of Al-Anon/Alateen Service Manual is also advised.

 

Information on our Web sites is to let people know how to get in touch with us.  At the same time, in order to preserve personal anonymity, full names are not given.

 

I know that if I put my full name into a the computer I can get a lot of information about myself, age, spouce's name, kids names, income, address, phone numbers.   I am just careful about this but it doesn't matter to everyone.  I just think that it might limit members who might want to do service for ASP but care about their anonymity.  Just a thought.

 

Emee

 

 

 

 

 

 
> From: steve at serenitysys.com
> Date: Tue, 13 Apr 2010 21:11:53 -0700
> Subject: Re: [Businessmtg] ATTN: motion seconded....
> CC: businessmtg at asp-afg.org
> To: emee3x12 at hotmail.com
> 
> 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
> 
> 
> 
> 
> 
> 
 		 	   		  
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