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[Emee Arthur]

Hi everyone,

I hope our officers can give us some clairification on the statis of dual membership in service to ASP, as soon as possible. 

 

I would think that there would NOT be any dual member restrictions for holding office in ASP because we are not considered an Al-Anon Group with voting representation with the WSO.  I still find that this could be a problem in other ways though. I feel it is so important to pattern our ASP meeting as closely as possible to a "real" (voting) Al-Anon meeting. When a dual member of A.A. is leading an Al-Anon group where important Al-Anon decisions have to be made for the ASP meeting, they may not have the experience they need to make an informed decision.  Many of us in Al-Anon learn about the workings of Al-Anon business through serving at the District/Area/WSO levels in f2f Al-Anon.  This is something that dual members have little to no experience with in our Al-Anon program.  I believe this would limit the knowledge of a member who is trying to lead our on-line group as well.  

 

Also, any member who is NOT active, or has never been active, in f2f Al-Anon doesn't seem qualified to me to lead ASP as well as a member who has had f2f group experience.  I do admire anyone who steps forward to take a service position, and I would hope to think that when we take a position in ASP,  we would not hesitate to reach out for help & clairity on issues we are not sure of.

 

Just my thoughts.  Good luck and a big thanks to all who volunteer and keep our meeting going.

 

Emee
 		 	   		  
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