[Businessmtg] Incorporation Comments

[logmark at comcast.net]

Biz-Pals, 



While I've tried to present the information we 

needed to make our decision(s), I have yet to sit 

separately from my Treasurer role and ponder 

the topic as an individual, so... 



When any opportunity comes up which adds to 

my associations rather than detracts I'm pretty 

certain that this is in some small way a hint 

from my Higher Power. I've heard it expressed 

as "Continuous Improvement." [Another WSC quip?] 



Even were there no driving force behind ASP 

incorporating - and that is not to be neglected - 

putting ASP on a permanent and secure footing 

is such an improvement. It may not level all 

playing fields, but it would put ASP in the 

position of saying what it is (already done,) 

doing what it says (already doing,) while following 

as precisely as possible the rules and laws of 

the land(s) while still following our Traditions. 



Anything short of full and honest representation 

of who/what we are in order to cut corners or 

red tape would be unacceptable. We have been 

brushed into a corner by changes in laws and 

regulations. The way out is, to me, obvious. 

We need to move our organization on in a manner 

which ackowledges and accepts this understandable 

new level of scrutiny and file for incorporation 

as a non-profit org. 



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I have had the though of suggesting that founder Steve, 

who is of the age and inclination to reside permanently 

in one place (settled in) to house our corporate home. 

I would not have made the suggestion though and am grateful 

he has made the suggestion himself. I can think of no 

other one member more suitable, nor any other who 

has demonstrated a greater commitment to on-line Al-Anon 

in general and ASP in particular. I hear Washington State 

is nearly as beautiful as this great state of Michigan 

so that helps too ( :-) 



The treasury would travel in one fashion or another 

with rotating servants, but our home would not move. 

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ugs, 

Jerry 

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