[Businessmtg] Excess Prudent Reserve Discussion

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Biz-Pals, 

  

It seems we're beginning to polarize rather than 

move toward a consensus. Good, strong points 

on both extremes - some of them unresolvable by 

ASP at this point in time perhaps. 

  

I admit I'm on the less flexible end of this continuum. 

If the old OLA-IS is now the WSO's On-line Al-Anon 

Outreach Committee ( OAOC ) by agreement between those 

two outfits, then by golly I follow the Service Manual 

which accepts all donations into the General fund, not 

permitting earmarking of funds, ....etc.,etc. 

  

Now I've learned that its okay to disagree within 

Al-Anon. So when another member has other criteria 

which leads them to other positions I am not worried. 

[What would an Al-Anon be without strong opinions? 

I dunno either... :-) ] 

  

What is bothering me is that we now have approximately 

  

$1,000 !!! 

  

in our treasury above our Prudent Reserve requirement. 

  

So I'm very willing to go along with donating 

~ $500.00 to the WSO, and 

~ $500.00 to what we are calling the OLA-IS even 

          if it is acting as the WSO's OAOC . 

  

>From what I have heard they send what they don't use/need 

on to the WSO anyway. In any case our excess funds have the 

opportunity to help Al-Anon as a whole. Sitting in our Treasury 

our money does no work at all. 

  

Am I in the neighborhood of a potential consensus, or are 

we going to be unable to resolve this? 

  

Hug$, 

Jerry 

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