[Businessmtg] Business Meeting to elect a Web Master August 2014

[Melanie Serene]

Hi Business Meeting ASPers,


Welcome to the ASP Business Meeting for August 2014.

The participants include: Karen, Colleene, Anne, Steve, Melanie H, Melanie
S (secretary), Jerry,  Cyndi, Apryl, Cathy,  Adele, JT, LindaLee, and
Nancy.

Thank you for your service!

The address for the business meeting is:  businessmtg at asp-afg.org .
This is the address you will use to send in shares to the Business
meeting.  Please do not send your business shares to the recovery meeting.

We are meeting to elect a new Web Master.  Our Business Meeting in June
resulted in no candidates coming forth, so we will continue with the
current topic.

The Web Master position is a communications position:

       Maintains ASP web sites
       Primary ASP web site open to the public
           Source of information about ASP for non-members
           Primary gateway for joining ASP
       Secondary ASP web site for ASP members only
           Source of administrative and business information to
           ASP members
       Mailing list server site
           Subscription status access for ASP members
           Archive access for members
       Alternate List Administrator #3


A brief Summary of the procedure:


The process will go like this:

1.    We announce that the position of Web Master is open.

2.    Any member of ASP meeting the qualifications** for the
Officers of ASP may make themselves available.  The qualifications
to serve as an officer of ASP are listed below under "Important Notes".

Members make themselves available by providing their Al-Anon resume
to the Chair of this meeting.  If you are interested in making
yourself available for one of the ASP Officer positions, please
complete the resume form and submit it to me no later than midnight,
June 8th (CST). To obtain a resume form, go
to http://www.asp-afg.org/Archived%20Pages/index.htm
<http://www.asp-afg.org/Archived%20Pages/index.htm>and beneath
"Resume" click on either format (MS Word Document, Adobe PDF or HTML)
.  Save the format, complete and email back to me at Melanie
<quittakingitpersonally at gmail.com>

3.    The deadline for submitting a resume is Midnight, Friday, August 8th,
CST.

4.    The meeting will re-open so that members may ask the
candidate(s) questions.  Please keep your questions appropriate to
Al-Anon.  Do NOT post messages unrelated to the election of the Web Master.

5.    The Q&A period for the election of the Web Master will close at
Midnight, Sunday, June 15th, UNLESS there is some highly
unlikely and unforeseen issue that suggests that we need to continue
the Q&A session.

6.    If we do not have more than one member available for the position, the
Chair will entertain a motion to elect the new Officer
by acclamation.  It will still require a vote to affirm such a motion.

7.    The List Administrator will create a polling page on the ASP web site
which is how we will actually vote.

8.    We will announce the location of the polling page - this sometimes
takes a day or so.

9.    There will be no discussion while the polls are open - the Business
Meeting server will be on moderated status while the polls to ensure
that this protocol is not violated.

10.  The poll will close at Midnight of the third FULL day after the
polling page has been announced.

11.  A simple majority is required to elect a Trusted Servant at ASP.

12.  The Chair will announce the outcome of the vote/poll to the Business
Meeting, and make a similar announcement to the
ASP recovery meeting.

IMPORTANT NOTES:

A. The prerequisite to serving as an ASP officer: "One year's participation
in ASP is a prerequisite to serving as an officer of ASP.
Participation may take many forms, but merely having one's email
address on the ASP server is not participation."

B. The prerequisites for ASP List Administrator: "A member of ASP
must have served ASP in some other officer capacity for 1 year in
addition to any other minimum qualifications for ASP Officers."

C. "Members of AA who are also members of ASP are not eligible to
serve as Officers of ASP or on the ASP Steering Committee."

If you have any questions please feel free to contact
me directly at Melanie <quittakingitpersonally at gmail.com>


Love and Serenity,

Melanie S
ASP Secretary



ASP Officer Job Descriptions:

 List Administrator

        The primary leadership position of ASP

        Chairs the Steering Committee

           Primary spokesperson for the Steering Committee

            Deals directly with members of ASP regarding ASP policy &
 practices

           Makes autonomous decisions regarding ASP affairs, when needed

            Keep others on Steering Committee thoroughly informed of
 all communication involving or representing the Steering Committee

        Responsible for technical administration of the ASP mailing list

        Meeting Contact

           Primary contact person with WSO

            Online meetings are not "Groups" and therefore do not
 have GRs

        Serves for three years

 Secretary

        Chairs the Business Meeting

        Responsible for the Daily Chairpersons in the ASP meeting

            Appoints Daily Chairpersons to 6 month position

            Instructs/trains Daily Chairpersons

       Alternate List Administrator #1

 Greeter Chairperson

        Chairs the Greeter Committee

            Appoints Greeters

            Instructs/trains Greeters

            Oversees greeting process

        Alternate List Administrator #2

 Web Master

        Maintains ASP web sites

            Primary ASP web site open to the public

                Source of information about ASP for non-members

               Primary gateway for joining ASP
           Secondary ASP web site for ASP members only

                Source of administrative and business information to
             ASP members

            Mailing list server site

                Subscription status access for ASP members

                Archive access for members

        Alternate List Administrator #3

 Treasurer

        Administers the 7th Tradition at ASP by Passing the Basket monthly

            Accepts donations from ASP members
            Deposits funds received in a bank account

            Disburses funds as necessary to pay ASP financial obligations

            Reports monthly to Steering Committee and Business Committee

 OLA-IS Rep

      ASP representative to OLA-IS (Online Intergroup)