[Businessmtg] ASP October Business Meeting 2014

[Melanie Serene]

Hi Business Meeting ASPers,


Welcome to the ASP Business Meeting for October 2014!

The participants are: 

cathysinger0 at gmail.com  Cathy A 

gomuandme at hotmail.com  “ASP”

happynjoyousnfree at gmail.com Jane Anon

aspsave at gmail.com Sandy D

theinlet40 at netscape.net Nona

linda_lee1127 at msn.com LindaLeeH

logmark at comcast.net Jerry H

asteirnagle at me.com Adele S

aohara77 at comcast.net Anne O

tcdasgran at gmail.com JT

renrain17 at gmail.com Ren

melaniester at gmail.com Melanie H

nancyhorn at cfl.rr.com Nancy H

mbutcher2004 at hotmail.com Maddy

marthalamoy at sbcglobal.net Martha

apryl at asp-afg.org 
<http://www.asp-afg.org/mailman/options/businessmtg/apryl--at--asp-afg.org>
 Apryl

steve at serenitysys.com 
<http://www.asp-afg.org/mailman/options/businessmtg/steve--at--serenitysys.com>
 Steve

list_administrator at asp-afg.org 
<http://www.asp-afg.org/mailman/options/businessmtg/list_administrator--at--asp-afg.org>
 Cyndi

quittakingitpersonally at gmail.com 
<http://www.asp-afg.org/mailman/options/businessmtg/quittakingitpersonally--at--gmail.com> Melanie 
S


 

Thank you for your service! It is wonderful to have new "faces" in the 
meeting!  Yay!

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.  The previous Web Master resigned 
last February.

The Web Master 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

IMPORTANT NOTES:

A. The prerequisite to serving as an ASP officer: "One (1) 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. "Members of AA who are also members of ASP are not eligible to 
serve as Officers of ASP or on the ASP Steering Committee."



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, 
October 7th (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, Tuesday, October 
7th, 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.



If you have any questions please feel free to contact 
me directly at Melanie <quittakingitpersonally at gmail.com>   
I would love for someone to submit an application!


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)