[Businessmtg] ASP Leadership vs Group Conscious/ Business Meeting

[Adrienne]

Thanks Steve for your thoughtful post. It has made me rethink some 
things.  That being said I get the sense that the Business Meeting does 
not get to decide things one way or the other.  The ASP Leadership is in 
charge:


"Bottom line? ASP leadership has discussed this issue many times and every
time has chosen to not support a list of potential sponsors for the very
reasons I stated above. "

So if we are not open to changing the group going forward why even have a business meeting at all?


Just because we did things one way when we started does not mean that that is the best way moving forward.

There are many people here that do not have a F2F meeting.  The on-line world is changing and there are MANY new tools and technologies at our disposal.

While I am coming around to leaving the OT messages in the main list I would like to provide more guidance for newcomers.  As a greeter for over a year I can tell you that the newcomer process can be overwhelming. There is too much information and it is difficult to get through. Many newcomers only make it for a day or two.

In my area in order to lead a newcomer meeting you had to be a member for 6 months.  Those meetings were much more open and designed to allow newcomers to get a lot of stuff out while learning the process.  What can be the harm in trying this?

Also a sponsor list or list of people open to one-on-one communication. Again what can be the harm?  In every meeting I go to there is a phone list.  No one VETS it to see if you are "qualified" to help. It is just a list of people that are willing to talk to another member.  I am stunned that we are not open to doing that here?  It would be voluntary just like the phone list. I do not have to write my phone number or email down.  Those people willing to be a temporary sponsor could also volunteer -why not? It is up to me to decide if that is a service position I would like to fill, not the group.

If we decide to try something new and no one wants to take the lead then that will solve that, but I hate the idea that we have to do things the way we have always done just because we have always done them that way.

Adrienne