[Businessmtg] Beginners' Resource

[Jerry]

I like how this is morphing into a real tool for newcomers. Pulling the many suggestions into one concept I end up with something like:

(Title) Newcomers' Support Corner

(Welcome)
~ Short welcome and contents page
~ Brief intro to ASP structure, history, and membership

(Sub Title) How Do I Start?
~ Steve's first * content

(Sub Title) Members' 1st Step Shares
~ 3-5 1st Step Stories rotating each month

(Sub Title) What's Next?
~ Steve's second * content with guidance on making that first share on the topic of the day
~ Suggest reading [our Monthly Beginners' Meeting page - Short articles based on Al-Anon's Guidelines, CAL based]
~ Where to get CAL
~ Links to WSO podcasts

Just a last though: let's avoid thinking 'Forum'. Online that infers interactive Q & A plus gabbing, etc. I don't think we want to have that confusion.

Hugs,
Jerry
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On March 26, 2017, at 6:30 PM, Steve Rankin <steve at serenitysys.com> wrote:

Hi ASPers,

An interesting idea, Adele. Does this idea fit in with yours?

I'm thinking of a "home page" for newcomers that would include:

* Some generic guidance for newcomers.
  - Some of that guidance would be ASP-specifc
  - Some of that guidance would be more general to Al-Anon as a whole

* A few sample shares of ESH from ASP on the home page

* Links to other web pages or maybe PDF's that resemble the Forum,
    i.e. monthly "collections" of ESH from ASP.
  - Perhaps, ASP members submit 1-2 page ESH shares
    to be a part of a monthly "collection" of ESH.  
    Say a half-dozen shares in each month's collection, similar to the
Forum.
  - I'm thinking a small standing committee that would administer the
process. 
    I'd recommend that said committee be balanced 
    with both old-timers and relatively new members to Al-Anon and ASP.

Hugs,
Steve

-----Original Message-----
From: Adele Steirnagle
Sent: Sunday, March 26, 2017 9:39 AM

Jerry's idea would be like having our own Forum. I love that little magazine
and we have enough people and stories to have an in-house form of our own.
Adele



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