[Businessmtg] Results of the poll

[Steve Rankin]

Hi Jane,

Please note that the group conscience of ASP REQUIRES "substantial unanimity
of subscribed membership of Business Committee".

In other words,  a motion at ASP requires an affirmative vote by substantial
unanimity of EVERYONE in the meeting. BTW, we did this intentionally to
ensure that the group conscience of ASP follows Al-Anon principles as much
as possible by requiring a true substantial unanimity of everyone in the
room.

Therefore, the results of the poll on the motion should NOT be reported as
"all in favor" because that was not true. There are 36 members of the
Business Meeting, therefore the results of the poll should be reported as:

For:		34
Against:	0
Abstain:	0
No vote:	2

True, it doesn't change the results in this case, but it's still important
to count every member's vote (or non-vote) according to the group
conscience. I addressed this issue before when the results of a poll were
reported as "Passed by a landslide" when in fact, the motion passed by the
slimmest of margins.

Hugs,
Steve 





-----Original Message-----
From: Businessmtg
[mailto:businessmtg-bounces+steve=serenitysys.com at asp-afg.org] On Behalf Of
Jane Anon
Sent: Thursday, May 18, 2017 1:16 PM
To: Steve - SC
Cc: ASP Business
Subject: [Businessmtg] Results of the poll

The ASP Secretary has asked that I announce the results of the poll.

Motion: "That a temporary committee be formed, answerable to the Business
Committee, to reassess ASP's newcomer-related materials and how ASP could
better serve newcomer needs."

34 votes were recorded, all in favor. No abstentions.

Jane