[Businessmtg] Addition to the Agenda - my objection

[Anne OHara]

Sandie and Bus Meeting members,

Why are we bringing this to the October business meeting half way through the month?  And to what end?  Jane shared a compare doc with the business meeting back in May.  First, I want to stress that everything that Jane did to the website was filled with care and with the best intent, however, some content changes were substantial and none of it was discussed.

http://asp-afg.org/members/wp-content/uploads/2017/05/Members-Only-Websites-Old-versus-New.pdf

–I am not suggesting we roll anything back, however, I think because people are weary of the topic, they are willing to rush into approving it.  In rereading the archives that is exactly the response I am seeing, and not a consensus worthy of a motion.

–I think that the SC can review Jane's compare against the archived website.   Remember, the website is a publication and not a blog, changing content to jive with one person's experience is not appropriate.  Removing content that was voted on and replacing it with personal experiences that aren't voted on is also inappropriate.  Choosing a subset of acronyms instead of publishing them all is also not appropriate.  I could go on.  The link to the PDF is well organized, and will be easy to work through.  Jane did all the hardwork, refining and revising will be a production effort.

–I would like us to focus on the original topic and get folks to step forward in service instead of continuing to fuss over the website.   

–Nowhere do I see on the original site that the business meeting agenda can change once the meeting starts. This is a change to the meeting format that was introduced and put on the newer website without a vote or approval from the Business Meeting.

–Original Business meeting documented format.  Voted on in 2006
http://www.asp-afg.org/ASP/nbm/format.htm
  
Hugs,

Anne

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Sent: Thursday, October 05, 2017 10:51 PM
To: Anne - archivist - SC
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Subject: [Businessmtg] Addition to the Agenda

G’day Business Meeting. 

I apologize, I neglected to add one item to the agenda.  In May the Business Meeting had a discussion regarding the website.    

I invite you to all go to the Business Meeting Archives in order to review.  I will post the link separately.  To make a long story short.  Our webmaster Jane built a new website back in February 2014. The Steering Committee approved it. It was presented to the full membership and has been in operation since.  There have been some minor adjustments and links added. 

In 2016 a member of the Steering Committee decided that it was not approved.  Many discussions followed.  One more time the Steering committee approved the website in June of 2017. We would now like the Business Meeting to formally approve the website as is.  Please take some time and review the site and the discussions on the Business Meeting Archives. 

Our webmaster Jane spent considerable time working on the website and deserves to have it formally approved prior to her rotating off. Also please remember that nothing in Al-Anon is written in stone and that a website is a always a work in progress. 

We will shortly have a motion from the webmaster. 

Hugs

Sandie 


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