[Businessmtg] Fwd: Service Positions

[Sandie - ASP]

Based on your reply then Kristen does not qualify this Business Meeting to allow her name to stand as the Newcomer Committee is not quite 5 months. 

Sandie
Iron Bridge, Ontario
 http://www.al-anoninternationalconvention.org/sixthInternational.html

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> From: "Steve Rankin" <steve at serenitysys.com>
> Date: October 14, 2017 at 3:23:51 PM EDT
> To: Aspsave at gmail.com
> Cc: ASP Business <businessmtg at asp-afg.org>
> Subject: Re: [Businessmtg] Service Positions
> 
> Hi Jennifer,
> 
> Attending the Business Meeting requires nothing more than having an email
> address subscribed to the Business Meeting. That is little different than
> having one's email address subscribed on the ASP server, which is addressed
> very specifically in the resume form:
> 
> ". . . merely having one's email address on the ASP server is not
> participation."
> 
> Likewise, having one's email address on the Business Meeting roster is not
> qualifying "service" to ASP. 
> 
> OTOH, serving ASP on a special committee tasked with a specific duty,
> whether it be a standing committee such as the Greeter Committee or a
> special committee such as the Newcomer Committee is participation in service
> to ASP. Participation on one of these committees is by definition performing
> a duty for ASP that involves considerable work & effort. That is service.
> 
> I would not consider attendance in the Business Meeting as service to ASP,
> and certainly not service qualifying a member to serve as an officer.
> Attendance in the Business Meeting doesn't constitute  service to ASP,
> especially since most that "attend" do not participate on any level. 
> 
> Lastly, as Sandie pointed out earlier, the Business Meetings are not
> necessarily bi-monthly. Business meetings are held on an ad hoc basis - as
> needed. When we have issues that need to be addresses, we tend to have
> bi-monthly business meetings. But, when things are going smoothly, which is
> the norm in ASP, we may not have a business meeting for many months. 
> 
> Hugs,
> Steve
> 
> 
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