[Businessmtg] Steering Committee Letter to the Business Meeting

[List Administrator]

Dear ASP Business Meeting Members:

This month's Business Meeting did not come off as well as it could have. 
The proceedings deviated in some meaningful ways from ASP's approved 
practices. Questions have arisen which have signaled some doubts or 
suspicions within the meeting. Even the appearance of possible 
impropriety has the power to prompt discord and hinder the loving 
participation which is the foundation of group harmony.

Trusted servants, whether as members of the Steering Committee or the 
Business Meeting, owe the ASP membership a degree of trustworthiness 
higher than just following known and suggested policies and practices. 
The Steering Committee, aware that trust is key to service, has 
recognized that accepting the poll taken in this month's Business 
Meeting could cause future discord.

The requirements of ASP's election process were not entirely adhered to. 
The posted poll and any results are therefore called into question. The 
Steering Committee suggests that the Business Meeting accepts our 
proposals that the current Business Meeting be chalked up as a learning 
opportunity and that all current business be tabled until March's 
regular Business Meeting.

Each of us has at one time or another been encouraged to start our day 
over when things go sideways. So, too, can the Business Meeting stop, 
gain its footing, and then proceed. We hope to see you in March and 
assure you that we'll have ironed out the kinks by then.

In service,
The ASP Steering Committee
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