[Businessmtg] Service Questions for Steve

[BJ]

Thank you, Anna RC.  Your words are spot on.  If ASP isn't  a "meeting" it
should not be registered as one.  That is duping people who need meetings.
BJ

On Wed, Mar 18, 2020 at 3:11 AM Anna RC. <serenityandlove13 at gmail.com>
wrote:

> Good morning all.!  I have a few questions based on Steve’s response to
> BJ.
>
> “..the members of ASP made the decision to set a
> boundary on who can serve. We did that to protect the sanctity of the
> members and ASP itself. “
>
> Currently several other members have mentioned these “boundaries” are more
> like dominant requirements,  so why are they not being voted on or at least
> discussed?  We have business meetings so the whole business list can
> discuss and vote on issues.   Why are these comments being ignored?  Let’s
> remember tradition 2.
>
>
> “ASP is not an Al-Anon group”
>
> Then what exactly is it?  The website states : “Every al - Anon meeting
> has a different ‘flavor’.  This includes online meetings like A Serenity
> Place.”  Sounds like a meeting to me.
>
>
> “If that's not good enough for someone, then
> frankly I probably don't want that person serving in a critical position
> on the Steering Committee. Service is supposed to be about doing what ASP
> needs, not what the member wants to do.”
>
> Yet,  we’re not listening to the multiple people who every single business
> meeting state they think these requirements are outdated and are doing more
> harm then good.  Doing what one member wants over the rest,  is not “doing
> what ASP needs.”  It’s catering to the one individual,  and the group as a
> whole cannot grow properly when we only serve one individual.
>
> What is the issue with changing these requirements?  Besides a select few
> not liking it. Is there some other reasoning?  Everytime someone suggests
> it they get a huge lecture on when this group was formed and why things
> were established that way then,  but it was years ago.  Sometimes things
> need to be refreshed.  Change isn’t always bad,  besides,  how things have
> been obviously is no longer working.  What does the group have to lose?
> I’m not being sarcastic,  I really don’t get it.  Why the pushback?   We
> are not hiring people as employees at a business,  we are seeking service
> volunteers.  As long as the member has a background with the steps,
> traditions,  has a sponsor and is willing to serve,  what’s the problem?
>  Yes,  ASP does require you to have some technological computer skills,
> but I doubt people would even have made it here without those.
>
> Thanks for letting me share,
> Anna RC.
>
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