[Businessmtg] Response to Georgia

[Mary Abbott]

Hi Everyone, 
I just realized that when I sent a response to Georgia’s questions on Sunday, I only sent my comments to her. Below is my response to her query. 

Hi Georgia. 
Thanks for you questions. 
Although I went to my first Al-Anon meeting about 36 years ago, when they couldn’t tell me how to get my husband to stop drinking I didn’t stick with it. However, 23 years ago, I was broken enough to come back and start working a program of recovery for me. I plan to continue to work my Al-Anon program. My life is just a lot more sane when I do. 

As to your second query, I believe that I do understand Al-Anon principles and I work every day to apply them to my life. I’m still learning even after all of these years in AL-Anon. Being an ASP greeter for a year has given me insight about how ASP works. My past experiences on other boards has given me an understanding about how steering committees work. I expect that other members of the ASP steering committee will be happy to help me with the rest.  

Please let me know if you have other questions. I’m happy to answer them. 

Mary A. 

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> On May 17, 2020, at 3:35 PM, Georgia D <georgiadiddley at gmail.com> wrote:
> 
> Hi Mary and thanks for standing for treasurer. As you probably know, we
> have had some problems with trusted servants in the past, so I need to do
> my due diligence. A couple of questions popped into my head when I read
> your resume.
> 
> You said you have been in Al-Anon for 36 years, off and on.  I'm sorry but
> I can't think of a way to say this politely, but I've learned to
> wonder what that really means.  Has the person been in Al-Anon and working
> a program for 36 years, or have they spent many of those years practicing
> the disease instead of recovery?  Ordinarily, this wouldn't be my business
> but when I'm considering voting for someone to hold a major service
> position, this becomes an issue for me.
> 
> My other question is about your service background. As I understand it,
> serving as an officer at ASP is a lot more than just doing the job. The
> members of the Steering Committee need to make decisions based on ASP's
> written policies as well as Al-Anon Traditions and Concepts. What I'm
> trying to say is that I'm more concerned about someone having an
> understanding of how to apply Al-Anon principles and following ASP
> guidelines than I am in experience on outside executive committees. Can you
> speak to this?
> 
> Georgia
> 
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