[Businessmtg] Motion #4 Update

[Mary A.]

Hi Lynne,
Thanks for your input and queries and for sending a working link. We do
only discuss one agenda item at a time so I will address your queries in
terms of our topic at hand, Motion 4. ASP policy is that members only
qualify for Steering Committee (SC) service positions if they have had 1
year of prior service in a non-SC position. Currently, someone either has
to be a greeter (1 year position) or a 6 month topic chair twice in order
to meet that criteria. The pool of ASP members who meet the minimum
criteria and are willing to serve is small. Motion 4 would add another
opportunity for non-SC service at ASP.  There are other obstacles to
serving in SC positions but the SC consensus is that adding an additional
service non-SC position should facilitate increasing the candidate pool. In
addition, the position of the proposed service position of recording
secretary would also be a nice entry level position to learn what is
involved in being ASP secretary. We just recently had a similar situation
when Kelley, who was a greeter, became the greeter chair. It is a natural
progress to move to an increased level of service. It will take a while to
fill our vacant SC positions, but we feel this is a step in the right
direction.
Mary A.

On Sat, May 8, 2021 at 10:55 PM travelynne2 via Businessmtg <
businessmtg at asp-afg.org> wrote:

> Thank you Steve for all the information and a very clear explanation of
> the changes. The web link below to the document with the side by side
> comparison had the end not included in the hyperlink which made the link
> not work. I pasted it in below for anyone having issues with it.
>
>
> http://www.serenitysys.com/A_Serenity_Place/Business/nbm/asp_service_structure_COMPARISON.html
>
> These proposed changes seem well thought out and I have no issue with any
> of them and support them. I do have a couple questions about the steering
> committee that I think are relevant, but please let me know if this is not
> the time to discuss them.
>
> I joined ASP a little over a year ago and for most of that time you have
> been the acting List Administrator and acting Secretary. Why have those
> positions not been advertised? Is it normal to have a long lag to fill
> these positions?
>
> The reason I bring this up is that currently the steering committee
> members are you, Anne K., Anne O., Kelley and Mary (right?). These changes
> will eliminate Anne K.’s position which would leave only 4 people on the
> steering committee. I understand the GR rep would be added to the steering
> committee. But if it takes a long time to fill these positions (again, I
> don’t know what is normal), then that would leave only 4 people on the
> steering committee instead of the 7 described in this document.
>
> Thanks for all you do for ASP!
> Hugs,
> Lynne
>
> Sent from my iPhone
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