[Businessmtg] Motion #4 Discussions - Proposed Secretary/Webmaster Changes

[travelynne2]

 Hi Jerry, 

I completely understand your concerns and remember them from the last business meeting. That is why I asked whether #2 would be voted on separately from #1. If the business meeting is voting on #1 and #2 as one motion ( yes or no to both adding the GR to the steering committee AND eliminating the webmaster from the steering committee), then there would be no change to the number of elected officials on the steering committee if the motion passed - we would simply be changing from a webmaster to a GR on the steering committee. Or am I thinking about this the wrong way? 

Hugs, 
Lynne

    On Thursday, September 16, 2021, 04:51:49 AM PDT, Jerry <logmark at comcast.net> wrote:  
 
 Biz-Pals,

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The three sections of Motion #4 that we'll discuss this month are:
1.    Group Representative
2.    Web Master rolled into Secretary
3.    Founders

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Currently on the Floor:
2. Web Master rolled into Secretary

As I stated in previous Business Meetings I strongly oppose combining the Webmaster and Secretary positions.

Any act which decreases the number of seats on ASP's Steering Committee not only diminishes the opportunities for members to take leadership roles at ASP, but also minimizes the variety of inputs to Steering Committee discussions that having more SC members enables.

It goes without saying that having fewer seats filled on the Steering Committee increases the power and influence of those positions which would remain. In the past there have been occasions when one or two Steering Committee members have exerted influence above their stations only to be countered by the balance of other SC members.

This ability to maintain a counterbalance to strongly-willed and charismatic personalities is diminished by reducing the number of seats on the Steering Committee. This I am opposed to doing.

In service,
Jerry H.
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