[Businessmtg] Time to resolve and move on?

[Steve Rankin]

Hi Missy et al,

I thought we were at a consensus Friday/Saturday, but I was gone over the
weekend and didn't have a chance to post the note from Ozzie, our new
Delegate and draw up what I thought was the consensus.  Then several voices
spoke up AFTER Margaret's info on the new Area publishing the info on how to
donate to the Area.  There seems to be a number of members that are anxious
to send our excess to WSO even after knowing that the Area published info on
how to donate to the Area.  

So, I'm not sure we have the consensus I thought we had a few days ago.
Ugh.

We understand that the District and Area will also donate their excess funds
to the next service entity up the food chain, which results in all excess
finds eventually finding their way to WSO.

What about the District(s)?  What I know is that many people from other
countries are disappointed that WSO determined there would be only one
Global Area.  That decision was left open by the Delegates at the WSC, but
WSO made a unilateral decision that many are not happy with.  Partly because
it wasn't WSO's decision to make and partly because many thought that there
would be several Areas, most likely separated by language.  Frankly,
considering that WSO didn't want any electronic Areas, it's not surprising
that they didn't offer the option of Language-based Areas.  Duh.  

While there mention of Districts, there hasn't been a DISCUSSION regarding
Districts yet because the discussion has been controlled by WSO.   I'm sure
that discussion will come sooner rather than later at the Area as I expect
the non-English speaking members will want to be better represented.   And I
don't blame them - I fully support the idea of Districts based on a variety
of criteria that serves ALL of the membership.

So, what about proportion of donations?  Well . . . I really like Missy's
suggestion of 60% Area and 40% WSO as an interim solution.  This proportion
supports the Area during this time when it experiences a number of start-up
expenses which likely exceed it's normal operating expenses.  

My thoughts on the consensus. . .
↓↓↓↓↓↓↓↓↓↓↓↓↓↓↓↓↓↓↓↓
1.  Prudent Reserve to be one year's operating expenses; actual amount
determined by Steering Committee as needed.

2.  Excess Funds to be donated quarterly according to the following
formulae:
	a. Interim: Until ASP belongs to an Electronic District 
	District	N/A
	Area	60%
	WSO	40%
	b. Permanent; once the conditions of (a) above have been met, the
following formula for donating excess funds applies.
	District	60%
	Area	30%
	WSO	10%
↑↑↑↑↑↑↑↑↑↑↑↑↑↑↑↑↑↑↑↑↑↑↑↑↑

What I've done is taken Missy's suggestion and added a provision that
changes it to the 60/30/10 formula automatically upon our belong to a
District.
This assumes that the Area will adopt some form of Districts within its
structure. Should that not occur, then we would revisit the issue.  Since
this is a one day at a time program, we are not attempting to make that
future decision today.  

If you can support this, please speak up and say so.  If not, please speak
up and explain why?

Like Missy and I'm sure most of you, I'd like to reach a consensus, so we
can move forward.

Thanks & hugs,
Steve




-----Original Message-----
From: Businessmtg On Behalf Of Missy S
Sent: Tuesday, May 17, 2022 6:13 PM
To: steve at serenitysys.com
Cc: ASP Business <businessmtg at asp-afg.org>
Subject: [Businessmtg] Time to resolve and move on?

Are we closer to a consensus?

No dollar amount on PR, one year's expenses, 60-30-10? Which for now would
actually be 60 Area-40 WSO?

Maybe we can at least vote on the items one by one and decide something? It
is great that everyone is invested, but I'd personally not like to see this
continue to carry on without resolution.

If I'm out of line, I apologize. I don't quite understand the transition
from KBDM to a formal vote. Seems some consensus is happening at least on no
dollar amount for the PR!

Respectfully,

Missy S.
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