[Businessmtg] Required Prior Service Experience

[Jerry]

Biz-Pals,

I don't think we have a choice. We need to try something. What we've been doing hasn't been working for a long, long time.

• Six month's prior service is one option - maybe with a preference for those with service experience in face-to-face Al-Anon meetings. Perhaps with retaining the 1-year requirements for the LA and Secretary positions?

• Maybe those with extensive Al-Anon service experience, but with less ASP service experience (3 months) could be considered if too few candidates with six months service stand for positions. [It would good to have multiple members stand for positions so elections are meaningful.]

Additionally:
     We keep overlooking two meaningful vacant seats on the Steering Committee every time we discuss SC positions: the two "general member" seats. I bring them up here because candidates for these positions only serve for six months, not three years.
     I understand that filling these positions provide no near-term help with the administrative tasks current SC members are handling, but attracting folks into SC service with a six month term, not a three year commitment, may well help in the long-term by creating interest in future SC service.

Anyway, it's become clear that some change is necessary. My only other though is that we may be better served by being open to any suggestions which could help resolve this service problem, not just the prior service experience requirements.

Questions for Business Meeting members:
~ Anyone here who would be interested in any of the vacant service positions if the qualifications were lowered? If the terms were shortened? In the General Member seats if the prior service qualification were lowered?

In service,
Jerry
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On January 8, 2023, at 12:32 PM, Lynne <lynne at asp-afg.org> wrote:

Hello everyone,

The Trusted Servants Report portion of this month's meeting is hereby 
closed. We are now moving to the next item on our agenda: Should we 
change the qualifications to serve as an elected trusted servant on the 
steering committee by reducing the one year prior ASP service 
requirement to six months.

As you can see from our trusted servant reports, we are very short 
staffed on the steering committee. We have four of five necessary 
positions vacant right now: Greeter Chair, Treasurer, Secretary and 
Group Representative. While Anne, Steve and I are filling these vacant 
positions, that is supposed to be a temporary measure. In our Steering 
Committee zoom call in December, we talked about ways that we could 
increase the pool of eligible people who could serve in an elected 
position. One concrete change we would like the Business meeting to 
consider is reducing the prior ASP service requirement from 1 year to 6 
months. The elected service position requirements are below (I took 
these from an email Steve sent the BM in November). The ASP service 
requirement is met by serving in one of the appointed positions, details 
of which are also below.

Elected Service Positions
* Are elected by the membership in a Business Meeting
* Must have at least _1 year_ of prior service in ASP in an appointed 
service position
* Must NOT be a member of AA
* Generalized description of basic duties and responsibilities are 
described in Motion 22
* Is expected to participate in Steering Committee discussions and 
decisions
* Is expected to adhere to ASP policies and practices as described on 
the ASP website
* Serves for 3 years
* Application to serve on the Steering Committee is made by submitting a 
resume form (available on the ASP website) to the Secretary, either 
directly or via any member of the Steering Committee

Appointed Service Positions
* Are appointed by one of the Steering Committee members
* One year of active participation in ASP is required
* Details of their duties are not codified by group conscience, but 
instead have been established by past practice of ASP
* Steering Committee member is responsible for recruiting, training, 
appointing, supervising and if necessary, termination of the appointed 
service positions
* Includes:
* Daily Chairs (6-month term)
* Greeters (1 year term)
* Recording Secretary (not specified)
* All appointed service positions count towards qualification for the 
Steering Committee

Since this change would be considered a major change to ASP policies, 
this means we will discuss this over  three business meetings (this is 
the first one) before we are able to consider a consensus/motion. This 
topic will be discussed under the KBDM process until the end of 
Saturday, January 14th.

Hugs,

Lynne
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