[Businessmtg] ASP Group Representatives Report - July 2023

[Lynne]

Anne,

Thank you so much for sharing this. What is the difference between the 
World Service Conference and the Al anon International convention? Is 
the former only open the Area reps and the latter open to the public?

Also, I know the GEA is relatively new and that an extraordinary amount 
of work has been done to get it running and to start hashing out how 
Districts will be defined. Is there any timeline on when you think 
Districts might be put in place? Just wondering if you think this is 
months or years away?

I'm so grateful to you and all the other GRs who have volunteered their 
time on a taskforce or as an Area officer.

Hugs,
Lynne

On 2023-07-04 09:02, Anne wrote:
> Hi Friends!
> 
> 
> 
> For those who may not know...
> 
> -I am the ASP Group Representative , my role is to act as liaison 
> between
> our group and the District and Area that ASP is connected to.
> 
> -Our Area, the GEA, is relatively new and is building out the structure
> needed to be a fully formed Area - currently, our Area does not have
> Districts.
> 
> -The Area is unique in that it does not have geographic boundaries that 
> the
> other Areas, Districts and Groups have.
> 
> 
> 
> The last several reports I have presented to the Bus Meeting, have  
> been
> focused on the Districting needs of the GEA.  The District Thought 
> Force
> committee that I was a part of, wrapped up their work and presented 
> their
> findings to all the Group Rep's in the GEA (Global Electronic Area) in 
> May.
> With feedback from the group reps after those presentations, the GEA
> officers are now forming a District taskforce with a new set of GR
> volunteers.  I assume that the GEA officers will be providing the GR's 
> with
> more information soon.
> 
> 
> 
> +++Other structural tasks that the GEA officers are managing are two
> positions - Area Delegate and Language Coordinator.
> 
> 
> 
> ***The Language Coordinator was recently appointed by the GEA officers. 
>  He
> was one of three volunteers.
> 
> 
> 
> ***The GEA does NOT have an Area Delegate, only an Area Alternate 
> Delegate.
> The GEA is actively seeking a Delegate for the Area and posted the 
> "job"
> description in search of willing participants.  The description is also
> found in the Service Manual.  Once there are volunteers stepping 
> forward,
> there will be an opportunity for Q & A with the volunteers and then an
> election.
> 
> 
> 
> *** Our Alternate Delegate attended the World Service Conference in May 
> and
> provided her report to the GR's in June.
> 
> 
> 
> ***This weekend was the 2023 AL-ANON INTERNATIONAL CONVENTION,  
> Albuquerque,
> New Mexico June 29 through July 2, 2023 "New Hopes, New Friends, 
> Renewed
> Recovery!"  In the future, this might be something a GR would attend 
> and the
> costs would be borne by the group.
> 
> 
> 
> That's it for today, please let me know if you have any questions.
> 
> 
> 
> Yours in Service,
> 
> 
> 
> Anne O.
> 
> 
> 
> 
> 
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