[Businessmtg] FW: ASP GR response to Lynne's questions

[Lynne]

Thanks Anne! So helpful!!
Hugs,
Lynne

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> On Jul 5, 2023, at 5:31 AM, Anne <aohara77 at comcast.net> wrote:
> 
> Hi Lynne and all,
> 
> **The World Service Conference: from page 143 of the current Service Manual
> - Al-Anon's annual business meeting, which is attended by all Delegates from
> the World Service Conference Structure, representatives from other
> countries, members of the Board of Trustees and Executive Committee, voting
> members of the World Service Office (WSO) administrative Staff and other WSO
> personnel.  The Conference provides guidance to the WSO on service matters
> that are brought to its attention.
> 
> **The Al-Anon International Convention is an annual event that is open to
> all.  It includes speaker meetings as well as workshops that take place
> throughout the day and the weekend.  A high level agenda from this year's
> convention is still active here
> https://al-anon.org/wso-events/2023-al-anon-international-convention/
> 
> **Regarding districting, while everyone is anxious to get districts in place
> "quickly" we do know that KBDM takes time.  I truly hope this can be
> accomplished before the end of the year, that is only my personal hope
> (likely shared by others).  Until we do the GR's are acting independently,
> and attending the Assemblies without any DR representation.
> 
> Please let me know if I can answer any other questions for you.
> 
> Anne
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Businessmtg <businessmtg-bounces+aohara77=comcast.net at asp-afg.org> On
> Behalf Of Lynne
> Sent: Tuesday, July 4, 2023 9:36 PM
> To: aohara77 at comcast.net
> Cc: ASP Business <businessmtg at asp-afg.org>
> Subject: Re: [Businessmtg] ASP Group Representatives Report - July 2023
> 
> 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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