[Businessmtg] Elected service vacancies

[Jenel Wyatt]

Good morning, All. I think this is my first time actually sharing at a business meeting.  It is interesting that ASP has 875 members and less than 20 are attending the business meeting.I joined the business meeting to learn about how Al-Anon works.For some members, ASP is their only AFG and they may have little knowledge about all of the background work that is required. They have not ever attended a FTF meeting.      When I was ready to serve at the group level, I knew of the greeters, daily group chairs, treasurer, a list administrator and of course Steve.  I did not get a clue about the other roles until I chaired the Traditions meeting. I like Betsy C's idea of taking a group inventory.  And also maybe taking an inventory of why there is high turnover in the roles, and notifying the group that it is important for ASP to be self-supporting. It may be helpful to explain why certain roles have a 3 year term which can seem like a long time. My last thought is that we don't want our current leaders to get burned out. It feels like the stress of maintaining the behind-the-scenes roles is carried by a few people (those that attend the business meeting?), whereas the great majority of ASP members don't have awareness that there is an internal strain.
Jenel