[Businessmtg] Districting and impacts to ASP and email groups

[Anne]

Thank you Lynne, I have been giving this a lot of thought.  Now that the
vote is over I'd like to respond

-all 24/7 groups will be in districts together, how many email groups will
be in the district we are assigned to is unknown.
-I am guessing that we are one of the few groups that have a website like
ours, or even a founder who has the technical knowledge that we have - this
doesn't mean that I don't disagree with you, it simply means that it may be
that what we are looking for on the web site side of things really isn't
part of the districting needs.  My opinion only and not something to be
dismissed.
-I believe that one way for us to encourage membership in an email group now
that there are so many virtual meetings to choose from is to approach email
meetings as a tool in our toolbox.  Meaning that for those that can and do
attend Zoom meetings, we should also encourage the email meeting as another
tool.  Tools include Al-Anon literature, F2F (and now Zoom), service and
sponsorship?  Are  there others that I am not thinking of?  When I was part
of the Thoughtforce, the group represented Zoom, What's App, phone and
email.  We each shared why we chose our platforms and the benefits of each.
I chose to share that email did not replace F2F but enhanced and it was a
tool in my tool box.  I saw the "light bulb" go on  when I shared my ESH on
this platform.

Anyway, I really do trust the process, and will continue to listen to my
higher power and do my best to do what is best for this group.

I would like all of you  to continue providing your feedback and thoughts so
that I can do my best for the group.

Yours in Service,

Anne

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Subject: [Businessmtg] Districting



Hi Anne,

Thank you for your email and all your work on this. Why do I think ASP
should be in a district with other email or 24/7 meetings? I have been
thinking about this and I settle on that we face such different issues at
ASP than f2f or zoom meetings (which are basically f2f). The SC is currently
re-doing our website, I'm about to start a purge of inactive members, and
we've been dealing with a dropoff of new requests to join. 
Those are 3 issues we are currently facing that I don't think a  zoom (or
other f2f-like) meeting GR would be able to offer any ESH for.  
These are issues that are inherently different to our platform. And having a
district with few like meetings would mean we don't get any benefit from
being in a district. It is an inherent difference that should be accounted
for in the districting structure from the beginning. 
Maybe I'm thinking about this the wrong way, but that is where I am right
now.

Hugs,

Lynne
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