[Businessmtg] List Administrator Report

[Lynne]

Hello everyone,

For anyone new to the business meeting, the list administrator has a lot 
of varied jobs, all related to making sure things are running smoothly 
for our members. I am the main point of contact if members are having 
any issues. I am also the person who has to resolve things if a member 
breaks the rules at ASP. I make sure the server runs smoothly, which 
involves clearing emails that get stuck in the server for one of many 
reasons, most often because an email is addressed to more than one 
person. I am the chair of the Steering Committee, which means setting up 
our zoom calls and shepherding discussions when necessary. I set up and 
manage ASP email addresses. I also report to the BM and participate in 
the SC.  I'm sure I'm missing some things, but this is most of the 
things that I do. The time I spend on this is variable as most of this 
is based on what other people do or need. :) But all very manageable in 
my opinion once I got the hang of it. My 3 year term ends at the end of 
April next year. So this will be one more position that will need to be 
filled. If you are interested in learning more about the LA position, 
please get in touch. I've enjoyed it immensely and have gotten so much 
out of it. It is a real chance to apply our traditions and concepts and 
put principles above personalities. I think the being the LA has also 
made me a better co-worker at my job as I have had an example of what 
healthy interactions are like. I highly recommend this position.

Ok,  on to my regular report. I am keeping track of a few measures of 
our membership and share them every meeting.  This information can be 
useful in seeing the health of ASP and to spot any significant movements 
up or down. Here are some graphs:

1. The number of members at ASP as of October 4, 2024 is 289.

https://asp-afg.org/archive/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/10/members-oct-2024.jpg

2. The number of people who unsubscribe each month.

https://asp-afg.org/archive/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/10/unsubscribed-oct-2024.jpg

3. The number of unique people who share each month.

****I used to make this graph for the BM, but this is the most time 
consuming to do and I have stopped doing this. Sorry. This will be the 
last time I mention it*****

4. The number of shares/day (the total shares per month divided by the 
number of days in the month). This is the only one I can easily gather 
historical numbers on, so this goes back to January 2019. This starts at 
January 2019 (1/19) then goes to January 2020 (1/20), etc. each dot is 
one month in the year. The last 2 dots on the right are August and 
September 2024.

https://asp-afg.org/archive/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/10/average-shares-per-day-Oct-2024.jpg

A note about the number of members at ASP. I did a purge of inactive 
members earlier this year, which is why the numbers went down so much 
and then up again a bit. I continued to add back people who were 
unsubscribed until about May. That has leveled off now, although 
surprisingly someone does pop up still every now and then.

Please let me know if there are any other metrics that you would find 
useful to keep track of over time or any questions about the ones I 
shared.

Hugs,

Lynne