[Businessmtg] Secretary's report July 2025

[aohara77 at comcast.net]

Hi friends,

 

What a great response we had recently to all the open positions on the
Steering Committee with almost all open positions being filled as of 5/1.
However, the Secretary position does remain open.  I am serving as interim
Secretary until we can fill it with one of our ASP members.    

 

Our agenda is packed this month with two substantial topics that are in
their third round of discussion.  We will spend a week on each of the
topics.  We will need to reach consensus on each.  The status of a consensus
will determine the next steps.  This is my first time chairing a Business
Meeting with topics such as these.  I look forward to stretching my skills
and keeping myself and all of you on topic as we continue to work through
the topics.  

 

On service and the open position:

Al-Anon service takes many shapes and has infinite rewards.  We look forward
to filling this position.  The information below has been shared before, I
am resharing it.

 

The Secretary has 3 main jobs:

 

* Recruiting/training daily chairs. A new batch of chairs were recently
recruited and trained - they started July 1.  Our Greeter Chair, Jennifer
stepped forward and covered this job.  Thanks to Jennifer we have a new
round of chairs supporting our recovery meeting!

 

* Update the website. This is done on a cadence that follows this approach-
generally during the first week of the Business Meeting after the Treasurer
sends the financial reports. In addition to posting those to the website,
changes in personnel (greeters, daily chairs, trusted servants), and the
business meeting agenda as well as any topics for future business meetings.

 

*Chair of the Business Meeting. The BM is every 3 months instead of every 2
months thanks to a recent group conscience, this is much more manageable. It
does require one to be "on" during this month and reading the BM emails
daily as well as communicate with the Steering Committee as necessary on any
issues that arise during the BM. The secretary will also meet with the rest
of the Steering Committee by zoom about 2-4 weeks before the start of the
Business Meeting where there is a discussion related to the agenda for the
BM and any other Steering Committee business.

 

Yours in Service,

 

Anne