[Businessmtg] Greeter Chair position

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Hi Jennifer - thanks for the share! Sounds pretty straight forward.
I am learning and growing in my role too!
Tammy

On 2026-01-10 02:35, J Roberts via Businessmtg wrote:
> Hi folks,
>     I would like to share my ESH regarding my position as Greeter 
> Chair. My
> prior experience in a role at ASP entailed being a greeter.
>    I was new to service in the role that held a position on the 
> Steering
> Committee.  I was nervous and excited all at the same time.   Members 
> of
> the SC had many years of experience and I had none.   When I first took 
> on
> the role, we were having business meetings every other month, which 
> meant
> that we met on the off month to discuss the BM agenda and any other
> important business.   There were many times when my opinion was that I 
> had
> "no opinion" because I didn't have enough information about the subject 
> or
> wasn't knowledgeable enough to give an opinion.  Shortly after I joined 
> the
> ranks, we transitioned to quarterly business meetings.   That being 
> said,
> meant 4 BM meetings per year.  The SC  would meet by zoom at a time
> convenient for everyone one month before the business meeting  and as 
> time
> went on I felt more and more comfortable. I felt more comfortable 
> asking
> questions and with each meeting I was growing.    In fact, today, I 
> look
> forward to our meetings.  And I still have questions.
> 
>    The duties of the Greeter Chair is to solicit for Greeters 1 time 
> per
> year.  I do that in April and they begin in May.  We used to have 3
> greeters but the last 2 years have been very slow and 2 has been
> sufficient.   The end of April I send out the directions on how the job 
> is
> done and then I am available for questions.  I am open to a zoom 
> training
> if needed, but the directions are pretty clear and none of our greeters
> have ever needed more training.  I let the greeters know that I will 
> check
> the email usually in the mornings between 7-9 a.m. EST.  During that 
> time
> if a new member has been vetted, I will approve him/her.  I will then 
> send
> an email to the greeter telling them that the member has been 
> "subscribed".
> and the greeter will introduce them to the group.   Then I am done for 
> the
> day.   Usually 5-10 minutes is all I need to do my job.
>     Serving on the SC has helped me tremendously grow in my program.  
> I've
> learned how to apply traditions and concepts as well.
>     Please feel free to email me if you have any questions about this
> position.
> Jennifer
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