The material presented
here is not Al-Anon Conference Approved Literature. It is a method
to exchange
information, ideas, feelings, problems and solutions on a personal
level.
Minutes from the March 2, 2008 were approved as written.........
Next on agenda was treasury report: no report available due to dot being ill.
Next on agenda is old business:
Current chair schedule was posted with 1 amendment on sunday morning roxie would chair/no alt ,also posted were the requirements of being a chair and the responsibilities. The updated schedule is as follows:
AM Meetings
Mon- Shimo/Norwood Tues -Aunitedway/no alt Wed - Iona/no alt; Thurs - Tammy1972/ no alt Fri - Aunitedway/no alt Sat - no chair/no alt Sun - no chair/Roxie
PM Meetings
Mon - Joanie/Tammy1972 Tues - Danz/Mandy Wed - Nightwatcher/no alt Thurs -Ednaxray/Haximon Fri - Roxie/AJ Sat 7Pm - Beginners - no chair/no alt Sat 9PM Mandy/Tammy1972 Sun - Mandy/Norwood
OLD BUSINESS:
Quarterly update of faq's posted on the board:
Chair stated he would add definition of crosstalk to "terms" approved last month with additions approved at this meeting.
The chair presented suggestions received since last meeting:
1. Adding Time Zone information 2. Short description what to do if there is no chair person present at meeting time: Say serenity prayer,pick topics, close with alanon declaration... 3. Add Link to chat room to faq's as well as info on what to do if not able to enter chat room (alternative method to enter).
Discussion was held and then the group voted in favor of adding these 3 faq's.
A new suggestions was presented and the group voted in favor of having the current faq related to service positions reviewed and amended to include a list of the positions for the business meeting - chair, sec, treasurer with a description of the duties and length of service (6 months) and also that the meeting is held in the chat room and the rotation cycle (when the current terms of service expire)
Another new suggestion was to place a list of all MIP Op's on the faq's. After a lot of discussion, the chair tabled this item until next months meeting.
NEW BUSINESS:
Combining Sat PM meetings: Due to time left for the meeting, and the need to elect new officers, the chair decided to table discussion on combining the saturday pm meetings (beginner and regular) into one meeting until next month.
Suggestion on removing idle people during meetings: The Chair passed on to the group a suggestion by a member that during meetings in the chat room, in order to minimize interruption of a members sharing that the op wait until between shares to kick idle people from the room, when this is possible.
Number of Meeting Topics: The Chair passed on to the group an observation by a member that several months ago at a prior group conscious meeting the group had voted in favor of limiting the number of topics in a meeting to two topics and that it appeared that many meetings were still using three topics.
Elections of new officers:
Mandy123 was nominated for chair and accepted position
Tea was nominated for Secretary and accepted position
Tammy1972 was nominated for treasurer and accepted position
Chair closed with the alanon declaration Let it begin with me..
Next business meeting to be held May 4, 2008
Serenity62.........Was a pleasure to serve as Secretary.....
