First Point of Order:
John A proposed a business meeting to change a portion of our format:
In the leader’s format, rather than grouping newcomers/fewer than 30 days and then separating out 1 year or more, John proposes that the leader’s format be revised to the following:
After the Serenity Prayer is said, the leader would say the following:
- Do we have any newcomers or visitors from outside the area? Please introduce yourself.
- We also celebrate milestones: is anyone celebrating their first 24 hours?
- 30 days?
- 90 days?
- A year or more?
- Are there any SAA birthdays?
If the true purpose of identifying newcomers is to get to know them better, then it doesn’t make sense to group them with people who have been coming but are still working on getting 30 days of sobriety together. Also, it may be helpful for newcomers to see brothers in a variety of stages of sobriety.
Second Point of Order:
Bill M. proposed that we vote on an amount to allocate towards purchasing a laptop for the group, so that people don’t have to bring their personal laptops in to coordinate the Zoom component of our meetings.