GSB Agenda: Tuesday, May 20, 2014

PROPOSED GSB AGENDA FOR MAY 20, 2014

Opening (20 minutes):

  • Serenity Prayer (“We” version)
  • Chair opening statements
  • Request for timekeeper
  • Reading of the Traditions
  • Roll-call
    • Officers and committee chairs
    • GSR’s (name and meeting)
  • Reading of secretary’s minutes
  • Treasurer’s report

Committee Reports (6 min./report, 4 min./Q&A, alpha. by comm., extra time for WSCC):

  • Finance Committee
  • Literature
  • Phone and Technology
  • Public Information
  • Service Structure
  • World Service Conference Committee (WSCC):
    • 15-20 minutes, including updates on the 2014 WSC&C

Old Business

(none)

New Business

  • The first of a series of proposals for service requirements for GSB officers, starting with the treasurer:
  • The treasurer must have:
    • Worked all 12 Steps in UA with a UA sponsor (doing the steps in a step study group doesn’t count);
    • Participated in the program for at least two years
    • Done some kind of UA service previously (e.g. chaired a meeting, kept time, etc.)
    • Maintained at least one year of solvency, defined as
      • Not bouncing checks
      • Not using credit cards
      • Not taking underearning work, i.e. work that does not meet their basic needs of food, clothing, and shelter
      • Avoiding unsecured debt
      • Paying bills on time
      • Not taking services without paying for them
  • An appropriation for $480 for the food/lodging cost of an outside speaker who would do workshops on the difference between a group and an organisation—the key to understanding why we do not govern—what does “govern” mean.
  • Group and Collective Conscience—why they are important, what mean. Understanding “Positionality” and its consequences.
  • 3rd legacy of Service—the 12 concepts of world service—an introduction
  • The inverted pyramid and its consequences-the importance of the GSR.
  • That the GSB explore the possibility of obtaining an outside worker to draft a service structure manual for our fellowship

For Discussion (time permitting)

  •  UA Facebook page
  •  TBD

 

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