GUTS Business Meeting – 11/06/2022

BM Chair: Lauren

• Treasurer’s Report: Al
  • Approved
• Sarah S, in her capacity as Zoom Admin is requesting the purchase($150 per year) of a separate Zoom account to be used for training purposes during the LNG hours. Lisa S also requests this, as some people cannot train outside of our marathon meeting hours
  • Seconded & Passed
• Lisa S has created a document to update the website with current info for training purposes. Can the group approve the updates in its entirety?
  • Seconded & Passed
• ORC Updates
  • Starting trial run for ORC Nov 14-Nov 20, and bringing the data back to the BM in December.
    • Seconded & Passed
  • Are we going to be funded by a percentage (25%) of the budget or a set amount each quarter?
    • 25% Seconded & Passed
  • Discuss Getting the Website set up with Cohost links for ORC with Danielle or posting Cohost Links/Blurbs in the Announcement Thread during the week of the Trial Run.
    • Posting Cohost Links/Blurbs for Cohosts in the Announcement Thread Seconded & Passed
• Chip Meeting
  • Tabled
• A complaint was lodged that particular share was disturbing in its reference to white supremacy, and the host did not intervene to re-direct or stop the share.
  • No context for the share was given in the complaint. No names were given and no time-frame. Hard to distinguish what occurred at the time. 
  • Thoughts? Is there a way to prevent this beyond our GC for Host discretion with a mini GC in the Live Thread? 
  • Al proposed to have the GC for share re-direction posted in the Announcement Thread as a reminder. Seconded & Passed
  • This issue is also remanded to the trainers
  • We are sticking to our original GC for Host Discretion, Share re-direction, and mini GC in the Live Thread.
• Kristen proposed that we include the GC of service members’ sobriety. Posting a reminder in the Announcement Thread about how to handle situations where the Host’s/Cohosts’ sobriety is in question. This is a program of integrity. No shame in taking time to work on recovery.
  • Seconded & Passed
• Alternate Meetings (Men’s Meeting/Speaker’s Meeting)
  • Tabled
• Susan W proposed Archiving GUTS history and getting testimonies from members.
  • Seconded & Passed
• Susan W was nominated to be the GUTS Archivist.
  • Seconded & Passed
• Jason W proposed posting BM Agenda in the threads 1 day prior to the BM for the sake of inclusion, awareness, and promotes discussion.
  • Seconded & Passed