Lauren-chaired SC meeting (Not official SC Chair)
This is a collection of information that was tabled from the last SC Meeting and BM, ideas that have been gathered from members and the threads, and issues that were voted on by the group but have not been facilitated.
I. Re-direction of intoxicated shares (Tabled from the BM)-Motion to bring this to next BM
A. People do not have to have 24 hours of sobriety to share in a meeting. Do we keep this GC in place? Stick to Host/Service Team Discretion?
1. Lisa proposed to keep Host/Service Team Discretion.
II. Group Inventory (Tabled from last SC meeting)-Not to be brought to the BM/This is just for SC Members
A. Lauren proposed to delegate SC member(s) to get this issue facilitated. Ask if there are any SC members willing to take action to get this moving forward. Basically, we need a member to spearhead this issue such as contacting the person taking our group’s inventory and setting a date.
1. Lisa/Jocelyne? Lisa said she would get the ball rolling on this.
III. Several of our threads on WhatsApp have only one admin. Might be a good idea to add more admins to WhatsApp Threads to prevent the need to re-create threads. (Proposed by a member) – Motion to take this to BM-passed
1. The Thread Admins for the GUTS Schedule/Topics Only Thread would remain the same. (Topics Coordinator and Schedulers) (Proposed in SC)
2. Elle proposed 3 Minimum thread admins for the GUTS thread/GUTS Announcement Thread since the others already have Admins.
A. All service members (Including Sister Meetings) should be included in GUTS thread, GUTS Announcements Only, GUTS Live Co/Host Chat, GUTS Schedule/Topics Only, and Current & Daily SCHED REQ threads. (Proposed by a member). Motion to take to BM-Passed
IV. Tech Issues
A. Sarah S proposed that the Training Coordinator be added to the list of people who have access to the GUTS Zoom account and Website. There has been concern expressed that only 2 people having access is not enough. (Steering Committee Feedback)-Motion to take to BM-passed
B. Adding more people to be Zoom Admins/IT Admins (Tabled from the last SC Meeting)-Motion to take to BM-passed
V. In the November BM, the group voted to have Share-Redirection Guidelines posted in the Announcement Thread.
A. This was remanded to the trainers to post in the announcement thread. A simple copy and paste of the Share-redirection Guidelines would get posted in the Announcement Thread
1. This is still remanded to the trainers to copy and paste the Share-Redirection Guidelines in the Announcement thread.
B. The group voted to have a reminder posted in the announcement thread regarding situations in which a Host/Cohost’s sobriety is in question during the meeting. (Taking this to the BM to revisit)
1. Current GC is to get a vote between cohosts in the Live Thread. If the cohosts determine that a Host is not sober, the Host will be asked to pass the Host tag to someone else.
2. This was remanded to the trainers to post the info in the Announcement Thread (Revisiting this at the BM)
VI. Opening Nominations/Re-elections
A. I motion for nominations to be opened for 1 Scheduling Assistant, Co-Secretary, 1 SC member, and 1 Newcomer Meeting Host. –Won’t be taken to BM/Just need SC approval. Motion to open nominations-Passed
B. Terms are ending for our members. We need re-elections for 1 Traditions/Steps Meeting Host (Glenn), Big Book Meeting Cohost (Susan), 2 Newcomer Meeting Hosts (Elle/Daren).
1. Lauren proposes to allow the Sister Meeting Hosts/Cohosts keep their positions until they resign due to a lack of availability for service members’ participation in Sister Meetings. Any member who meets hosting requirements and shows an interest in hosting the Sister Meetings would be nominated and voted in per GC to avoid exclusion. Hosting naturally gets rotated according to members’ availability when there are more participants. The commitment to Host the sister meetings would remain a minimum of 6 months. Motion to take to the BM-passed
-Al proposed mandatory re-nomination/re-election for hosts who have been on longer than their term. Current GC is a two term cap. If no one is willing to step in, add another term.
-Lauren proposed that the system already works in the Steps/12 Traditions meeting. People naturally come and go. Having multiple hosts for the Sister meetings alleviates the need for Hosts to attend every single meeting. Rotation of Hosts naturally occurs when multiple people are hosting based on their availability. If it doesn’t work or any issues arise, this can be re-visited
2. Lauren proposes the removal of voting in cohosts for the sister meetings and allow any trained cohost to have regular participation, if they choose to do so. It would lessen the need for more polls.
-Motion to take to the BM-Passed
VII. Revisiting GC on 7th Tradition Split
A. Al requests making the split quarterly rather than monthly.
Motion to take to the BM-Passed
VIII. What Constitutes an Emergency Vote/Meeting? –Proposed in SC Meeting (Tabled)
STEERING COMMITTEE FEEDBACK (DECEMBER)
I. Returning to service parameters (Taken from SC Feedback on Website)
A. Lisa S: The Group needs to clarify returning to service parameters. If people are returning to service, sobriety time notwithstanding, do they need to complete 30 cohost shifts before they can return to voice hosting? Motion to take to BM-Passed
B. Al: The new 7 day wait seems too long to wait for someone wanting to return to service.
1. Al proposes to have the wait be 24 hours. –Motion to take to BM-Passed