November 5th, Meeting Agenda and Notes

[itsjess]

The format and agenda of the November 5th, business meeting for EGGA at 20:45 CET (Central European Time zone), 14:45 EST (Eastern Standard Time).
Agenda items may be added or removed by group consensus during point 3.

1. Opening
   • Opening Serenity Prayer
   • 12 Traditions
   • Who is taking notes? (Co-Chair by Default - if available)
2. Review PREVIOUS MINUTES * FOR SEPTEMBER, AS THE LAST OFFICIAL MEETING HELD *
3. Setting the Agenda Items and their order.
4. Service Positions:
   • Report on current positions (including communication with/to/from GSC)
   • Open positions (Co-Chair)
5. Agenda Items:
   • EGGA Business Group Co-Chair position is still open.
   • Two other Service Positions Open.
   • General Concerns with health of GAA, Jess to reference email from Scott.
6. Suggestion for next meeting Agenda topic(s):
   • Group Inventory
   • Proposing another step group!
   • Suggested Topic
7. Group Cohesion Questions:
   - Are we carrying the message?
   - Is the group stable/growing?
   - Do you feel safe in the meetings?

Closing Serenity Prayer

The next EGGA business meeting will be on Saturday December 3rd, 20:45 CET, 14:45 EST.
- Proposed Topics for next meeting:
1. TBD

Current Positions: (Month mentioned is end-of-term)
Chair: Jess (January 2023)
Co-chair: OPEN → OPEN STILL
GSC Representative: Kev (October 2022)
GSC Representative: Xander (December 2022)
Whatsapp Group Admin: Owen (February 2023)
Whatsapp Group Admin: Julian (October 2022)


Positions after this meeting: (Month mentioned is end-of-term)
Chair: Jess (January 2023)
Co-chair: OPEN [TERM: JULY 2022-JANUARY 2023]
GSC Representative: Kev (October 2022)
GSC Representative: Xander (December 2022)
Whatsapp Group Admin: Owen (February 2023)
Whatsapp Group Admin: Julian (October 2022)
Meeting Leader Monday: Jess
Meeting Leader Tuesday: Sergey
Meeting Leader Wednesday: Marcin
Meeting Leader Thursday: Leon
Meeting Leader Friday: Xander
Meeting Leader Saturday: David
Meeting Leader Sunday: Owen & Nabil

[itsjess]

Minutes, EGGA Business Meeting, 05 November 2022

Present: Jess (Chair), David (Secretary), Xander, Denny, Nabil, Julian

1. Opening Serenity Prayer - Jess
12 Traditions - Xander
Who is taking notes? - David

2. Review PREVIOUS MINUTES
Denny Moved, Xander Seconded
5 aye 0 nay 0 abstained

3. Setting the Agenda Items and their order:
- EGGA Co-Chair Position
- Other Service Positions
- General Concerns with Health of GAA

4. Service Positions:
- Chair (Jess) will focus on issues related to Scott's email
- GSC Rep (Xander) Meeting Handbook was approved. Was not unanimous as several reps objected to the removal of the Serenity Prayer. Despite these objections, the Handbook was approved and will be published. (Denny contributed to this report.)
- Other Officers not present

5. Agenda
- EGGA GSC Position - position still open
- Co-Chair Position - position still open
- Other Positions still open

- General Concerns with Health of GAA (Scott's email)

Scott J. sent an email to Jess (EGGA Chair) regarding safety issues in GAA meetings. Especially daily group autonomy, whether or not each daily group should do it's own thing, or whether the decisions of EGGA Business Meetings are applicable to all meetings.

Concerns were raised about the Tuesday chair (Sergey) and his refusal to follow guidelines he disagreed with. Also he sometimes adds his personal religious views into the prayers.

Nabil suggested that he has not observed these problems in the Tuesday meeting. Sometimes "God" is used instead of "Higher Power" in the Serenity Prayer.

Denny pointed out Tradition 2 as central to group unity.

A healthy and robust discussion ensued.

1:40 Motion to Extend Meeting 15 minutes
Moved Nabil, Seconded Xander
6 ayes 0 nays 0 abstained

Motion to put a time limit on our shares of 2 minutes
Moved Denny, Seconded Nabil
6 ayes 0 nays 0 abstained

Jess is going to engage in further discussion with Scott regarding this matter and convey our thoughts about this issue to him.

6. POTENTIAL MEETING TOPICS
i. Explore the idea of the 7+ EGGA meetings having an intergroup,
⁃ to go over the ideas of having a uniform idea of the reasons and to give the chair some room to create.
⁃ Turning this business meeting as an intergroup, then every group elects someone to attend this business meeting to represent them.

ii. meeting leaders to attend business meetings to help make this fellowship stronger and safer! also promotes better communication and understanding!

iii. should there be a limit on amount of time someone chairs a meeting? [if someone leads a meeting for an extended amount of time, does this some how implicate the principles over personalities]


7. Group Cohesion Questions:
- Are we carrying the message?
- Is the group stable/growing?
- Do you feel safe in the meetings?

8. Adjournment
Moved David, Second Jess
5 ayes 0 nays 0 abstained