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There were no sponsor requests in May 2021.

Barb K. Sponsor Coordinator

April 2021 KeyBiz Meeting Minutes

BJ continued the March meeting into April

Members Participating: Adrienne, Barb, BJ, Buddy, Cathy, Cyndy, Joyce, Kate, Katy, Mickey, Paul, Rose, Sophie, Shelley

REPORTS

AlternateChair (Buddy)

BusinessChair (BJ)

CAL Coordinator (Rose) :

Gentle Reminder Coordinator : (Adrienne)

Chair Coordinator : (Cathy)

Secretary - (Joyce): The March 2021 Meeting Minutes have been posted to the blog.https://key2harmony.org/files/index.php?post/March-2021-KeyBiz-Minutes, In Service, Joyce

Sponsorship Coordinator: (Barb) : Hello. I have posted the March Sponsorship Coordinator report to the KTH Blog. Barb

(Shelley) : The stateside treasurer report has posted to the blog: https://key2harmony.org/files/index.php?post/March-Stateside-Treasurer-Report

Treasurer: (Kate):

Webmaster (Buddy) : Hi,The March Activity Report has been posted to the Key to Harmony blog: https://key2harmony.org/files/index.php?post/March-2021-Activity-Report

Our active members dropped from 456 in February to 444 at the end of March in spite of the fact that we had more new members join Key last month that we had unsubcribe. There were a number of members whose email addresses were reported by Gaggle as unreachable because "Mailbox Disabled." I think all of them were members with Yahoo.com email addresses. I don't know what's going on with that Yahoo situation.

They were deleted from the Key mailing list because we will be billed next month based on the number of members we have on the list (bouncing or not). They can always rejoin later if needed.

KeyBiz stats:

259 messages posted in March.

Top 5 senders this month Joyce K 59 BJ 51 Katy JK 40 Rose 19 Buddy 19

In service, Buddy

UNFINISHED BUSINESS

A. Secretary Position: Opens at end of May, 2021- need a volunteer to step up. Mickey considered the position at this time and declined for now . This continues as Unfinished Business. April 2021: no discussion.

B. Concepts Study: Facilitators Question posed: Is anyone on KeyBiz willing to facilitate Concepts Study discussion or meeting in another format ? Rose, Katy & BJ volunteered to be Facilitators. Not yet confirmed. This will continue as Unfinished Business in April. April 2021: Discussion as to how to possibly implement Concepts Study in a different way continues. Key to Harmony members were asked to participate in survey( x 3 ) .A very small percentage of our membership (8.2 percent) expressed an interest via the survey in continuing a study of the Concepts of Service under any circumstances, and only 6.2 percent were willing to join another email list to do so. Even fewer, 5.3 percent, said they would be willing to join KeyBiz to do so. Buddy then suggested that we table any further discussion of finding a method to conduct the Concepts study because the vast majority of our membership (91.8 percent) either does not want to continue the study at this time, or doesn't care whether the Concepts are discussed or not. Discussion will continue into May.

C . Concepts Study : Motion #1, April 2021 ( made by Joyce in March 2021 & titled by BJ ) “I move that Concepts study Not be conducted on KeyBiz”. Rose and Shelley seconded the motion. Discussion: 8 members have contributed to discussion thus far in March 2021. Discussion will continue in April 2021 as Unfinished Business. April 2021 : Discussion continued. Additional members participated. Joyce requested to withdraw her motion. Withdrawal approved. This is now finished business.

BUSINESS:

No new business

QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS

Welcome Sophie.

BJ closed the meeting April 27, 2021

In March, I had one email request for a sponsor which I immediately forwarded to the Sponsor List. - Barb

March 2021 KeyBiz Meeting Minutes

BJ opened the meeting on March 5, 2021

Members Participating: Adrienne, Barb, BJ, Buddy, Cathy, Cyndy, Joyce, Katy, Mickey, Paul, Rose, Shelley

Member Not Participating: Kate

Minutes: February 2021 Meeting Minutes submitted for approval. There were no additions/corrections.

REPORTS

AlternateChair (Buddy)

BusinessChair (BJ)

CAL Coordinator (Rose)

Gentle Reminder Coordinator (Adrienne)

Chair Coordinator (Cathy)

Secretary - (Joyce): The Feb 2021 KeyBiz Minutes are available on the blog.
https://key2harmony.org/files/index.php?post/Feb-2021-KeyBiz-Meeting-Minutes2

In service, Joyce

Sponsorship Coordinator (Barb)

Stateside Treasurer (Shelley)

Treasurer (Kate)

Webmaster (Buddy):

The February Activity Report has been posted to the Key blog:

https://key2harmony.org/files/index.php?post/February-2021-Activity-Report

Also, 146 visitors went to our newly re-acquired keytoharmony.org domain and were automatically redirected to key2harmony.org. In the past, those 146 visitors would have received a 404 Page Not Found message.

In service, Buddy

UNFINISHED BUSINESS: None

BUSINESS:

A. Revision of Sponsor Coordinator Position Description: Changes discussed. Revision finalized and posted to website.

B. Secretary Position: Opens at end of May, 2021- need a volunteer to step up. Mickey considered the position at this time and declined for now . This continues as Unfinished Business

C. Concepts Study: Consideration of taking Concepts Study out Monthly Topic Rotation suggested due to lack of participation from KTH members when Concept is a topic. Ideas offered for alternative ways to do Concepts Study if Concepts Study removed from Monthly Topic.

Motion: March-2021 Concepts as part of Rotation of Topics

Buddy: “I move that we immediately drop the Concepts from the rotation of meeting topics for the Key to Harmony regular meeting.” Rose seconded the motion.

Voting: Yes: Adrienne, Barb, Buddy, Cyndy, Joyce, Shelley, Rose. Voting: No: Cathy, Mickey, Paul. Voting: Abstain: Katy. Not Present: Kate, Only votes if there is a tie : BJ. Motion passed. The Concepts will be removed from the main meeting topic rotation.

D. Concepts Study: Facilitators. Question posed: Is anyone on KeyBiz willing to facilitate Concepts Study discussion or meeting in another format ? Rose, Katy & BJ volunteered to be Facilitators. Not yet confirmed. This will continue as Unfinished Business in April.

E. Concepts Study : Motion #1, April 2021 ( made by Joyce & titled by BJ ) “I move that Concepts study Not be conducted on KeyBiz, Joyce”. Rose and Shelley seconded the motion. Discussion: 9 members have contributed ( Adrienne, BJ, Buddy, Joyce, Katy, Mickey,, Rose, Shelley) to the discussion thus far, Discussion will continue in April 2021 as Unfinished Business.

QUESTIONS AND ASIDES

A. Electronic Meeting Info: website from WSO for electronic meetings:  https://al-anon.org/for-members/members-resources/manuals-and-guidelines/guidelines/

B. History of Key to Harmony: July 19, 1997 - Key To Harmony began as an off-shoot of A Serenity Place and was launched on a listserve. https://ola-is.org/online-al-anon-history.html

BJ closed the meeting on March 28, 2021

Feb 2021 KeyBiz Meeting Minutes

Members Participating

Yes: Adrienne, Barb, BJ, Buddy, Cathy, Cyndy, Joyce, Katy, Mickey, Paul, Rose, Shelley, Kate

REPORTS:

AlternateChair (Buddy) :

BusinessChair (BJ) :

CALCordinator (Rose) :

Gentle Reminder Coordinator : (Position open from January 2020)

Chair Coordinator : (Cathy)

Secretary - (Joyce):. The January 2021 KeyBiz Meeting Minutes have been posted to the blog. Sponsorship Coordinator: (Position open from January 2021)

Stateside Treasurer : (Shelley)

Treasurer: Kate

Webmaster (Buddy) : Hi,The January 2021 Activity Report has been posted to the Key blog: https://key2harmony.org/files/index.php?post/January-2021-Activity-Report Although we had an increase in traffic to the website in January (compared to December) we did not see the usual increase in new members joining Key to Harmony that we typically experience this time of the year. In fact, our membership decreased by a net of 10 during the month.

BJ opened the meeting in early February

UNFINISHED BUSINESS

A. Gentle Reminder Coordinator Position remains open since November 2019. Committee is currently dormant (see August 2020 Minutes).

January 2021: Currently there is no committee. Interest expressed in resurrecting the committee and filling the Coordinator Position. Discussion to follow next month.

February 2021: Discussion continued as to responsibilities of members & Coordinator and how previous members handled things. Some responsibilities will be transferred from Gentle Reminder Coordinator to Tech Team’s responsibility. Reactivating the Gentle Reminder Committee & Coordinator position affirmed. Katy, Cathy, Adrienne and Rose volunteered to be on the committee. Per Cathy, Adrienne is Coordinator. We are awaiting what the rotation schedule will be. GR@key2harmony.org set up for inter-communication among members of the Gentle Reminder Committee. Now finished business.

B. Sponsorship Coordinator Position: is open as of January 1, 2021. In the meantime, the Webmaster has no one to forward requests for sponsorship information to.

February 2021: Description from website — Sponsorship Coordinator(s): Responds to correspondence about Sponsorship that comes through the contact us form. Brings comments and concerns received to the Biz Com for discussion. Barb volunteered. Now finished Business.

BUSINESS

A. Newcomer Automatic Welcome : discussed. Some revision made. Some revisions made as well to the New to Al-Anon? link on our website . Webmaster welcomes newcomers with this message :

We welcome you to the Key to Harmony online Al-Anon email meeting and hope you will find in this fellowship the help and friendship we have been privileged to enjoy.

We have two topic-discussion meetings per week via email. Your "meeting" will arrive each day in your inbox as members begin to share on the current topic.

Are you new to Al-Anon? Please check out our special Newcomers Section:
https://key2harmony.org/new/

For more information about Al-Anon Family Groups, our Key to Harmony meeting, and how it works, please visit the Members Information section of our website.
https://key2harmony.org/members.html

There you can find information including:

• Welcome New Members
• Announcements and Reports
• Frequently Asked Questions
• What Is a Sponsor?
• KEY Officers and Coordinators
• Who to Contact
• Permission to Quote CAL%%

If you have any questions or need more information, please reply to this email and we will get back with you as soon as possible.

Welcome!

B. Idea of Greeters Committee reintroduced ( see January 2021 Minutes). 3 of 13 KeyBiz members had an interest in there being a Greeters Committee. KeyBiz Alternate Chair disagreed that such a committee ever existed. No KeyBiz member suggested what such a committee responsibilities might be. Business Chair indicates that at this time there will not be a Greeters Committee.

C. Donation to WSO: Topic reintroduced since our Stateside Treasury is now above our Prudent Reserve (prudent reserve is our estimated expenses ) Per Buddy, “Our annual invoices will be paid less than a month from now. Given our present membership, those fees, to be billed soon, will be approximately $225 Current funds in Stateside Treasury $347. BJ suggested we wait until upcoming bill is paid before making a donation.

D. Prudent Reserve: Stateside Treasurer suggested prudent reserve be lessened to $100. For several years, the prudent reserve has been the amount of yearly expenses plus additional expenses if any (and no specific amount set . Therefore, at this time, there is currently no specific $ amount set as Prudent Reserve. Buddy has now suggested $300 be set as Prudent Reserve and that amount of $300 was confirmed by 11+ 1 members. ( 2 refrained from voting ).

QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS :

A. Suggestion that KeyBiz discuss only one agenda item at a time.

B No need for Secretary to keep list of KeyBiz email addresses.

C. For your information and to share with others:  Newcomers can request a greeting packet by sending an email to Al-Anon.org\welcome. There is a new electronic packet not yet posted for newcomers that will operate like an ebook- to be purchased and downloaded. When it's available it will cost $2.99.

D. Monthly post to members re info available on website and blog with link to Guidelines and FAQ

BJ closed the meeting on 2/25/2021

In service, Joyce

January 2021 KeyBiz Meeting Minutes

Members Participating YES: Adrienne ,Barb , BJ, Cathy, Buddy, Joyce, Katy, Paul, Rose, Shelley, Sophie

NO: Kate,

REPORTS

Alternate Chair: (Buddy):

Business Chair: (BJ) :

CAL Coordinator: (Rose) :

Chair Coordinator: (Cathy) :

Gentle Reminder Coordinator: (Position open from January 2020) Secretary: (Joyce): The December 2020 KeyBiz Meeting Minutes have been posted to the blog

https://key2harmony.org/files/
In Service, Joyce

Sponsorship Coordinator: (Sophie) Hello all My report has been posted report from sponsorship coordinator - Key to Harmony Blog (key2harmony.org) Wishing you all a great day, Sophie Final report: Hi all My last report has been posted to the weblog report from sponsorship coordinator - Key to Harmony Blog (key2harmony.org) I am leaving my position and Key Biz after 3 years of service. Welcome Mickey and Katy. I hope you will enjoy this meeting as much as I did. Bye for now Sophie

Stateside Treasurer : (Shelley) Stateside Treasurer Report has been posted to the blog https://key2harmony.org/files/index.php?post/January-2021-Stateside-Treasurer-Statement In service, Shelley Treasurer: (Kate): Webmaster (Buddy) : The December 2020 Activity Report has been posted to the Key Blog: https://key2harmony.org/files/index.php?post/December-2020-Activity-Report Buddy

Meeting opened by BJ 1/2/2021

UNFINISHED BUSINESS

Item #1 Gentle Reminder Coordinator Position remains open since November 2019. Committee is currently dormant (See August 2020 Minutes). January 2021: Currently there is no committee (dormant means no committee). Interest expressed in resurrecting the committee and filling the Coordinator Position. Discussion to continue in February 2021

Item# 2. Sponsorship Coordinator Position: is open as of January 1, 2021. In the meantime, the Webmaster has no one to forward requests for sponsorship information to.

Item #3 Servers: Dec 2020 : Thoughts about changing servers exchanged between a few. Lack of majority participation; no motions; no resolutions. Jan 2021: Webmaster provides possible change of server information to Key Biz & suggests when/ if we need to change servers. KeyBiz members vote to change or not change depending on circumstances.

BUSINESS

Item #1 Greeters Committee: Business Committee Chair indicates need to “reinstitute” Greeters Committee: The committee has evidently existed in the distant past yet has no members. Current KeyBiz members refrained from affirming (or discussing ) this suggestion. No explanation of the commitment or of previous duties could be found in past minutes or archives. No members volunteered to serve on this committee if committee is re-instituted

B. Tech Team Updates: We discovered that our original domain name keyTOharmony.org was available again and we were able to purchase it for $8.16. At this time, if you go to the following address it automatically redirects to our current website key2harmony.org

https://keytoharmony.org

Also, the Key to Harmony Blog has been updated and given a new design. If anyone objects to this design it can easily be changed back to the old one:

https://key2harmony.org/files/

The above is really a "theme" change that changes the front-end design only. It does not change the Admin section where we enter our reports. That will work as it always has.

Thanks, Buddy

QUESTIONS/ASIDES

• Robert’s Rules of Order; Knowledge Based Decision Making
  

• The WSO is excited to inform you that we have registered the very first permanent online American Sign Language Al-Anon meeting! You can find the meeting information on al-anon.org on the Electronic Meetings page by selecting "American Sign Language (ASL)" in the filter. The meeting takes place on Zoom every Wednesday at 8 PM CT. We are privileged to be able to serve the hearing-impaired families and friends affected by someone else's drinking. Please share this information in your meetings.
  

• Tech questions
  

Meeting closed by BJ on 1/27/2021

• Katy and Mickey welcomed to Key Biz after BJ closed the meeting (yet still in January 2021)
• Sophie has left KeyBiz

no activity this month. this is my last report. all good things to the next person who will take on this service role.

December 2020 KeyBiz Meeting Minutes

Members Participating

1.  Adrienne - yes
2.  Barb - yes
3.  BJ - yes
4.  Buddy - yes
5.  Casey - unsubscribed KeyBiz'
6.  Cathy - yes 
7.  Kate - 
8.  Joyce- yes
9.  Paul -
10. Rose - Yes
11. Shelley - yes
12. Sophie - yes

REPORTS

1. AlternateChair (Buddy)

2. BusinessChair (BJ))

3. CALCordinator (Rose) :

4. Gentle Reminder Coordinator : (Position open from January 2020)

5. Chair Coordinator : (Cathy)

6. Secretary - (Joyce): The November 2020 KeyBiz Minutes have been posted to the blog. In Service, Joyce

7. Sponsorship Coordinator: (Sophie) :My report has been posted to the weblog. It says : 1 request on sponsorship this month. In service, Sophie

8. Stateside Treasurer : (Shelley)

9. Treasurer: Kate

10. Webmaster (Buddy) The November 2020 Activity Report has been posted to the Key to Harmony blog: https://key2harmony.org/files/index.php?post/November-2020-Activity-Report

Here is how I get the above link to the activity report to post here:

After I save the report in Dotclear (the blog software), I go up top and click on the Go to Site link which opens the blog in a new window (tab).

Then I click on the blue headline (Title) of the report, which takes me to the page where the report is the only entry on the page.

Then I click (tap) in the address bar of my browser to select the URL of that page and Ctrl-C to copy it. Then I paste it into the email.

Sorry to techsplain, but I noticed most reports posted here do not contain a link.

In service, Buddy

BJ opened the meeting 12/7/2020 asking “Please check in so we know you are active and present any questions, comments, suggestions that you have. “

UNFINISHED BUSINESS

A1. Gentle Reminder Coordinator Position remains open since November 2019. Committee is currently dormant (See August 2020 Minutes)

BUSINESS

Sponsorship Coordinator position: Sophie is stepping down January 2021 and this position will be open then and will remain open until a volunteer steps up to serve

WSO quarterly appeal letter : received. Possible Appeal Letter & Donation to WSO : Stateside Treasurer asked committee consideration.( current stateside account stands at $276) . Less than majority committee members responded . Possible lowering of prudent reserve suggested with little discussion- hence, remains at $300. No majority participation, no motions, no resolutions.

C: Concept Study:

C1: Question if current once a month topic is of value

C2: Alternative possibilities suggested

C2: Lack of majority participation; no motions; no resolutions

D: Guidelines, FAQ’s etc:

D1: Ways to encourage members to read these discussed.

D2. New footers added to members’ emails :

E. Servers: Thoughts about changing servers exchanged between a few. Lack of majority participation; no motions; no resolutions

Questions and Asides

Question from a coordinator re length of commitments

Thank you received from WSO for last donation

Position Description for Stateside Treasurer suggested

Current Mailing Address: Business Chair currently maintains this not Treasurer. Webmaster Buddy made this correction on our website

Request by Business Chair for someone to assist Chair Coordinator when needed

BJ closed the meeting 12/22/2020

Here is the December activity report for KeytoHarmony@Gaggle.email and website stats from Key2Harmony.org:

120 Messages sent this month.

Successfully sending to 471 members

16 new members joined Key to Harmony this month.

13 members unsubscribed this month.

Website traffic report:

Total Unique Visitors December 2020:

Daily Visitors December 2020:

The last day of the month's stats are always truncated.

Here is the November activity report for KeytoHarmony@Gaggle.email and website stats from Key2Harmony.org:

142 Messages sent this month.

Successfully sending to 474 members

17 new members joined Key to Harmony this month.

14 members unsubscribed this month.

Website traffic report:

Total Unique Visitors November 2020:

Daily Visitors November 2020:

The last day of the month's stats are always truncated.