Minutes for June 7th, 2022 at 9 pm ET
troy moderated the meeting
Serenity Prayer
Announcements
Re: SLAA Online Officers for mandate period July 2022 through June 2023 - Nominations status report
The Officer nominations status is as follows:
Nominations for Officer posts:
Chairperson - 1 nomination for troy - accepted by nominee
Co-Chairperson - 2 nominations - declined by both nominees
Secretary - 2 nominations - declined by both nominees
Liaison Officer - 1 nomination for jamie - accepted by nominee
Webmaster - 2 nominations for troy - accepted by nominee
Co-Webmaster - 0 nominations
Treasurer - 0 nominations
Co-opted Acting Treasurer - 1 nomination for Lotus - accepted by nominee
As no Officer posts are contested, no full election process is necessary.
Motion to approve nominated Officers for mandate period July 2022 through June 2023 to be on the July CG BM agenda.
Approve June agenda - Proposed, No seconder present
Approve April minutes - Proposed, No seconder present
Approve Treasurer's report - Proposed, No seconder present
Read and review Liaison report - REVIEWED
Op Applications
None
Old Business
None
New Business
Motion from troy re use of VPNs and similar - Motion proposed, No seconder present
Motion: Replace current GC approved policy: Disallow any connections to #slaa or #slaa2 through proxy/VPN/tor servers, without requiring discussion with user. In general, all connection methods that hide the user’s true location shall be treated in the same way as proxy/VPN/tor servers.
with the following:
Disallow connections to #slaa or #slaa2 through proxy/VPN/tor servers. In general, all connection methods that hide the user’s true location shall be treated in the same way as proxy/VPN/tor servers.
Exception: Members who have registered their chosen nickname, and are currently logged on with this nickname and identified with password, may connect through a VPN or similar.
Motivation:
It was recognized when the existing policy was approved that this restriction might cause inconvenience for some genuine users, but that the restriction was on balance needed for group safety. Since this motion was approved, there have however been significant developments in the general situation regarding VPNs, including:
1. Some respectable ISPs now often handle IPs in ways that flag as VPN - but this is beyond the user’s personal control and cannot be turned off.
2. Apple promotes its new (beta) iCloud Private Relay anonymizing service in latest versions of macOS, iPhoneOS and iPadOS, which acts like and flags as VPN.
A revised GC motion is therefore proposed reinstating an allowed exception to the VPN restriction for users with logged in and identified registered nicknames.
Motion proposed
No seconder present
Motion not discussed/voted
Motion automatically tabled to next GC BM
15 min Discussion of ABC/M Material
Motions:
Super Service Star
Framework for living
Outreach Pamphlet
12 Steps in Plain language
Anorexia 8-9 Booklet (new motion)
Core Documents adoption of What is Anorexia in S.L.A.A. and 50 Questions Are You an Anorectic? (new motion)
Items for Discussion:
1. Sex and love addiction on the Internet
2. Making the Most of Meetings
3. 50th Anniversary (rewrite of Basic Text, 1st three chapters) Links to the texts given during the meeting or in advance by request to the Office at slaaonline@yahoo.com
Discussion:
troy - I support the above documents.
10 min Open Forum
troy - Nominations are few for Officer posts for mandate period Jul 2022 through Jun 2023. Praxis allows co-opting to the Officer Team other members as needed, even if all personal Officer requirements are not currently met. Officer Team service is vital for the existence of our group.
Serenity Prayer
Meeting adjourned