Proposed by Brian@work at the SMR Business Meeting, January 2026
Issue:
I move that the SMR Meeting Chairs make a verbal announcement noting the service vacancies, at the end of the meeting during the 1st week of each month. This may be as simple as reading any service needs announcement posted in the chat at the start of the meeting. Seconded by Sue.
Background:
The Reports offered during the January business meeting, as seen in the meeting minutes (linked here) clearly illustrate the group needs of member participation. All the standard positions are vacant. The group has created a moment at the beginning of the meeting when service needs can be posted in the chat. This motion would continue our dedication to promoting service to the group.
NOTE: Currently an Ad hoc Committee is looking at the current service position descriptions in the hopes of making service less daunting and more inviting. This may include organizing around small groups of members working together to accomplishing the various tasks associated with the service position.
2 thoughts on “Motion 26-2: A Verbal Announcement of Service Vacancies and Needs”
I believe hearing, not just reading the current vacant/open service positions might be helpful to actually filling those vacant positions. For example, does the majority of our meeting group of over 200 plus people, each day know that we need a group treasurer, a group secretary, a group delegate, a training coordinator, a master-list scheduler/coordinator, a newsletter or communications secretary, a web servant, and another business meeting chair? I think that people have to know before they can volunteer, otherwise it begs the question, why can we not find volunteers?
I support this motion because I think that hearing the vacant/open SMR service roles at the start of the meeting or by the chairperson might be a great way to fill some, if not all, of these VACANT roles.
There are too many verbal announcements at the end of the mtg. Could the other announcements be shortened or eliminated? All the announcements takes time away from the unity of closing the meeting and the same people announcing every day is verging on personality over principle.