Greeter Instructions

This is the instruction/guidelines for the greeters at A Serenity Place.

    1. All greeters receive an inquiry regarding ASP
      1. Directly from the inquiring individual
      2. Forwarded from the List Administrator
    2. Greeter responsible for the part of alphabet [e-mail address] responds to inquiry
      1. Send greeting Letter #1 to person
        1. Subject line should say: "Inquiry to ASP"
        2. CC other Greeters & Greeter Chair so they know a response has been made
    3. Greeter receives a response from person
      1. Forward a copy of all responses to Greeter Chair
      2. Check response for minimum required information
        1. Request to join A Serenity Place
        2. Something saying that web page founding statement and policies for A Serenity Place have been read.
        3. Something describing How the person meets requirements of the Third Tradition (this means something that says who the alcoholic is that deeply affected their life). Something that says that the person has been a member of Al-Anon but not otherwise saying HOW they qualify is NOT sufficient.  Additionally,  since Al-Anon has no opinion on outside issues, including other addictions or problems, we keep our focus on recovery from alcoholism.
        4. The name the person wants to be called by our members
        5. Optional: if the person wants this info on the web site member roster
          Al-Anon Birthday
          Where they are from (city, state or region)
      3. Greeter received an adequate response to the four required items, then the greeter can proceed to subscribing the person as described in Step 4 below.
      4. If the greeter does not receive an adequate response from the person, then the greeter can:
        1. Write the person requesting clarification or additional info,
        2. Contact the Greeter Chair and/or List Administrator for assistance.
    4. Greeter subscribes and welcomes new member
      1. Subscribe new member with server
        1. Send subscribe message to List Administrator
        2. Receive confirmation that new member is subscribed from List Administrator

      2. Mail new member Letter #2

        1. Subject line should say: "Welcome to ASP"

      3. Welcome new member to ASP
        1. Send message to ASP meeting, announcing new member.
      4. Note that the server automatically sends a Welcome Letter from the List Administrator to new members when their email address is subscribed.

Note: The qualification letters written to the greeters are private shares an to be treated just like any share in Al-Anon—they are not to be given to anyone else, EXCEPT the Greeter Chair (routinely) and/or List Administrator (as needed).   Periodically, greeters should purge personal correspondence from their computers--we do not maintain long-term archives of personal correspondence as trusted servants of A Serenity Place.

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