From our
correspondent:
“This
Intergroup session was held on Sunday 14th February.
Wow! Just
wow!
Over half
the meeting was spent revisiting the minutes of the last Intergroup -
every, tiny, insignificant detail had to have the R-T-R stamp on it.
This
wouldn't be a problem, unfortunately the R-T-R GSR has the most
horrific breath you can imagine. So aside from the usually crap that
he, Matthew, speaks, those within a 4 foot radius were subjected to
some pretty nasty halitosis. Maybe it's the shit he speaks souring
his mouth? Who knows..........
So after
King Halitosis had nit-picked we could finally get on with the
meeting!
Service
was at Intergroup was brought up - AGAIN!! (See last intergroups
write up for that fiasco) What doesn't seem to be understood is that
there are people willing to do service, but - they either don't want
to do service with R-T-R or, R-T-R block any attempts.
The last
candidate for Vice Chair was denied the opportunity, and quote King
Death-Breath "I don't think turning up to help put out a few
chairs at the convention, is worthy of the definition of service."
Which is a far from welcoming, giving or trusting stand-point for AA,
but that's allowed to ride, after all R-T-R dominate Plymouth
Intergroup by a HUGE majority - 50% of those with a service position
within Plymouth Intergroup are from R-T-R.
R-T-R are
very quick to point the finger and claim that nobody wants to do
service, and defend criticism that they re always taking over - but
the FACT is that they have a substantial majority and will not give
that up, even if it means the various large numbers of positions go
empty, in some cases (and I have had a lengthy involvement with
Plymouth Intergroup over many years) for years - meaning that
potentially a non-R-T-R candidate will be set up to fail IF they are
allowed to take position in the first place as there might not be the
support to sponsor them in to service, whereas, as has happened
before, an R-T-R member failing at a service position will be
protected by R-T-R members, even if those actions fall outside of the
law - see the fraud and embezzlement episode from last year!
It is a
terribly rotten Intergroup, I hold a position as I believe in the
founding principles, and that of carrying the message, and to give
outside honest perspective. Unfortunately Plymouth Intergroup has
developed a truly shocking reputation across the country - it is not
within living memory that anyone has ever heard of the threat of
suspension or expulsion from a Region, but we are looking down the
barrels of that loaded gun, and I believe that all it will take is
one more step out of line and we will be ousted. And it's with a
heavy heart that I hope this will happen, despite all the time, work
and effort that I and many others have put in over the years - as
there seems to be no other way of GSO taking the reigns, disbanding,
breaking up and realigning the Plymouth structure.
Aside from
that it was the normal banality- Share and Where to finds are being
updated, with the hope/knowledge that now that Martin S takes no part
in it - that it will be accurate and printed in a timely manner.
And that
the loss-making Convention team are already planning, and no doubt
hashing-up, this years meeting.
So, there
we have it, bureaucracy, belligerence and banality.
As always
InTheKnow”
Cheers
The Fellas
(Friends of Alcoholics Anonymous)
PS Our
thanks to our correspondent
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