Before saying anything else, I'll say that even as skeptical and untrusting as I am, I accept pretty much everything from Al Anon as valid and potentially helpful and proven-over-time and even divinely inspired.  Although I'm not a big participant in Group Conscience sessions, those that I've participated in have gone so unbelievably smooth and politely and decently - LOL, maybe something like a Group Conscience would have helped me avoid three divorces !

One of the groups I've participate in for the past 10 years had a group conscience this past week about changing the meeting time from 12:15 to 12:30 - some people mentioned that jobs and other commitments and Yoga classes and such made the 12:15 start time problematical, but that 12:30 would be much more accommodating - another issue related to the start time was about a few people (newcomers and regulars and from-time-to-time members) who got to a recent meeting late - one member commented that getting to a meeting late was rude and disrespectful to the group - I didn't see it that way, but at least one other person did.  I figure that if someone gets to a meeting late, maybe late is better than not going, and maybe they really needed a meeting.   I'm retired so I don't care about the start time, but I participated in the meeting.

One of the from-time-to-time members led the meeting and the Group Consciense, and the Group Conscience had a different feel and a different tenor from the beginning - somewhat stressful, even, and maybe almost confrontational.  There were some slightly heated comments during the Group Conscience, and at least one person, one of the long time members, was hurt and offended to the point of mentioning after the meeting that she was going to find a different meeting from now on because she "no longer felt safe" - that should NEVER happen in an Al Anon meeting, right ??  FWIW, the meeting start time remained at 12:15.

I know the two main folks involved, and they're both decent people - I'm not going to try and "fix" the problem or control the outcome, but I'm wondering, WWLD (What Would Lois Do) in a situation like this?