A group conscience meeting is to decide non routine and group government issues sometimes confused or conflated with a business meeting where routine group operations are discussed. I attended a group conscience meeting to decide what to do about a member who allowed her young children to disrupt the meeting and deciding how to celebrate a group anniversary is done in a business meeting.
What does it mean when someone calls for a group consensus? Is it different from a Group conscientious?
Most often a group conscience will strive for consensus in the decisions it makes. AA history has shown it beneficial to have broad agreement in any decisions the group makes. If a group is severely split on a pending decision, argues about it for hours and votes, say , 16-15 on the issue...that is NOT consensus. Better to pray and think more before making a final decision.
Consensus is a product of the deliberations of those group members who comprise the group conscience
