Dear Colleagues:

The Society for Free Tax Assistance will host its monthly discussion on leading VITA coalitions and working in partnerships. Thursday, September 17 at 2 p.m. Eastern, 1 p.m. Central, Noon Mountain, and 11 a.m. Pacific. It will follow the volunteer management & client scheduling meeting announced by Darren Liddell.  I recommend Darren’s discussions and encourage people to attend them if they can.  If that meeting goes long, please join us when you can.

Note: This event is still taking place. The VITA Meet-up Wednesday 9/16 has been cancelled. It will return next week.

Register on Zoom once to attend this recurring event.

https://us06web.zoom.us/meeting/register/0hlaMwJyTQmF87yOi6Z9QQ

The Working Agenda for the VITA coalition and partnerships discussion:

We are revisiting our very first discussion on Sub Awards, MOU, and holding partners accountable.

• Introductions and housekeeping
• Holding partners accountable: MOUs, Contracts, and other commitment statements.
• What resources and value do you provide to members of the coalition?
• How have you handled uncooperative or non-compliant partners?
• Other thoughts
• Next Steps and Conclusion

I share registration, notes, and agendas for my events on vitaquality.org.

I encourage you to participate in the upcoming events announced by Darren Liddell

We’re hosting a Volunteer Management & Client Scheduling call next week: Thursday, September 17th at 1 pm ET / 10 am PT. On the call, we’ll chat about software and best practices for both volunteer management & client scheduling. Here’s the Zoom registration link: https://zoom.us/j/97952614455?pwd=sI6aabzbfOOIrBs8YhJGnsPmowfB8W.1&jst=2

Join us for the September Informal ITIN Call. We’ll be chatting about a recent proposal to change eligibility rules for key tax credits for many immigrant taxpayers and have time for small-group conversations. Join us on September 29th at 2 pm ET / 11 am PT. Here’s the Zoom registration link: https://codeforamerica.zoom.us/meeting/register/clyXvCNsRSaa0EKlegbI9g