TCC - Agency Review Newsletter

Tempe Community Council

December 2009 - Part 3

Agency Review Newsletter

Greetings!

You hung in there! We went from 72 prospective Volunteers participating in Agency Review to 56, so congratulations! And, you tackled the first challenge of reading and scoring all of your assigned proposals.

Next, I will see you at your interview 1/2 day block in mid-January. You

r scores are only one of the tools to help in your funding decision of these human services programs. You will also take into consideration the interview and the panel deliberation following the interviews.

You may find that during the interviews you will want to turn to TCC Staff for advice; however, we are to remain neutral and fact-driven; the funding recommendations are up to you as a Volunteer community.

What are the Next Steps - 5?

Before the interviews: When we meet, TCC Staff will hold a quick orientation regarding the flow of the day, and the panel of Volunteers will choose a moderator.

During the interviews: You will sit on a panel with several other Volunteers who have read the identical proposals that you read, and scored. There will be a series of four to five agency interviews back-to-back. TCC Staff will provide you with the questions which were created by you and your panel to ask of the agencies.

After the interviews: As a panel you will deliberate and come to a funding consensus for each agency's proposal.

At the Final Meeting in February the AR Co-Chairs and moderators will review each panel's funding recommendation and come to a FINAL funding consensus to present to City Council.