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the NWTRCC Network
NWTRCC is anxious
to strengthen its base around the country. Individuals and groups are invited
to read through the descriptions below and considering becoming active in the
NWTRCC Network. Groups that affiliate with NWTRCC are asked to to help support
the organization's work through an annual contribution. We could not maintain
our small office, resources, and services without this support. We
hope that you will consider joining us!
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WAR TAX
RESISTANCE (WTR) COUNSELORS  | | Counselors
should be able to answer many basic questions about war tax resistance and know
where to find answers or refer individuals for more difficult situations. |
Counselors
are war tax resisters who volunteer to support existing and potential war tax
resisters by helping them to understand the motivations and methods of war tax
protest, resistance, refusal and redirection, and to understand the consequences
of the choices they make. They will:
1) Provide their names, addresses and
telephone numbers for NWTRCC's Network List.
2) Respond to requests for general
information on WTR.
3) Nondirectively * counsel individuals to help them
determine their goals in regards to WTR, to discover the options most appropriate
to their situation, and to assess realistically the possible consequences of those
options.
4) Assist war tax resisters who are having problems dealing with
the IRS by providing information on IRS policies and procedures.
5) Refer
war tax resisters to other counselors, lawyers, professionals, or the NWTRCC office
as necessary when the situation needs more time or knowledge than they have for
adequate resolution.
6) Refer to More Than A Paycheck to stay informed
and up-to-date about changes in IRS practice and applicable laws.
7) Keep
the NWTRCC office informed of changes in their address and availability, and of
special cases which come to them.
All WTR counselors on the Network List
will receive a subscription to More Than A Paycheck, NWTRCC's bi-monthly
newsletter. * WTR counselors should be careful not to advise or try
to convince counselees to follow one particular course of action, but rather assist
them to make responsible decisions. New counselors are
encouraged to attend a counselors' training session (usually offered at our twice
yearly meetings) or receive an update in-person from a current counselor. Please
contact the NWTRCC office about setting up a training.
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CONTACTS  | Area
contacts are willing to take calls about war tax resistance and help hook people
up with the resources they need. "Loodine"
is pictured helping a caller—and refusing to pay the phone tax! She is also
active with First Strike Theater in Colorado. |
Area
Contacts are individuals or groups who volunteer to support NWTRCC and the war
tax resistance movement in their area in the following ways:
1) Provide your
group's name, address and telephone number for NWTRCC's Network List
2) Respond
to requests for information by:
a) Answering from your own experience and
knowledge, or;
b) Supplying basic WTR materials from a stock you keep on
hand (You may charge costs for this service.)
3) Evaluate the complexity
of concerns and refer questions for counseling to WTR counselors, the NWTRCC office,
or to lawyers, CPA's or other professionals as appropriate.
4) Keep track
of WTR activities in your area and pass the info on to the NWTRCC office.
5) To the extent that you are able, promote, advertise, and network WTR in your
area. Possible activities include:
a) Helping individuals connect with WTR
groups, and helping groups to cooperate with each other on WTR,
b) Advocating
tax day demonstrations and other resistance activities,
c) Providing op-ed
(opinion editorials) and advertisements for local publications and developing
relations with area journalists in order to spread the idea of WTR,
d) Setting
up and participating in trainings for WTR and WTR counseling,
e) Convincing
organizations to accept WTR as part of their concerns and activities.
Area
contacts will automatically receive a subscription to More Than A Paycheck,
NWTRCC's bi-monthly newsletter.
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England Gathering 2004 |
NWTRCC
AFFILIATES Affiliates are groups that are generally more active
in the WTR movement. All of the above applies to them, but in addition, affiliates
receive the following:
1) Reduced costs on some NWTRCC materials;
2)
Technical assistance on WTR organizing, counseling, alternative funds, and local
WTR campaigns;
3) Participation in the NWTRCC decision-making process as
members of the Coordinating Committee;
4) Coordination of Tax Day activities
with other groups and national publicity work;
5) Updates on late-breaking
WTR developments.
Please note that affiliates are asked to make annual
affiliation contributions to NWTRCC. Suggested amounts are $50-$100 per year for
local groups, $125-$300 for regional groups and $500 for national groups. Regional
groups would be the group in a large city, for example, or for a region of a state
or several states.
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