Volunteering Opportunities

Help our members track the City of Dallas Council meetings.

Ways You Can Help:

1. Follow Dallas Documenters for on-the-ground insights and meeting notes: Dallas Free Press Meeting Briefs https://dallasfreepress.com/public-meeting-briefs/

2. Monitor news sources for City of Dallas coverage.

3. Watch Council meetings and commission meetings to track discussions on issues. Meetings are typically the 2nd and 4th Wednesday of the month. You can confirm the meeting dates here: https://citysecretary2.dallascityhall.com/pdf/council_calendar.pdf. Videostream is accessible at http://bit.ly/3WKHMUh

Lastly, provide a very brief summary or highlight about the meeting. Or let Diane know if the Dallas Documenter report is sufficient. We hope your efforts will give the LWVD Board advance notice of when the League should advocate for an issue to the Trustees. The advocacy is done by the President - not the Observer.

Once you sign up, Diane Tasian will receive an automatic email and follow up with you.

Thank you for helping us stay informed and advocate for our community!

Diane Tasian, Director of Volunteers

volunteer@lwvdallas.org

Help Our Advocacy Chair Track the Dallas County Commissioner Court meetings.

Ways You Can Help:

1. Follow Dallas Documenters for on-the-ground insights and meeting notes: Dallas Free Press Meeting Briefs https://dallasfreepress.com/public-meeting-briefs/

2. Monitor news sources for voting-related and other county coverage.

3. Watch Commissioner Court meetings and community meetings to track discussions on issues. Meetings are typically the 1st and 3rd Tuesday of the month beginning at 9am, except for July when the Court meets only on the first Tuesday. Videostream is accessible at https://dallascounty.civicweb.net/portal/

Lastly, provide a very brief summary or highlight about the meeting. Or let Diane know if the Dallas Documenter report is sufficient. We hope your efforts will give the LWVD Board advance notice of when the League should advocate for an issue to the Trustees. The advocacy is done by the President - not the Observer.

Once you sign up, Diane Tasian will receive an automatic email and follow up with you.

Thank you for helping our members stay informed and advocate for our community!

Diane Tasian, Director of Volunteers

volunteer@lwvdallas.org

Help keep LWV Dallas members informed about the City of Dallas Independent School District board meetings.

Ways You Can Help:

1. Follow Dallas Documenters for on-the-ground insights and meeting notes: Dallas Free Press Meeting Briefs https://dallasfreepress.com/public-meeting-briefs/

2. Monitor news sources for ISD-related coverage.

3. Watch ISD board meetings either in person or virtually to track discussions on issues. Meetings are typically on the 4th Thursday of the month in the board room at 6pm. There are some exceptions to the schedule. Please confirm the calendar at go.boarddocs.com.. Videostream is accessible at dallasisdtx.swagit.com.

Lastly, provide a very brief summary or highlight about the meeting. Or let Diane know if the Dallas Documenter report is sufficient. We hope your efforts will give the LWVD Board advance notice of when the League should advocate for an issue to the Trustees. The advocacy is done by the President - not the Observer.

Once you sign up, Diane Tasian will receive an automatic email and follow up with you. We will meet with Ellen Steger of LWV Richardson who has been following RISD for years to get advice.

Thank you for helping our members stay informed and advocate for our community!

Diane Tasian, Director of Volunteers

volunteer@lwvdallas.org

Please help us reach out to our community friends to see who wants printed Voter Guides (VG) and rack cards (formerly known as bookmarks). The quantities our community friends request will help us determine quantities for the print orders. The spreadsheet you will be provided will show how many they requested in the last primary election. The timeline for this task is December 19 to January 19.

5 volunteers for this team are desired. Please select slots for the days you can focus on this. 

Please help us increase our candidate participation by providing information and encouragement. A list of candidates and script will be provided. The last day to file for the 2026 March Primary elections was December 12. During the two weeks after that, another Vote411 team will be assembling the list of candidates. The candidates will be invited to participate in Vote411 on Friday, December 19.

You can work on this anytime between Friday, December 19 and Sunday, January 11. Time slots for each day are provided so Elizabeth can see when you are available and can communicate with you.

We believe a team of 5 volunteers will make quick work of this task. We apologize that the Volunteer Opportunity says that so many volunteers are needed. The system simply multiplies every day by the number of volunteers needed.

Your resources:

• Elizabeth Walley, ewalley1@gmailcom, and Diane Tasian, diane@thetasians.com.

• If you need help with anything Spanish we will find someone from that team.

• You will receive a link to the Master list, a Wrangler Handbook which has scripts for email and phone, and the timeline.