UPDATE! Call for Peer reviewers

                        Addendum to previous email on this topic:

                        IF YOU WOULD LIKE TO SERVE AS A PEER REVIEWER OR
FACILITATOR IN A
                         CORPORATION FOR NATIONAL SERVICE GRANT REVIEW:
                         
                        Please email your resume to Gina Davis at
GDavis@cns.gov or fax to  202-565-2786.  

                        You may mail it to: Gina Davis, Corporation for
National Service, 1201 New York Avenue, N.W. Washington, D.C. 20525.  

                        Please be sure all your contact information, your
name and your social security number are on your resume.

                        Currently all peer reviews are scheduled to take
place on weekdays and will last from 3 to 5 days.

                        Text of previous message:

                         The Corporation for National Service will conduct
peer reviews for
                        AmeriCorps*State, AmeriCorps*National, Education
Awards Program, Indian
                        Tribes and U.S. Territories, Learn and Serve America
School and
                        Community-based Programs and Learn and Serve America
Higher Education
                         between February and May, 2000.  We have lost touch
with a number of
                         reviewers we previously used because they have
moved or left their jobs.
                        Therefore, we are issuing this call for peer
reviewers and facilitators.

                         What is a Peer Review?  The law requires us to use
"panels of experts" to
                         help evaluate the applications we receive for
funding under the National
                         and Community Service Trust Act.  Peer reviewers
have experience in any of
                         our issue areas. They read, score and evaluate
proposals, discuss their
                         findings and as a panel rank proposals according to
quality.

                         Time and Place: All peer reviews will take place in
Washington, D.C.
                         Reviews last three to five days.
                         Qualifications of Reviewers and Facilitators: We
are looking for a very
                         diverse group of reviewers, male and female of all
ages, races and
                         ethnicities, who have expertise in any of our four
issue areas: education,
                         environment, public safety and other human needs.
They may be community
                         service practitioners, educators, students, youth
participants, national
                         service alumni, people working in foundations or
working on national
                         policy issues.  I am sure I did not include all
relevant categories. In
                         essence, we seek people who have a variety of
expertise who can review
                         national service grant applications and determine
quality.

                         Reviewers should be comfortable reading a large
volume of material in a
                         short period of time and providing analysis in a
small group.
                         Facilitators should have facilitation skills and
experience with
                         facilitating small groups. They also need to be
comfortable reading a
                         large volume of material in a short period.

                        What does the Corporation provide?  We will cover
the cost of travel,
                         hotel and per diem for any person traveling from
out of town.  Local
                         residents will receive a small amount to cover the
cost of local travel.
                         All reviewers and facilitators receive an
honorarium with the exception of
                         federal employees.

                         If I work in a Corporation funded program, may I
serve as a reviewer or
                         facilitator?  You cannot serve as a reviewer or
facilitator in the type of
                         program in which you work.  For instance, if you
work at an
                         AmeriCorps*National operating site, you will not be
able to review
                         AmeriCorps*National applications, but you could
review AmeriCorps*State
                         applications.  The same holds true for Learn and
Serve America
                         applications.  If you want to serve as a reviewer
or facilitator, send in
                         your resume and we will determine the reviews in
which you can serve.

                        What do I do next?  If you think you would enjoy
this challenge and would
                         be a good reviewer or facilitator, please send a
resume to Gina Davis,
                         Corporation for National Service, 1201 New York
Avenue, N.W. Washington,
                         D.C. 20525.  EVEN IF YOU HAVE REVIEWED BEFORE, YOU
MUST SEND A RESUME.  

                        We are building a new reviewer database and wish to
have only current
                         information entered.

                         Is there a deadline?  The sooner you submit a
resume the more likely you
                         are to be contacted and selected.  We must receive
resumes at the latest
                         by February 1, 2000.

                         What will we do next?  We will begin to contact
people concerning their
                         interest in participating as a reviewer or
facilitator.  At that time we
                         will check for conflicts of interest and scheduling
conflicts as we create
                         our peer review/facilitator roster for each review.

Amy Cohen
Associate Director
Learn and Serve America/
Department of Service-Learning
Corporation for National Service
1201 New York Avenue, N.W.
Washington, DC  20525
202-606-5000 x484
202-565-2781 (fax)
acohen@cns.gov