American Association of Virtual Bankruptcy Assistants - More Benefits
by Virginia (Vikki) Watanabe, Notary Signing Agent, Virtual Bankruptcy Assistant
While I was waiting for our website to go Live, I kept busy by writing to those of you on the AAVBA mailing list. Also, I contacted many vendors to see how they would be able to help us get discounts for our members. As it turns out, things went quite well.
The President of the National Association of Consumer Bankruptcy Attorneys contacted me and invited our organization to be an Exhibitor at their Annual Convention. It is being held in Hollywood, CA. This was a huge honor for us. Consumer Bankruptcy Attorneys are the target group of the Virtual Bankruptcy Assistant. To be an Exhibitor at this convention meant our organization would be seen and visited by over 1200 Bankruptcy Attorneys for 3 days.
How does that help the VBA? When attorneys visit our Exhibit booth, they will have an opportunity to see our website Live. What they will see when they visit our website, will be the names of all the Virtual Bankruptcy Assistants who are trained and qualified to prepare bankruptcy petitions.
If I haven’t already mentioned, this Convention is open only to Consumer Bankruptcy Attorneys and Exhibitors. As of today, we are the only Bankruptcy Assistant organization represented. Also, we are in negotiations with Dell Computer to get discounts on laptops for our Virtual Bankruptcy Assistants.
While we stress working from a secure home office. We also encourage VBA’s to extend themselves to offer “in-house” services to attorneys within their radius. Having a laptop means our VBA’s are not only Virtual, but also Mobile.
We are committed to offering our VBA’s the best service and support. We know that by doing this, we create a First Class organization. From the beginning of this organization, this has been our goal. We also know that our VBA’s will do their best to provide a service to attorneys who cannot afford a full time staff, yet require assistance preparing bankruptcy petitions. Finally, we have been invited to attend the Association of Bankruptcy Judicial Assistants training and conference in the fall of 2008.
AAVBA encourages continued education in the field of bankruptcy. Attending this conference gives our VBA’s an opportunity to network with other Bankruptcy Assistants who work at the State and Federal level as Assistants to Judges.
We have several Online Webinars scheduled titled “Introduction to AAVBA.” Check the website for dates and times. If interested, please send an email to vikki [at] aavba.org and we will send you an invitation to the Webinar.
Continued success in all you do!
©Copyright Virginia (Vikki) Watanabe. All rights reserved. Vikki Watanabe recently formed the American Association of Virtual Bankruptcy Assistants, a national non-profit organization. She assists attorneys as a Virtual Bankruptcy Assistant and also provides notary signing agent services in the Gardena, California, area. Learn more about her at GoGetNotary.com/Get/AMVMobile or AWVirtualBankruptcyPetitions.