SEEKING APPLICATIONS FOR NEW MEMBERS OF THE CONSERVATION GOVERNANCE 
COMMITTEE
Deadline for applications: July 1, 2007

The Conservation Governance Committee (CGC) Search Team is extending the 
deadline for applications for two positions on the Conservation Governance 
Committee (CGC) to July 1, 2007. The Search Team is especially seeking to 
attract a diverse pool of applicants.

See application below. If you are interested in applying or if you know of 
someone who is well qualified, please feel free to forward this application 
and encourage them to apply.
It is expected that appointments to the twelve-person CGC will be made by 
the Board of Directors on its July conference call.

Desirable qualifications of potential appointees include (but are not 
limited to):

Broad experience across a diversity of conservation issues; experience with 
and leadership of large conservation campaigns; understanding of the Club's 
conservation infrastructure; ability to communicate and interact effectively 
with volunteer leaders and staff at national and local levels;
and the time to commit to the CGC, including attendance at up to three 
face-to-face meetings per year, participation in at least monthly conference 
calls, and time between meetings to conduct CGC assignments and related 
business.

The Search Team composed of Robin Mann (Chair), Dave Scott (CGC member), 
Joni Bosh (Board of Directors representative) will review applications, 
contact references, conduct interviews, and recommend appointees to the 
Board of Directors.

Sierra Club of Canada (SCC) members are not eligible to apply to this 
announcement. Please contact [log in to unmask] for information on the 
criteria required for SCC members to be appointed as liaisons or members to 
CGC and its subentities. The Sierra Club of Canada web site is 
http://www.sierraclub.ca.

The CGC guides and oversees entities that coordinate work in three broad 
areas, consisting of conservation issues, the Club's political program, and 
the regional conservation structures. Appointments are for a two-year term, 
and appointees are eligible for reappointment twice, for a total of 6 years.

The CGC is one of six governance committees formed during the Club's 
restructuring in 1994. The CGC implements, oversees, and coordinates the 
Sierra Club's conservation work with primary focus at the national level.

It makes recommendations to the Board of Directors about the Club's 
conservation policies and priorities, and reviews and interprets 
conservation policies when differing interpretations of national and local 
policies arise. CGC works with the Club's other governance committees and 
Council of Club Leaders. It oversees fifteen conservation entities directly, 
and it indirectly oversees all of their subentities.

The current members of the CGC include the following:

Jan OConnell (CGC Chair), Judy Kunofsky (CGC Vice Chair), Jim Catlin (Board 
Appt), Doris Cellarius, Jim Dougherty (Board Appt), Larry Fahn, Robin Mann 
(Board Appt), Donald Parks, Ellen Pillard (Board Appt), David Scott, Jerry 
Sutherland (Secretary), René Voss (Budget Manager). Bruce Hamilton (Deputy 
Executive Director of the Sierra Club) serves as Liaison from Staff.

Thank you for your interest.
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NOTE: The subject line of the application should consist of
CGC: applicants last name.

Please submit your application, along with a one-page statement that 
addresses your qualifications, to Search Committee Chair Robin Mann at 
[log in to unmask]

Please cc your application to Dave Scott at [log in to unmask]

The deadline to apply is July 1, 2007.

Please include the following information.

(1) Name, address, phone, e-mail address, Sierra Club membership number and 
renewal date, and best times to call.

(2) Club experience, including length of membership, volunteer and 
leadership positions held with applicable dates, campaigns worked on with 
applicable dates, as well as any other relevant experience and 
qualifications nominee/applicant would bring to the CGC.

(3) An explanation of why the applicant wants to serve on the CGC? Please 
explain how the applicant would deal with subjects and issues beyond their 
major volunteer experience or other relevant experience.

(4) Names, phone numbers, e-mail, Sierra Club positions as applicable, and 
addresses of up to four references including the Chapter Chair. Also include 
the best times to call them.
 

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