TRADE, HUMAN RIGHTS AND THE ENVIRONMENT COMMITTEE --
VACANCY ANNOUNCEMENT AND REQUEST FOR NOMINATIONS
The Sierra Club's Sustainable Planet Strategy Team (SPST) is currently
seeking nominations to fill vacancies on the Sierra Club's
national Trade, Human Rights and the Environment Program Committee.
Please review the material below regarding the mission, duties and
operations of the Trade/HRE Committee. If you would like to nominate
yourself for
membership on the committee, please send the completed application by
e-mail
to Dave Scott, SPST liaison to the Trade, Human Rights and the Environment
Committee, at <[log in to unmask]> If you cant use e-mail, mail
your
application to:
David Scott
2993 Neil Ave, 61-B
Columbus OH 43202
If you would like to nominate someone else, please forward this message
to that person and encourage them to apply.
Nominees must be current Sierra Club members. Sierra Club of Canada
members are not eligible to apply. Please contact Sierra Club or
Canada at [log in to unmask] for information on Canadian participation in
this committee.
THE DEADLINE TO RECEIVE COMPLETED APPLICATIONS IS JUNE 30, 2003.
If you have questions about the work of the Trade, Human Rights and the
Environment Committee, contact Jim Mays, Trade/HRE committee chair,
at <[log in to unmask]> or by phone at 845-657-2013
For more information about the SPST nomination process, contact Dave Scott
preferably by e-mail [[log in to unmask]] or by phone at (614)
262-4250.
OVERVIEW OF THE TRADE, HUMAN RIGHTS AND ENVIRONMENT PROGRAM COMMITTEE
The Trade/HRE Program Committee provides volunteer oversight, coordination
and action for two Sierra Club Programs: the Responsible Trade Campaign and
the Human Rights and the Environment Campaign. Working with senior Sierra
Club staffer Dan Seligman, the Trade Campaign helped lead the fight against
"Fast Track" authority that gave the President the power to approve trade
agreements that drastically undercut our national, state and local
environmental laws. The Trade Campaign is currently working on developing
Community Impact Statements on the effects of trade agreements on our
domestic environmental and social regulations and laws.
The Human Rights and Environment Program Committee works with club staff
headed by Program Director Steve Mills. The HRE campaign is striving to
make multinational corporations more accountable for human rights abuses of
environmental activists in such places as Nigeria, Russia and Mexico, and
pressing for Right to Know rules that would make U.S. corporations overseas
accountable for their use and release of toxic materials.
Members of the Trade/HRE Program Committee are appointed by the SPST.
Committee terms are two year appointments. The Sierra Club has adopted
six-year term limits for all national club committees.
QUALIFICATIONS FOR TRADE/ HRE COMMITTEE MEMBERS:
Applicants should have knowledge of and familiarity with one or more of
the issues described above, and a broad interest in Trade and Human Rights
work. Applicants should demonstrate their willingness to commit the time
and energy necessary to help the Committee carry out its responsibilities.
Experience in
promoting Trade or Human Rights Issues at the group and/or chapter level is
desirable.
COMMITTEE MEMBER RESPONSIBILITIES:
* Attend annual meeting of the committee. (Travel costs are reimbursed.)
* Maintain an active role in working one or more issues or projects of the
Committee
* Maintain regular contact with the chair and the Committee via conference
calls and e-mail.
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NOMINATION FORM
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Send completed form to Dave Scott, SPST Liaison to the Trade/HRE Program
Committee, at:
<[log in to unmask]>. Please label the subject of your e-mail:
"TRADE/HRE-NOM.: <your last name here>".
THE DEADLINE TO RECEIVE COMPLETED APPLICATIONS IS JUNE 30, 2003.
1) Applicant name:
2) Length of membership and membership #:
3) Contact information (address, day and evening phone, e-mail, and
best times to reach you by phone):
3) Sierra Club experience, leadership positions held, campaigns worked
on (with dates):
4) Other environmental experience (at any level) and relevant
non-environmental experience (please be specific):
5) Brief statement explaining why you want to serve on the Trade/HRE
Committee.
6) Describe your general availability for Committee meetings,
conference calls, and regular e-mail contact.
7) Names, phone numbers, and e-mail addresses of three references,
including your chapter chair.
Erin E. Jordahl
Director, Iowa Chapter Sierra Club
3839 Merle Hay Road, Suite 280
Des Moines, IA 50310
515-277-8868
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www.iowa.sierraclub.org
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