CALL FOR NOMINATIONS - AGRICULTURE COMMITTEE The Sustainable Planet
Strategy Team (SPST) is soliciting nominations to fill two (2) vacancies on
the Agriculture Committee. Please forward this message to individuals and
groups that might be interested.

COMPLETED RESPONSES ARE DUE July 15, 2006.

Those appointed will serve terms of two years. They will participate in
conference calls and communicate regularly by e-mail and occasional
face-to-face meetings which usually are no more than once per year.

  BACKGROUND

Current members of the Agriculture Committee are Sam White (MD, Jon Harvey
(CA, Jeff Webster (MN), Erin Riddle (NY) and Hank Graddy (KY). Clark
Buchner (TN) is the liaison from SPST.

The Agriculture Committee is an all-volunteer committee that reports to the
Sustainable Planet Strategy Team. Many other Sierra Club national entities
work on issues closely connected to Agriculture, including those focused on
water and forest concerns which work to protect wetlands and farmland as
part of their missions; under SPST, the Genetic Engineering and Sustainable
Consumption Committees are involved with issues involving agriculture; and
the recent examination of energy policy for the club has strong
relationships to agriculture.

To complement the work of other ongoing concerns about agriculture and a
sustainable future, the Agriculture Committee has four primary
responsibilities:

(1) to take the lead in promoting the Club's views regarding national farm
bills and to assist chapters and groups in their work on farm bills;

(2) To take the lead in outreach to farming organizations and sustainable
agriculture groups (and to work with the Environmental Partnerships Program
in relation to these networks);

(3) To educate Club activists (and the public) on sustainable agricultural
practices and standards and on the links between environmental and
agricultural issues; and

(4) To assist the other Club entities mentioned above to ensure they
appropriately represent the Club's views on agriculture and that they reach
out to the agricultural community.

QUALIFICATIONS

The Agriculture Committee is looking for candidates with:

--   interest and knowledge in agriculture issues and the connections
between agriculture and environmental issues

--   general knowledge about agriculture and the environment; farmers and
ranchers

--   access to e-mail

--   willingness and ability to work cooperatively with people holding
differing perspectives on the best strategies for the Club to follow

--   sufficient flexibility in time commitments to allow full volunteer
participation in this committee

-- Sierra Club membership is required.   (Prospective members may join upon
appointment to the committee.)   Club experience at local or national
levels is helpful but not necessary.

FOR MORE INFORMATION about the current work of the Agriculture Committee or
the appointment process, contact Sam White  <[log in to unmask]>

The Agriculture Committee will be appointed by the SPST, whose members are
Ned Grossnickle, Chair; Clark Buchner, Paul Craig, Ada Babine and Jim
Diamond. For information about the appointment process, you may contact
Clark Buchner, mailto: [log in to unmask]

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NOMINATION FORM

Send completed form (below) to Sam White mailto: Sam White
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Completed responses are due by July 15, 2006.  Forms can also be mailed to
Sam White at 14611 Mile Lane N.W., Mount Savage, MD 21545-1203, but email
is preferred.

If you want to nominate someone else, send that person this entire e-mail
message and ask them to contact Sam White with the requested information.

THE SUBJECT OF YOUR MESSAGE SHOULD BE " Ag. Comm: <your last name here>".

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1) Name, address, phone(s), e-mail address, and best times & means to reach
you:

2) Sierra Club experience, including length of membership, volunteer
positions held, Sierra Club campaigns worked on:

3) Other relevant experience and qualifications you would bring to the
Agriculture Committee, as related to the qualifications described above.

4) Why do you want to serve on the Agriculture Committee?

5) Describe your general availability for conference calls and regular
e-mail contact:

6) Names, phone, and e-mail addresses of three references, including best
times to reach them. If possible, please indicate contact information for
your Sierra Club chapter chair, if that person is not one of your
references.

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