CALL FOR APPLICATIONS: SMART ENERGY SOLUTIONS INITIATIVE COMMITTEE
The Sierra Club's Conservation Governance Committee is seeking applications for an opening on the Smart Energy Solutions CIC (SES). Desired qualifications include knowledge of energy issues, but SES is primarily a campaign planning committee. (The Global Warming and Energy Committee recommends club policy.) Conservation campaign experience and an eagerness to get involved in SES work are highly desired.
For the past two years, the SES has solicited proposals and then funded various projects, working with chapters and other entities to refine and implement them. SES committee members have a follow-up role to help make sure that the funded projects work. As part of the Conservation Governance Committee structure, SES also has a broad charge to help plan and lead the Club's Smart Energy Solutions Initiative in general.
Initial appointments are for a period of 2 years, and club term limits limit the length of service to six years maximum. Please review the material below regarding the mission, projects, qualifications and responsibilities of the committee. If you would like to apply for membership, send the completed application to David Scott at the address below.
Email applications are preferred. If you send your application by email, please put "Initiative Committee application" in the subject line. If you know of someone who would be a strong candidate, please forward this message to that person.
Contact Address:
David Scott, search committee chair
e-mail: [log in to unmask]
300 East North Broadway
Columbus, OH 43214-4114
If you have questions about the work of the SES, contact SES Chair Steve Crowley at [log in to unmask] or at 802-658-5782. Search Committee members include David Scott, CGC member; Steve Crowley, SES Initiative Chair, and Bruce Hamilton, Deputy Executive Director and CGC member.
THE DEADLINE TO RECEIVE COMPLETED APPLICATIONS IS MAY 1, 2007
EXPECTATIONS OF ALL CONSERVATION INITIATIVE COMMITTEES:
Conservation Initiative Committees are composed of 5-9 volunteers and assigned staff. The SES CIC develops a workplan that includes action objectives and policy outcomes covering the broad issue areas identified by the Conservation Governance Committee and the Board. The initiative committees identify strategic opportunities and then work with the relevant national, state and local Sierra Club entities to assemble work teams to put together winning plans and the resources to carry them out. They then evaluate the projects that are funded and report back results to the CGC and the Board.
DESCRIPTION OF THE SMART ENERGY SOLUTIONS INITIATIVE
SES works at the international, national, regional, state and local level to curb global warming by encouraging clean energy options (primarily renewables and efficiency) and stopping polluting energy projects (coal-fired power plants, nuclear plants, etc.). It promotes programs to make cars and trucks more fuel efficient, provide more non-automotive mass transit options, and reduce automobile and truck emissions.
Three of the Sierra Club's 2006-2007 areas of national concern fall within the Smart Energy Solutions Initiative: promote clean electricity (renewables and efficiency); reduce oil demand (promote efficient/clean cars and other efficiency efforts); and stop the coal rush and clean up existing coal plants and air pollution. You can find more specifics in the SES 2007 Action Plan at www.clubhouse.sierraclub.org/go/committees/energyhq
Again, campaign experience and an eagerness to do the SES work are highly valued.
QUALIFICATIONS
For all Conservation Initiatives we prefer volunteers with:
* Broad campaign experience, at either the local, state, national, or international level. This could be experience in political campaigns, legislative campaigns, or non-legislative campaigns.
* Ability to think strategically.
* Knowledge of the Sierra Club.
* Experience planning and evaluating programs or campaigns.
* Ability to communicate well with volunteers and staff and work effectively in groups.
* Previous work on the issues covered by the Conservation Initiative desirable but not essential.
COMMITTEE MEMBER RESPONSIBILITIES:
* participate in conference calls (usually once or twice a month)
* Attend occasional meetings of the committee (no more than once a year; travel costs are reimbursed.)
* Work with applicants to design successful projects to help carry out the objectives of the initiative.
* Keep informed about progress, threats and opportunities within the jurisdiction of the initiative.
* Serve as an ambassador to the rest of the Club to explain the initiative and encourage participation and support.
* Be willing to share in committee duties such as tracking funds, taking notes on calls, and preparing progress reports.
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APPLICATION FORM
(PLEASE DELETE ALL TEXT ABOVE THE *******.)
Send completed form to David Scott at [log in to unmask]
Please label the subject of your e-mail:
SES INITIATIVE COMMITTEE NOM.: <your last name here".
THE DEADLINE TO RECEIVE COMPLETED APPLICATIONS IS MAY 1, 2007
Name of Initiative Committee you are applying for:
1) Applicant name:
2) Applicant contact information (phones, e-mail, and best times & means to reach you):
3) Sierra Club experience, including length of membership, leadership positions held, campaigns worked on (with dates):
4) Other environmental experience (at any level) and relevant non-environmental experience (please be specific):
5) Describe any experience you have had in planning or implementing programs or campaigns:
6) What skills or expertise do you feel you can offer to the committee?
7) Why do you want to serve on this Initiative Committee?
8) Describe your general availability for Committee meetings, conference calls, and regular e-mail contact.
9) Names, phone numbers, and e-mail addresses of three references (one of whom should be your chapter chair), including best times to reach them.
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