SEEKING APPLICATIONS FOR NEW MEMBER OF THE CONSERVATION GOVERNANCE COMMITTEE

Deadline for applications:  December 4, 2006
The Conservation Governance Committee (CGC) is soliciting applications
immediately for one position on the Conservation Governance Committee (CGC).
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 an appointment to the twelve-person CGC will
be made by the Board of Directors on its December or January 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 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.
A Search Team composed of Jan O?Connell (Chair), Donald Parks (CGC member),
Joni Bosh (Board of Directors representative) will review applications, 
contact references, conduct interviews, and recommend an appointee 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 oversees entities that coordinate work in three broad areas,
consisting of conservation issues, the Club's political program, and the
regional conservation structures.

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 attempts to resolve
controversies about the interpretation of conservation policies and 
conflicts between national and local policies.  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 O?Connell (CGC Chair), Judy Kunofsky (CGC Vice Chair),
Jim Catlin (Board Appt), Doris Cellarius, Jim Dougherty (Board Appt),
Robin Mann (Board Appt), Donald Parks, Ellen Pillard (Board Appt),
David Scott, Jerry Sutherland (Secretary), René Voss (Budget Manager),
and Bruce Hamilton (Conservation Director of the Sierra Club).

Thank you for your interest.

Jan O?Connell, Search Committee Chair
(616) 956-6646
201 Ivanhoe Ave NE
Grand Rapids, MI 49546-1330
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NOTE: The subject line of the application should consist of
CGC: applicant?s last name.

Please submit your application, along with a one-page
statement that addresses your qualifications, to
Search Committee Chair Jan O?Connell at [log in to unmask]
Please cc your application to Donald Parks at [log in to unmask]
The deadline to apply is December 4, 2006.
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 
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