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> COMMUNICATIONS / EDUCATION GOVERNANCE COMMITTEE CALL
> FOR APPLICATIONS
>
> The Communications / Education Governance Committee
> (CommEd GovCom) is
> seeking to fill five vacancies on the CommEd
> GovCom. We are especially interested in candidates
> with
> professional experience and/or expertise in the
> following areas:
>
> · Journalism / Media / Public Relations
> · Marketing
> · Communications
> · Publishing
> · Web Site Development / Design
> · Education
> · Television / Film Production
>
> Serving on this GovCom will require a commitment of
> time and energy --
> we have a new charge and lot of ground to cover.
> Activists
> who are already over-committed--as many of our best
> leaders are --
> may have to give up some of their current
> commitments in order to
> serve effectively as a CommEd GovCom member.
>
> QUALIFICATONS TO SERVE ON THIS GOVCOM:
>
> In addition to having expertise in at least one of
> the areas listed above,
> applicants should have the ability and willingness
> to use
> electronic mail and to participate in conference
> calls (generally in the
> evening or weekends).  Also the ability to travel
> occasionally to
> meetings is helpful. (GovCom members will be
> reimbursed for travel
> and lodging expenses, as well as telephone calls, if
> conducted
> on behalf of the GovCom.)
>
> In evaluating applications, the GovCom strives to
> achieve diversity in
> geography, ethnicity, and gender; to build closer
> connections
> with grassroots leadership (current or recent-past
> Chapter or Group
> leadership is a plus); and to increase our ability
> to communicate
> more effectively within the Club about the issues
> and the accomplishments
> of activists at all levels.
>
> THE COMMED GOVCOM IS RESPONSIBLE FOR:
>
> (1) Providing leadership in setting the Club's
> communications agenda and
> identifying key messages as well as key external
> audiences.
>
> (2) With relevant staff, monitoring the work of
> Sierra Club Productions,
> reviewing content and messages in productions as
> well as
> encouraging the development of this significant
> vehicle for reaching new
> audiences with our environmental vision.
>
> (3) Working in concert with the Organizational
> Effectiveness Governance
> Committee to develop good communications pathways
> between national offices and the chapters and
> groups, including chapter
> websites, newsletters and other communications
> vehicles.
>
> (4) Developing liaisons with the Conservation
> Governance Committee,
> Training Governance Committee and Outdoor Activities
> Governance Committee to coordinate content of
> messages and recommend
> strategies for distributing these messages to
> volunteer
> activists throughout various levels and programs
> within the Sierra Club.
>
> (5) Monitoring the quality and consistency of
> communications in educational
> outreach activities including the production and
> development of books, the publishing of SIERRA
> magazine and the maintenance
> of the Colby Library and the Le Conte Lodge.
>
> (6) Developing a structure of subcommittees charged
> with supporting the
> activities listed above, and set up procedures for
> evaluation
> and accountability across these subcommittees.
>
> (7) Report regularly to the Board of Directors on
> activities and issues
> involving Sierra Club communications and education
> programs.
>
> In addition this committee will be responsible for
> forming a task force
> to review educational activities (environmental
> education, Le
> Conte Lodge, museums, schools, youth programs, Colby
> Library, etc.).
>
>
> SELECTION PROCESS
>
> Appointments to the CommEd GovCom are made by the
> GovCom Chair on the
> recommendations of the CommEd GovCom Search
> Committee, based on applications and phone
> interviews conducted by one or
> more members of the search committee with
> prospective applicants. The Board of Directors must
> approve all
> appointments
>
> If you are interested in applying, please read and
> follow the instructions
> below completely. We are only accepting
> self-nominations,
> so please forward this announcement to others you
> think may have an
> interest
> in serving on the CommEd GovCom.
>
> Nominees must be current Sierra Club members. Sierra
> Club of Canada members
> are not eligible to apply. Appointments to the
> GovCom will be for a minimum one-year term.
>
> For more information, feel free to contact Gwyn
> Jones at [log in to unmask]
> or 202-607-7094.
>
> If interested, please complete the following
> application and forward
> (preferably via e-mail) to:
>
> Gwyn Jones, Chair
> CommEd GovCom
> [log in to unmask] or
>
> 709 Third St. SW
> Washington, DC 20024
>
> DEADLINE FOR APPLICATIONS:  OCTOBER 31, 2002
>
>
> APPLICATION FOR COMMUNICATIONS AND EDUCATION
> GOVERNANCE COMMITTEE:
>
> Name:
> Membership # (Preferred but not required --
> applicants must be members in
> good standing):
>
> Contact information (address, phone(s), FAX, email,
> & best times to
> reach you):
>
>
>
>
> Sierra Club activities and leadership positions
> held, with dates:
>
>
>
>
> Description of professional experience in one or
> more of the areas
> listed above:
>
> Environmental work (community, state, national,
> and/or international
> level):
>
>
>
>
>
> Statement reflecting interest in serving on the
> Communications and
> Education Governance Committee:
>
>
>
> References (3), with phone numbers. (One reference
> from your Chapter
> leadership is preferable.)
>
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