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 Sierra Club/Wild Planet Strategy Team
RECREATION ISSUES COMMITTEE recruitment announcement

The Sierra Club's Recreation Issues Committee (RIC) is
looking for
volunteers to join the committee.  RIC works on many
recreation-related issues, but it
is in particular need of volunteers working to protect
wildlands from the
impacts of off-road vehicles (ORVs) such as
motorcycles, ATVs, snowmobiles and jet-
skis.  Desired qualifications include activism and
knowledge of motorized
recreation issues, as well as a broad perspective on
other related issues,
such as wilderness and roadless areas.

RIC's mission is to provide assistance to volunteers
in addressing
recreation issues, to build networks on these issues
and help coordinate the Club's
conservation efforts on recreation issues.  Recreation
issues include but
are not limited to: motorized recreation, user
conflicts, noise impacts, park
overflights, bicycles, trails, appropriate and
accessible recreation,
visitor impacts and resource protection needs related
to recreation, and recreation
fees.

RIC currently has 6 regular members, 3 staff liaisons,
and 12 corresponding
members.  RIC is chaired by Karl Forsgaard, and
operates under the umbrella
of the Wild Planet Strategy Team (WPST).

In order to carry out these objectives RIC pursues the
following:

1.   Facilitating information exchange among a network
of activists,
including information on legislation, litigation and
agency policy matters.

2.   Helping to develop and implement strategy to deal
with recreation
issues from defensive and proactive positions as
appropriate, including raising the
visibility of recreation issues in the Club.

3.   Developing contacts with other environmental and
citizen's groups
working on recreation issues where such contacts would
be helpful to activists and
further the Club's agenda.

Committee members need to be able to evaluate issues
from a variety of
viewpoints.  Members may also be asked to assist with
Committee
administration.  Committee business is conducted
primarily via email and
conference calls.

To apply, please provide the information requested
below via email or
written correspondence by November 1, 2003 to Caroline
Pufalt (WPST Chair) at the
following address:

Caroline Pufalt
13415 Land O Woods #3
St. Louis MO 63141-6078
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If you have additional questions please contact
Caroline per above or Karl
Forsgaard (RIC Chair) at:

Karl Forsgaard
3866 – 81st Avenue S.E.
Mercer Island, WA 98040
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APPLICATION FORM:

(1) Name, address, phone(s), email address, and best
times to reach you.

(2) Club experience, including length of membership,
volunteer positions
held, campaigns worked on.

(3) Other relevant experience and qualifications.

(4) Why do you want to serve on the Recreation Issues
Committee? (100 words
max please).

(5) Names, phone, email addresses of two references,
including best times to
reach them.

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