FYI
Neila Seaman, MPA
Director
Sierra Club, Iowa Chapter
3839 Merle Hay Road, Suite 280
Des Moines, IA 50310
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515-277-8868
>From: Gene Coan <[log in to unmask]>
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>Subject: NOMINATIONS FOR NEW MEMBERS OF CONSERVATION GOVERNANCE COMMITTEE
>Date: Tue, 26 Apr 2005 09:51:57 -0700
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>SEEKING NOMINATIONS FOR NEW MEMBERS OF CONSERVATION GOVERNANCE COMMITTEE
>
>Deadline for applications: June 1, 2005
>
>The Conservation Governance Committee (CGC) is soliciting nominations
>and/or applications immediately for two non-board positions on the
>committee. It is expected that appointments to the eleven-person CGC will
>be made by the Board of Directors at its July meeting. Please submit your
>nominations or application, along with a one-page resume of the nominee
>that addresses the following points, to Bernie Zaleha, Vice President for
>Conservation immediately, but no later than June 1, 2005. If you have
>questions, please contact Bernie at [log in to unmask]
>
>(1) Name, address, phone, e-mail address, and best times to call
>
>(2) Club experience, including length of membership, volunteer positions
>held, campaigns worked on, and any other relevant experience and
>qualifications nominee/applicant would bring to the CGC.
>
>(3) Why does the nominee/applicant want to serve on the CGC?
>
>(4) Names, phone, e-mail addresses of three references, including best
>times to call them.
>
>Desirable qualifications of potential appointees include (but are not
>limited to): broad experience across a diversity of conservation issues;
>understanding of the Club's conservation infrastructure; ability to
>communicate and interact effectively with volunteer leaders; and 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 business.
>
>The CGC is one of six governance committees formed during the Club's
>restructuring in 1994. The CGC oversees and coordinates the Club's
>conservation programs at the national and regional levels, including
>development of the entire volunteer conservation budget. It makes
>recommendations to the Board of Directors about the Club's conservation
>priorities and clears broad, generic conservation policies for Board
>adoption. It periodically assists the membership in selecting the Club's
>national conservation priorities, and attempts to resolve controversies
>about the interpretation of conservation policies.
>
>It oversees entities that coordinate work in three broad types of
>conservation issues, the Club's political program, and the regional
>conservation structures.
>
>Thank you for your interest!
>
>Bernie Zaleha
>Vice-President for Conservation
>Phone: 208-342-3489
>Fax: 208-330-2978
>E-mail: [log in to unmask]
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