CALL FOR APPLICATIONS - AGRICULTURE COMMITTEE
The Sustainable Planet Strategy Team
(SPST) is soliciting nominations to fill two (2) vacancies on the
Agriculture Committee. "Sierra Club of Canada (SCC) members are not eligible
to apply to this announcement. Please forward this message to individuals
and groups that might be interested.
COMPLETED RESPONSES ARE DUE July 15, 2006.
Those appointed will serve terms of two years up to a maximum of six years.
They will participate in conference calls and communicate regularly by
e-mail and occasional face-to-face meetings which usually are no more than
once per year.
BACKGROUND
Current members of the Agriculture Committee are Sam White (MD), Jon Harvey
(CA, Jeff Webster (MN), Erin Riddle (NY) and Hank Graddy (KY). Clark Buchner
(TN) is the liaison from SPST.
The Agriculture Committee is an all-volunteer committee that reports to the
Sustainable Planet Strategy Team. Many other Sierra Club national entities
work on issues closely connected to Agriculture, including those focused on
water and forest concerns which work to protect wetlands and farmland as
part of their missions; under SPST, the Genetic Engineering and Sustainable
Consumption Committees are involved with issues involving agriculture; and
the recent examination of energy policy for the club has strong
relationships to agriculture.
To complement the work of other ongoing concerns about agriculture and a
sustainable future, the Agriculture Committee has four primary
responsibilities:
(1) to take the lead in promoting the Club's views regarding national farm
bills and to assist chapters and groups in their work on farm bills;
(2) To take the lead in outreach to farming organizations and sustainable
agriculture groups (and to work with the Environmental Partnerships Program
in relation to these networks);
(3) To educate Club activists (and the public) on sustainable agricultural
practices and standards and on the links between environmental and
agricultural issues; and
(4) To assist the other Club entities mentioned above to ensure they
appropriately represent the Club's views on agriculture and that they reach
out to the agricultural community.
QUALIFICATIONS
The Agriculture Committee is looking for candidates with:
-- interest and knowledge in agriculture issues and the connections
between agriculture and environmental issues
-- general knowledge about agriculture and the environment; farmers and
ranchers
-- access to e-mail
-- willingness and ability to work cooperatively with people holding
differing perspectives on the best strategies for the Club to follow
-- sufficient flexibility in time commitments to allow full volunteer
participation in this committee
-- Sierra Club membership is required. (Prospective members may join upon
appointment to the committee.) Club experience at local or national levels
is helpful but not necessary.
FOR MORE INFORMATION about the current work of the Agriculture Committee or
the
appointment process, contact Clark Buchner <[log in to unmask]> or Sam White
<[log in to unmask]>
The Agriculture Committee will be appointed by the SPST, whose members are
Ned Grossnickle, Chair; Clark Buchner, Paul Craig, Ada Babine and Jim
Diamond. For information about the appointment process, you may contact
Clark Buchner, mailto: [log in to unmask]
NOMINATION FORM
Send completed form (below) to Clark Buchner mail to: [log in to unmask]
Completed responses are due by July 15, 2006. Forms can also be mailed to
Clark Buchner at 975 North Graham, Memphis, TN 38122-2401, but email is
preferred.
If you want to nominate someone else, send that person this entire e-mail
message and ask them to contact Clark Buchner with the requested
information.
THE SUBJECT OF YOUR MESSAGE SHOULD BE " Ag. Comm: <your last name here>".
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1) Name, address, phone(s), e-mail address, and best times & means to reach
you:
2) Sierra Club experience, including length of membership, volunteer
positions held, Sierra Club campaigns worked on:
3) Other relevant experience and qualifications you would bring to the
Agriculture Committee, as related to the qualifications described above.
4) Why do you want to serve on the Agriculture Committee?
5) Describe your general availability for conference calls and regular
e-mail contact:
6) Names, phone, and e-mail addresses of three references, including best
times to reach them. If possible, please indicate contact information for
your Sierra Club chapter chair, if that person is not one of your
references.
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