CALL FOR APPLICATIONS: SIERRA CLUB COMMUNICATION AND EDUCATION GOVERNANCE 
COMMITTEE
The Board of Directors is soliciting nominations for 2 ? 3 volunteers to 
serve on the Communication and Education Governance Committee (ComEd 
GovCom).  Completed nominations are due July 28, 2006.

NOMINATIONS
Send completed nominations, per these instructions, to Jennifer Ferenstein 
and Susan Heitman.
Members will serve terms of two years.  They will be expected to participate 
in two conference calls a month, frequent e-mail communication, and an 
annual face-to-face meeting.

1. E-mail a completed version of the attached nomination to 
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2. The subject line of your email should read: ComEd Nomination.

NOMINATION FORM:

Name, address, phone(s), e-mail address, and best times to reach you
1) How long have you been a member of the Sierra Club?
2) Club experience, including volunteer positions held, campaigns worked on, 
and dates
3) Other relevant experience and qualifications you would bring
4) Why do you want to serve on this Committee? In particular, which of the 
"major responsibilities" listed below would you be the most interested in 
working on?
5) Names, phone, e-mail addresses of two Sierra Club references, including 
best times to reach them. Also give name and contact information for your 
chapter chair if that person is not one of your references.
6) How much time (hours per week) do you have to devote to work of the CEGC?

INFORMATION ABOUT COMED GOVCOM:
MISSION: To further the Club?s conservation goals and to enhance its 
organizational capacity, the Board of Directors charges the Communication 
and Education Governance Committee to: (1) maximize the effectiveness of the 
Club?s major communication vehicles; (2) enable the Club?s conservation 
programs to enlist public support and engage a broad range of audiences; (3) 
work with chapters and groups to improve internal and external 
communications and; (4) elevate the ability and increase the capacity to 
communicate at all levels of the Club.

MAJOR RESPONSIBILITIES:
1. Provide leadership to enable the Club to become a communication 
organization in its programs and activities.
2. Develop and implement metrics for all of the Club?s major communication 
vehicles at the national level, including Sierra Club Productions; Sierra 
Club Books; publications, including Sierra magazine and The Planet; 
electronic communications, including web site and various e-mail and other 
electronic outreach technologies.
3. Collaborate with staff, volunteers and experts in various fields of 
communication to ensure that the Club is on the cutting edge of 
communication technologies, mediums and messaging.
4. Improve internal communication channels.
5. Assist chapters and groups in improving the effectiveness of their 
external communications.

ComEd GovCom's 2006 goals:
* Provide leadership at all levels to enable the Sierra Club to become a 
communications organization in its programs and activities. In particular, 
work closely with the CICs to develop highly effective communications 
strategies.
* Oversee the appointment of Grassroots Communications Chairs in as many 
chapters as possible. Work with the Training GovCom and Communications staff 
to develop training for the people in these positions, and good connections 
with the national Communications staff in order to get our stories out as 
widely as possible.
*Apply the standards for measurement of success developed this year to 
additional communications channels, including The Planet and the Sierra Club 
Website.
* Complete review of Internal Communications Audit, and report to the Board. 
Appoint national-level committee(s) to work with staff on enhancing the 
Club?s electronic communications capacities.
* Develop national-level training programs for chapter and group 
communications volunteers, including training for newsletter editors and 
webmasters. Work closely with the Training GovCom in this and other areas of 
communications training.
* Revitalize the Environmental Education Committee by appointing a new chair 
and developing a charge and work plan for this group.
* Build out one or more sub-committees (in cooperation with OEGC) to replace 
the currently-inactive Information Technology Committee.





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