CORPORATE ACCOUNTABILITY COMMITTEE: REQUEST FOR APPLICATIONS

The Environmental Quality Strategy Team (EQST) is seeking up to 4 new 
members for its Corporate Accountability Committee (CAC). They are looking 
for candidates with experience and/or expertise, plus a strong interest, in 
the following areas:

* underlying sources of corporate power
* impact of exercising this power on the environment
* strategies for countering exercise of corporate power
* organizing/advocating around environmental issues

Service on the CAC requires a genuine commitment of time and energy. 
Activists may have to give up some of their current commitments in order to 
serve effectively as a committee member.  For a better idea of the work of 
the CAC, review the description of the committee below and the list of 
qualifications for appointment that precede the application form.  Also 
visit www.sierraclub.org/cac
Applicants must be current Sierra Club members.

Selection of a new committee member will be based on several criteria, 
including: enthusiasm for confronting corporate abuses of power and helping 
to create an integrated program of corporate accountability in the Sierra 
Club; commitment to remain active on the committee for at least two years; 
ability to communicate effectively orally and electronically; and capacity 
to work as part of a team.

Appointments to the Committee are made by EQST, based on the application and 
phone interviews with candidates.  Interviewers will represent EQST and the 
Committee.

If you know of others who might be interested, please pass this announcement 
on to them.
Sierra Club of Canada (SCC) members are not eligible to apply to this 
announcement. Please contact [log in to unmask]

DEADLINE FOR RECEIPT OF APPLICATIONS: March 16, 2007

The completed application should be sent (email preferred) to the Search 
Committee:

Roger Diedrich, Chair EQST
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703-352-2410

Other members of the Search Committee are:
John Hedrick, Member, EQST
Rachael Treichler, Chair, Corporate Accountability Committee

CORPORATE ACCOUNTABILITY COMMITTEE

The Sierra Club Corporate Accountability Committee is one of eight national 
Sierra Club issue committees that report to the EQST. The other committees 
are: Air, Water, ZeroWaste, Toxics, Radiation, Livable Communities and 
Environmental Justice.  CAC activities include educational and activist 
campaigns carried out by three Task Forces: Confronting Corporate Power, 
Water Privatization, and Shareholder Action.

With three task forces in operation, the role of CAC is to:
    1) provide oversight and guidance to the task forces
    2) ensure strategic coordination among the task forces
    3) look for new opportunities to build corporate accountability into 
Club work
    4) engage the Club more deeply in issues of corporate power
    5) engage in and encourage networking at all levels - local, national, 
international - to further enhance campaign knowledge, strategies, 
effectiveness and solidarity around the complex and interrelated local and 
global issues we aspire to address.

CAC members usually also serve on one of the task forces.

QUALIFICATIONS FOR APPOINTMENT

We encourage activists who have worked on corporate accountability issues at 
any level to apply.
Ability and willingness to use electronic mail and to participate in 
conference calls (generally in the evening) are required.  Ability to travel 
occasionally to meetings or conferences is helpful.  (The travel and lodging 
expenses of these trips are paid by the SC.)

In evaluating nominations, the EQST strives to achieve diversity in 
geography, ethnicity, and gender; to build closer connections with 
grassroots leadership (which means that current or recent-past Chapter or 
Group leadership is a plus); to expand the Club's influence (which means a 
demonstrated ability to communicate with and motivate people external to 
Sierra Club 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.
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CORPORATE ACCOUNTABILITY COMMITTEE APPLICATION
Submit by March 16, 2007
Name:
Membership # (required):
Contact information (address, phone(s), FAX, email, & best times to reach 
you):
Sierra Club activities and leadership positions held, with dates:
Environmental work (community, state, national, and/or international level):
Statement reflecting interest in and experience with corporate 
accountability issues:
References (3) Your Chapter Chair must be included as one of the three.

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