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> CALL FOR NOMINATIONS - AGRICULTURE COMMITTEE
> The Sustainable Planet Strategy Team (SPST) is
> soliciting nominations to
> fill two vacancies on the Agriculture Committee.
> Please forward this
> message to individuals and groups that might be
> interested.
> COMPLETED RESPONSES ARE DUE July 5, 2003.
>
> Those appointed will serve terms of two years. They
> will participate in
> conference calls and communicate regularly by e-mail
> and perhaps occasional
> face-to-face meetings.
>
> BACKGROUND
> Current members of the Agriculture Committee are
> Paul Barby (OK) and John
> Koch (VA).  Anna Peterson 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 the Challenge to
> Sprawl Campaign, which works to protect wetlands and
> farmland as part of
> its mission; the Clean Water Campaign, which works
> to protect wetlands,
> eliminating polluted runoff from farming & ranching,
> and restrain
> environmentally destructive CAFOs; and the Genetic
> Engineering Committee.
>
> To complement the work of these ongoing club
> campaigns, 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 Anna Peterson
> (352-337-2957,
> [log in to unmask])
>
> The Agriculture Committee will be appointed by the
> SPST, whose members are
> Sanjay Ranchod, Chair; Rich Isaac, Faith Teitelbaum,
> Dave Scott, Craig
> Diamond, and Anna Peterson.
>
> NOMINATION FORM
> Send completed form (below) to Anna Peterson by
> e-mail to
> [log in to unmask], or by land mail to 905
> NW 12th Ave.,
> Gainesville, FL 32601
>
> Completed responses are due July 5, 2003.
>
> If you want to nominate someone else, send that
> person this entire e-mail
> message and ask them to contact Anna Peterson with
> the requested
> information.
>
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> <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 two
> 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 two
> references.
>
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