FYI Neila Seaman, MPA Director Sierra Club, Iowa Chapter 3839 Merle Hay Road, Suite 280 Des Moines, IA 50310 [log in to unmask] 515-277-8868 >From: Gene Coan <[log in to unmask]> >Reply-To: [log in to unmask] >To: [log in to unmask] >Subject: NOMINATIONS FOR NEW MEMBERS OF CONSERVATION GOVERNANCE COMMITTEE >Date: Tue, 26 Apr 2005 09:51:57 -0700 > >***************************GlobalMessage************************************* >THIS MESSAGE IS AN INFORMATIONAL MESSAGE BEING SENT TO ALL SIERRA CLUB >STAFF, >THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS, MEMBERS OF ALL GOVERNANCE COMMITTEES, RCC CHAIRS, >COUNCIL EXCOM, AND MANY OTHER NATIONAL COMMITTEE LEADERS,CHAPTER CHAIRS, >CHAPTER CONSERVATION CHAIRS, GROUP CHAIRS, AND CCL DELEGATES. >***PLEASE DO NOT REPLY *** TO SENDER OR FORWARD THIS MESSAGE TO LISTS WHO >HAVE ALREADY RECEIVED THIS MESSAGE. >***************************************************************************** > >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] > >- - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - >To view the Sierra Club List Terms & Conditions, see: > http://www.sierraclub.org/lists/terms.asp - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - To view the Sierra Club List Terms & Conditions, see: http://www.sierraclub.org/lists/terms.asp