CALL FOR APPLICATIONS FOR SUSTAINABLE PLANET STRATEGY
TEAM
The Sierra Club's Conservation Governance Committee (CGC) is seeking
to
fill up to three vacancies on the Sustainable Planet Strategy Team
(SPST).
Please review the material below regarding the work of the
SPST. If you
would like to nominate yourself for membership on the
SPST, please send the
completed application below to Donald Parks at
[log in to unmask] or
to 3127 181st
Ave NE, Redmond, WA 98052.
If you want to nominate someone else,
please (a) forward this message to
that person with your suggestion that they
apply and (b) send Don their
name, email address, and a brief description.
Please feel free to post this
call for applications to Club discussion lists,
being careful not to
duplicate postings.
If you have questions about
the work of the SPST, you may contact SPST
Interim Chair, Clark Buchner, by
email (
[log in to unmask]) or by phone
at
901-526-4458 (H) between 5 pm and 9 pm (EDT).
The deadline for
receipt of completed applications is November 3, 2006.
OVERVIEW OF THE
WORK OF THE SPST
The SPST currently appoints and oversees the work of two
of the club's
Priority Program Committees, Global Population &
Environment and
Responsible Trade. (Priority Programs have staff.) The
SPST also oversees
the work of the Global Warming and Energy Committee, which
works closely
with staff, as well as the
Agriculture, Genetic Engineering,
and Sustainable Consumption committees.
The work of the SPST is largely
financial management, general coordination,
and people management rather than
issue advocacy and organizing. The SPST
also has a role in policy
development.
Current members of the SPST are Clark Buchner (TN) Interim
Chair, Paul
Craig (CA), Jim Diamond (CA), and Don Parks CGC Liaison
(WA).
MEMBERSHIP ON THE SPST
Members of the SPST are appointed by
the Conservation Governance Committee
for two year terms. One may serve three
consecutive two-year terms.
Sierra Club of Canada members are not
eligible to apply. Please contact
Sierra Club Canada at
[log in to unmask] for
information on Canadian
participation in these committees.
THE WORK OF
STRATEGY TEAMS
The SPST is one of five strategy teams reporting to the
CGC. The other
committees are the Wild Planet ST, Environmental Quality ST,
Regional
Conservation ST, and the Political Committee.
Strategy Team
Charge:
1. Coordinate core conservation work between CGC and the SPST
Committees,
determining the best ways to address both priority and
non-priority issues
that are the responsibility of the team;
2. Set
issue work priorities and, if necessary, shift resources among the
issues to
reflect changing needs;
3. Create (and sunset when necessary) and fund
committees, oversee
committee workplan development, projects, working groups,
and task forces
to achieve the Club's conservation goals;
4. Educate,
organize and support activist members and ensure that the focus
of the team's
subentities is on delivering program support to activists
throughout the
Club;
5. Oversee the work and budgets of the entities under the
team;
6. Help keep subentities fully staffed with
volunteers.
Strategy Teams have 5-9 members. Volunteer leaders on
each strategy team
are expected to have broad knowledge and familiarity with
many, if not all,
of the
issues for which that strategy team is
responsible, campaign experience,
good political judgment, and some
demonstrated management and people
skills.
Members of strategy teams
are not to advocate for one "pet" issue, nor
represent one narrow issue
focus, but be able to evaluate and establish
priorities among all the
competing demands in that core issue area fairly.
ABOUT THE SPST
MEMBERSHIP DUTIES
Members of the SPST are expected to:
*
Participate in a conference call of about 1 1/2 hours roughly once
a
month.
* Attend occasional weekend SPST meetings, roughly every 2
years.
* Take on some administrative responsibilities including but not
limited
to: taking minutes, setting up conference calls, sending out notices,
and
monitoring budgets.
* Act as liaison to one or more of the
committees reporting to the SPST.
* Take on special projects, such
as:
(a) Soliciting applications and evaluating candidates for
committees.
(b) Prepare a discussion paper on a new
issue
(c) Resolve conflicts within or among
committees.
*SPST members must be able and willing to use
electronic mail and to
participate in conference calls (generally in the late
afternoon pacific
time)
SPST IS LOOKING FOR VOLUNTEERS FOR THESE
QUALITIES
The SPST welcomes diversity of all kinds. The SPST could
benefit from
more committee members who are:
--From parts of the
country not currently represented.
--With current or recent-past Chapter
and/or Group leadership experience
-- Interested in being liaison to
particular one(s) of our committees.
-- Interested in increasing our
ability to communicate more effectively
within the Club about the issues and
the accomplishments of activists at
all
levels.
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SPST
APPLICATION
PLEASE DELETE ALL TEXT ABOVE THE ************.
Send
completed form to Donald Parks at
[log in to unmask] or to
3127 181st
Ave NE, Redmond, WA 98052.
THE SUBJECT OF YOUR MESSAGE SHOULD
BE
"SPST NOM: (your
last name here)"
Completed responses are due by 2 November 2006.
1)
Name, address, phone(s), e-mail, and best times to reach you:
2)
Membership number and length of membership
3) Sierra Club activities and
leadership positions held, with dates
4) Other relevant experience and
qualifications
5) An explanation as to why do you want to serve on the
SPST?
6) SPST conference calls have generally been Tuesdays
or
Wednesdays, beginning at 5 pm pacific time. Does your schedule
permit
participation in these calls?
7) Names, phone numbers, e-mail
addresses of at least three references,
including
best times to reach
them. Please include your chapter chair as one of the
references.
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