Recruitment Announcement – Safe Healthy Communities Conservation Initiative Committee The Conservation Governance Committee (CGC) seeks to appoint two additional members to the Safe Healthy Communities Conservation Initiative Committee (SHC). If you would like to apply for appointment please complete and return the application below by April 30, 2007. SHC seeks to foster communities that have clean air to breathe, clean water to drink and use for recreation, and are free of toxic waste. SHC is charged with placing emphasis on the Board-designated area of national concern of water quality protection. In 2007 SHC has identified strategic opportunities and developed action objectives in the following issue areas: Stopping Sewage Pollution ; Drinking Water Source Protection ; Protecting Water Quality in Rural Communities; Protecting Wildlife and Humans from Chemicals which Damage Reproduction ; Mountain Top Removal/Coal Mining; and Water Privatization that Damages the Environment. SHC has established project teams to advance these objectives and funds projects in each area. In our work we coordinate with the Water Sentinels Program, the Environmental Quality Strategy Team and its issue committees, the Partnerships Program, and other Club entities and the other CICs. We are engaging a growing list of Chapters and Groups in SHC-funded projects. Current members of the SHC CIC are: James Baker Ruth Caplan Doris Cellarius, Liaison from CGC Jessica Frohmann Hank Graddy Robin Mann Marilyn Wall Paul Wilson Ed Hopkins, EQ Staff Bill McCabe, EJ Committee Candidates for SHC must possess a general knowledge of these issues and experience in campaign management . Nominees must be current Sierra Club members. Sierra Club of Canada (SCC) members are not eligible to apply to this announcement. For information on how SCC members can be appointed as liaisons or members to CGC and its subentities, please contact [log in to unmask]<mailto:[log in to unmask]>. Ability and willingness to use electronic mail and to participate in conference calls (generally in the evening) are required. Candidates need to have the time to contribute to SHC participation and project team management in addition to their other ongoing commitments. If you are interested in applying, please read and follow the instructions completely. If you are not interested in applying but know of others who might have an interest, please pass this announcement on to them. Appointments to the SHC will be made by the CGC, based on applications and phone interviews with prospective candidates. After deleting the rest of this announcement, please email the application below by April 30, 2007 to the search team chair, Robin Mann <[log in to unmask]<mailto:[log in to unmask]>>. The subject line of your message must be "SHC Application: [insert your last name]". Search Team: Robin Mann (chair), Doris Cellarius, and Jessica Frohman APPLICATION FORM 1. Name, address, phones, e-mail address, and best times to reach you: 2. Sierra Club Membership # and renewal date: 3. Sierra Club activities and leadership positions held, with dates: 4. Other relevant environmental experience and qualifications: 5. Experience you have had in planning or implementing programs or campaigns. 6. Statement of interest in serving on the SHC Conservation Initiative Committee (150 words or less preferred): 7. Names, phones, and e-mail addresses of at least three Sierra Club references, including best times to reach them. One of these should be your chapter chair. - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - To unsubscribe from the IOWA-TOPICS list, send any message to: [log in to unmask] Check out our Listserv Lists support site for more information: http://www.sierraclub.org/lists/faq.asp