AIR COMMITTEE SEEKS NEW MEMBERS
The Sierra Club's Environmental Quality Strategy Team (EQST) is seeking new members for the Club's national Air Committee. Applications must be received by December 5, 2007, and should be submitted with the subject line "AIR APPLICATION" to the Search Committee Chair Marti Sinclair: [log in to unmask] Other search committee members are Ann Harris [log in to unmask] and Charles Winterwood [log in to unmask].
ABOUT THE AIR COMMITTEE
The Air Committee reports to the Environmental Quality Strategy Team (EQST), and is seeking 3-5 members selected for their skills, experience and demonstrated ability to organize successful issue campaigns. Members are appointed to two-year terms and may be reappointed twice for a total of six years continuous service before taking a break of at least one year.
The Sierra Club's Air Committee has leadership responsibility in the Sierra Club;
-- for coordinating the Club's efforts to address atmospheric air quality issues especially as they affect public health and the environment;
-- for coordinating the Club's efforts to protect visibility in our national parks and Class I wilderness areas;
-- for coordination of the Club's legal strategies and ongoing litigation on air quality issues;
-- for providing encouragement, education and training to Sierra Club chapters and groups working on air issues;
-- for identifying and analyzing emerging air issues and for developing new and amended Club policy positions and guidelines;
-- for establishing and maintaining the Club's Air Forum which will consist of Sierra Club members and allies with relevant expertise, a vehicle for information sharing regarding air issues.
ABOUT THE ENVIRONMENTAL QUALITY STRATEGY TEAM (EQST)
The EQST is one of four Strategy Teams that report to the Club's Conservation Governance Committee, which is directly responsible to the Board of Directors for all of the Club's issues work. Appointed by the Conservation Governance Committee, the EQST is responsible for the Club's pollution-related issues work. They help to shape Club policies and positions, recruit and apply necessary expertise, assist grassroots activists, and focus Club resources where they can produce the best results.
To carry out its responsibilities, the EQST established eight committees, the Air Quality, Corporate Accountability, Environmental Justice, Toxics, Radiation, Waste Prevention, Livable Communities and Water Committees.
ABOUT COMMITTEE APPOINTMENTS & MEMBER RESPONSIBILITIES
The EQST seeks to achieve cultural, ethnic, gender and geographic diversity in making appointments and strives to assure that at least half of the members of its committees and task forces currently hold or have recently held positions of responsibility with their local Sierra Club Chapter or Group. Applicants must be current Sierra Club members. They must demonstrate a clear willingness to commit the time and energy necessary to help the Committee to carry out its responsibilities. They should be able to communicate through traditional means, email, and periodic conference calls, and must be able to work independently and with others on the committee's programs and projects.
Sierra Club of Canada (SCC) members are not eligible to apply to this announcement. Please contact [log in to unmask] for information on the criteria required for SCC members to be appointed as liaisons or members to CGC and its subentities.
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Application for Air Committee - Deadline for receipt - December 5, 2007.
Applicant's Name
Membership # (required)
Contact information (address, phone(s), fax(es), email)
Sierra Club activities and leadership positions held (with dates)
Other environmental work (community, state, and/or national level)
Other leadership roles and positions
References (3): (One should be your Chapter Chair)
Note: You may provide a brief resume if you wish.
Thank you for your interest in applying.