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A Short, Incomplete Guide to Sierra Club Staff and Resources
This is not a comprehensive, everything-you-need-to-know guide, but a starting point—some of the people or positions most likely to work with volunteer activists. You can find a more complete and regularly updated version of this guide in Clubhouse.
[ACTIVISM]
To join the Action Network and receive
occasional e-mail alerts when action on the environment is needed, sign up at
www.sierraclub.org/action.
[ACTIVIST MATERIALS]
For Sierra Club buttons and placards, fact sheets, bulk orders of The Planet,
and other activist materials for tabling and outreach, go to clubhouse.sierraclub.org/go/activist.asp.
[ADDRESS CHANGES]
Contact Member Services at (415) 977-5653 or address.changes@sierraclub.org.
[BOARD OF DIRECTORS AND NATIONAL VOLUNTEER LEADERS]
For questions about Board meetings, national elections and ballots, contact
John Ridener at (415) 977-5675; john.ridener@sierraclub.org.
[CALENDAR SALES]
To learn how you can raise money for your chapter or group by selling Sierra
Club calendars, go to clubhouse.sierraclub.org/go/money/calendars or contact
Jim Cohee at (415) 977-5718; jim.cohee@sierraclub.org.
[COMPLIANCE REVIEW]
For questions about c3 and c4 funding issues for chapters, contact compliance.review@sierraclub.org or go to clubhouse.sierraclub.org/leaders/chapterfunding.
[CONSERVATION POLICIES]
For national conservation policies, go to sierraclub.org/policy/conservation/. For chapter
and group leaders with questions about local application of national policies,
contact the field office in your area. Go to sierraclub.org/field.
[E-MAIL AND DISCUSSION LISTS]
For frequently asked questions about e-mail lists (using Listserv), go to sierraclub.org/lists/faq.asp.
For information on how to start an e-mail list, go to clubhouse.sierraclub.org/infosys/listserv/creationportal.asp.
[EXCOM POLICIES AND PROCEDURES]
For questions and materials related to chapter and group excoms, including
by-laws, conflict resolution, conflict of interest issues, chapter and group
elections,
and Sierra Club policies and procedures, go to clubhouse.sierraclub.org/go/policies or
contact Emily McFarland at (415) 977-5535; emily.mcfarland@sierraclub.org.
[FIELD OFFICES]
For help on conservation campaigns or media outreach, contact the field office
in your area. Go to sierraclub.org/field.
[FINANCE]
For questions about finance, e-mail finance@sierraclub.org. For a staff list,
go to clubhouse.sierraclub.org/finance/staff.htm.
[FOUNDATION]
For questions about the Sierra Club Foundation, call (415) 995-1780; toll free (800) 216-2110; fax (415) 995-1791. More info can be found at sierraclub.org/foundation/
[LEGAL]
For inquiries on Sierra Club involvement in environmental litigation and other
environmental legal activities, call (415) 977-5772 or go to sierraclub.org/environmentallaw.
[LIST AND LABELS]
For chapter and group leaders who need lists or labels of Club members in their
chapter or group, contact Lillian Miller at (415) 977-5657 or Alex Bauer at (415)
977-5684, or labels@sierraclub.org. To report changes in group, chapter, regional,
and national leadership positions, contact leader.updates@sierraclub.org. (But
not address changes. For those, contact address.changes@sierraclub.org.)
[LOGO AND DESIGN GUIDELINES]
To download Sierra Club logos or for guidance on the Club design guidelines,
go to clubhouse.sierraclub.org/design or e-mail design.guidelines@sierraclub.org.
Or contact Jim Bradbury at (415) 977-5726; jim.bradbury@sierraclub.org.
[MAILING PERMITS]
For help with obtaining mailing permits for chapter or group publications, contact
Stephen Byington at (415) 977-5679; stephen.byington@sierraclub.org.
[MEDIA]
For assistance on media outreach or responding to questions from the media, contact
your local field office. Go to sierraclub.org/field.
[MEMORIAL GIFTS]
To set up a memorial gift to the Sierra Club in memory of a recently deceased
family member, contact at Member Services at (415) 977-5653 or membership.services@sierraclub.org.
[MEMBER SERVICES]
For membership/donation questions or Sierra magazine subscription changes, contact
Member Services at (415) 977-5653 or membership.services@sierraclub.org.
[MEMBERSHIP AND FUNDRAISING]
For chapter and group membership recruitment and fundraising help, and information
about Sierra Club coffee, note cards, apparel and other merchandise, call (415)
977-5635 or e-mail frip@sierraclub.org. Also, go to clubhouse.sierraclub.org/membership.
[NEWSLETTER REIMBURSEMENT]
For information about reimbursement procedures for chapter and group newsletters
and other chapter and group projects, go to clubhouse.sierraclub.org/leaders/oep/newsletterguidelines.
Or contact Carrie Hudiburgh at (415) 977-5580;
e-mail: chapter.funding@sierraclub.org.
[NEWSLETTER RESOURCES]
For newsletter stories, photos, and camera-ready graphics, go to clubhouse.sierraclub.org/go/tools/newsletters.
For help with newsletter design and editorial, contact John Barry at (415) 977-5584;
john.barry@sierraclub.org.
[OUTINGS]
For support and materials for chapter and group outing leaders, call (415)
977-5528 or e-mail gco@sierraclub.org. For national outings, call (415) 977-5522 or e-mail national.outings@sierraclub.org.
For questions about inner city outings, call (415) 977-5628 or e-mail ico@sierraclub.org.
For a full list of outings department staff members, go to clubhouse.sierraclub.org/outings.
[PLANNED GIVING]
For more information about including the Sierra Club as a beneficiary in
wills, trusts, or retirement plans, or creating charitable gift annuities and
trusts, contact Linda Coffee at (415) 977-5639; linda.coffee@sierraclub.org.
[THE PLANET]
To suggest story ideas for the Planet, contact Tom Valtin at (415) 977-5742; tom.valtin@sierraclub.org. To receive the Planet, go to sierraclub.org/planet/subscription.asp.
Or e-mail planet@sierraclub.org. (And don’t forget to send your wonderful
photos of Club activities and activists to: planet@sierraclub.org.)
[POLITICAL PROGRAM]
For questions about voter education and the political program, call (202) 547-1141 or e-mail political.desk@sierraclub.org. For questions about candidate endorsements and contributions, contact Geoff Suttle at (202) 675-2393; geoff.suttle@sierraclub.org.
[RISK MANAGEMENT, INSURANCE, AND LIABILITY]
For general questions regarding insurance and risk management issues, contact
the Office of Risk Management at (415) 977-5569; insurance@sierraclub.org. Or
go to clubhouse.sierraclub.org/finance/risk_manual/index.asp.
For insurance coverage relating to an outing, call (415) 977-5528, or e-mail gco@sierraclub.org. For chapters or groups with questions about matters
our legal counsel may need to address, contact contact
Julia Reitan at (415) 977-5597; julia.reitan@sierraclub.org.
[TRAINING]
For information about the Sierra Club Training Academy, chapter chair and
political trainings, and more, go to clubhouse.sierraclub.org/go/training or
contact Emily McFarland at (415) 977-5535; emily.mcfarland@sierraclub.org.
[VOLUNTEER POLICIES]
For internal policies governing volunteer responsibilities, such as "Speaking
for the Sierra Club," go to clubhouse.sierraclub.org/go/policies.
For questions of interpretation, contact Julia Reitan at (415) 977-5577; julia.reitan@sierraclub.org.
[WEB SUPPORT]
For questions about the Sierra Club’s public Web site—www.sierraclub.org—or
Clubhouse, our leader Web site—clubhouse.sierraclub.org—e-mail webmaster@sierraclub.org. For chapter and group webmasters seeking assistance,
go to clubhouse.sierraclub.org/websupport or contact Jenny Coyle at (415) 977-5533; jenny.coyle@sierraclub.org.
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