Are You A Candidate for the Washington State Chapter Executive Committee?
The Sierra Club is the largest nationwide volunteer-driven environmental organization. The state chapter is administered by an elected Executive Committee composed of environmentally conscious Club members willing to provide leadership to pursue the Club’s goals at the state level.
There are 9 elected at-large Executive Committee members who develop and facilitate the execution of an overall strategy to grow and engage our membership and strengthen the chapter, and provide support to our chapter’s local entities to carry out the Club's mission of exploring, enjoying, and protecting the planet. Each year our chapter alternately elects 4 or 5 individuals to serve on its Executive Committee for 2-year terms starting in January. We are seeking people who love the Sierra Club, who are concerned about the environment, and who can commit for two years to making Executive Committee and Sierra Club objectives a high priority.
Executive Committee members should be willing to assist our chapter in various leadership areas. Executive Committee members are expected to spend a minimum of 10 hours a month on chapter business, and typically take on additional duties such as serving on other chapter level committees covering membership, communications, fundraising, finance, conservation, politics, and as liaisons to chapter internal entities, other Club chapters, and to the state and national Club organizations.
Job Description: ExCom Member
- Understand and promote the mission of the Sierra Club
- Attend Executive Committee meetings and General meetings
- Lead and provide educational training and/or conservation opportunities to the general membership
- Promote the Outings Program
- Participate in long range planning
- Actively assist in fundraising activities or contribute financially
- Ensure financial stability and solvency
- Modify and allocate resources; must be consistent with the opportunities, the abilities, and the commitment of the chapter/group
- Monitor, question, and evaluate club activities
- Provide Leadership and Vision within the chapter/group
- Contribute a sense of camaraderie and teamwork
If this describes you, we hope you'll consider applying to serve on our Executive Committee.
Know someone you think would be a good executive committee member? Pass their name along.
Please contact the Chapter Nominating Committee Chair, William McPherson at wrmcpherson@gmail.com
The deadline for submitting nominations is August 10th, 2017.
Members who want to run for the ExCom and are not recommended by the Nominating Committed may submit a petition signed by 15 chapter members to the Chapter Secretary on or before September 1st.
The Chapter ExCom Nominating Committee members are McPherson and Tom Crisp
Elections will start in October. Full voting instructions, candidate statements and downloadable ballots will be on this web site. Ballots must be printed, signed, mailed and received by 5 pm. November 29th.