* Nicholas Bonfatti <nbonfatt-SeHYGLvqMtg@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> [2004-03-18
18:56:45 -0500]:
> Apparently there are a few separate attempts to change the direction of
> the Sierra Club. Anyone have any more info about whats going on?
NPR's Living On Earth had an interesting peice on it a while ago...
http://www.loe.org/ETS/organizations.php3?action=printContentItem&orgid=33&typeID=18&itemID=192
> I'm
> not a Sierra Club member so I can't really do anything to help (no job
> neither, so donating is out of the ?)
>
> l8a
> ncik
>
> Begin forwarded message:
>
>
> > From: "Wes Boyd, MoveOn.org"
> > <moveon-help-cNM3DOfFz6CH5RiyYyYYSA@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> > Date: March 18, 2004 6:43:01 PM EST
> > To: "Nick Bonfatti" <nbonfatt-SeHYGLvqMtg@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> > Subject: Save the Sierra Club from Hostile Takeover
> >
> > Dear MoveOn member,
> >
> > Are you a Sierra Club member?
> >
> > The future of the Sierra Club is at stake.
> >
> > Outsiders are trying to take over the Club by placing stealth
> > candidates on the Club's board ballot this year. This is driven
> > by anti-immigration activists, and their tactics are underhanded --
> > they aren't declaring their real issue positions to members.
> > They hope that low participation and confusion will allow them
> > to stack the board of directors.
> >
> > You can stop this, but you must vote now in the Sierra Club board
> > election. You probably have already received the ballot in the
> > mail.
> >
> > We've attached below an outreach from Groundswell Sierra -- a
> > volunteer network of Sierra Club members working to defeat this
> > threat. This outreach includes a list of endorsed candidates.
> > We recommending printing this email and having it on hand as you
> > fill out your ballot.
> >
> > If you'd like more information on this threat, go to:
> >
> > http://www.groundswellsierra.org/takeover_index.php
> >
> > Thank you,
> >
> > -Carrie, Joan, Noah, Peter, and Wes
> > The MoveOn.org team
> > Tuesday, March 18th, 2004
> >
> > P.S. You won't be hearing from the Sierra Club directly about
> > this underhanded maneuver by anti-immigration activists. Sierra
> > Club
> > staff cannot speak out about board elections. It's up to us.
> >
> > You can review an article on this attempted takeover by former
> > Sierra Club President, Adam Werbach, at:
> >
> > Hostile Takeover
> > Anti-immigration coalition seeks control of Sierra Club
> > By Adam Werbach | 3.9.04
> > http://inthesetimes.com/comments.php?id=644_0_2_0_M
> >
> > Key excerpt:
> >
> > "In 1998 the membership voted overwhelmingly to stay out of the
> > (immigration) issue, restating that the most effective way to
> > deal
> > with the impact of population on the planet is to reduce levels
> > of American waste and to raise the global status of women."
> >
> > P.P.S. You can vote on line, but only with your paper ballot
> > in hand. For more information:
> >
> > http://www.groundswellsierra.org/vote.php
> > ________________
> >
> > ACTION ALERT FROM GROUNDSWELL SIERRA:
> >
> > The Sierra Club has been targeted for a hostile takeover by
> > anti-immigration, animal rights and other groups who are running
> > petition candidates with no Sierra Club experience for the Board
> > of Directors. Don't take our word for it: The Los Angeles Times,
> > Santa Fe New Mexican, Denver Post, and Philadelphia Inquirer
> > have all warned that the threat is serious. That's why Groundswell
> > Sierra - a diverse group of Sierra Club volunteers who are working
> > to defend the Sierra Club - is asking you to support five
> > Nominating
> > Committee-recommended candidates who have over 75 years of
> > collective experience as Sierra Club grassroots activists and will
> > put their loyalty to the Sierra Club above their personal agendas:
> >
> > NICK AUMEN, Everglades restoration scientist and former
> > Sierra Club Treasurer and Vice President for Conservation.
> >
> >
> > DAVE KARPF, Recent Director of Sierra Student Coalition,
> > and Chair of the Sierra Club's Training and national EPEC
> > field programs.
> >
> >
> > JAN O'CONNELL, Sierra Club Treasurer, former Vice
> > President for Organizational Effectiveness, fundraiser in
> > the Sierra Club's beat-Bush effort.
> >
> >
> > SANJAY RANCHOD, delegate to the U.N. Kyoto global
> > warming negotiations and Chair of the Sierra Club's
> > Sustainable Planet Strategy Team.
> >
> >
> > LISA RENSTROM, leader of the Harvard project to
> > strengthen the Sierra Club's groups and chapters, former
> > Director, former Foundation Trustee, and former Chair of
> > the Sierra Club's fundraising efforts.
> >
> > Nick, Dave, Jan, Sanjay, and Lisa have brought experience and
> > dedicated leadership to the Sierra Club. They have led our
> > conservation priority campaigns, the Sierra Club's EPEC program,
> > help strengthen the Sierra Club's financial health, run the Sierra
> > Student Coalition, and represented the Sierra Club at UN
> > conferences
> > on the Kyoto accord on global warming. (For information on these
> > candidates, go to our website, http://www.groundswellsierra.org )
> >
> > At a time when the Sierra Club's own democratic process is
> > being
> > used against us, when our agenda and assets are targeted for
> > takeover
> > by outsiders, we are giving Nick, Dave, Jan, Sanjay, and Lisa our
> > unqualified support. These are trusted leaders who have shown that
> > they value the Club's mission and grassroots culture, and who
> > believe
> > only a united and strong Sierra Club can stop George Bush's
> > assaults
> > on our air, water, wild lands and wildlife.
> >
> > Finally, we would be remiss if did not acknowledge the
> > invaluable
> > contributions former Board Directors Chad Hanson, Michael Dorsey
> > and Ed Dobson have made to the Sierra Club's conservation work,
> > and we wish them well in this election.
> >
> > Please share this email with as many of your friends and other
> > Sierra Club members as you can. Urge them to visit our website
> > ( http://www.groundswellsierra.org ),
> > and when their ballots arrive in early March, please VOTE!
> >
> > There's a lot at stake. The following quotes explain why.
> >
> > "We're only three directors away from controlling the board.
> > And, once we get three more directors elected...[We'll] change the
> > entire agenda of that organization."
> > -- Paul Watson, Sierra Club Director and animal rights activist
> > at the center of the take over effort.
> >
> > "If they succeed. Our integrity, our credibility and our
> > reputation will be severely damaged and we will be rendered less
> > effective on all the issues our members care about."
> > -- Ross Vincent, long time Sierra Club activist.
> >
> > "Fighting over immigration policy nearly destroyed the Sierra
> > Club's effectiveness once; it cannot be allowed to happen again by
> > electing people to the board whose purpose is to overthrow its
> > established policies. We should not be battling each other when
> > our main task must be to end the worst administration in the
> > history
> > of our nation."
> > -- Paul Ehrlich, Bing Professor of Population Studies,
> > Stanford University
> >
> > "Sierra Club has an essential role and voice in the debate over
> > the health of our environment. It is crucial that this voice and
> > leadership are maintained and strengthened during these
> > challenging times."
> > --Carol Browner, Chair of National Audubon Society, former
> > EPA Administrator, 1993-2001.
> >
> > "Now more than ever we need a strong Sierra Club. With the
> > Bush administration's assault on the environment, we need directors
> > who care about its 112- year mission. Please support these five
> > nominated candidates."
> > --Robert F. Kennedy, Jr., Environmentalist and NRDC
> > Board Member
> >
> > Learn more: http://www.groundswellsierra.org
> >
> > ** PLEASE PASS THIS ON TO YOUR SIERRA CLUB MEMBER FRIENDS **
> > By circulating this to your personal contacts, you can help support
> > the Sierra Club's democratic culture against outsider takeover.
> > Please don't spam; spam works against us.
> >
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