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Officers Volunteering Employment Opportunities Miscellaneous

Officers

For more information about the Illinois Chapter of the Sierra Club or the Shawnee Group,
please feel free to contact any of the following officers. Job descriptions of these positions are available.

Official Position

Name

Phone

E-Mail Address

EXCOM CHAIR, Alternate Chapter Delegate, Conservation Chair

Barbara McKasson

529-4824

babitaji@aol.com

TREASURER (Non-Voting)

Yolanda Comiskey

549-2119

yolandajeweler@hotmail.com

EXCOM Member, Membership Co-Chair

Cindy Matthews,

942-2387

CJM800@hotmail.com

EXCOM SECRETARY, Publicity Chair, Membership co-Chair

Shelby Seegers-Schafer

529-2022

ssegeers_schafer@hotmail.com

EXCOM Membership Chair, Political
Committee Co-chair

Tim Stenson

687-5456

timstnsn@netscape.net

EXCOM Local Outings Chair

Bob Tyson

684-5643

robkay43@webtv.net

(Note: All phone numbers are in the 618 dialing area code)

The Shawnee Group is governed by an Executive Committee (ExCom) that is elected annually in December by the membership. Members also vote by secret ballot on board members of the parent Sierra Club. EXCOM members vote on all financial, administrative, and political issues that are within the scope of the local group. The group operates in accordance with approved bylaws.

The Executive Committee welcomes your public feedback on this website or any other topic. You may e-mail them at their personal mailbox above or use the feedback form.

The Sierra Club also functions in cooperation with field offices and special national committees and coalitions. Listed below are selected contacts within these entities:

Sierra Club Midwest Office
214 N. Henry St. #203
Madison, WI 53703-2200
Phone: 608-257-4994
FAX 608-257-3513
mw-wi.field@sierraclub.org

Sierra Club Illinois Chapter
illinois.sierraclub.org
200 N. Michigan Avenue, Suite 505
Chicago, IL 60601-5908
Phone: 312-251-1680/ FAX: 312-251-1780
illinois.chapter@sierraclub.org

Sierra Club Mississippi River EcoRegion Task Force
Sheila Bosworth: srbosworth@aol.com

Sierra Club Midwest Regional Conservation Committee
Dave Scott: dscott1575@aol.com

Regional Conservation Committees coordinate Sierra Club policy and activities at a regional level in areas that affect more than one Chapter or state. Volunteers represent each Chapter in the region and work to integrate eco-regions into the Club's overall conservation strategies and goals.

Sierra Student Coalition

Volunteering

The Shawnee Group always needs volunteers to work on a variety of projects:
Organizing Group Outings
Conducting research
Making a presentation at a membership meeting
Constructing a traveling, educational display
Writing to elected and government agency representatives
Conducting a local fundraising project
Developing content for the Group's website.
Writing articles for the monthly newsletter: Shawnee Trails
Folding and mailing the monthly newsletter. Contact the Editor.
Serving on any of the group's special interest committees headed by a:
Biodiversity Chair
Clean Air Chair
Conservation Chair
Endangered Species Chair
Forest Chair
Fundraising Chair
Habitat Chair
Marine Chair
Political Chair
Publications Chair
Population/Sprawl Chair
Wetlands Chair
Wilderness Chair
Something we missed? Do you have a volunteering idea? Don't hesitate to contact us if you can help.