Now Recruiting: Sierra Club Outdoors Team Volunteers!

We are looking for volunteers to join and help lead these new Sierra Club Outdoors volunteer support teams:

• Concerns & Complaints Resolution Team
• Diversity, Equity & Inclusion Team
• ICO Name Change Materials Team
• National OLT & Basic First Aid Trainer Team (Applications due by 2/1!)

Check out the descriptions and see how to get involved!

OLT & Basic First Aid T4T Applications due February 15!

Come join us in Sausalito, CA March 20-22, 2015 for our second annual Training for Trainers! APPLICATIONS ARE DUE FEBRUARY 15!

Sierra Club Outdoors has set a goal of training 600 new Outing Leaders who will connect 3000 new participants on Outings by the end of 2015. In order to accomplish this ambitious goal, we need to develop an energetic, regionally diverse pool of trainers who are able to facilitate high quality OLT 101, OLT 201 and Basic First Aid trainings.

Are you excited about taking part in this ambitious goal of connecting the public to the great outdoors? Are you interested in developing your presentation and facilitation skills? Are you able to conduct at least two OLT 101 or 201 regional trainings annually for the next two years? Then this training may be for you!

2014 Outings Accomplishments & 2015 Projects!

With the opening of 2015, we want to tell you what we have tentatively planned for the year. But before we do that, let’s review 2014.

 

This year, over 265,000 people went outdoors with Sierra Club Outdoors' trip leaders and volunteers through Inspiring Connections Outdoors (ICO), Local Outdoors and Military Outdoors. Local chapters and groups offered more than 15,000 mostly free outings. ICO, which has 54 groups nationwide, conducted over 900 outings for over 15,000 mostly youth participants, and the Club's Military Outdoors program went into the great outdoors with 13,000 service members, veterans, and their families in 2014. That was ALL YOU.Thank you for all you do!

 

Learn more about else happened in 2014 and what we have planned for 2015 on Clubhouse (clubhouse: explore).

 

Happy New Year!

Sierra Club Outdoors Leadership Team

ICO Chair Training Applications Due 9/15!!

New ICO Chair? Never been to an ICO Chair Training? Are you part of the ICO leadership in your group?

 

If yes, then the upcoming ICO Chair Training October 31 - November 2 at NatureBridge Conference Center in Sausalito, CA may be for you! 

 

This is a wonderful opportunity to connect with Sierra Club staff, other ICO volunteers, and some of our Sierra Club Outdoors partners to improve your skills in program planning, building community partnerships, using Sierra Club resources, promoting your program, and sharing best practices on common ICO issues. It is guaranteed to refresh, rejuvenate, and make one feel like you are part of a supportive network of other ICO leaders.  Click her to learn more and apply.

 

Applications due April 15 for OLT 101/201 Training For Trainers

Come join us May 16-18, 2014 in Hampton, GA for our first Training for Trainers!

Sierra Club Outdoors has set a goal of training 600 new Outing Leaders who will connect 3000 new participants on Outings by the end of 2015. In order to accomplish this ambitious goal, we need to develop an energetic, regionally diverse pool of trainers who are able to facilitate high quality OLT 101, OLT 201 and Basic First Aid trainings.

Are you excited about taking part in this ambitious goal of connecting the public to the great outdoors? Are you interested in developing your presentation and facilitation skills? Are you able to conduct at least two OLT 101 or 201 regional trainings annually for the next two years? Then this training may be for you!

To learn more and apply!  APPLICATIONS ARE DUE APRIL 15!

Revisions to Sierra Club Policy on Civil Disobedience

To: Sierra Club Leaders and Staff
From: David Scott, President

Following a 6-month review of the Club's civil disobedience policy, the Board of Directors decided on November 16 to make some changes to its standing rule on civil disobedience and to make it clear that future exemptions to the policy can be granted by the Board, as it did earlier this year.

The changes to the standing rule remove restrictions on reporting on civil disobedience in Club publications and allow for the Club to support rallies, protests and other events where a subset of participants may engage in civil disobedience.

What follows is a copy of the Board resolution and the Standing Rule amendment adopted 11/16/13. It is followed by a Frequently Asked Questions section. If you have any additional questions feel free to contact Bruce Hamilton at [email protected].

Don't Forget: State of the Chapters Surveys Due Aug. 31!

The summer has flown by, and we're nearing the end of August already. That can only mean one thing: the State of the Chapters Surveys are due soon! We need chapter leaders' help in completing the picture of our 63 chapters so that we can showcase what chapters contribute to the Sierra Club at the September Annual Meeting.

Go to http://clubhouse.sierraclub.org/people/chapters/chapter-assessment/ to access the 2013 Chapter Worksheet and the link to submit your data.  All instructions and materials are available on this web page.  Members of the State of the Chapters Support Team will be checking in with each Chapter Chair.

Questions? Contact Greg Casini ([email protected]).

Missed an ICO Renaming Listening Session?

Check out the ICO Renaming Page to read notes from and recordings of the three listening sessions. 

Do reach out to the members of your group to discuss the renaming of ICO and make sure your voice is heard!

ICO Renaming Listening Sessions!

May 30, June 4 and June 6!

We'll be hosting  a series of conference call "listening sessions" to listen to and discuss all sides of the ICO Name Change issue.  Please let everyone in your ICO world know about these calls so they can get their voices heard or listen to others - both inside and outside the organization - discuss their views on the proposal to change the name of our  Inner City Outings program.

Visit the ICO Renaming Page to learn more and get your call-in Information

Correction for tonight (Apr 4)'s Open House call

Correct call information is below.

Join Allison Chin to hear from Sierra Club staff and volunteers about what's working in their neck of the woods to recruit more youth and people of color, to engage new audiences, and to strengthen our outreach.  And, bring your stories to share!

Monday, April 8, 5-6pm PDT
Toll-Free Dial-In: 1-866-501-6174
Conference Code: 455-0000-1892#

Click for more information.