This information will help you prepare as a delegate, staff, or guest at the Rancho El Chorro, San Luis Obispo,

an educational nature camp run by the San Luis Obispo County Education Department.

Remember to

• Bring sleeping bag. Cabins have bunk beds.
• Bring any personal supplies you need.
• Bring towels. There are hot showers and flush toilets near the cabins.
• More information about facilities may be found at http://www.ranchoelchorro.org/home/fac-food.htm

Below you will find the following:

• Purpose of the Sierra Club California Convention
• Nomination and Election Procedure
• We Encourage Carpooling — Driving Directions
• Each chapter is represented by four delegates, plus one additional delegate for each 5,000 members. The California Conservation Committee selects an additional 18 delegates to the convention.

As of January, 2010
Dels           Mbrshp    Mbrs
12 Angeles: 37,103   42,800
  4 Kern Kaweah: 1,278   1,478
  7 Loma Prieta: 14,630   17,537
  5 Los Padres: 4,996    5,876
  7 Mother Lode: 14,151   16,574
  5 Redwood: 7,790    9,203
  6 San Diego: 11,053    12,914
10 San Francisco: 25,853    30,659
  5 San Gorgonio: 4,863    5,486
  4 Tehipite:    1,724    2,010
  4 Toiyabe:   321   388 (Range of Light Group only)
  5 Ventana: 4,601    5,513
  4 Santa Lucia: 1,927 2,184
18 CNRCC
98 TOTAL   130,172    152,716

SierraClub California ExComm (until October, 2010)

Darrell Clarke (2008-10) Angeles
Cynthia Denny (2009-10) Loma Prieta
Andy Katz (2007-09, 09-11) SF Bay, Chair
Vicki Lee (2008-10) SF Bay, Secretary
Karen Maki (2008-10) Loma Prieta
Eric Parfrey (2005-07, 07-09, 09-11) Mother Lode
Michele Perrault (2004-06, 06-08, 08-10) SFBay TERMED OUT
Lynne Plambeck (2007-09, 09-11) Angeles
Andy Sawyer (2009-11) Mother Lode
Gerald Vinnard (2008-09, 09-11) Tehipite
Allan Eberhart Mother Lode/Calif Conservation Liaison

Allan Eberhart, California Conservation Liaison of the CNRCC, is ex officio on the California ExComm.
   This position is elected annually at the September CNRCC meeting

Dan Sullivan (off board) Treasurer, San Francisco, SF Bay Chapter

Nominating Committee for 2009 Convention:

Committee members have staggered two-year terms, so the numbers indicate the year of expiration of the individual terms.

    2009 Co-Chairs:Joan Jones Holtz and Dan Sullivan

        North - Julia Bott (09) and Aaron Israel (10)
        Central - JoAnne Clarke (09) and Letty French (10)
        South - Ladd Seekins (09) and Joan Jones Holtz (10)
        CCC/CNRCC - Dan Sullivan (09)

Purpose of the Sierra Club California Convention

The Sierra Club California Convention is held annually, The occasion of the convention is used

• to elect the Executive Committee,
• to educate the membership of the Sierra Club and the public at large concerning environmental problems,
• to facilitate the exchange of views among Sierra Club leaders,
• to provide an opportunity for chapter and group leaders to meet and network with each other,
• to meet the SCC ExComm, RCC leaders and Sacramento staff,
• to learn what's happening in other chapters and about major state and national campaigns.

The convention has the following powers and responsibilities:

• It elects the Sierra Club California Chair and the members of the California Executive Committee.
• It may advise the California Executive Committee about what the priorities of SC California should be.
• It reviews and decides proposed bylaw amendments.
• It may advise the ExComm about standing rules adopted or proposed for adoption by the ExComm.
• It may advise the ExComm about the amount of dues allocations to chapters that should be used to support programs of Sierra Club California.
• It may endorse candidates for statewide offices.
• It confers Awards for outstanding contributions of it’s volunteers.
• It may act on any other matter referred to it by the California Executive Committee.

All Club members are welcome and are encouraged to attend.

Nomination and Election Procedure

• The Sierra Club California bylaws provide for a Nominating Committee of seven members: two from northern California, two from central California, two from southern California, and one from the California Conservation Committee.
• Additional nominations may be made at the Convention by a petition signed by at least ten Convention delegates.
• Nominees must be Sierra Club members who live in California and who agree to be nominated.
• No person may serve more than three consecutive full terms as a member of the Executive Committee.
• Each Convention elects a person to serve a one-year term as Sierra Club California Chair, and five persons to serve two-year terms on the California Executive Committee.
• If the person elected to be Chair is in the middle of a two-year term on the ExComm, the Convention elects five additional persons to the ExComm. If the person elected to be Chair is not an incumbent in mid-term, then he or she is automatically elected to a two-year term as an ExComm member, and the Convention elects four additional persons to the ExComm.
• Voting is by secret written ballot. The election for Chair is held first.
• The election of the other members of the Executive Committee is then held, and the nominees receiving the highest number of votes are elected. If there is a tie for the last position to be filled, a runoff election will be held among those tied. If there is a tie in the runoff, the winner will be chosen by lot.
• The California Conservation Liaison is elected annually at the September meeting of the California/Nevada RCC