RCEN - Closed Call for Nominations


	*Closed Call for Nominations* RCEN Water, Fisheries and Oceans Caucus Steering Committee The Call for Nominations to the 2007-2008 Water, Fisheries and Oceans Caucus Steering Committee is now complete. Thank you to everyone who put their name forward! The ten new members of the 2007-2008 Water Caucus Steering Committee are: J. Denys Bourque, Club d'ornithologie du Madawaska, ltée, NB Lisa Fox, Cochrane Environmental Action Committee, AB Susan Howatt, Council of Canadians, ON Sabine Jessen, Canadian Parks and Wilderness Society, BC Martha Kostuch, Friends of the Oldman River, AB Bruno Marcocchio, Sierra Club of Canada, NS Allister Marshall, Potlotek Watershed Protection Committee, NS Jack Minard, Tsolum River Restoration Society, BC Isabel Muzichuk, Concerned Citizens for a Safe and Healthy Environment, SK Olga Schwartzkopf, Soil and Water Conservation Society, BC Chapter Rights of Caucus Steering Committee Members: To have ready access to all corporate information, such as financial records and statements, minutes of decision-making meetings, organizational records, and policy manuals. To receive fair and reasonable notice of all steering committee and membership meetings, and to have equal opportunity to participate in such meetings. Responsibilities of Caucus Steering Committee members: To participate in steering committee discussions regularly, and to participate in the decision-making of the caucus steering committee, in consultation with member groups. To be familiar with caucus contracts, policies, and current programs, and relevant policies and programs of the RCEN. In particular, to be familiar with the RCEN policies on conflict of interest, membership, taking positions and use of the RCEN name, delegate selection, and caucus operation. To assume particular responsibility for aspects of the caucus's program and projects, and to report on these to the steering committee between and at steering committee meetings, as appropriate. Click here for more information on: Steering Committee member qualifications, rights and responsibilities RCEN Caucus Structure and Functions The Water Caucus If you have any questions, please contact Leela Ramachandran, RCEN Water, Fisheries and Oceans Caucus Coordinator, at 613-728-9810 ext. 223.