Greetings All:

  I hope you had a wonderful holiday season. We at the CMG are ready to explore, enjoy and protect the environment in 2015!

Elections:

  The CMG is holding electronic elections again this year for the Executive Committee. Here is a list of candidates. The Executive Committee consists of 7 members. There are currently only 5 members including  two of the candidates below. Pam Drake is running for an open seat and the Executive Committee supports her candidacy.

Please send your vote to: to Helen Leblanc at helen_48895@yahoo.com. You can vote for up to 4 candidates if you wish to write in someone's name or add your own if you are willing to serve. Only include people who you know are interested in being on the committee please. Voting starts today and ends January 26 at 8pm.

The Candidates:

 Dave Errickson

  Dave is the current chair of the CMG and has been a Sierra Club member for 8 years. Dave met his wife on a Sierra Club trip and life hasn't been the same since. Dave has been involved as a water sentinel, political lobbyist, and activist in that time. Dave is serving on the Chapter Retreat committee this year.  He is a RN at Allegiance Health in Jackson and also is a Health Fellow with MI Air, MI Health, educating health professionals about how our energy policy affects our health.

 John Veenstra

 John is a member of the CMG Executive Committee and a Sierra Club member since 1981. John is a former Ingham County Commissioner and a current Meridian Township Trustee. John has served the Sierra Club as the CMG political committee chair in the past.

Pam Drake
"I have been politically active with the Democratic Party since the mid 1980's including working as a Field Organizer for the Michigan Democratic Party and working both as a volunteer and paid consultant on numerous campaigns throughout the years. As a mother and now grandmother, protecting the environment is not an issue I feel we can just talk about. I feel it is important to be active in a positive and meaningful way. I believe being active with the Sierra Club is a good way to focus my time, talent and resources. I was very honored to have received the endorsement of the Sierra Club when I ran for State Representative in 2010 and I would love to take this opportunity to give back."
 

Programs

  Our next event will be Buy Local Food-Support a CSA on February 24, 2015 at the Allen Street Market in Lansing, MI 7pm to 9pm. We will have several local community supported agriculture farms out to talk about the importance of buying from a local farmer and to promote their upcoming season. This will be a great chance to learn more about CSAs and to meet the farmers who supply our Mid Michigan area.

Thank you for all you do for the environment! Please vote for our Excom by emailing helen_48895@yahoo.com by January 26!

Dave Errickson
Chair
CMG Sierra Club
Lansing, MI 48910
517 648-9115