by Jim Turner, Missouri Chapter Chair
Our Missouri Sierra Club staff is configured to efficiently represent our membership across Missouri in 2008.
Our Development Director Melissa Hope, based near Kansas City, is doing great work in assisting Kansas City Power and Light to meet its obligations for efficiency and renewable energy, as well as other conservation work, and she is communicating throughout Missouri to gather resources for our tasks.
On a part-time basis, our long-time member Roy Hengerson, based in Jefferson City, will lobby the legislature and also attend regulatory sessions in mid-Missouri throughout the year.
Also on a part-time basis, Sue King in Saint Louis is providing essential clerical support to our Treasurer Cheryl Hammond, as we are implementing new web-based systems, provided by the Sierra Club, for our financial and other information. Also, our Conservation Chair Becky Denny monitors our incoming voicemail, and I directly receive email to the chapter, and we both distribute the incoming messages to our activists.
Our Executive Committee believes that this staff is a fine “lean machine” for carrying on our Chapter’s business and engaging member-volunteers throughout Missouri. Our staff enables us to project a constant presence encouraging a sustainable and eco-friendly culture in Missouri.
Please realize that your donations to our Chapter are essential for our ability to express your environmental values in Missouri.