`  == Will McWhinney, Jr. ==  hi there!!! I'll post this here for your perusal and maybe we can get this puppy up on the board, eh? alrighty then!!!!  ''William ``Will`` McWhinney is a community activist.  McWhinney is a member of the Sierra Club, winning a 2002 award from the group as liason within the LGBT communtiy. He is alifelong Californian, and son of author, psychologist, and mediator Will McWhinney, of Venice California.  In 2004 he was involved in a power struggle within his local Sierra club chapter. A group of Immigration reformers sought seats on the group's steering committee, via elections. The battle has proved to be a nasty one, and has been joined by the Southern Poverty Law Center, and the Anti-Defamation League  McWhinney also serves as the Sierra Club Outings committee chair.  ==References== *Science monitor article *club outings Angeles chapter quote *Weekly piece  ==Links== *Chapter of Sierra club website *Immigration Forum              `