Providing Recommendations

Any shareholder can communicate directly with the board, the independent directors, and any individual director or the chair of any committee via the Weyerhaeuser's corporate secretary. The processes for communicating with the board, recommending nominees for the board, or submitting shareholder proposals are outlined in the Notice of 2008 Annual Meeting of Shareholders and Proxy Statement.

The board also requests regular reports about interests and concerns of shareholders and communication with shareholders.

Persons recommended for consideration as nominees for director are evaluated against the targeted skill and knowledge areas. The corporate governance committee regularly assesses the mix of these skills represented on the board as well as the skills represented by retiring directors and additional skill areas identified during the board self-assessment process. Based on this analysis, the committee determines the best qualified candidates and recommends those candidates to the board for election at the next shareholders' meeting.

The governance committee carefully reviews shareholder proposals submitted for consideration at the next annual meeting, develops a suggested response, then presents these recommendations to the full board. The board may engage outside advisers to provide support of its consideration of some proposals. The full board approves the suggested responses to any shareholder proposals that will be included in the proxy statement for the annual shareholders' meeting.

Examples of recent topics considered in shareholder proposals include:

• Operational practices (chemical use, pollution controls)
• Governance (majority vote, director election by majority, executive compensation, appointment of auditors, independent chairman)
• Forestry practices (certification, wood supply)
• Social issues (aboriginal peoples relations)