Mediation On-Line

A Newsletter from ADR Resources
http://adrr.com/adr9/010.htm // July 1998
From: Ethesis@AOL.Com (Ethesis)
To: SMarsh@adrr.com

Greetings:

Dave Moon (Dave@mediahog.com) has provided a navigation graphic that everyone is free to use if they have a use for it.  Used as an image map, it can be placed at the bottom or top of your web pages, with your name added, and has built in text for all basic web page areas.  I have it on-line at http://adrr.com/adr9/010.htm#1 and you are welcome to download and use it without charge.

Dave also created a nice set of site logos for me.  They are at http://adrr.com/logo.htm#Site for those who would like a logo to use to connect to my site.

Dick Coughlin has provided a role-play exercise, the Apple City Elementary School Case which is at http://adrr.com/adr3/apple.htm.  You can reach him at eccs@compuserve.com for permission to use the role-play in classes and to give him feedback on his work.  The role play is designed to sharpen dispute resolution skills and avoids an "easy" out resolution.

Finally, the new bulletin boards at http://www.adrr.com/cgi-bin/Ultimate.cgi were installed by Tim Mousel.  To have him install a similar board for you, you can order on line at https://www.communitech.net/~mousel/ubb_secure.htm.  I'm using the freeware version of the boards right now, and the installation charge was very inexpensive.

Interesting new Mediation & ADR web sites

A reminder.  If you receive this newsletter, and if you have a web site, please send me the url to look at. I'm actively adding personal mediator's sites at http://adrr.com/adr0/links1.htm#SMALL and value referrals and suggestions about good sites.

• That is Divorce Coach/Mediator at http://www.divorcehelp.com/DHC/Susan.html.  Sorry for leaving the url out of the newsletter earlier.
• Partners in Conflict at http://firms.findlaw.com/partnersinconflict/ specializes in same sex "divorce" mediation as well as other partnership and divorce issues.  An excellent example of how mediation groups continue to specialize. The site is well laid out, using the basic method I suggest in http://adrr.com/tutorial/ and reflects what you can obtain from the Findlaw webhosting service.  I'm not sure what their pricing is, but if you are considering a web site for your practice, it couldn't hurt to compare Findlaw to Mediahog.com (http://mediahog.com).
• Law PReview is the latest in the game for preparing you for law school or learning all you need to know about law in order to mediate.  Someone needs to set up a "certification" class along the lines of the programs listed here since it helps for a non-lawyer to have some exposure to the law, but law school is over-kill for many types of mediation.  The url is http://www.lawpreview.com/
• Alberta Arbitration Mediation Society has a web page at http://aams.ab.ca.  The web site explains the AAMS Certificate in Conflict Resolution as well as detailing their member organizations.
• Dr. Suzette Elgin's site at http://www.webspawner.com/users/sfling/ is now on-line, with some introductory materials.  The site attempts to reach a different audience than mediators, but the material is excellent -- especially if you have needed some advice or focus on reframing skills.
• The Metro Group at http://www.uswebx.com/metrogroup/ is a nice site for a small group with a focused practice.
• The Chesterson Group at  http://www.chesterson.com/adr/ has "pre-need" ADR services.
• Janzen Group Mediation (mediation for the workplace) is a good example of mediation aimed at areas where it prevents problems from ever becoming law suits rather than resolving them once a suit is filed.  At http://www.janzengroup.com/.
• Commercial Dispute Resolution Center of the Americas at http://www.netside.net/cdrca/ has a site, in Spanish and Portuguese (as well as English) with documents in all three languages.  A wonderful site to recommend.   The Center provides Latin America/Caribbean oriented ADR activities (education, training, consulting, case mediations and arbitrations).  (More below).
• UT Austin now has a Dispute Resolution Program page at http://www.utexas.edu/law/cppdr/cppd.htm/.  It should be interesting to see how their program progresses.
• For testing logic and errors, a visit to http://www.fair-lds.org/Apologetics/Apologetics.html can be fun. Often a review of logic errors in general (without applying them) can help people become more rational.
• A reminder, for free web space, you may want to visit http://hypermart.net. It includes free secure server service (in case you are interested in selling books or other services from your web pages), CGI bin and scripts, you can have your own domain name (though you still have to pay Internic for the registration fees, there are no set-up or other charges by hypermart).  You can visit and decide if it is for you or not.
• For a permanent e-mail address, or a reliable one, visit Free E-Mail Clients -- a list of such services -- at http://adrr.com/adr0/free.htm.
• Finally, I have a completely new bulletin board for the site -- a much cleaner and much faster system.  I even have added a moderator or two.  It is at http://www.adrr.com/cgi-bin/Ultimate.cgi -- please consider a visit.  Especially if you have a thought or two to add or a mediation site to let everyone know about.
  

News

The Commercial Dispute Resolution Center of the Americas (Miami) has affiliated with groups in Argentina (Asociacion Interamericana de Mediacion, Buenos Aires) and Brazil (Sociedade Interamericana de Mediacao e Arbitragem, Rio de Janeiro).  They have consulted with the government of Peru and with the official Working Group on Dispute Resolution in San Jose, Costa Rica.  If you have an interest in those areas, their contact information is Paul E. Mason, President, Commercial Dispute Resolution Center of the Americas1390 Brickell Avenue, Suite 275, Miami, FL 33131, tel: (305) 372-1901, fax: (305) 373-1517, email: cdrca@netside.net, personal email: MasonCASO@aol.com, website: www.netside.net/cdrca.

Columbia has begun an ADR program.  For contact information, contact Juan Carlos Guasca C., Professor of Alternatives Dispute Resolution. His is the first university in Columbia to teach the subject. His address is Apartado Aéreo 11460 de Bogotá, Colombia, e-mail address is jguasca@minhacienda.gov.co. The telephone number is 57-1-2864813 or 57-1-2861400 ext. 2821 in day or 57-1-2700486 at night.  They are looking for materials and aids for teaching.

Essay/Comment/Books/Periodicals

Wayne made some significant recommendations of good books. I have all of the recommendations on-line at http://adrr.com/adr9/010.htm.  His strongest recommendation was for:  "MCS Training Manual" , available for $25 postpaid from Mennonite Conciliation Service, Box M, Akron, Pa 17501. As he said: "For your interests, this is almost surely the single best volume you could purchase."  See http://adrr.com/adr9/010.htm#2 for the complete list.

I must also recommend Williamette's newsletter again.  Excerpts at http://adrr.com/adr9/010.htm#3.  They've noticed the UMass program which has some excellent people involved in it.

More Notes.

If you are thinking of  a career in law, consider a visit to Findlaw at http://www.findlaw.com/satisfaction/ and to the Center for Professional Development in the Law at http://www.shore.net/~cpdl. I host a web site on Thriving in Law School and Surviving Legal Practice at http://adrr.com/law0/ and think that much of the advice at these two locations is good.  The Findlaw location has a bulletin board, twenty-five essays and substantial advice  that is good for all professionals (not "just lawyers") on how to seek employment, etc.

Publications // Mediation Monthly // Camara (Peru)  & Latin America // Web Notes

Col. Hackworth is an interesting writer, especially since he keeps writing on the limits of what military force can accomplish.  His web info is teagles@hackworth.com, website: www.hackworth.com.  You read his writing and you do not know whether to cry or sigh.  Very militaristic, yet very opposed to war.

Mediation Monthly is temporarily silent.  The editor's father died and he moved home to take care of family matters.  The editor expects to have details on the relaunch.  I'll update everyone as I have those.

Conferences

Conferencing: A New Response to Wrongdoing is an international forum to be held August 6-8 at the Thunderbird Hotel and Convention Center in Minneapolis, Minnesota.  To register please call the Real Justice office at (610) 807-9221. The Conference on Conferencing will bring together leading researchers, practitioners, theorists and advocates from Australia, New Zealand, Singapore, Canada, the Navajo Nation, the United Kingdom, and the United States to explore this new response to wrongdoing and crime. For more, visit http://www.realjustice.org/ or e-mail at benwachtel@realjustice.org.

Submissions to adrr.com

As always, I am interested in any submissions or articles anyone would like to have posted on the web.  While I can't pay for them, I don't charge to post your material, under your name and with your links, on my space. I prefer to post material as you have written it, with no editorial changes by myself.

With my best regards, I remain,

Sincerely yours,

Stephen Marsh
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Greetings this fine morning. I looked through the EMU web site and 'found' a faculty member who was educated in South Africa (which is where I am from) so I sent him a note. He sent me this list of texts which relate to conflict resolution in the church. I thought you may enjoy looking it over.

• Bell, Pauline and Pauline Jordan, Conflict: Handling Conflict in the Local Church (London: Scripture Union, 1992, Out of print)
• Cosgrove, Charles H., Church Conflict : The Hidden Systems Behind the Fights (Nashville : Abingdon Press, 1994.)
• Friedman, Edwin. Generation to Generation: Family Process in Church and Synagogue (New York: Guilford, 1985).
• Halverstadt, Hugh, Managing Church Conflict (Louisville:  Westminster/John Knox, 1991)
• Hausken, Terje C., Peacemaking: The Quiet Power: Conflict Resolution for Churches through Mediation (West Concord, MN : CPI Pub., 1992).
• Johnson, Luke T., Scripture and Discernment: Decisionmaking in the Church (Nashville: Abingdon Press, 1996)
• Landis, Susan Mark, Conflict in the Congregation : A Beginning
• Resource Guide for Congregational Leaders of the Ohio Conference of the Mennonite Church (Kidron, OH : Ohio Conferences PJSC, 1994).
• Leas, Speed, Moving Your Church Through Conflict. (Washington, D.C.: Alban Institute, 1985).
• Martin, Frank, War in the Pews (Downers Grove: IVP, 1995)
• McKinney, O.S.B., Mary Benet. Sharing Wisdom: A Process for Group Decision Making.
• Oswald, Roy and Robert Friederich, Jr., Discerning
• Your Congregation's Future: A Strategic and Spiritual Approach (Alban Institute, 1996)
• Peters, Dave, Surviving Church Conflict (Scottdale: Herald Press, 1997)
• Qualben, James D. Peace in the Parish: How to Use Conflict Resolution Principles and Process. (LangMarc Publishing, 1992)
• Randall, Robert L., Pastor and Parish: The Psychological Core of Ecclesiastical Conflicts (New York : Human Sciences Press, 1988).
• Sande, Ken, The Peacemaker, (Grand Rapids: Baker Book, 1997)
• Steinke, Peter L., Healthy Congregations: A Systems Approach (Bethesda, Md. : Alban Institute, 1996)
• Steinke, Peter L., How Your Church Family Works: Understanding Congregations as Emotional Systems (Washington, DC : Alban Institute, 1993).
• Thomas, Marlin. Resolving Disputes in Christian Groups. (Winnipeg: Windflower Communications, 1994) 4/1/98
• Also, don't miss the outstanding resource by Mennonite Conciliation Service called "MCS Training Manual" , available for $25 postpaid from Mennonite Conciliation Service, Box M, Akron, Pa 17501. For your interests, this is almost surely the single best volume you could purchase.

Another excerpt from the Williamette Law School's Mediation Newsletter.  Subscribe by e-mailing:
Faculty Editor: Ross Runkel rrunkel@willamette.edu or
Student Editor: Kevin Cheatham kcheatha@willamette.edu

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Link to their site at http://www.willamette.edu/law/wlo/dis-res/

Mediators can use computer-based decision analysis to help parties
overcome a number of barriers to settlement. Using software that can
build and analyze decision trees, a mediator can help facilitate a
cooperative effort among litigants and lawyers to arrive at a joint
valuation of the dispute. In addition, the use of a "scientific"
valuation methodology can add an air of legitimacy that can facilitate
settlement.

Details: http://www-legal.sbs.umass.edu/center/hoffer.html (The UMass Web Site)

BTW, UMass has Leah Wing, an excellent Mediation and Dispute
Resolution professional and professor.  I can recommend her to those
looking for a presenter at conferences or training.

Professor Leah Wing
222 Hampshire House
University of Massachusetts
Amherst, MA 01003.

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ADR Online: Useful ADR Sites On The World Wide Web
Article by James Boskey

This article provides a useful list of Alternative Dispute Resolution
sites that are available on the World Wide Web. The list is not
exhaustive but provides major sites that will make good starting points
for the web surfer with an interest in Dispute Resolution.

Details: http://www.mediate.com/articles/boskey.cfm

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ADR Announcement: The White House Advocates ADR
(Office of the Press Secretary - Palo Alto, CA 5/1/98)

President Clinton recently sent a memo to all executive departments and
agencies in an effort to encourage the use of ADR. The memorandum
expressed a an internal effort for the government to operate in a more
efficient and effective manner. Federal agencies are now required to "

(1) promote greater use of mediation, arbitration, early neutral
evaluation, agency ombuds, and other alternative dispute resolution
techniques, and (2) promote greater use of negotiated rulemaking."

The President directed the creation of An Alternative Dispute Resolution
Working Group headed by the Attorney General. The Working group is to
"comprised of the Cabinet Departments and, as determined by the Attorney
General, such other agencies with a significant interest in dispute resolution."

"The Working Group shall facilitate, encourage, and provide coordination
for agencies in such areas as: (1) development of programs that employ
alternative means of dispute resolution, (2) training of agency personnel
to recognize when and how to use alternative means of dispute resolution,
(3) development of procedures that permit agencies to obtain the services
of neutrals on an expedited basis, and (4) recordkeeping to ascertain the
benefits of alternative means of dispute resolution."

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If you do not have the time/connection to visit the web site for the Commercial Dispute Resolution Center of the Americas, the contact information is:

Paul E. Mason, President
Commercial Dispute Resolution Center of the Americas
1390 Brickell Avenue, Suite 275
Miami, FL 33131
tel: (305) 372-1901
fax: (305) 373-1517

I would really like to see web sites such as theirs for the centers in Jerusalem, Hong Kong and several other places I've heard from.

Bonus Link:  Medical Risk Management, Inc.’s web site, http://www.medrisk.com.

If you mediate issues involving medical health care professionals, this is a *must visit* site.

Final Note.  If you subscribed and did not get your e-mail newsletter, the following domains had problems this month:

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