Mediation On-Line A Newsletter from ADR Resources http://adrr.com/adr9/024.htm Volume 3, No. 1, September/October 1999 From: Ethesis@AOL.Com (Ethesis) To: SMarsh@adrr.com Subscribe

Greetings:

It has been very busy for me, but I'm glad to get this newsletter out.  For now I expect to stay on the every-other-month schedule, but if things ease up I will be back to monthly newsletters.  The target date for this newsletter was October 1, 1999 and the target date for the next was December 1, 1999.  I'll be at SMU (Legacy campus) teaching a lesson on arbitration Monday night, and anyone on this mailing list is invited to attend.

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.

• RP Consultants at http://www.rpconsult.com/ is another mediation grouping.
• http://baldersnatch.abfn.org/ has a number of ADR related reports.
• http://www.mediator-roster.bc.ca/
• Alternatives to Violence Project in New Hampshire (AVP-NH)
• Enterprise Mediation Inc. at http://www.enterprise-mediation.com
• Diane Levinson-Fass has a web site at the nicely named http://www.resolutionremedies.com/.  Good use of an url that can be remembered.
• Http://www.kidseq.com is a site dedicated to "EQ" -- a measure of emotional maturity (and extremely useful for developing in children).  EQ is a far better predictor of success than IQ.
• War & Conflict - Past :: Present :: Future is at http://library.advanced.org/25909/.  They are actively looking for links and essays and personal experiences. The site includes:
  • 1) In-depth information on 10 major wars and conflicts, including: the Punic wars, Napoleonic wars, French revolution, American Revolution, American Civil war, WWI, WWII, Cold war, Vietnam war, Vietnam war, and Middle Eastern conflicts.
  • 2) A large articles section with: book reviews, essays, articles and more.
  • 3) A guided tours section that guides first time users through a rough sketch of what the website is about.
  • 4) A forum section with: a war-related message board, interviews, war stories, and war-related chat.
  • 5) A huge media archive with images, audio and video on each of the 10 major wars that are covered.
  • 6) A large links section linking to tons of interesting war-related websites.
  • 7) A theatre section with: interactive quizzes and many war-related downloads.
  • 8) An education section for teachers on how our website can be used in classrooms as an educational resource.
  • 9) A help section including: a 'Search the Site' feature and a large glossary of commonly used terms.
• 1999 and 2000 International Conflict Management Conference has their website at http://www.c4cr.org.
• The OAMA Conference (one I've attended and like) will be in Tulsa, Oklahoma this year.  Ray Hickman will be among the presenters and their web site has information at http://www.OAMA.org/.  OAMA is notable as a group that has made attorney-mediators and professional-mediators both fit in well and easily.  Recommended, especially if you are a non-attorney mediator wondering if mediation is for attorneys only.
• http://website.mciworld.com/~tphiggins@mciworld.com/mediate.htm is Thomas P. Higgins new web site location.

News

The Iowa Peace Institute and Grinnell College are again sponsoring the Grinnell Peace Project Awards for the 1999-2000 school year. Participation in this program is open to all elementary school, middle school, high school and college age youth.

The program is an annual competition. It is a challenge to young people to imagine and think through practical ideas and projects that promote peace by means of problem solving and cooperation. Entries may describe ongoing, annual, or single event projects. Contact them at iapeace@netins.net (Iowa Peace Institute) or skillion@netins.net.

There are a number of Elgin related sites on the web.  Here are some of them:

• http://www.sfwa.org/members/elgin
• http://www.suzettehadenelgin.com
• http://www.abbeville.com/grandmother
• http://www.worldvsdleague.com
• http://www.grandmotherworld.com
• http://www.forlovingkindness.org
• http://adrr.com/lingua

Essay/Comment/Books/Periodicals

Since a number of people have been critical of me for not "personalizing" my dispute resolution site more (e.g., telling more about myself), here is a link to more information about Stephen R. Marsh as a person (rather than the author as a professional). Personally, I believe that my observations and conclusions stand on their own merits and that private perspectives are not essential to understanding my writing.  However, I am providing a link to those perspectives for those who feel it is essential.  http://adrr.com/living/ is the url for the link.

I will be reviewing Ury's new book in the next issue.

On Employment and Professional Organizations

The OAMA Conference (one I've attended and like) will be in Tulsa, Oklahoma this year.  Ray Hickman will be among the presenters and their web site has information at http://www.OAMA.org/.  OAMA is notable as a group that has made attorney-mediators and professional-mediators both fit in well and easily.  Recommended, especially if you are a non-attorney mediator wondering if emloyment in mediation is for attorneys only. (And yes, I've repeated this notice twice in the newsletter because it is important).

Submissions to adrr.com

As always, I am interested in any submissions or articles anyone would like to have posted on the web -- and I am glad to be able to point them out in this newsletter.  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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World Wide Web ADR Resources according to the United States Federal Government

World Wide Web ADR Resources (Draft 2/24/99) (in use August, 1999)

What information on ADR is available right now on the Internet?

• http://www.financenet.gov/iadrwg - The Interagency ADR Workgroup homepage. Contains information on the status of the four sections of the Workgroup and copies of the Administrative Dispute Resolution Act and the White House Presidential Memorandum that spawned the workgroup.

General Information on ADR:

• http://www.hg.org/adr.html - Contains information on ADR from around the world. The U.S. section (scroll down about half way) contains sample contract clauses, Agency policies on ADR, State and Federal ADR legislation, sample rules and regulations, and other general information on using and developing ADR.
• http://www.adr.af.mil - This U.S. Air Force site is an excellent source for general ADR information and provides an example of the structure for a government agency's ADR program. Site includes information on ADR, such as statutes, legislation, government agency policies, reports and other information, and a bibliography.
• http://www.igc.org/igc/issues/cr - Provides a list of ADR resources on the Internet.
• http://www.abanet.org/dispute/home.html - Information on ADR resources, legislative updates and ADR programs/initiatives.
• http://adrr.com - Essays covering many ADR topics; including ethics, philosophy and practical "how to" guides.
• http://www.arbiter.wipo.int/amc/mediation-guide/index.html - The World Intellectual Property Organization's guide to mediation provides introductory information on defining mediation, when it is used and sample contract clauses. For arbitration information, substitute "arbitration" for "mediation" in the above web address).

Sample ADR Rules and Policies:

• http://www.hg.org/adr.html - The U.S. section contains several examples.
• http://www.arbiter.wipo.int/amc/mediation-rules/complete.html - The World Intellectual Property Organization's rules for mediation.
• http://www.arbiter.wipo.int/amc/arbitration-rules/index.html - The World Intellectual Property Organization's rules for arbitration.
• http://www.adr.af.mil

Where should I start reading about the design of ADR programs?

Administrative Conference of the United States (ACUS), Dispute Systems Design Working Group: Evaluating ADR Programs, A Handbook for Federal Agencies (January 1995).

This handbook, designed by and for federal government staff and mangers, covers the basic principles of dispute system design and provides a checklist of actions to take in implementing an ADR program within a federal agency or department. A copy of the handbook is available at http://www.adr.af.mil..

Note: EPA does not control and cannot guarantee the relevance, timeliness, or accuracy of the materials provided by other agencies or organizations. The Federal Standards of Ethical Conduct prohibit EPA from endorsing these outside agencies and organizations.

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