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Published by the Association for Conflict
Resolution,
a merged organization of AFM, CREnet,
and SPIDR
http://www.acresolution.org
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WELCOME TO ACR UPDATE!
ACR Update is sent on a regular basis
to share important conflict resolution
news and organizational updates with
our members. We encourage you to scroll
through the items listed below, and
hope you'll find this information useful.
We look forward to your feedback!
OVERVIEW OF ARTICLES
February 7, 2003
[1] ACR Conferences Update
*ACR's Third Annual Conference
*Environmental/Public Policy Section
Conference
*International Section Meeting: Call
for Papers
*Family Section Conference
[2] ACR Publications Update
*Call for Submissions: ACResolution
[3] Memorial Professorship: Donald T.
Weckstein
[4] ACR Chapters Update
[5] ACR Sections Update
* Crisis Negotiation Section: Got a
Problem?
* Family Section: Friends Program
* Research Section: Dispute Resolution
Symposium
* Workplace Section: Dispute Systems
Design Teleconference
[6]Quotes
[7]Messages from our Sponsors
* Center for Alternative Dispute Resolution
* The Conflict Center
* Straus Institute for Dispute Resolution
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[1] ACR Conferences Update
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SAVE THE DATE: ACR'S THIRD ANNUAL CONFERENCE
The World of Conflict Resolution: A
Mosaic of Possibilities
October 15-18, 2003
Orlando, Florida USA
Workshops will focus on issues such
as: What are the best practices in conflict
resolution? What do we -- as conflict
resolvers -- want our field to become?
What are the opportunities and challenges?
What are the threats? What are the creative
uses and innovative practices of conflict
resolution? How does youth fit into
the field? Please plan to join us in
Orlando in October for this exciting
conference!
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ACR’S ENVIRONMENTAL/ PUBLIC POLICY
SECTION CONFERENCE
Moving Beyond Our Comfort Zone: Exploring
the Edges of Our Field
April 24 - 26, 2003
Radisson Barcelo Hotel, Washington,
D.C.
The Environmental/Public Policy Section
invites you to join your colleagues
for an exciting conference that will
focus on urban public policy conflicts,
different and emerging modes of practice,
and urban environmental justice issues
paired with some dancing and great music.
We want to especially extend an invitation
to those practitioners who might define
themselves as being on the edge of our
field. The Section conference is an
opportunity to broaden our collegial
networks, understand different arenas
of practice, and perhaps attract new
members to ACR. Brochures and registration
information will be available in late
March. We look forward to seeing you
in April!
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ACR INTERNATIONAL SECTION MEETING: CALL
FOR PAPERS
"Global Access to Conflict Resolution,
Ethics, Partnerships and Practice"
BUENOS AIRES, ARGENTINA, MAY 7, 2003
ACR's International Section welcomes
proposals for paper presentations at
its first mid-year Section Meeting,
to be held May 7, 2003 in Buenos Aires,
Argentina, prior to the 4th International
Conference of the World Mediation Forum.
ACR president Nancy E. Peace will speak
at the event.
The International Section mid-year
meeting will provide a forum for attendees
to meet and engage in in-depth dialogue
on a range of international conflict
resolution topics, including new developments
in the field. It also will help conflict
resolution professionals develop a better
understanding of both the status of
conflict resolution in different countries
and regions of the world, and how the
culture of conflict resolution can/needs
to be expanded and empowered in each
country. For information on paper topics
and submission guidelines, please visit
the ACR Web site at http://www.acresolution.org.
If you would like to be included in
the International Section gathering
but are not a member of the Section,
you can sign up for Section membership
by contacting Cherise Alley, ACR's Membership
Development Coordinator, at calley@acresolution.org
or 202-667-9700 x 245, or join the Section
via the Member Center on the ACR Web
site: http://www.acresolution.org. For
more information about the Section,
please contact co-chairs Maria Rosa
Cattaneo at mariarcattaneo@arnet.com.ar
or Gail Ervin at gmervin@aol.com.
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ACR’S FAMILY SECTION CONFERENCE
A Family Affair: Making Room at the
Table
July 10-13, 2003
Hyatt Hotel, Denver, CO
The ACR Family Section invites you
to the 2003 ACR Family Section Conference,
"A Family Affair: Making Room at
the Table, " to be held July 10-13,
2003 at the Hyatt hotel in downtown
Denver, Colorado. Old friends, new ideas,
and beautiful places are at the heart
of the 2003 Family Section Conference.
The conference will offer opportunities
for mediators of all persuasions --
different styles, philosophies, and
levels of experience -- to explore controversial
topics and learn from each other. Brochures
and registration information will be
available in March.
For more information about the conference,
please go to http://www.acresolution.org/research.nsf/key/fam03-rfp,
or contact Josefa Martinez, ACR Conference
Manager, at jmartinez@acresolution.org.
If you would like to volunteer to help
at the ACR Family Section conference,
please contact Jerry Bagnell by e-mail
at jerry_bagnell@yahoo.com.
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[2] ACR Publications Update
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CALL FOR SUBMISSIONS TO MEMBERS IN
THE NEWS
ACResolution magazine is requesting
submissions for the Members in the News
section of ACResolution. Members in
the News, a subsection of the magazine's
In Brief section, is the place for you
to update your fellow ACR members on
recent developments in your life and
professional career. Found a new job
in the field? Appointed to a new position?
Received an award? Write and tell us
about it! Submissions should be no longer
than 50 - 100 words, should be accompanied
by a photo in JPEG or TIFF format, scanned
at 300 dpi (you may send a photo hard
copy if an electronic version is not
available), and should note your ACR
membership status and history. Please
send all submissions to ACResolution's
Managing Editor, Mark Sawchuk, at msawchuk@acresolution.org,
accompanied by your complete name, contact
information, and primary professional
title. Submissions must be received
by March 7 for inclusion in the Spring
2003 issue, which will mail in early
May.
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[3] Memorial Professorship: Donald T.
Weckstein
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ACR ENCOURAGES MEMBERS TO APPLY FOR
/ DONATE TO THE DONALD WECKSTEIN MEMORIAL
PROFESSORSHIP
The University of San Diego School
of Law has established an endowed chair,
the Donald Weckstein Memorial Professorship,
in honor of professor Donald T. Weckstein,
a local, regional and national leader
in the fields of professional responsibility,
alternative dispute resolution, and
labor / employment law. Professor Weckstein,
who died in the summer of 2002, served
on the boards and major committees of
many dispute resolution organizations,
including the Society of Professionals
in Dispute Resolution, one of ACR’s
founding organizations. The endowment
fund will support the following activities
carried out under the aegis of the professorship:
Support for one or more visiting faculty,
either from the dispute resolution/legal
profession or from law school faculty,
or a combination of both, to come to
USD School of Law to teach in the areas
of legal ethics, alternative dispute
resolution or labor/employment law,
Support for conferences and other professional
meetings in these subject-matter areas
to bring together practitioners and
scholars to work on issues at the intersection
of legal and dispute resolution practice
and theory to help to improve these
professions through applied research
and dissemination of research analyses
and conclusions to the respective communities.
Members interested in applying for
the professorship, nominating someone
they believe is deserving or qualified,
or interested in making a contribution
to the endowment fund can find out more
on the University of San Diego's website
at:
http://www.sandiego.edu/usdlaw/alum_weckstein.html.
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[4] ACR Chapters Update
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LEARN MORE ABOUT ACR CHAPTERS
Are you interested in becoming involved
with ACR in your geographic area? ACR
has dynamic regional Chapters, which
provide members in common geographical
regions with a unique opportunity to
meet face-to-face and attend professional
development programs and activities.
In the Chapters, conflict resolution
professionals share ideas and best practices,
and make connections throughout their
region.
For more information on joining ACR
Chapters -- or starting one in your
area -- please contact Amanda Andere,
ACR's Chapters and Development Coordinator,
at aandere@acresolution.org, or visit
our Web site: http://www.acresolution.org/research.nsf/key/chapters.
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[5] ACR Sections Update
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CRISIS NEGOTIATION SECTION: GOT A PROBLEM?
The Crisis Negotiation Section now
offers a "Crisis Negotiation Help
Line" to its members. If you would
like to join the Crisis Negotiation
Section to take advantage of this service,
please contact Cherise Alley, Membership
Development Coordinator, at calley@acresolution.org
or 202-667-9700, x 245, or join the
Section via the Member Center on the
ACR Web site: http://www.acresolution.org.
Because conflict resolution professionals
typically are trained in how to resolve
conflict under conditions that are free
from threat and violence, they often feel
unprepared if that violence-free boundary
is crossed. Dr. Mitchell R. Hammer and another
ACR member, Co-chairs of the Crisis Negotiation
Section, are available to offer strategies
and consultation to conflict resolution
professionals who believe this violence-free
zone may be crossed in the immediate future,
or who need immediate advice on a current
situation. They also are available to discuss
members’ concerns in such areas as:
Assessment: How can we avoid overreacting
or underreacting to threat and violence
potential? How can we identify indicators
of suicide potential?
Proactive Approaches: What steps do
we take to insure safety when conditions
of threat or violence arise? What proactive
strategies should be used if a client
becomes so angry that we fear for our
own safety?
Reactive Strategies: How do we respond
to a client whom we believe is suicidal?
What can be done during a mediation
session if we suspect there is continuing
domestic violence between the parties?
If you are currently facing, or believe
you may face these types of situations
in the future, then the "Crisis
Negotiation Help Line" may be just
what you are looking for. Join us today!
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ACR FAMILY SECTION: FRIENDS PROGRAM
The Family Section has implemented
a Friends Program, pairing a new Section
member with a current Section member
for orientation, mentoring, advice and
other activities. Section members should
look for the survey, which will be coming
in the mail, to ask if you would be
a Friend, or would like a Friend in
the Family Section. If you are interested,
please contact Zena Zumeta, Chair of
the Family Section Membership Committee
at mtci@igc.org. To join the Family
Section, please contact Cherise Alley,
Membership Development Coordinator,
at calley@acresolution.org or 202-667-9700,
x 245, or join the Section via the Member
Center on the ACR Web site: http://www.acresolution.org.
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ACR RESEARCH SECTION: INVITATION TO
A DISPUTE RESOLUTION SYMPOSIUM
April 10-12, 2003
Penn State Dickinson School of Law
Carlisle, PA
The ACR Research Section invites you
to participate in a symposium, "Dispute
Resolution and Capitulation to the Routine:
Is There a Way Out." This working
meeting brings together an interdisciplinary
cross-section of highly experienced
scholars, teachers and practitioners,
and is co-sponsored by ACR, the Penn
State Dickinson School of Law, and the
Broad Field Project. The conference
will examine how a profession or field
that starts out with high aspirations
may slip into "routinization,"
drifting away from the practices that
embody those aspirations, and look at
examples of fields that have resisted
these pressures over a long period.
The meeting will begin Thursday evening,
April 10 and continue through Saturday
afternoon, April 12, 2003 at the Penn
State Dickinson School of Law campus
in Carlisle, Pennsylvania (approximately
a two-hour drive from Philadelphia,
Baltimore or Washington, D.C.). Attendance
will be limited in order to ensure a
thoroughly interactive discussion.
For more information about this conference,
please contact Chris Honeyman (honeyman@convenor.com)
or Bob Ackerman (bxa9@psu.edu). You
must be a member of ACR's Research Section
to attend this conference as an ACR
participant. To join ACR’s Research
Section, please contact Cherise Alley,
Membership Development Coordinator,
at calley@acresolution.org or 202-667-9700,
x 245, or join the Section via the Member
Center on the ACR Web site: http://www.acresolution.org.
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ACR WORKPLACE SECTION: DISPUTE SYSTEMS
DESIGN TELECONFERENCE
Thursday, February 20, 2003, 3:00 PM
EST
ACR's Workplace Section extends an
invitation to join others interested
in Workplace Section events (you don't
have to be a Section member, just interested
in workplace ADR) in a special teleconference
with Warren Cunningham, Corporate ADR
Director from the Raytheon Company.
Mr. Cunningham will discuss how Raytheon's
Dispute Systems Design work addressed
cultural and legal considerations during
the design period, pre-implementation
work including communications, national
training of ADR Points-of-Contact, the
Selection of Service Providers for mediation
and arbitration, and the Raytheon business
case for ADR. In addition, during the
call, you will have an opportunity to
network with other ADR professionals,
learn what the Section is doing from
the Section Co-Chairs, hear about workplace
ADR "best practices," and
discuss what you would like from the
Section.
Join the Workplace Section Co-Chairs
and Warren Cunningham on Thursday, February
20, 2003, 3:00PM EST. You may call in
from anywhere, and the cost is only
your long-distance charges for a 55-minute
telephone call. To participate, e-mail
Stephen Kotev at skotev@acresolution.org
by Friday, February 14, 2003 to receive
the dial-in phone number. In your e-mail,
please include your full name, organization
name, location, email address and phone
number (unless you request otherwise,
your contact information will be shared
with others on the call) and any questions
or concerns you would like the Workplace
Section Co-Chairs to address during
the call. You will receive the dial-in
number on Tuesday, February 18, by email.
We look forward to talking to you on
the call!
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[6] Quotes
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"Never ruin an apology with an
excuse." -- Kimberly Johnson
"Don't look where you fall, but
where you slipped." -- African
Proverb
"It's a dangerous business...
going out of your door.... You step
into the Road, and if you don't keep
your feet, there is no knowing where
you might be swept off to." --
J.R.R. Tolkien, The Lord of the Rings:
The Fellowship of the Ring
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[7] Messages from Our Sponsors
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CENTER FOR ALTERNATIVE DISPUTE RESOLUTION
CONVENES 15TH ANNUAL CONFERENCE
On June 19-20, 2003, the Center for
Alternative Dispute Resolution will
convene its 15th Annual Conference,
“Managing Conflict and Removing
Barriers to Collaborative Decision Making.”
The conference, designed to provide
public and private sector professionals
with the latest information on alternative
dispute resolution, will be held at
Martin’s Crosswinds, Greenbelt,
MD. In addition, there will be full
and half-day pre-conference workshops
on June 18. Conference brochures will
be mailed in early spring 2003. To request
a copy of the brochure, please contact
the Center at (301) 776-6055.
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CONFLICT CENTER'S FIFTH ANNUAL CONFERENCE
Reducing the Cost of Conflict in the
Workplace
You and Your Employees are Worth It!
-- Supervising with Wit and Wisdom
Friday, March 7, 2003. 8:00 a.m. to
3:45 p.m. at 411 Sable Blvd, Aurora
Colorado
A one-day conference giving supervisors
the opportunity to learn and practice
the skills they need to understand the
conflicts that occur in their workplace
and use the energy created by those
conflicts to make a more productive
organization. Keynote speaker: Barbara
Coloroso, internationally recognized
speaker and author in the areas of non-violent
conflict resolution, reconciliatory
justice, and parenting. Followed by
two, two-hour workshop sessions, each
offering a choice of four skill-building
workshops. Cost: $129 if registering
before March 1, 2003 or $109 for 5 or
more from the same organization. Presented
by The Conflict Center, 4140 Tejon Street,
Denver Co 80211. 303.433.4983. For more
information, visit our website at http://www.conflictcenter.org
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PEPPERDINE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF LAW
STRAUS INSTITUTE FOR DISPUTE RESOLUTION
Straus Institute for Dispute Resolution
presents the 16th Annual Professional
Skills Program in Dispute Resolution,
June 19, 20 and 21, 2003, in Malibu,
California. Participants engage in three
days of intensive skills instruction
and practice in one focused area. Each
program includes lectures, small group
discussions and practice exercises.
Choose from the following ten workshops:
Advanced Mediation: Skills and Techniques;
“STAR” A Systematic Approach
to Mediation Strategies; Mediating Complex
Construction Disputes; Expanding Mediation:
Mindfulness and the “New Grid”;
Managing Conflict in Health Care: New
Approaches, Innovative Strategies and
Sophisticated Skills; Strategic Negotiation
and Settlement Advocacy Skills; Advanced
Negotiation: Overcoming Barriers, Managing
Perceptions, and Increasing Influence;
Negotiation Skills for Human Resource
Professionals; Advocacy in Arbitration:
Strategies and Skills; International
Commercial Arbitration: Global Understanding
and Practice. For more information or
to register go to: http://www.StrausInstitute.com.
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