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>> ACR Update, December 4, 2003 <<
Published by the Association for Conflict
Resolution,
a merged organization of AFM, CREnet, and
SPIDR
http://www.ACRnet.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
December 4, 2003
[1] ACR Launches New Web site: ACRnet.org
[2] ACR's 2003 Annual Fund Campaign: Join
Today
[3] Call for Proposals: ACR's 2004 Annual
Conference
[4] ACR Publications Update
[5] ACR Sections Update
[6] ACR Chapters Update
[7] Creative Problem Solver's Handbook for
Negotiators and Mediators
*Call for Submissions
[8] Quotes
[9] Message from our Sponsors: Mediate.com
and the Perspectives Group
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[1] ACR's New Web site: ACRnet.org
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ACR ANNOUNCES LAUNCH OF NEW WEB SITE
ACR is excited to introduce its new online
home, http://www.ACRnet.org. Modern, streamlined,
and easy-to-navigate, the new Web site features
drop-down menus to help you find exactly
what you’re looking for. We hope you
take the time to explore the site and all
its familiar and new content.
Web sites are always works in progress.
In the coming months, we will be introducing
new and exciting features and functionalities
that will make access to ACR information
and resources more user-friendly than ever.
New features will include a job bank, easy
e-commerce features, online membership renewal,
an online bookstore, and a new Members-Only
area.
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[2] ACR's 2003 Annual Fund Campaign
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ACR INVITES MEMBERS TO JOIN THE 2003 ANNUAL
FUND CAMPAIGN
Donate to ACR and join the Board and Leadership
in launching the 2003 Annual Fund. Your
donation will help keep membership available
to a diverse group of professionals and
volunteers, support urgently needed activities
that will benefit society, and enhance ACR's
standing in the conflict resolution community.
Please visit http://www.acrnet.org/giving
to donate online today.
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[3] ACR Annual Conference Update: 2004 Call
for Proposals
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2004 ANNUAL CONFERENCE CALL FOR PROPOSALS:
Deadline Extended to January 5, 2004
We are now accepting proposals for ACR's
2004 Annual Conference, “Valuing Peace
in the 21st Century: Expanding the Art and
Practice of Conflict Resolution,”
to be held in Sacramento, California, September
30 - October 2, 2004. Information is available
on the ACR Web site at: http://www.acrnet.org/conferences/ac04/index.htm.
The 2004 Annual Conference Program Committee,
chaired by Dan DeStephen and Gail Ervin,
is planning a top-notch program for the
conference. As you know, submitting a proposal
is an excellent way to highlight the work
of your Section or Chapter. Please visit
the ACR Web site to complete and submit
a proposal online. All proposals must be
submitted online by January 5, 2004.
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[4] ACR Publications Update
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CONFLICT RESOLUTION QUARTERLY SUBMISSIONS
Conflict Resolution Quarterly is ACR’s
quarterly academic journal. Its mission
is to publish scholarship on relationships
between theory, research, and practice in
the conflict management and dispute resolution
field to promote more effective professional
applications. Consider submitting any of
the following kinds of work:
State-of-the-art articles
State-of-the-art articles provide a comprehensive
reporting of current literature on a specific
topic and a critique of that theory and
research in terms of how well it informs
conflict practice.
Implications for Practice Commentary Section
Readers may submit “practice implications
comments” on previously published
articles in which they discuss how previously
published articles have better informed
them in terms of practice.
Book Reviews
We accept reviews of current books on conflict
management and dispute resolution. Preference
is given to book review essays that review
three or more books in a related topic area
in light of current scholarship in that
area.
Training and Education Notes
These are short articles focusing on the
practice of dispute resolution training,
studies of dispute resolution training,
or reviews of curricula or software programs
for dispute resolution training.
Articles should be directed to a multidisciplinary
audience and be as readable and practical
as possible. Submissions and questions regarding
editorial matters should be sent to Tricia
S. Jones, Editor, Conflict Resolution Quarterly,
Dept. of Psychological Studies, College
of Education, Temple University, Philadelphia,
PA 19122. You may also e-mail Tricia at
tsjones@astro.temple.edu.
ACRESOLUTION SUBMISSIONS
The Fall 2003 issue of ACResolution magazine
was recently mailed to members. Planning
is now underway for next year’s issues.
Anyone wishing to submit a feature article
for the Summer 2004 issue, whose theme will
be Restorative and Criminal Justice, should
submit a short abstract or proposal no later
than March 1, 2004. Please send all submissions
to ACResolution's Managing Editor, Mark
Sawchuk, at msawchuk@ACRnet.org, accompanied
by your complete name, contact information,
and primary professional title.
We accept submissions to other departments
of the magazine on a rolling basis. Please
consider submitting to any of the following
departments.
Members in the News
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 an exciting 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 note that we can only
include news about you once per volume (4
issues). Submissions received in December
will go into the Winter issue (February
2004) of the magazine.
Learning Matters
We are always looking for short articles
that discuss various aspects of conflict
resolution education in schools, colleges,
and other environments. If you have an experience
to share, please let us know.
Diversity Practices
This section of the magazine is devoted
to best practices in diversity and conflict
resolution and highlights innovative strategies
for effectively responding to conflict within
our increasingly diverse community. (For
this department only, send submissions to
Contributing Editor Dr. Benjamin Reese at
reesources1@aol.com.)
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[5] ACR Sections Update
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CONSUMER SECTION
Natalie C. Fleury, J.D. recently joined
the Center for Dispute Resolution Education
at Marquette University as the Assistant
Director of Training and Research. Fleury,
who serves as the Assistant Co-Chair of
ACR's Consumer Section, is a graduate of
the University of Wisconsin Law School and
holds a Certificate from Marquette University's
Graduate Program in Dispute Resolution.
FAMILY SECTION
The Family Section is planning a series
of hour long “Telephone Talks”
featuring senior mediators discussing various
topics and responding to questions related
to those topics. We’d like to know
whether you would be likely to participate
and also what topics would be of interest
to you. Respond to juliedenny@resolutionsforyou.com.
The Family Section is working on its Web
site and anticipates launching no later
than January 2004.
A new nominating committee has been formed
and is soliciting Advisory Council nominations
for 2004-2005. Nominations should be sent
to jbagnell@ix.netcom.co.
WORKPLACE SECTION ANNOUNCES NEXT CONFERENCE
CALL: December 16, Tuesday, 12:00 p.m. EST
Please join the Workplace Section to find
out how to use the Conflict Dynamics Profile®
in the workplace to assist people in managing
conflict more effectively. You don't have
to be a Workplace Section member or even
an ACR member to join the call, just someone
interested in this workplace topic.
The Conflict Dynamics Profile® (CDP)
is a new psychological assessment instrument
dealing with workplace conflict. It measures
how people behave when faced with conflict
so they can identify behaviors that need
improvement. The conference call presentation
will include a brief overview of the theory
underlying the CDP, a description of the
instrument and its applications, and an
overview of research tying conflict behaviors
and leadership effectiveness. There will
also be opportunities for questions and
discussion.
Join Rita Callahan, Co-Chair of the ACR
Workplace Section, and presenter Craig Runde,
Director of New Program Development for
the Leadership Development Institute at
Eckerd College in St. Petersburg, FL, where
he heads up the Conflict Dynamics Profile.
To participate, e-mail Stephen Kotev at
skotev@ACRnet.org by December 12, 2003.
In your e-mail, please include your full
name, organization name, title, location,
e-mail 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 Mr. Runde to address. You will receive
the dial-in number by e-mail to confirm
your participation. We look forward to having
you on the call.
Call details: Tuesday, December 16, 2003,
12:00 p.m. (noon) EST/9:00 a.m. PST. You
may call in from anywhere, and the cost
is only your long-distance charge for a
55-minute telephone call.
Regular Workplace Section Conference Calls
are a benefit developed for you by ACR's
Workplace Section. E-mail Stephen Kotev
at skotev@ACRnet.org to join the Workplace
Section or visit http://www.acrnet.org/pdfs/SectionInvoice.pdf
to download the Section Invoice form.
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[6] ACR Chapters Update
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ACR-NORTHERN CALIFORNIA TO DISCUSS MEDIATION
WITH PARTIES WITH MENTAL CAPACITY LIMITATIONS
On Wednesday, December 17, 2003 from 6:00-8:30
p.m., the Northern California Chapter of
ACR will discuss: How do we as mediators
assess when a party may not be competent
or have some diminished capacity to participate
in mediation? Shar Etebar and Rachel Goodman
will facilitate a conversation on this topic,
continuing a dialogue started on ADRNC’s
online discussion group. This program offers
an opportunity to get together with fellow
practitioners in an informal setting to
discuss tough questions and capture shared
experiences. For more information, visit
http://www.adrnc.org or contact Stacy Waters,
Administrator, at 650-745-3842.
ACR-NEW YORK DISCUSSES DOMESTIC PARTNER
TRUST AND ESTATES
On December 9, ACR-GNY will sponsor a program
featuring Lisa Padilla, mediator and attorney,
and June Jacobson, mediator, attorney and
President of the Family & Divorce Mediation
Council of Greater New York, discussing
"Everything on Trusts and Estates that
Domestic Partners Need to Know." The
program will be held at the Lesbian, Gay,
Bisexual and Transgender Community Center
at 208 West 13th Street, New York City.
Doors will open at 5:30 p.m., the program
will begin at 6:00 and there will be time
for Q & A and networking at the end
of the program. Refreshments will be served.
Learn about the issues surrounding these
topics in preparation for mediating related
cases. Network with other mediators. For
more information call the ACR-GNY hotline,
212-946-1998, or e-mail membership@acrgny.org
to make your reservation now.
CELEBRATE THE HOLIDAYS WITH DC-ACR
The DC Chapter will hold its annual Holiday
Soiree on December 11, 2003 from 6:30 -
8:30 p.m. at the National Institutes of
Health, Bethesda, MD, Conference Room E1/E2/.
Please contact Zell Steever at zsteever@usbr.gov
for more information.
If you get an error message about the body
being to long, use this field to hold the
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[7] Creative Problem Solver's Handbook for
Negotiators and Mediators: Call for Submissions
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OPEN INVITATION TO SHARE CREATIVE MEDIATION
TECHNIQUES WITH YOUR COLLEAGUES!
From: John W. (Jack) Cooley, Member, ACR
and ABA Section of Dispute Resolution
The Association for Conflict Resolution
and the ABA Section of Dispute Resolution
are jointly collecting data to be used in
publishing a CREATIVE PROBLEM SOLVER'S HANDBOOK
FOR NEGOTIATORS AND MEDIATORS. We are politely
requesting that you take a few moments to
provide information requested in the accompanying
questionnaire in order to share a creative
technique or two that you have used or have
seen used to achieve successful results
in mediation and/or negotiation. You will
receive acknowledgment for your submission
in the publication. Please feel free to
share this invitation and data collection
form with anyone, lawyer or nonlawyer, who
might be willing to share some creative
techniques with us. The submission deadline
is December 15, 2003.
The handbook is intended to serve as an
idea generator that can be used before,
during, and/or after a mediation or negotiation
session to enhance interest satisfaction,
to break or circumvent impasses, and/or
to help foster issue resolution and overall
agreement. The creative techniques can range
from simple (substituting goods for dollars,
changing a label or title, donating to a
charity) to more involved procedures.
It is envisioned that the handbook will
be topically indexed in multiple ways (by
dispute subject matter, stage of process,
number and configuration of parties, emotion-handling
situations, etc.) to permit quick access
to a helpful, creative idea or technique.
Therefore, it is important to complete all
sections of the accompanying short form.
You may be as detailed as you like in describing
the dispute, the creative technique, and
how to apply it. If you wish, you may submit
multiple forms describing different creative
techniques. Maintaining the anonymity of
parties and their counsel is paramount.
The form allows you to elect attribution
for the creative technique that you submit.
If you want to be credited by name in the
handbook, please indicate so in your response
and provide any appropriate contact information
as you want it to appear in the handbook.
As the editor of the book, I thank you
in advance for sharing information which
will be helpful to your professional colleagues
and which will foster the goals and objectives
of alternative dispute resolution nationally
and internationally.
CREATIVE TECHNIQUES DATA COLLECTION FORM
Copy the form below (or in an e-mail, simply
type numbers 1-14 vertically) and provide
the corresponding information requested
in the 14 topics listed below. If you have
no information to provide on a particular
topic, please insert "N/A" --
not applicable.
Send Your E-mail or Fax Response to John
W. (Jack) Cooley at jackwcool@aol.com or
Fax to: 847-864-1586.
Voice Tel. No.: 847-328-7285
THANK YOU FOR YOUR HELP
1. NATURE OF CASE (FAMILY, COMMERCIAL,
ETC.):
2. NO. OF PARTIES: PLAINTIFFS: ______ DEFENDANTS:
______
3. REPRESENTATION OF PARTIES: ALL: _____
SOME:_____
4. SPECIAL OR UNUSUAL DISPUTE OR PARTY
CONFIGURATION CIRCUMSTANCES:
5. BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF DISPUTE:
6. SHORT TITLE YOU USE FOR THE CREATIVE
TECHNIQUE:
7. PRIMARY USE OF TECHNIQUE:
EMOTION-HANDLING: ____
JOINT DECISION-MAKING: _____
IMPASSE BREAKING:______
OTHER: _____
8. DESCRIPTION OF CREATIVE TECHNIQUE:
9. ANY CAUTIONS REGARDING THE USE OF THE
TECHNIQUE:
10. STAGE OF PROCESS WHEN TECHNIQUE IS
MOST EFFECTIVE:
11. IF THIS CREATIVE TECHNIQUE HAS BEEN
DESCRIBED IN SOME PUBLICATION, PLEASE PROVIDE
CITATION OR A COPY, IF AVAILABLE (THANKS):
12. OTHER DISPUTE OR TRANSACTION SITUATIONS
WHERE THIS CREATIVE TECHNIQUE MIGHT BE EFFECTIVE:
13. YOUR NAME AND E-MAIL ADDRESS IF EDITOR
HAS QUESTIONS:
14. YOUR NAME AND ANY CONTACT INFORMATION
AS YOU WANT IT TO APPEAR IN THE PUBLICATION
(OPTIONAL):
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[8] Quotes
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As we express our gratitude, we must never
forget that the highest appreciation is
not to utter words, but to live by them.
-- John Fitzgerald Kennedy
We can only be said to be alive in those
moments when our hearts are conscious of
our treasures. -- Thornton Wilder
Who does not thank for little will not
thank for much. -- Estonian Proverb
When eating bamboo sprouts, remember the
man who planted them. -- Chinese Proverb
We often take for granted the very things
that most deserve our gratitude. -- Cynthia
Ozick
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