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>> ACR Update, March 1, 2004 <<
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
March 1, 2004
[1] James Boskey Dispute Resolution Essay
Competition
[2] ACR Conferences Update
[3] ACR Publications Update
[4] ACR Sections Update
[5] ACR Chapters Update
[6] ACR Membership Update
[7] Quotes
[8] Message from Our Sponsors
*Abacus Data Systems
*Hammer Consulting LLC: Intercultural Conflict
Style Inventory
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[1] James Boskey Dispute Resolution Essay
Competition
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The Association for Conflict Resolution
and the American Bar Association Section
of Dispute Resolution (ABA-DRS) are pleased
to announce the 2004 James Boskey Dispute
Resolution Essay Competition.
First Prize: $1000 in each of the two divisions:
graduate student and law student
Submission Deadline: June 1, 2004
The purpose of the competition is to promote
greater interest in and understanding of
the field of dispute resolution and collaborative
decision-making among students enrolled
in ABA accredited law schools as well as
students enrolled in graduate programs both
in the United States and abroad. For complete
competition information and submission guidelines,
go to: http://www.acrnet.org/resources/boskey.htm
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[2] ACR Conferences Update
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SAVE THE DATE: NATIONAL CONFLICT RESOLUTION
EDUCATION CONFERENCE
"What Works! Innovations in Conflict
Resolution Education: Early Childhood to
Higher Education"
May 5-8, 2004
Columbus, Ohio
This conference is sponsored by ACR on behalf
of the Education Section, the Ohio Commission
on Dispute Resolution and Conflict Management,
the Interfaith Center for Peace, and the
Ohio Resource Network. For conference information
and registration, see
http://www.disputeresolution.ohio.gov/NCRE.htm.
The ACR Education Section's Mid-Year Meeting
will take place in conjunction with this
conference. For information on the Section's
Mid-Year Meeting, see the Education Section's
Web site at http://www.mediate.com/acreducation/.
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SAVE THE DATE: ACR'S ENVIRONMENT AND PUBLIC
POLICY SECTION 2004 MID-YEAR CONFERENCE
"Leadership Forum 2004: Challenges
and Strategies for Environment and Public
Policy Conflict Resolution"
May 20-22, 2004
Heathman Hotel
Portland, Oregon
ACR's Environment and Public Policy Section
will host its annual Mid-Year Conference
in the beautiful city of Portland, Oregon
this coming May. Conference events will
be held in downtown Portland at the Heathman
Hotel, which was recently named one of America's
Top 100 Hotels by Travel + Leisure Magazine.
Registration opens on March 8. Details will
be posted on ACR's Web site as they emerge:
http://www.acrnet.org/conferences/sections/epp04.htm.
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SAVE THE DATE: ACR'S 2004 ANNUAL CONFERENCE
"Valuing Peace in the 21st Century:
Expanding the Art and Practice of Conflict
Resolution"
September 30-October 2, 2004
Sacramento Convention Center
Sacramento, California
This conference will highlight the challenges
and opportunities facing the field of conflict
resolution in the 21st century and will
present examples of innovative practice
in a wide range of types and venues of conflict.
Sacramento, the host city, has many attractions,
including art galleries, museums, restaurants
and exciting nightlife. You may want to
build a vacation around the conference,
and take advantage of Sacramento's proximity
to the wineries of the Sierra Nevada foothills
and the Napa/Sonoma Valley, Lake Tahoe and
Reno, Nevada. We look forward to seeing
you in Sacramento!
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[3] 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. 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
We accept submissions to the following
departments of ACResolution 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 by March 10
will go into the Spring issue (May 2004)
of the magazine. Submissions received after
that date will go into the Summer issue
(August 2004).
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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[4] ACR Sections Update
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FAMILY SECTION UPDATE
The Family Section's next Telephone Talk,
to be held on March 10, 2004, will feature
Lee Borden discussing Valuing Assets. Those
interested in participating should contact
ACR Family and Workplace Mediation Coordinator
Stephen Kotev at skotev@ACRnet.org or 202-464-9700,
ext. 227.
The Diversity Committee awarded a partial
scholarship to Melissa Waters, a single
parent working on her degree in Community
Justice and Peace & Conflict Studies
with a concentration in family and human
relations. Waters will be taking a mediation
course from Mediation, Inc. in North Carolina.
Mediation, Inc. has also agreed to reduce
its rates for Ms. Waters, thereby enhancing
the value of her scholarship. The Diversity
Committee encourages other ACR-approved
trainers to consider discounting rates for
future scholarship winners.
Members of the Family Section who wish
to be considered as nominees for a three-year
term as members of the Family Section Advisory
Council should contact Jerry Bagnell, Nominations
Committee Chair at jbagnell@ix.netcom.com
for information and an application.
OMBUDS/OMBUDSMAN SECTION NAME CHANGE
The Ombuds Section is pleased to announce
that it requested and received ACR Board
approval to change its name to reflect the
history and diversity of the profession.
The new name is the ACR Ombuds/Ombudsman
Section. Please connect to the following
link to see more information on the Section's
Web site: http://www.mediate.com/acrombuds/
ONLINE DISPUTE RESOLUTION SECTION
Research Paper Competition
The ODR Section plans to host a competition
for research papers on the topic of Online
Dispute Resolution. This competition will
provide a small grant for the winner of
the best paper on the topic of Online Dispute
Resolution. The Section leaders are looking
for volunteers to assist with the administration
of a competition for research papers on
the topic of Online Dispute Resolution.
If you would like to be part of the planning
or review committee, please contact Susan
Raines (sraines@kennesaw.edu).
United Nations Conference on the topic
of Online Dispute Resolution
If you are an Online Dispute Resolution
practitioner or program administrator and
you would like to attend a United Nations
Conference on the topic of Online Dispute
Resolution, please visit this web site and
fill out the “expression of interest”
form. The conference is in Melbourne Australia,
July 5-6, 2004. The United Nations and the
European Union are interested in promoting
online dispute resolution as a way to resolve
commercial disputes across national borders:
http://www.psych.unimelb.edu.au/icrc/unforum2004.doc.
SPIRITUALITY SECTION
The Spirituality Section is pleased to
inform the ACR family that it has included
the biographies of its Section members on
its Web page. Please feel free to visit
the Section's site at http://www.mediate.com/acrspirituality
and contact members with similar interests
or anyone from whom you may need research
or information. Members are here to assist
you in any way possible.
The Co-chairs of the Section, Rick Wingate
and Marilyn Shannon, are excited about their
plans to visit some of the ACR Chapters
this spring. They are planning a series
of “open dialogues,” a sharing
of information on many levels and with a
variety of audiences. More information to
follow.
WORKPLACE SECTION ANNOUNCES NEXT CONFERENCE
CALL
March 30, Tuesday, 12:00 p.m. EST/ 9:00
a.m. PST.
Topic: Learn about a new statewide mediation
program for employment disputes.
Join an important call on March 30 at noon
EST/ 9:00 a.m. PST. You may call in from
anywhere, and the cost is only your long-distance
charges for a 55-minute telephone call.
Eugene Weaver, who designed and implemented
the new mediation program for the Delaware
Department of Labor, will be interviewed
by Rita Callahan, Workplace Section Co-Chair.
The Delaware Department of Labor (DDOL),
Division of Industrial Relations, Office
of Labor Law Enforcement offers individuals
filing employment discrimination complaints
with the Department and the employers against
whom those complaints are filed the opportunity
to engage in voluntary mediation in an effort
to resolve their disputes. The DDOL retained
the services of Eugene Weaver to design
and implement their mediation program. Mr.
Weaver developed and administered a highly
successful mediation program for the Philadelphia
office of the EEOC before retiring last
year after 36 years of service.
To participate in the discussion, e-mail
Family & Workplace Mediation Coordinator
Stephen Kotev at skotev@ACRnet.org by March
26, 2004. 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 to address during the call.
You will receive the dial-in number by e-mail
to confirm your participation in the call.
We look forward to having you on the call.
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[5] ACR Chapters Update
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SAVE THE DATE FOR NORTHERN CALIFORNIA ANNUAL
CONFERENCE: MARCH 13, 2004
The Association for Dispute Resolution
of Northern California (ADRNC) is pleased
to announce that its annual conference will
be held Saturday, March 13, 2004 at the
Milton Marks Conference Center in San Francisco.
This exciting new venue is in the Hiram
W. Johnson State Office Building and is
centrally located at the San Francisco Civic
Center. A full day of inspiring speakers
and presentations is planned. Key speakers
include Stewart Levine, Robert Benjamin,
and John Winslade along with other interesting
presenters. Details of the conference will
soon be posted on the ADRNC Web site, http://www.adrnc.org.
Save the date!
VIRGINIA CHAPTER SPRING CONFERENCE AND ANNUAL
MEETING: MARCH 29, 2004
ACR-Virginia's annual meeting will take
place in historic downtown Fredericksburg,
Virginia, on March 29, 2004. The meeting
coincides with the start of the 2004 National
Youth Violence Prevention Campaign, with
which the Chapter is involved. Co-sponsored
by the Restorative Justice Association of
Virginia and with participation from Community
Mediation Centers, and others, the ACR Virginia
Spring Conference will provide training
in and demonstrate how restorative justice
and peer mediation programs can help address
the critical issue of youth violence in
Virginia schools and communities. Please
plan to attend and bring a colleague with
you. Eight hours of continuing education
credits are pending. In addition CEO, David
Hart, will provide an overview of developments
at ACR-National. The meeting will culminate
with a Wine and Cheese Social Hour sponsored
by member Blanton Massey that you won't
want to miss. For more information contact
Chapter President, Susan K. Sheets, at
703-605-0037.
NEW ENGLAND CHAPTER TO HOLD ANNUAL MEETING:
APRIL 8, 2004
The New England Chapter of the Association
for Conflict Resolution (NE-ACR) will hold
its Annual Meeting on Thursday, April 8,
2004, at 5:00 p.m. at Suffolk University
Law School in Boston, Massachusetts. Please
visit http://www.neacr.org, e-mail neacr@neacr.org
or call 617-536-3227 for more information.
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 while making connections
throughout their region.
For more information on joining ACR Chapters,
please visit our Web site: http://acrnet.org/chapters/index.htm
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[6] ACR Membership Update
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ACR Board member Richard Fincher will be
a featured presenter and will represent
ACR at "The Workplace Conflict Resolution:
Designs for Success Symposium," presented
by the Institute for the Study of Conflict
Transformation and the South Texas College
of Law in Houston, Texas, March 14-15, 2004.
For more information about the Symposium,
visit: http://www.transformativemediation.org/conferences.htm.
Mr. Fincher is the Co-Chair of ACR's Membership
Committee.
2004 MEMBER-GET-A-MEMBER CAMPAIGN
The Association for Conflict Resolution’s
2004 Member-Get-Member campaign is now underway.
You depend on ACR, and we count on you,
too! There are lots of people who could
benefit from all that ACR has to offer,
but we need YOU to identify them and ask
them to join.
Every time you recruit a new member you
strengthen ACR. A vital and growing ACR
means a greater recognition of the ADR profession,
improved educational and networking opportunities
for all members, and the advancement of
the conflict resolution field worldwide.
This year, with our special Member-Get-A-Member
Drive, we’ve made referring colleagues
to ACR easier and more rewarding than ever!
Simply provide us with your colleagues’
names and contact information and we’ll
send them a prospective membership package.
You can also print membership applications
from the ACR Web site and deliver them to
your colleagues in person or direct them
to Join Now at http://www.ACRnet.org.
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[7] Quotes
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Sunshine is delicious, rain is refreshing,
wind braces us up, snow is exhilarating;
there is really no such thing as bad weather,
only different kinds of good weather. --
John Ruskin
Let the rain kiss you. Let the rain beat
upon your head with silver liquid drops.
Let the rain sing you a lullaby. -- Langston
Hughes
The miracle is not to fly in the air, or
to walk on the water, but to walk on the
earth. -- Chinese Proverb
There is a pleasure in the pathless woods,
There is a rapture on the lonely shore,
There is society, where none intrudes,
By the deep sea, and music in its roar:
I love not man the less, but Nature more.
-- George Gordon, Lord Byron, Childe Harold's
Pilgrimage
Everybody needs beauty as well as bread,
places to play in and pray in, where nature
may heal and give strength to body and soul.
-- John Muir
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