WELCOME TO ACR UPDATE—the monthly e-newsletter sharing important conflict resolution news and organizational updates with ACR members. Your feedback is welcome!

To view this issue online, go to: http://www.ACRnet.org/publications/acrupdate.htm

OVERVIEW OF ARTICLES
July 1, 2005

1. Register NOW for ACR’s Annual Conference and Save with  the Early Bird Rate!
2. Call for Nominations: ACR Awards
3. Conflict Resolution Day: Calling All ACR Members
4. Publications Update: Advertising Opportunities; Call for Proposals; and Correction
5. Chapter News: Florida Chapter Annual Meeting and Elections
6. Quotations
7. Message from Our Sponsor: Mediate.com Announces "Strategic Negotiation: Practical Skills for Conflict Resolution"

Register now for the 2005 ACR Annual Conference in Minneapolis, Minnesota from September 28-October 1, 2005 and save! The Early Bird discount is available through August 8, 2005.

Annual Conference highlights include:

• Opening keynote address by author and activist Frances Moore Lappé;
• More than 150 workshops, a Master's track, an International Track and lively Mini-Plenary sessions with key leaders in the field, including John Paul Lederach, Kenneth Cloke and Nina Meierding;
• Ample networking opportunities at the conference; and
• Enjoy beautiful Minneapolis at the very best time of the year!

Visit the ACR website for easy online registration, workshop details, hotel information and more!

ACR solicits nominations for the following awards, to be presented at its Annual Conference in Minneapolis, Minnesota, September 28-October 1, 2005. Nominations should be submitted via email by July 22, 2005 to the contact listed for each award. Full details at: http://www.ACRnet.org/about/awards/index.htm

• Mary Parker Follett Award
• International Peacemaker Award
• John M. Haynes Distinguished Mediator Award

CALLING ALL ACR MEMBERS:

We Need Your Help to Make Conflict Resolution Day a Success!

October 20, 2005 is Conflict Resolution Day. We need your help to spread the word! The more events and activities planned on this day, the better our chances are of raising public awareness about the benefits of our field. Will you commit to doing one of the following on Conflict Resolution Day?

• Hold a conflict resolution information session at your workplace;
• Make a presentation to a Rotary Club or other group in your area;
• Talk to area high school or college students about "careers in conflict resolution," or help organize a panel discussion or brown-bag meeting on the topic;
• Make a school or classroom presentation or talk to a school administrator;
• Use Conflict Resolution Day as a reason to contact a reporter or policy maker (encourage the reporter to cover conflict resolution news in your community, or educate the policy maker about conflict resolution's benefits); and
• forward this message to your friends, colleagues and other organizations with which you are affiliated, and encourage them to support Conflict Resolution Day.

Looking for more ideas? Have one to suggest? Want ACR to promote your event? Go to: http://www.ACRnet.org/crday or email acr@ACRnet.org.

ACR MEMBERS: Take advantage of your valuable members-only benefits today! ACR's Mentoring Program Online Discussion Forums/ Message Board Access to the full Membership Directory Reduced Rates on Professional Liability Insurance ACR Job Bank CRQ Online: Access ACR's Academic Journal online anytime 20% off Purchases from BNA Books and Jossey-Bass publications Discounts on Medical Insurance, Hertz Car Rental and buymagazines.com and much more... Log in to the Online Member Center today and get started!

EXCITING ADVERTISING OPPORTUNITIES!

You love reading ACResolution and Conflict Resolution Quarterly—now you can reach others in the field by advertising in an ACR publication. New rates for 2005 offer exciting opportunities and great value. For more information and to place an order, visit http://www.ACRnet.org/advertising/publications.htm or contact Alison Durland at 202-464-9700, ext. 230 or publications@ACRnet.org. The deadline for advertising in the Fall ACResolution is September 1; this is a great way to continue your marketing after ACR’s Annual Conference. The Fall issue mails November 1.

 CALL FOR ARTICLE PROPOSALS

ACR’s winter 2006 issue of ACResolution magazine will focus on the topic of Community ADR. The editors seek proposals from people who would like to write articles on any aspect of this topic. They seek diversity in authors and subject matter; authors do not have to be ACR members.

• write no more than a half-page description of your proposed article,
• include your name and contact information,
• include  a creative headline/title for your article,
• include no more than 50 words of biographical information, and
• specify if you would like to write a major (3,000 words) or minor feature (1,500 words).

Send your proposals via email to ACResolution Managing Editor Alison Durland at publications@ACRnet.org as soon as possible, but no later than September 10, 2005.

An editorial advisory committee will review the proposals and choose 2–3 major features and 2–3 minor features. All authors will be notified by end of September.  If selected, completed articles will be due to Alison by November 1, 2005.

For more information about ACR publications and guidelines, please visit http://www.ACRnet.org/publications/acresolution.htm.

EDITORIAL CORRECTION

In Richard Fincher’s “Building a Career as a Labor Arbitrator” (Spring 2005 ACResolution issue on Arbitration), it was stated on page 13, second paragraph, that, “Unlike the FMCS, the AAA arbitrator roster is closed, meaning that it only occasionally accepts new candidates for admission.” It is more accurate to say that, “The AAA’s arbitrator roster is open, yet very selective, maintaining high standards for admission and evaluating the neutral’s qualifications in consideration of the market needs of a geographical region.”

FLORIDA CHAPTER ANNUAL MEETING AND ELECTIONS: AUGUST 26

ACR’s Florida Chapter will hold its next annual meeting in conjunction with the Florida Dispute Resolution Center’s 14^th Annual Conference for Mediators and Arbitrators: Great Expectations, (August 25-27, 2005 at the Rosen Centre Hotel in Orlando). 

ACR’s Florida Chapter annual meeting will take place on August 26, 2005 from 5:30-6:30 pm.  Elections will be held for Chapter officers and directors at the annual meeting.  Send nominations (including self-nominations) to Ken Starr at k.r.starr@worldnet.att.net, or to:

ACR Florida Chapter
c/o Carol Tyson
3490 Beach Blvd
Jacksonville, FL 32207

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