Call for Nominations – SCMA Board Nominations Due by Aug 27th
Submit nominations for the five available seats on the 2016-2017 Board of Directors of the Southern California Mediation Association by 4:00 p.m. on August 26, 2016.
Author Archive for: Anne Sawyer
Entries by Anne Sawyer
April 2018 President’s Message from Dr. Jack Goetz, Esq.
Providing opportunities for professional networking, helping mediators build their practices, and low cost educational programming all go to the heart of what SCMA means to many of us. I am so thankful for all the volunteers who continue to devote their efforts for the benefit of our membership. The diversity of our programming continues to […]
March 2018 SCMA President’s Message From Dr. Jack Goetz, Esq.
Dear SCMA Colleagues: Thanks to our many volunteers, February was another good month for SCMA and its members. The Professional Development Groups (PDGs) continue to thrive under the leadership of President-elect Angela Reddock-Wright and Stacey Lisk (Westside), and continued support from leaders such as James Cameron (San Fernando Valley), John Irwin (Pasadena), and Andy Shelby, […]
February 2018 SCMA President’s Message From Dr. Jack Goetz, Esq.
February is a great month for celebrating history, with Presidents Day and Black History Month allowing us to remember so many great Americans. It is also a romantic month, with our American tradition of Valentine’s Day. For many of us, it is time to get over any holiday hangover we may have still had in […]
January 2018 SCMA President’s Message from Dr. Jack Goetz
President’s Message—January 2018 It is a great honor to start the new year as your President. Your volunteer Board took the time at our December meeting to reflect on the organization as it might be seen through the prism of the mission set forth by its founders in 1991. Seen through that lens, our membership […]
On to The Legislature! By: Phyllis G. Pollack, Esq.
In a hearing on December 1, 2017 lasting one hour beyond the scheduled end time, the California Law Revision Commission (“CLRC”) gave its final approval to the Tentative Recommendation issued in June 2017 to create certain exceptions to mediation confidentiality. Its final approval is subject to the chair and /or vice chair approving further language […]
November 2017 President’s Message From Jason Harper
Hello Everyone, I can’t emphasize enough how great our Fall Conference was! I’m proud to say it was our biggest and, dare I say, best conference in history and it could not have happened without the help of our board, executive director, volunteers, and members. I would like to acknowledge our 2017 Randolph-Lowry Award recipient, […]
Mary Culbert is the 2017 L. Randolph Lowry Award Recipient
Congratulation to Mary Culbert who is the 2017 Recipient of the L. Randolph Lowry Award. Every year the SCMA presents the L. Randolph Lowry Award to a member of the dispute resolution community who has honored and inspired us through their passion and dedication to education in the field of dispute resolution. The award is […]
A Call For Nomination Of Candidates For The 2017-2018 SCMA Board of Directors
Dear Members: I invite you to submit nominations for the four available seats on the 2017-2018 Board of Directors of the Southern California Mediation Association. Any member of SCMA who will have been a member of the organization for at least one year prior to commencement of the next term is eligible to serve on […]
August 2017 President’s Message From Jason Harper
Hello Everyone, I hope you all are having a great Summer and are gearing up for a great Fall! Since I have last spoken to you, the SCMA had our annual Employment Mediation Institute at Pepperdine in late June. On behalf of the SCMA, I would like to send a huge “Thank You” to Pepperdine […]