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March 2018 SCMA President’s Message From Dr. Jack Goetz, Esq.

From The President, Newsletter

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, Marvin Whistler, and Mark Sarni (South Bay).   Sayre McNeil has taken the lead in re-forming our Santa Barbara/Ventura group, and Ed Palotta has done the same with Orange County.   Plans are under way now to initiate a San Diego group.  We hope as a member you have taken advantage of the opportunity to attend these valuable networking sessions.

Our SCMA Education Foundation, Kids Managing Conflict, initiated their plans for 2018.   One of their upcoming events include a trip for peer mediators to the Museum of Tolerance.   In addition, they are making plans for their first conference of peer mediation programs.   Kids Managing Conflict’s website is replete with information about its plans and initiatives; see https://www.kidsmanagingconflict.org/.

February also saw 65 mediators attend a dialogue on voluntary mediator certification at USC Gould School of Law.   Presentations by Angela Reddock-Wright, Jason Harper, Barbara Brown, Chris Welch, Adam Ravitch and myself led to a dialogue session with those in attendance.   This opportunity for community dialogue and feedback on such an important issue for our field continues to strengthen the initiative.   MC3’s efforts will continue to be chronicled on the SCMA website under mediator certification; see https://www.scmediation.org/for-the-public/mediator-certification-program/.

Our friends at the National Conflict Resolution Center (San Diego) hosted our SCMA panel, led by Ana Sambold and Jason Harper, on Non-Traditional and Unexplored Career Paths for Mediators on February 24.   Participants attending were excited to meet representatives from fields such as Ombuds and learn about entry paths into those fields.   SCMA hopes to announce soon another panel presentation for the Los Angeles area soon.

March continues to be a busy month for SCMA.   Another webinar that promises to assist your career, “Using Linkedin to Build Your Mediation Practice,” will feature Board member Mark Lemke.   You can register for the webinar at Using Linkedin to Build Your Mediation Practice.   The attendees to the February webinar presented by former SCMA President Nikki Tolt appreciated her tips on “Building your Mediation Skills and Practice.”   If you missed Nikki’s presentation, but would like to review it, we will be announcing details shortly about how you can access that through the SCMA site.

We appreciate your continued patronage and membership in SCMA and want to continue to provide you with resources and opportunities that help you in your careers.   We welcome your continued ideas and suggestions.   Have a great month and we will look forward to seeing you at a PDG or other SCMA sponsored event!

–  Dr. Jack Goetz

 

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Anne Sawyer

Anne Sawyer

Executive Director and Mediator at Southern California Mediation Association
Anne Sawyer is an independent Mediation and Alternative Dispute Resolution Consultant. In addition her private consultation practice, she is the Executive Director of the Southern California Mediation Association.

Her mission is to foster, support and promote mediators and other neutrals and to further increase peaceful resolution of conflicts. Raising public awareness as to the many values of mediation and increase its use to address a broad variety of public and private disputes in a confidential, safe and empowering process is her passion.

Phone: 562-665-1241
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