Call for Volunteers The Grievance Committee of USGENWEB hereby formally requests candidates for the positions of Mediator and Arbitrator. Candidates should have past experience in their personal or professional lives that reflects the following attributes: (1) An even disposition (2) Reliability and timeliness (3) An ability to suspend judgment and distance themselves from their own views in order to hear other points of view (4) An ability and willingness to propose solutions that are fair, equitable and consistent with the policies and philosophy of the Project (5) Good basic communication [writing by e-mail] skills and an ability to compromise and get along with others. Interested individuals should send the following information to Bob Sweeney, Chairman, Grievance Committee at bobs@chall.com, with the phrase "Mediator/Arbitrator Candidate" in the subject line. Bob will then forward the submitted material in confidence to the other Committee members for review and selection. The necessary information is: (1) Your name (2) Your e-mail address (3) Your current position(s), if any, in the USGENWEB Project or an affiliated Special Project, or any similar genealogy project (4) A brief statement of why you believe you would be qualified for this kind of volunteer position. Note that a candidate does not have to be currently in a formal position in the field of genealogical research, but that such experience certainly helps. If selected, a Mediator will be asked to help facilitate disputes which are being heard by a designated Member of our Grievance Committee, listen to evidence and arguments from the disputing parties, develop and propose solutions, and provide a logical rationale for their proposals. An Arbitrator will serve when mediation has been unsuccessful, will engage the parties with the same disposition as the Mediator, but will also be empowered to propose a binding final solution in accordance with Project procedures. The positions are not mutually exclusive in that a trained Mediator or Arbitrator may be asked to serve in either capacity as necessity and the nature of any particular grievance dictates. Training and guidance from the Grievance Committee members will be provided. The Committee will be reasonable in its requests and time expectations of appointed Mediators and Arbitrators. Denise Wells National Coordinator 2014-2016 <http://www.usgenweb.org> The USGenWeb Project www.usgenweb.org Booth 431 <http://fp37.a2zinc.net/clients/NGS/NGS2016/public/eventmap.aspx?shExhList=1> at the 2016 NGS Conference Fort Lauderdale, FL May 4-7, 2016

Please disregard this email. It sent before I revised it. Thank you. Denise Wells National Coordinator 2014-2016 <http://www.usgenweb.org> The USGenWeb Project www.usgenweb.org Booth 431 <http://fp37.a2zinc.net/clients/NGS/NGS2016/public/eventmap.aspx?shExhList=1> at the 2016 NGS Conference Fort Lauderdale, FL May 4-7, 2016 On Sun, Jan 31, 2016 at 11:56 PM, Denise Wells <ncusgenweb@gmail.com> wrote: > > Call for Volunteers > > The Grievance Committee of USGENWEB hereby formally > requests candidates for the positions of Mediator and > Arbitrator. Candidates should have past experience in > their personal or professional lives that reflects the > following attributes: > > (1) An even disposition > (2) Reliability and timeliness > (3) An ability to suspend judgment and distance themselves from > their own views in order to hear other points of view > (4) An ability and willingness to propose solutions that are fair, > equitable and consistent with the policies and philosophy of the Project > (5) Good basic communication [writing by e-mail] skills and an > ability to compromise and get along with others. > > Interested individuals should send the following > information to Bob Sweeney, Chairman, Grievance Committee > at bobs@chall.com, with the phrase "Mediator/Arbitrator > Candidate" in the subject line. Bob will then forward > the submitted material in confidence to the other > Committee members for review and selection. The necessary > information is: > > (1) Your name > (2) Your e-mail address > (3) Your current position(s), if any, in the USGENWEB Project or an > affiliated Special Project, or any similar genealogy project > (4) A brief statement of why you believe you would be qualified for > this kind of volunteer position. > > Note that a candidate does not have to be currently in a > formal position in the field of genealogical research, but > that such experience certainly helps. If selected, a > Mediator will be asked to help facilitate disputes which > are being heard by a designated Member of our Grievance > Committee, listen to evidence and arguments from the > disputing parties, develop and propose solutions, and > provide a logical rationale for their proposals. An > Arbitrator will serve when mediation has been > unsuccessful, will engage the parties with the same > disposition as the Mediator, but will also be empowered to > propose a binding final solution in accordance with > Project procedures. The positions are not mutually > exclusive in that a trained Mediator or Arbitrator may be > asked to serve in either capacity as necessity and the > nature of any particular grievance dictates. Training > and guidance from the Grievance Committee members will be > provided. The Committee will be reasonable in its > requests and time expectations of appointed Mediators and > Arbitrators. > > > Denise Wells > National Coordinator 2014-2016 <http://www.usgenweb.org> > The USGenWeb Project > www.usgenweb.org > > Booth 431 > <http://fp37.a2zinc.net/clients/NGS/NGS2016/public/eventmap.aspx?shExhList=1> > at the 2016 NGS Conference > Fort Lauderdale, FL May 4-7, 2016 > >