> Please forward to all appropriate USGenWeb Project > lists. > > Tina Vickery > National Coordinator > USGenWeb Project > > --- > > 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. > > Sincerely, > > Bob Sweeney > Chair, Grievance Committee > bobs@chall.com > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email > to STATE-COORD-request@rootsweb.com with the word > 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and > the body of the message >