Archives: June 2004
Mon Jun 28, 2004
ODR@Wikipedia
An ODR entry at Wikipedia.org, the free, user-edited online encyclopaedia has been long overdue - as such, I have created an ODR page. I was quite surprised to find that none existed to date, and the closest topics were ADR and the UDRP.
My entry is very brief and intended only to offer a general introduction. Given that Wikipedia operates on the basis of collaborative editing, I would encourage readers and contributors to visit the page and add, amend or delete as appropriate. As the page develops, it can take a more comprehensive approach, offering a more exhaustive definition and history of ODR.
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Mon Jun 14, 2004
ACR Online Dispute Resolution Section Co-Chair Wanted!
Online Dispute Resolution Section Co-Chair
Elections are being held this year for the position of Co-Chair for the Online Dispute Resolution Section. Please look at the description of duties and qualifications and decide if you would like to nominate yourself or someone else for this position.
The position of Co-Chair entails making decisions concerning Section activities and initiatives, managing the Section budget, involving members in activities undertaken by the Section, and periodically updating Section members about Section activities and opportunities for greater involvement with the Section. The new Co-Chair will serve for one year as junior Co-Chair and will move into the position of Senior Co-Chair the following year.
This is a relatively new and rapidly growing Section, with many opportunities for innovation by Section leaders and members. Qualifications include Section membership, experience with ODR practice, and a willingness to promote the use of ODR within and outside of ACR
Basic computer skills (enough to facilitate the practice of ODR) are required, and more advanced skills are certainly welcome!
Click more below for information on how to put your hat into the ring.
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Sun Jun 06, 2004
ICT for Conflict Transformation and Peacebuilding
Paper by Sanjana Hattotuwa,
Strategic Manager, Info Share
Information Communications Technology (ICT) in South Asia, as well as in the rest of the world, is an experiment in progress. Reading the wealth of literature on ICT, it is easy to forget that it is not a panacea for problems facing developing nations.
However, peacebuilding processes in particular can be greatly strengthened if organisations, peoples and regions are connected in effective multi-sectoral and peace building networks and provided with active and open knowledge banks – with instant access to effective peace building approaches and case studies. ICT, in the context of peacebuilding, is the use of enabling technologies to augment existing stakeholder interventions, enable marginalised actors to participate more fully in peacebuilding processes.
By building local, regional and national peacebuilding networks between and within government, local authorities, political stakeholders, civil society and international support and resource institutions, ICT has the potential to shape powerful conflict transformation partnerships.
This study argues that the defining characteristic of ICT in peacebuilding is that it enables information flows that not only radically subvert existing patterns of knowledge flows and power centres, but in empowering organisations, groups and individuals to produce and share information between other (and within sectors), helps bring a greater degree of cohesion, transparency and accountability to processes of conflict transformation that were hitherto unthinkable.
The full study is available at http://www.info-share.org/files/UntyingTheGordianKnot.zip
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Sat Jun 05, 2004
DOUBLE BLIND
DOUBLE BLIND
Negotiating on the Internet gets lawyers' egos out of the way.
By Clive Thompson
http://www.legalaffairs.org/issues/May-June-2004/scene_thompson_mayjun04.html
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Tue Jun 01, 2004
ODR Course Materials Now Online
I just finished teaching a 40 hour intensive course at Southern Methodist University in Dallas on Online Dispute Resolution. We had a great time, with 23 participants from a wide variety of fields (call centers, human resources, airline pilots, lawyers, health care, etc. etc.) We ended up doing a bunch of simulations and trying out several ODR platforms. All in all it was an excellent two weekends, and I had a really good time - I hope the students did, too (though I suppose we'll find out the truth when the evaluations are tabulated... :)
The item of interest to this list is that I just put all of the materials (syllabus, scenarios, powerpoints, simulation transcripts, ODR language/opening statements, etc.) up on a website that is publicly accessible. So if you're teaching an ODR course, there might be some helpful materials/links/ideas there for you, or if you're interested in learning more about ODR it might be worth checking out. Some of it may be a little opaque without me there to explain it, so don't hesitate to drop an email if you have questions. Enjoy.
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