O ctober 5, 1994 • T he P ortland O bserver
P age C6
Mayor WantsTo
Improve Diversity
Oregon Business Arbitration
Program Launched
In response to the increasing
demand by Oregon business people
and their attorneys for a speedy and
inexpensive alternative to litigation
to resolve disputes, the American
Arbitration Association (AAA) has
developed the Oregon Business Ar
bitration Program, announced Patrick
Mead, regional vice president for the
AAA's Seattle regional office.
Arbitration is the voluntary sub
mission of a dispute to an indepen
dent neutral person or persons for a
final and binding decision. The O r
egon Business Arbitration Rules were
developed specifically to meet the
overwhelming demand by Oregon
disputants and their attorneys for an
inexpensive and efficient forum to
resolve business disputes. The pro
gram allows for lower tiling fees, and
expedited arbitrator selection pro
cess, rules of discovery and the free
dom to communicate directly with
the arbitrator for the fastest possible
solution.
"The A A A ’s new rules have
been introduced alongside the
A sso c ia tio n 's m ore traditional
procedures, which still offered
for all clients that continue to
prefer traditional benefits and
safeguards o f the A A A ’s C om
m ercial A rbitration procedures,"
said Mr. M ead.
Under the new rules, disputants
will select an arbitrator, or a panel of
three arbitrators, from the AAA Or
Volunteer Internship For
Mediation And
Facilitation
cilitating various kinds of neighbor
he Neighborhood Medi
hood meetings as well as meetings
ation Center (NMC) is
sponsored
by other city agencies.
looking for volunteers
Additional
opportunities
for special
who are trained and/or
izing
in
issues
relating
to low-in-
experienced in mediation and
come
and
special
needs
housing
will
facilitation.
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NMC will provide additional train
ing to the selected volunteers and, in
return, the Mediation Center is ask
ing for a year-long, three-hour per
week volunteer commitment.
The training and year-long in
ternship will provide opportunities
for the volunteers to work in the
entire continuum of the mediation
process including extensive case-de
velopment, observation of mediations
and co-mediating neighbor-to-neigh-
bor disputes. Neighbor-to-neighbor
disputes include problems of noise,
e.g., barking dogs and loud stereos;
parking, e.g., shared driveways and
limited space on streets; disputed
boundaries; vandalism; interpersonal
disputes; property maintenance dis
agreements and harassment. There
will also be opportunities to co-me-
diate multi-party disputes.
Opportunities will include fa-
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be available in coordination of the
Bureau of Housing and Community
Development.
This training will be p ro
vided at a cost of $20.00 per
person. A pplications are av ail
able at the Bureau of Housing
and C om m unity D evelopm ent,
800 SW Third, Suite 600; the
N eighborhood M ediation Center,
4815 NE Seventh; and the O ffice
of N eighborhood A ssociations
(O N A ). C ity H all, 1220 S.W .
Fifth Ave., Rm 204.
Formore information,call Julien
Minard at the Portland Neighbor
hood Mediation Center at 823-3152
or Rachael Silverman at the Bureau
of Housing and Community Devel
opment at 823-2378. Scholarships
will be available based on need. Ap
plications must be postmarked no
later than Friday, Sept. 30, 1994.
egon panel or the AAA’s national
panel of arbitrators, both consisting
of recognized and respected attor
neys, retiredjudges and business pro
fessionals.
Founded in 1926, the American
Arbitration Association is a public
service, not-for-profit organization
dedicated to the resolution of dis
putes through arbitration, mediation,
democratic election, and other vol
untary methods. The AAA also of
fers education and training programs
each
year
th ro u g h o u t
the
organization’s 35 regional offices.
For more information regarding
the Oregon Business Arbitration
Rules or other AAA services, please
call 1-800-559-3222.
Mayor Vera Katz is inviting
Portlanders from all walks of life to
apply for openings on the city’s 45
boards and commissions.
"We’re committed to making
our boards and commissions reflec
tive of the community-at- large," said
Katz.
The appointees make recom
mendations to city officials on issues
ranging from neighborhood livabil
ity to public safety and downtown
development.
Katz encouraged people inter
ested in serving to contact the office
of neighborhood associations at 823-
4519. The association will provide
citizens with interest forms to fill oui
and pass them on to the city commis
sioners who will then make recom-
mendations when positions become
available.
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