SCN: Re: Go with Al's Plan

[Rich Littleton]

Al,

You're framing the situation in a way that evades the issues.  However, I
did try to contact the dispute resolution group.  Repeat their name,
because I could not find them in the telephone book.  

Was it:

King County Dispute Resolution _______ ?

Later,

Rich

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On Mon, 3 Jul 2000, Al Boss wrote:

> >From what he's said in previous messages, Rich has stuck his neck out
> because he believes that our process is broken. He chose a lawsuit because
> he felt he had been left with no other way to get us to review the way we
> do things. 
> 
> What I offer via dispute resolution is an alternative that still provides
> the impartial, mutually respected third-party review that the court could
> give. 
> 
> Just for the record, my suggestion for dispute resolution was not about
> indemnification or insurance against lawsuit. I had thought that the issue
> was a volunteer who believed he had not been treated properly in his
> dismissal, and what can be done to resolve this issue. That's the dispute
> I think we'd all like to see resolved.
> 
> I don't think Rich meant to frame the issue as a lawsuit about who Rich
> can sue, or whether or not a volunteer who gets sued for volunteering
> should have to pay their own way in court. I thought I understood that
> those were secondary to a lawsuit that arose from the feeling of having no
> other valid choices to review the dismissal procedure (or lack of same),
> and fix it. 
> 
> Rich, I know the issue is a lot more complicated than this, but I hope
> I've at least got the spirit of what the issue is about--your desire to
> give SCN an opportunity to improve its processes, in spite of itself. If
> that's really what it boils down to, I think dispute resolution can help
> you be heard, without damaging the organization you've spent so much time
> volunteering for--and with luck, improving it.
> 
> Since that's not one of the two issues you thought I was suggesting for
> dispute resolution, to make sure I'm being fair to you I need to ask my
> "yes or no" question again--is this an option you can commit to? Does
> anyone else out there see any obvious reasons why we shouldn't try dispute
> resolution outside the courts?
> 
> Al
> 
> 
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