Angela wrote:
I completely agree with Cimon. If participants in mediation have followed all the steps of the dispute resolution process, mediation has failed, and the mediation committee recommends arbitration, is there any reason the arbitrators still need to vote on whether to accept the case? Can they not trust the mediation committee to make these referrals?
Let's not confuse recommendations by the entire mediation committee (majority vote) with recommendations by a single mediator. The first should be seriously considered, of course. But only so many cases can be worked on at one time so we still need to regulate the process.
-- Daniel Mayer (aka mav)
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