[WikiEN-l] Root and Branch - it's the only way.

[Daniel Mayer]

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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