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315 2. Board of Commissioners <br />f~ _• /y.i <br />~7e have bean trained to mediate family disputes, property <br />damages, trespassing, disorderly conduct, wife abuse, various <br />kinds of neighborhaod disputes. ale have roceived some cases <br />from the campus legal services and some from the magistrate's <br />office. tiye are warking through the District Attorney's office <br />.. but site are willing to take cases from the street. ~Ye do nat <br />~rlsh to be a wing of the court, Y~ie are made up of volunteers <br />only and our effort i~ toward mediation and conciliation -~ not <br />arbitration as was considered in the beginning. we shall leave <br />all arbitration to the courts. Both the one who brings charges <br />and the defendant must agrea to go through mediation in order <br />to have the case heard. If the case is not resolved, the parties <br />will be told they may file a complaint through the court system. <br />It has been proposed that this pilot program of the stata <br />,will request funding from private foundations and businesses. <br />xn order to make our request for funding we axe asking that the <br />governing bodies of Orange County sponsor us by allowing their <br />names to be on the stationery of the Disputa Settlement Center <br />as sponsors. tide sha11 ask for sponsorship of the Bar Assoeiation~. <br />the Interchurch Council, the duniox Chamber of Commerce, and <br />such widely known organizations. Our first request is to the <br />Board of Commissioners of Orange County. <br />Signadr <br />GGQ~x.ur.L <br />Charlotte G. Adams <br />Board chair, <br />Disputa Settlement Ceater <br /> <br />