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815 2. Board of Commissioners <br /> We have been trained to mediate family disputes, property <br /> damages, trespassing, disorderly conduct, wife abuse, various <br /> kinds of neighborhood disputes. We have received some cases <br /> from the campus legal services and some from the magistrate's <br /> Office. via are working through the District Attorney's office <br /> but we are willing to take cases from the street. We do not <br /> wish to be a ruing of the court. We are made up of volunteers <br /> only and our effort i`s toward mediation and conciliation — not <br /> arbitration as was considered in the beginning. ''e shall leave <br /> all arbitration to the courts. Both the one who brings charges <br /> and the defendant must agree 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 state <br /> will request funding from private foundations and businesses. <br /> In order to make our request for funding we are asking that the <br /> governing bodies of Orange County sponsor us by allowing their <br /> names to be on the stationery of the Dispute Settlement Center <br /> as sponsors. We shall ask for sponsorship of the Bar Association, <br /> the Interchurch Council, the Junior Chamber of Commerce, and <br /> such widely known organizations. Our first request is to the <br /> Board of Commissioners of Orange County. <br /> Signedt <br /> Charlotte G. Adams <br /> Board chair, <br /> Dispute Settlement Center <br /> I <br /> i <br /> i <br /> E <br /> f <br /> C <br />