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Western Australia Chapter The Western Australia chapter offers events and opportunities for networking. Future events Fishbowl: mediation skills development, 21 or 22 October Recent events Mediation demonstration fishbowl Experienced mediators will share the role of mediator with WA Chapter Executive members playing the parties' roles. Clinical & administrative aspects of running an ADR practice Presented by LEADR WA and the WA CHapter of IAMA and with the support of Jackson McDonald. Opportunity cost: preparing for mediation
LEADR WA Chapter Executives with guest panellist Professor James Brown and LEADR panel advise lawyers on preparing clients and themselves for mediation. Read a report by Brian Bligh >>
Mediating with sufferers of post traumatic stress disorder What do you need to know when mediating with war veterans and others suffering post traumatic stress disorder? Last year WA Chapter; 2007 Annual Chairperson’s Report by Rae Kean
The Executive of LEADR this year comprised: myself, Rae Kean as Chair; Karene Primrose as Vice Chair; Jill Howieson as Secretary; Margaret Halsmith, national representative; Michael Meegan; Chris Stevenson; Graham Castledine; Scott Ellis and Catherine Doran. The Executive has met monthly during the year and I sincerely thank all members for their support and enthusiasm for all that we attempt to do on behalf of LEADR. We have enjoyed a very interesting and stimulating networking program. These networking sessions continue to play a very important role in sharing experiences and expertise among members and interested friends. During the year we enjoyed presentations from Bradley Chenoweth who talked to us about Dialogue as the Bridge between individual intelligence and collective intelligence; Elizabeth Rivers, who spoke to us about Wild Law and an introduction to Earth Governance & Mediation; andGreg Steinepreis reflected about What Works and What Doesn’t in Commercial mediation. We were also addressed by Professor Tania Sourdin who spoke about Current ADR issues. All of these presentations have been thought-provoking and stimulating and have been the centre piece of many conversations. We are looking forward to tonight’s panel of experienced mediators sharing their personal Mediations from Hell. We have continued to develop our association with the Law Society of WA. Margaret Halsmith and Scott Ellis, on our behalf, attended an Executive meeting with the Law Society in June to discuss matters of mutual interest and to share information. As part of Law Week we organised presentations entitled: “Mediating Planning and Development Disputes in the State Administrative Tribunal – a variation of the classical mediation model?” by State Administrative Tribunal member Marie Connor and “Mediation and ADR in the Federal Court” by Deputy District Registrar Rainer Gilich. We look forward to participating in and/or collaborating with the new ADR committee. Members of the WA Executive were very proud to note Margaret Halsmith’s appointment, announced in April, as National Chair of LEADR. We all wish Margaret well in this important and very busy role. Margaret reports regularly to us on national activities and discussions and keeps us generally well informed on the “national scene”. WA LEADR was indebted to Graham Castledine for his excellent work on the LEADR submission to the Legislative Council Standing Committee on Legislation Inquiry into the Jurisdiction and Operation of the State Administrative Tribunal (SAT). During the year Chris Stevenson has kept the Executive up to date on WADRA matters and Scott Ellis has reported on the activities of IAMA. I thank both of these gentlemen for keeping us informed in these areas. It is interesting to note that, at this time, there are discussions taking place that may see a closer collaboration – or a possible merger – between IAMA and LEADR. LEADR national is seeking input from LEADR members about their perceptions of advantages or disadvantages to this course of action. LEADR continues to sponsor SCRAM and this year another successful competition was concluded with the Grand Final held at ECU campus at Joondalup. The Final was very well attended with Shenton College and Perth Modern School mediating for the trophy. Next year it is hoped that SCRAM can incorporate an interstate element with a final between WA and NSW to be held at the National Mediation Conference in September here in Perth. We are aware that in 2009 LEADR celebrates its 20th year. This prompted a suggestion that all WA Minutes be sent to LEADR national so that a complete record of LEADR activities in this State is available for the future. This has been done. If all State records are available in one place it will assist in collating a history of the organisation. Next year the National Conference will be held in Perth so we look forward to involvement and engagement in that event. Members of the WA Executive of LEADR are an accomplished and enthusiastic group of people who make the job of Chair an interesting and enjoyable experience. I thank you all. Rae Kean Mediations from hell Mediators Mary Power and Kerrie Harms and Registrar John Christo each shared a particularly difficult mediation experience. Getting up to date: a discussion on current ADR issues On Thursday 18 October, well-known mediator, author and academic, Professor Tania Sourdin led an exploration into current issues in ADR. There was a lot of opportunity for questions and discussion on legislative changes, accreditation and other matters raised. What do your WA LEADR representatives do? To give an idea of where LEADR has people ‘on the ground’ in WA, we have taken a sample from our current WA LEADR Executive of the areas they are involved in. By no means an exhaustive list, it does provide an interesting insight into the various facets of ADR that members of the Executive are involved in:
Chapter Executive for 2008
Nominations for the 2009 executive will be called for in October. If you are interested to join a dynamic group the aim of which is to fulfil the LEADR objectives through the altruistic promotion of ADR we would welcome your nomination. Please contact Rae Kean if you would like more information.To find out more, email: raevalerie@bigpond.com >> To download the address by 2006 WA Chapter Chair, Michael Meegan, click here >> |
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On the occasion of the 2007 Annual General Meeting, it is my duty and privilege to present a report on behalf of the WA Executive of LEADR for the 2007 calendar year.