Mediators are volunteers from support staff and administration. . The Panel is made up of members of administrative staff elected for three years. . There is a three day training period for mediators. They do not have a defined term. . After training, the mediators are paired up with experienced mediators to observe, at first. .
Mediators prefer to work in teams.
There is a problem in scheduling off-time, sometimes, so the other members of the team can take over. . The survey conducted at Princeton was conducted in small focus groups instead of sending out one survey to all members. This proved to be very informative, and brought out some critical points to be addressed in creating the new system. . The meeting was quite inspiring and somewhat restored my faith that perhaps Rutgers could successfully alter the existing procedure to include mediation, and to be of more benefit to our staff members in resolving issues. Since my last day of work prior to retirement will be July 31, I shall not be able to complete this project.