Mediation I have agreed to mediate the discussion in the Gilad Shalit case if accepted by the participants I have experience mediating in the world outside Wikipedia and have completed the Dispute Resolution Program at the Justice Institute of British Columbia Canada I have been a Wikipedia contributor since  and have informally mediated several cases including one for MedCab which was concluded successfully I have applied to join the Mediation Committee As a mediator my role would be to facilitate discussion My approach would include the following  Listen to all participants  Help formulate an agenda  Identify common interests   Identify pertinent factspoliciesresearch that would assist participants in forming agreement   Facilitate an agreement and action plan   As a nonmember of Medcom the convention is for participants to approve the mediator Please indicate your response here